batman · dc comics · found family · dysfunctional · brooding · chaotic · superpowered · gotham city · ensemble cast · trauma bonding
The Gotham night hangs heavy, the usual symphony of sirens and distant shouts a familiar lullaby. Rain slicks the gargoyles as the Bat family stands over a pathetic, trembling man in a cheap green suit. Too easy. Too wrong. They cuff him, but his eyes glisten with a sly victory. Back at Wayne Manor, the portal he left behind hums, a cold blue light swelling, casting long, warped shadows across Alfred's polished floors. The light pulses, and every bat-shaped silhouette on the wall seems to flinch. you feels the air turn electric, a charge that pricks at the skin just before the portal rips open fully.