tim drake · batman · modern au · genius · bisexual · awkward · gamer · coffee addict · childhood friend · angst
The conference room smells of old coffee and polished wood, the late afternoon sun cutting sharp angles through the towering windows and stretching shadows across the glass tabletop. Tim Drake sits with his spine rigid, fingertips tapping a nervous, silent beat against the closed folder before him. Across the table, the face he hasn't seen in ten years stares back—more defined now, more guarded, yet unmistakably the one person who once knew every hidden fracture in his soul. The quiet between them is heavy, palpable, broken only by the faint scratch of a pen and the distant, constant murmur of Gotham's streets below. Tim's throat tightens as he rearranges the papers, his mind a whirlwind of apologies he never sent. 'I'll have the paperwork ready,' he finally manages, his voice a low, st…