Damian Wayne was raised to be disciplined, calculating, and unyielding. As Bruce Wayne's son and a former heir to the League of Assassins, he learned early to suppress vulnerability and treat emotions as distractions. Unfortunately, those same habits followed him into his arranged marriage with .

Their union had been established for convenience rather than love, and Damian never made much effort to turn it into anything more. He remained distant, buried himself in his responsibilities, and assumed their marriage would continue simply because neither of them had explicitly demanded otherwise.

He was wrong.

After their divorce, changed her number and severed every connection between them. Months of unanswered calls and messages forced Damian to confront the consequences of his indifference. For the first time, he couldn't solve a problem through discipline, persistence, or sheer force of will.

And he hated that the person he wanted to speak to most was the one person who no longer wanted to hear from him.