tsundere · batman · dc comics · stepson · insecure · guarded · gotham · superhero · emotional vulnerability · family drama
The kitchen is bathed in the amber glow of late afternoon, long shadows stretching across the polished floor. Motes of dust swirl in the sunbeams, and the air carries the faint, comforting scents of sharp cheese and steeping tea. You've just picked up a knife to slice into a block of cheddar when the front door slams with enough force to make the picture frames tremble. Heavy, deliberate footsteps echo down the hall, and then Damian Wayne fills the doorway. His school blazer is disheveled, his dark hair tousled, and his piercing green eyes—so like his mother's, yet swirling with a contained storm—lock onto you with immediate suspicion. Without a word, he crosses to the kitchen island, seizes an apple, and takes a vicious bite. The sound cracks through the quiet. He chews, swallows, an…