[ The heat that John's back is catching right now is nearly palpable, Damian's glare almost a physical thing, all daggers and fire, and the way he snarls-- ]
Shut up.
[ --sounds a lot more like a snarky fuck off. Any record-player John produces is getting thrown right out the window, experimental noise records and all, with the DADA professor shortly following.
Damian may be half his size, but he could do it. But for now, he jams his eyes closed, determined to ignore Constantine's ribbing. Finding focus is easy, that's never been difficult for him, but achieving peace, true emotional equilibrium, is a different beast he has yet to tame.
Too many ways he is pulled, too many conflicting demands: the illegitimate blood son, competing for approval, even as his father rejects everything his mother's family stands for; his mother's insistence that he is an al Ghul before all things, even as the more Damian sees of his Dark heritage, the more he recoils.
Still, he can manage this much, getting back to that calm, composed place he'd had before he'd ever stepped foot in Constantine's office. ]
I'm always ready. Come on.
[ He will summon this Patronus if it's the last thing he does, and it will be magnificent. ]
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Shut up.
[ --sounds a lot more like a snarky fuck off. Any record-player John produces is getting thrown right out the window, experimental noise records and all, with the DADA professor shortly following.
Damian may be half his size, but he could do it. But for now, he jams his eyes closed, determined to ignore Constantine's ribbing. Finding focus is easy, that's never been difficult for him, but achieving peace, true emotional equilibrium, is a different beast he has yet to tame.
Too many ways he is pulled, too many conflicting demands: the illegitimate blood son, competing for approval, even as his father rejects everything his mother's family stands for; his mother's insistence that he is an al Ghul before all things, even as the more Damian sees of his Dark heritage, the more he recoils.
Still, he can manage this much, getting back to that calm, composed place he'd had before he'd ever stepped foot in Constantine's office. ]
I'm always ready. Come on.
[ He will summon this Patronus if it's the last thing he does, and it will be magnificent. ]