Ariel1n
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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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17 Jun 2026
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it starts with a baseball, thrown onto the wayne's property. it's alfred's job to deal with such happenings, of course. but over tea and galas, it turns into so much more.
after all, why should bruce be the only one allowed to adopt any child that he finds?
(birdwatchers one word prompt challenge day 123 - baseball)
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- Part 1 of straw-verse
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Bookmarked by Ariel1n
03 Jun 2026
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Kon looks at him, then looks back at the horizon. “Do you ever see all these windows and just start wondering about other people’s lives?”
Not really. “Not sure I get what you mean there, Superboy.”
Kon points. “That building right there. All lit up. With the offices.” Tim sees it. “I think about who is inside it sometimes. I wish I could trade places. Just to know what it’s like.”
“Know what it’s like?”
Kon isn’t looking at Tim. “To be someone else.”
“I don’t want to be someone else,” Tim replies. “I just don’t think I want to be me.”
“Me too.”
“You too?”
“All the time,” Kon says.
Tim Drake turns 21. His relationship with his boyfriend is falling apart. His brother is dying. His future is unclear. Jello shots are disgusting. He’s Robin and he’s teetering on the precipice of the rest of his life. He’s in love with his best friend. His brother is dying. His parents are dead. Bruce is his partner and he is Robin. He’s not in love with his boyfriend. He is finally 21.
Or how to come of age with grief.
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- Part 1 of through the looking glass
Bookmarked by Ariel1n
28 May 2026
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Stay and Watch Me Fall by Krxstian
Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Robin - Fandom, Superman - All Media Types
04 Sep 2025
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Tim has impostor syndrome and doesn’t know how to handle it. Kon refuses to leave his side.
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26 May 2026
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pain is cold water by sleepdeprivedphilosopher
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Young Justice (Comics), DCU (Comics), Red Robin (Comics)
04 Nov 2025
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“Kon is getting an apartment,” Tim says and his fingers are digging into his lifeline. “He needs a roommate.”
He doesn’t, but Tim prays he won’t mind.
“Where?” Dick demands then winces at his tone.
“San Francisco,” Tim answers.
Tim was never meant to be a permanent part of the Batfamily. He took on the role of Robin because Batman needs a Robin, but Batman has a Robin and even more people in his corner now and he doesn’t need Tim.
or Tim is used to putting his wants up on a shelf in favor of what the people around him need, but maybe it’s time for him to take them down, dust them off, and see what’s inside.
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- Part 1 of the most difficult meaningful work
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Bookmarked by Ariel1n
23 May 2026