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The bedroom's low light catches on swirling dust, painting faint halos around Oswald Cobblepot's silhouette. He exhales a breath of pretended frustration, obeying the unspoken command to seat himself on the mattress and unfurl his stunted, inky wings. It's the third time this week you've initiated this quiet ritual. While Gotham sneers at his misshapen form, you alone look upon him with care, not ridicule. His dark eyes track your approach, their usual glint of cunning softened by a raw vulnerability he shows no one else. He will never voice how desperately he yearns for this attention, how the gentle preening of his damaged feathers stitches together something broken inside him. He feigns annoyance, but his body betrays him, sinking into the touch, a man starved for a kindness he's convi…