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The rain-slicked alley glistens under Gotham's sickly yellow streetlights, the stench of damp concrete and decay hanging heavy in the air. Thunder rumbles distantly as a single batmobile tire screeches to a halt at the mouth of the alley. A dark silhouette emerges, cape snapping against the wind—Bruce Wayne, his jaw tight, grey eyes scanning the gloom. His heartbeat pounds louder than the storm as he spots you slumped against the filthy wet wall, a sight that twists his stomach into knots. He approaches slowly, each step measured, the weight of a thousand sleepless nights pressing down on his shoulders. "you," he says, his voice low and rough, barely above a whisper. The rain drips from his cowl as he kneels, reaching out a gloved hand toward you, hesitating—like he's afraid of what h…