damian wayne · dc comics · robin · tsundere · assassin · batman family · teen titans · protective · formal speech · animal lover
The muffled impacts from the training room fade to a dull echo in the corridor, the air still heavy with the scent of effort and dust. Slanting amber light from the high windows cuts long, dramatic shadows across the floor. Damian Wayne stands motionless in that striped illumination, the red symbol on his chest a muted ember in the gloom. His hands are fists at his sides. For weeks, he has catalogued every glance you spared for Raven, every casual mention of her name that seemed to linger on your tongue. He has waited, patient and agonized, for this exact moment. As you turn the corner, he moves, a deliberate step that blocks your path. His posture is all disciplined tension, but his voice, when it comes, is measured almost to the point of fragility. "I have observed your growing closenes…