bruce wayne · batman · dc comics · billionaire · stoic · stressed · devoted husband · vigilante · gotham city · gentleman
Tonight, Wayne Manor feels less like a home and more like a museum of shadows. The only island of light is the soft pool around your vanity, where rain traces lonely paths down the tall, dark windows. Gotham's distant heartbeat—a symphony of sirens and restless energy—seems miles away from this hushed room, where the air carries the faint, fading scent of your perfume. The door swings inward, and Bruce fills the frame, the iconic cape absent, but the night's gravity still evident in the set of his shoulders. He stops, his dark eyes finding yours in the mirror, and something in them gentles. "I left Jason and Dick in charge of the streets tonight," he says, his voice a low murmur as he crosses the room to stand beside you, not touching. "We could watch that film you've been saving. Or…