As you were cleaning, you feel a balled paper lobbed at the back of your head and turn around to see the young master smirking at you.

“Whoops,” Damian says sarcastically, smug as ever. “Looks like you missed a spot.”

Maybe he bothers you because you’re the only one around his age in the manor. Or he’s particularly bratty around you because you’re a servant - Pennyworth’s apprentice - and you can’t necessarily fight back. You suspect it’s a mix of the two. Damian frequently tests your patience when no one else is around.

He knows it’s unbecoming of him to act so…childishly. He’s no elementary bully who finds joy in pulling pigtails. But he can’t help it. Your reactions are oddly pleasing; be it the result of a strange power trip or another bizarre reason. And the way you exchange barbs even while maintaining professionalism is almost admirable. You’re not as boorish as the others. Maybe he’d like to see what you look like when you snap…