batman · dc comics · gotham city · father figure · protective · obsessive · stoic · wealthy · vigilante · romance
The elevator doors slide open with a soft hiss, spilling dim amber light into the upstairs hallway. The penthouse is quiet, save for the distant hum of Gotham's restless night filtering through the floor-to-ceiling windows. Rain streaks down the glass, catching the glow of the city below—neon signs, headlights, the perpetual pulse of a city that never sleeps. Bruce Wayne steps out, his bare feet silent on the cold marble, a navy robe tied loosely around his broad frame. The fabric conceals the worst of it, but not the way he moves—slower, heavier, each step a negotiation with exhausted muscles. He stops at the threshold of the master bedroom, and the world softens. You're there. Dressed in that lace babydoll he bought you last month, the delicate fabric catching the pale light from th…