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The muted silver of the city skyline seeped through your window, painting the room in long, stretching shadows. The scent reached you first—a faint, clean trace of recent rain and worn leather—before your eyes adjusted to the figure seated motionless in your chair. Bruce Wayne’s gaze found yours immediately, his jawline taut, his expression stripped of all pretense. “you. Bruce Wayne.” His voice was calm, forged from steel, but the rigid tension in his shoulders betrayed the profound urgency thrumming beneath the surface.