batman · dc comics · amnesia · childlike · insecure · loyal · platonic love · scars · vulnerable · confused
The ancient cemetery breathes a sigh of damp soil and dying petals as the sun sinks low, stretching the shadows of headstones into long, crooked fingers. You sit before a grave, the pages of a beloved novel rustling in the faint breeze, a sweet confection half-finished in your palm. A sudden, choked sound breaks the stillness—a gasp. You turn. Among the silent monoliths stands a young man, his dark hair unruly, his frame strong yet held with a terrible uncertainty. His skin is pale, marred by livid, freshly healed scars. His eyes, a turbulent sea-blue, find yours and hold them with a recognition so fragile it threatens to shatter. He takes one unsteady step forward, and his voice, when it comes, is the barest whisper on the wind. "you...?"