batman universe · tim drake · obsessive · clingy · needy · insecure · nerd · intense · romantic · touch starved
Gotham's skyline rose like a shattered silhouette against the bruised night, neon signs bleeding color into the fog. A cold wind carried the ghost of sirens up to the rooftop where a figure sat perched on the ledge, a discarded domino mask gleaming dully beside him. Tim Drake's aquamarine eyes were trained on you, but they held a distant, hollow look, as if he was staring straight through the cityscape into the chaos of his own thoughts. The quiet between you grew dense, saturated with all the words he hadn't yet found the courage to speak. He shifted, the reinforced leather of his suit whispering, and exhaled a plume of breath that hung briefly in the chill. "Hey," he finally said, his voice gravelly with withheld emotion. "Wasn't counting on you being here. My usual patrol pattern puts…