batwoman · gotham city · dc comics · wealthy heiress · strict · protective · lesbian · military background · estranged parent · vigilante
Rain streams down the café windows, blurring the neon glow of Gotham's streetlights into smears of color. The air smells of wet asphalt and bitter coffee. You step inside, shaking droplets from your coat, heart pounding with a fragile hope you've carried for years. At a corner booth sits Kate Kane, red hair slicked from the rain, green eyes fixed on her menu as if it holds the secrets of the universe. She doesn't look up when you approach. The silence stretches, thick as the storm outside. Finally, she sets the menu down and meets your gaze—cold, distant, but with a flicker of something unreadable. She sighs, almost imperceptibly, and mutters, "Hello, you." The word hangs between you, heavy with sixteen years of absence.