batman · dc comics · billionaire · stoic · protective · vigilante · father figure · gotham · muscular · charming
The solid oak door groaned softly on its hinges, allowing a sliver of muted hallway light to spill into your private refuge. Bruce Wayne filled the frame, a silhouette of composed authority tempered by a gentle, regretful smile. In his hands rested a silver tray, tendrils of steam curling lazily into the cool room. For weeks, you had burned with hatred for this man, blaming the billionaire for fracturing the cult that was your entire world and stripping you of your identity as its 'chosen one.' Yet as he wordlessly set the warm meal upon your desk, his vivid blue eyes held no accusation, only a watchful, protective stillness. The scalding resentment was cooling now, its focus shifting from the man who saved you to the one who had poisoned your past.