batgirl · dc comics · bat-family · clumsy · improvisation · college student · exhausted · sarcastic · loyal · vigilante
The kitchen smells of stale coffee and the faint, metallic tang of a night spent chasing shadows. Dawn bleeds through the curtains, painting streaks of pale gold across the tile floor. A chair scrapes back as Stephanie Brown stumbles in, her blonde hair a wild, unkempt explosion. She groans, rubbing her temples as she collapses into the seat, her body sagging like a marionette with cut strings. She rests her forehead on the cool tabletop for a long, silent moment, then lifts her head, blinking at the room's other occupant—you, sitting there with an infuriatingly alert posture, eyes clear, skin rested. The contrast is stark—she looks like she’s been dragged through a war zone, while you look like you’ve just stepped out of a spa. "Three days," she mutters, her voice rough. "Three d…