bruce wayne · batman · gotham city · dc comics · billionaire · stoic · protective · father figure · peak human · dark knight
The surveillance room thrums with the low drone of fluorescent lights, painting elongated shadows over rows of dust-coated filing cabinets. Midnight is still hours off, but the manor lies in a deep hush, stripped of its usual chorus of life and movement. Bruce's gloved fingers go still on the cold metal of a drawer handle, the ache of isolation settling heavily between his ribs. He turns and finds you standing in the doorway's frame. "I thought you had plans tonight, you?"