6 Works in Sick Duke Thomas
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Duke had been sick plenty of times. He knows he should crush the pills for them to be easier to swallow. It’s just… his mother used to do it.
Sicktember day 15 - Medecine
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- Part 25 of Sicktember 2025
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Not My Dad (But A Good Stand In) by maplesnmulberries
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman and the Signal (Comics), DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic)
18 Aug 2025
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Duke Thomas had been with the family for six months. Officially, at least. Had known them for at least a year before that. Age sixteen, now, he had reluctantly allowed them to place him under their custody after being on his own for a while. It was comfortable enough. He'd been content to be fostered, even though the offer of adoption remained extended.
He was given independence. Independence that he craved. It had been his most important condition upon joining: that he be a Bat, but not a Robin. Gotham's solo daytime vigilante.
It was just...professional boundaries, Duke told himself. Bruce was Batman, and Batman was like, his mentor-supervisor-vigilante landlord. Or something. Not his dad. He had a dad. And not really a paternal figure, either, like how Steph and Babs viewed him.
He liked the guy. Just...didn't need a dad. He was fine. Chilling.
(Until he wasn't).
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- Part 5 of Bat Drabbles
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Lemon Lime by motleyfam
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics), Batman (Comics), Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic)
06 Mar 2024
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As a kid, Duke rarely ever got sick.
It was actually something of a running joke amongst his friends and classmates. They’d all be out at least a few times a year for the standard assortment of head colds and ear infections and stomach bugs, while Duke would spend three straight days getting coughed on by his lab partner and still finish off the semester with perfect attendance. He managed to dodge class-wide outbreaks of chickenpox, pink eye, and head lice. Once in fourth grade, he’d skinned both his knees playing freeze tag during recess, then had to explain to the baffled nurse who’d cleaned the blood off and applied Transformers bandaids that, no, he wasn’t new to the district, he’d actually been at that school since kindergarten, and yes, it was very nice to finally meet her.
Of course, the flip side to rarely ever falling ill is that whenever something does slip past his body’s defenses, he feels woefully unprepared...
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Runs in the Family by motleyfam
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics), Batman (Comics), Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic)
25 Apr 2023
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Duke has a migraine and just wants a bit of peace.
Tim understands this better than most.
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Bruce gets sick with the flu. Alfred hates dealing with the flu but he will deal with it.
But everyone gets sick and it is very hard to deal with this many people all sick. But he’ll do it.
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- Part 2 of DC AU - Crisis Time
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Signals and Symptoms by bowditch
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman and the Signal (Comics)
06 Dec 2020
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Duke is sick and misses feeling like someone's son-- fortunately, he's got another dad now.
Not a replacement. Just an extra, to fill in the gaps.