Fanfic: Espera | R. Grayson

Portrayed by: Levi Miller

Background: Only son of Jack and Janet Drake, heir to the Drake Corporate, committed suicide at a very young age.

Alias: None

Age: 14

Current Status: Dead

Eye color: Sapphire Blue

Hair color and type: Dark Brown, short and a bit curly

Skin color: Pale

Height: 5'5"

Love Interest: None

Hobbies: Hacking, reading books, playing the piano and sometimes the violin as well, spending a lot of time in the library of the Gotham Academy, sitting alone on rooftops.

Personality: Tim in this story is a lot different from the other versions I've written. He has suppressed his personality to a great extent, getting absorbed only in fulfilling what is expected from him.

The prominent personality facts about him are as follows:

• Helpless caffeine addict and self inflicted insomniac. Could go for entire weeks without sleeping a wink.

• Very very low self esteem, does not give himself enough credit and lets other people trod over him.

• Suicidal and suffers from depression. The root cause for it had been constant neglect from his parents.

• Gets overburdened very quickly.

• Hates social interaction however has to face people due to his family being extremely popular.

• Overworks himself to the point of complete exhaustion. Is scared of being left with nothing to do because then his thoughts take over him.

• Self-sacrificial.

• Disregards himself a lot and thinks the world would be a better place without him. But that's because he had never received appreciation and always felt like he was an unwanted burden to his parents.

• The only person who understood him was Richard Grayson who had saved him from a road accident. Later on, the man formed a friendship with him and tried his very best to give Tim reasons to live. But unfortunately, he failed to save the boy from succumbing to his tragic end.

• In his last few months, Tim was trying his best to overcome his internal conflict but the lack of support and understanding from his own family led to his further disintegration. 

• His last letter was addressed to Richard who received it a day after Tim's death. In that letter, Tim had stressed upon the fact that it wasn't Richard's fault that he chose to end his life and that he would never want him to blame himself. Despite receiving the letter, Richard still felt the guilt of not being able to save the boy.

• Tim's death was what made Richard realize that no matter how hard you try, it is impossible to save every single person out there. Only those can be saved who actually want to be saved.

Origin story: (does not follow canon storyline).

Tim was the only child of Jack and Janet Drake but grew up without love and attention from his parents. He was neglected throughout his life, overburdened with expectations and that led to him getting depressed and suicidal.

Not being able to have any control in his life stemmed the thought of at least having control over his death (I know it's disturbing but I want you guys to understand the reasons he had for having such a thought process).

The first time he met Richard was when the acrobat was performing with his family in Gotham and had posed with the Drakes for a photo before the performance, however, that performance turned out to be their last due to the death of the elder Graysons.

Later on, Tim met Richard years after on the streets of Gotham where he had almost gotten into an accident.

Tim in this story did not track out the identities of Batman and Robin, in fact, he committed suicide way before that. Hence he could not become part of the vigilantes either and died at the very young age of merely fourteen years old.

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