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  1. Rec 22

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    Tim thinks frantically over the past few months of interactions. The gifts. Bruce’s shy, nervous demeanor. The tense moments in the cave. The word.

    Holy fuck, he realizes. My sort-of boyfriend who’s kind-of my dad sees me as his mom.

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    17 May 2026

  2. Rec 72

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    “I hear there was an incident yesterday?”

    Incident is such a versatile word. Tim looks away from the man to look around the office instead. He likes it here. It’s colourful, with pictures on the wall and books stuffed in the shelves and a box of toys the man offered Tim exactly once before he realised that Tim doesn’t know what to do with them.

    Sometimes they draw though and he can see the crayons tucked away in the box too.

    “I was sick of the white,” Tim says as if it’s an explanation.

    “I see,” the man says, also as if it’s an explanation.

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    Tim is not alright. Jason tries to help.

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    13 May 2026

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    There is a boy living in the woods between two manor houses, and he has a system, and the system is working, and he does not need anything from anyone.

    The Waynes have heard that before.

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    Timothy Drake rescues himself from a kidnapping and decides to live, for his own good, in the forest between the Drake and Wayne manors.

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    12 May 2026

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    “You saw the body?” Jason asks. It’s a stupid question—of course Tim saw it. Tim was the one who found it, who rolled it into the carpet in the first place. But there’s a second question wrapped up in his strangled tone, which is: Are you okay after seeing the body?

    Tim just purses his lips, almost indignant. “This isn’t the first time I’ve seen a corpse before, Jason.”

    Right, Jason thinks, but it’s the first time the corpse has been your own fucking dad.

     

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    Tim is desperate to keep his father’s death a secret from Bruce at all costs. Which is how he ends up hiding a body with Jason Todd, of all people.

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    16 Jan 2026

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    “Let's start with something easier,” blue man says. “Can you tell me your name?”

    “Timothy Jatson Drate,” Tim replies. Then he frowns. “I tan’t say it right.”

    Cuh sounds and guh sounds are difficult for Tim. Mommy says he'll get the hang of them if he keeps practicing though.

    “That's okay, Tim,” blue man smiles again. “How old are you?”

    Tim knows this one. He's been working really hard on his numbers. “Four!” He holds up four fingers. “That's this many!”

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    Four-year-old Tim is having a sleepover with the Waynes. He just wishes he knew when his parents were going to call.

    (Meanwhile, Tim's family are trying desperately to avoid letting him know that until yesterday he was seventeen – and that his parents won't call him ever again.)

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    12 Jan 2026