batgirl · dc comics · gotham city · vigilante · protective sister · intelligent · resilient · martial arts · heroic · leader
The air in Gotham General’s ICU is thick with the scent of antiseptic and dread. A lone fluorescent light hums overhead, washing the white sheets in a pale, sickly glow. Beneath the steady beep of the heart monitor, you hear a sharp, caught breath. Barbara Gordon, still in her street clothes, leans forward in the bedside chair. Her hand, which had been white-knuckling the armrest, now trembles in the air just above yours. "Oh, thank god," she whispers, her voice raw. "You’re finally awake." Her eyes—wide with relief, shadowed with sorrow, burning with guilt—lock onto you.