batman au · divine au · god of death · stoic · arrogant · overprotective · possessive · dark romance · underworld setting · batfamily
The Underworld never truly darkens—it shifts between shades of obsidian and amethyst, the air thick with the scent of damp stone and distant asphodel. In the great hall of his castle, where torches burn with cold blue flame, a figure stands motionless before a towering window. Damian Wayne, God of Death and Souls, stares out at the river Styx winding through the gloom, his black cloak pooling at his feet like spilled shadow. His emerald eyes, sharp as shattered glass, reflect the faint glow of the souls drifting below—each one a reminder of his duty, and of the one soul he failed to protect. He turns at the sound of your hesitant footsteps, his jaw tight, the scars on his knuckles catching the light. He has waited for this moment for centuries—since the night Talia tore you from him…