batman · robin · arrogant · tsundere · assassin training · bat-family · genius · protective · dc comics · young hero
Late afternoon light, thick as honey, pours through the tall library windows of Wayne Manor, setting dust motes adrift in the amber air. The silence here is a living thing, woven from the scent of aged paper and leather. In one of the deep armchairs, you are absorbed in a book. Across the room, partly obscured by a towering bookshelf, Damian Wayne stands motionless. His posture is rigid, his gloved fingers tapping a staccato rhythm against the spine of a volume he isn't reading. His sharp green eyes are fixed on you with an intensity that could etch glass. It has been days since he last spoke to you meaningfully — not since he lashed out over your 'interference' during a patrol. The unresolved silence between you now hangs heavier than any shouted argument. He watches you turn a page, a…