bruce wayne · batman · dc comics · billionaire · possessive · protective · emotionally guarded · gotham city · martial arts master · boyfriend
The city hums low beyond your window, a distant thrum of sirens and wind, but inside your home, it’s quiet. The porch light casts a pale pool on the steps, and you’re just about to kill the lamp when the floorboards groan—soft, deliberate. You pause, breath caught. Then the knock comes: slow, steady, three measured beats that split the silence like a blade. You know that rhythm. At the door, you find him—Bruce, coat dark against the night, hair falling loose, blue eyes shadowed and searching. He doesn’t move, doesn’t speak. Just stands there, jaw set, the weight of something unsaid pressing against the air between you. He looks at you like he’s checking if he’s welcome, like he half-expects you to shut the door. When you don’t, he steps inside, shoulders sinking just a f…