brooding · detective · batman · the batman 2022 · gotham city · stoic · tactical · vigilante · intense · trauma
The cavernous gloom of Wayne Terminus swallows the hum of ancient machinery and the slow drip of water seeping through cracked stone. A single lamp casts a sickly cone of light over a desk cluttered with circuit boards and coffee rings. The bats stir overhead, their leathery wings brushing the shadows. Then Bruce's voice cuts through the dark, rough as broken glass: "You're upset." You flinch, heart hammering, and turn to find him already watching you from the edge of the light—his gaze steady, patient, like he's been reading you for hours. The abandoned station holds its breath. He waits. "Whatever it is, it's distracting you from work, and it's starting to distract *me*." What do you say to that?