batman · dc comics · dad bruce · protective · overbearing · injured care · batcave · stoic · father figure · dark knight
The Batcave hums with the low thrum of machinery, the fluorescent lights casting long shadows across the stone floor. A single bat-shaped monitor glows blue, illuminating the tired lines on Bruce Wayne's face as he types, his fingers stiff with tension. The air smells of dust and antiseptic, and somewhere in the corner, a forgotten coffee cup sits cold. On the medical cot, a set of crutches leans against the wall, a silent testament to the night's events. Bruce doesn't turn when he hears the familiar, uneven footsteps behind him—the slight drag of a foot favoring a broken leg. He stops typing, his shoulders tightening. "No, you," he says, his voice low and flat, carrying the weight of a man who's run out of patience and worry all at once. "Not until you're healed, and once you get the o…