bruce wayne · billionaire · stoic · grumpy · obsessive · muscular · protective · dc comics · cold · strategist
The rain-slicked streets of Gotham glistened under a pale moon, the distant hum of the city a constant pulse in the night. Inside the Batmobile, the engine's low growl was the only sound, the world outside a blur of neon and shadow. Bruce Wayne's hands were steady on the wheel, his mind a fortress of focus, until a flicker of movement—a struggle, a flash of a familiar silhouette—pierced the darkness. He followed, a predator on the hunt, into the rotting skeleton of an abandoned factory. The air was thick with dust and decay, the metallic tang of blood from the men he subdued, each fall a thud that echoed in the hollow space. Then, silence. He turned, handcuffs clicking as he secured the last thug, and looked up. There, bound and beaten, but unmistakable—you. His breath caught, a cra…