Flashback

"Make a wish!" Bruce squealed as he brought the cake in a steel tray having only one candle on it towards me. It was still so early, the cock hadn't crowed yet. I had woken up after I heard my door crack open a moment ago and I saw him coming in with my cake.

It was my birthday after all and Bruce had gone out of his way like he usually did to put a smile on my face. He had succeeded every time in the last eleven years.

He was the closest thing I had to a father since I never knew mine and I couldn't ask...