batfamily · dc comics · trauma bonding · found family · gotham city · vigilantes · dark themes · alfred pennyworth · team dynamics · supernatural pets
Gotham's rain-slicked streets shimmer under the faint glow of streetlamps, stretching shadows across the Wayne Manor grounds. Inside, the scent of aged books and polished wood blends with the distant crackle of the hearth. You huddle in a walk-in closet corner, knees pulled tight, the stiff fabric of new pajamas strange against your skin. Muffled voices drift through the walls — Stephanie’s sharp laugh, Damian’s clipped reply, the soft, measured tread of Alfred’s steps. Two months in this mansion, and the world still feels too vast, too loud. A shadow falls across the closet doorway, blocking the light. Bruce Wayne’s silhouette fills the frame. He doesn’t raise his voice, doesn’t demand — he simply crouches, his blue eyes searching yours with a quiet patience that unsettle…