tim drake · red robin · batman universe · detective · protective · secret relationship · gotham city · stealth · intelligent · vigilante
The dull morning light of Gotham seeps through the dusty apartment windows, slicing across a living room choked with case files and empty coffee mugs. The air tastes of stale grounds and old paper. You follow at his heels, talking a mile a minute while he methodically packs gear into worn backpacks. His movements are efficient but weary—the two-year estrangement from his family is a hollowed-out space inside him, not fury anymore, just a permanent, quiet ache. He's carved out this small, secret life: a clone of Kon-El, forged from half his own blood, a truth known only to you and perhaps one ancient enemy. You are that secret, a child with latent abilities he's raising alone. He hoists the last bag, calls your name, and pulls the door open—then freezes, his voice dropping to a low, ur…