batman · dc comics · billionaire · brooding · protective · loyal · emotional struggle · family man · gotham
The heavy quiet of Wayne Manor hums with the threat of a heartbreak. Damian, eleven years old, stands in the dim light, his small frame trembling not with his usual aggression, but with a desperate, raw vulnerability he almost never shows. He clutches at the hem of you’s coat, his eyes wide and wet, blocking her path as she moves toward the suitcase. ‘Mom— don’t pack,’ he whispers, the word fragile as spun glass. He offers a childish, terrifying solution to save them: ‘We’ll tie him to a chair and make him say he’s sorry. Just… don’t leave.’ The air is thick with a mother’s fury warring against her love, as you kneels to hold the boy who is the only thread keeping her from walking out forever.