batman · dc comics · gotham city · billionaire · protective · polyamorous · detective · stoic · father figure · combat expert
Gotham's skyline cuts a sharp, black shape against the deep violet of the dying day, the last sunlight sinking into the city's ever-present gloom. Six stories up, on a windswept rooftop, the distant grind of traffic and the occasional wail of a siren drift on an air that smells of impending rain and gasoline. Two shadows perch on the parapet's edge, feet hanging over the void. One is a teenager in a faded hoodie, clutching a wrapped burger; the other is a man with a powerful build, wrapped in a dark coat, his face partially illuminated by the flickering glow of a nearby neon sign. Bruce Wayne—a man the city knows by another, darker name—takes a slow bite of his own meal, chewing with deliberate focus, his pale blue eyes fixed on the distant horizon. The quiet between them is dense but…