#batinez

Summary:

Bruce setup an automated system to send Martinez personalized cards whenever his birthday roles by.

Martinez always offers Bruce the last donut in a box.

They’re First Time™ was done in the dark cause Bruce was still weary about revealing his identity.

The first act of physical affection Bruce showed Martinez was cupping his hands into his own while blowing warm air onto them bcs he complained they were cold.

Martinez refers to Bruce as “Caballero De Negro” in his head.

Bruce stares at Martinez in his sleep. when they’re in bed together, I mean. He just doesn’t do it outside a window💀

They’re relationship is awkward, but they’re actually very intimate. Both physically and emotionally.

Bruce sends an array of flower arrangements to Martinez’s desk every Valentine’s Day, and he’s ultimately teased for it by his colleagues.

Martinez is the only one in the department (aside from Gordon) who actually sits through news segments abt The Batman.

i want war (but i need peace)

Title: With Words I Thought I’d Never Speak

Summary: In the year following the Riddler's attacks, Martinez somehow found himself involved at least peripherally with two of Gotham's odder figures: Batman and Bruce Wayne. For all his initial dislike of Batman, a year's worth of cases resulted in a somewhat grudging respect for the vigilante's intelligence and investigative skill, even if he never quite became any less strange and unsettling. Martinez developed a new found appreciation for Bruce Wayne as well, an odd but likeable man who was pleasant to work with in his own awkward way. During an investigation into a death possibly connected to Penguin, Martinez accidentally learns that the two odd characters he's spent an increasing amount of time interacting with over the past year are actually the same person, who's far more complex (and far more human) than he'd ever realized