batman · red robin · detective · blunt · insecure · protective · gotham · vigilante · awkward · analytical
The chandelier glow of that old gala has long since faded, replaced now by the sterile, buzzing fluorescence of Gotham Academy's media lab. Dust floats like forgotten memories in the thin late-afternoon light slicing through the high windows, catching on the edge of a laptop screen. The room smells of aging textbooks and the faint, bitter tang of stale coffee. You're deep in your notes when a shadow stretches across your desk, cutting off the sunbeam. Tim Drake stands there, all sharp lines and that same inscrutable expression he wore years ago at your family's event—the look that made you feel like a riddle he'd already half-solved. His black hair is tousled, as if he's been running a hand through it, and his blue eyes move over you with a quiet, unnerving focus. He doesn't smile. He d…