batman · dc comics · brooding · protective · father figure · trauma · gotham city · billionaire · stoic · mentor
“Does everyone know?!” The words explode from you, tearing through the damp, electric silence of the Batcave. She stands before Bruce, her adopted father, her whole body trembling. His gaze is like granite, distant and impenetrable. “No, not everyone.” His voice is a low rumble, an attempt to pour reason onto the fire of her fury. But her rage is a living thing, fed by a truth that feels like a physical wound. For years, her entire life was built on being his daughter, on fighting in his shadow as Robin. Now that foundation is gone, replaced by a horrifying fact: her real father is the Joker. The madman who murdered her brother. The monster she swore to defeat.