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[Pod] Tim Drake is Brother Shaped by Dust_Bunny_Meow
Fandoms: Robin (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
23 Oct 2025
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As Tim stood in the entryway of the Park Row Women and Children’s shelter with Mrs. Walker, Steph, and three other classmates, staring up as the fucking Red Hood prepared to give them a tour, he reflected on how he got here. His dad wouldn’t be in the country and paying attention to him for once if mom hadn’t died. And mom wouldn’t be dead if Tim hadn’t become Robin. And Tim wouldn’t be Robin if Bruce had handled his emotions like a goddamned adult after Jason died.
So really, it was Jason’s fault Tim was in his territory today.
Or: A few months after the events at Titan's Tower, Tim Drake and Jason Todd are forced to cooperate due to Tim's school assignment. As Jason begins to begrudgingly get to know his replacement, he grows concerned about the kid's home life. Had Bruce become an even worse father in his absence? Or was he missing something?
Podfic of Tim Drake is Brother Shaped by Graphic_Nobody
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- Part 27 of Dusty Reads Batman
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a tug-of-war of leave and stay by scooter3scooter, unwieldyblueberry
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
19 Oct 2025
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Tim does put some space between him and Dick this time, all too aware of how nauseating his pheromones are when they rot like this. As if a carton of milk was left open in the summer heat. Tim knows what it means for Jason to spend the night with Mr. Wayne and it jolts terror through him like he was injected with it. Thinking about what Jason had to endure last night while Tim was selfishly taking advantage of his big brother is enough to make vomit rise in the back of his throat. It’s only the thought of Dick attempting to clean up the mess that stops him from actually throwing up.
Dick sits up, scent pumping out purposefully calm and soothing, the honey taking on an earthier sort of cadence. It does nothing to ease the overwhelming guilt flooding through Tim. This is his fault, he knows it just as surely as he knows that he’s a bad pup. A bad boy. A bad friend who got Jason alone with Mr. Wayne, in his bed.
Tim’s Daddy doesn’t have a nest, but he’s sure it’s all the same.
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Tim is not allowed to tell a grown-up ‘no’, but he can keep track of his debt. Know exactly how much he’ll have to pay back.
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Or, the Wayne’s take Tim shopping.
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Tim was used to being on his own. That’s why it wasn’t until he was alone in his room in the early hours of the morning doing research (he couldn’t sleep) that he noticed something was amiss.
He went to mutter a curse under his breath, and his lips wouldn’t open.
In other words, Tim gets cursed to remain silent. No one notices.
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- Part 3 of Whumptober 2025
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There’s a small, small voice in Tim’s head that wants to keep this other him. That wants to give him a better life. That wants to - fix things for him. And maybe it’s selfish, but Tim doesn’t want to let go. Not when he can fix the him in front of him. Not when he has the chance to change things for the better.
Tim’s day is going fine, until he sees himself.
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NOT My Hero Academia by Cuttime
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
04 Oct 2025
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"Neither of us will be missed," Tim says with a manic smile as he rushes towards the other man, and suddenly they were both free-falling because Tim had just tackled him into the malfunctioning portal all the while cackling like they weren't about to die.
Ha, guess I'll really only sleep when I'm dead.
Moments before he hit the ground, he closed his eyes and sighed, preparing to meet the end. But then, he felt a strange pull and he was floating, weightless for a second before falling again until he actually hit the ground with a small oomph.
He opened his eyes to a wary man holding out some sort of floating scarf and watching him intensely, waiting, and blinked. "Where am I?"
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Tim Drake did not expect to open his eyes ever again, but finds himself in the world of MHA instead of dying. -
Only threw this party for u, for u, for u (I was hoping u would come through) by Ur_MOMis_inmybed
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU, DCU (Comics)
18 Sep 2025
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Tim is tired.
He has a lot on his plate right now. Between running a multi million dollar company, being a vigilante and on top of that a teenage boy. He’s a little in over his head. Not that he’d say that. No. Never. He is–was Robin, The Boy Wonder. So like any good robin he would rather die than admit he can’t handle it. Because he can handle it…Right?Wait, is that Ra’s Al Ghul?! And his assassins?!?
And now everyone’s mad at Tim. Great. Just Great.
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Ornithomancy is the practice of divining omens/messages from birds by their flight patterns, cries, and calls.
If someone asked Tim if he ever practiced the art of ornithomancy, he would flat out say, “Nah.” But he now realizes that reading the Batfamily’s mind was essentially the same thing.
He didn’t think that his power would get him into so much trouble, but he should’ve known better. He also didn’t think that they would ever find out about his ability, but as always, Tim was wrong.
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The Same Black Line That Was Drawn On You, Was Drawn On Me by TheRussian_fairy10
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
16 Sep 2025
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And now its drawn me in
6th avenue heartache, heartache...OR
Tim says the wrong thing, like he always does.
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- English
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- 1/1
- Kudos:
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Speak up, don't leave me waiting by stanzyts
Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
13 Sep 2025
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His eyes burned with a wave of fresh tears, and this time Tim let them fall.
He really needed his big brother. Even if he was really, really mad at said brother. They had never really talked about what happened when Bruce was thought to be dead, and their relationship was still tense and strained on a good day. None of that seemed to matter at the moment.
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Tim needs his big brother. Dick doesn't disappoint.
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What a funny thought to wrap you up in cloth (do you find it alright, my Robin?) by white_zane
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
13 Sep 2025
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“Bruce, it’ll be alright, just-”
Tim was standing a few meters away from the man, having just walked in on him leaning over the balcony railing. If he didn’t know better, he’d think that Bruce was simply looking down at the grounds of the manor, perhaps thinking about when to call the gardener again.
But he did know better.
The bolt of electricity tearing through him brought Tim back to reality for a moment. Tim? Tim. Right?
The cackling, ripping him apart both mentally and physically almost seemed to correct him. No, not Tim. Not him.
“Junior, what are you doing? Are you not enjoying your little treat?”
OR: Tim gets tortured into becoming Joker Junior, Damian is *really* trying to figure out how to stop killing people in Blüd while his brother (Red Hood) and Supernova are going completly batshit insane in Gotham trying to find Red Robin. As always, chaos ensues
Please don't read this without first reading pt1! A lot of this wont make sense without it
Updates whenever I feel like it and my teachers decide to let me breathe between homework and tests.Series
- Part 2 of One day, I am gonna grow wings
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A Homecoming for Robins by DayenuRose, litrapod (litra)
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)
05 Sep 2025
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What started as a simple surveillance case became something so much more when Robin spies Jason Todd stealing tires. The problem--Jason is supposed to be dead!
Now Robin is on the much more difficult case to bring Jason home. -
Enough to be bad, not bad enough to be noticed. by white_zane
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics)
31 Aug 2025
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It was ridiculous to wait on your own death. Trying to guess when it would arrive or running from it, only for the grim reaper to stare you dead in the eyes one day. He wanted to meet him on his own terms.
So he set himself a countdown. One year to live life to its fullest, not putting things off for the next time or waiting around. He had told himself that he wouldn’t let a single chance go, that this would lead him to becoming the greatest version of himself.
He wasn’t sure if he had kept that promise. But at least he was quite contempt with what was now awaiting him.
Tims feet were now dangling off the top of the skyscraper he had sneaked up on.
OR: Tim is suicidal. Jason just became Red Hood and is trying to throw some Guys off of the same Rooftop that Tim is trying to kill himself on. Chaos ensues.
Daily updates!Series
- Part 1 of One day, I am gonna grow wings
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His phone pings with a new alert.
A new article from Psychiatry Today reads:Characteristics and Outcomes of Unvaccinated Prepubescent Individuals with Repeat Exposures to Johnathan Crane's ‘Fear Toxins’
Tim squints his eyes towards the blissful man lounging on the couch beside him.
That couldn't be right....could it? -
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Tim is still gasping on the floor when someone calls out, “Timothy? Timmy, are you okay? What happened?” He didn’t even hear him coming. Mr. Wayne is here and he didn’t even hear him. He’s here. The alpha is here. Oh god, he’s here. There’s no hiding. There’s no one to protect him. Dick and Jason don’t even know he needs protection.
Mr. Wayne is gonna kill him. He’s gonna murder him, right here at the bottom of the stairs. Maybe he’ll use the yucky towel, strangle him with his own mess. He’d deserve it, if he did. But Tim is a bad pup, he cowers. He flinches back from the alpha, holding his teddy bear closer as if it’ll do anything to help him now. It probably only makes him look more infantile.
“Are you hurt? Did you hit your head?” Mr. Wayne asks, voice hushed despite how far they are from Dick’s bedroom. They won’t hear unless Tim screams. And Tim knows better. He won’t scream. He might be nothing more than a dumb baby but he knows how to keep quiet. He’s well-trained, after all.
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Tim does not know what Mr. Wayne wants from him. But he knows what his parents expectations are, so he acts accordingly.
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Have a Wally West for Your Truama by Queer_Kits
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Teen Titans - All Media Types
04 Aug 2025
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The Bat Clan finds out about how bad Tim's homelife is and decide that their going to look after Tim, Wally somehow ends up on Tim duty and does his best to make things better.
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Nothing Left to Give (Except the World Beneath Our Feet) by Mist_Fire
Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types
01 Aug 2025
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Who knew that all it took to keep the world at bay and let them breathe- let them be without expectations- was for Tim to stop holding back for the sake of Batman’s flimsy morals. But hey, at least he got the little brother he'd always wanted out of the whole ordeal and a surprising cast of people who were willing to aid him in his endeavor to find himself without a cape or the responsibility of keeping the Wayne Family in one piece.
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The Door Was Left Open (The Doorbell Is The Ringing In Your Ears) by ever_the_unromantic
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)
26 Jul 2025
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A study on Tim Drake through the seasons.
It started like this:
Autumn was quiet, but the Titans always seemed to speak—names on their tongue, issues in their posture. Tim didn’t get it, but he knew this was just one of those things he had to pretend.
Pretend.
He spent most of his days coordinating a team. He learned about drills and icebreakers. He learned what peers were meant to be.
They talked about Batman, about the pillar of the Justice League, about their adoration and fear. Tim did not mention Bruce.
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though my words may be jumbled, my purpose is clear by pixelsmakeupmysoul
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics), Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic)
23 Jul 2025
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Tim was left alone for a lot of his childhood. This did wonders for his development.
Or, Five times the Batfam heard Tim's speech impediment and One time they found out why
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He’s twenty-two, bleeding out on a dirty street in Gotham, and he’s nine, sitting on the front porch of Drake Manor, watching his parents’ car drive away from him.
or; tim dies, wakes up in his nine-year-old body, and decides to fix everything, decidedly erasing himself from the batfamily in the process. he thinks that’s the end of things. spoiler alert: it’s not.
previously under the name: inhale, exhale
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- Part 2 of chronicles of an undead robin
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You Cherish My Weary Heart Like a Lost Puzzle Piece by Avinovis
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU
19 Jul 2025
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Tim Drake was tired. Tired of talking business with his father. Tired of avoiding attacks from a certain small assassin child. Tired from dealing with the distance his big brother had brought on himself.
It was because of this all-consuming tired, sprinkled in with some loneliness, that he found himself at his other big brother's door.
What happens after shows him that maybe the tiredness wasn't so bad, not when he has a big brother that would move the moon and stars to make him happy. Maybe his birthday could actually be happy for once too. Who knew Jason was so good at
stalkingchoosing good gifts.OR:
Tim goes to Jason's apartment in the middle of the night so he won't be alone. He gets more than he bargained for when the best birthday presents ever get dropped into his lap by the most surprising candidate for "World's Best Brother". Happy birthday, Tim!
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- Part 1 of Brotherhood of the Forgotten