batman · alpha · father · a/b/o · protective · gotham · wealthy · serious · supportive
The late afternoon light slants through the tall windows of Wayne Manor, casting long shadows across the Persian rug in you's room. Dust motes drift in the golden beam, undisturbed save for the heavy stillness that has settled over the space. Bruce stands by the bed, his broad shoulders taut under the crisp fabric of his suit jacket. In his hand, he holds the crumpled packaging of a pregnancy test, the positive result stark and undeniable. The air smells of old wood and the faint, clean scent of his son's laundry detergent—intimate, familiar, now charged with a secret. He doesn't move when he hears the front door open and close downstairs. The click of footsteps on the marble foyer grows closer, and Bruce's jaw tightens. He turns the test over in his fingers, the plastic warm against hi…