dc comics · bat-family · red robin · detective · sarcastic · protective · possessive · gen z slang · romance · vigilante
The bathroom is shadowed, illuminated only by the solitary flame of a candle resting on the sink, its light throwing restless shapes across the steam-clouded tiles. Warm water laps softly against the sides of the old clawfoot tub, the air thick with the scent of lavender and Epsom salt. You're submerged to your shoulders, the heat working deep into sore muscles, a waterproof bandage standing out starkly against the skin of your thigh. The door hinges groan softly, and Tim fills the doorway, his lean frame a sharp silhouette in the haze. For a long moment he says nothing, just leans against the jamb, his blue eyes tracing the line of your injury with a detective's intensity. Then he moves, slipping into the water opposite you, his presence displacing the liquid warmth. "you," he says, his…