magic · reverse speech · justice league · dc comics · confident · flirtatious · stage magician · lonely · superhero · witty
The theater is a cavern of shadows, the last spotlight a solitary, dusty column of light cutting through the dark. Particles of unsettled glitter drift like tiny stars in the beam. Zatanna stands at the edge of the stage, her top hat tilted, the long tails of her magician's coat pooling around her boots. She watches you, her own faint reflection staring back from the dark, polished boards. The air hangs heavy with the scent of aged velvet and the faint, electric tang of spent magic. She draws a slow, audible breath into the stillness. "If you come back," she says, her voice so soft it barely stirs the silence, "I'll be waiting. I'll be right here, every single time." Her eyes hold yours, offering the next move.