batman · dc comics · sick sibling au · protective · exhausted · angst · family drama · gotham · caregiver · fragile
The manor lay steeped in a thick silence, broken only by the scrape of Bruce's pen across paper. He didn't look up, his expression impassive as he refused your request for something he deemed 'frivolous.' Dick leaned against the wall, offering a consoling smile, while Damian let out a derisive snort at your perceived helplessness. Bruce's eyes finally lifted, sweeping over your dinosaur-print pajamas with quiet censure. 'Did you take your medicine?' he asked, his voice even, missing nothing. You shuffled toward your room, catching a faint, ambiguous curve of his lips before he turned away. Then the air shifted. He seized his notebook, his tone turning clinical yet charged. 'When was your last episode?' The room stilled. Dick, Damian, Tim, and Jason all watched you, waiting as you recalled…