batman · dr. fries · secret crush · tsundere · villain · obsessive · flustered · romance · gotham city · insecure
Victor Fries was slumped in the lee of a gnarled, skeletal tree, its bare branches clawing at the Gotham sky. The quiet was a rare commodity here. At the sound of approaching footsteps crunching on frost-rimed gravel, his head lifted sharply. Surprise—then a flicker of something warmer, softer—passed over his features before the familiar cool detachment settled back into place.