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Jason grew up in Crime Alley. Of course he was aware of the meta trafficking rings and what happened to the kids who displayed powers but it was just another shitty thing about Gotham. He hated it, sure but he tended to not think about it too much. However when he woke up that morning it was the only thing he could think of.
He had grown wings. He didn’t want to have wings. There was no way for him to keep the wings hidden. There was only one thing he could do.
Feathers fell to the floor stained red by his blood.
Jason couldn't help but wonder if he really made the right choice.
It was too late anyway. He couldn't go back.Or : What if Jason was a winged meta? How would he react to it? How differently would the Lazarus Pits work for him? How much would this change the way people interact with him? Let’s find out!
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- Part 1 of Of Broken Wings (and their mending)
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The Drakes Spoiled Brat. (im sorry dad) by Yellow_sprouts
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU, DC Extended Universe, DCU (Comics)
23 Feb 2026
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Tim Drake died at seventeen, his family long broken beyond repair.
A Cuckoo finally rid from the nest.But when he wakes up in his time, just a year after the Graysons death and appearance of the first Robin.
Tim wouldnt let his family suffer again, even if it meant he couldnt join them.Bruce Wayne is not "Brucie Wayne"
Tim Drake is not "Timothy Drake"They are both personas, a front to prevent people from looking at whats really under the surface. But sooner or later Tim should have known Gotham being a city of secrets, nothing stays buried forever. Especially not when the bats get involved with their trashy next door neighbor whose behavior seems more and more contradictory.
Tim had saved them all more times than he could count, maybe this time they could return the favor.
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Inspired by @brucewaynehater101 on tumblr
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This fic is a VERY wordy SLOW BURN- but every line is crafted with love, and if you decide to continue- I sincerely hope you enjoy <33Series
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“I have time.”
Tim does not, in fact, have time.
But it’s Nightwing who is calling. What’s he going to do—say no? Preposterous. That's a crime in and of itself. Tim would rather swallow nails and kiss his mother goodnight than say no to Dick Grayson. “How can I help you, Nightwing?”
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or, when tim is three people at the same time, jebaits the bats into joining their family twice, and might be accidentally running the city as an emergency hotline operator. not necessarily in that order.- Language:
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“He found himself wondering if anyone would notice before the spell was up. It seemed unlikely; there were often stretches where contact was limited between him and his family. Normally, it was not born from necessity but rather strife. And perhaps strife would bleed from this.
He hoped not.”
When a confrontation with a powerful magic user goes awry, Damian is cursed, robbing him of his voice. Or, communicate without a fresh bruise appearing, that is.
What begins as an inconvenience quickly spirals into something far worse, as he finds himself struggling with the mounting realization: no one has noticed. As his silence deepens, so do the rifts with his family. He’s not helped by the many more sinister theories the people around him assume because of his new temperament.
One thing is certain: he really, really hates magic.
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Recovery (noun)
1. a return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength.
2. the action or process of regaining possession or control of something stolen or lost.
Or: in a universe where Jason wasn't killed by the Joker, where Tim's parents die on a plane accident when he's 13 years old, his uncle Eddie steps up to take care of him per his parents request.
Once Eddie shows his true colors, Tim will have to fight not just only to survive, but to take back what has been stolen from him. It’s a good thing he won’t have to do it alone.- Language:
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Fatherless Behaviour by lemonlimemadness
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics), Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic)
12 May 2025
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Tim gets de-aged, and tells absolutely no one.
He also, in no particular order, gets therapy, does a lot of crime, channels his inner cyberbully, steals another Batmobile, moves to Metropolis (temporarily), causes an Arkham breakout, gets kidnapped, kidnaps someone else, and accidentally becomes a supervillain somewhere along the way.
Parental supervision is for losers.
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- Part 1 of fueled by coffee, spite and kirby music
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a hard rain's gonna fall (ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard) by countrycoleslaw
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), DCU (Comics)
30 Dec 2025
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Bruce gets to experience the wonder years of toddlerhood with a son he’s already failed once before. He’s determined not to do it again.
Meanwhile, Dick is planning Jason’s future career in football, Tim is being force-fed soggy snacks from sticky toddler hands, Damian is already trying to teach Jason to read and tie his shoes, and Cass has become the champion of older sisters everywhere. Stephanie is very busy taking pictures for a commemorative album, of course. It’s totally not blackmail at all, Tim, c'mon, but yes obviously she'll share.
Or, the one where Jason makes a mysterious wish and ends up a toddler and maybe quite possibly and inadvertently brings his family back together. Maybe the real bonding experience was all the baby proofing we did along the way.
How well do we know the people we love?
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Regret And Forget The New Family, Same Faces by LuneWolf13
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU
04 Oct 2025
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Damian Al Ghul Wayne dies pathetically. Pathetically, but peacefully, with two brothers by his side and the voice of his father in his ear. He foolishly believes that he won't resurrect someway or another.
Why. Why did he think that? Why, with the absurdity that is his life? He honestly should have known better.
Or: Thirteen year old Damian wakes up as a toddler version of himself. As you can imagine, he's not particularly pleased about the toddler part. Or that he's in a different universe with no way to go back.
The silver lining is that he now has the chance to be Father's only child (temporarily). But that's only after he gets home because in case he forgot to mention, he woke up in the League.
Fuck.
Regardless of the differences of this strange universe, he is determined to ensure the adoption of his siblings. If his plans do not succeed, Damian will be forced to take...drastic measures to bring them together.
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birds fly in every direction by distracted_dragon
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)
12 Sep 2021
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Tim Drake lives a perfectly good life. During the day, he's a freshman at Gotham Academy. At night, he surveils criminal activity and sends detailed analyses to Commissioner Gordon. If he's lucky, he might even get a photo of a Bat or two. He even writes increasingly popular LinkedIn articles about vigilantes and the criminal justice system under the pseudonym Jeffrey Anderson.
Gotham is the one that needs help, not Tim.
Bruce Wayne has a thing or two to say about that.
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you're on your own kid by Undercover_fangirl
Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types
24 Jan 2026
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Look. He didn’t ask to be stuck in some scummy city in New Jersey of all places. If it was up to him, he’d still be in his mom’s apartment in New York, in the only home he’d ever known. But that was over. And sure it sucked, but it was fine. Percy was a New Yorker, and more importantly, he was a Jackson. He was more than capable of taking care of himself. Besides, it was New Jersey. He wasn’t going to let it best him.
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In which Percy Jackson ends up in Gotham City and things change
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Blood, Soul, and Other Ties That Bind by Bog_Witch_Green
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics)
08 Feb 2026
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When someone first touches their soulmate, another whose very essence and spirit matches theirs, they receive a mark.
Parental marks are purple. Romantic marks are red. Friendship marks are pink.
Sibling marks are blue.
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Tim doesn't have any siblings. He never wanted any.
Which is why he never thought he'd find one at the circus.
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Damian should find the attention of a servant. He should reveal [Jason]’s status, his weakness. It is not his place, as an Al Ghul, and heir to the Demon, to contend himself with this mess.
However…
[Jason] groans again, twisting in on himself, legs shaking as his feet prod, folding his toes painfully against the floor. His eyes squeeze tighter. His nails dip deeper into the thin skin of his skull, burrowing, bleeding.
Hurting.
And Damian pictures [Jason], candlestick eyes and outstretched arm, and does not find a servant.
Or, Jason struggles with a variety of Lazarus Pit episodes. Damian's there for some of them.
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Just before he turns ten, Jason Todd finds himself working as a Bartender in Crime Alley. He gets decent income, a tiny apartment, and a scholarship to Gotham Academy. Oh, and he's pretty much accepted the fact that he'll never meet his soulmate. A year later, Batman walks into the bar while Jason's at work.
The Batman just needed information from a bar that his newest target frequents. He didn't expect to see a little baby working the place. He didn't expect his father bat instincts to go off. He didn't expect the new soul-mark he found on himself later that night.
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In which a soul mark develops when you first make eye contact with your soulmate; Bruce was wearing the mask when he first met Jason, and thus only Bruce gets a soul mark the first time around (can you tell the author is evil)
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Look, Jason never meant to adopt a baby. He just found one. In a park. In Gotham.
And what was he supposed to do? Leave it there?
Now he’s nine, broke, and trying to figure out how babies work while dodging muggers.
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Tim's probably done it the most, but all of his siblings, at some point or another, have ducked behind Jason for safety. Jason's not sure if it's because they trust him that much or if it's because he's usually heavily armed and willing to kill. But it keeps happening- and it's both helping his image and ruining it.
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Dying in his line of business is inevitable. Less of an 'if' and more of a 'when.' No plans for retirement, only hopes of a dignified death in the field, one that even his enemies can nod their head in appreciation for his tendency for dramatics.
Jason expects to die.
He's sorta sick of waking up after the fact.
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Damian pushed himself into a sitting position, only then realizing he was in a bed. There was a comfortable blanket over him, and a plush pillow where his head had been resting. Damian blinked, not exactly sure what to think. It would be much more helpful if he could remember who he was.
Damian attempted to draw something, ANYTHING from his mind, but it was impossibly blank.
Damian fisted up the fabric of his blanket, and idly noted how clean the white throw looked. Were blankets supposed to be that clean?
Damian searched his arms, finding many scars running along his skin. Why did he have so many scars? What could have possibly have given him so many cuts? That didn’t seem normal, did it? Did normal people his age have this many scars?
His age…what was his age? How old was he?
He…couldn't remember.
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Crawl Spaces by GodIsZombie
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), DCU, Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Robin: Son of Batman (Comics)
19 Feb 2026
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Damian is alone and afraid in his father's house. He's become a hidden person within the manor. But he's able to find some small relief in hidden places.
A character study on Damian Wayne. How he sees the world and his tenuous connection to a family he can't understand. Set very early into Damian's stay with the bat family. This one's painful.
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When your little brother kills your murderer for you, it's only polite to adopt him by professorTodd
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
04 Feb 2025
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Gods, Tim had thought Joker was just targeting him to kill him, like he always did with Robins. Not to turn him into some kind of mini Joker, into a weapon against Batman. Not to mention it fucking hurt. Tim barely noticed when Joker spun out of the room, distracted by the way his blood was turning to acid. His bones felt like they were splintering, and Tim couldn’t hold back the whimpers through gritted teeth or the way tears streamed down the sides of his face, salt stinging the abused skin.
Tim knew how to withstand torture. He knew how important it was to keep a goal in mind. Thankfully, Tim already knew what his goal was.
Kill the Joker.
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Damian Al Ghul has many struggles in his life. Being the Heir to The Demon's Head meant he had to fight for his right to live. To learn. To survive.
He never expected his presentation to be that big of an event. The Al Ghul bloodline produced alpha's and that was that. He would present as an alpha and continue his training in the league.
He never expected it to go oh so wrong, to the point his own mother decided to send him away.
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