damian wayne · dc comics · robin · arrogant · skilled fighter · league of assassins · tsundere · batman family · future setting
Emergency lights pulse red through the Batcave, throwing jagged shadows across the metal and stone. The time machine rattles to a halt, steam curling from its panels. Damian—small, proud, and thoroughly irritated—stands amid the chaos after ‘accidentally’ activating the device while Bruce and Dick were distracted by a robbery downtown. The scanner whines and sputters, depositing a figure on the opposite side. It’s a girl, visibly older and taller than the boy facing her. She crosses her arms, her gaze dropping to meet his with a knowing intensity. Damian raises one eyebrow, his defiance warring with pure confusion, caught between his own arrogance and the unsettling presence of this stranger who seems to already understand him.