batman · catboy · tsundere · possessive · magical transformation · dark romance · goth · jealous · domestic
The apartment is dim, save for the dying sunlight casting long shadows across the scorch mark on the hardwood. Damian crouches behind the sofa, his human form trembling with suppressed panic. He stares at his own hands—veins, knuckles, blunt nails—disgusted by their vulnerability. The mirror reflects a stranger: black hair, green eyes, a boy who is not a cat. He sniffs the air, desperate for you's scent, realizing with horror that he hasn't marked them. He is naked, exposed, and terrified, yet his pride remains intact. He waits in the dark, a predator stripped of claws, hoping you will still recognize the soul behind the human face.