13 Works in The Many Sides of Tim Drake
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A neglected Tim starts stalking Batman, but ends up meeting Catwoman instead. Then he meets Robin. Then Batman himself. Then Nightwing. Then Alfred. And slowly realizes that they're a much, much better family than Jack and Janet Drake ever were.
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- Part 23 of that1emowitch's Batfam Fics
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Tim Drake never actually wanted to become part of the Robin-Batman-vigilante outfit. No, really. But the last Robin up and died, and now Batman is going crazy, and no one else is doing anything about it, so...Tim decides to become Robin. He might as well, right? At the very least it'll give him something to do while his parents are gone.
Still, Tim's not taking up the mantle until he can put a couple of things in order. Step one? Making sure the Joker can't get it into his head to kill another Robin. Not ever again. (Good thing Tim's not the one with a 'no killing' rule.)
And then after that? Well, after that it's only just a matter of keeping Batman from learning Tim's identity and subsequently chasing him off. Not until Bruce can get back on his feet and pick a new Robin, a real one this time. Easy-peasy.
Sort of.
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It started when he was almost too young to remember.
Do not speak, unless you are spoken to.
Sit still through this whole meeting.
Do not let them notice you.It was a game. And Tim was used to winning.
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Back when Tim's parents still cared about him. Back when his Dad actually paid attention to him.
When they would still celebrate his birthday.
Tim would always receive Dad Bucks™
He was told he could buy anything he ever wanted using that money.
However, since Jack and Janet Drake were always out of the country, he was never able to cash in anything from his dad.
But Bruce Wayne, who lives next door, is a dad...
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The first time Tim picked up his camera and snuck out of Drake Manor in the middle of the night to go stalk bats, he looked in the mirror and said, "This is a terrible idea, Timothy Jackson Drake." For exactly two months, he was shielded from the consequences of his ill-advised decision. And then, Tim found himself hanging from a roof.
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- Part 14 of Whumptober 2023
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Banshee In A Well by bugbee, liverobinreaction (bugbee)
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics), Batman (Comics), DCU, DCU (Comics)
03 Apr 2023
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Tim is five years old when he drowns in his parents' pool. He dies quietly, waiting for parents who love him, but will never be there, to realise that something is wrong. They never show up, and he sinks into oblivion.
When he wakes up and claws his way out of the water, the sun has set, and the lights of his house are on. He is cold and wet and his lungs burn.
But most of all, Tim is alone.
(If you die and no-one is there to see it, were you ever alive in the first place?)
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- Part 1 of bury the dead where they're found
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Gloved fingers close over Tim’s throat and slowly begin to squeeze.
“Jason!” he gasps, choking. “Have you ever read Macbeth?”
The Red Hood stares at him like Tim just slapped him with a fish.
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With his grades slipping, Tim worries Bruce will take Robin away. So when the Red Hood breaks into his room with the intent to kill him, Tim decides it's a good idea to ask him for help on his English homework.It works. And then it doesn't. And then Tim solves a mystery and almost dies anyway.
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Under A Parent's Wing by IzzyMRDB
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Nightwing (Comics)
31 Aug 2022
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When Tim found out that Dick Grayson was a gymnastics instructor in Bludhaven, he quickly signed up. After all, learning gymnastics from The Nightwing himself is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Dick Grayson is more concerned at the obvious signs of child abuse he sees in one of his students.
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Dick Grayson, as a childcare worker, is a mandated reporter who knows how to recognize child abuse in his students. Tim Drake, after a lifetime of fear and confusion, learns to trust adults.
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- Part 1 of Wings are for Flying
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The last thing Jason expected to see in the middle of some damp alley on the northern edge of Crime Alley at a ripe 4 AM was Tim Drake buying drugs. But life is full of wacky surprises, isn’t it?
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Gotham was built on a cave system. Batman has referenced a Bat Cave before. Tim is currently in the cave system. He is in the cave system that he entered from Drake Manor. Drake Manor is right next door to where Batman- The Bruce Wayne- lives. Holy Cavern, Batman! Tim had just accidentally wandered into the Bat Cave’s cave system.
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Tim, having found a weird hole after a storm, decides to go exploring ignoring the fact that This Is Gotham and They Probably Have Cursed Stuff Down There.
Luckily, it was just a cave system that spans the entire Gotham underground. Unluckily, Tim is a very curious child.
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- Part 1 of Gotham Caves and Reality Aberrations
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There’s a few rings, then the phone picks up.
“Wayne Residence.”
That’s funny, Tim thinks, Mrs. Mac doesn’t sound like herself.
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On a hot July evening while home alone, eight-year-old Tim gets a fever. He means to ask Mrs. Mac for help — but ends up accidentally calling Alfred Pennyworth. Somehow, even in sickness, he wins all the hearts of the Wayne family in one fell swoop. -
5 Times Tim Spends the Night at Wayne Manor + 1 Time He Comes Home by motleyfam for batmoniker
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics), Batman (Comics)
29 Jan 2022
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Tim is good at galas.
No, scratch that—Tim is great at galas. He’s been attending them ever since the age of three, when his parents first stuffed him into his little Gymboree tuxedo and gave him a stern lecture about ‘sitting quietly’ and ‘speaking when spoken to.’ He knows all the rules: what to wear, how to stand, when to smile, what to say, what not to say. He knows how to come across as polite and intelligent and charming, and on absolutely any other day, he would be rocking this.
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Or, my take on a ‘Tim Joins the Family Early’ AU, told through a series of sleepovers, most of which are unplanned.
Featuring pre-teen Tim, Alive!Jason, and a whole lot of hurt/comfort.
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- Part 1 of Settle Our Bones
- Part 1 of 5+1 (expansion pack)
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Latchkey by goldkirk
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Red Robin (Comics), Robin (Comics)
22 Dec 2019
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or, How Tim Drake Found A Family, Became A Photojournalist, Learned To Love Coffee, and Grew Up, not necessarily in that order.
Tim Drake is thirteen, runs the famous BatWatch blog that has spiraled hilariously out of control, has absentee parents that suit his purposes just fine, is training himself to run the streets at night, and is doing absolutely peachy, thank you.
Alfred and Jason disagree, and get Dick and Bruce involved in figuring out their weird nextdoor neighbor kid’s life. Everything goes uphill from there.
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- Part 1 of Shutterbug