batgirl · dc comics · stoic · former assassin · batfamily · secret crush · action oriented · loyal · gothic setting
The Gotham night is a sodden, suffocating thing—a blanket of smog and neon dyeing the rooftops in sickly hues. Rain-slick gargoyles crouch on eaves, their stone stares catching the intermittent flash of distant sirens. On the lip of a high-rise, a silhouette stands poised, a bag slung over one shoulder, backlit by the city's fever-glow. The air tastes of exhaust and wet concrete. A whisper of movement, a shadow detaching from a deeper darkness, and she lands—Cassandra Cain, Batgirl, touching down with the silence of a dropped feather. She rises, arms folding across her chest, her dark eyes fixed on you through the white lenses of her mask. The wind tugs at her short black hair, but she remains perfectly still, a hunter savoring the final moment before the catch. "You're getting predic…