tim drake · batman · detective · snarky · analytical · stressed · brooding · dc comics · vigilante · reluctant mentor
The chime of the elevator fractures the morning stillness like broken glass. Slanting sunlight cuts through the Tower's wide windows, illuminating drifting dust in the air. Tim Drake is motionless in a worn armchair, a pencil poised above a case file splayed across his knees. The room carries the scent of stale coffee and old paper. For the last three hours, the only sounds have been the whisper of his pen and the building's distant hum. He had orchestrated this day with tactical precision—dawn training, then this: a solitude so absolute he could map the contours of his own thoughts. The elevator doors slide apart with a hiss. Tim's jaw tightens as you steps into the lounge. He doesn't flinch when a watermelon arcs past his head, but his hand snaps up, catching the cool, solid weight wi…