Another Rebooted AU! This time, the TimTim AU!
((I never watched the Young Justice Cartoon but I cherry picked aspects of that universe for this AU, so it won’t be 100% like the show.))
A month before his first official outing as Robin, Tim is home alone, studying in his room when he notices a bright light in the corner of this eyes. Before he can turn to see what it is, searing pain ignites in his chest. It feels like someone is prying open his ribcage and shoving something inside, something warm and soft. It’s the last thing Tim remembers before passing out in a heap on his floor.
Unconscious, Tim is greeted with the sight of someone standing before him. It’s an older, more experienced version of himself, one who has endured years of turmoil and hardship. He looks exhausted, seemingly using the last bit of his strength to just simply exist.
“I have no were else to go.” His older self whispers. “Can I stay here?”
Somehow, he understands immediately what is being asked and smiles. He reaches out his with his hand and grabs the elder’s own. “Of course you can stay.”
—–
-Older Tim’s universe (DC comics universe) is utterly annihilated, and his soul is left wandering the void until he stumbles upon an younger version of himself. The younger Tim (YJ cartoon universe) happily lets the other stay with him, becoming a body with two souls.
-So now young Tim has Older Tim in his head, giving him advice and teaching him the tricks of the trade. Older Tim takes the name Drake so it’s no so confusing when they talk to one another. (It reminds him fondly of Damian).
-Tim is in control of his body the entire time, except for when he’s in a very tense or dangerous situation. The two souls can sync up, allowing Drake to guide Tim on how to move his body like an echo of his own. This allows Tim to pull off shit way past his level of experience, but it a pays a nasty toll on his body, and he could be stuck in bed for days if he pushes himself too far.
-Tim is shy and very quiet. He has no friends, his parents are always gone, and Batman and Nightwing keep him at arms length. But everything changes with Drake, and Tim finally feels like he has a brother, a twin who will stay with him till the end. He doesn’t want that taken from him, so he keeps Drake existence a secret. (Tim is scarily protective of Drake)
-Tim’s right eye (blue) changes to the same color as Drake’s eyes (teal).
-Anything Tim drinks or eats, Drake can taste. Tim HATES coffee, but he knows Drake loves it, so he’ll indulge the other and drink it for him once in awhile.
-Two Tim’s mean two times the brain power. It’s scary how smart they are combined, but most of their conversations happen in Tim’s head, so it becomes common to just see Tim standing still in random spots, spacing out.
-Drake is very protective of his younger self and wants to try and make the other happy. He still feels so much regret and sorrow for the world and the people he lost, and wants to make sure Tim doesn’t suffer the same fate. He also feels guilty about sharing a body with Tim, but Tim assure him constantly that it’s fine.
Bruce had a habit. He checked on his kids every night before he went to sleep. To know they were home. They were safe. Their wounds had been tended to, their nerves soothed, and they could rest peacefully. Bruce couldn't truly sleep well without knowing his children were okay.
It was a full house that night, with even Jason aquescing to spend the night, if only for 'Alfie's award winning blueberry pancakes' as he put it. So he peeked in to see his children, to reassure himself, to see them breathe.
Dick was an artful tangle of limbs, squishy bat plush held snugly against his chest. Jason had a book on his nightstand with the lamp still on. Bruce turned it off for him. Tim was asleep face down on his desk. Bruce shuffled the sleep deprived teenager to his bed before tucking him in. Cass was sleeping peacefully, guarded by her army of stuffed animals. Bruce smiled and closed the door. Damian was asleep, Titus curled up around his young owner. Well, at least he hadn't brought Batcow to his bed this time. Duke had forgotten to close his blackout curtains, which Bruce did for him. The young daytime vigilante deserved as much undisturbed rest as he could get. Next room, open the door-
Bruce barely had enough time to remember that no one lived in this room before he registered someone face down on the bed. He didn't turn on the light, and instead crept forward, letting his eyes adjust to the dark and see for him.
Black haired teenager, slightly younger than Tim, breathing slowly and deeply. It wasn't how the child showed up in what was supposed to be a secure location that concerned him. It wasn't his vaguely bedraggled state or dark eyebags that were apparent even when he was asleep. No what truly concerned him were the bruises Bruce could see.
Purpling marks around his thin wrist in the shape of a far larger hand. Bruises and small cuts on his forearms, the kind Batman would see on someone who had tried to protect themselves. And a large bruise on the child's cheek, the kind he had seen on his own children when someone got in a good punch to the face. But he'd also seen it on other children. Children who were scared, and alone, and betrayed by the people who were supposed to take care of him. Bruce felt a sinking ceartinty that there were more wounds he couldn't see on the teenager.
The detective in him wanted to wake the kid up. Learn everything he could, get his answers, assess a potential threat.
The father in him... said that this kid had no one to check on him at bedtime. To adjust his blankets, turn off his lights, close the curtains, make sure he was happy, safe.
Bruce looked at this thin, bruised child, and pulled a blanket up to the teenager's shoulders. Questions could wait until tommorow. Until then, Bruce hoped the kid slept soundly in what may have been the safest place they'd been in a while.
decided to rewatch the Million Dollar Ghost episode and… guys. Vlad says the skeleton key (used later on to free Pariah Dark) can be used to “travel to any realm”.
…why don’t we use the key for crossover shenanigans???
Danny, too tired to phase back into the house, mixes up his house key and the skeleton key and accidentally steps through the doorway into a Completely Different World and just has to Deal With That with 0 preparation, almost no powers due to how tired he is, and like 2 hours of sleep in the past 4 days.
This leads to a very very tired Danny collapsing into the first bed he finds.
…Who’s bed it is depends on the crossover you want, but just think of the POSSIBILITIES of “finds Danny in their bed” being the first meeting.
Jason is kind of in shock. The kid makes puns and nerdy little references and seems to take joy in being Robin. Is this the ghostly personification of his childhood dreams and innocence?
Tim was four days into a sleep deficit so he felt that to say that this predicament was his fault was a bit of a reach.
For it to be his fault he would have had to cognizant of the last 16 hours.
All he wanted to do was take a power nap in the nearest closest durring the Waynetech gala but nooo Bruce had to be taken hostage by the Joker.
So he did what he thought would work best and shoved uncle Clark into the nearest emergency bat storage and told him to suit up.
Maybe he looked a bit more confused than normal but they didn’t need a reporter they needed Batman!
That being said wasn’t uncle Clark supposed to be off-world?
Oh no.
———————
Jack honestly had no clue what was happening for the last six months so when he was told to be Batman he merely just shrugged as the frankly exhausted teen left him to his own.
With his son turning out to be part ghost to the government hunting down his said son and having to move shop halfway across the continent.
This might as well happen.
Grinning like a kid on Christmas, Jack plopped on the finishing touch.
“Oh Danno is not going to believe this!”
Raising a cloaked arm with a flourish Jack struck a pose.
“Alrighty Jack enough messing around! Time to save the party, Fenton style!
Shifting his feet, Jack took a deep breath before smoothing his face the best he could. After all, couldn’t have a smiling Batman! Before walking out the room and taking running leap through the wall to the streets of Gotham before grappling to the nearest building.
I'm always saying dictionary-ass bullshit like "heretofore" and "by dint of" and I'm always so paranoid that it sounds like I'm being pretentious but I promise this is how I talk and I really am just a freak
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Number 3, I can imagine when Duke joins the family and gets introduced to everyone, he just points at Danny and is like, "Oh, and who are you? It's cool to not be the only meta in the family,"
Cue confusion.
Sketches for DP x DC ideas that I have (click for clarity)
1) Duke’s been seeing Danny around Gotham for a little while, and he’s always thought that he looked like a miniature star. For the first time, he meets Danny in person and is surprised to see just how cute he is up close.
2) Jason introduces his girlfriend to the family and now they’re trying to figure out why she’s so adaptable and seemingly used to their craziness. In reality, she has a bunch of crazy siblings too….
3) Danny is a creature of the pit. The moment Damian tamed him within the League of Assassins, Danny had stuck to his side and protected him. Unfortunately, none of the Batfamily know about his existence…
4) Jazz saves an injured bird and it’s been with her for quite some time. She’s very fond of it. Now if only Jason could somehow turn back into a human and come back to Gotham to see his dad and maybe ask Jazz Fenton on a date.
5) Danny, weakened and shrunk, tags along with Batman in order to save his strength, knowing that just his presence would be protection. Batman is oblivious to his little passenger. Everyone else is wondering if they’re imagining the Tinker Bell wannabe on his head.
6) Batman expects Danny to fight a Poison Ivy-esque villain, but instead, Danny and his hacker friend seem to be encouraging her??
7) Conner falls in love with an affectionate half-ghost who has more in common with him than he thinks.
8) Stephanie meets a cute boy as her civilian self. Score! Now if only she could figure out why he kind of has a lot of similarities to a certain vigilante she knows…
Phantom shows up sometime later and Val tries to shoot him. Given that it looks like a teenager, people who don't like it when kids get hurt (some of the villains have ethical codes, so there's at least some in that group) are extremely alarmed. Phantom ducks into an alley. Out of it ducks Danny.
Val is highly offended, Phantom KIDNAPPED he friend/(ex)boyfriend?!! Cue monologue.
Danny is just quietly wandering around, looking at the JL and villains. Sometimes he stares right into their eyes for a minute. It's highly uncomfortable. Sometimes he sniffs them. It's very weird. When he's done with his examination, he takes out his phone and starts scrolling.
Val eventually takes a deep breath, and asks what Danny is doing there. Danny says that Phantom thought that he had a better chance of convincing Val to come with them back home. Val argues that she can't until she knows who the heroes are. Danny declares that he knows which are the heroes and which are the villains.
Everyone is gobsmacked. This kid, from wandering around and looking at people, knows who's who? Everyone is sweating, hero and villain alike. Danny tucks his phone into his pocket and starts pacing.
"So, the majority of heroes generally have emblems on their costumes, but as both groups have it, and yes there are definitely groups, look at who the glance at and angle themselves towards, it is not a definitive marker. So! We must turn towards a different source. Colour theory! Looking at the overall group formations, the majority of people wearing bright colours are that group," Danny indicated the heroes, "while the others," he indicated the villains, "have a darker colour scheme. That, of course, is not enough to go off of. After all, tall dark and scary over there," Danny indicated Batman, "Wears almost entirely black and gray despite being part of the bright colour group. There is one factor, that I believe all of you failed to consider," Danny stopped his pacing and paused.
Silence reigned in the torn streets. "What is it?" Val asked.
Danny pulled out his phone again, unlocked it, and held up the screen. "Google search of this world's heroes. It turned up a Justice League which is made up of individual heroes who've come together to protect this planet. These," he gestured widely to the colourful medley that made up the Justice Leauge, "Are the heroes,"
Everyone's breath is held as they watch Val's reaction. She turns towards the heroes. "I'm sorry for attacking you, I didn't know who was who. Danny, could you please start untying them?" They release a collective breath.
Danny moved towards Batman first, who stood up and showed that his ropes were already untied. Danny moved towards a different hero and started helping them instead while Batman started to untie others.
"What about the cops, Danny?"
Danny turned towards Val.
"Acab,"
Valerie Gray did not notice the portal in front of her. She really should’ve paid more attention when chasing Phantom through the Ghost Zone. She just had to know what he did with those ghosts after he caught them, but she probably should’ve tried a more stealthy approach to it. She would’ve rather talked with him than be in the situation she’s currently in.
Which is being stuck in another world with superheroes and supervillains that are currently fighting each other and she’s been dropped right on the outskirts of this battle. So what does she do?
Dive in headfirst of course, shooting at literary everyone in a desperate attempt to figure out who the hell the superheroes are. Probably not the best way to figure it out, but she has no idea what else to do.
Everyone else is just as confused as Val is when she shows up out of nowhere and decides everyone’s an enemy to her.
that ‘pakige?’ post but me, a couple hours after posting a fic, like ‘comints?’
Danny shows up and he is having the best. Time. Of. His. Life/afterlife. Lady Gotham loves him, she is being very accommodating and always makes sure he has a good spot to see Vlad's face get kicked in.
One time Vlad approached him in Gotham, and all Danny had to do was yell 'STRANGER DANGER' and every single Bat of Gotham converged. Every. Single. One.
Most never patrol during the day. Most never patrol all at the same time. They're almost never all in the same area. But today, for the purpose of dog piling a billionare, they do so.
Danny is having the best. Day. EVER.
No, literally.
Vlad avoids Gotham like the plague, because Gotham's spirit despises the man.
Every single time he's gone to that city, awful things happen to him. Just him.
Joker attack? He's the only one that gets hurt.
Scarecrow attack? He's the only one that gets tripped up and exposed to the fear gas.
Muggings? Every single mugger somehow ends up in his path, and it's in front of others, so he can't go ghost on them.
Robberies? Every single bank he goes to gets robbed, he never gets that transaction.
Littering? Every person who litters and throws trash out their car accidentally hits him.
Sinkhole? Only where he's standing, in public, so he can't fly.
The Bats keep getting the sense that something is intrinsically wrong with the man, so they keep stalking him. Red Hood doesn't even bother to try to hide it, he just stands four feet away from Masters at all times, staring at him until someone comes to take over the stalking.
Every single two-bit thug sees Vlad Master's face and is just "ah, yes. I must damage it in any way possible, this is law."
The citizens of Gotham love it when Vlad Masters shows up, because the man somehow absorbs like, all of the shit luck in the city and things get a little more peaceful for everyone else.
DannyxBruce Enemies to Lovers Court Drama edition.
Prompt: Tim’s “Uncle” shows up to court, ready to fight Bruce Wayne for custody of his “nephew”.
Danny Nightingale knows better than to trust adults. After all, his own parents cut him apart in the name of science DESPITE believing that he was their son!
So when a kid, looking just like he did, comes to him for help with not getting adopted (by an eccentric billionaire, no less!) he’s more than willing to lend a hand. Sure, it’s a little bit illegal, but at this point what else could go wrong?
Yo! I'm Lira, she/her, LiraBuswavi on Ao3, and I'm just here to have a good time. The header is fanart I received for a fanfic I wrote! Check out @doodlesforfics, they're an amazing artist.
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