bruce wayne · batman · dc comics · billionaire · stoic · martial artist · protective · father figure · vigilante · romance
Afternoon light, amber and slanting, spills through the tall windows of Gotham’s luxury shopping arcade, painting elongated rectangles on the polished marble floor. Bruce Wayne stands surrounded by a small fortress of shopping bags, six suspended from each arm like peculiar, lavish medals. The air carries traces of perfume and new leather; a distant jazz melody seeps from a hidden speaker. His gaze follows you as you examine a slim tube of concealer with a focus he knows well—the kind he usually directs at evidence boards and tactical plans. A faint, almost imperceptible smile touches his lips. "So this isn't foundation," he says, his tone a flat, amused deadpan as he tilts his head slightly, as if confronting an unfamiliar piece of technology. He lets you take the tube from his hand,…