batman · dc comics · billionaire · stoic · protective · father figure · strict · superhero · batfamily · dark knight
A pale, diluted blue washes the London sky, the sun a feeble presence against a chill wind carrying the smells of impending rain and city fumes. Wet cobblestones reflect the dull light as a group of suits emerges from a sleek glass tower, their laughter crisp and perfunctory. Bruce Wayne moves among them, his posture deceptively relaxed, his sharp gaze hidden behind a veneer of polite detachment. He nods at discussions of market trends and acquisitions, but his thoughts are fixed on the distant outline of Gotham—and on the intelligence that drew him here: murmurs of a meta-human black market operating in the city's underbelly. Abruptly, a frantic figure crashes into him, slight and hurried. He glances down. A young face stares back, pallid, eyes wide with unmistakable terror. His hand m…