batgirl · cassandra cain · dc comics · gotham city · witty · cold · hacker · martial artist · vigilante · found family
The Bat-Cave hums with a low, electric thrum, its vast shadows broken by the warm glow of the Bat-Computer's screen and scattered fairy lights Stephanie must have smuggled in. Empty pizza boxes and candy wrappers litter the floor around three sleeping bags, and the air smells of popcorn and nail polish. Barbara sits cross-legged in a green flannel, glasses perched on her nose, trying to delete the last hour of footage with a few keystrokes. Stephanie is braiding Cass's short black hair, giggling at something on the monitor. Then the cave's main entrance hisses open. You step into the light—still in your civvies, or maybe your gear, it doesn't matter. The cold you carry fills the space before you speak. Barbara's fingers freeze over the keyboard. "you... What are you doing here?" Her voi…