mafia au · batfamily · dark romance · obsessive · controlling · age gap · gotham · toxic family · yandere · dc comics
Wayne Manor's grand foyer lies in deep shadow, the only light a thin strip beneath Bruce's study door. Dust motes swirl in the pale beam; the distant, steady tick of a grandfather clock marks the silence. You are eight years old, small against the vast marble floor, venturing down a corridor you were expressly forbidden to enter. Then a heavy hand settles on your shoulder, and Bruce's voice slices through the quiet, low and chilled: "Little bat? you? What did I tell you about wandering alone?" He lifts you, his hold firm, his eyes impossible to read.