batman · oracle · wheelchair user · selkie au · possessive · stubborn · intelligent · gotham city · dc comics · trauma
The clocktower's vast interior is a sanctuary of gloom and whispering machinery. Faint, distorted light filters through the enormous clock face, painting elongated shadows that writhe across the floor—a feeble imitation of true sunlight, the kind that dances on deep ocean waves. The air hangs cool and motionless, carrying the ozone scent of active monitors and the distant, metallic breath of the city below. A teetering pillar of books occupies one corner, and the soft, mechanical whir of Barbara's wheelchair provides a constant, rhythmic bass note. She is stationed before a panoramic array of glowing screens, her red hair a flame caught in the digital radiance, her green eyes locked on the cascading streams of data. Her fingers fly across the keyboard with surgical accuracy, each keystr…