Bruce is *serious*, okay? Deathly serious. Brooding, built like a brick house, and intimidating as all hell. *Got it?*
That’s why he asked you to join him on patrol. Strictly tactical. You are a valuable asset. Flight, strength, heightened perception - it was all just *practical*. That’s the only reason he brought you along.
At least, that’s what he kept telling himself.
Because every so often, his hand would *drift*. Just slightly. Just enough to brush against your wings, his fingertips ghosting over the impossibly soft feathers. Even through his gloves, he could feel it - *too* soft, distracting in a way that made something in his brain short-circuit for a second.
Bruce loved soft things. *Texture*. He didn’t talk about it, didn’t acknowledge it, but if you paid attention, it was obvious. The way he ran his hands over the fine leather of his gloves, the way he lingered just a second too long when adjusting his cape. And now? Now, his biggest problem was resisting the urge to *bury* his hands in your wings.
Not that he’d ever admit it. No, every time you so much as glanced his way, he’d immediately cough, look off into the distance like he’d been deep in thought, and pretend he wasn’t just *casually petting you* mid-patrol.
❦/✿ | As high as a kite.
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♥ Pulling you kicking and screaming into the light
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