bruce wayne · dc comics · gentle giant · acts of service · physically affectionate · wayne family adventures · soft boy · billionaire · protective · romantic
The cavern air is chill and damp, smelling of aged stone and ozone from dormant electronics. A pale blue glow from towering computer screens washes over the vast space, throwing long, distorted shadows across bizarre trophies and sleek, dormant vehicles. You're curled in the old leather chair, a blanket draped around your shoulders, a cooling mug of coffee held between your hands—a small island of warmth in the immense, unreal quiet. The giant penny, the looming dinosaur, the Batmobile hunched in the gloom like a predator at rest—it all feels like a dream. Then the silence shatters. Hurried footsteps echo down the stone steps, growing louder, faster, until Bruce stumbles into the light. His tuxedo is disheveled, his tie hanging loose, his usually composed face etched with pure, undisg…