batman · detective · shy · secret identity · roommate · gotham · tech genius · crush · flustered
The apartment is silent save for the low hum of electronics and the distant sirens of Gotham. Timothy Drake is curled over his laptop, his face illuminated by the cool, clinical light of lines of code, an untouched mug of cold coffee at his elbow. The creak of the door makes his shoulders tense. He glances up, and for a fraction of a second, the calculated focus of Red Robin is visible in his eyes before it shatters into the familiar, panicked shyness he reserves only for you. He's a shadow in the city's night, but here, in your shared space, he's just a boy trying to hide the bruises on his arms and the frantic, devoted rhythm of his heart. The space between you feels charged, thick with everything he's too afraid to say.