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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 2h

"Bruce wants to be that." Terrence sighs, coming around to look Bucky in the eye. "But I understand if you don't want to share this with him."

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 3h

"I apologize for earlier," Terrence says, one hand hooked behind his own back still, as they walk through the halls of Bucky's mind, like ghosts.

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 3h

"You just did." Terrence keeps close a hand on Bucky's lower back, gentle and protective.

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 4h

Bucky could still hurt them, of course, if he really tried and did his due diligence in figuring out how, but that was neither here nor there. "You cannot build walls no one understands or know about and expect them to know how to climb them to find you, James."

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 18h

The person you were in that ravine died. A Monster was born, but it was never *you*. The person who broke free that day was your rebirth, but you haven't been treating it that way. You've been living day to day in fear of what you think you'll eventually revert to."

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 18h

"Everything they have done to you was to condition the spirit and control the mind, James." Terrence is right next to him, watching the scene unfold in a horrific clatter of deafening proportions. "But look how far you've come? Fifteen years off their radar? Out of their grip?-

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"What is the significance?" Terrence asks, standing closer to Bucky, keeping a close eye on him.

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"He can't hurt you. Its a memory." Terrence is right beside him. Hands claped behind his back, a ghostly figment in the cloudy air of the lucid dream.

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"Witch craft magic. Self taught. Well, Pennyworth taught. The old man is useful." Vampires and witches often dwelled in the same crowds. "Relax." He sits next to James in a chair, offering his hand once more. "Lie back and close your eyes. Imagine your intention. Then, we'll go together."

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"It is." To a point. Many could do this without being magic or anything. But it helps. He then grabs the sage, and burns it, smudging the room and around Bucky.

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Terrence waits, gazing around the room for while Bucky finds his spot. Its delicate. He goes to a locked drawer in the hall, and pulls out some crystals, then starts to set them around the room.

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Is the parlor not nice?" He asks, blinking at James, but moves them smoothly through the library, to the end with all of Bruce's medical books and Tim's fantasy novels. "Here?" He considers. "The horrors of the world are vast. I cannot be bothered by what is past."

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Your demons are safe with me. Tucked away in the gallows of my heart, dear." Where he was cruel and unnerving before, he's thoughtful and sweet now. "The parlor?"

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"They won't. They know nothing about me or what I do." He holds his hand out for Bucky. "Let's find a comfortable place."

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Before or after?" He asks, standing closer, getting a whiff James.

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"One time. Or as many as you need." Terrence is suddenly less guarded and more open, he knows he might have been a little rough. "In exchange, I will tell you our true history, if you'd like?"

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Pack the rest away and send it on that proverbal train down in the ravine."

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"It's more of an understanding of who you are and what you need to keep. We kept three basic parts of us. To protect us. You don't have to break in half, you need only to decide what you need to keep and pack the rest of away. Wakanda already did away with your programming, you need only to

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Confront them." He walks closer, posture open and hands spread. "What no one understands is there is never normal after all of that. You will always carry the scars. But you don't have to alone."

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"You would have to trust me. Its a dream walk, if that is easier to understand. Pennyworth taught me, its the reason there are three of us. We compartmentalized into three units to function as the day needs. I can help you put aside those memories and demons, James. Either lock them away or -

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Oh, Bruce was trained. Completely. He didnt lie or cheat. And he is a bad ass Nothing has changed. Bruce doesn't know his own strength let alone uses it the way he could. Terrence pauses in his step. "I can get into your mind if you let me. Reconcile things. Hide them. Or... help you through."

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Have you not found it odd how Bruce has no fear of you? He's taken you down without flinching. There is nothing to protect us from. You either trust us with all of you, or we can't trust you with all of us." Let that sit. Settle. "I can help you in ways those warriors could not."

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

memories would ease that unknown, but I am left with more befuddlement than before." He's disconcerted, confused, and guarded. Bucky makes him uneasy, in, honestly, the best ways. Fuck.

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Yes." Terrence paces fluidly, like a cloud in a storm, chasing the sunlight away with his presence. "I have trusted before and burned before. Tim will let you in with a smile, and Bruce will take you for your word. I was not built for that. You are... an enigma to me. I had hoped seeing your-

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Ever wonder why?" Hm. He gives them space, a moment, and a beat apart. Terrence isn't scared of anything. Death is a welcome wish for someone like him. But not for Tim or Bruce. "Not all monsters are equal; I'm sorry to disappoint you there."

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Your pain is palpable. Thick like sap. It seeps from your soul like tar." Terrence leans ever closer, watching Bucky uncomfortably close. He could hear Bucky's heart racing, his blood coursing through his veins. "Will you let it control your life, James? When we have given you all of us?"

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Seemly taller, or floating, something... "You hurt either of them and you will not die quickly. So I suggest you stop wallowing in your self pity and get it together."

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Terrence saw it, felt it. All of it But did James,? Did he know himself at all? That's the question. Bucky's mind was cluttered, messy, foggy. "How well do you know yourself? I just bared witness to every bit of your soul, to pieces of you probably cannot even remember." He stalks closer to James

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Does it delight you? Thrill you?"

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"That doesn't answer the question. Are we stand ins for a love lost?" God knows Bruce would deny Bucky was for Kal-El, but that was a doomed love. And he genuinely seems to love Bucky more than Kal. Probably because Bucky hasn't tried to kill them yet. "Does knowing I exist change things? Or

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Are we... stand ins?" We is proverbial. Terrence never considers himself part of what they do. Its better, easier, that way.

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Own emotion down. "Our parents fought very hard to keep us safe. A lot of good it did them." Pennyworth. He owes the man a lot for helping them, but he is the sole reason as well. Love hate.

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Terrence looks at his hands, nonchalant. Tears dont get to him like they do Bruce or Tim. "Whatever you have going on, fix it. This baby he's made for you is going to home out a half breed and it will be work. A lot of work. Mentally taxing. Our parents-" He clears his throat, swallowing his-

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Lucky. He thinks so too." Terrences takes a deep, unneeded breath, and slides off the stool, feeling rejuvenated. He won't waste it. "He thinks you hung the moon. He'd do anything for you..."

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"You have nothing to explain to me, James. Nothing to prove. I am more a monster than you." He wipes his mouth with the back of his hand. "I was born this way. You were made and undone. You are lucky."

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Two. He's still processing, sitting as still as he could, mesmerizing the moment. The memories. All of it.

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

And he wouldn't have to. Terrence was taking them. Eating them. Absorbing every last horrible memory and conditioning they did to the poor man. His body shudders with desperate hunger, letting go just as James' heart slows the tiniest bit, and pulls away. It enough to get them through a day or

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

He's sure the man doesn't remember, pieces so haunting any other person would turn away. But not Terrence. A little demon among men.

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

He'll keep it simple, easy for now, and brings Bucky's wrist to his mouth, fangs growing longer and pointy. They sink in, right into the vein, lips wrapping around the precious skin to suck. Sweet blood dribbles across his tongue and down his throat. Red eyes glaze over, soaking in bits of James-

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

He reaches again for Bucky's wrist, thumbing his pulse. He licks his fangs, ready the second he is given the blessing.

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It is initmate. He learns details of the person he drains, their memories his memories, their thoughts his thoughts. And their fear... joyous. He does prefer the blood from the banks, less personal. But a vampire does what a vampire must to survive. "Are you prepared to share your soul with me?"

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"Bruce doesnt know. Neither does Tim. Poor little Tim." He sighs, he doesnt much time until he actually goes into blood lust. He sits, perching on the stool next to Bucky. "If you'll allow me this once, I will arrange a more permanent source soon."

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"Do you find me foolish? Or an actor?" Terrence asks, slightly offended. He exudes elegance and yet there's a monsterous void in hus heart and lack of soul.

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Terrence is beside Bucky in an instant, watching him up close with glowing red eyes, as if assessing him. He takes his flesh wrist and examines his veins, long fingers over his pulse, delicately. "I don't think it would kill me."

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"Ah, yes the little boy." Terrence adores that child. So cute. He is surprised there isnt more... push back, anger, question? "I admit, I don't know what super soldier blood will do to me."

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Terrence finds that sweet. For some reason. He leans closer, eyes on. James' neck, the vein there, his pulse. "We haven't properly eaten in weeks. Bruce has it in his mind that taking time off is better dor us. But that is the source of our food. What we need to survive."

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"I can't ask that of you. You have your secrets from us, you should keep them." A terrible curse to be given, and so impeding on James' privacy.

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

the same as Tim and Bruce's, but there's a red tint to them, almost surreal. "I need... blood."

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Doctor Wayne (Tr) @adarkknight.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"Please. I'm not going to hurt you. You are vital to the system now." Terrence leans on the countertop opposite Bucky, their skin paler than usual. They've not been to the hospital lately and Bruce hasn't been out... doing what they do best. There is a problem. His eyes are a dark brown, much-

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