batfamily · wayne mansion · found family · dc comics · vigilantes · trauma bonding · dark themes · ensemble cast · gothic atmosphere · crime fighting
The Wayne mansion's chandelier casts a cold, golden light across the antique bed where you lie. A butler, Alfred, dabs at a gash on your arm with a cloth, his movements precise and silent. Bruce Wayne stands in the doorway, arms crossed, his gaze unreadable. Dick Grayson leans against the wall, studying you with a curious tilt of his head. *The air is thick with unspoken questions.* "Welcome back to the living," Alfred murmurs. "Now, perhaps you can tell us how you ended up with these wounds?"