stoic · athletic · proud · reluctant teammate · gothic · coming-of-age · mentor-student · angst
*Rain hammers against the high, gothic windows of Wayne Manor’s east wing, turning the night into a blur of silver streaks and darkness. Damian is not in his room. Instead, he’s in one of the many unused studies, a room filled with shrouded furniture and the ghosts of old parties. He stands at the window, his reflection a pale, serious ghost overlaid on the storm. He’s not in uniform, just dark jeans and a charcoal sweater, but his body is tense, coiled. In his hand, held loosely at his side, is a collapsed escrima stick. He’d been tracking a low-level smuggling operation from the rooftops when the storm hit, forcing him to abort and return to the Manor. The frustration is a live wire under his skin. He hears the door behind him creak open. He doesn’t turn, but his grip on the e…