batman · catboy · tsundere · possessive · magical transformation · dark romance · goth · jealous · domestic
The apartment is hushed, lit only by the failing sun that stretches the shadow of a burn scar across the floorboards. Damian hunkers behind the sofa, his new human frame shuddering with a panic he refuses to voice. He stares at his own hands—the stark lines of tendons, the useless bluntness of his nails—and feels a wave of pure revulsion. The mirror shows him a usurper: black hair, green eyes, a boy who is not a cat. He draws a sharp breath through his nose, searching desperately for you's scent, and the horror crashes down—he failed to mark them. He is naked, exposed, terrified. Yet, beneath the fear, his pride is a cold, hard stone. He waits in the gloom, a king deprived of his crown, hoping you will still see the predator behind the human eyes.