14 Bookmarked Items in The Bats saving Timmy to fulfil my sad need for parental affection
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The valet opens the door as he places a ticket under the windshield, a hot breeze lazily snaking its way into the backseat. Then, he climbs out and shuts the door behind him, and the air falls as still as a crumpled quilt.
He doesn’t so much as glance at the backseat window as he walks away, leaving Tim alone to wait.
And that’s… that’s probably fine! His parents did say that going to a gala with them was something for big kids to do, and he already knows big kids are supposed to be able to be able to be apart from their parents without throwing a fit, so maybe this is why. Maybe waiting like this is part of every grown-up event, and that’s why he needed to be a big boy before he could come with them.
So yes. He can be a big boy. He can wait, alone.
It’s even kind of exciting! He’s not sure he’s ever been completely alone, without even a nanny nearby.
He just… well, he wishes they could have left the AC on while he waits.
Day 15 - FEED A COLD, STARVE A FEVER
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Jason's eyes widened in shock. That was the boy from the alleyway! He immediately rounded on Bruce. “Bruce, that’s the kid-“
“Yes Jaylad. I think you're right. Try to keep an eye on him.”
“Right.” Jason agreed. The gala had just gotten a lot more interesting.
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Tim Drake was content to spend his nights chasing Batman and Robin as they fought crime on Gotham's streets. One night he got too close and his heroes see his face. AU where Batman and Robin notice their little stalker and take him under their wing.- Language:
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Puzzles Made of Broken Glass by thatcuriouscat for ramblingwildrose, TheMaidenOfWords
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
05 Dec 2025
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Sherlock Holmes retreats to his Mind Palace to think, to problem-solve.
9-and-five-sixths-year-old Tim Drake has his Blanket Fortress.Timmy Drake’s parents go missing.
He’s the only one who notices.Series
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Tim Drake has a secret.
Well, he knows Batman's secret, but that one isn't really his, he's just holding on to it.
Tim's secret is that he and his parents are wolf shifters, and they refuse to let anyone know about it. But it's fine. He can shove down his feelings and instincts that whisper that he's been abandoned and live a perfectly normal Bat-photographer life.
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When he ends up ditched in Atlanta after a fight with his dad, Tim decides to do the only sensible thing: Tell no one and make the 800 mile journey back to Gotham on his own.
Because the "call Batman when you're in trouble" rule only applies when he's Robin, right?
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The Lone Ranger Never Had to Deal with Bruce Wayne by theskeptileptic
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
27 Nov 2023
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Tim is an independent, clever, and super mature eleven-year-old. Unfortunately, his dopey neighbor, Bruce, can’t seem to understand that.
When he decides to disappear on a “solo camping trip” and run away to Canada, he figures it’s the perfect plan that will make everybody happy. He didn’t expect the Waynes would tag along with him and ruin everything.
A six-chaptered tale filled with identity shenanigans, s’mores, soon-to-be-brothers, and a kid who is in desperate need of a new family.
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“I’m Tim,” he says, though introducing himself to a puppy makes him flush in embarrassment. “Are you hungry?”
The dog blinks at him, all scared eyes.
“Where’s your family?” Tim asks. “Did they leave you?”
(Or: Tim Drake finds a friend.)
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Tap. There’s no lights on in the Manor.
Tap. No high end cars sitting in the stony, circular driveway.
Tap. Timothy still hasn’t seen his messages.
Bruce could tell that something was very, very wrong.
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Timothy Drake has never missed one of their weekly chess matches before. So when one gloomy spring afternoon Timothy fails to arrive at the manor Bruce decides to head over and check up on the boy himself.-
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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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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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Tim had always figured that if he ever woke up in Vegas sans-memory, it would be when he was older than fourteen. But there were some things he couldn’t control, and apparently whatever had happened last night that he didn’t remember was one of them.
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“You were hurt.”
“I could have been faking that.”
“Why would he assume that you were—?”
"I did." Tim looks up at Bruce, then down again, he can’t hold the heavy eyes. He sucks in a sharp breath, exhales, wheezy and unhappy. He’s too exhausted to run around this, he just wants to lay down and go back to sleep. “When I was nine, I faked being sick, so they wouldn’t leave."
AKA: Jack Drake doesn't take Tim at his word about being sick anymore, which isn't normally a problem. Until Tim gets poisoned.
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Enjoying the View by Mizuphae
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics), DCU
18 Jul 2022
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“Maybe I am crazy, maybe this is time. Maybe this is the moment before I lose it, and everything comes crashing down, and everyone finally turns against me. Just like how they did before, but now it’s including you.” Tim pointed a trembling finger at him. “Because,” a sob erupted from his throat and his eyes burned, “I don’t think I can fucking take it if even Batman, the real Batman, didn’t believe in me anymore.”
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Tim often experiences ‘silent’ migraines where he loses vision in his right eye. He has never felt the need to bring it up to the Bats, partially out of fear that they would permanently bench him if they found out. Besides- he manages just fine. Until one day one of his brothers notices he can’t actually see.
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