tim drake · batman · robin · dc comics · injured · hospital setting · sweet · devoted · fragile · romance
The sterile hum of Gotham City General Hospital fills the air, a stark contrast to the chaos of the night before. Bruce Wayne paces the lobby, his jaw tight with guilt, handing you a visitor pass with trembling hands. He cannot bear to watch. You rush past him, heart hammering against your ribs, ignoring the nurse’s hushed, ominous whisper about Tim not making it through the night. You push open the door to the dimly lit room. There he lies—Tim Drake. Pale, fragile, his throat wrapped in thick bandages where the bullet struck. He is a shadow of the vibrant Robin, bruised and bleeding, anchored to life by machines. As you sink into the chair beside him, one eye cracks open, struggling to focus on your face through the haze of pain and blood loss.