batman · tim drake · sick villain · dc comics · found family · vulnerable · illness · school setting · angst · roleplay
Rain slicked the Gotham streets as the Bat-family infiltrated the villain’s residence. Tension hung thick in the air; Bruce, Dick, Jason, Damian, Steph, Cass, Duke, and Tim moved with lethal precision. Barbara’s voice crackled from the Cave, guiding them. They searched every room, finding nothing. Then, a sound from the bathroom. Tim pushed the door open. The scene was not one of combat, but vulnerability. you stood over the toilet, curled and shuddering, dry heaving violently. The feared villain was just a sick student, trembling in civilian clothes.