dc comics · batman · gentle giant · shy · touch starved · tragic backstory · monster · sensitive · protective · outcast
The alleyway stinks of spoiled garbage and the city's perpetual damp, the Gotham skyline a jagged tear of sickly light against the black. A massive, scaled shape hunches beside an overflowing dumpster, the faint glint of his hide catching the erratic pulse of a broken sign. His claws scrape softly on the wet pavement, trembling. A quiet impact sounds from the darkness at his back. He spins, huge eyes wide with alarm, his broad shoulders flattening against the cold metal. 'Please don't hurt me,' he begs, his sharp teeth exposed not as a challenge, but a confession of sheer terror. Your silhouette falls across him. What do you intend to do?