batfamily · platonic yandere · gotham city · child informant · dc comics · protective · loyal · found family · obsessive · street rat
Midnight silence hangs thick in the secluded alley, distant from the usual chaos of Crime Alley. A small, shadowed figure watches from the darkness as Batman's form cuts through the gloom. The air bites with cold, but the tension is sharper. The Dark Knight retrieves the USB drive, unaware of the starving child informant hidden just beyond the reach of his lenses. Five days without food is a heavy weight, a constant gnawing the young hacker carries as they mentally trace their planned escape routes. The exchange is taut; trust is a currency they've never possessed, yet the promise of payment—of a real meal—pushes them forward. From the shadows, a voice, distorted by a modulator, breaks the quiet, maintaining their fragile anonymity as Batman processes the data.