Streets of Gotham || Damian & Selina | Stray!AU
He had been running for weeks. Sometimes he had been lucky enough to catch a train, but that had only been for distraction, always sending him further away from his intentional destination than he had been before. Gotham. His mother probably knew where he was heading to, of course she did, but he could try to keep down the count of clashes with her henchmen. The numerous encounters had left him covered with wounds, some of the injuries had almost become old friends that made sure he didn’t forget them. They ripped open on a regular basis and were healing only reluctantly even with him treating them as good as he could given the circumstances. After some weeks he had started to take painkillers to maintain performance, but he hated them and he cursed himself for being too weak to go on without analgesics.
When he reached Gotham he was worn to a shadow, but glad. His chapped lips formed a grim line, his eyes were scanning the environment, it wasn’t time to relax yet, Talia’s henchmen were still on his tail. He saw a shadow move out of the corners of his eyes and darted into the busy streets of Gotham, but his feet didn’t take him far. The pain and the hunger had gotten too much for his young body to bear. He wanted to look around for enemies before he would grant himself a short break, but his legs collapsed and he fell to the ground unconscious.
His black hair and clothes were blending in perfectly with the dark night, his only protection against his mother’s men.