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When did you lose faith in love, my sunshine..? by Yoe_567890
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman and the Signal (Comics)
14 Dec 2025
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Living his life a lie to himself and the world, Duke Thomas himself doesn't understand how he ended up with the Batfamily.
Now he's trying to survive there, avoid becoming a villain, and avoid involving them in his affairs....
That's exactly how he got them involved in his affairs.
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After dying in the line of duty, Tim Drake wakes up in the past—thirteen years old, alive, and back in his childhood bedroom. Armed with the knowledge of everything to come, Tim chooses not to reveal himself to Bruce or the Batfamily. Instead, he disappears into the shadows of Gotham, becoming the nameless vigilante known only as Red. He works behind the scenes, subtly reshaping key events to give everyone a better future: saving Jason from death, bringing Cass home earlier, and protecting the Batfamily from the worst of what’s to come.
But time has a way of preserving tragedy.
When Duke Thomas loses his parents in a violent home invasion—different from the original timeline but just as devastating—Tim makes a drastic decision. At eighteen, he adopts Duke, becoming the guardian he wishes someone had been for him. Now legally responsible for a grieving teenager who barely speaks to him, and under public scrutiny for the shocking adoption, Tim must navigate media storms, Bats' suspicions, and the burden of rewriting the future—all without revealing who he really is.
He’s walked through Gotham’s shadows as a ghost long enough. But how long can a ghost keep his secrets before someone starts chasing them down?
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- Part 1 of Redacted
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“It's not fair,” Stephanie grumbles, shoulders shaking in suppressed anger. Duke doesn't blame her, his own heart beating loud enough to deafen him.
“Children are expendable in this field,” Jason says into the tense silence, watching the two of them with a heavy expression, “It's dangerous, so they're great when they're young and naive. Then they get old. They get harder to control. Then they're useless.”
Duke frowns. For a moment there, he wasn't sure if Jason was talking about competitive racing, or something else entirely.
Judging from Jason's glare, he's not so sure either.
(Duke goes undercover at a Formula 4 training camp for a case and realises that life isn't so different on a race track.)
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I am drowning, my dear, in seas of fire. by That_Gay_Gal
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman and the Signal (Comics)
06 Dec 2025
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'It's just another tiny Arkham breakout,' they said. 'It's only Mr. Freeze and Firefly,' they said.
Well, clearly ‘ they’ (Steph and Damian that is) were full of shit, because now Duke was awake at 5am, freezing half to death because one half of Gotham was a frozen wasteland, while the other was bathed in flames.
Or: There's an Arkham breakout, and Duke suffers for it.
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The Collector by Chemical_Processes, GalaxyThreads
Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types
11 Nov 2025
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It starts with letters and a creature that drags him into the Caliginous. The shadows have turned against Duke, and the light isn’t enough to save him.
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Transgender Dysphoria Blues by zanizae
Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)
25 Oct 2025
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In which trans teen Duke Thomas starts his period and everything goes to shit.
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Duke didn’t tell the Batfam he was trans, thinking it was unimportant. So when Duke starts acting off and more angry? They find out and he spirals.
[i cannot write summaries please don’t judge it from this]
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I Won't Be Who He Is by ToCatchADragonfly
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic), Young Justice (Cartoon)
24 Oct 2025
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Dick drives his siblings away from Gotham, following Jason and Roy on motorcycles with Wally sitting in the passenger seat to keep him from losing his nerve. He almost does, anyways.
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- Part 16 of Dragonfly Stole the Batmobile
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An Enemy We Can't See by Sohotthateveryonedied
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Detective Comics (Comics), DCU (Comics)
18 Oct 2025
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The only word Bruce can come up with to describe the infected is feral. Human beings are driven by their innermost desires and fears, reduced to nothing but animal instinct. The infection robs one of their inhibitions. They revert to their core traits: greed, need, hate, fear, desire. The crazy become crazier; the self-haters kill themselves. Resentful parents throw their children off bridges or drown them in the bathtub. Enemies rush at each other’s throats with whatever weapons they can get their hands on.
No one can lie, no one can hide. No masks. No pretenses. It’s utter chaos.
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Television Static by NocturnalAnomaly
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic), We Are Robin (Comics), DCU, Batman and the Signal (Comics)
04 Oct 2025
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Duke braced himself, bringing his fists up in front of him and preparing to dodge or lose an eye.
The guy swung. The hit never landed.
A gunshot cracked the night wide open, and the guy who’d been about to slice up Duke’s face screamed, clutching at his hand. The sound was pure agony.
Blood sprayed, hot and wet, across Duke’s cheek and hoodie. Too close. Too real. His breath hitched hard, stomach lurching. Some hit his lip. The metallic tang of blood slid into his mouth before he could stop it. He gagged.
Then something fell out of the dark above. Leather flared. Boots struck pavement with a thud that carried finality. A helmet gleamed red under the flickering streetlight.
Red Hood.
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The story of Duke Thomas and Jason Todd throughout the years.
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“Thank you, thank you, thank you. You’re the best brother ever.” Duke said happily and the looks on everyone else’s faces were priceless. Jason looked angry, pissed as he would call it, for losing a title he never had. Tim’s mouth was open in shock, and he held onto his chest like it physically hurt him to hear Duke’s words. Damian was the angeriest out of all of them. The grip on his knife, mind you he wasn’t holding it earlier, was tight and he was glaring at Dick’s stupid smirk he had on his face.
Or On his way home from school, Duke stumbles across a flyer for a local scare house and decides it’s the perfect way to kick off spooky season. With a mix of charm and mild manipulation, he ropes the entire Batfamily into joining him. But what starts as harmless fun quickly twists into something far more sinister. As danger creeps closer, Duke remains completely oblivious, much to Bruce’s growing worry. Hopefully, everyone makes it out in one piece… emphasis on hopefully.
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Duke May Have Brought A Car, But It’s Bumblebee So It’s Okay by Anonymous
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Transformers - All Media Types
03 Oct 2025
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Duke is tired of Bruce babying him, so he storms off and buys a used car. He may have dragged his family into a war with Decepticons , but at least he proved to Bruce that he can drive (Bumblebee was driving the whole time).
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The princes shadow (and his shadows shadow) by Squids_Dumb
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Deathstroke the Terminator (Comics)
02 Oct 2025
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When Damian gets dosed with fear toxin and starts crying for his akhi, they were a little shocked, but it wasn't that weird. They must have gotten close in the league, Tim reasoned. But when Jason got there and Damian started to beg for another name, things started to take a shocking turn.
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Or, the little prince spent years traveling the world with Jason and Slade, so when he's dosed with fear toxin and thinks the jokers out to get Jason again, he only trusts one person to help him keep Jason safe.
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- Part 1 of SladeJay and their son
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And in the light I will scream. by Prettylesbian8
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Batman and the Signal (Comics)
30 Sep 2025
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Duke hates being sick.
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The Brother Defence Initiative by NocturnalAnomaly
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic), DCU
29 Sep 2025
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“Stop,” Damian said, voice dripping with deadly intent. “You will leave Thomas alone.”
Mason blinked down at him, smirk tugging at his mouth. “What are you, his bodyguard?”
“Yes.”
The smirk faltered.
Damian’s voice was quiet, almost conversational, but honed with an edge meant to cut. “If you persist, you will not like the consequences.”
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Duke is being bullied. Damian has a lot to say about that.
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- Part 4 of The Everyday Adventures of Damian Wayne
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Duke Thomas. 16 years old. Parents currently in group facility for jokerization victims and deemed unfit to care for Duke. Aggressive with perceived authority figures. History of fights at schools and home. Prone to elopement.
Duke's read his file before--has heard Tammy complain about his problematic behaviors nearly every meeting. As he burned his way through every foster home in the city, Duke knew he'd run out of people willing to let him stay. When Tammy presented the ultimatum, Bruce Wayne or Juvie, it wasn't even a choice.
Now, 8 months in and having already passed his 2 month record of longest stay at a foster home, Duke finds himself wondering if maybe he could plant roots with the Waynes. They seem to accept him so easily, already calling him their brother and wanting to include him in family events. He may not be theirs, but maybe that would be okay.
Of course, Duke should have known better. When the Wayne children start asking Bruce when he's going to pull the trigger to adopt Duke already, he realizes that they only wanted him if he was going to be theirs. Feeling trapped and unwelcome, Duke decides fuck it.
He runs.
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all of my past i tried to erase it (but now i see would i even change it?) by justiceiscalling
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
19 Aug 2025
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“Anybody else notice that we haven’t had any…what did Tim call it? Worldly Travel in over a year?”
Immediately, everyone groaned. Dick raised a brow at the reaction. “You fucking idiot.” Duke shook his head, placing it in his hands.
“Jesus, no need to be so vulgar.” Dick says, walking back to Tim not even the slightest embarrassed that his comment induced this type of reaction from his siblings.
“’Course we noticed.” Jason says, throwing a random Batarang at Dick—which he dodges easily, as if it’s second nature. “It’s just one of those things you don’t mention. You know, so you don’t fucking jinx us?”
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Dick jinxes the family and suddenly a guy with a sword and a familiar face appears in Gotham claiming to know them.
It’s safe to say, Damian Wayne hates jinxes.
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Not My Dad (But A Good Stand In) by maplesnmulberries
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman and the Signal (Comics), DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic)
18 Aug 2025
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Duke Thomas had been with the family for six months. Officially, at least. Had known them for at least a year before that. Age sixteen, now, he had reluctantly allowed them to place him under their custody after being on his own for a while. It was comfortable enough. He'd been content to be fostered, even though the offer of adoption remained extended.
He was given independence. Independence that he craved. It had been his most important condition upon joining: that he be a Bat, but not a Robin. Gotham's solo daytime vigilante.
It was just...professional boundaries, Duke told himself. Bruce was Batman, and Batman was like, his mentor-supervisor-vigilante landlord. Or something. Not his dad. He had a dad. And not really a paternal figure, either, like how Steph and Babs viewed him.
He liked the guy. Just...didn't need a dad. He was fine. Chilling.
(Until he wasn't).
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- Part 5 of Bat Drabbles
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Overwhelmed by maplesnmulberries
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman and the Signal (Comics), Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic)
16 Aug 2025
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Duke is officially eighteen, and at a loss for what he's going to do after he finishes high school. College? A career? Moving out?
The Batfamily is overbearing, even if they're trying to help, and Duke just wants a minute alone in PEACE.
And that's when Damian shows up, demanding to join Signal on his daytime patrol.
And it turns out...okay.
(Duke & Damian bonding because I don't see enough of it and they're the last babies in the nest!!!!)
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- Part 12 of Bat Drabbles
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A Presentation in Ethical Kidnapping by MoonandSunStones
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
14 Aug 2025
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Tim’s thought his life couldn't get weirder when he found an ALIVE Jason Todd
Then the Joker happened
Then someone decided to start stalking him
Then they all broke into the hospital
Oh yeah, then there was the whole bio-son situationHonestly, Tim was just lucky Drake manor could fit his new fam– all these random strangers
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Gotham City's Monster murdered Duke's parents and forced him to be an accomplice to his crimes, as the criminal Omen.
When Omen finally fights back, murdering the Monster, he falls through a rift in reality, ending up in the Batcave.
His hands still around the throat of the man he just murdered.
Safe to say, things are not going well for him.Or, what if Duke was the sidekick of an Evil Batman and ended up in the main universe.
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- Part 3 of Duke Week 2025