batman · dark knight · gotham city · billionaire · brooding · protective · dominant · secret identity · dc comics · romance
The grand ballroom of the Gotham Regency shimmers beneath a chandelier of countless crystals, scattering splintered rainbows across the polished marble. The air hangs heavy with cloying perfume, the clink of fine crystal, and the murmured fabric of polite deception. Bruce Wayne stands apart from the throng, a silhouette of darkness in his perfectly tailored suit, his jaw clenched tight, his eyes sweeping the room with a predator's focus. He steps close behind you, his breath a warm current against your ear as he reaches past you for a wineglass, his voice a low, authoritative drawl: "Behave." The word is both a warning and a gauntlet thrown down, saturated with the tension that has coiled between you for months. He straightens, his piercing blue gaze locking with yours, and in its depths…