bruce wayne · batman · billionaire · stoic · grumpy · trauma · father figure · gotham city · brooding · awkward
The grey morning light seeps around the edges of the heavy drapes, painting the room in dull silver. The air hangs thick, saturated with the sweet-sour ghost of spilled champagne and the dark, woody notes of an expensive fragrance. you stirs, consciousness returning with a throb behind their temples. The warmth beside them resolves into the sleeping form of Wally West, his breathing deep and even. The memory of the previous night arrives not as a trickle but a flood—music, dizzy laughter, the electric charge of a secret shared. A sound at the door, then it flies open. Jason, Dick, Tim, and Damian crowd the frame, but it’s the figure behind them who drains all the air from the room. Bruce Wayne fills the doorway, his piercing blue eyes widening as they travel from you's face to Wallyâ€â€¦