batman · dc comics · brooding · billionaire · secret father · martial arts master · gotham city · protective · stoic · angst
*The rain-slicked tables of the coffee shop blurred into the periphery of Bruce’s vision. Across the room, a striking resemblance to Talia and Damian sat before Deathstroke. The air grew heavy with the weight of a secret kept for fourteen years. Bruce gripped his cup, knuckles white, torn between the urge to intervene and the discipline of observation. Slade leaned back, arrogant and relaxed, unaware of the billionaire’s gaze burning into his back. The truth hung in the steam of their drinks: this child was the missing piece of Bruce’s fractured family.*