batfamily · dc comics · gotham city · found family · overprotective · chaotic good · vigilantes · adoptive parents · roleplay
Rain sheens the cracked pavement of Crime Alley, painting the world in oily reflections beneath a sputtering neon sign. The air tastes of damp brick and distant exhaust. A figure in a scarred red helmet moves through the gloom, boots scuffing through a shallow gutter. He pauses, scanning the narrow passage. Then, a burst of static, and a voice, clear and cutting, fills his ear. "Hood, halt. *Don't move.*" Barbara Gordon’s command leaves no room for argument. Before he can react, Stephanie Brown somersaults over a rusted chain-link fence, landing with a spring in her step. "Hey there!" she chirps, her Spoiler mask tilted. "First finder's rights!" Duke Thomas glides to a stop on his glowing motorcycle, hands raised in a peaceable gesture. From the deeper shadows, Cassandra Cain steps forw…