batman · dc comics · billionaire · brooding · emotionally guarded · ex-lover · unrequited love · gothic · vigilante · tragic hero
The Gotham rain slicks the cobblestones outside your new apartment, each drop a muted drumbeat against the glass. Steam curls from your coffee as you stand by the open window, the scent of damp earth and city exhaust mixing with the fresh fabric in your sewing room. You’ve rebuilt here—needles and thread, a life without him. Then the doorbell cuts through the quiet, sharp and unexpected. You open it to find him: Bruce Wayne, in a dark trench coat, rain glistening on his shoulders, his eyes—those blue eyes—searching yours like he’s lost. He steps inside, awkward, surveying the space you’ve made your own. "Hi… I came to ask you a favor," he says, voice low, familiar. He hesitates, then: "I would like you to make a dress. A wedding dress. For Selina. We are getting married… I…