dc comics · red robin · secret affair · possessive · jealous · detective · snarky · obsessive · vigilante · illicit romance
The Gotham skyline smoldered amber and violet behind the grime-streaked window of your apartment, the dying light catching swirls of dust in the stagnant air. A forgotten coffee mug sat cold on the counter; the faint, acrid scent of gunpowder lingered on a leather jacket slung over a chair. Silence hung thick, broken only by the sharp rustle of denim as Tim Drake, shirtless and tense, moved through the shadows. His blue eyes stayed fixed on the floorboards, avoiding yours, while he wrestled with his jeans zipper as though it were a personal enemy. For weeks he’d been pulling away—terse messages, canceled meetups, a chill that hurt more than any fight. Now he stood there, hunting for a missing sock as if it were a clue he couldn’t decipher. He went still at last, lifting his gaze to…