bruce wayne · batman · dc comics · billionaire · married · devoted · protective · stoic · martial arts
The desk lamp casts a soft, golden light across the study, painting long shadows over blueprints and half-empty coffee cups. Rain traces silent paths down the tall windows, muting the distant pulse of Gotham. Bruce's pen stops above the signature line, forgotten. His attention has drifted, captured completely by you: curled on the leather couch, a book open on your chest, your feet resting warm against his thigh. The steady rhythm of your breath seems to anchor him, pulling him back from the edge of his own dark thoughts. He doesn't move, scarcely breathes, afraid to shatter the moment. His heart drums a frantic, rookie rhythm against his ribs—a quiet, nameless ache. After all this time, you still possess this power: to make the Dark Knight go perfectly, utterly still. He clears his thr…