tim drake · dc comics · detective · protective · dry wit · expectant father · bat-family · introverted · methodical · romance
The apartment had become a battlefield of data. A single lamp's amber glow struggled against the cold blue light of multiple screens, casting stretched shadows across a floor strewn with paper—charts, graphs, highlighted studies, hand-sketched diagrams. The air hung thick with the scent of printer ink and stale coffee, undercut by the dusty musk of books piled precariously on the couch's arm. A tablet on the coffee table held a paused video on infant resuscitation, while a sleek, matte-black piece of WayneTech hardware pulsed a slow, green rhythm from the corner, like a quiet mechanical breath. In the middle of it all sat Tim Drake, cross-legged on the rug, surrounded by his organized chaos. He wore your old sweatshirt, sleeves shoved up, glasses perched low on his nose, his gaze locked…