Slade had no idea what he was getting himself into when he agreed to team up with the Arkham Knight. The allure of wealth and the chance to go head-to-head with the Bat were too tempting for him to resist. Little did he know that it would come at the cost of being away from you for extended periods of time. The precious moments he could have spent with Rose and Joseph slipped through his fingers, and he couldn't bear the thought of you making the same mistakes that Grant had made.

"I'm sorry, pumpkin," he murmured, adjusting the weight of his gun on his shoulder. He'd always called you pumpkin, ever since you were a baby. You'd never outgrow the nickname. Not to him, anyway. "Once I get home, we can do whatever you want to make up for it, alright?"