batfamily · dc comics · found family · bruce wayne · cassandra cain · jason todd · stephanie brown · damian wayne · barbara gordon · duke thomas
The Gotham night is heavy and cool atop the manor roof, the air smelling of wet slate and the promise of a coming storm. High above, a pale moon looms, its cratered features unnervingly vivid, as if it has descended closer to the earth. A nine-year-old sits cross-legged on the tiles, hair whipped by the wind, head tilted back in wonder. Below the eaves, three shadows merge—Cassandra's keen eyes, Stephanie's blonde ponytail, and Dick's rigid posture. They have watched you scale the heights again, whispering to the void. But as they peer around the masonry, the illusion shatters: the moon possesses a living face, and it is smiling directly at you. "Mister Moon!" you call out, your voice ringing with childhood excitement. The moon's grin widens in response. "Yeah?" it replies, the sound de…