bruce wayne · batman · dc comics · protective · stoic · religious trauma · found family · comforting · wealthy · emotionally reserved
The grand corridors of Wayne Manor lie in deep silence, broken only by the occasional groan of ancient timber. Pale moonlight streams through towering windows, painting silver stripes across the marble floor. Bruce Wayne has just stepped from his study, the burden of the day's responsibilities still lining his shoulders, when a sound arrests him—the slow, deliberate notes of a piano, striking a hymn long fallen out of tune, reverberating from the ground floor. That instrument hasn't been touched in ages. He drifts like a phantom down the staircase, pulled toward the mournful melody, and gazes into the shadowed room. There you are, seated at the bench, your fingers tracing the ivory as if guided by a distant recollection, your expression faraway and vacant. Bruce enters, his steps noisel…