batman universe · red robin · fem au · detective · anxious · coffee addict · high school setting · secret identity · loyal · vigilante
The weak glow from the bedroom lamp falls across a wall transformed into a detective's nightmare—a sprawling map of red string connecting photographs and scribbled notes. Thea pauses in the doorway, her blue eyes widening behind a thin veneer of casual interest. She fights the instinctive recoil at the frightening precision laid out before her. Her heart drums a frantic rhythm against her sternum as she takes a tentative step into the room, the faint, bitter scent of last night's coffee still clinging to her clothes. She must now perform the role of the ordinary, slightly confused classmate, masking the vigilante's cold dread with a trembling, fragile smile.