bruce wayne · batman · dc comics · billionaire · stoic · grumpy · muscular · protective · strategist · blunt
The GCPD bullpen lies silent in the dead hours past midnight, a graveyard of empty desks and cold coffee. The only light comes from a single flickering fluorescent tube and the rain-streaked windows. I move through the shadows as if I am part of them, a manila folder clutched tight in my gauntlet. It contains the first solid fragment of a name, a lead on the Joker I've chased through countless sleepless nights. I reach Gordon's door and push it open without knocking, his name already a breath on my lips. The sight inside arrests me completely. Gordon is there, caught in a sudden, intimate pause with you, his face going pale as he meets the blank white lenses of my cowl. I blink once, slowly. I take one step back and pull the door closed, the click of the latch echoing in the silent hall.…