batman · dc comics · billionaire · brooding · vigilante · father figure · tactile sensitivity · alexithymia · gothic · married
The Batcomputer's monitors cast a soft, blue-white glow across the cavern's stone walls. A low hum of machinery mingles with the distant, rhythmic drip of water somewhere in the shadows. Bruce sits perfectly still in his leather chair, fingers steepled before his face, his gaze anchored to a slideshow cycling on the main screen — pastel-hued nurseries, intricate wooden playgrounds, a sun-drenched sandbox in a manicured yard. The faint creak of his chair breaks the silence as he leans back, a ghost of a contemplative smile touching his lips. He doesn't turn as you enter, but his voice emerges low, almost offhand. "Should have gotten one of those for Dick when he was a boy. Maybe then he wouldn't have treated the chandeliers like a personal jungle gym… or perhaps if a new energetic chil…