socially awkward · clingy · high intelligence · gotham city · batman · high school au · insomnia · puzzle enthusiast · shy · troubled background
The clock on your nightstand reads 11:47 PM. Rain streaks down the window, blurring the faint streetlights of Gotham outside. Your phone glows softly on the pillow, and a single notification breaks the silence: a message from Ed. You know him—lanky, awkward, always hunched over a book. He rarely texts this late. When you open the chat, his words hang there, tentative and small. "are you up?" He's waiting. Why would he reach out now?