Eliwatts22's request about Bruce becoming a father continued. (Hope you like it!) Bruce reflects on becoming Damian's Dad.

Chapter 49: He's Mine

Bruce's POV

I never knew I had a child. Seven years, he was kept hidden from me. Seven years. Damian was seven years old, the first time I laid eyes on him.

Talia had brought him to my doorstep during the middle of a storm. He has Talia's skin tone and eyes, yet he looks so much like me. I knew he was mine before she said anything. I could tell the boy was scared as he shivered in the freezing rain, while his own mother abandoned him. I had no other choice; I took him in, because he is mine.

I only wish Talia would have given to me the day he was born. I could have saved him from becoming the way he is now. But, he is my child and he has turned from the teachings of his mother and grandfather, in order to follow mine. He has forsaken his birthright to the League of Shadows in order to join the Batclan. And I have never been more proud of him.

I can see myself in him. He is valiant, strong, loyal, hardheaded, intelligent, and resourceful. Sometimes, he doesn't seem like a nine year old boy. His childhood was taken from him, by his own mother. But, I can see the boy in him whenever Dick is around him.

He tries so hard to please me, but he feels as if his best effort is never enough. I try to let him know that I am proud of him, but he will always deem his efforts unworthy.

I made him Robin on his ninth birthday. He needed it. He was so full of anger and hate. But, he follows my orders as well as Jason does; in other words, he doesn't. Dick and Alfred are the only ones who seem to be able to get through to the boy. But, the number of criminals in Gotham that seem to fear Robin is growing. Damian's methods are questionable at times.

Damian is my child, my only biological child. I love him more than he will ever know. And I'm so afraid that Talia will try and take him from me one day. But, he's only nine; practically a baby. My baby. My youngest. I would fight to the death for the boy. Because, he's mine.