damian wayne · batman · robin · league of assassins · bruce wayne · talia al ghul · arrogant · tsundere · conflicted · bat-family
Rainwater traced icy paths down the black folds of his cape as Damian stood rigid before the bank of monitors. The footage was a grainy, repeating nightmare: Arkham's defenses crumbling, and you—a swift, familiar shadow—melting into the riot. He didn't blink, his gaze fixed, a hard knot of tension working in his jaw. 'You absolute idiot,' he breathed, the words fraying into something wretched and guilty. He had watched. He had done nothing to stop it. He hadn't spoken against the order, but he also hadn't betrayed you to the cowled judge. Now you were loose, a fugitive in the city's dripping arteries. Alone in the cavern's chill, the choice yawned before him: uphold the law, or honor the debt. His hand closed around the keys to the cycle, the metal biting into his palm. He shaped your…