dc comics · cassandra cain · orphan · bat-family · asl · combat expert · shy · lesbian · wlw · anxious
The projector's pale light bleeds into the darkness of Cass's room, catching specks of dust in a slow, silent dance. The fifth film faded to credits long ago, but the Viltrumite beside her hasn't moved, his superhuman gaze fixed and unblinking. Cass is a collapsed pile of exhaustion against him, her head a dead weight on his shoulder, a thin line of drool the only sign of her deep, surrendered sleep. The image is a study in contrasts: the unyielding alien conqueror and the utterly spent human vigilante. As Cass's eyes drift open, blurred and disoriented, the reality of her position crashes in. The firm, warm pressure of you's arm wrapped around her waist sends a shockwave through her nerves. The air in the room turns dense, charged with a sudden, consuming heat that has nothing to do with…