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  1. Public Bookmark 82

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    The pain is no longer sharp—just deep and consuming. It throbs with his heartbeat. Every pulse reminds him he’s still here.

    Still breathing.

    Still inconveniently alive.

    Tim considers staying right where he is up against the tree.

    The bleeding will do the hard part—eventually. Hypothermia would help. He’s already soaked from the river anyway and the night air is cold enough to bite. He could close his eyes—rest maybe—stop fighting for once.

    The city lights blur and flicker in the distance.

    No one would know exactly where he is. Maybe not for another few hours or so. They’d search for a while, then when they find Tim maybe he won’t be here anymore.

    His good hand rests limp over his stomach.

    I’m so tired...
    He thinks bleakly the kind of tiredness that settles into your bones and not just your muscles.

    Tim’s eyes flutter shut against the night. Keeping them open requires too much effort.

    His breathing slows, the sound of the water trickling by keeps him semi present, and for a moment—suspended between pain and sleep—Timothy Drake genuinely hopes he doesn’t wake up.

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    Or: Tim gets into a motorcycle accident.

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    09 Mar 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 41

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    Tim forgot to take his domino mask off after patrol.

    Then he forgot again.

    And again.

    Jason notices.

    Tim needs him to drop it.

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    08 Mar 2026

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    "Did you see?" says Dick, and he lets go of Tim's shoulders to take him by the arm, tugging him toward the kitchen instead of the Batcave. "Alfred made cookies."

    "Think he's trying to lure you in," says Tim, with a huff of a laugh. "Like one of those traps they bait for raccoons."

    "Raccoons are too smart for that, baby bird," says Dick, blithely, and swipes up one of the bait-cookies anyway, biting into it with an appreciative little hum.

    Tim finds somewhere else to look — fixes his gaze on a spot on the far wall, trying hard to ignore the way the kitchen smells of cinnamon and nutmeg and sugar. His stomach twists a little, hopeful, and he tells it firmly that these aren't for him. They're Dick's welcome-home cookies.

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    26 Feb 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 50

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    "Hormesis"- biological phenomenon where stress makes organisms stronger.

    Tim Drake figured out Batman's identity when he was nine years old.

    He promised he'd never reveal that secret.

    But then Robin died.

    Batman didn't need a worthless replacement. He did need help, though.

    An AU where Tim Drake never becomes Robin but can't stop trying to save Batman anyway.

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    26 Feb 2026

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    The kid looked him up and down, unbothered.

    “You’re trespassing.”

    Jason frowned at him and crossed his arms on instinct, getting defensive “It’s abandoned!” He knew he had no right to be here. But this kid sure didn’t either.

    “I live here,” the child replied simply.

    Jason stared at him. The mysterious child stared back.

     

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    The Drake Manor has been empty for years. Everyone knows that. The couple who owned it vanished on one of their archaeological expeditions, leaving behind dust, shadows, and rumors of a ghost.
    Jason Todd doesn't believe in ghosts. But when Dick dares him to prove it, he finds something worse: a kid, alone, starving, barely surviving in the abandoned house next door. Tim doesn't need rescuing. He needs someone who'll come back.
    Jason can do that. Even if no one else believes he's worth trusting with anything.

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    24 Feb 2026