AU where Tim is a son of Anubis.
He has been surrounded by death all his life. He an feel it looming over his shoulder, passing him by on its way to take someone's soul.
What if that is why he became Robin? He knew that after Jason Bruce was borderline suicidal every night on patrol and he just knows that it is not his time to die. Not yet. And dying before when you are due always has terrible consecuences.
So he becomes Robin. Saves Bruce. Saves his childhood hero.
When Damian moves into Wayne Manor he notices how here are jackals wandering around just outside the property but when asks his father about it Bruce is as surprised as he is. All Alfred knows is that Tim spends a lot of time out with them. They are never there when Damian wanders alone.
Over time people started noticing that the third Robin did not seem bothered by the death of civilians. He would always comfort his siblings when they could not save somebody but had no reaction on itd own. As if it were normal.
They began noticing that he is unnervingly quiet, as if he doesn't touches the ground. Jason once makes a joke about how similar Tim is to Cass in regards of stealth, but Cass just shrugs and says "He can sneak up on me." That makes every member of their family think about how they never really know where Tim is unless he tells them. Most of the times they have never heard or seen him enter a room. He is just there.
He doesn't carry a flashlight with him, because "it just wasn't so dark in that warehouse, Bruce, maybe you should get your eyes checked" but Jason was reminded of his coffin with the absence of light on that same mission.
More times than they can count he has found people hiding by tilting his head as if he is listening around.
He doesn't just comes out of the shadows. He stalks out of them. And more often than not the shadows seem to follow him. Many swear that hey have seen shadows pooling at his shoulders as if whispering secrets. His intel always seemed to be correct. When asked about it, he just shrugs.
The too much caffeine in his bloodstream doesn't appear to affect him as much.
He always seems to know when people are lying and is always so adamant that some people deserve a second chance.(in Egyptian mythology, Anubis oversees the weihging of the heart against the Feather of Ma'at which is a symbol of truth and justice)
Titus and Ace always seem to prefer Tim out of all the batfam. (Damian swears he once heard Tim say to Titus that Damian is his owner and that he should follow the child more than him. Titus eemed to understand.)
The rest of the Batfam have always wondered why the third bird never wonders if all of them will survive a certain mission. Tim has always been so certain. As if he knows when people are going to die.
It is how he knew that Bruce wasn't gone, he was just lost.
Tim doesn't seem to age. The batkids joke that is due to his habit of forgeing to eat and running on caffeine alone. That night Tim realises that he will outlive them and cries himself to sleep. The next time they joke about it he just gives them a pained smile.
The only ones that know are the Young Just Us. One time for Christmas Bart got him a pack of dog treats and when 3 months later that box was empty no one questions it. (Jason once saw Tim eat one of those treats on patrol which resulted in a lecture about eating healthy.)
He bonds with Damian by showing him pictures of Duat (the Egyptian underworld). When Damian asked where is the river from the photo located, Tim smiles and replies "Home." with such longing that makes Damian extra careful when he redraws that picture and gifts it to Tim. Tim tears in his eyes as he sees the painting for the first time and hangs it right in the middle of his living room.
When asked about it, Tim just shrugs and says that he takes after his dad but never explains what he means.
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