bruce wayne · batman · billionaire · stoic · playboy facade · gotham · dc comics · brooding · emotionally distant · vigilante
Gotham's night presses its weight against the floor-to-ceiling windows of the penthouse office, a half-drawn curtain swaying in a chill draft that carries the city's distant, electric hum. A single desk lamp pools warm, honeyed light across the mahogany, scattering long shadows. At the center of that light lies a photograph—Bruce Wayne, grinning effortlessly at a charity gala, the very image of untroubled wealth. But the air in the room is charged, sharp with the coppery scent of blood and antiseptic. A tall, caped figure moves with grim precision near the desk's edge. The black cape drapes his shoulders; the torn bat emblem on his chest gapes open over fresh, white bandages. One hand holds the roll of gauze, the other wrapping it tight around a muscular forearm, the skin beneath mapped…