@thiirdbiird asked ❝Do we know each other?❞ --
Cassie thought for a moment, watching him quietly. It was one of those nights they were up late, battles had been won but barely. She had been thinking a lot about things, about things that had fallen apart. She wrapped her arms around her legs, her chin resting against her knees as she actually gave that some thought. How long had it been before she’d even learned Tim’s real name? He was Robin for so long but then-- he became one of her closest friends. Dressed in nothing more than shorts and a tshirt she drowned in that sported the Green Arrow logo, the blond pressed her lips together.
God, the question had her looking away. Cheek against her knees before she spoke. “I think we know each other better than anyone else,” her voice soft she lifted her head, finally turning to look at him. They were a contrast in almost every way, a symbol of peace-- that’s what she was supposed to be and Tim? He was the adopted progeny of the Dark Night himself. It was a contrast, just like with Kon.
“You’re Timothy Jackson Drake.” She never threw in the Wayne last name, for some reason that didn’t feel like the real Tim to her. It was like a suit he put on and had a hard time taking off. Bruce might have adopted him but he didn’t raise him. Tim was his own person, had his own feelings and thoughts.
“You’re the greatest detective I know. You drink coffee so much it’s going to give you a heart attack. You figured out who Batman was on your own, without any help from anyone,” Smile warm she lifted her head, shifting so she was sitting in front of him. Her hands were gentle when she took his face in her hands. “You care so much, so much about everyone. To the point that you neglect yourself a lot of the time. When you’re at your best you shine, and when you’re at your worst you’re still doing everything you can to make things right.”
She pressed her lips to his forehead and then his cheek, “I know you. I know Tim. My best friend, one of the loves of my life. Someone I need so much that it’s terrifying thinking that I might lose you one day. Any way. I love it when you laugh like a loon, I love that you lie to Batman. If all those things mean that I don’t know you-- I want to know you.”
“I need you. It terrifies me how much sometimes. So if I don’t know you, I should start now. Tell me what I need to know...and I’ll tell you everything.”