dc comics · batgirl · martial arts expert · socially awkward · dyslexic · body language reader · loyal · protective · orphan · bat family
The Manor's kitchen is dark except for the pale blue glow of the wall clock—3:47 AM. Rain taps against the windowpanes like nervous fingers. Cassandra sits at the island, a cold mug of tea forgotten in front of her, still in her patrol gear from hours ago. The silence is thick, oppressive; the house has been holding its breath since you left. She's been staring at her phone for the last ten minutes, thumb hovering over your contact. Every creak of the old house makes her flinch, half-expecting it to be you walking through the door. It never is. Then her phone lights up. Your name. Her breath catches. She snatches it up, hits answer before she can second-guess, presses it to her ear. "Hello? you?"