Hypercompetent But Emotional Trainwreck Tim Drake
Fics in which Tim is a genius badass but a dumpster fire when it comes to emotions, connection, and/or healthy relationships, usually makes terrible decisions because of it, but pulls off his ill-advised plans with stunning efficiency. Awful judgment but great execution. High INT low WIS. Someone give this idiot prodigy a hug.
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Jason enlists Tim to help him through the stages of a 48-hour fear toxin trip in exchange for a favour, on one condition -- Tim can't call any of the bats for help, no matter what happens. Tim, thankfully, will do quite literally anything to get his family all under one roof again.
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- Part 1 of The Seven-Layer-Dip From Hell
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Jason finds out what happened during Tim’s trip to find Bruce.
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Liminal Space by Calamityjim
Fandoms: Young Justice (Cartoon), Red Robin (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
09 Jul 2019
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Bruce's habit of collecting strays is not limited by dimension.
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When Young Justice Batman comes across an angsty, seemingly abandoned by his Batman Tim Drake, he decides to step up to the plate and parent the crap out of him.
podfic available: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43438116
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- Part 1 of Liminal Spaces
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Rise of Cardinal by JustThatOneGirl1815
Fandoms: DCU, Batman - Fandom, Red Robin (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, DC Comics
27 May 2024
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When Tim Drake was 17, he faked his own death.
Three years later, a new guy has entered Gotham, with hacking skills that outmatch Oracle’s, a blade sharp enough to cut through bone, and a penchant for disappearing better than the Batman himself.
And he’s making a mark on the villain population of Gotham.
He leaves no evidence behind, nothing to mark himself by, only the remnants of his kill and a name: Cardinal -
The Lone Ranger Never Had to Deal with Bruce Wayne by theskeptileptic
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
27 Nov 2023
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Tim is an independent, clever, and super mature eleven-year-old. Unfortunately, his dopey neighbor, Bruce, can’t seem to understand that.
When he decides to disappear on a “solo camping trip” and run away to Canada, he figures it’s the perfect plan that will make everybody happy. He didn’t expect the Waynes would tag along with him and ruin everything.
A six-chaptered tale filled with identity shenanigans, s’mores, soon-to-be-brothers, and a kid who is in desperate need of a new family.
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When he ends up ditched in Atlanta after a fight with his dad, Tim decides to do the only sensible thing: Tell no one and make the 800 mile journey back to Gotham on his own.
Because the "call Batman when you're in trouble" rule only applies when he's Robin, right?
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29 Jun 2022
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this is so well written, I'm a sucker for ridiculously competent but emotional wreck Tim Drake and this fic *delivers*
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The Lone Ranger Never Had to Deal with Bruce Wayne by theskeptileptic
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
27 Nov 2023
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Tim is an independent, clever, and super mature eleven-year-old. Unfortunately, his dopey neighbor, Bruce, can’t seem to understand that.
When he decides to disappear on a “solo camping trip” and run away to Canada, he figures it’s the perfect plan that will make everybody happy. He didn’t expect the Waynes would tag along with him and ruin everything.
A six-chaptered tale filled with identity shenanigans, s’mores, soon-to-be-brothers, and a kid who is in desperate need of a new family.
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Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust (filling up my coffee cup) by LilaVaporizer9000
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
07 Apr 2024
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There is occasionally a certain point one reaches during the attempt to attain a goal where one decides that the goal is just not worth it.
Unfortunately, this also often coincides with being at a point in the attainment of that goal where it’s too damn late and you’re just gonna have to suck it up, buttercup, and get your shit together and do it anyway.
Tim is pretty sure this shit is absolutely not worth it, but it’s too late now and even if it wasn’t, Mama ain’t raise no fuckin’ quitter.
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Tim’s quest to bring Bruce back from his Time-Travel-Super-Vacation goes horribly topsy-turvey when Ra's takes a more pro-active approach to keeping Tim prisoner, and he ends up in an alternate universe where he never existed, and everybody is disorientingly well-adjusted and weirdly obsessed with his “wellness”, whatever that means.
Tim hates mystical artifacts.
(Alternate universe Better Batfam trope)
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always on watch but never on time by LadyMerlin
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DC Extended Universe
16 Mar 2023
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Tim can take care of himself; he's pretty good at it. He doesn't get why his family is so worried.
After all, getting kidnapped is just a regular Tuesday for a Robin.
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Damian is Nightwing.
Tim is the Red Hood.
Jason is Robin.
Dick is a ball of sunshine whose brothers love him very, very much.