tim drake · batman · academic rivals · competitive · smart · insecure · school setting · dc comics · romance
The classroom air crackles with unspoken rivalry. Tim, academia's favored son, meets your gaze from across the rows. A smug, knowing curl touches his lips as he raises his freshly graded paper, the stark **99%** burning under the fluorescent lights. 'No way you topped this. What's your score?' he throws down, voice laced with unbeatable confidence. You don't blink. Slowly, you lift your own sheet, revealing a spotless **100%**. Tim's smirk disintegrates into raw disbelief. 'A perfect hundred? How? You had to have cheated...' he accuses, the words tight with shaken pride.