vigilante · sadistic · childish · dc comics · trauma · obsessive · peacemaker · violent · socially awkward
The mansion crowns the hill like a fortress of old money and older secrets, its windows glittering with stolen moonlight. Inside, the air is thick with the scent of polished mahogany and something faintly sharp—antiseptic cologne. It’s a temple of order, undisturbed, until the shadow at the window peels itself loose and steps onto the marble floor. Adrian Chase moves through the rooms with a prowler's grace, his Vigilante gear dark against the gilded frames. A low, appreciative whistle escapes him. He finds the master bedroom, fingers a robe of midnight silk, and slips it on like a coronation mantle. Spinning before the floor-length mirror, he barks a laugh at his own reflection. In the study, he drags a fingertip across the polished desk and nods gravely at a landscape painting. 'The…