WakingNightmares
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I Tried So Hard, And Got So Far (In The End, It Didn't Even Matter) by WakingNightmares
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
07 May 2026
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Will shows up to the hospital with flowers and chocolate, the night after Joey -who lives one apartment down from Sheila -tells him Sheila went to the hospital.
He's cleaned up as best he can, combed his hair, wearing his least worn jeans, a green button down -unbuttoned, because he's trying to look nice, not like a geek -and he even made it a point to clean his work boots.
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I'll Build You Back (Somehow) by WakingNightmares for Processpending
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
04 May 2026
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Jason gives him an exasperated look as they get to the front door. “Seriously, Dick. I’m fine. Promise. I’ve had a helluva lot worse than this, and still managed a patrol, with a lot less sleep than this. I’ll take it easy, keep the ass-kickin’ to a minimum tonight, alright?” He says with a grin. And fuck the things Dick would do for that grin. It erases the hard edges, the cold and calculating Red Hood, leaving behind a mischievous looking young man, rather than a younger version of Bruce.
So he sighs. “Fine. Just call me if you need anything, okay? I’m gonna be in town for a few days anyways, until we get this Two-Face thing figured out, so it’s not like it’s out of my way,” Dick says as he steps outside into the driveway. “Besides, it’d be nice to hang out more often.”
Jason gives Dick an unsure look, and for a moment, Dick can feel his heart sink a bit. Did Jason not enjoy their breakfast? Dick had intruded, to be fair, but Jason had seemed to enjoy -
“Yeah? You wanna hang?”
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Swing At Sorrow ('Til I've Got No Fight) by WakingNightmares
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
22 Apr 2026
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Bruce is… well, he's speeding. Even for him.
The boys are at the Manor. For the first time in months. And not even just in the Cave, but the actual Manor. Jason hasn't been there, aside from the family dinners that Alfred guilts him into, for at least six months, and Dick only shows up slightly more often, usually just for pre- and post-mission reports.
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Statement Of Timothy Drake-Wayne by WakingNightmares
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, The Magnus Archives (Podcast)
02 Apr 2026
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Timothy Drake is next. And, perhaps, the one Jonathan is… well, not most intrigued by, the entire family is as intriguing as they are terrifying, but…
Drake lives the entirety of his life in the public eye. He's the very well known CEO of Wayne Enterprises, now that Bruce Wayne has retired, and he's constantly making society pages for something or another. He's the one at clubs dancing the night away, he's the one who attends every gala, every charity event, and he's the one who gives press statements.
It also helps that, unlike his brothers, Drake enters the room, and gives Jonathan a polite nod. "Mr. Sims."
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- Part 4 of The Archives of Gotham
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This Is My Story, Here's How It Goes (Don't Tell Nobody 'Cause Nobody Knows) by WakingNightmares
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
28 Mar 2026
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The story Jason tells is this:
There he was, twelve years old, out on the town with his tire iron, looking for a decent set of tires to jack. Hopefully, make enough to buy a couple of burgers and a pack of smokes. Then… there it is. The Batmobile. Just sitting there. And that's definitely worth a few days worth of burgers and maybe a carton of smokes. He gets three tires off, when Bruce comes back, and spots him. Jason hits him in the chest with the tire iron, and tries to run. Bruce finds him. Brings him back to the manor. The rest, as they say, is history.
It's a good story. It fits the Jason-who-came-back-as-Red-Hood perfectly. Hell, it kinda fits the Jason he was trying to grow into during his three years living with Bruce even.
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I'm Feeling High And Low (Falling Off The Edge) by WakingNightmares
Fandom Batman - All Media Types
22 Apr 2026
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The Archives of Gotham by WakingNightmares
Fandom Batman - All Media Types, The Magnus Archives (Podcast)
02 Apr 2026
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I've Given Every Piece Of Me (And I'm Breathing) by WakingNightmares
Fandom Batman - All Media Types, DCU
31 Jan 2026
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WakingNightmares Whumptober 2025 by WakingNightmares
Fandom Batman - All Media Types, Batman: Arkham (Video Games), DCU, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
29 Oct 2025
- Words:
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- Works:
- 25
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Interlude for a Red Hood by Tintinnabulation_of_the_Bells
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Batman (Comics), DCU (Comics)
16 Jul 2020
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Batman came a lot closer than he ever realized to breaking his code that night, but with the help of a friend and maybe a semi-estranged brother, the Red Hood might pull through. In the meantime, Jason is unconscious, Roy is desperate, and Dick is just plain confused.
Basically, my own slightly self-indulgent version of the time between RHATO #25 and Annual 2 to add to the pile because why not?
Bookmarked by WakingNightmares
07 May 2026
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Lies of Omission by AcornsOnTheGround
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics)
28 Oct 2020
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Jason is kinda into BDSM.
Dick kinda isn't. But he is into Jason, and a little pain isn't something he hasn't experienced before. He can handle it.
It's fine.
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- Part 11 of Bad Things Happen Bingo
Bookmarked by WakingNightmares
17 Apr 2026
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Hood's Merry Men by Lulu_Rhythm
Fandom Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics)
23 Mar 2026
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Hood builds an unusual family post-Pit. The Bats are just as confused by the Merrys as the Merrys are of the Bats. Are they all fighting over custody of a crime lord? No, of course not. That would be ridiculous.
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Bookmarked by WakingNightmares
20 Mar 2026
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Slade should’ve known the moment he was reassigned.
He was supposed to run the op with Jason. It would’ve been ridiculous to have anyone else on headset for it. Besides being poorly reactive to unknown handlers, Slade was the one who knew the op inside and out. He should’ve been running it.
But then he was reassigned, the paperwork taken from his hands and the access removed from his computer.
He should’ve known then.
Bookmarked by WakingNightmares
23 Feb 2026
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What exactly defines... "Monster"? And how does a human, blessed by Gotham and draped in her shadows, masquerading as a Beast borne of night, manage to tame not one, not two, but three?
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Bookmarked by WakingNightmares
12 Feb 2026