6 Works in Tim Drake is Close to a Mental Breakdown (DCU)
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A Ghost of Yourself by HollowW00ds
Fandoms: Red Robin (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
19 Oct 2025
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Tim Drake died when Robin cut his line. There was no flag pole or ledge to catch himself on. No backup grapple at the ready. Lucky for him, Gotham has never been one to give up her soldiers. Now an undead that is permanently bound to Gotham as her protector, Tim learns the importance of self-worth. And that maybe his "family" isn't what's best for him.
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Tim heard Jason joking about being a zombie and said, "hold my beer." Featuring semi-sentient Gotham.
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- Part 1 of Memento Mori
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Winters-Drake by BlueRoseFox (WorldBuilding_WordSmith)
Fandoms: Danny Phantom, Batman - All Media Types, DCU
23 Jul 2025
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Based off of another Prompt/AU I created on my Tumblr!
Tim gets a phone call from a young girl named Jasmine Fenton on his only for friends and family number she tells him about his half-brother Danny and that he needs to come get Danny from their house because she just had to fight off their lunch from eating him.
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“D-Dad-”The name that came out was tight, croaking and on the verge of panic and tears.
Bruce felt his blood run cold, panic of his own gripping his heart and plunging it deep as if it free fell from a great height. He hated hearing the word dad being used like this by any of his children, not the word itself though normally it would be in a teasing tone or in rare moments of true affection, but the way it was said, the tone used caused fear to root itself in Bruce’s mind.
To make matters worse, it was Tim who had called him.
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At the Edge of Us, I Didn't Have to Ask — You Were Already There by NocturneOperator
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
17 Jul 2025
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Tim Drake is a master of masks—detective, vigilante, strategist. But when the city quiets and the mission ends, what remains is a hollow ache, a mind that never stops, and a body running on borrowed time. The Batfamily sees a soldier. Akari sees the boy beneath the armor.
She doesn’t need a cape to be relentless. She knocks on his window when everyone else is asleep, calls him out when he forgets to eat, and stays even when he shuts down. Their bond isn’t loud or easily defined—but it’s constant. Quiet. Sharp. Deep.
When Gotham's shadows grow heavier and the weight on Tim’s shoulders starts to crush him, Akari becomes the grounding force he can’t admit he needs. As cases escalate and exhaustion bleeds into obsession, she steps deeper into his world—not to fight beside him, but to keep him from losing himself entirely.
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Mad World by cryptidcookies23
Fandoms: Young Justice (Comics), Batman (Comics), Red Robin (Comics)
16 Jul 2025
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They've all had a rough year, losing Kon and Bart, losing Tim's parents, Bruce's unconfirmed death.
Each of them are dealing with the grief differently. But no one has seen or heard from Tim in weeks. Even the bats won't tell her where Tim went. Well, Cassie is freaking Wonder Girl. She is not giving up on her friend.Cassie's intervention changes the course of the future, the search for Bruce, and Red Robin's debut.
Cassie brings in Donna, who brings in her WonderTwin Dick, who of course gets the rest of the family involved plus their friends. Tim just wanted to find something to live for. Now he's leading his family to find their missing member. Even Damian is listening to his orders.
The combined powers of the bats and friends is a terrifying prospect for any opponent, even the timestream itself. -
Let You Go and Let the Lonely In by RedQueenReigns for anthologia
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Coraline (2009), Coraline - Neil Gaiman
11 Feb 2025
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Tim has managed his escape from the Cave, but not without some difficulty. Tim will now have to face drastic changes both mentally and physically as he grapples with the consequences of his time in the Other world.
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- Part 4 of The Lonely
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It's his first patrol all alone, and Tim is expecting the rogues breaking out of Arkham, petty thieves and overall Gotham's usual crimes— not to form a sort of Scooby Gang with a bossy girl with a ring.