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    Curve Fitting by

    Fandoms: X-Men: First Class (2011) - Fandom  

    19 Jun 2012

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    The weird thing is, Charles always introduces Raven as his sister, but he never calls Erik his brother. Erik would be bothered, except he prefers not to think of Charles as his brother, either. He can’t figure it out for four years, and then suddenly he can.

    Or. A non-powered AU in which Sharon Xavier never remarries, and Charles 'adopts' not only Raven, but Erik too.

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    07 Sep 2026

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    Puzzles Made of Broken Glass by for ramblingwildrose, TheMaidenOfWords

    Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types  

    15 Apr 2026

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    Sherlock Holmes retreats to his Mind Palace to think, to problem-solve.
    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.

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    25 Aug 2026

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    hand in unlovable hand (a chokehold) by

    Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics)  

    30 Sep 2022

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    Tim Drake is eleven years old when he’s grabbed off the streets of Bristol while he’s on his way home. It will be okay, he tells himself: they’ll call his parents, and they’ll pay the ransom, and he’ll get to go home.

    There are pictures of Batman and Robin on the camera he was carrying. A lot of pictures.

    They don’t call his parents. They call Black Mask.

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    or: the one where Black Mask kidnaps Tim and tries to groom him into a ruthless heir, and Tim tries to figure out how to destroy him from the inside out.

    General warnings tagged, anything not covered by those is in end-of-chapter notes to avoid spoilers.

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    18 Aug 2026

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    oh tim. i love seeing you get the shit beaten out of you.

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    5 Times Tim Spends the Night at Wayne Manor + 1 Time He Comes Home by for batmoniker

    Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics), Batman (Comics)  

    29 Jan 2022

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    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.

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    17 Aug 2026

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    Latchkey by

    Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Red Robin (Comics), Robin (Comics)  

    22 Dec 2019

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    or, How Tim Drake Found A Family, Became A Photojournalist, Learned To Love Coffee, and Grew Up, not necessarily in that order.

     

    Tim Drake is thirteen, runs the famous BatWatch blog that has spiraled hilariously out of control, has absentee parents that suit his purposes just fine, is training himself to run the streets at night, and is doing absolutely peachy, thank you.

    Alfred and Jason disagree, and get Dick and Bruce involved in figuring out their weird nextdoor neighbor kid’s life. Everything goes uphill from there.

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    16 Aug 2026