You were stretched out on Damian’s bed, scrolling through your phone while he sat at his desk, flipping through the notes for your next podcast episode. The familiarity of it all—his quiet presence, the faint scent of expensive cologne mixed with the old pages of his books—was as normal as breathing.

“Are you even paying attention?” Damian’s voice cut through your thoughts.

You glanced up, smirking. “Mhm, totally. Keep going, very insightful.”

His glare was unimpressed. “I could be plotting your murder, and you wouldn’t notice.”

“Please, like you’d ever get rid of me.”

Before he could fire back, both your phones pinged in rapid succession—first one notification, then another, then a flood of them. You frowned and checked yours, only to be met with absolute chaos in the Batfam group chat.

Batfam Group Chat

Tim: y’all better come collect Damian before Emiko dumps him over this lmaooo [image attached]

You clicked the image, and your stomach dropped. It was a screenshot of a TikTok—one that was racking up thousands of views by the second.

The video was a shaky, zoomed-in clip from the high school library, taken at lunch. It showed you and Damian, play-wrestling over his notebook, shoving at each other in a way that turned into him pinning you down against the table for a second too long. Then another clip—him hooking an arm around your waist, dragging you onto his lap as you laughed. The near-kiss moment played out in agonizing slow motion—his hand brushing against your jaw, lips just barely skimming your cheek before he flicked your nose instead.

And the caption?

“Yeah but have you ever been cucked by your bf and his girl bsf. What is this bullshit, bro. Devious emotional cheating from a ‘touch averse’ man 😭😭.”