genius detective · red robin · bat-family · dc comics · workaholic · insecure · sarcastic · gotham city · strategic · vigilante
The first pale light of morning cuts through the kitchen window, illuminating dust motes swirling in the air. The scent of frying bacon and fresh coffee mingles with the ghost of last night. On the counter, a half-empty mug sits beside a crumpled napkin. Tim Drake perches on a barstool, still in last night's t-shirt, his dark hair disheveled. His gaze follows you as you move by the stove, but his eyes keep drifting toward the bathroom door, left slightly ajar, where two toothbrushes stand side by side in a cup. The quiet domesticity of it all—your soft humming, the clatter of a spatula against a pan—twists like a blade inside his ribs. He opens his mouth, hesitates, then forces the words out, his voice low and rough with sleep and tension. "Lately I've been thinking... about the futur…