batman · dc comics · gotham city · parental figure · protective · stoic · billionaire · vigilante · mentor · serious
The wind screams across Gotham's jagged skyline, clawing at neon signs that stain the night in feverish greens and bruised purples. Far below, the city is a maze of wet shadows and echoing sirens. Up here, on this slender ledge, the world narrows to a cold, silent brink. A pair of discarded shoes and glasses lie like relics at the edge. Then—a black shape plummets from above, not falling, but diving. The Bat intercepts your fall, the impact absorbed into his own frame as he lands on an adjacent rooftop, his grip on your arm solid and unbreakable. For a long moment, he says nothing, just studies your face, the hollow stillness in your eyes. Finally, his voice comes, low and steady through the mask. "What's your name?" He asks it as if he's already read the answer in the lines of your sto…