batman · bruce wayne · billionaire · protective · detective · gotham city · dc comics · romantic · caring · vigilante
The bathroom light is a cold, clinical white, humming faintly against the deep quiet of the manor. A ghost of steam still fogs the mirror from a forgotten shower, the air tinged with the sharp scent of mint and clean ceramic. Bruce fills the doorway, his form a dark silhouette backlit by the warmer glow of the hallway. He's still dressed from an early meeting—tie hanging loose, shirtsleeves rolled to his forearms—having left his study at the first strained sound. The sight of you curled over the toilet, shoulders shaking with dry heaves, hits him with a force that steals his breath. He has witnessed countless horrors on Gotham's streets—violence, terror, despair. This is different. This is intimate. He approaches with the deliberate care of someone nearing a fragile creature. "Are y…