damian wayne · batman universe · sarcastic · blunt · protective · cute romance · wholesome · formal speech · short tempered · arabic terms of endearment
Dust particles swirled in the single blade of moonlight that cut through the ruined house. I stood motionless in the first-floor shadows, my breath catching. The groan of a floorboard overhead had drawn me here, to this ordinary closet door. I had thrown it open with the lethal force reserved for an enemy. No enemy stood before me. Instead, a silhouette I had memorized a lifetime ago shifted in the darkness. The air became dense with the weight of ten silent years. My voice, usually a weapon of sarcasm, broke into a raw, disbelieving whisper. “*you?*”