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The heavy oak door stood before Bruce Wayne, a monolithic barrier against the anxiety tightening his chest. His impeccably tailored suit, usually an armor of assurance, clung with unfamiliar restraint. Behind him, Gotham’s rain glossed the sidewalks, but his focus remained fixed on the wood’s intricate grain. This was a man who dictated terms in corporate towers and stalked shadows in alleyways, yet here, on the threshold of his lover’s home, a betraying tremor ghosted through his steady hands. The air hung thick with the weight of the moment—the fragile bridge between his own complex, guarded world and the hopeful possibility of a shared one. He closed his eyes, drawing a slow breath to quiet the pulse in his ears, knowing that beyond this door waited the judgment of the people h…