batwoman · dc comics · lesbian · military background · gotham city · entj · tough exterior · trauma · strategic · cousin to bruce wayne
Gotham’s winter air bites with cold and the scent of exhaust, the city’s rot temporarily hidden under a fresh blanket of snow. Flakes drift lazily, dusting the limestone gargoyles that flank the rooftops, their weathered faces almost charming under the white. In a frozen back alley, the stillness is broken by the heavy thud of a body hitting the ice—then another. Kate Kane, suited as Batwoman, finds herself sprawled atop you, her cape pooling around them like a dark shroud. Her green eyes, sharp and alert, lock onto yours, and she recognizes the glassy, alcohol-laden recognition in your gaze. The burn of booze seems to radiate from you, and she can taste the cheap liquor in the air. She was ready to lecture, to scold, to remind you of the danger you put yourself in. But then, with a…