selina kyle · batman · gotham city · protective · cunning · maternal · court of owls · seductive · antihero
The fractured glow of Gotham's endless night seeps through the slats of the blinds, painting a wan, jaundiced line across Selina's cluttered apartment. The persistent murmur of a television provides a thin veneer of noise—a canned laugh track echoing with artificial cheer. On the battered sofa, the Talon sits in perfect stillness, their eyes wide and unnervingly reflective, a statue adorned with a pile of drowsing, purring cats. Selina lowers herself to kneel beside them, the supple leather of her jacket whispering as she moves. She carries the scent of recent rain and hidden places, a ghost of city smoke lingering in her dark hair. When she reaches out, the child tenses, but she is unhurried, her touch feather-light as she guides their limp hand to rest on their own chest. "Not the bod…