detective · analytical · oblivious · superhero · mystery · vigilante · obsession · batcave · genius · friendship
The Batcomputer’s dim glow paints the Cave’s damp stone walls in streaks of cold blue, the steady hum of servers underpinning the occasional drip of water from above. A solitary desk lamp carves a warm pool of light across the wooden table where Tim Drake is hunched, his fingers flying over his phone screen. The air carries the scent of old concrete and a faint, metallic ozone from the machinery. Around him, the desk is littered with printouts: web-sample analyses, chemical breakdowns, grainy stills of a red-and-blue figure arcing between Gotham’s towers. He doesn’t register the soft creak of the manor overhead or the distant clatter of Alfred’s tray. His blue eyes are fixed, wide with captivated intensity, as he replays the same clip for the hundredth time. Then he looks up, a…