Kit's Favourite DC Fics
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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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Tim stared at the ornate tombstone.
His Grandmother had always said she wouldn’t live past sixty. She had stated it, like it was stone cold fact. And she had been right.
The Drakes were cursed. Cursed to know the day they died.
Tim’s Grandmother had lived for sixty years. His father would live for forty three years, his mother thirty nine. There was a pattern there, one Tim didn’t like to think about. But he knew, no matter how much he tried to ignore it, he knew when he would die.
Seventeen felt too short a life to live.
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or, an AU where Tim is born knowing when he will die.
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Jason Todd finds a young boy who thinks he has no reason to live. He shows him differently.
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- Part 3 of Piccolo's Whumptober 2022
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Tim was independent. He was reliable. He was self-sufficient. He was ten years old, and ten year olds didn’t need help – he was practically an adult at this point.
The only problem was that his tooth hurt.
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Our Bodies & Other Fine Machines by SilverSkiesAtMidnight
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
23 Dec 2021
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He has never argued with a punishment, not since he was a toddler, if then. Surely she’ll listen, surely she’ll see this is too harsh, that he wouldn’t be disrespecting her like this if he was simply sulking over not getting his way. He needs that food, needs to be able to eat enough if he wants to be Robin.
He’s been hungry before, but back then, it never mattered if he was a little weak or dizzy. It never risked his life or the life of his partner when he was a kid.
She turns, sighing softly and pursing her lips. She reaches out to pat his cheek, and for a moment his heart soars hopefully, and he barely restrains himself from leaning into the rare bit of contact and soaking up his mother’s touch. “Oh, Timothy,” she tuts. “This is for the best. And honestly, I think it’s wise for you to cut down a bit on the snacks. I’d hate to have to listen to anyone tittering at the next gala that you’re getting chubby.”
And without another backwards glance, she turns and heads upstairs, leaving Tim alone and frozen at the bottom of the steps.
Day 6 - TOUCH AND GO
bruises | touch starved | hungerSeries
- Part 5 of Whumptober 2021
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Jason’s heard some pretty out-there requests. But this is the first time he’s been approached by a child. And this is the first time he’s been approached for hugs.
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As the door opened Tim quickly disabled another three separate electronic sensors in the doorjamb by swiping them with a device that looked a bit like a thumb drive. “Walk where I walk,” he said.
He took a big step over the doormat, eyed the floor carefully, then took a careful skipped sidestep to another mat against the right-hand wall, where he removed his shoes.
“What the hell?” whispered Jason, still standing in the open doorway.
Tim pointed up. There was a net rigged up on the ceiling. “Pressure pads under the carpet.”
“I repeat, what the hell?”
After Tim completely derails Jason’s beatdown attempt by asking him for a hug, Jason’s first priority is to get this touch-starved kid more cuddles. Tim’s first priority is to avoid Dick’s traps.
Jason learns a lot about his brothers and what happened while he was away, and something about himself too.
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What the Fuck is Wrong With Our Professors!? by uriel9158
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
25 Jan 2026
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“Professor Drake, would you care to tell us where you spleen is located?”
“Probably in a jar somewhere."
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Bernard and Tim end up teaching at the same University. A video of their interaction goes viral, and suddenly, the entire internet ships it. The student body ships it as well, so they go snooping around their professors' personal lives. They end up snooping a little too much, though, and suddenly the whole thing is spiraling out of control. Meanwhile, Bernard and Tim are idiots.
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Tim Drake’s voice has always held a hypnotic allure, enough to nudge people into looking the other way when they get too curious about his home life. It’s a talent that never fails—unless someone is deeply set on their decision. So why does it keep failing on Bruce and Jason? As Tim tries to keep his secrets hidden, he realizes his voice might be no match for family.
OR (more accurately tbh)
Jason adopts Tim. Tim just doesn’t know it yet.
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- Part 1 of Hypnotist!Tim AU
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"Did a two year old just outrun you?" Jason asked, wanting to make sure he wasn't hallucinating.
Bruce clenched his jaw. "I didn't want to hurt him." He growled.
"Liar!" Tim piped up from under the desk.
Jason was starting to like this version of his successor.
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Tim gets turned into a toddler.
He makes that everybody's problem.
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- Part 15 of Batfamily Fluff