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    Well-behaved boy (10) is looking for big brother (11-15). Must meet up with me three times a week, for at least two hours each. Overall duties include helping me with homework, playing videogames with me, and showing me how to play catch. 10$ per hour.

     

    Tim, lonely and in desperate need of company, decides that if his parents are not going to give him a sibling, he's going to hire one instead. Luckily, Jason Todd-Wayne shows up in the nick of time.

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    24 Jun 2026

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    Gloved fingers close over Tim’s throat and slowly begin to squeeze.

    “Jason!” he gasps, choking. “Have you ever read Macbeth?

    The Red Hood stares at him like Tim just slapped him with a fish.

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    With his grades slipping, Tim worries Bruce will take Robin away. So when the Red Hood breaks into his room with the intent to kill him, Tim decides it's a good idea to ask him for help on his English homework.

    It works. And then it doesn't. And then Tim solves a mystery and almost dies anyway.

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    20 Jun 2026

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    Tim Drake knows that Batman needs a Robin. When Bruce and Dick aren't interested in what he has to say, Tim makes his way to the cemetery to say a few words to the boy he's trying to replace.

    Tim has the chance to say far more than he expected when Jason digs himself out of his grave that night. Tim does his best to get Jason home to Bruce. The League of Assassins finds them first.

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    20 Jun 2026

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    In a world where Jason Todd survives Ethiopia, Tim Drake still finds a way to help Batman by surveilling Gotham rogues and anonymously informing to the Bats and Oracle. It's a delicate balance, to help the world's greatest detective without drawing too much of his attention, but Tim can't risk Batman discovering his parents' very illegal collection of ancient artifacts.

    At least, until his parents begin behaving strangely and Tim's investigation finds him at the center of a plot that threatens the entire city. The only way to save Gotham is for Tim to reach Batman, but doing so means losing everything he knows.

     

    Now there’s a podfic! Be sure to check it out!

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    19 Jun 2026

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    “Do you beat your children?” Bruce asks, voice flat and odd in a way unlike any Hal has ever heard before, and Hal’s blood runs cold, and –
    Other Batman’s jaw clenches. He does not answer immediately.
    The whole fucking League visibly draws back.

     

    In which Bat has instituted very strict measures for handling alternate versions of himself, and the Justice League finds out why.

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    15 Jun 2026