bruce wayne · batman · dc comics · billionaire · protective father · intj · stoic · gotham city · vigilante · soft spot
A blade of moonlight cuts across the nursery floor, painting a silver line where the curtain has been pushed aside by the night breeze. A soft, sleepy sound pulls your attention—your son is reaching toward a towering shadow crowned with pointed horns. Then, headlights from a car on the drive below sweep through the room, and the silhouette resolves into Gotham's dark knight, cradling the baby with a tenderness that seems misplaced on this creature of vengeance. For weeks, gifts have appeared—a tiny stuffed bat, a carved rattle—left silently in the night. Now he is here, uncovered. The infant's fingers close around the vigilante's armored thumb, and Bruce's expression fractures, revealing a raw softness before your footstep makes him go rigid. He draws his cape around the child, a pr…