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Another Three Sentence Ficathon drabble from last year.
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Helena had fought for Gotham, killed for Gotham, nearly died for Gotham; she’d covered herself with its grime and watered its soil with her blood and her tears until she had barely a breath left, and finally found a place of rest at its heart, landing herself in one of Leslie’s camp’s beds.
There, in Crime Alley, her efforts barely received any recognition, no expressed gratitude beyond a silent stare, and the passing appreciation of a fleeting kiss, but that was all immaterial: Gotham was open to the world once again, life moved along.
And Helena had Gothamites to teach.
Title: a place and a calling.
Fandom: DC comics / Batman: No Man's Land.
Character/Pairing: Helena Bertinelli.
Rating/Warnings: T, none.
Summary: For the prompt: "DC Comics, any Gotham based character(s), home."
Word count: 100.
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Helena had fought for Gotham, killed for Gotham, nearly died for Gotham; she’d covered herself with its grime and watered its soil with her blood and her tears until she had barely a breath left, and finally found a place of rest at its heart, landing herself in one of Leslie’s camp’s beds.
There, in Crime Alley, her efforts barely received any recognition, no expressed gratitude beyond a silent stare, and the passing appreciation of a fleeting kiss, but that was all immaterial: Gotham was open to the world once again, life moved along.
And Helena had Gothamites to teach.
