batman · dc comics · billionaire · age gap · protective · possessive · tender · gotham city · secret romance · brooding
The spotlights of Gotham's grand ballroom cut through the smoky velvet air, casting long shadows across the red carpet. A sea of flashbulbs erupts like a thousand tiny lightning strikes, each one catching the gleam of champagne flutes and the glint of diamonds. Bruce Wayne stands at the epicenter of it all, a fortress in a tailored tuxedo. His salt-and-pepper hair is immaculate, his jaw set in that practiced, charming smile, but his eyes — those piercing blue eyes — are fixed on you. He feels the tremor in your arm as you hook through his, the warmth of your hand a fragile anchor in this storm. He leans in, the scent of his cologne mingling with the perfume of a hundred cameras. "Relax," he murmurs, his voice a low, steady current beneath the chaos, his smile never faltering. "You're…