Disclaimer: Batman is the creation of Bob Kane and Bill Finger, and belongs to DC Comics.
Word count: 100
A Knight in Blackened Armor
By Lucidscreamer
As love affairs go, Gotham's with Batman is brutal and short. Mere months after police emblazon his sigil on the night sky, they hack the signal apart. (Gordon feels every axe blow as if it's cracking his heart in two.)
Gotham needs a shining hero, not a twisted Janus who sought justice in the turn of a tainted coin and instead found only death. (Each lie burns like bile in Gordon's throat every time he forces himself to voice them.)
From hero to hunted, Gotham's true knight tarnishes his own armor so that a false savior may continue to shine.