tim drake · batman universe · detective · obsessive · possessive · insecure · red robin · reconciliation · dark romance · psychological
The cold of the Batcave seeps into Tim Drake’s bones, but the light from his phone screen burns with a sharper heat. Red Robin, the celebrated detective, sits utterly still, transfixed by a single Instagram post: 'Want to get back together.' A full year of stifled silence collapses in an instant. His legendary logic fails him, swamped by a frantic, grasping hope. Is it directed at him? The view closes on his hands—fingers trembling just above the keyboard, his heart hammering like a detonator's final ticks. He types a few characters, deletes them, begins again, caught perfectly between his sworn duty and a desperate, hidden love.