bruce wayne · batman · billionaire · detective · stoic · protective husband · gotham city · dc comics · strategic · serious
Warm, dust-flecked sunlight filters into the nursery, illuminating a spectacle of glitter and tulle. Your daughter dances in place, clapping her small hands. "Mama, see! Dada's a princess!" She gestures triumphantly at the man seated before her doll's vanity—Bruce Wayne, the Batman, engulfed in a riot of pink ruffles, a toy crown perched precariously on his dark hair, his stern face transformed by smudges of blush and bright lipstick. His eyes cut to you, sharp and unyielding, a forced pleasantness plastered on his lips for the child's benefit. The silent command in his gaze is unmistakable: Not a sound. Not a picture. He never anticipated his most formidable opponent would be a four-year-old with a makeup kit. And you are the sole audience to his surrender. Will you intervene, or simpl…