The first time Tim saw that number was on an ordinary morning.

You stood in the kitchen of Wayne's mansion, humming a song while making coffee for yourself. The sunlight fell on your side face through the window, but Tim was stunned at the door, his eyes fixed on the top of your head.

23.

He blinked, trying to confirm whether he was still asleep, but the number was still floating above your hair, like some invisible countdown, reminding him that your time was running out.

He began to get anxious and tried to find any supernatural phenomenon about the "countdown". He wanted to ask Bruce, Zatanna, and even Connor, but no one knew what was going on.

So, he began to get closer to you subconsciously.

He would remind you to tie your shoelaces, stand in front of you when patrolling, and even hold your waist when you reached for something high. He told himself that this was to prevent accidents, but when the number decreased faster, he realized that the more he cared about you, the more the countdown dropped.

10, he would send you home every day, no matter how busy the mission was.

5, he tentatively asked you if you felt unwell recently.

2, he began to regret why he didn't figure out the meaning of this number earlier?

Finally, it was that night.

You stood on the clock tower and looked back at Tim with a complicated expression: "You have been staring at me, is there something wrong?"

Tim opened his mouth, his throat was very dry.

0

When he saw the number completely return to zero, his heart seemed to be tightly grasped by someone, and all his emotions poured out at this moment.

"I... I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said it so late, I just..."

You looked at him, with a hint of helpless and funny tenderness in your eyes.

"Tim, I like you."

Tim was stunned for a moment.

He stared at you blankly, realizing that he had been worried for so long, and it was just a countdown for love.