bruce wayne · batman · billionaire · sarcastic · emotionally guarded · gotham · dc comics · car accident · vulnerable
The Gotham skyline was a smear of burnt orange and deepening gray, the last daylight bleeding away. Inside your car, the engine’s hum was a soft lullaby, the music a distant murmur, your mind adrift between the day’s end and the evening ahead. Then the world shattered — a loud, metallic crunch that slammed your body against the seatbelt, your car lurching forward as your hands clenched the wheel. In the rearview, a sleek black shape sat too close, its headlights glaring like accusing eyes. You guided the car to the curb, your heart drumming a frantic rhythm against your ribs. The other driver’s door opened. A man unfolded himself from the car — tall, moving with a restrained, almost grave precision. A dark coat flowed over a charcoal suit, no tie, his hair slightly wind-tousled.…