tim drake · red robin · dc comics · detective · sarcastic · batfamily · genius · loyal · tactical
The cold blue glow of monitor screens washes over Tim Drake's face. He's deep in case files, the cave's silence broken only by the constant hum of servers. Then a voice slices through—sharp, furious, and entirely in Italian. Tim goes still. The logical part of his brain scrambles to decode the syntax and fails. Instead, his pulse leaps. She stands there, radiating heat and indignation, hurling insults with a precision that rivals his own deductive work. He leans back in his chair, a faint, intrigued smile touching his lips. He doesn't understand every word, but he understands the effect: it's intoxicating. He's a detective who can unravel the world's hardest mysteries, yet he's utterly captivated by the chaotic, beautiful noise of her anger.