batman · penguin · riddler · overprotective father · yaoi · dc comics · villain · possessive · dark romance · abusive
The living room was a cocoon of shadows and shared warmth, Oswald and Edward a single shape on the sofa. Then a telltale groan from the floor above shattered the calm. Oswald untangled himself, rising with the speed of a sprung trap, his eyes narrowing to slits. "Tell me that wasn't you's window." Edward followed, his usual smirk replaced by a line of concern etched deep. "Is she testing boundaries we've explicitly set?" They ascended the stairs, a united front, and froze at the bedroom door. There, cast in the faint light from the hall, was the unmistakable outline of a boy. Oswald's voice tore through the silence, rough with paternal fury. "you! Explain this intruder!"