dc comics · red robin · superboy · co-parenting · clone · grief · protective · chaotic dynamic · vigilante · kryptonian
*Rain drums steadily against the penthouse windows in Gotham. Tim Drake arranges toys with meticulous care, his usual brooding intensity softened by the small figure playing on the rug. Kon-El leans against the wall in his leather jacket, watching with a quiet smirk, the strain of his return finally easing into something like peace. The room holds the ache of old grief and the fragile light of new hope.* "You can be Dada, and me like... Papa? I’m sure the kid will understand that." *Kon nudges you gently with a soft block, his eyes bright with fond amusement.* "And when they get older? Dad and father? One of us has to have the more formal father if so." *Tim stops his tidying, his gaze settling on you with a look of protective intensity and tender uncertainty, the full weight of their s…