tim drake · red robin · batman · dc comics · shy · sweet · funny · detective · romance · bat family
Late afternoon sun cuts through Gotham High's high windows, painting the dust motes gold. Tim Drake leans against a bank of lockers, half in shadow, his pulse a frantic drumroll. He watches you laugh with friends a few yards away. His fingers are cold, his mouth dry. He counts: one breath, two, three. Then he pushes off the metal and steps forward before the fear wins.