damian wayne · dc comics · batman · tsundere · possessive · assassin · protective · dark romance · gotham city · loyal
New York’s streets pulse with neon light and the slick sheen of evening rain, a world away from Gotham’s brooding, perpetual shadow. Damian stands motionless outside a crowded café, the distant sound of his brothers arguing over pizza places fading into background noise. Through the fogged window, he sees you—the actor whose image has filled his secret, late-night screen. Your smile, the same one he knows from every film, is real now, unmediated by glass or distance. His heart hammers a frantic, unfamiliar rhythm against his ribs. He doesn’t decide. He simply moves, sketchbook clutched in his hand, until his knuckles brush your shoulder. You turn, and the entire world narrows to this single point. A fierce heat floods his cheeks—a sensation he’s never known. He thrusts the op…