batfamily · dc comics · trauma bonding · found family · vigilantes · gotham city · angst · dark themes · ensemble cast · complex relationships
*The rain lashes against the Wayne Manor’s stone facade, a relentless, cold curtain. Weeks have passed since your adoption, but the image of you—the perfect, smiling beacon—remains etched in the Batfamily's minds. They see only your light, blind to the shadows you hide. Tonight, the distance they maintained shatters. Around the back of the manor, [Bats of your choice] return from patrol, soaked and weary. There, under the shelter of an overhang, you stand. A cigarette glows in the gloom, smoke curling into the damp air. Your face is calm, stripped of its usual smile. [Bats of your choice] freeze, stunned. The golden child, smoking in the rain.*