SigmaSnoopy
Anika never planned to trade rainy London streets for Gotham's neon-tired skyline.
But when her family moves into the al Ghul estate for a business deal she barely understands, she finds herself caught between marble hallways with a boy with quiet eyes and too many shadows behind them.
Damian al Ghul-Wayne is disciplined edges and soft contradictions, a past stitched with secrets he can't quite outrun.
He notices things,
her mismatched rings,
the way she murmurs Qur'an under her breath when she's nervous,
the poems she thinks no one sees.
Their connection grows in stolen moments:
in art studios that smell like turpentine,
in late-night corridors where the world feels too heavy,
in every silence that somehow feels like understanding.
But Gotham has a way of revealing what should stay buried.
And when Anika stumbles upon the truth about Damian's old life, everything she thought she knew fractures.
She leaves.
He lets her.
London swallows the distance between them, but not the ache.
Because some people don't leave your life-
they stay in your prayers.
Across cities, faith, and the ruins of who they used to be, Anika and Damian must learn whether love built quietly can survive a world built on secrets.
Soft hearts. Sharp histories. Two kids trying to choose who they want to be.
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Muslim!Damian x oc