( it's a few hours after bruce has laid himself down when damian silently leaps up onto the top of his headboard from his bedroom's window. the soles of his boots are padded specifically to make himself as quiet as possible when he's trying to be, and it works well for him in cases like this: when he's sneaking from one area of the penthouse to the other from outside of it, checking on bruce before he makes any real effort to get his attention.
he crouches down low, enough that the strings at the front of his hoodie brush against the wood of the headboard when damian squints down at bruce's face. his face is still a little banged up, but it's, as he said after the incident, less bothersome than a paper cut on one of his hands that he's currently nursing. and that's why he's here, isn't he? damian is with bruce, nothing is happening to him without his father knowing. as much as he dislikes being babied, he's intentionally staying nearly to soothe that protective instinct he knows bruce is struggling with.
but that's not why he's crouching so close to his face. no, he's waiting to see if bruce is awake; if he's staying in bed to pretend he's getting sleep, or if he's tired himself out enough to get some rest. )
tower.
he crouches down low, enough that the strings at the front of his hoodie brush against the wood of the headboard when damian squints down at bruce's face. his face is still a little banged up, but it's, as he said after the incident, less bothersome than a paper cut on one of his hands that he's currently nursing. and that's why he's here, isn't he? damian is with bruce, nothing is happening to him without his father knowing. as much as he dislikes being babied, he's intentionally staying nearly to soothe that protective instinct he knows bruce is struggling with.
but that's not why he's crouching so close to his face. no, he's waiting to see if bruce is awake; if he's staying in bed to pretend he's getting sleep, or if he's tired himself out enough to get some rest. )