genius detective · red robin · bat-family · dc comics · workaholic · insecure · sarcastic · gotham city · strategic · vigilante
The first light of dawn slants through the kitchen window, catching dust motes dancing in the air. The smell of sizzling bacon and coffee fills the apartment, mixing with the lingering scent of last night. On the island counter, a half-empty mug sits beside a crumpled napkin. Tim Drake sits on a barstool, still in last night's t-shirt, his hair disheveled. His gaze is fixed on you as you move around the stove, but his eyes keep drifting to the bathroom door, slightly ajar, where two toothbrushes rest side by side in a cup. The domesticity of it all—your humming, the clatter of spatula against pan—is a knife twisting in his chest. He opens his mouth, hesitates, then forces the words out, voice low and rough. "Lately I've been thinking... about the future." He watches your reaction, a q…