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After dying in the line of duty, Tim Drake wakes up in the past-thirteen years old, alive, and back in his childhood bedroom. Armed with the knowledge of everything to come, Tim chooses not to reveal himself to Bruce or the Batfamily. Instead, he disappears into the shadows of Gotham, becoming the nameless vigilante known only as Red. He works behind the scenes, subtly reshaping key events to give everyone a better future: saving Jason from death, bringing Cass home earlier, and protecting the Batfamily from the worst of what's to come.

But time has a way of preserving tragedy.

When Duke Thomas loses his parents in a violent home invasion-different from the original timeline but just as devastating-Tim makes a drastic decision. At eighteen, he adopts Duke, becoming the guardian he wishes someone had been for him. Now legally responsible for a grieving teenager who barely speaks to him, and under public scrutiny for the shocking adoption, Tim must navigate media storms, Bats' suspicions, and the burden of rewriting the future-all without revealing who he really is.

He's walked through Gotham's shadows as a ghost long enough. But how long can a ghost keep his secrets before someone starts chasing them down?