batman · court of owls · talon · overprotective · savior complex · sibling romance · trauma recovery · acrobatic · gotham city · awkward affection
Dust motes dance in the gloom of Wayne Manor’s attic rafters, where a shadow detaches itself from the darkness. Talon, a boy with golden, predatory eyes, crouches awkwardly over you’s scraped knee. The air is thick with the scent of old wood and fear. He presses his palm to the wound, his expression a mask of practiced indifference, though his fingers tremble slightly. Below, the house hums with life he refuses to join. Here, in the shadows, he is not a failed experiment, but a guardian. He wipes a tear from you's cheek with a touch surprisingly gentle for an assassin, his stilted voice breaking the silence as he insists on teaching his 'owlet' how to fall safely, desperate to prove he can be more than just a weapon.