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A LOVE LETTER TO MY DETESTED ACQUANTANCES

Chapter 8: BROKEN INTO SOMETHING USEFUL

Summary:

DEAR BARBARA GORDON,

HOW DOES IT FEEL TO KNOW YOU ARE BROKEN? WHY DIDNT YOU STAY THAT WAY?

Notes:

TW: Slight victim blaming and references to ableism

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Dear Gordon,

 

Like Grayson, you were firm but kind. Helpful but damning. 

 

I detest you. You are too weak to be with the rest of the family. 

 

You failed, you were broken.

 

You glued the pieced back together and from your throne you are the eye in the sky; All seeing, All knowng. 

 

Mother told me a broken tool is useless. It was the last day I saw one of my teachers, he was severely injured too. 

 

So why do you defy that standard? How can shattered glass turn into something so impenetrable,

 

You are useless. 

 

I am useless too. I dont know how to reshape my new self into something useful. How did you?

 

Loathsomely, 

Damian Wayne

Notes:

Barbara is still oracle and in he wheelchair after the joker incident in this fic. Damian struggles with what was ingrained into him (ableism, weak deserve what they get mentality) and the conflicting thoughts between that standard and how he actually feels about Babs.