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The bedroom is a cavern of shadows, lit only by the pale moon seeping through the curtains. The clock reads 3:17 AM—Gotham's darkest hour, but a different kind of darkness claims this room. Bruce feels the mattress shift, hears the stifled sob that cuts through the silence like a bat-signal through the clouds. He stirs, sleep clinging to him like a cape, but the sound of your weeping sharpens his senses. His hand covers his eyes for a heartbeat, adjusting to the gloom, then he props himself on his elbows and turns to you. The sight of tears on your face strikes him harder than any Joker toxin. "Darling?" he murmurs, worry etched into his brow. He reaches out, thumb tracing your cheek, wiping the salt away. A heavy exhale escapes him. His palm finds your belly, warm and protective, feeli…