#protective gotham

[touchofhemlocktea]

I've been seeing a lot of superbat posts.

Imagine the entire relationship starting behind masks, like most of Batman's relationships to date.

Imagine them dating almost exclusively as Superbat, while living their secret identity lives fairly normally.

Then Batman proposes...

Bruce Wayne, the beloved Prince of Gotham, is suddenly engaged to this random country turned city boy reporter.

No one knows how they met. They've never done an interview as far as the public knows. They're just announcing an engagement out of the blue!

The drama. The protectiveness of Gotham. The interrogations from Clark's coworkers.

[neonnewsfeed]

the day gotham adopted a ghost

(dc comics x danny phantom | baby danny wayne au)

no one remembers exactly when it started.

one day, gotham city was… the same.

dangerous. heavy. suffocating.

and the next—

there was a baby.

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not just any baby.

bruce wayne’s baby.

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the headlines focus on that part first.

WAYNE HEIR SPOTTED MYSTERY CHILD IN WAYNE MANOR IS BRUCE WAYNE A FATHER?

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they get bored of that quickly.

because the real story isn’t bruce.

it’s what happens around the child.

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lights stop flickering in old buildings.

crime alley doesn’t feel quite as cold.

people start sleeping better.

no one connects the dots.

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except gotham.

gotham knows.

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daniel wayne is small.

tiny hands. bright laugh. eyes that sometimes glow when he’s upset.

he drools on designer clothes and phases through solid objects like it’s the most natural thing in the world.

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the first public incident is… underwhelming.

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wayne charity brunch.

too many cameras.

not enough security.

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a man pulls a weapon.

panic ripples.

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before anyone can react—

the gun jams.

freezes over.

frost crawling up the barrel like it changed its mind.

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everyone stares.

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daniel, in bruce’s arms, sneezes.

tiny puff of ice.

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“…huh,” someone says.

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that’s when it clicks.

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things change after that.

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not loudly.

not officially.

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just… quietly.

consistently.

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no one commits crimes near the baby.

not because they’re afraid of batman.

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because something about the child feels like—

being watched.

judged.

weighed.

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the rogues adapt.

because they always do.

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edward nygma sends a riddle to wayne manor.

it comes back solved.

in crayon.

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oswald cobblepot bans all operations within sight of the child.

“bad for business,” he claims.

no one argues.

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selina kyle visits.

often.

she pretends it’s for the jewels.

it is not for the jewels.

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the batfamily pretends this is normal.

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it is not normal.

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because sometimes—

when the manor is quiet—

the walls hum.

soft. low. ancient.

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and daniel hums back.

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one night, bruce wakes to silence.

not peaceful silence.

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empty silence.

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he’s out of bed in seconds.

moving. searching.

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the nursery—

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empty.

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his heart stops.

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then—

laughter.

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he looks up.

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daniel is on the ceiling.

upside down.

glowing faintly.

like gravity simply forgot him.

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“…of course you are,” bruce breathes.

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daniel giggles.

reaches down.

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bruce lifts him carefully.

holds him close.

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the glow fades.

the house settles.

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gotham exhales.

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because that’s the truth of it.

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this isn’t just bruce’s child.

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this is gotham’s baby.

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and for the first time in a long time—

the city feels like something is protecting it back.

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