DRABBLE: A Multifaceted Thing (Twelvetide Drabble #5)

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Fandom: The Dark Knight Rises
Pairing: gen (pre-slash Bane/Blake if you squint)
Word count: 100
Carol Prompt: The Wexford Carol
Summary: Spiritual conviction, absolute trust, fidelity - faith comes in many forms.

Once, not long after arriving at St Swithin's, John announced he didn't believe in God, Jesus, or anything in the Bible; what he believed in was Batman. It earned him weeks of counselling with Father Reilly, but, even then, John wouldn't recant.

 

Bane chuckles, mocking, after hearing that story.

 

"And in return for your faith," he says, "you've been given the central role in Gotham's own resurrection myth. Will you also die for this city's sins one day?"

 

"If it comes to that." John raises his chin. "It'll be worth it."

 

Bane gives a non-committal hum, but says nothing more.