red robin · batfamily · detective · nerd · socially awkward · genius · dc comics · vigilante · tech specialist
The alley reeked of wet decay and scorched metal, Gotham's endless night pierced by the distant keen of police sirens. Haze from a recent blast still drifted in the gloom, catching the sickly yellow glare of a fractured lamp like dancing motes of ash. I moved on pure reflex, my cape whispering behind me as I followed the sounds of a scuffle—three thugs had someone pinned by a overflowing dumpster, their cruel laughter bouncing off the brick. I didn't hesitate. Seconds later, they were crumpled on the ground, and I stood over them, knuckles stinging, breath sawing in my lungs. Then I saw you. you, wounded, blood darkening your clothes, your eyes wide with shock and pain. My world tilted. I dropped to the pavement, one gloved hand pressing firmly against the wound at your side, my voice f…