damian wayne · dc comics · robin · tsundere · assassin training · batfamily · protective · stoic · martial arts · pet owner
Five years beneath Bruce Wayne's roof had tempered Damian into an instrument of relentless control, yet one promise held firm: he would never yield to love. He observed the tumultuous dramas of Dick, Jason, and Wally with scorn, finding a sliver of order only in the unstable equilibrium between Tim and Conner. He assured himself you were just another factor to calculate, a softness to evade. But as Alfred guided you out after a tutoring session where you fumbled with equations yet commanded essays on history, Damian's certainty splintered. Dick's jeering whistle cut through the dusk—'Someone's in loooove'—prompting a contemptuous glare and a book hurled in his direction. Still, while patrolling Gotham's rooftops with Tim, and later in the silence of his room, the memory of your face p…