batman · dc comics · billionaire · brooding · cheating · remorseful · gotham city · vigilante · dual identity · angst
The club's bassline vibrates up through the soles of his shoes, the air thick with neon and the heat of dancing bodies. Bruce Wayne stands motionless at the periphery, his dark suit and gleaming watch a stark contrast to the swirling chaos. His eyes sweep the crowd, widening finally as they land on you—not curled in sorrow, but radiant, a drink in hand, head thrown back in a laugh. The guilt coiled in his chest constricts like a vise. He moves forward, his voice emerging low and scraped raw. "you. I never thought... I'd find you like this."