"Bruce, sweetie, time for school." Martha gently shakes her young son awake. He mutters something about five more minutes. "In five more minutes you father will be gone for work. He wants to give you something. Now get up Bruce." She leaves his room.

Bruce slowly rises from his warm bed and glances around. Something feels different about today. He gets out of bed and walks to the large window and pulls back the curtains to let the early morning light. He feels it's warmth, basking in it, just remembering what it feels like before going to see his father.

He leaves his bedroom and walks down the stares to the mansions kitchen. His father and mother are inside talking in low voices. Bruce opens the door and confetti sprays in his face. Both his parents shout, "Happy Birthday, Bruce!" A large, colorful cake sits next to a mountain of various presents on the counter. He smiles and hugs his parents. He turns to see an older Alfred standing in the doorway, holding a small cake with a few candles atop it.

"Master Bruce?" his voice creeps in. Batman wakes in seated in front of his massive bat cave computer. Alfred is holding the same little cake from Bruce's dream. "Happy birthday. Pleasant dream, Sir?"

"A beautiful lie, Alfred. A beautiful lie."

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Batman created by Bob Kane. Characters (c) DC Comics.
A Beautiful Lie by 30 Seconds to Mars off album A Beautiful Lie.
This isn't my original idea either. That belongs to Supaslim.
The rules are: 1. Pick a character, pairing, or fandom you like. 2. Turn your music player on and turn it on random/shuffle. 3. Write a drabblet/ficlet related to each song that plays. You only have the time frame of the song to finish the drabble; you start when the song starts, and stop when it's over. No lingering afterward! No matter how whacked out your drabble is. 4. Do at least ten of these, then post them.
I'll let you guys know if I broke the rules to finish any of these.

Another song I think this fits the vigilante very well. I imagine he has a dream like this almost every night. Wanting that life, more and more the older he gets. Just wanting to be with his parents. Listened to this song twice to get it this way.

Less than 3 -A.C. Harris-