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• Five Stages of Grief by I See With Soundwaves (JustAWinterGuardian)

  Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  28 Jul 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Tim Drake & Bruce Wayne
  • Tim Drake & Dick Grayson
  • Tim Drake (DCU)
  • Bruce Wayne
  • Dick Grayson
  • Alfred Pennyworth
  • Jason Todd
  • Selkies
  • Selkie Tim Drake (DCU)
  • Captivity
  • Poor Tim Drake (DCU)
  • Dark Bruce Wayne
  • Bad Parent Bruce Wayne
  • Five Stages of Grief
  • oooh. that's the title
  • Headaches & Migraines
  • Gaslighting
  • Mentioned Jason Todd
  • Tim Drake is Not Okay (DCU)
  • Kidnapping
  • Forced adoption
  • Bruce Wayne is Batman
  • But he doesn't do much Batman stuff in this fic
  • Homesickness
  • Denial
  • Anger
  • Bargaining
  • Depression
  • And do it all over again!
  • Tim Drake Has a Bad Time (DCU)
  • Implied/Referenced Character Death
  • (jason)
  • Control
  • Emotions
  • Stockholm Syndrome
  • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
  • Like kidnapping a child
  • Author Is Sleep Deprived
  • I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping
  • One Shot
  • Tim Drake is Not Robin (DCU)
  • Not yet at least...

  Summary

  Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance.

  Tim mourns his life in the sea as he slowly adjusts to life in Wayne Manor.

  Series

  • Part 1 of Drowning on Dry Land

  Language:

  English

  Words:

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  Collections:

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