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escritorzuela ([personal profile] queenslayerbee) wrote2026-04-23 09:53 am

FANFIC: indomitable willpower (DC comics / Batgirl)

A drabble I wrote for [personal profile] muccamukk during Snowflake Challenge 2025, where I took the opportunity to indulge in my as-yet-unrealised plot-bunnies and headcanons :P

Title: indomitable willpower.
Fandom: DC comics / Batgirl.
Character/Pairing: Stephanie Brown.
Rating/Warnings: T, none.
Summary: For the prompt: "Stephanie Brown + Wanderlust."
Word count: 100.

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Gotham is a leech of a city; Steph takes every opportunity to travel away, despite everyone and everything that pulls her under the surface like an anchor.

Cass is a sore spot, both the one making her want to stay, the safety of the known, and the one making her want to run. Batman gets more demanding, and Steph increasingly less eager to perform.

Barbara understands. Mom pays for every ticket.

Kara invites her to a trip on her ship, and Steph eagerly accepts the out.

In a reverse of Gatsby’s fate, a green light is only a new beginning.