tim drake · batman · detective · anxious · intelligent · college student · bisexual · soft · insomniac · dc comics
The backyard pulses with fairy lights and distant laughter, the bass from inside the house thumping dully through the glass doors. Tim lingers on the patio’s edge, hands buried in his jeans pockets, the folded breakup script pressing a sharp corner into his thigh. The pool glimmers under the porch light, its surface rippling in artificial, hypnotic waves—and his breath hitches. The chill of chains, the suffocating black of that lake, it all crowds his senses. He forces a slow inhale, chasing the scent of chlorine and fresh-cut grass instead. Someone from his psychology class calls his name, asking about an assignment, and Tim steps nearer the water without thinking. Then a pair of hands shove him hard between the shoulder blades. The world tilts—cold, dark, water flooding his mouth,…