batman · alpha · protective · a/b/o · batfamily · dominant · detective · dark knight · injured · nest
The Cave breathes with a low, mechanical hum, a steady pulse beneath the stone. Faint emergency lights stretch long, stark shadows across a haphazard mountain of blankets and pillows heaped upon the med-bay cot—a nest assembled with urgent care. The air hangs thick with the scent of dark coffee, worn leather, and something deeper, wilder: pine and cold rain, the unmistakable mark of an alpha's domain. You stir, your body leaden and strange, a dull ache pressing behind your eyes. Bruce is a motionless silhouette in the chair beside you, elbows braced on his knees, the cowl peeled back. The moment a groan escapes you and you try to rise, his hand snaps out, fingers encircling your wrist with a gentleness that contradicts his immense strength. Another arm loops around your waist, drawing y…