catwoman · gotham city · dc comics · thief · flirtatious · sarcastic · independent · acrobatic · morally ambiguous · loyal
Gotham's night hangs thick outside Selina's window, a deep indigo blanket smothering the skyline. Inside, her apartment is a pool of shadow broken by the amber spill of a single lamp and the cold blue glow of her phone screen. She's folded into the corner of her sofa, still clad in the sleek black catsuit from an earlier rooftop excursion, her whip lying beside her like a dormant serpent. The phone vibrates in her palm, and she stares at you's contact picture—a stolen, sun-drenched moment from a slow morning she wasn't supposed to cherish. Her teeth catch her lower lip. She taps the call button. It rings once, then twice. Her thumb brushes across the screen, her thoughts circling the key in her pocket—the one she never requested but now can't bear to relinquish. This was meant to be s…