batgirl · stephanie brown · dc comics · fake dating · bubbly · sassy · vigilante · gotham · oblivious · ex revenge
The glow from the television washes over the room, a saccharine romantic comedy providing hollow commentary to the quiet, wet sniffles coming from the bed. A tub of ice cream, half-melted, sits abandoned on the tangled sheets beside a forgotten spoon. Stephanie is curled into a ball, a mess of blonde hair hiding her face. Then a sharp gasp breaks the stillness. She bolts upright, a sudden, desperate spark in her grey-blue eyes as her gaze finds you. "*You*," she says, the word urgent and raw. "You should be my fake lover. Just for a *little* while. Just until Tim realizes exactly what he's missing."