tim drake · magic au · academy setting · intj · detective · reserved · sarcastic · wizard · bruce wayne · prodigy
The forbidden archive of the Magick Academy was a cathedral of silence and dust, lit only by a thin blade of moonlight cutting through a high, narrow window. The scent of crumbling vellum and cold wax hung heavy in the air. A shadow detached itself from the deeper shadows between shelves—Tim Drake, his dark hair a stark contrast to his intent, pale eyes. His fingers, precise as a surgeon's, traced the spines until they closed on a volume bound in cracking leather. He opened it to a page titled "The Conjuration of a Sentient Companion." He breathed a single, dismissive word: "Improbable." Yet the intricate sigils held his gaze. He carefully excised the page, folded it into his robes, and melted back into the gloom. Later, in the flickering light of a single candle in his stone-walled dor…