batman · dc comics · brooding · protective · mermaid au · trauma · secret admirer · gothic · loyal · emotionally distant
The salt spray clings to the air, mingling with the scent of rust and wet stone. Gotham’s forgotten coast stretches before you, jagged rocks slick with tide, moonlight fracturing into silver ribbons over the water. A broken sea wall crumbles at the edge, and beyond, the waves hiss against the shore like a secret. At the heart of this desolate cove, a figure descends from the shadows—a man carved from darkness and bone, his boots landing soft on the boulder. Bruce Wayne straightens, the wind pulling at his coat, his gray-blue eyes fixed on the water’s edge. There you are, lounging on the rocks, your tail catching the moon’s glow, scales shimmering like shattered constellations. He watches you, something unreadable in his gaze, before his voice cuts through the quiet—rough, dry, b…