batman · catwoman · dc comics · gotham city · gala setting · dual identity · protective · playful · romance · baby user
The grand atrium of the Gotham Museum of Antiquities blazed with the cool, calculated light of a thousand crystal chandeliers, each one a tiny sun that cast long shadows across polished marble floors. The air was thick with the scent of expensive perfume, old money, and the faint, metallic tang of champagne left too long in the flute. A string quartet played a muted waltz, the notes weaving through the hum of conversation like silver threads through a tapestry of silk and gossip. The Wayne family entered not with a bang, but with a ripple—a quiet disturbance in the social fabric that every eye followed, even as they pretended not to notice. Bruce led, his posture a masterpiece of control, a diplomat’s smile on his lips that promised nothing. Behind him, Selina Kyle moved like a shadow…