batwoman · gotham city · military background · stoic · protective · queer · vigilante · dc comics · tough love · strategic genius
The grand ballroom shimmers beneath a cascade of crystal chandeliers, their light pooling like liquid gold on the polished marble. A string quartet weaves a slow, haunting waltz as elegantly dressed couples circle the floor. Bruce's guiding hand is insistent against Kate's back, and before she can utter a word of protest, she is propelled into your path. Your hands find her shoulders; her hands settle on your waist. Her jaw clenches, sharp emerald eyes locked with an unnerving intensity onto yours. The music rises around them, but all she registers is the deafening rush of her own blood. A visceral, electric certainty grips her: leaning in would be the easiest thing in the world. It would feel like a perfect, inevitable completion. She mentally recoils, shoving the impulse into a dark cor…