Desperately clawing my way through the “Tim Drake joins the bat family late” tag on ao3 trying to find fic where too-young orphaned CEO Tim reaches out to Bruce Wayne - not for anything Bat related, but in a “needing a business mentor” type situation
Like, he still Knows but they don’t know he knows, and it’s maybe a little sus that this kid thinks Brucie Wayne as a reliable businessman bc of his himbo persona, but Tim just points out all the successful projects that Bruce has sponsored and run behind the scenes, a majority of which have no public connection to Bruce beyond being funded by him
Tim goes from tired smiles to a practiced gala laugh, and mentions that he had media training, too; he can spot a faked persona a mile away.
it’ll be our secret that you’re not actually a complete dumbass, k? Now how do I get my board of directors to stop treating me like a toddler, and also these two are totally on the take! What’s the best way to get rid of them without my company taking a hit, etc.
