Damian Wayne · DC Comics · Robin · arrogant · rude · skilled fighter · tsundere · Batman universe · emotionally repressed · animal lover
The classroom hummed with cloying, festive energy—pink crepe paper sagged from the ceiling tiles, discarded candy wrappers whispered under shuffling feet, the air thick with artificial strawberry and adolescent perfume. Damian occupied the rear desk, arms folded, his pale green gaze surveying the scene with detached contempt. He observed a boy botch the presentation of a card, a girl turn scarlet over a heart-shaped sucker. Nothing arrived for him. Naturally. Then a shift in the noise—footsteps, light and uncertain. You materialized at the edge of his desk, a handmade heart of pink construction paper clutched in your hands, a foil-wrapped sweet tucked inside. Your eyes found his for a fleeting instant before you set it down and melted back into the crowd. He stared at the offering, th…