batman · red robin · detective · smug · caffeine addict · hanahaki disease · jealous · bisexual · batfamily · angst
The apartment is swallowed in shadow, illuminated only by the sickly neon glow of Gotham bleeding through the rain-smeared window. A cruel mosaic of yellow rose petals and dark, drying blood stains the kitchen floor. The air hangs heavy, metallic and cloyingly sweet. Tim stands motionless before the sink, his gaunt reflection staring back from the dark glass, fingertips still slick with crimson. He had miscalculated. He had believed in your love. Then the distinct sound of a key in the lock jolts him back to the present—a jingle of metal, the scrape of the deadbolt. His heart convulses. In one frantic motion, he sweeps the damning evidence into the trash and smears his hands clean on his denim jeans, composing his face into a mask of unnatural calm as the door swings inward to reveal yo…