𝙞 𝙢𝙚𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣
in which when Damian is forced to take theater class as an elective in order to graduate and is forced to partner with Sasha Rocque who he initially thought would be a nuisance and a bother he finds his assump...
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"You looked like you were having a bad day."
SEPTEMBER 14TH, GOTHAM CITY, NEW YORK WAYNE MANOR 3 a.m.
HE COULDN'T SLEEP.
Damian growled as he turned in his bed. It wasn't unusual for him to have restless nights, especially with the trials that came with being Robin but this time it seemed as if he couldn't sleep purely for no reason at all.
Natasha Rocque. He hadn't known her for long. Before his senior year, he hadn't even known of her existence. Possibly it was because she was the only human other than Alfred and his father he had been forced to interact with for years but he had quickly come to the conclusion that—
Sasha Rocque was the bane of his existence.
It's not that Sasha did something. She hadn't maliciously harmed him. It was simply her presence in his life that was the problem. She didn't speak much, nor did she have any annoying mannerisms besides speaking slowly and refusing to look a single human in the eye. Damian simply did not do well working with others nor did he want to learn how to. He was used to being alone to the point where his silence was comfortable to him.
Damian Wayne did not work with others. Sure, occasionally he worked with his father as Robin but even that did not feel like actual teamwork as his father was also someone who preferred to do things himself. There was that time when his father had "died" and Grayson took over as Damian's Batman. Hesitantly Damian could grudgingly admit he enjoyed his time as Grayson's Robin but...he preferred not to think about that time of his life. He could admit the absence of his family and his lack of friends caused him to detest the human species more. Of course occasionally over the past couple of years since leaving Grayson would send him a message but Damian would ignore him, Drake never visited because of his busy schedule with leading the Teen Titans, and Todd was either off-world with the Outlaws or just simply refused to step anywhere near the Manor.
He offered (demanded) to complete the work alone but Sasha would not allow him to. She told him that no matter how smart he thought he was she would never let him dictate if she got a passing grade or not. Damian's only reply was that she was an idiot who should be happy she got someone like him as a partner, Sasha only stared at him blankly in response before continuing with her work because she didn't have the energy to argue with him. The girl was infuriating. But as annoying as Sasha was, Damian knew she was not the reason for his restless night. He knows why he couldn't sleep.'
Being Robin didn't feel the same anymore.
In the beginning, he viewed Robin as an honor. A way to gain his father's trust but Damian soon realized that no matter how hard he tried his father would never trust him. His efforts would never be enough for his father. Nothing was enough for his father. He then used Robin as a way to one-up Drake in his younger days but as Damian got older he soon realized Drake didn't care. Was Drake bitter at first, resentful that the title of Robin was stolen from him? Yes. But as time went on Drake learned to be happy without the title of Robin with the help of the Titans. Later on, Damian saw Robin as a way to bond with Grayson but now with Grayson leaving on his "self-discovery" journey after his final break up with Starfire, and now...
