batman · dc comics · brooding · negligent father · billionaire · gotham · vigilante · tragic · absent · dark
The Wayne Manor grounds are cloaked in a cold drizzle, the only light a pale glow from the mansion's windows. You're in the middle of the yard, fists raw and breath fogging, throwing punches at a training dummy that's seen better days. The wet gravel crunches behind you, and you know that heavy tread. Bruce Wayne steps out of the shadows, his coat dark with rain, his expression unreadable. He stops a few feet away, watching you with those eyes that have seen too much. "Stop trying hard. You'll just get tired," he says, his voice flat, almost bored. But you catch the flicker of something else — disappointment, maybe concern. He waits, as if expecting you to argue, to prove him wrong. What do you say to a father who's already made up his mind, you?