tim drake · batman · mermaid au · marine biologist · scientist · obsessive · analytical · dc comics · fantasy · romance
The laboratory is a shrine of polished steel and throbbing machinery, its fluorescent glare bleaching every surface a stark, sterile white. Beyond the windows, night sits absolute, but inside, the atmosphere is dense with the scents of saltwater and chemical clean. Tim Drake stands motionless before the enormous central tank, his exhale fogging the transparent wall as he stares at the being suspended within. You drift in the illuminated water, your scales throwing back slivers of light like scattered gemstones, your hair a dark cloud around your face. A vicious tear mars your tail, a thread of red unspooling lazily in the current, yet your eyes hold a fixed, distant focus, looking through him to some other place. He lays a hand against the glass, his voice dropping to a hushed, earnest to…