1 – 20 of 72 Works in Janet Drake
Summary
Tim Drake is six when he first sees Robin. He's thirteen when he becomes Robin. He's fifteen when he has to fight to keep Robin.
He has a bad time all the way through.
Shelves: DC Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 84,140
- Status:
- Completed
Hatchlings by maryjames_shames
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Batman: Caped Crusader (Cartoon 2024), Batman: The Animated Series, The Batman (Movie 2022)
07 Aug 2026
Summary
Alternative Title: The Life of Timothy Jackson Drake (As Seen by The Waynes)
In which you get various perspectives on Tim as the Waynes watch him grow up and as they all decide he is meant to be a one of them. With or without knowing that it’s actually Tim.
or
Tim evokes and perpetuates baby fever in the Waynes
- Part 1 of Birds of All Species
Shelves: DC Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 61,405
- Status:
- Completed
Sins of the Father Anthology by MysticMalady, TheBestTinyDragon
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics)
01 Jul 2026
Summary
The last thing Tim was expecting to find ten years in the past was another family.
Anthology containing:
A Family History Rewritten by MysticMalady & TheBestTinyDragon
Given all the things that had happened to him, one would expect Timothy Drake to have become inured to the unexpected. And for the most part, this was the case. However, some things were just so goddamn weird that he had no idea how to deal with them.
Getting blown up in a warehouse and somehow thrown into a different dimension and around twelve years into the past would be one of those things. Everything he had, gone in seconds. But that didn’t mean things were hopeless. In fact, there was a great deal of hope around him, and a great many things to fix.
After all, never let it be said that Tim was one to waste an opportunity.
Shelves: DC Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 220,324
- Status:
- In-Progress
Don’t Let Me Down by Graphic_Nobody
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic), DCU, Robin (Comics)
19 Jun 2026
Summary
When ten year old Tim Drake is paired with the freshly adopted, thirteen year old Jason Todd for a school project, he is ecstatic. He just hopes he can keep his inner fanboy under control. At the same time, his parents’ trips are increasing in length, and Tim is handling it like a champ! Who needs parental supervision? Not him! Although, a little company might be nice…
Meanwhile, Jason is still half convinced that his adoption is an elaborate human trafficking scheme, but this Robin gig is pretty cool. And his new school may be full of rich jerks, but the neighbor kid isn’t too bad. Having an adult trying to take care of him is a bit of an adjustment, but one he might just be able to get used to.
- Part 1 of School Buddies verse
Shelves: DC Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 60,610
- Status:
- Completed
Settle Our Bones Anthology by motleyfam, justbeyondstars, batmoniker, JBS_Forever
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics), Super Sons (Comics)
06 Jun 2026
Summary
A series where Jason never dies, but the Waynes’ weird neighbor kid gets strung along for the ride all the same.
(Alternatively: that one series where Tim Drake gradually develops a file at Gotham General as thick as a phonebook because he's quite possibly the Unluckiest Boy in the World.)
Anthology containing:
5 Times Tim Spends the Night at Wayne Manor + 1 Time He Comes Home by motleyfam
Tim is good at galas.
No, scratch that—Tim is great at galas. He’s been attending them ever since the age of three, when his parents first stuffed him into his little Gymboree tuxedo and gave him a stern lecture about ‘sitting quietly’ and ‘speaking when spoken to.’ He knows all the rules: what to wear, how to stand, when to smile, what to say, what not to say. He knows how to come across as polite and intelligent and charming, and on absolutely any other day, he would be rocking this.
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Or, my take on a ‘Tim Joins the Family Early’ AU, told through a series of sleepovers—most of which are unplanned.
Featuring pre-teen Tim, Alive!Jason, and a whole lot of hurt/comfort.
Gala-Bye by motleyfam
Jason Todd hates galas.
Bruce Wayne loves his ridiculous son.
Mess of Me by motleyfam
Jack takes him trick-or-treating.
Tim is dressed in a simple black bodysuit with a white skeleton printed on top. He’d wanted to go as a stormtrooper—it’s all he’s been talking about at school for weeks, ever since he first saw the films—but his parents didn’t get the chance to pick up a costume until late that afternoon, and the options at Halloween City at four p.m. on October 31st are a bit sparse.
(It was this or a gigantic carrot, and even at seven years old, Tim has some dignity to maintain.)
---
Poor Timmy isn't having the best of Halloweens.
Shoot from the Hip by motleyfam
Objectively, this time isn’t even that bad. The bullet really only grazed his side. The mark it left is long and gnarly-looking, and he’s sure it’s going to bruise like a bitch tomorrow, but the actual damage to his flesh is pretty superficial. A saline wash, a quick row of stitches, a sterile dressing, and a couple painkillers, and he should be good to go.
…Which is why Dick neglects to mention this extremely minor injury during his usual post-patrol check-in with Agent A.
By Necessity by motleyfam
An alternative ending to chapter 4 of 5 Times Tim Spends the Night at Wayne Manor + 1 Time He Comes Home.
(AKA, the part where there’s an ice storm and a massive tree limb takes out the Drakes’ living room window.)
Kansaws by motleyfam
Tim blinks.
Batman has a buddy with a chainsaw??
(A short drabble expanding on Chapter 4 of 5 Times Tim Spends the Night at Wayne Manor + 1 Time He Comes Home)
Man of the House by motleyfam
Yet another alternative ending to chapter 4 of 5 Times Tim Spends the Night at Wayne Manor + 1 Time He Comes Home.
(AKA, the part where there’s an ice storm and a massive tree limb takes out the Drakes’ living room window.)
Is All Anger Sin? by motleyfam
Now, Jason likes Tim, don’t get him wrong, but that kid’s got the self-preservation instincts of a wet paper towel. And not even the premium paper towels Alfred buys at Costco—that cheap shit you get at the Dollar Tree. The kid’s basically allergic to asking for help, and it’s fucking sad, okay?
Case in point, the fact that he’s currently bleeding all over the damn floor and still insisting that they don’t bother Bruce.
Well fuck that shit.
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An added scene expanding on chapter 5 of 5 Times Tim Spends the Night at Wayne Manor + 1 Time He Comes Home.Reverse Psychology by motleyfam
Jason leans back, crossing his arms over his chest. “Well, what if we don’t want you to clean up?”
Tim just blinks at him.
(An alternative ending to one of the scenes in chapter 5 of 5 Times Tim Spends the Night at Wayne Manor + 1 Time He Comes Home.)
First Watch by motleyfam
“I have a pretty bad headache, so I think I just want to go to bed.”
Like any good excuse, Tim’s claim is simple, succinct, and rooted in a half-truth; his head does hurt, though he wouldn’t really call it ‘bad’—it’s hurting about the normal amount for someone who’s spent the last eight hours as a tightly coiled ball of anxiety. It should have worked perfectly.
Unfortunately for Tim, he just forgot one small fact: that the Waynes are literally the most dramatic people on the planet.
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An added scene expanding on chapter 5 of 5 Times Tim Spends the Night at Wayne Manor + 1 Time He Comes Home.Where Blame is Due by batmoniker & motleyfam
Jason rides in the ambulance with Tim.
He doesn’t think he’s allowed to, technically, since he isn’t family and both of them are minors, but he’s not about to take no for an answer. Luckily, or perhaps frighteningly, the paramedics are too busy to argue with him. They’re barking orders back and forth to each other, rattling off vitals, running IV and oxygen lines, applying cooling blankets. Tim’s temperature is over 105 degrees and his blood pressure is dangerously low. They’re worried about seizures.
They’re also worried about organ failure.
–--
The immediate aftermath of Jason finding Tim in the final chapter of 5 Times Tim Spends the Night at Wayne Manor + 1 Time He Comes Home, told from three different points of view.
A Jumbo Miscalculation by justbeyondstars & motleyfam
Suddenly a new voice, gruffer, deeper, says, “What are you doing?” and Tim goes cold all over. That’s Bruce. That’s Bruce speaking a full sentence for the first time today and of course it’s when Tim is hurling his guts out in the bathroom and didn’t want him to know about it.
Shit.
“Picking the lock,” Jason says, like it’s obvious. “Didn’t think you’d appreciate me breaking the door down. I can, if you want. I am absolutely fine with that option actually.”
–--
Bruce is in a bad mood after a case doesn’t go entirely to plan, and Tim is determined not to do anything to make it worse.
(Unfortunately, his shrimp allergy didn’t get that memo.)DANton-ten-six by motleyfam
Ten weeks into Tim’s new foster placement with the Waynes, he wakes up feeling kind of lousy.
His stomach started hurting sometime after dinner the night before, which he initially chalked up to the heaviness of Alfred’s chicken fettuccine; that man does not skimp on the heavy cream. It’s why he only ever makes it when Dick—the family’s resident lactose intolerant dumbass, as Jason so lovingly puts it—is confirmed to be staying in Bludhaven for the evening.
(Not that it ever works. Dick’s been known to sniff out leftovers from the fridge days later like a bloodhound, consequences to his delicate digestive system be damned.)
Anyway...
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Or, in which Tim gets Sick™, but actually reaches out for help for once, and in return his new family comes in clutch.
Shelves: DC Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 180,699
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
Sherlock Holmes retreats to his Mind Palace to think, to problem-solve. Superman has his Fortress of Solitude, reportedly.
9-and-five-sixths-year-old Tim Drake has his Blanket Fortress.Timmy Drake’s parents go missing.
He’s the only one who notices.- Part 1 of Puzzle Pieces
Shelves: DC Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 162,123
- Status:
- Completed
My Dreams are in Spreadsheets Anthology by hotterhatter2211
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Teen Titans (Comics), Young Justice (Cartoon), Young Justice (Comics)
21 Mar 2026
Summary
Tim always gave them names. He never told anyone that he named them all. He never mentioned how he would spend all night awake in his bed when the large letters of "ATTEMPT UNSUCCESSFUL” appeared on the screen.
It wasn’t like leaving was an option. The white walls and green tubes were the only places Tim was allowed to go outside of his room.
Tim just wanted a friend to talk to. He was so tired of being alone.
Anthology containing:
Fish in a Birdcage
Tim always gave them names. He never told anyone that he named them all. He never mentioned how he would spend all night awake in his bed when the large letters of "ATTEMPT UNSUCCESSFUL” appeared on the screen.
It wasn’t like Tim could just leave and go outside. Tim was only allowed to go to the lab with the white walls and green tubes.
Tim just wanted a friend to talk to. He was so tired of being alone.
[Tim gets sold to Lex Luthor by his parents where he then works at Cadmus to create clones]
Shelves: DC Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 64,881
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
Tim wakes up inexplicably in his two-year-old body. Which: odd. But just think, how many people would kill to have an opportunity to redo their life! And Tim has so much he wants to change, so much he wants. He wants to feel important to Bruce. He wants to be Dick's favorite. He wants Jason (his childhood hero) to think he's cool. He wants Damian to need him. And really, is it manipulation if his family benefits from it?
Or: He was halfway through the second trash can, when a startled “Good lord” caught him off guard. Tim glanced up, the rhythmic sucking of his pacifier coming to a still at the sight of a black Rolls Royce idling at the side road that lead to Wayne Manor. Alfred was staring at him from the over the car top, aghast. “Master Bruce, it’s not a raccoon.”
From the back seat, Bruce Wayne stared at him. Tim stared back.
Or: Tim is side tracked by his actual childish needs and wants, gets a whole bunch of his nannies fired, terrorizes his parents with a series of petty revenges, is an honest employer of one (1) newly minted murderer for hire, endears himself to – and thoroughly weirds out – the Waynes, and is generally just a petty, manipulative, vindictive, smol boy.
Shelves: DC Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 132,675
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
"WhereamI?"
His words are slurred. He can't remember what was the last thing he was doing. How come he's staring face to face with an unfamiliar kid?
"In the hallway."
"Yeah, which building though?"
The kid tells him the name and his head feels like it’s splitting as memories come back. This is the house where Tim used to live. Damn.
AKA
Jason ends up in wrong time. Meeting the 8 year old Tim and taking care of him is not what he's supposed to do in a situation like this. But that's what happens.Shelves: DC Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 65,284
- Status:
- Completed
Summary
When they accidentally cause trouble for the wrong mob boss, Jack and Janet Drake come up with a completely flawless plan: return to Gotham to retrieve their son, fake the deaths of their entire family, then flee to Belgium. Tim can see a number of issues with this, mainly that (1) it's the stupidest thing he's ever heard, (2) his parents are definitely lying to him about something, and (3) Belgium. With all to play for, it's now up to Tim to create a believable narrative and avoid getting caught by any means necessary - even if that means traumatising the odd vigilante or two. He's willing to do whatever it takes to protect his family.
(But... which family?)
Shelves: DC Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 57,581
- Status:
- Completed
Summary
it starts, as it usually does, with the smallest of rumbles
or: tims foray into the fickle illusions of safety
Shelves: DC Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 33,701
- Status:
- Completed
Birds of a Feather (We Should Stick Together) by BlueAegis
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
05 Oct 2025
Summary
Tim pulled out a notebook and clicked his favorite green pen. His mother would criticize him for making a project plan without doing a SWOT analysis first, but he figured he could get away with breaking corporate protocols for this particular project.
Tim’s 7 step plan to get Bruce to adopt Jason, he wrote with a flourish.
***
Or, eight-year-old Tim hatches a plot to convince his neighbor to adopt the street kid he brought home with him and gets more than he bargained for in the process.
Shelves: DC Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 118,878
- Status:
- Completed
The bleeding is internal, so it’s fine. That’s where blood is supposed to be. by rosered27
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Young Justice - All Media Types
14 Aug 2025
Summary
Their lawyer reads it and hums. “This allows a guardianship role to be awarded to Mr.Wayne.” She explains it simply. “Wayne Enterprises is in the heart of the capital, it is the most influential building and young Mr.Drake will be working under its CEO. It is a cautionary clause for your son so that in the case that something were to happen that there is an adult available to make decisions on Mr.Drake’s behalf. In the case that neither parent can be reached, or another guardian, Mr.Wayne is able to step in and fill that role.”
The names Jack Drake and Janet Drake are signed in a neat cursive over the signature boxes and sent back to Bruce’s email.
or;
Tim has never had an adult active in his life; he doesn't need one. He's been fine on his own, and he's going to do his damn hardest to make sure that point gets across.
Unfortunately, he's been cursed since birth. Why does nothing ever go the way he plans?
(!!! THIS IS PART OF A SERIES, NOT MEANT TO BE READ BY ITSELF !! A.K.A. READ THE ONES BEFORE THIS.!)
- Part 4 of The Great Timboni
Shelves: DC Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 29,369
- Status:
- Completed
Summary
A neglected Tim starts stalking Batman, but ends up meeting Catwoman instead. Then he meets Robin. Then Batman himself. Then Nightwing. Then Alfred. And slowly realizes that they're a much, much better family than Jack and Janet Drake ever were.
- Part 23 of that1emowitch's Batfam Fics
Shelves: DC Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 92,207
- Status:
- Completed
Quoth The Robin - Evermore Anthology by PlotlessWanderer
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU, DCU (Comics)
06 Jul 2025
Summary
Anthology containing:
Once Upon A Kidnap Dreary
According to a certain Dick, kidnapping was a right of passage for the wards of Wayne. An initiation, as it were, to the life style of the rich and famous.
Jason hadn’t believed him. Or, hadn’t believed that he would ever be stupid enough to get kidnapped in the first place. Dick might be an idiot who would hop into any van labeled Free Candy but Jason was smarter. Street smart and, these days, book smart too. He knew to kick nuts first, ask questions never and not look back even once. Gotham might not be the trafficking capitol of the world, but it was dangerously close to being the trafficking capital of America and he wasn’t about to become a statistic.
(Jason Todd never has and never will need a cape to be Tim Drakes hero. And he's going to prove that or die trying)
Shelves: DC Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 59,265
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
Tim Drake is doing just fine, honestly. He can look after himself perfectly well; he has no need for any pity or help. He can get by on his own.
The Waynes disagree.
Shelves: DC Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 26,428
- Status:
- Completed
Summary
When Robin jumps in front of Batman to protect him from Darkseid’s Omega Beam, he expects death, to see the light and then nothing else. What he doesn’t expect is to wake up in his ten-year-old self. He especially doesn’t expect the power to time travel at will.
Cue shenanigans as he tries to shape the world into his liking, one saved life or relationship at a time. Gotham’s never had a more accurate fortune teller. They're lucky Tim chooses not to be a supervillain.
OR
Gotham’s fortune teller brings the Batfamily home (and saves many along the way)
Shelves: DC Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 25,239
- Status:
- Completed
Summary
Anthology containing:
Gotcha, Bug
Shutterbug has been a silent informant to the Bats for three years. No one knows why they send valuable information to Batman or why they keep their identity a secret even from other masks, but they've helped foil many Rogue plots and Bruce is working on his control issues, so he lets Shutterbug keep their secrets. This status quo has kept them all safe, until a shadowy conspiracy forces the elusive Shutterbug into the spotlight and leaves the Batfamily rushing to save the city from Ra's al Ghul's latest machination.
Tim Drake helps Batman by surveilling Rogues by night, has study hall with his favorite Robin (Though Jason doesn't know he knows that) and lives in a mansion full of stolen artifacts that will 100% destroy his family if reported to the authorities. It's a delicate balance, to help the world's greatest detective without drawing too much of his attention, but Tim's managed it for three years. When he discovers his own parents are at the heart of a blackmailing and smuggling plot that threatens the entire city, Tim can't stay in the shadows any longer. The only way to save Gotham is for Tim to reach Batman, but doing so means losing everything he knows.
Shelves: DC Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 51,843
- Status:
- Completed
Summary
Jason's eyes widened in shock. That was the boy from the alleyway! He immediately rounded on Bruce. “Bruce, that’s the kid-“
“Yes Jaylad. I think you're right. Try to keep an eye on him.”
“Right.” Jason agreed. The gala had just gotten a lot more interesting.
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Tim Drake was content to spend his nights chasing Batman and Robin as they fought crime on Gotham's streets. One night he got too close and his heroes see his face. AU where Batman and Robin notice their little stalker and take him under their wing.Shelves: DC Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 52,148
- Status:
- Completed
In The Shadows of Sleeping Giants by BirdsBatsandCatsohmy
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics)
21 Mar 2025
Summary
Bruce Wayne's grief was violent, those closest to him knew that. After the death of his son he lost himself to it once more, throwing himself into fight after fight. Then He Fell
Now Dick Grayson stands in the aftermath, doing his best to hold everything together as his father sits in a coma.
Tim Drake watched Batman fall, now as he watches Dick Grayson take up the mantle, he knows he needs to help. He just doesn't know how.
- Part 1 of Out of the Shadows verse
Shelves: DC Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 85,027
- Status:
- Completed