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🦇 My 20 Favorite Batfam Fics of 2025 🦇

Last year was easily the most eventful (in a good way) years of my life so I read less fic than I have in the past, but I will not let that stop me from annual tradition of celebrating my fav fics of the year! You can also check out my 2023 and 2024 lists. As always, this is a way to express gratitude to fandom creators, so please leave a kudos and kind comment if you enjoy any of these fics! There are thousand of Batfam fics that came out in 2025 (literally 25k fics in the batman fandom) and I of course only read a small fraction of them, so I am definitely leaving many greats off this list. But here are some Batfam fics completed in 2025 that I especially adored. Tried to include a range of characters but Tim is my fav so he will be popping up a lot. Be mindful of the tags (although rest assured all have a hopeful or happy ending) and happy reading!

I Frew Up by @princessmossy (1k, dick-centric, dick goes to bruce when he has a nightmare while bruce is with the justice league, the league takes it in stride)

Truth by @byrambles (2k, tim & bruce, dick doesn’t understand why tim is convinced bruce doesn’t love him) (unofficial sequel to one of my fav one shots that hurts so good)

a new hope to live long and prosper by @iselsis (3k, tim & bruce & dick, tim is transported to a strange universe where batman isn’t evil and abusive, ft misunderstandings and Star Wars)

We Are Who We Choose to Be by @sohotthateveryonedied (4k, dick & bruce, baby talon dick goes after bruce on his first solo mission)

Brood Patch by @sunflowersandink (4k, damian & jason, reverse robins, jason has an accident and damian is kinder than expected)

The Best Cold Case in the Whole World by @xautunno (9k, bruce & tim, bruce learns of a horrific crime scene right next door and all signs to point to the neighbor’s kid being dead) (way less dark than it sounds)

Running Under The Radar by @quotidian-oblivion (10k, damian & tim & jason, reverse robins, damian and jason are stuck with the villain who tortured jason but not all is as it seems)

survival instincts by @civilbores (12k, damian & tim, tim is benched and damian finds there’s a lot more to the boy than he ever realized) *READ THE TAGS, heavy mental health topics but does have a happy/hopeful ending

Round Two by @remarcely (14k, bruce & his kids, bruce wakes up in the past before jason’s resurrection and proceeds to save all of his kids)

don’t wanna be alone (when these bones decay) by @mercuryisrobin (15k, tim & jason, jason realizes he has a stalker and tim joins the batfam early) (whole series is amazing but does have some rip-your-heart-out angst so be prepared. The series as is does not technically have a happy ending but is still a WIP and def worth the read)

Knee scrapes and stab wounds by @mentallyunawareofpapaya (16k, jason & damian + tim pov, batfam is alarmed to find out damian has a brother from the league in Gotham and it’s red hood)

Red Hood’s Shelter for Feral Kids by @dandelionlily (20k, tim & jason, red hood protects crime alley, so does alvin draper, this causes problems when jason attacks robin aka alvin aka tim)

Nine Yards by @muddells (21k, tim & damian, tim cannot standby when he finds his brother held hostage at school, it does not go great)

hand in unloveable hand by kitfornow (22k, tim & damian, damian starts to notice how different tim’s relationship with the family is than everyone else’s and has a hard time dealing with it) (most likely will have more chapters)

Words Like Poison by nightwalker (35k, tim & damian & dick, tim is more chill about damian poisoning his coffee than he probably should be and everyone is doing their best to be a good sibling)

We’re All Dead Here by @wingedflight (46k, tim & jason, reverse robins, red hood kidnaps jason and everyone has a bad time) (can you tell I got really into reverse robins this year)

I’m Still Alive (when everyone who loves me has died) by @shortandsnappyfics (52k, tim-centric, tim joins the batfam late, tim is a badass CEO detective but he’s also 16 and needs help when he discovers shady business at his company)

Identity Theft by @taralaurel (93k, tim-centric, tim cosplays too close to the sun and ends up joining the batfam early)

Wayne Family (And Tim!) Christmas Extravaganza by @pinkparagram (105k, tim & bruce & batbros, soooo fluffy, tim goes to his neighbor for help and ends up spending christmas with the waynes, none of the kids know bruce is batman and bruce is The Dad of all time)

buy back the secrets by @vinelark (113k, tim/kon, Batfam is also there, five times superboy saves tim and one time tim saves superboy) (timkon fic but batfam is heavily featured and this fic is phenomenal so I had to include it)

+5 WIP I’d love to see more of in 2026!

Fractured by @selkienight60 (14k, tim-centric, tim is being pinballed between alternate universes and just wants to go home, ft. mob boss bruce in the first chapter with more AUs in store (hopefully))

the worlds not perfect (but its not that bad) by @shutupkayle2 (29k, tim & jason, tim keeps hiring goons to kidnap so he can be saved by nightwing, but batman and robin keep getting in the way)

Seeking Shelter From the Storm by @auxchord (34k, tim & jason, jason saves tim in a blizzard, tim brings him home) READ THE TAGS, overall very fluffy but does have heavy themes

The Demon’s Head’s Treasures by @millytsworld (39k, damian-centric, dick dies in damian’s arms and damian will do anything to bring him back) (everyone is very protective and possessive, this is basically platonic yandere lol)

Something is Not the Same by @theskeptileptic (44k, tim-centric, tim is kidnapped and brainwashed by Dr. Oz and then dropped off in a gotham he doesn’t recognize; it’s been 6 months for him, it’s been 10 years for the batfam) *READ THE TAGS lots of funny and lighthearted moments but there is also major whump… this author loves to torture tim (and I love them for it)

Have a great 2026 (or as good as you can with the state of the world) and happy reading!

batsandbirdbrains

OOOH Ok but Dick who was taken captive by Deathstroke when he was still Robin, and then when he gets back it’s after Damian has arrived. He bonds with Damian because he sees how much the others disregard him and treat him poorly. Then he starts calling Damian, “my little Robin” despite the fact that Damian isn’t Robin. Both Tim and Jason are exponentially jealous and angry, because Dick refuses to even acknowledge them being Robin. Maybe one day they start yelling at him in front of everyone, about how they’ve brought magic and intelligence and honor to the Robin mantle, and why can’t Dick fucking acknowledge that??? Damian hasn’t even done any good, it’s not fair that Dick keeps calling him Robin. And Dick just…blinks at them. Then he goes “Robin isn’t a mantle or a legacy. It’s a name, my name. I don’t give a flying fuck what “good” you’ve done while using my name in my family’s colors. You’re not really Robin and you never will be.”

I want this version of Dick to just. Hate Jason and Tim. Because while he was held captive and tortured and forced to be Renegade, Deathstroke’s Apprentice, these two were playing superhero wearing his name and his costume and his family’s colors. They have no idea what Robin means. They have no idea where it comes from.

And Slade taunted Dick the entire time he was with him about how the Bat replaced him so easily. How he never really mattered. Batman wanted a soldier, a sidekick, he was really no better than Slade. At least Slade is honest with him. At least Slade would never replace him.

And after years of that being whispered in his ear, he starts to believe it. And maybe in a way, some of it is true. He was replaced. Very easily. Very quickly. Bruce did give his name and identity away like a hand-me-down to kids Dick never met.

When Dick finally escapes and Bruce brings him back to the manor, wants to bring him back into the fold of the Batfamily, Dick hates it. He goes along with it because he doesn’t know what else to do with himself, but he doesn’t like it. He especially doesn’t like having to work alongside these two schmucks who claim to have brought so much to the Robin mantle, who claim they were better. Who try to insinuate that at least they were never kidnapped by a mercenary when they were Robin.

As if that was Dick’s fault. As if that made him a bad Robin. As if Robin was only ever just a sidekick.

He hates them. They hate him, because they don’t understand why he has so much contempt for them. They hated always being compared to the golden boy, who now is magically back from the dead it seems (which is rich, coming from Jason, but he ignores the hypocrisy).

But Damian is different. Because he’s not Robin. Because he asks Dick where Robin came from in the first place. Because the two of them are both outsiders in this family, and they bond with each other over that.

Because Dick sees so much of himself in Damian, and he doesn’t want this boy to close himself off like Dick has. Because he wants better for Damian.

Because the two of them train together. They can’t train with the others. They’re told they don’t know how to hold back, that they’re not fighting properly, that they’re using too much force. But together, they can be as forceful as they want. They know how to fight like this. They know how far they can go.

And when Dick tells Damian the history of the name Robin, of the meaning behind the colors, the costume, he sees how Damian soaks it all in, how he respects it so much. How he respects Dick.

And so at first, he doesn’t even realize he’s saying it. But Damian has become his, and they’ve grown to love each other. They both only really trust each other.

So it’s natural to call Damian My Little Robin. It’s natural to treat him like a son. It’s natural to be soft and sweet and gentle with him.

And Damian loves it. He preens whenever Dick calls him his little Robin, he thinks it’s so special.

And when one day, Dick just happens to call him My Little Robin when Tim and Jason are around, shit hits the fan. The two of them start bitching and moaning and arguing about how unfair Dick is to them, how they were better Robins than Damian could ever dream to be, how Damian isn’t even Robin, but for whatever reason, Damian is the only one Dick will acknowledge as Robin.

Dick just placed a firm hand on Damian’s shoulder, tugging him behind his back, glaring at the two shouting in front of him. Maybe Bruce heard the shouting and has made his way over, maybe Alfred is there too.

But Dick has had enough. He can’t stand these two. He especially can’t stand that they think they can dictate who Dick does and does not share his name with.

“Robin is not a mantle,” he spits at them, voice cold. “Robin is not a legacy. Robin is not Batman’s to give away. I am Robin. Robin is my name. The name my mother called me. Robin does not exist without me, you would not exist as Robin if not for me. I don’t give a flying fuck if you think you did a better job than me, than each other, than Damian could as Robin. Because it doesn’t matter. You will never be Robin to me. I would never have given my blessing for either of you to take my name. But Damian is mine, he is My Little Robin, and you don’t get to throw a fit because of something you will never understand the significance of.”

He takes Damian and guides him away, not waiting for a response from any of them.

Tim and Jason are still miffed, because they think Dick is just being dramatic.

But Bruce feels his heart drop. He feels like he’s been dunked in ice water, like he can’t breathe. Because he realizes that he gave his son’s name away. He realizes how much it hurt him. He realizes how badly he fucked up.

And he has no idea how to fix it or make it up to him.

celaenaeiln

Do you have any fic recs where dicks relationship with the batfam is the focus?

Yes! These are all fics I've adored

FAVORITE!! I place this fic on a pedestal. It's one of the best fics of all time - The primacy of personal conscience

Favorite! Another one of my all time favorites. Dick, Jason, Tim are deaged to their robin eras and Damian and Bruce are in their current ages - Just, How

Dick gets split into three personalities - The choice to be seen

FAVORITE!! - Dick's buried. But like hell is the batfamily going to let it stay that way - The unnecessary requiem

ALL of CamsthiSky's fics focus of Dick's batfam relations and are good reads - Link

Small moments with Dick and the family - Snippets

Dick, Damian, and Tim. Absent parent Bruce and needy Bruce are the same person as always- prodigal

Favorite! Dick and Damian's relationship and evolution - Snapshots

Sad fic if Dick's reaction after Ric was darker - Strength in a Lack of Continuity

Batfamily's reaction to Dick's sexual objectification - I can't hear you, I don't fear you now

Good fic about something I don't remember (sorry! It's been years but I saved it so it must be good) with young justice and batfamily reactions that were accurate - End Days

If Bruce was a lot darker and acted on his overprotective tendencies collection. It's centered around Dick - Darkish Batfamily

How the batfamily reacts to Dick getting shot in the head - Fallen

Dick buys a bunch of plants and bonds with all of them - let your love grow tall

All of Danishsweethearts works are good - Danishsweethearts

Sad fic about Dick being batman again and batfamily's reaction. I think Tim would react differently. Maybe. But it's a fantastic angst fic - My life's going by but it's just begun

Dick, Damian, and Dick's massive group of friend and allies - Missed a spot

Dick's a civilian but he's still their big brother - Those times that Dick Grayson got tangled up with the batfamily

Dick, Peter Parker, Cat Noir, Danny Fenton and their fathers. PS they're all socialite friends. This has to be canon - The Black Tux Gang

Angst story about Dick if he had mental illness. No happy ending - Shattered Tea Cups

Dick is a changed man after spyral and batfamily's reaction - Downward spyral

Someone planning a hit on Nightwing? Not if Nightwing does it on himself first (fun) - Money for daffodils

Favorite! Dick has retrograde amnesia and Bruce struggles to cope - Harbor

Dick died seven years ago. And then woke up - Faith and fate

Dick's secret abilities the batfamily doesn't notice - Unusual skills and habits

The truth of Dick's death and everyone's reaction - Code B

Favorite! Dick is Talon, Tim is Red Hood, and Jason is Red Robin - A New Adversary

Favorite! Jason and Dick are close. Told through the eyes of everyone else - proximity

Soft fic. ABO but Dick acting as Tim and Damian's mother - Your truth is a deception meant to poison me

Dick's gone but the rape of him is not. The batfamily will avenge their brother. The whole world will - Take the night back

ABO robin reversal collection - Robin Reversal ABO

Werewolf au where Dick meets Jason and Bruce comes along - Den and Pack

If Dick got deaged to renegade era - Pause in the Pendulum

Sweet fic about the Batbros seeking comfort in Dick - Haven

Favorite! Duke time! The Batfamily teasing Dick lovingly - Shenanigans

Dark batfam fic around Dick - Gaslight Manor

Dick will do anything to protect his family (Has Constantine/Dick) - Time (to protect you)

If Dick was Terry McGinnis' biological father - Beyond the Night Collection

Talon!Dick in the Teen Titans universe with batfamily - Just a dead kid

Angst, sad fic about Dick getting tired of being the mediator - Please just get along (I can't do this anymore)

One of my all time favorites - Everyday one headcanon about Nightwing

Batfamily mourning the loss of Dick's hair - He's shorn, we're torn

Jason tries stealing in Bludhaven rather than Gotham. He meets Nightwing instead of Batman and his life gets a whole lot better - Hot wheels

Stephanie time travels and meets Robin Dick! - Oops

Favorite! ALL of iloveyourwords' fics - iloveyourwords

Favorite! ALL of ScarlettSwordMoon's works - ScarlettSwordMoon

Angst fic. So much angst. Sometimes Jason's anger gets the worst of him but it's not because he doesn't care - not even rain has such small hands

Favorite! The heroes are forced to forget Dick. And they regret (has constantine/dick/zatanna) - Love that burned green against skin

Favorite! ALL of Kuroaki's works - Kuroaki

Dick, Tim, and Jason watch Encanto and, well, Surface Pressure was made for Dick - Who am I if I don't have what it takes

Pre-robin Dick. Dick's only fault is his over-competence - lightning is the shine (but I've been working on the thunder)

Favorite! Dick's name comes out of the Hogwart's cup. This changes everything and nothing - heavy is the crown

The batkids are unhinged. Poor jason - The AU noone asked for

Dick falls. And so does everyone else (iloveyourwords' fic) - icarus

FAVORITE!! Dick, Jason, Damian undercover on a cruise. Everything goes wrong - Like those foreign stars

YJ where Dick joins Deathstroke and Bruce breaks inside - Fallen son

Favorite! ALL of miss_aphelion's works - miss_aphelion

Here's a starter for miss_aphelion's works - Dick of Troy

Dick and Bruce in the eyes of the JL - Boy on the couch

Favorite! Dick is stuck in his dreamworld and his family just want him back - Happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow

Hunger Games Au! Dick volunteers as a tribute - To get a dream of life again

Dick and Bruce and Dick's graceful manipulation of people - Some men fall from grace. Some are pushed

Dick takes time away from Bruce and finds himself again - Local oldest child takes time away from family

FAVORITE!! One of ScarlettSwordMoon's works - shipping rivalries

FAVORITE!! Dick reveals his trauma through singing - A robin's song

FAVORITE!! Dick's personality gets split in three - Three is a party

Dick runs away to Bludhaven but the batfamily won't let things rest - What stalks in my shadows

FAVORITE!! The batfamily is stuck in a timeloop where they can't save Dick - One thousand, Three hundred, and Nine Hours

Tim being a cute menace and feral Dick - little menace

FAVORITE!! Damian has a few choice words to say about Bruce's treatment of Dick - The threat

Slade saves Dick from the Court of Owls and Rose's view of him - Quiet now, you're going to wake the beast

FAVORITE!! Bruce is gone and Dick is seeing ghosts. The batfamily just wants to protect him - The haunting of Wayne house

FAVORITE!! Deaged Dick and Damian collection - you've always loved the strange birds

Dick's been deaged wakes up in a world with 5 robins no thanks to Slade - persephone's in hell

FAVORITE!! The batfamily's in a time loop trying to save Dick - rewind, remix, retry, redo

Funny fics I'm in love with!

Hilarious and all-around fun - Batbros Wreck Havoc

Favorite! ALL of pupeez4eva's fics but here's a starter for fun - That Torturous Thing Known as Time Travel

More fun fic (can you tell I like the humorous ones?) - A Bunch of Ridiculousness

Don't mess with Dick from Jason's perspective. Jason, Dick, and Bruce - Dig Down Deep

Accurate fic about batfamily's reaction to Dick dating Joey - Families Ever Changing

AU: Justice League meeting Nightwing focusing on Dick, Bruce, and Barry - Starry eyed

(Sorry had to slip another one in) JL's reaction to Dick - Your call may be interrupted

The batfamily will not let anyone take cover pictures of Dick - The annual Bludhaven firefighter's calander for charity

Another JLA story. Dick was a wild child nightmare robin - Adventures in batsitting

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pcloeybbh

life’s back on track

#reason to live

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hi👀

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sitp-recs

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obiwanurmyonlyhoe

CAN 👏 WE 👏 TALK 👏 ABOUT 👏 THIS 👏 PROGRESSION ??!??!?!?

LIKE LOOK AT THEM.

FROM LONE WOLF. TO THEM LOOKING AT EACH OTHER, TRYING TO FIGURE THINGS OUT. TO KNOWING THEMSELVES AND STANDING TALL TOGETHER.

DAMMIT I LOVE THIS SHINY SPACE COWBOY AND HIS LIL GREEN BEAN OF AN ALIEN SON.

angrypsychologist

“You know, I don’t know about you Coach, but I hope that either all of us or none of us are judged by the actions of our weakest moments but rather by the strength we show when and if we’re ever given a second chance.” - Ted Lasso

reanimatedguts

i am sorry for the person i become after watching Ted Lasso series finale next week

skeletonpunching

Buddy Daddies short story

[Translator’s note: This is a short story posted on the Buddy Daddies website, which you could unlock by collecting stickers. It’s set pre-canon, and contains no spoilers.]

Suwa Rei, clad in a black suit, inquired quizzically from the passenger seat, “So it’s here today?”

Kurusu Kazuki, in the driver’s seat, turned off the car engine as he replied.

“This isn’t a job.”

“?”

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theereminist

the way eren and armin believe in each other more than anyone else. they're truly. soulmates. in love.

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mockscreens

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pcloeybbh

So perfect 🥰🤎

Thank you 🙏🏾

soul-angelos-deactivated2023102

Dark times all around but there are still people out there who love you

Do not hurt yourself, do not hurt others, get help, talk to someone, anyone. Humanity has survived before and we can do it now if we all just support each other. My country and my people let me down and endangered my life but there’s nothing I or anyone else can do about that so let’s try to spread the love that is so clearly lacking.