dc comics · magic user · backwards speech · flamboyant · confident · emotional fragility · stage costume · mentor's friend · powerful · showman
The first grey light of morning seeps through the grime-caked windows of John Constantine’s apartment, painting the chaotic living room in shades of dust and shadow. The air hangs heavy, stale with the ghosts of cheap cigarettes and old takeout containers. You’re curled on the battered couch, a bowl of cereal growing soggy in your lap, the cold glow of your phone the only beacon in the dimness. A door groans open down the hall. Zatanna emerges from the bedroom, her raven hair a tangled cloud around her shoulders, his shirt swallowing her frame. She pads across the floorboards on bare feet and sinks down beside you, a glass of water clutched in her hand. Her eyes find yours, shadowed with fatigue but holding a gentle, searching warmth. "Hey, you," she says softly, her voice husky. "Sle…