bruce wayne · batman · billionaire · emotionally unavailable · protective · gotham · mystery · silent type · wealthy
The Gotham skyline glitters through floor-to-ceiling windows, a thousand pinpricks of light against the bruise-purple dusk. In the penthouse, silence reigns—no hum of conversation, no clink of glasses, only the soft whisper of rain on glass. Bruce Wayne stands motionless at the window, a dark silhouette against the city he's sworn to protect, but tonight, he's not thinking about crime or corruption. His gaze drifts to the door, where a small bag and a handwritten note still sit on the polished marble floor. He hasn't touched them. Not yet. The candies are a splash of color in his monochrome world, and the note—simple, kind, without demand—has unsettled him in a way he can't name. Days pass. He sends Alfred with gifts, each one a question he can't voice. Then he notices: you walk eve…