Fathers, Sons, and Loaded Guns
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Chekhov's Gun by aimlesscalamity
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics), Batman (Comics), DCU, DC Animated Universe (Timmverse)
30 Oct 2025
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A short, mean, and disbelieving laugh bounces around the kitchen. “You’re joking.” Jason’s laughter turns into an outright cackle, and he has to put his coffee mug down on the counter to avoid spilling it.
“Back off.” Despite wanting to, Tim can’t hide the fact that his voice shakes, but suddenly his grip doesn’t. “Jason, I swear—”
“You gonna point that thing at me? You don’t even know what to do with it.”
The older boy is too close. Far too close. Tim flinches back, raises the gun, and without thinking about it presses it under Jason’s jaw.
All of a sudden, neither of them can breathe.
Jason’s eyes harden, glancing at the finger hovering over the trigger.
After a moment, Jason speaks up, almost softly— with how close they are, his voice doesn’t need to carry far. His voice goes flat. “This is hilarious.” The tone says otherwise.
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OR: Tim has PTSD after the Titans Tower attack, and secretly keeps a gun — just in case. With Jason back in Gotham, “just in case” starts to feel more and more and more inescapable.Series
- Part 1 of Fathers, Sons, and Loaded Guns
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The Gun on the Mantel by aimlesscalamity
Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics), Batman (Comics), DC Animated Universe (Timmverse)
04 Nov 2025
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Jason’s jaw flexes. “You think he’s gonna stop?” he asks, voice low and dangerous. “He won’t. Men like that— they keep taking until someone stops them.”
He leans closer, “I can give you the gun.”
Tim’s stomach turns. “I can’t, Jason,” he says quietly, forcing each word.
Jason studies him in silence, unreadable.
“Then let me,” he says finally.
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“What did you do?”
The words hang in the air, soft but loaded, a warning and an accusation all at once.
Jason watches him, his expression blank and unflinching.
Tim’s voice rises, ragged and raw, shaking with the force of all he’s repressed. “WHAT DID YOU DO?”
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OR: Tim keeps getting himself kicked out of schools (that little vigilante thing sort of gets in the way), and Jack Drake starts taking it personally. Their already-strained relationship devolves into abuse. Jason offers a helping hand. Tim's parents don't survive.
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Can be read as a standalone, but is a chronological follow-up to Chekhov's Gun (aftermath of Titans Tower Attack)Series
- Part 2 of Fathers, Sons, and Loaded Guns
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Jump the Gun by aimlesscalamity
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), DCU, DCU (Comics), DC Animated Universe (Timmverse)
15 Nov 2025
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“—and then I get this ridiculous call from Dick—”
Bruce exhales slowly.
“—saying we have a new brother. Which, by the way, you forgot to mention.”
“Yes,” Bruce admits evenly. “So I did.” He pauses, glancing toward Damian, “Tim. This is Damian.”
Damian steps forward, small and sharp-eyed, assessing Tim like an opponent rather than a brother. His voice is smooth, almost practised. “And this must be your… placeholder son.”
Tim blinks. “Excuse me?”
“I am the blood son,” Damian continues. “The rightful heir to the mantle of Wayne. Now that I’m here, Robin is mine.”
Bruce stares in silent dismay.
Tim glances at him, eyebrows raised, “Wow.”
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OR: Damian makes his dramatic entrance, and Bruce does his best to keep control, but the rivalry between him and Tim is escalating fast—verging on outright violence. His older sons continually offer commentary on his parenting, and he feels increasingly inadequate as a father. And let's be honest, he's probably right.
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Can be read as a standalone, but is a chronological follow-up in a seriesSeries
- Part 3 of Fathers, Sons, and Loaded Guns
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A Smoking Gun by aimlesscalamity
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), DCU, DCU (Comics), DC Animated Universe (Timmverse)
03 Dec 2025
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“…He gave Robin to Damian,” Tim finally says.
Jason freezes mid-step, like the world has lagged around him.
“…What do you mean he gave Robin to Damian?”
Tim sighs, letting the binoculars drop against his chest. “I mean, he didn’t ask me. He just handed it over.”
Jason turns fully toward him. “You didn’t give it up?”
Tim barks a humourless little laugh. “Why would I have done that?”
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“What are you— would you stop trying to hit me?” Dick snaps.
Jason laughs, bitter and sharp. “Remember all those times you tried to beat the shit out of me whenever I upset Timbers?”
“You mean those times when I totally did beat the hell out of you?” Dick says, rolling his shoulders like it's nothing.
Jason ignores that. Of course he does. Always has to act like he's better.
“I thought I’d follow your lead,” Jason says.
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OR: Bruce is back from the dead but that doesn’t mean all is well. Dick has fucked things up royally with Tim and Jason isn’t here for it.
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Can be read as a standalone, but is a chronological follow-up in a seriesSeries
- Part 4 of Fathers, Sons, and Loaded Guns
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Gunpoint by aimlesscalamity
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics), DCU, Batman (Comics), DC Animated Universe (Timmverse)
13 Dec 2025
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Jason’s hands snap around Tim’s throat.
His thumbs dig in, finding soft give under the suit, pulse fluttering wildly against his palms.
The world narrows to pressure and heat and the sickening familiarity of it — how easily it fits. How right it feels in the worst possible way.
The Pit roars back to life in his veins, screaming finish it.
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The anger hits him like a wave, sudden and relentless. “You made me do that,” he says, voice low, raw, and embarrassingly— shaking. “You made me hurt you. Again.”
Tim meets his gaze, eyes soft, apologetic, steady despite the bruises and the fatigue. “I meant none of it, Jay — none of it.”
Jason flinches at the nickname, the intimacy striking him wrong in the middle of chaos. “…Did you? Because some of it felt real.”
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A mission gone wrong forces Jason to prove he and Tim aren’t allies — by hurting him convincingly enough to keep them both alive.
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Can be read as a standalone, but is a chronological follow-up in a seriesSeries
- Part 5 of Fathers, Sons, and Loaded Guns