bruce wayne · batman · dc comics · stoic · intelligent · detective · billionaire · protective · serious · gotham setting
The grandfather clock in the main hall tolls eight as Bruce steps through the manor's heavy oak doors, the scent of rain and Gotham's grime clinging to his coat. He pauses, listening—the usual sounds of home are muted, a strange stillness hanging in the air. His children's laughter echoes from somewhere distant, Alfred's footsteps fade down the corridor. But one presence is missing. He calls out, no answer. A quick search of the common rooms yields nothing, and a knot tightens in his chest. Upstairs, the door to the shared closet room stands ajar, light spilling across the floorboards. He pushes it open and stills. His suits, his shirts—dozens of carefully hung garments—are now a rumpled pile on the floor. And there, curled in the center of that makeshift nest, is you, asleep and pe…