TW- Self harm, implications of rape (not to Damian) and emotional abuse
Also eh did you miss me?
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The bat mobile was eerily quiet, like one of those horror movies in which the main character is driving home alone and something sinister is about to happen except well Damian wasn't driving alone– he was with his father, a man who should make him feel much safer than he currently was because he knows the eerily silence would dissolve into something much louder as soon as they enter the cave
The two of then had been patrolling like usual when Robin was distracted by a scream near by, obviously the young boy followed the sound to appear in front of a heart breaking scene. A little girl, her clothes torn, covering beneath an older man atleast four times her size. The girl was bleeding from her head and shivering from the cold night while the man was unbothered, looking at her like a prey rather than a person
No one likes cases like these, no one likes dealing with molesters and no matter how long someone has been in the night time business the disgust of someone willing to put their hands on a child never washes away. Damian physically feels himself recoil at the prospect of a child losing their innocence with him near by and quickly dashes towards the scene
He doesn't look at the girl before he launches himself at the man who smelt like cheap alcohol and street drugs. His clothes while ragged weren't torn lile the girls were. The older man had tried to fight Damian off with a pocket knife but stood no chance as a single kick from the boy knocked him out
As Damian further beat the man, his father arrived behind him. Batman quickly knelt before the girl and assured her ambulance was on it's way. The older man looked at his son telling him to stop but was ignored twice
Damian was too deep in his rage to notice the old scum now bring unconscious until he heard his father shout "Robin! Retreat now"
Finally once the rough voice of his father hit him, did Damian take his bloody hands into account. He could also hear hints of anger seep into Batman's voice. To the normal ear nothing would sound out od the ordinary and Bruce would appear to be monotone at best and bored at worst but Damian's been working with this man for three years and that voice meant nothing but trouble
Once the two of them entered the bat mobile all that engulfed them was a suffocating silence only to be broken within the cave
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The batmobile entered the batcave in what felt like hours, time felt conspicuous as it stretched from the time Damian opened his door till the time his legs found strength to leave the car. If Damian was a boy with a little less pride perhaps he would have admitted to the way his hands shook slightly under the weight of his father's unveiled disappointment or he would have admitted the fear of Robin being taken away that was already forming excuses at the tip of his tongue
But Damian is an al ghul and If anything Damian is prideful so instead of covering under his fear and crying out of insecurities he abided by the conspicuous time and left the batmobile with his face emotionless amd his head held high
"What kind of behaviour was that?" Bruce asked removing his cowl and still trying to contain the emotion in his voice
"What kind of behaviour" said Damian looking into his father's eyes with a challenge. As green met blue all Bruce was reminded of was another Al ghul with eyes slightly darker but not any less daring "if anything I'd say I abided by your rules perfectly"
