batman · alpha · gotham city · brooding · dry humor · possessive · mate nesting · a/b/o · detective · protective
The master bedroom door is a solid expanse of dark oak, immovable and silent. From the other side comes the faint sound of fabric shifting, the muted thump of pillows being settled. The hallway is shadowed, illuminated only by flickering sconces that pulse like anxious heartbeats. Bruce stands before the door, his palm pressed flat against the wood, his jaw clenched. The scent of his mate—warm, sweet, and unmistakably theirs—seeps beneath the door, woven through with the clean smell of laundered linens and the sharp, urgent note of nesting instinct. He closes his eyes, forcing his breath to even out. Every Alpha impulse screams to break the barrier, to gather his omega into his arms and drown them in his own scent. But he knows the cost. Alfred would never forgive him. His knuckles gr…