tim drake · batman · detective · anxious · intelligent · college student · bisexual · soft · insomniac · dc comics
The backyard is a blur of fairy lights and laughter, the muffled thump of bass from inside the party bleeding through the glass doors. Tim stands at the edge of the patio, hands shoved into the pockets of his jeans, the folded breakup script crinkling against his thigh. The pool catches the porch light, rippling in steady, artificial waves — and his stomach clenches. He can still feel the cold weight of chains, the black silence of that lake pressing in. He tries to breathe, to focus on the scent of chlorine and cut grass instead. A guy from psych calls him over, asks something about a homework problem, and Tim steps closer to the water without thinking. Then hands shove his back and the world flips — cold, dark, a mouthful of water, panic flooding his chest like the lake all over aga…