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[cassassin]

"Uh, hi. This is Cassandra, sorry I... missed you. Leave a message?"



"... Make it good."

[specify cass or batgirl]

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[giveaway]

[Handsqueeze before she breaks away to close her eyes and point at the movies.]

Then... this one! [She points to a random one and opens her eyes. Surprise, it's Birdemic but with bats instead]

This okay?

[cassassin]

[ she just. squints at it for a second before nodding. she doesn't have her smartglasses on, but

well. surely steph wouldnt inflict anything unwatchable on the two of them ]

Sure. [ and she plops down on the couch, starting to place pints of ice cream on the coffee table. ]

[giveaway]

[After a little fumbling with the DVD player, Steph grabs the whole Cookie Dough pint for herself and starts destroying it.

The movie's got some dramatic(?) shots of bats and an interesting(?) message about global warming. Not even 10 minutes in, though, Stephanie's getting bored herself.]

When do you think... the bats, like, attack.

[cassassin]

Halfway through. At least. [ through a mouthful of americone dream. shes sitting upside down on the sofa now. ]

We're stuck.

[giveaway]

We did it. We found the escape room even Batgirl can't escape from...

[Maybe it gets good halfway through. She's too stubborn to give up now. Even so...]

Is now a good time for us to kiss and tell? Like I won't mind if we talk over this Oscar-worthy dialogue.

[cassassin]

[ sorry it takes her a second to parse everything after "kiss". please hold.

sure is lucky cass's face is just above the floor right now. ]

What do you... want to know?

[giveaway]

Whatever you feel like sharing. So... nothing or everything. Up to you.

[Bats still aren't attacking. Damn.]

I can start with the Klarion story if you want.

[cassassin]

Okay.

[ she thinks about it and... yeah she'd rather know details than keep making shit up in her head. cass sits up and takes another spoonful. ]

Tell me?

[giveaway]

So first off, magic cat. He's got a magic cat, you know. And the cat fell in love on Valentine's Day at the Valentine's Celebration thingy and he got mad and tried to cast a spell which turned it into an evil were-cat that literally stole hearts. Sooo I stepped in and tried to fix that except ugh, magic. He put me in a magic ball? We went to pilgrim town? We found another cat, you get the idea.

[Now for the more embarrassing stuff...]

Afterwards we were just hanging out, me as Stephanie and him as well... him. Some of my "friends" from college saw and made fun of us. It was Valentine's Day, I was alone, it sucked... so I kissed him. He said I tasted like Christmas. By the way, he doesn't taste like blue raspberry, which was kinda disappointing.

[cassassin]

[ cass's expression is kind of hard to read. she just bobs her head once in a vague nod. ]

Did you think he was... made of candy, or...?

[giveaway]

No, it's- just a joke, Cass. Cause blue...

[said sweetly, of course, not annoyed because her humor is bad honestly.]

[cassassin]

Right.

[ just gonna take another bite of that ice cream and. hum in acknowledgement. ]

Had a long night. [ and a little laugh. to explain why she's a bit off. ]

So, I... do you want to hear about Laurie, or... one of the smaller things?

[giveaway]

When don't you?

[Cause Batman! But she laughs too.]

Sure. We've got the ice cream so now seems like the time? But like I said only share what you want. I probably talked too much, but you know... it's me.

[cassassin]

Wouldn't have it any other way.

But, uh... okay. Laurie. We knew each other for... a while, through the League. She's really close to Jaime. Blue Beetle?

[ this is really hard to talk to steph about. because the fact she hadn't been able to get over her was most of what killed that relationship before it could go anywhere, and she doesn't... really know how to explain this without getting into that. she pauses, deciding to change gears. ]

Since I... figured my stuff out, I... dated, a little bit. Danced with girls at clubs. Kissed a... demigoddess, at a party once? But...

[ she sighs. ]

We had... something going, for a few months. Started on a... trip to Finland, on New Year's, with some other people. But... I couldn't... be what she needed, I guess.

[giveaway]

[Steph makes a face at that last part. Because uh??]

What the hell did she need... Supergirl?

[Cass is like the whole package, she's perfect. Anyone would be lucky to have her in their life in any capacity. So she can't possibly imagine Cass not being what someone needs. She's way more than that!]

You def have to tell me the demigoddess story later because. You know. But it sounds like you've been... busy? Catching up? I don't know. Which means bad and good stuff, as you've probably realized by now. Honestly, I'm like some spinster in comparison.

[cassassin]

Oh, no, that's...

[ she purses her lips into a flat line, thinking. ]

I broke it off. I couldn't... commit to anything, with her. Told her I couldn't. Wasn't her fault. And blame Jason, for... most of the rest? He kept trying to... play wingman.

[ but she just. nods. as far as the "good and bad things" part. ]

And it's been... complicated.

[giveaway]

Oh. Well, I think it takes a lot of maturity to realize something like that. About yourself, I mean. And it still sucks, but...better than both of you being in a relationship that isn't working. I can't count the number of times I've been in a relationship to just be in one...

[Sorry Tim. And sorry all her boyfriends before Tim.]

Jason's probably not the best wingman either? Or maybe he is? I don't know him that well.

[cassassin]

[ cass gives her an. odd. look at the last part of that first point. she thinks back to when she landed in that whole brief kon thing. when steph wasn't talking to her. well maybe that last point isn't important to bring up. ]

I... think I know how that feels. And he's not... great at it.

[ but circling back. ]

Even with Tim? [ she honestly barely knows what their relationship was like. ]

[giveaway]

Tim's... Tim's weird.

[She sighs.]

Or not him, but just. Everything. And it's not entirely his fault either. I mean, I grew up dreaming about Batman and Robin. Working with them, dating Robin, that was supposed to be like a dream come true. I'm the type of girl who literally had- okay, has - posters of Superboy hanging in my room. No boy bands or movie stars, just Superboy and Robin.

And it felt, it felt good. Robin and Spoiler, we were like some power couple. It made it feel real. Like I was part of something, like I was doing good. Which sounds so stupid to say about a boy now that I say it out loud, but... I was barely 16. Ugh, I'm- this is supposed to be about your feelings, not Steph's therapy hour.

[cassassin]

[ there's a flare of something like... jealousy? that passes just as quickly as it comes, from the way steph is talking about those days. ]

That's--how it felt to me, when we worked together. If it helps.

[giveaway]

What? No. [She shakes her head quickly, caught off guard by Cass's statement. Which probably makes her look a little rude.] I mean, I never felt the same way with you as I did with Tim.

[Give her a second! She'll fix it!]

Yeah, I felt good sometimes, but it was a mess like I said. You never felt weird, Cass. And I really hope I didn't make you feel that way. Because you... when Tim or Bruce were belittling me or doing whatever the hell they thought was helpful, you treated me like a person. Maybe not an equal, and sure, you knocked me out a few times, but- you're freaking Batgirl. Tim made me feel like I had to try to be good. Like I wasn't before. Like I would never be enough. You didn't make me feel that way.

[cassassin]

[ well it is sure a good thing that the lights are off because her face is heating up. ]

None of the boys were... enough when they started. Bruce never... gave you the chance. It wasn't fair. But--no, um, what I mean is... the work, what we do, it's... When it was you and me. It felt like... what you said. And... you made me better, too.

[giveaway]

Okay, good. Phew. Because I was- don't tell Tim, but if you felt that way about me it'd... it'd suck. You're my best friend. And I, I honestly don't know why you put up with me back then, but I'm really lucky that you did.

[cassassin]

Honestly?

[ cass turns to look at her, now. ]

The others were all... family, or teammates, or... trainers. I'd never just... had a friend, before you. You made me feel... normal, even though our lives are...

[giveaway]

I know. That's how I felt too. You made all of it feel normal. Or okay? Or not okay, but... not weird. I really don't know. Like the stuff I talk about with you, I couldn't talk about with friends at school. No one would get it. And not that Tim doesn't have his own share of problems, but ours are... yeah.