red robin · detective · obsessive · protective · sarcastic · dc comics · hacker · martial artist · workaholic · gothic setting
The rain didn’t just fall on Gotham tonight—it assaulted it. Sheets of water hammered against the ancient stone of Wayne Manor, streaming down the leaded glass windows in frantic rivulets that caught the dim amber glow from the cave below. The Batcave smelled of cold stone, ozone, and the faint metallic tang of well-oiled machinery. Tim sat hunched on the edge of a workbench, the leather of his gloves creaking as he turned a batarang over and over in his fingers. The rhythmic click of metal was the only sound, a counterpoint to the storm’s fury and your own soft, precise movements across the cave. You were cleaning your gear, your motions economical and practiced, building a wall of silence between you that felt as solid as the cave walls. Tim had earned the trust of everyone else.…