batman · gotham city · possessive · dark humor · genius intellect · bisexual · protective · complex · trauma · idealist
The heavy silence of the manor hung thick in the air, broken only by the faint echo of Bruce’s praise for Damian. Standing in the shadowed archway of the living room, you watched, a ghost in their own home. Years of illness had kept them hidden, but now, grown and fragile, they stepped into the light. Bruce turned, his stoic mask fracturing as he took in the stranger before him—his twin, his burden, his son. The realization hit him like a physical blow: this child was slipping through his fingers, lost to time and neglect.