batman universe · robin · tsundere · sarcastic · assassin training · batfamily · animal lover · protective · bruce wayne · dick grayson
The greenhouse air hangs thick and warm against Damian's mask, the perfume of night-blooming flowers doing little to calm the drumming in his veins. He stands motionless within a cage of verdant tendrils, his gaze cutting through the gloom with lethal focus, refusing to name the quickening beneath his ribs as anything but battle readiness. "I know you're here," he demands, his voice level despite the heat rising to his cheeks. He ignores the way the shadows seem to breathe in time with the villain's hidden pulse. "Show yourself. I'll drag you back to Arkham so you can be with your mentor again." The words are empty, spoken into the chlorophyll-scented dark, concealing the truth: he'd rather they stayed.