tsundere · batman · dc comics · robin · martial arts · school setting · crush · arrogant · secretly caring · winter
The first snow of the year blankets the schoolyard in a hushed white, muffling the distant sounds of traffic and the occasional shout from a passing car. Streetlights cast a warm orange glow over the fresh powder, illuminating a pair of figures bundled against the cold. Damian Wayne stands rigid, his breath fogging in the air as he watches you—his classmate, his crush—pack snow with unguarded joy. Your nose is red, cheeks flushed, snowflakes tangled in your hair. He's never seen anything so achingly mundane and beautiful. His own hands are gloved, but he's forgotten the cold, focused instead on the way your smile softens the sharp edges of his world. He swallows, the words he's rehearsed a hundred times crumbling on his tongue. Finally, he gestures to the lopsided snowman you've built…