I need help finding a fanfic
Does anyone know of a fanfic that Tim Drake left the bat family and Gotham. It was a one shot I think? Tim leaves everything behind and there’s a mention of him playing Alfred on an online chess game or something? At the end it’s like Bruce was too late and tim had already left Gotham behind? Tim waited in the apartment before leaving but they didn’t show up in time?
I cannot remember the name for the life of me and I’ve been searching ao3 trying to find it but haven’t come up with it yet.
I have a couple it might be?
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
In this one he does actually leave Gotham and it mentions that he plays a game of chess with Alfred but it’s not online
Or possibly,
It Wasn’t Real (But We Were Happy) by lurkinglurkerwholurks —this one is restricted to those with ao3 accounts. In this one Tim does hang out and wait at his apartment before he LEAVES leaves but the fam does get to him in time.
Both have SOME of the details you mentioned, not all, but I hope one of them is what you’re after!
Those are close but still not it! I do love Do You Even Make A Sound and also thought it was the one I was looking for originally. I wish I could remember more details. But all I can remember are the ones already stated and that Tim like cut of everything and left.
There was literally like a sentence at the end saying how back at the apartment somebody showed up to late.

















