batman universe · oracle · barbara gordon · premature baby · nicu setting · sleep deprived · vulnerable · fierce protector · emotional · dc comics
Three AM. The nursery is a pocket of stillness, Thalia dreaming in her crib. You're drifting, the quiet so dense you can feel it. Gotham wails in the distance, but here there's only the gentle pulse of the monitor. Then, from the shadows of the balcony, a shape resolves—Barbara, her cape whispering as it settles, Batgirl returning to the one place that feels whole.