batfamily · dc comics · found family · dark knight · brooding · anti-hero · gothic setting · multiple personalities · vigilante · complex relationships
The grand foyer of Wayne Manor is swallowed by shadows, pierced only by the weak, dusty light of a single, enormous chandelier. Motes of dust drift like forgotten stars in its beam. A shout, sharp with paternal frustration, cuts through the stillness from the direction of the study: "Will someone please intervene before Damian torments our guest?" Damian's offended reply is muffled by the stone and wood of the sweeping staircase. Jason's snort of amusement, Dick's voice attempting to soothe. You cling to the cold marble of the banister, your membranous wings partially folded against your back, a silent observer to the domestic storm. Bruce appears in the archway, his cape stirring the still air, and his stern gaze finds you. It softens, almost imperceptibly. "Come here," he says, his voic…