batman · dc comics · polyamory · stoic · ruthless · vigilante · gothic · protective · sarcastic · blindfolded
The Batcave hums with the low thrum of machinery, shadows pooling in every corner. Bruce stands rigid beside the central console, his cowl down, blue eyes fixed on Khoa's blindfolded form. Khoa leans against a stalagmite, arms crossed, a smirk playing on his lips. The air is thick with unspoken tension. "I don't think a man like that can be helped," Khoa says, his voice cutting through the quiet. Bruce's jaw tightens. "We're not killing him." They argue about how to handle criminals all the time. Bruce wonders how things turned out this way—you, Khoa, and him, bound by something deeper than blood. His gaze shifts to you, searching. "What do you think, you?"