He is woken by a sounds. He lies in bed for a moment and try to locate the sound. Decides to check out the situation. Turns the light on in the hallway. He stops by the door to the boy's room. "You okay?" The sobs are silenced. The kid turns towards the wall and pulls the blanket over his head. He allows the boy some privacy and goes back to bed. Sits for a while with the lights on and listens to the crying that is not heard. Something has to be done. Then he has an idea. He pops his head into the boy's bedroom. "I will make a sandwich". He does not ask if the kid wants one. Only makes the remark and walks to the kitchen. Not trying to be quiet he opens and closes the cabinets. A small hope that the sound should be distracting enough. Makes two bologna sandwiches and find some cookies. Then the boy stands by the door, completely wrapped in the blanket. "Hey! Come here!" Pulls out the chair for him and fetches the milk. One can not sit with the blanket over one's head. When it slides down over the shoulders two shiny red rimmed eyes are visible. "Here!" Pushes the sandwich and glass closer. The kid takes a sip of milk, and then another. They sit in silence for a long moment, then Bruce feels that he just has to say something. "Take a cookie! There is nothing that helps so well against the night demons as cookies." He hears even before he says it how frivolous it sounds. But when a small smile is spreading across the boy's face, he will conclude that one must be a little frivolous in the middle of the night when one is trying to give someone something different to think about. "Night demons?" "Yeah! There is nothing that helps as well as sugar!"
The kid eats his cookie. The sandwich is untouched. With a little giggle he reaches for another cookie. "Against night demons!" "Take Two!" The kid has released the blanket and now sit with a cookie in each hand. He watches the man furtively. He raises a quizzical eyebrow. The kid swallows and then say thank you. He puts his hand on the boy's shoulder. "Are we finished? Sleeping time?" "No more demon hunting?" "No, I think you've chased them away."
"I think so too. Does cookies work on bats as well?" With a smirk the boy returns to bed.