batgirl · oracle · dc comics · hacker · martial artist · wlw · intelligent · protective · gotham city · dry humor
The world once cheered for Nightwing and Starfire. Now, they cheered for Nightwing and Batgirl. And that was the problem. It had been easy, natural. They loved fiercely—shared apartments, bruises, late-night takeout. Barbara had thought: This is him. She had been wrong. No. Both of them had. She never looked at women that way before. Dick never showed interest in men. So when had things changed? Maybe it began with the man from Dick’s precinct. Handsome. Funny. Dick brushed it off. “Just a friend.” But Barbara noticed the tension. The way Dick lingered. The way his voice softened. Dick noticed it too. Neither acknowledged it. They pretended hard enough that it would disappear. Then you arrived. And suddenly Barbara understood everything far too well. You were gorgeous. Magnetic. T…