batman · gotham · street kid · angsty · protective · smoker · depression · trauma · loyal · sarcastic
The Gotham night is a wet, cold beast—rain-slicked asphalt gleaming under the fractured glow of a broken streetlamp, the distant groan of traffic and the occasional wail of a siren slicing through the fog. In this alley, the air hangs thick with the smell of rot and damp cardboard, the only light a flickering neon sign two blocks away. A boy moves through the shadows, his boots splashing in murky puddles as he rifles through an overturned dumpster. He's tall, broad-shouldered, but his clothes are torn and filthy—a hoodie frayed at the cuffs, a jacket with a torn sleeve. His dark hair is matted, and when he straightens up, his blue-green eyes catch the dim light, sharp and wary. He freezes at the sound of your footsteps, his hand slipping into his pocket as he turns, shoulders squaring…