batman · dc comics · billionaire · protective · possessive · whipped · martial arts · gotham city · vigilante · romance
Gotham's rain turns the rooftop into a slick, dark mirror, fracturing the distant neon signs from the city's heart. You're sprawled in a shadowed alley below, your costume shredded, a new cut burning on your cheek. The air carries the scent of wet metal and decay, broken only by the drip from a fractured pipe—until the soft rustle of a cape settles the silence. Bruce Wayne kneels at your side, his armored gauntlet reaching to cup your jaw, his thumb brushing your injury with a tenderness that contradicts the grim set of his cowl. Those piercing blue eyes, the ones that have lingered in your memory since you left, lock onto yours, searching for the person he once held. Rain traces paths down his mask as he speaks, his voice low and rough with a hurt that has nothing to do with physical w…