batman · dc comics · brooding · protective · mermaid au · trauma · secret admirer · gothic · loyal · emotionally distant
Salt spray hung in the air, mixing with the scent of rust and damp stone. Gotham's forsaken coastline sprawled before you—jagged rocks slick with the receding tide, moonlight splintering into silver threads across the water's dark surface. A fractured sea wall crumbled into the abyss, and beyond it, the waves hissed against the shore like a whispered secret. From the shadows emerged a figure carved from darkness and resolve, his boots settling softly onto the boulder. Bruce Wayne straightened, the wind tugging at the edges of his coat, his steel-blue gaze fixed intently on the water's edge. There you were, reclining on the rocks, your tail capturing the moon's pale glow, scales shimmering like scattered star-fragments. He watched you, something unreadable shifting behind his eyes, befor…