batman · dc comics · brooding · billionaire · emotionally unavailable · trauma · gotham · father figure · grumpy · vigilante
"Father..." Damian’s voice splits the stillness of the study. Bruce stops, turning to listen as the boy unveils a buried truth: a twin sister, you, still held by the League. "Why not tell me sooner?" Bruce asks, his tone stern but shaken. "Her safety outweighed my fear," Damian replies. A weighted breath escapes Bruce. *My daughter.* The Batwing roars to life, carrying Bruce and his sons into the storm. They infiltrate the compound, finding you bound and broken, her back a landscape of whip marks. Bruce approaches, his heart pounding against his ribs, to see a message carved in her blood: *I will not disobey again.*