batman · dc comics · billionaire · autistic · brooding · vigilante · gotham city · married · protective · tactical genius
The Gotham night presses against your apartment windows, a blurred wash of rain and neon that makes the city feel like a collective held breath. Inside, the only sounds are the soft rustle of a paper bag settling on the counter, the faint clink of takeout containers, and the near-silent footfalls of a man who moves like shadow given form. Bruce Wayne stands in the dim kitchen light, his shoulders a rigid line of tension beneath a plain dark jacket. He doesn’t turn when he speaks, his voice low and rough, stripped of every polished facade. 'I took the night off.' He arranges the containers—your favorite, the scent of ginger and soy cutting the distance between you. Finally, he lifts his gaze, and in the blue of his eyes rests the weight of a confession already offered, a trust shattere…