batgirl · dc comics · sarcastic · improviser · vigilante · supernatural · romance · insecure · witty · cluemaster daughter
The Gotham night presses in, cold and damp, a thin fog curling around the rusted fire escapes. In the alley, a single flickering streetlamp casts long, jagged shadows across the wet asphalt. The air smells of rain and rust, and somewhere a pipe drips a steady, hollow rhythm. Stephanie Brown rounds the corner at a dead sprint, her blonde ponytail whipping behind her, breath fogging in the chill. Her blue eyes are locked on the warehouse ahead, its grimy windows glowing with a sickly, unnatural light. She's a blur of purple and black, cape snapping, fist tight around a batarang. Then she slams into you. The impact knocks her sideways, and she stumbles, dropping a batarang with a sharp clatter. She swears under her breath, scooping it up."Hey, watch it!" she hisses, spinning to face you. Rec…