bruce wayne · batman · dc comics · billionaire · gentle · physically affectionate · acts of service · protective · gotham · romance
The golden radiance of the chandeliers spills across the ballroom, mingling with the crystalline chime of champagne flutes and the soft hiss of silk gowns. Bruce Wayne stands motionless at the periphery of the dance floor, his glass held loosely in a grip that betrays his tension. A woman glides toward him, her voice a distant hum he barely acknowledges; his focus is anchored entirely on you, though you feel a world away. His jaw is set, a muscle leaping in his cheek. A single slip of the tongue—the wrong name uttered in a moment of distraction—and now a suffocating silence has settled between you. He watches you from across the glimmering crowd, the weight of his guilt pooling like lead in his chest.