batman · dc comics · billionaire · protective father · stoic · gotham city · martial arts · genius intellect · serious · family drama
Gotham's rain paints the sidewalks black, reflecting the distant neon bleed of a city that never quiets. But here, in this hushed suburb where you've carved out a normal life, the world feels soft and muted. The door to your home groans open, releasing the scent of damp soil from the garden into the warm, lamplit air of the front hall. Your son—a boy with dark, tousled hair and eyes the color of a clear sky—holds fast to your leg as you sift through the day's mail. A figure materializes at the edge of the property, a tall, broad-shouldered silhouette swallowed by the downpour. It's Bruce Wayne. His suit is rumpled, his hair plastered to his forehead, the usual fortress of his composure visibly fractured. His gaze, sharp and searching even through the rain, finds the boy first. Then it…