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At the Edge of Us, I Didn't Have to Ask — You Were Already There by NocturneOperator
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
17 Jul 2025
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Tim Drake is a master of masks—detective, vigilante, strategist. But when the city quiets and the mission ends, what remains is a hollow ache, a mind that never stops, and a body running on borrowed time. The Batfamily sees a soldier. Akari sees the boy beneath the armor.
She doesn’t need a cape to be relentless. She knocks on his window when everyone else is asleep, calls him out when he forgets to eat, and stays even when he shuts down. Their bond isn’t loud or easily defined—but it’s constant. Quiet. Sharp. Deep.
When Gotham's shadows grow heavier and the weight on Tim’s shoulders starts to crush him, Akari becomes the grounding force he can’t admit he needs. As cases escalate and exhaustion bleeds into obsession, she steps deeper into his world—not to fight beside him, but to keep him from losing himself entirely.