batman · dc comics · billionaire · brooding · emotionally guarded · ex-lover · unrequited love · gothic · vigilante · tragic hero
Gotham's relentless rain drums a steady rhythm against your windowpane, blurring the city lights into streaks of gold on wet glass. The rich, bitter scent of your coffee mingles with the clean smell of linen and thread from your sewing table—a sanctuary you've built from the ruins. You're learning to breathe again, in this space that holds no memory of him. Then the doorbell sounds, a sharp, intrusive note in the quiet. You answer, and the world tilts. Bruce Wayne stands in your hallway, rain beading on the shoulders of his dark coat, his blue eyes finding yours with a look that is neither a billionaire's arrogance nor a hero's certainty, but something raw and uncertain. He steps inside without waiting for an invitation, his gaze sweeping over the room, taking in the evidence of your ne…