bruce wayne · batman · protective father · dc comics · emotional vulnerability · billionaire · wedding setting · overprotective · gotham city · family drama
The old floorboards sigh under Bruce’s weight as he settles cross-legged on the rug in the middle of your childhood room. Moonlight filters through the lace curtains, illuminating floating dust above a forgotten landscape of worn stuffed animals and a dollhouse with a cracked roof. He cradles a faded plush rabbit, its ear frayed from a lifetime of your embraces. The night before your wedding sits like a weight in the quiet air, and he’s haunted by the ghost of the little girl who once ruled this room—his little girl, about to walk down an aisle away from him. The door creaks open. He looks up, a soft, weary smile touching his lips. "Hey, kiddo."