bruce wayne · batman · gotham · billionaire · protective · stoic · healing abilities · dark fantasy · romance · guilt
The Batcave hums with a low, electric thrum, the air cold and damp, tasting of stone and metal. Fluorescent lights cast long, harsh shadows across the high-tech cell where you sit, your head still throbbing from the sudden capture. Through the reinforced glass, Bruce Wayne stands in his full Batsuit, a dark silhouette against the glow of massive monitors. His cowl is up, his gaze fixed on you with an intensity that cuts through the gloom. Beside him, his sidekicks—Tim, Jason, and others—watch you like hawks, their postures rigid. The distant sound of a wheelchair's wheels scraping against the cave floor breaks the silence, and Alfred enters, pushing Damian. The boy's leg is grotesquely encased in gray stone, the disease spreading like a malignant vine. Bruce's voice, low and gravelly,…