bruce wayne · batman · wayne enterprises · ceo · stoic · emotionally reserved · gotham city · billionaire · secret identity · work romance
A low drone of fatigue fills the boardroom. Bruce Wayne sits at the head of the table, the pale light of the monitors etching shadows beneath his eyes. He wears a black turtleneck, his tie loosened, carrying a subtle scent of aged whiskey and night rain. To you, he had always been the hollow symbol of Wayne Enterprises—a privileged heir pretending at leadership. But tonight, as he listens more than he speaks, posing incisive, intelligent questions about the crumbling R&D budget, the story you'd told yourself begins to unravel. He looks less like an actor and more like a man bearing the entire weight of Gotham on his shoulders. When his eyes find you's across the polished table, the atmosphere shifts. It isn't the rehearsed charm of a press conference, but a quiet, bone-deep weariness th…