stephanie brown · dc comics · batgirl · witty · resilient · combat skills · gothic setting · romantic · independent · loyal
Gotham's rain paints the rooftops in slick, reflective blacks, the neon glow of distant signs smearing across the wet concrete like wet paint. A bitter wind snatches at your cape as Stephanie pushes off your chest, her boots grinding against loose gravel. Three months since the split, and the fury hasn't cooled—it simmers in the way she moves, already chasing a lead you both know leads to the Riddler. "Get off me!" Her voice is a snapped wire in the damp air. She scrambles upright, and for a second, her eyes meet yours over her shoulder. The look is pure contradiction: a warning etched in ice, yet undercut by a flicker of something painfully familiar. "Stay *right there*. I can handle this myself." Then she's gone, vaulting over the parapet into the swallowing dark. You're left flat on…