Leen's Attempt At Daminette December 2020

My Betrothed Got De-Aged!

The bright light in the room died down leaving a young girl wearing a ladybug theme spandex suit behind. Robin stared in horror as he saw her. There she was his beloved, his betrothed, as a 5 year old girl. Seeing that the rogue was not around, he decided to take a closer look. She was sleeping All of a sudden he was back in the League of Shadows, training with his mother, looking up to his grandfather, and presenting his superiority for the betrothal ceremony. He remembers the ceremony like it was yesterday. He remembers hot iron placed on their wrists leaving identical permanent marks. He remembers being forced to drink the liquid of the lazarus pits right after. 

"Robin! Robin! You there?" Batman's voices over the communicator. "I'm here," he replied. "What happened? Your mind doesn't usually wander off that easily," concern could be heard, barely, but heard in his tone. "I'm alright," Robin started, "but Ladybird looks like she got-" He stopped, unsure how to proceed. "Little wing? Hello? You still there Robin?" Nightwing called to him snapping him out of his thoughts once more, "What happened to Ladybird?" "She got de-aged to a 5 year old and asleep," Robin finally told him. "Pixie got WHAT!" Red Hood screamed. "And how are you sure she is 5 years old?" Oracle and Red Robin asked at the same time. 

"Tt, we grew up together. I know how she looked like when we were five-," Robin suddenly stopped realizing his mistake. They don't know about that yet. There was silence on the comms after he gave them that new information. "We will talk about this later, for now bring Ladybird back to the cave," Batman ordered. Robin didn't hesitate and carried her back being careful so he doesn't drop nor wake her. Once he reached the cave, he put her on the med bay bed. He turned around and saw his father staring into him, "Explain." He just sighed and sat next to Ladybird, "Marinette is the heiress to the sister order of the league, the Order of the Guardians. They were like the league, but was always against killing." He stopped for a moment before continuing. 

"One day an accident happened, the order was in shambles. Grandfather's brother, Wang Fu, asked for sanctuary along with his seven months pregnant daughter, Sabine Fu. Grandfather did just that but with the cost that if the baby was a girl, we would be betrothed at the age of five. That is just what happened. When Deathstroke attacked, she was sent away to Paris with her mother, grandfather, and newfound stepfather Tom Dupain. As fate had it, we met again when she won your scholarship," Damian was so soft when explaining their past that the boys had to make sure they weren't sleeping.

Bruce took of his cowl and sat next to Damian, "Why didn't you tell us?" "I-," a sob stopped him, "I was afraid you'd take her away from me again. The way we met may not have been fortunate, but-" He paused, but what? "But you can't imagine your life without her anymore, you love her," Bruce tried to complete his sentence as Alfred ushered everyone else out of the room. "Damian, look at me," Bruce said at him but he refused to meet his eyes. "Son, look at me, please," Bruce tried again tilting Damian head up and he finally met his eyes. "I would never do that," he said, "You have been happier than I have ever seen you since she arrived. I might be terrible at emotions, but I know how it feels to have someone you love taken away from you. I would never do that to you." With that the dam broke, tears falling from Damian's face as he hugged his father.

"Thank you dad."

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I know it isn't Daminette centric but... it's still cute right? Hope you guys don't mind. Did I pull your heartstrings?

XOXO
~𝓔𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓮𝓷