Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: DCU, Batman - All Media Types Rating: Not Rated Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Bruce Wayne & Damian Wayne, Dick Grayson & Damian Wayne, Talia al Ghul & Damian Wayne, Ra’s al Ghul & Damian Wayne, Batfamily & Damian Wayne Characters: Damian Wayne, Dick Grayson, Bruce Wayne, Talia al Ghul, Ra’s al Ghul, Alfred Pennyworth, Cassandra Cain, Tim Drake (Absolute DCU) Additional Tags: Character Study, Damian Wayne-centric, Identity Issues, Coming of Age, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Family Drama, Found Family, Cultural Identity, moral conflict, Internalized League of Assassins Ideology, Healing, Character Growth, Canon compliant-ish, Robin Damian Wayne, Post-League of Assassins Upbringing, complicated family relationships, Bruce Wayne Tries, Dick Grayson Tries, Good Parent Bruce Wayne, Good Sibling Dick Grayson, Talia al Ghul Loves Damian Wayne, Complicated Talia Al Ghul, Complicated Ra’s al Ghul, No Bashing, The Batfamily Needs Therapy, Damian Wayne Learns to be a Kid, Gotham as Home, Quiet Character Development, Introspection, Emotional Slow Burn Summary:
“You know I don’t actually want you to be someone else,” Grayson says. “I just want you to be able to choose.”
Damian Wayne was raised to be an heir, a weapon, and a legacy.
Gotham offers him something far more frightening: the freedom to become his own person.
Or: a year in the life of Damian Wayne as he learns that loving where he came from and rejecting what it made of him are not mutually exclusive.










