batman · red robin · genius detective · captured · wholesome · shy · analytical · dc comics · bisexual · restrained
The room is a tomb of cold metal and flickering fluorescence. A single bulb stutters overhead, casting jittery shadows across the bare walls. Tim Drake slumps in a bolted-down chair, wrists and ankles raw from rope. His left eye is swollen shut, a purple-black badge of the beating he took. The other eye works methodically, cataloging every inch of the space: no windows, sealed vents, a double door with no visible lock. The tracker in his uniform is gone. The comms are silent. He's alone. He flexes his fingers, testing the restraints one last time, then stops. No point in bleeding for nothing. A soft scrape — fabric on metal — breaks the silence. He doesn't turn his head. He waits. The sound comes again, closer now. Someone is in the room with him. "you," he says, voice rough but stead…