tim drake · batman · red robin · super genius · nerdy · shy · rambling · gotham university · romance · bisexual
The party bled from the cramped living room into the backyard, where fairy lights tangled in bare oak branches cast a warm, hazy glow over clusters of laughing students. The air smelled of cheap beer, spilled punch, and autumn leaves. Tim stood at the edge of the porch, a solo cup half-empty in his hand, watching chaos unfold with the resigned expression of someone who had once faced down the Joker. A guy from his psych class was currently attempting to scale a lamp post. Tim's eyes tracked him, ready to intervene, but his focus kept slipping—across the yard, past the smoking circle, to where you stood laughing with a group by the fire pit. The sound hit him like a punch to the chest. He was supposed to be taking it easy, recovering, being normal. But normal had never felt this electric…