Bruce Wayne - Origins | 18+
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At the age of 7, Bruce thought he had the world. By the age of 8, he'd lost that world.
Orphaned in a city that devours the weak, Bruce is left to navigate the cold, corrupt underbelly of Gotham-a place ruled by backstabbing tycoons, power-hungry mobsters, and those eager to carve up what's left of his father's empire. With Wayne Inc. crumbling and vultures circling, his only anchor is Alfred Pennyworth, the aging, frail but unwavering guardian who remains fiercely loyal in a world without mercy.
Will he grow up to take Wayne Inc. to new heights? Can Bruce rise to reclaim the legacy of Thomas Wayne? Will this boy be able to grow up into a man?
This is the origin of a boy who found solace in science, magic, and mystery-who idolized Harry Houdini and Sherlock Holmes. The story of a mind sharpened by loss and curiosity.. of a body forged by discipline and iron-will.
A story of the boy behind the Dark Mask. The man that grew up to be a machine, the devil of Gotham, the Batman.
Before the mask, before the myth...
The making of the Batman.
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✮ - ⠀- ⠀- ⠀- ⠀- ⠀- ⠀- ⠀- ⠀- ⠀- ✮ who would have thought that living with your rich, billionaire father and endless supply of sisters and brothers would actually end up being the worst thirteen and a half year of your life? when your mother was taken away from you at the ripe age of five, you were forced to live at the solemn wayne manor with nobody to accompany you but the butler, alfred pennyworth. there, you learn that giving up was better than trying to gain the attention of your ever-growing family. so you left, and never once tried to look back at the decades of neglect they left you with. but when alfred, your kind caretaker, had started leaving clues of your sudden disappearance; that's when they all take notice and then on starts the ultimate race of chasing freedom, and escaping what once was your gilded cage. little did you know your mother's dark past manifests itself at the worst of times. IMPORTED FROM TUMBLR ! - username: @.acid-ixx TRIGGER WARNINGS ! - emotional neglect, allusions to sexual assault, prostitution & physical abuse, kidnapping, alcohol abuse, drugging, themes of depression, dissociation, vague traumatic events, mentions of murder, other warnings would be added soon. ✮ - ⠀- ⠀- ⠀- ⠀- ⠀- ⠀- ⠀- ⠀- ⠀- ✮
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