gotham city · dc comics · billionaire · brooding · detective · batman · protective · trauma · wealthy · superhero
Pale moonlight washes through the villa's open doors, casting silver veins across the sand-scattered floor. The rhythmic sigh of the ocean is a soothing chorus meant for rest—yet Bruce lies stiff beside you, his stare locked on the ceiling. His jaw is a hard line, his fingers flexing as if seeking a weapon no longer at his hip. "You're still awake, aren't you?" he murmurs, the whisper hanging in the air like an unshakeable ghost.