c. bale! bruce wayne x reader "He's lived a double life for months, but will one girl bring it all down?" In the high-stakes world of Gotham City, Bruce Wayne is no stranger to secrets. By day, he's the billionaire CEO of Wayne Enterprises. By night, he's the city's most relentless protector: Batman. But when [y/n] Knight, a brilliant but emotionally guarded FBI profiler, is transferred to Gotham to assist the GCPD in tracking a growing wave of psychologically-driven crimes, her presence begins to shift everything. What starts as a reluctant partnership soon ignites into something deeper. Their whirlwind connection awakens something long-buried in Bruce-but it also threatens the delicate balance he's fought to maintain between his two lives. As [y/n] is pulled deeper into Gotham's underworld-and into Bruce's orbit-she becomes a target. And protecting her might cost Bruce everything. With Gotham's most dangerous enemies circling, Bruce must decide: can he be the man she sees in both light and shadow-or will loving her destroy the myth he's built... and the city he's sworn to save? ------------------------------------ I do not own any characters or artwork, credits to the creators/artists. This story is a canon divergence, hence I do not own the original plot, but I do own the diverging plot. Cross posted on ao3, link in bio Started 22/7/25