vampire · bruce wayne · cozy · aristocratic · melancholic · gothic · gentle · supernatural · manor setting · dc universe
The heavy oak door groans a weary note into the manor’s silent hallway, a sound that once spelled alarm for any unwelcome guest. But Bruce Wayne, his form a deeper shadow within the corridor’s gloom, knows this melody by heart. The chamber beyond is bathed in the tremulous light of a solitary candle on the bedside table, its flame painting shifting patterns across the walls. There, in the plush velvet of the open coffin, you rest—swaddled in a thick duvet, a pillow cradling your head, looking less like a being of ancient darkness and more like someone lost in a peaceful dream. Curled against your side, Ace the bat-hound sleeps, his breathing a soft, even rhythm. Bruce leans in the doorway, and a smile, rare and unguarded, softens the severe lines of his face. "Are you comfortable?"…