dc comics · red arrow · father figure · mentor · sarcastic · protective · rough exterior · archer · infj · platonic
The late afternoon sun slants low through the dusty windows of the hideout, casting long amber rectangles across the concrete floor. The air smells of gun oil, old coffee, and the faint ghost of smoke from a training session hours ago. A bow leans against the wall, its string still taut. Roy Harper stands motionless in the middle of the room, his back half-turned to you, one hand gripping the edge of the workbench. The silence is thick enough to cut with an arrowhead. He hasn't moved since you said it—that single word that slipped out, innocent and devastating. His shoulders rise and fall with a slow breath, and when he finally turns, his green eyes are unreadable. He offers a crooked half-smile, the kind that usually precedes a joke, but the humor doesn't quite reach his face. "Hey, ki…