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Penance in a Pooling Pale Blue Sea by Calebs_Mom
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Superman - All Media Types, Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic)
20 Sep 2026
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It’s Father’s Day, and the Batfamily decide to show Dick Grayson the appreciation he deserves. Bruce heard the conversation- he didn’t mean to listen in… Bruce had hurt them all so much, he needed to repent.
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Bruce and Dick had an argument. Clark wasn’t particularly worried about that in and of itself- but the scent of dropping lingering on Bruce made Clark wonder if it was really time for an off world mission.
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It didn’t make any sense- why would Bruce take this argument as Pack rejection? Dick didn’t mean it, he rarely meant what he said. But now Bruce was gone.
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Or,
Following the Batfamily gifting Dick Grayson a Father’s Day present, Bruce Wayne’s Omega interprets the act as pack rejection, sending him into a violent dropping episode. When an omega drops, it their relationship with their pack isn’t mended they rapidly sink into a deep depression often followed by death.
Bruce decides to kill himself before that happens, not knowing Clark will bring him back as many times as it takes.
Content Warnings: self harm, suicide, mental health issues, abandonment, grief, severe guilt, complicated family relationships
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Can I Have a Hug? by Mizuphae
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman and Robin (Comics)
15 Oct 2020
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Tim has always been a curious child and he has so many questions to ask:
Does your food taste good? How’s the weather? How does the sun feel? He’s really cold; are you cold? Are you happy? Sad? What does love mean? What does a hug feel like? Why does everyone keep on leaving him? Why is he still here?But no one ever answers.
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- Part 1 of Whumptober
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(Never) Good (Enough) by quotidian_void
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics)
15 Oct 2025
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“I love all my children equally,” Bruce said, smiling at the camera.
At the millenia-old answer to the equally old question of “Who is your favorite child”, the people in the interview laughed. As was the only appropriate reaction to the answer.
Tim laughed too. Along with his adopted siblings next to him. His lips parted in a wide smile and his eyes scrunched up as a soft chuckle left his throat.
But inside, Tim was seething.
I love all my children equally.
Bullshit, Tim thought through clenched teeth. Bull-fucking-shit.
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Domestic Life Was Never Quite My Style by Wrenythinggoes
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics)
21 Aug 2026
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“Say,” Jason says, “how old are you anyway, shrimp?”
“Ten,” Tim says, but he looks away right after.
“Ten?”
“Okay…” Tim admits. “I'm still nine. But I'll be ten in July!”
“That's six months away. You're nine.”
“...and a half,” Tim mutters.
Jason snorts. Then he sits down on the sofa next to Tim. “Here's what's going to happen here,” he says. “I'm going to get you an Uber and I'm going to track it and make sure you get back to Bristol.”
Jason would prefer to take Tim home himself, but that puts him too close to Bruce and the others.
“You don't know where I live!” Tim protests.
Jason resists the urge to roll his eyes and says, “Tim. There is literally a house called Drake Manor next door to Wayne Manor. You have a Bristol accent. We met at a gala.”
“Oh. Right.”
Jason rubs his temples. Kids are a nightmare. Glad he's getting rid of this one.
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Jason Todd accidentally becomes a parent to the kid who's been stalking him since he came back to Gotham. Somebody's got to make sure this kid gets to be a kid.
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The grandfather clock ticked ominously.
Tim’s eyes widened slowly.
“Oh my God,” he whispered. “I’m alone.”
He made coffee at three in the afternoon after that with absolutely no one saying, “Tim, perhaps water occasionally?” He even wandered into Bruce’s study just because he could.
Sat in Bruce’s chair and swiveled once.
Twice.
Then immediately stopped because somehow even empty, the room radiated Disappointed Father Energy.
“Right,” Tim muttered. “Forgot this room is haunted.”
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When Tim just got back from school breakout and he had too much fun at the Manor. Key word: too much.