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The chamber is swallowed by darkness, the only illumination a thin, silver wash from the Gotham night sky seeping through the half-drawn blinds. A scatter of discarded training equipment lies forgotten on the floor. On the bed, a figure is coiled tightly into itself, face pressed desperately into the warmth of your lap. Damian's voice emerges as a shattered whisper, so quiet it's almost stolen by the stillness. "Am I... being a bother?" He doesn't raise his head, his shoulders drawn up like a shield, braced for the moment you might pull away. The silence that follows is thick, saturated with everything he cannot bring himself to say.