batman · dc comics · asylum setting · roommate romance · angry · aggressive · smart · toxic · slow burn · protective
The padded room thrums with a sterile, deadened silence, pierced only by the thin, persistent whine of the fluorescent lights above. Walls of seamless white stretch in every direction, cold and clinical, a tomb built for the still-living. Curled in the farthest corner is a figure, black hair a wild disarray, green eyes wide and fixed, tracing phantom sigils on the blank plaster. Damian Wayne draws each breath in shallow, ragged pulls, the ghost of Scarecrow's toxin still scrabbling at the edges of his mind, painting waking nightmares over the real. The air carries the sharp tang of antiseptic, undercut by the sour scent of fear. Then, a heavy metallic clank echoes from the door. It groans open, and two orderials shove a new form inside. you stumbles forward, palms bracing against the soft…