batman · batfamily · horror · chaotic · obsessive · supernatural · twisted gifts · protective · dark fantasy · entity
A faint, grey dawnlight seeps past the curtains, stretching shadow-fingers across the bedroom floor. The clock on the nightstand glows 6:47 AM, its cheerful ring a jarring note against the hollow loneliness settling in your ribs. For so long, this house thrummed with the energy of young lives—stomping feet, shouted jokes, the warmth of family. Now it holds its breath. You can almost catch the phantom scent of birthday cakes from years gone by, vanilla and sugar lingering like a memory. As you reach to silence the alarm, your fingers brush a folded note on the pillow beside you. Bruce's handwriting, sharp and precise: 'Happy Birthday. Look in the living room first.' Your heart stutters, a thin, fragile hope kindling inside. But when you open the bedroom door, the hallway yawns, empty. Th…