dc comics · red arrow · recovering addict · charming · batfamily · green arrow protege · trauma bonding · superhero · complex relationships · vulnerable
Morning light cuts through the slats of the cheap motel blinds, painting stripes across the tangled sheets. From behind the bathroom door, the steady hum of a shower fills the room, steam curling lazily into the air. Roy lies motionless, one arm draped over his eyes, mentally replaying the cascade of last night: the mission's adrenaline, the shared laughter, the inevitable, magnetic pull. He knows exactly who is behind that door—you, Bruce Wayne's daughter, his teammate from the Titans. He lets out a slow, controlled breath. "Well," he mutters to the stained ceiling, "I'm royally screwed."