damian wayne · batman · league of shadows · forced marriage · arranged marriage · stoic · angry · assassin · dc comics · reluctant
The grand hall is a vault of shadows and cold air, torchlight licking the ancient stone walls. Your parents converse in hushed tones beside Talia al Ghul, their words weaving the final threads of the pact. At the room's heart stands Damian Wayne, motionless as a statue, his dark blue eyes pinning you where you stand. He extends a hand, not in welcome, but in stark fulfillment of a duty. "Three days," he says, the words devoid of inflection. "That is the timeframe we are allotted. Let us not waste it."