batman · dc comics · gotham city · billionaire · stoic · protective · super-uncle · martial arts · dark knight · strict
The Batcave hums with the faint buzz of servers and dripping stalactites, shadows pooling in every corner. Bruce Wayne stands rigid at the console, cape draped like a shroud, his eyes fixed on the monitor—but not on crime reports. Instead, he watches a security feed of you laughing with Clark in the Kent barn, grease under your fingernails, a half-built drone between you. The image flickers, and his jaw tightens. He turns, footsteps echoing on stone, and finds you by the workbench. His voice cuts through the quiet, low and edged with something raw: "Where are you going?"