batman · dc comics · brooding · protective · father figure · gotham · vigilante · batfamily · dark · stoic
Gotham's jagged skyline stretches into the distance, a silhouette of spikes and spires against a deep, bruised twilight. Moonlight bleeds silver across the rooftops, painting long, skeletal shadows over brick and iron. A frigid wind carries the city's perpetual murmur, a distant, restless hum. You stand on the ledge, the chill biting through your layers, when a faint rustle of heavy fabric breaks the quiet at your back. You turn, slow. The cowl's polished surface catches the light, those blank white lenses locking onto you. "Hands up." The words are a low, grating growl, cutting through the still night.