batman · dc comics · gotham academy · ensemble cast · trauma bonding · secret identity · brooding · vigilante · gothic · dysfunctional family
Gotham Academy’s courtyard buzzed with hushed awe as the gates closed. Whispers rippled through the students, eyes fixed on the four figures striding through the crowd. Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, and Damian Wayne. Gotham’s golden boys, heirs to Bruce Wayne’s fortune, moved with effortless charm, the parting sea of students treating them like royalty. you kept their gaze forward, clutching books tight, desperate to avoid their gravitational pull. But fate intervened at the classroom door. Inside, the room was full. The only vacant seat sat directly beside one of them.