Tim Drake Starter Kit
Decided to group together all the Tim Drake fics I've read throughout the years because some of these are CRIMINALLY underappreciated.
Not all works will be completed, unfinished/ WIP works deserve love too :).
Mostly hurt/comfort of some variety, because that's how I roll.
Mostly revolves around bat family.
No smut.
Absolutely NO BATCEST.I hope that this collection will help Tim Drake fans find good fics like others have once helped me :).
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Sick Dogs (don't die for free) - Original by CrowsHaveAccents
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
07 Jul 2026
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When a teacher calls CPS, Tim finds himself at the center of a home inspection Wayne Manor is far from ready to pass. It won't be easy convincing CPS that Tim Drake is safe, wanted, and loved in the Wayne home. Not when everyone knows he's only useful as Robin.
It's time for Tim to put on the performance of a lifetime, or risk being benched for good.
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Tim's never felt more alive than wearing Jason's colors. He won't let them go that easy.
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(This work is being rewritten under the title "Sick Dogs," feel free to check out the new version too!) -
An IOU (and Other Things That Aren't Owed) by Asidian
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Red Robin (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics)
09 Jun 2026
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"Alright, asshole," says Jason and plunks a folder down directly on the keyboard of Tim's laptop. "I'm calling in that IOU."
Tim doesn't startle, not visibly. But all at once there's a batarang in his hand, the blade gleaming sharp. It takes him a second to register who the intruder actually is before he gives Jason a lingering, suspicious sidelong glance and tucks it away again.
"What IOU?" says Tim. "And how'd you get in here?"
He looks like shit, frankly. There are dark smudges under his eyes, and he's lost weight since Jason's seen him last. From the coffee cups scattered around the desk, it's probably even odds that he's on at least 24 hours without sleep.
"I work in mysterious ways," declares Jason. "By which I mean your window's open. You get kind of careless when you haven't slept, Timbo."
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not my name by thennevermind
Fandoms: Red Hood: Resurrection (Fan Series 2024), Batman - All Media Types, Becoming Robin (Fan Film 2025)
05 Jun 2026
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There had been moments where Bruce paused too long before just saying ‘Robin’ in place of Tim’s name. Sometimes, though, the pause would last so long that Tim felt the need to remind Bruce what his name was. Bruce always continued on afterward, not acknowledging his slip.
This though? This was the first time that Bruce had actually called Tim by Jason.
OR:
Five times Tim responded to the name 'Jason,' plus one time Jason had a problem with that
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- Part 30 of Red Hood: Resurrection Insp.
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Secondhand Son by Ireadtoomanybooks, Iwritetoomanybooks
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
31 May 2026
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At fourteen, Tim Drake is no stranger to loneliness. But when his parents die in a plane crash, and a will reveals that Bruce Wayne is his biological father, he’s dropped into a world of vigilantes, legacy, and disappointment. Bruce, caught off-guard and not ready for more family, keeps his distance.
Tim doesn’t push. He’s used to being a shadow.
But shadows notice things. They listen. They help. And while Bruce avoids his newest son, Alfred brings him in—gently, steadfastly, and without question. Tim finds belonging not in the Cave, but in quiet acts of care. In warm mugs of milk. In folded laundry. In the faint scent of his grandmother’s perfume still lingering in the halls.
Bruce may not be ready yet. But Tim is already home.
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you're breaking me down to nothing (not that I was ever anything) by BronzeLining
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU, DCU (Comics), Red Robin (Comics)
31 Jan 2026
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Timothy’s body was nothing but a byproduct of violence and death. The pit healed his wounds but left scars that burned worse. He was ugly, he knew, but it hardly bothered him. Ugly things were real and permanent. They marred the world, left their mark wherever they went. It was not his ugliness that unnerved him. It was his simplistic mind that he was ashamed of.
His body was broken but his mind was carved empty. He’d been brilliant once, he was sure. Sometimes Ra’s told him stories of his past intelligence, of the times when he called him Detective. Timothy listened to those stories with childish envy, unable to comprehend how the person Ra’s spoke of with such pride had been him.
Sometimes, he thought the Bat might love him. Then he would remember that he wasn't the one he looked at with such soft eyes and he'd think of the Tim that the Bat wanted with such visceral hatred that he scared himself.
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Timothy forgets. Ra's lies. His family is there for him, come hell or high water.
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Maybe with a Shift in Planets by SilverSkiesAtMidnight for dottie_wan_kenobi
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
02 Mar 2023
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The shadow is a silhouette on the edge of the roof. She can’t see his eyes behind the blank white lenses of his cowl, but she can feel the cunning weight of his gaze as it rakes over her, a pair of predators recognizing one another. She keeps her posture relaxed. She looks back at him with steady eyes.
She is not prey.
She will not allow the kind boy behind her to be prey either.
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pictures worth a thousand words by sadlmfao
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics)
07 Feb 2021
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So maybe Tim enrolled in a photography competition, but it was only because he had slept through his art class for the last two weeks and the only way his teacher would pass him is if he promised to sign up.
That doesn't make it a big deal.
Why is his family making it a big deal?
OR: Tim joins a competition and finally gets the love he deserves.
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If You Don't Wanna See Me (Dancing With Somebody) by Nonny_Nonny_Non
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
03 Jul 2026
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'Everything crystalized and solidified in his mind as all the data converged. There it was, the answer he’d been looking for since the night he’d come down to find Damian in Robin red, green, and gold. He guessed he was finally ready to see it, instead of turning away and clinging to the past. Clinging to a relationship that no longer existed.'
Or:
Seven times Tim and Dick didn't reconnect, and how Tim still managed to heal, find love, and cleanly break from the Bats without them realizing.
Title from Dua Lipa's 'Don't Start Now'
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- Part 1 of For Wheat is Wheat
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Monachopsis by Help__Obsessed_Artist
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Red Robin (Comics), Nightwing (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics)
23 Apr 2019
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Monachopsis: the subtle, persistent feeling of being out of place.
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You are not alone (I've been here the whole time) by sagepink
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
08 May 2026
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"This is Damian" Talia says as she puts a hand on his shoulder. "After his allience with Bane, my father no longer considered Damian's lineage suitable for the Demon's Heir, casted him out of his family, removing him from under my protection as well."
She doesn't say more, but Tim's not stupid and he can read between the lines and the kid's, Damian's state speaks for itself. Tim is not overly familiar with the ways of the League, but he can imagine many disgruntled assasins would like to take their grudges against Ra's out on a kid who's no longer under the Demon's Head protection.
Or: Talia decides Damian can't stay with the League after the events of Legacy and Tim just happens to be in Paris at the right time to gain a little bother
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