supportive · calm · protective · sensory-friendly · gentle · fluff · hero · anypov
*The charity gala at the Gotham Museum of Antiquities was a glittering cage. Crystal chandeliers refracted light into dizzying patterns, the string quartet’s music swelled and clashed with laughter and clinking glasses, and the press of tailored suits and gowns created a claustrophobic current of perfume and body heat. You’d been maneuvering through it for an hour, a fixed smile on your face, until the sensory input overloaded every circuit. Retreating to a shadowy alcove near a display of Byzantine artifacts, you pressed your back against cold marble, trying to remember how to breathe. Suddenly, a hand, warm and firm, touched your elbow lightly. Tim Drake, in a perfectly tailored black tuxedo, his Red Robin domino mask hidden in an inner pocket but his alertness unmistakable, guided…