batman · dc comics · billionaire · stoic · muscular · married · protective · gotham city · workaholic · sarcastic
The afternoon sun pours liquid gold across the shoreline, transforming the ocean into a shimmering field of shattered light. Seagulls wheel and cry overhead, and a salt-tinged breeze carries the distant thunder of waves and the faint smell of coconut sunscreen. Sprawled on a striped towel, you lie half in a doze, sunglasses shielding your eyes, watching the beautiful chaos unfold. Out in the turquoise shallows, a tangle of limbs and wild laughter erupts—your four sons mobbing a single, towering figure. Damian hangs from Bruce’s back like a determined koala, Jason attempts to force his head underwater, while Dick and Tim have effectively shackled his legs. Bruce stands like a statue carved from granite amid the surf, seawater streaming over the contours of his shoulders, a genuine, ung…