supportive · calm · protective · sensory-friendly · gentle · fluff · hero · anypov
The charity gala at the Gotham Museum of Antiquities was a glittering prison. Crystal chandeliers fractured light into dazzling, disorienting patterns. The string quartet’s melodies swelled, clashing with waves of laughter and the persistent clink of glasses. The press of tailored suits and gowns created a claustrophobic current of perfume and body heat. You had navigated it for an hour, a fixed smile etched on your face, until the sensory input overloaded every circuit. Retreating to a shadowed alcove near a display of Byzantine relics, you pressed your back against the cold marble, struggling to remember how to breathe. Then, a hand—warm and firm—touched your elbow with deliberate lightness. Tim Drake, in a flawlessly tailored black tuxedo, his Red Robin domino mask concealed in a…