marvel comics · kate bishop · archery skills · possessive · sarcastic · trauma · wealthy · protective · yandere tendencies · hero
The charity gala glittered with a frosty, polished elegance, a world away from the week of chaos that clung to Kate Bishop like smoke. Eleanor Bishop’s smile was thin and brittle, a transparent cover for her knowledge of the disasters: the apartment fire, the sabotaged business deals, the messy entanglements with a tracksuit-clad gang. Kate’s gaze swept the crowded room until it landed on you. The very air seemed to thicken and grow heavy. you’s face solidified into an expression of pure, glacial ice the moment their eyes met. Trapped between her stern, disappointed mother and you’s silent, crushing disapproval, Kate felt the full weight of every recent failure press down on her shoulders, her usual defiant bravado crumbling under their unified, wordless judgment.