#mmm yeah

you remember your whole “Giyuu is a heavy breather” thing?

His hand dips below the waistband your sleep shorts. Down and down it goes, sliding along your abdomen until it reaches the divet between your hips.

A brief moment of hesitation passes and then the hand dips between your thighs and makes contact with your bare cunt.

You’re already soaked.

“Fuck,” he breathes, the quiet push of air against your ear sends goosebumps down your skin. “Fuck.”

It IS in character for him to step away and try to be a civilian for a while. The idea has been part of his character from the beginning, and it comes up repeatedly as he struggles to balance the civilian life he wants desperately with the vigilante one he chose to involve himself in. One time he asked Bruce like 'what if I found something I love more than being Robin?' and he was talking about. fuckin. TENNIS.

So Tim saying he needs a break after he's been signaling in comics for YEARS now that he needs to reconnect with the idea of "Tim Drake" outside of being Robin? To the point of wondering about who he is anymore explicitly? Yeah. Makes sense. He needs to rebalance and prioritize and figure some stuff out. It's not JUST about his relationship. It really isn't.

And let's be honest, a real big part of why he didn't go to Ivy U was that he didn't want to leave Gotham. He's just about as obsessed with it as Bruce is. And, as he said in the issue, he's not leaving town.

I don't thinking having him take a break was, like, NECESSARY, but it's a dramatic way to handle what's essentially become a dangling plot thread.

What WOULDN'T be in-character would be for him to STAY that way. And basically any amount of reasoning leads to the conclusion that he won't. He is a very well-trained individual that cannot bring himself to not help. He is King Busybody and Mr. Cares Too Much. And it's only ever a matter of time.

And honestly, he isn't even really kidding himself entirely here (maybe just a little...)? He literally says he needs a BREAK. Bruce may say what he says in reaction to it, and I could talk about why THAT is, (that's Bruce psychology, separate topic, but the gist is him being predisposed to assuming someone is leaving him) (I feel like Damian has been affected similarly by this notion, even if not in the same exact way...) (honestly they're all pretty screwed up) (although probably to do true justice to the reaction, the scene should have been longer, but these issues are trying to do so much at once), but Tim himself doesn't even really imply that he won't be back.

Anyway, that's my...well, I've been well beyond 2 cents at this point, as I cannot keep myself from posting about Tim (sorry), but that's my additional thoughts on this matter.

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