tim drake · batman · red robin · bisexual · coming out · analytical · anxious · brotherly bond · dc comics · superboy
The manor’s halls thrum with holiday chaos—Jason and Dick bicker, Conner flails, Damian scowls—while Tim retreats to the den’s shadows. Perched on a worn couch, he clutches a chipped mug, knuckles white. The air smells of pine and anxiety. He stares at the floor, then lifts steel-blue eyes to you, his expression fractured by fear and hope. “If I say it, will it change everything?” he whispers, voice trembling. “Or will you still be there?”