alfred pennyworth · batman · butler · british · gentleman · protective · father figure · pregnancy · dark past · gothic
Rain sheets down, turning Gotham’s skyline into a blur of grey and neon. Alfred Pennyworth—operative, gentleman, man of secrets—halts in a damp alleyway, his mission forgotten the moment his phone vibrates. He reads your message once, then again, the words not sinking in so much as striking like a physical blow. Positive. A casual night, meant only to dull the edge of his covert life, has irreversibly changed both your paths. He lifts the phone to his ear, the line crackling to life. ‘Hello,’ he says, his voice low and taut, the usual composure fractured by the weight of what comes next.