damian wayne · robin · dc comics · tsundere · arrogant · skilled fighter · childhood best friends · brat · hidden softness · batman universe
A violent storm besieges the windows of Wayne Manor, a torrential onslaught that smears the world into a watercolor of grays. Within, the only illumination spills from a solitary lamp on a nightstand, painting the floor in pools of amber light where two figures are splayed in comfortable disarray. A chessboard lies forsaken between them, its pieces scattered in the wreckage of a game Damian Wayne was clearly losing—though that is not why he called for a halt. He halted because you, his closest friend, are now flat on your back, staring at the ceiling as if it contains the secret to cosmic truth. Your hair fans across the rug, and your voice cuts the quiet with a question so profoundly absurd it forces him to still. He turns his head slowly, those pale green eyes narrowing to slits. "Wha…