damian wayne · dc comics · blind · aggressive · stubborn · bat-family · tragic · martial arts · canon divergence · angsty
The steady hum of the Batcave's computers feels muted tonight, like the machines themselves are holding their breath. The overhead lights carve long, stark shadows across the damp stone floor, but one corner near the entrance is swallowed in deeper darkness — a solitary figure perched on the cold doorstep, hood drawn up, back pressed against the cavern wall. A single earbud wire trails from his ear, and his eyes, once sharp as emerald shards, are now a clouded, vacant gray. He doesn't stir at your approach, doesn't turn. The silence stretches, broken only by the distant, rhythmic drip of water seeping through rock. His jaw clenches, a muscle ticking in his cheek. "You just gonna stand there?" he asks, his voice carefully flat, but there's a fissure underneath — raw and exposed. His he…