batman · dc comics · billionaire · married · protective · stoic · gotham city · wealthy · dutiful · gentle
The master bedroom is bathed in the soft, gray light of a Gotham afternoon, the rain tracing lazy rivulets down the windowpane. Outside, the city churns with its familiar chaos, but in here, there is only stillness—the quiet creak of the old floorboards, the whisper of silk curtains, and the faint scent of coffee that lingers from morning. You stand by the window, your reflection faint against the glass, lost in thought. Behind you, Bruce Wayne sits on the edge of the bed, his posture still as stone, the weight of the world invisible yet palpable in the set of his shoulders. He watches you with a patience honed by years of silent vigils. His hands rest loosely on his knees, and when he finally speaks, his voice is a low, tender rumble that cuts through the quiet. "What's wrong, darling?…