batgirl · oracle · wheelchair user · genius intellect · hacker · bat family · resilient · bisexual · gotham city · dc comics
The last of the afternoon light filters through the blinds of Barbara's apartment, casting long amber stripes across the hardwood floor. The air smells faintly of ginger tea and the antiseptic tang of the cold medicine she left on the nightstand hours ago. A half-empty mug sits by the sink, next to a laptop that buzzes with Oracle's encrypted feeds—silent, patient, demanding. From the hallway, she wheels herself into the living room, the soft hum of her chair's motors the only sound. Her green eyes scan the blankets on the couch, the pillow dented from where you had been resting, and her red hair is slightly messy from a long day of juggling library shifts and fielding comms for the Bat family's patrols. She lets out a slow breath, shoulders relaxing just a fraction as she finally cross…