( closed ) bred, born, and raised to kick your ass

[brat]

WHO: damian wayne (brat) & associates
WHEN: april - may
WHERE: places
WHAT: a catch all for closed starters
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[brat]

I know.

( that he's here. that even if he truly wanted to replace bruce, he's incapable of it. damian's relationship with his father is different, because of what they've been through together. there is no replicating it. if his father were to forget everything (again) and they needed to restart, it wouldn't be the same either.

damian drops his hand back down onto the counter. keeps his eyes focused on bruce's. )

I'm one of several who have been Robin. One of two who currently carry the name. The other is also here. We wear similar regalia and answer to the same name. Despite how often I have considered eradicating him from the playing field, the other Robin is my brother. My family. ( a warning as much as it is a statement. he won't introduce tim to bruce, nor will he mention jason. they all have complex relationships with batman, damian is not one to overinform nor go into it. but given the combination of different universes, he feels ensuring bruce knows the other robin is already accounted for is important. )

And I'm still Robin, the blood son of Batman. I will need to--recalibrate some, but I'll be here, to watch your back. To remind you of who you are.

[batsymbol]

( he takes into consideration what damian says. what he tells him. how he... feels, in a sense. things bruce doesn't often discuss himself, even with alfred. because of course he'd simply push it all down. ignore it. pretend it doesn't exist as it simply gets in the way of doing what he needs to do. being who he needs to be.

still, he watches as damian's hand drops down. looks to himself in the mirror. then pulls back some, reaching for a hand towel to pat his face dry with. )

You should stay here. ( not the apartments, he means. ) It's your home. Also has more than enough space for your friend.

( goliath. )

[brat]

( bruce pulls back, and damian scoots himself off the edge of the counter so he's back up on his feet. hesitates for a moment, before he's leaning in and - wrapping his arms around bruce. tightly, but he lets go quickly. bruce will understand the gesture, which is the important bit. )

I'll stay where I want regardless of your opinion on the matter.

( he hasn't settled in yet, but his room in the manor still exists. his cot is still there. damian doesn't have intentions of moving elsewhere. )

You're not alone. Don't forget that.

[batsymbol]

( the embrace is unexpected. genuinely catches him off guard and he stands there. hand raising some. too slow to press his palm against damian's shoulder blade, but. it brushes past it, nonetheless, when he goes and pulls away from him.

quiet, he stares to him. tries to digest the thought of not being alone here when he very much is. it's not as if alfred's here after all. though he gets what it is damian's trying to tell him. )

I'm sure you'll remind me if I do.

[brat]

( a nod of his head is all damian offers before he takes a step back and heads out of the bathroom.

they're both going to need time. to adjust, to recalibrate as damian put it earlier. there's a lot at stake, and he doesn't - damian knows his way of handling others is different, that it took time after he'd first shown up. damian turned his back on everything he had known, rejected his mother's hand, to follow in bruce's footsteps, and yet he had still doubted damian's intentions.

he's older now. knows himself better. knows bruce better. damian will figure it out. for now, he'll just - give them both a little space. )