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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He hesitated, hesitated but nonetheless replied, “I got blasted by cuddle pollen. It’s why I tripped. It’s why I got caught.”
The line went dead silent.
Tim clenched his fists as the pale figure uncovered his face. “I’m sorry.”
The line split off into a cacophony of sounds. But Tim couldn’t hear any of it, because the stone and crumbles of cement and wood slipped off the purple suit and the pale man sat up, a hand going to his sickeningly green hair.
He was trapped. Trapped within a building’s remains with a conscious Joker, dipped head-to-toe in cuddle pollen which was already starting to become close to unbearable without human touch.
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A cuddle-pollened Tim gets stuck in a collapsed building with the Joker.
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Damian is younger than in canon and doesn't arrive on Bruce's doorstep before he gets lost in time and is declared dead. Talia gives up on the hope of getting him out now that his father is gone, resigning herself to getting him out when he is older and capable of making it on his own.
Neither of them counted on Tim Drake being as awesome as he is and looking so protector-shaped in Damian's young eyes.
Meanwhile, Tim is having a not so good time. He ran away from home to chase after his dad because his brother doesn't believe him, he lost his spleen, Ra's al Ghul kicked him out of a window... Just what else is in store for him before he can finally see his dad again?!
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Secondhand Son by Ireadtoomanybooks, Iwritetoomanybooks
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
05 Dec 2025
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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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i can listen by oopshenangians
Fandoms: Red Hood: Resurrection (Fan Series 2024), Batman - All Media Types
31 Oct 2025
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“Because you never listen.”
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Tim knows how to listen. He really does, but some nights he's so bad at it. He's ready for the lecture that will come.
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- Part 39 of Red Hood: Resurrection
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“Why would he just take it?” Tim wailed. “Why couldn't he just ask me first?”
“Hey, hey, it's okay,” Dick tried to soothe, his hand awkwardly hovering over Tim's back. “We'll get it back. What was in it? Do you need it for a case or something?”
Tim stiffened.
“Tim?”
“It's private,” Tim muttered, wanting to die.
“A private case? Or - “ Dick's eyes widened in realization. “Tim, do you keep a diary?”
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Since he was a kid, Tim has kept a notebook where he writes self-indulgent, made-up stories about being friends with Robin.
Jason finds it.
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“I’m adopted.”
The room drops into complete silence.
Bruce stares at him, confused.
The rest of the family stares at him, confused.
Bruce clears his throat. “Well, yes, um—Tim, that’s… well, you know, that would be because I adopted you,” he says hesitantly.
Tim almost breaks. The anxiety keeps him from laughing, but he does manage a small smile. “Yes, that’s right, Bruce—but that’s not what I meant. While I was cleaning up, I found some documents in my parents’ study. A birth certificate, to be exact, and… well, it didn’t say Jack and Janet Drake on it like I was expecting.”
Understanding dawns on their faces.
“You were adopted by Jack and Janet?” Bruce asks.Or
Tim finds his biological parents.
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if brokeness is a form of art by timdrakeapologist (dreamingaboutsakuratrees)
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU
07 Apr 2024
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𝘪𝘧 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘳𝘵,
𝘪 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘺.Of all the things Tim expected to see when he walked into class that day, having Jason Todd as his substitute English teacher was not one of them.
And of all the things Jason expected when he went back to Gotham to annoy the shit out of his Replacement, growing fond of the kid was not one of them.
But oh well, everyone knows life as a teenage vigilante/crime lord is full of surprises.
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Isn’t it strange? How people can change. by Quilldroin_070603
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
23 May 2024
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Jason didn’t like Tim. In fact, he hated the brat.
Bruce insists that the kid is no harm, but Jason begs to differ. The kid is about as cold as cold can be, he tried to talk to the kid and got glared at. Rich, nepo baby Tim Drake couldn’t stand having even one conversation with street trash like Jason.
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In which Jason and Dick don’t like Tim, but opinions can change. -
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He’s a bad person, he thinks, for wanting so badly to be a part of a group that got hurt. It was never like that, for him. He always said yes. He always started it. He always wanted it.
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a treatise on blurry lines.
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- Part 5 of autobiography
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Hidden, broken parts by curious_trickster
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics), DCU
02 Aug 2024
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Tim has always been good at pretending. The only time he lets go of the tight control he keeps on the mask he wears is during the time he spends on his motorcycle.
When bis bike gets damaged, with Damian having been responsible, he snaps.To everyone’s surprise, this is a step in the right direction.
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A fic that focuses on Tim’s and the other batfamily members relationship with motorcycles and how they manage to bond over them.
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- Part 1 of The inner workings of a bat