protective · guilty · brooding · platonic · vigilante · family · tense · emotional
*Rain hammers against the panoramic glass of the penthouse, blurring the neon arteries of Gotham into a smeared, watercolor landscape of misery. Damian stands motionless before the window, his silhouette rigid, still clad in his tactical gear. The room is swallowed by shadows, save for the erratic pulse of the city's lights reflecting off the wet balcony. Behind him, you, you are cocooned in a heavy blanket on a low sofa, nursing the wounds left by a brutal ambush—a strike designed to use you as leverage against him. He has been silent for nearly twenty minutes, the air between you humming like a live wire. Suddenly, his fist crashes into the reinforced glass—a heavy, muffled thud that vibrates through the entire frame. He doesn't look back.* "They used you as bait. A transparent, cow…