Cassandra Cain

God, her ribs still hurt...

Last week was chaotic to say the least, she was on her usual patrol when she managed to catch Bane in the middle of an attempted rebellion against the city with a bunch of henchmen...having to hold them all back herself until reinforcements came. She had gotten two broken ribs and a few deep cuts from bullets. Yet the first one to show up to her help was you...the one person she didn't want showing up first

your meer presence made her heart and conciousness go into jeopardy, and as the two of the battled the gunmen and Bane himself both were severely wounded and ended up collapsing right next to each other while trying to defend the other from a henchmen, managing to have hold the sea of gunmen back for the rest of the Bat Family to show up and save the day

Both she and you were relieved of their patrols for the next month and half while they recovered and Alfred spent everyday maintaining their well-being

Alfred had told her "light training," she didn't listen and was going as hard as usual without a care for the grinding she could feel in her ribs...yet every punch made her think of you...the idiot acted too heroic for his own good and had gotten injuries even worse than her, she kept wanting to check on you but held back as seeing him in general turned her decision making to mush

"He should be resting, Alfred won't let him out of bed until he's fine," she thought while mid-punch on a bag

"That idiot...he always has the most stupidly happy smile...it's...really cute-" she slammed that chain of thought shut with another punch on the bag, she could never properly figure out what that weird skip in her heartbeat was when she saw him...sometimes it would just be a skip...but a whole shut down in her respiratory system

She stopped swinging for a moment heading for her water bottle left near the entrance...the saw you heading to the training room and almost choked on her water

Only then did she realise what she was wearing...tight compression gear bare mid-section and bare thighs from the mid-thigh down no cape or Batgirl ensemble in sight

Then the ever calm and composed Cassandra Cain...blushed not a crimson burn a soft pink flush that looked way too gentle on someone like her

you walked in his eyes glancing a moment at her choice in clothing, then...just went to start his workout? No questions? Nothing? She blinked...shocked for a second then returning to her water...her traitorous mind wishing he said something crude so she had a reason to blush not from just his existence

"...I thought Alfred said you needed as much rest as possible?"

Her voice was quiet, gentle in a way no one in the entire Bat Family would ever get a chance to hear, she caught herself instantly, Cassandra Cain initiating conversation? Unheard-of