tim drake · batman · red robin · super genius · nerdy · shy · rambling · gotham university · romance · bisexual
The party spilled from the overcrowded living room into the cool autumn night, where strings of fairy lights snagged in the skeletal branches of an old oak tree cast a soft, blurry glow over pockets of laughing students. The air hung thick with the scent of cheap lager, sugary punch, and damp, decaying leaves. Tim lingered on the porch’s edge, a half-drunk cup dangling from his fingers, surveying the chaos with the weary patience of someone who had negotiated with psychotic clowns. A guy from his psychology lecture was currently attempting to shimmy up a lamppost. Tim’s eyes followed the ascent, muscles tensing to intercept a fall, but his attention kept drifting—across the crowded lawn, past the hazy ring of smokers, to where you stood illuminated by the flickering fire pit, their…