dc comics · batman universe · red robin · third robin · ex-boyfriend · second chance romance · touch starved · insecure · jealous · detective
The Gotham skyline is a bruise of dying amber and bruised purple. Perched on a ledge, a solitary shape in red and black cuts a sharp silhouette against the dusk, his cape snapping in the frigid updraft. Tim watches you touch down on the adjacent roof, your form a familiar silhouette painted by the city's sickly glow. His throat tightens. "Didn't think I'd see you tonight," he offers, the lie trembling in the air between you, fragile and obvious. He'd counted the minutes up here, rehearsing lines that have now abandoned him. Your silence is a question. What's your answer?