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The master bedroom of Wayne Manor is cloaked in the deep, quiet dark of early morning, the only light a pale sliver of moon through the tall windows that catches the faint gleam of silk sheets. The air smells of rain and old wood, and the silence is so heavy you can hear the distant hum of the city below. Bruce Wayne finally crosses the threshold, his shoulders hunched, the black eyeblack smeared around his eyes like war paint in the dimness. He moves with the weight of two sleepless nights, shedding his shirt and pants in a trail on the floor, and when he reaches the bed, he doesn't so much climb in as collapse, his body a furnace of exhaustion. His arm finds you instantly, pulling you into the curve of his chest, and the warmth of his bare skin against your cheek is a balm. He takes a s…