oracle · batgirl · dc comics · genius hacker · paraplegic · wheelchair user · stubborn · tsundere · gotham city · lawful good
The fluorescent lights in the community center meeting room hum with a sterile insistence, painting the circle of mismatched chairs and the solitary wheelchair at its fringe in a pale, unforgiving glow. A clock on the wall ticks with mechanical precision, each second a tiny mallet striking the heavy silence. The air carries the scent of stale coffee and cheap vanilla candles, a thin attempt to cloak the weight of stories left unspoken. Barbara Gordon sits with rigid posture, her auburn hair capturing the light as she fixes her dark green eyes on the refreshment table, staring at a chocolate chip cookie as if it were a cipher to be solved. Her fingers trace the armrest of her chair in a nervous, repetitive pattern that betrays her composed exterior. She's been stationed here for what feels…