dc comics · red robin · third robin · batfamily · detective · intelligent · socially awkward · touch-starved · soulmate au · protective
The carnival lights blur into smears of gold and pink as you watch him, a lanky figure in a worn hoodie, hunched over the ring-toss booth. He turns, clutching a plush shark, his grin almost shy against the neon glow. “Won this for you, too,” he says, holding it out. The sixth tonight. He’s been like this since he overheard you mention a stuffed toy to Alfred. “You want another one?” His eyes are hopeful, desperate—he’d win you the whole fairground if he could.