Imagine being Bruce Wayne’s sister, and being in a relationship with John Blake.
Bonding time. It should be easy, right? You loved your brother, and you loved John. They both loved you, so they had at least one thing in common. It should be simple. A nice hike out in the woods on the Wayne property. Enjoy the outdoors, get a little workout in, pump those endorphins up --
Five minutes. That’s all it took. Five minutes for you to regret this.
“I’m telling you,” Bruce said, angrily. “There aren’t any big snakes in these woods. The worst you’re gonna find are the cornsnakes. Harmless.”
“And I’m telling you,” John shot back. “I just saw a long one. Long and black. Definitely venomous.”
“I don’t appreciate you telling me what is and isn’t on my land, Blake.”
You were crouched down, sighing. While the men, or should you say boys, were squabbling for the first time of many today, you were actually peering down into the brush, seeing what it was that John had thought that he had seen. He was more into the argument than in actually proving that he was right at this point. Blue-black, the snake moved throughout the shadows, keeping to itself. It wasn’t aggressive in the least. It was - kind of pretty, actually.
You stood up and took a couple of steps back, brushing your hands on your shorts. “You’re both wrong,” You said, and flicked their heads in unison. “It’s a Drymarchon. So it’s pretty big. But it’s not venomous. I know you’re both out there being save-the-city people but come on, watch some Attenborough. We’re losing daylight, let’s head out.”
Both of the men watched as you strode past them, keeping on the trail. And then looked at each other. Your brother was the first to get moving again, if only to think he could get the last words in. “Harmless, told you.”
“Long and black, told you,” John said in a slightly mocking tone.
“I’ll import in some copperheads if you two don’t cut it out,” You threatened, not even bothering to turn your head, feeling like you were out with two children rather than fully grown men.
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Gordon yanks Blake down a ruined street. This has gone badly. He thought it might, but…not this badly, and not this fast.
The kid stumbles but keeps his feet and Gordon shoves him into a darkened doorway and hopes they can have a second’s respite before they run again.
To his horror, the door at his back squeaks open and he nearly falls inside. It only gets worse from there.
“Well, well.” Jonathan Crane has, to Gordon’s understanding, been playing judge for Bane’s kangaroo court. Even if that’s untrue, he’s the last man Gordon wants to see right now. “What’s this?”
The barking of the dogs comes closer and he grabs Blake’s shirt to keep him here. Sudden movements and the Scarecrow are a bad mixture.
“Crane,” he pants, “we’re not friends, but we don’t want any trouble with you.”
Crane’s face is unreadable. Rather than shut the door, he steps aside with a curt, “Forty minutes. Wake her up, and you’ll wish I’d killed you.”
He disappears into the dark building, leaving Gordon flabbergasted on the doorstep. The dogs move closer and he makes his choice. Better the devil he knows.
He drags Blake in after him and they shut the door, engulfing the place in darkness–no. Not quite. There’s a glow in the distance, firelight or something, and he begins the creep towards that.
“I don’t like this,” Blake whispers. “What if it’s a trick?”
It could be. Crane’s a bastard. But he’s a familiar bastard, and, frankly, one they stand a better chance of overpowering.
“Stay sharp,” he whispers back. Blake’s never crossed paths with Crane before, he has no idea how dangerous this could be. “Watch your corners.”
This was a bookstore once; it’s a maze of shelves, interspersed with a handful of comfy reading chairs and tables. The far wall has a fireplace set into it, and Crane’s seated in front of it with a copy of The Shadow of the Wind in his hands.
“You look tired, Commissioner,” he says, not looking up. “Been busy?”
Up close, Crane looks haggard; thinner than ever, with shadows under his eyes so deep and dark he looks skeletal. He hasn’t been sleeping, and the stress lines on his face are stark.
“Could ask the same of you,” he says neutrally, sitting down in the furthest available chair. “Heard you changed careers.”
“Merely living the American Dream.” He closes his book and turns those searchlight eyes on them. “Why are you still in Gotham.”
Really. Really?
“If I turned tail every time some asshole tried to take it over, I’d be a poor excuse for a cop.”
That sparks a laugh, sharp and mostly genuine.
“Fair enough.”
“Why help us?” Blake blurts out. “It’s like Gordon said; we’re not friends.”
Crane is quiet for several minutes. If Blake is hoping for some hidden moment of vulnerability, he’ll be heartbroken.
“If it had just been you, I’d have shut the door,” he says at last. “But they never do clean-up the way they should, and two corpses will start to reek.”
Elsewhere in the dark bookstore comes the sound of coughing. The coughs move closer and finally a white wraith comes out of the darkness.
If Crane looks haggard, Kitty Richardson looks ghastly, a vision out of some ghost story in here. She sounds it, too; when she speaks, it’s a hideous, painful-sounding rasp.
“Didn’t know we had guests.”
“Kitty–” Gordon always forgets just how fast Crane can move when he wants to. “You shouldn’t be up.”
“Does me good to. Walk around.” Gordon doubts that. She’s swaying a little, one hand clutching the nearest shelf for support. “Don’t worry so much.”
“I think I’m justified,” Crane says dryly. “That’s enough walking around now.”
She dodges him and makes her way to the sofa anyway, curling up against him when he sits down.
“You look like hell, Commissioner,” she rasps, a quick, shaky grin flitting across her lips. “Who’s the little one?”
“Detective Blake.”
“Ohh, a detective. Did you hear that, love?”
“Mm.” Crane adjusts his glasses. “You’ll forgive me for being unimpressed.”
“I’ll take that as a compliment.”
Gordon cringes inwardly. Outwardly, he tries to salvage the situation.
“You don’t look so well either, Richardson.”
“Little cold.” She squirms tighter against Crane’s side. “Nothing serious.”
Crane looks very tempted to disagree, but he just picks up his book again and intones, “Thirty minutes.”
It starts to rain. Gordon doubts that will matter.
Richardson dozes off after about ten minutes and some of the tension slips off of Crane’s face.
“Flu?”
“Mm.” He looks up at them again. “I don’t give a damn about Bane’s revolution, Gotham, or you. But I’ll give you a word of advice: get out of the city, don’t look back.”
“We can’t,” Blake protests. “There’s still people–”
“Oh, and I’m sure you think Batman will come and save you, hm? Guess again.” His tone turns mocking. “The Batman is gone. He was just a man, and men can be beaten. Case in point.” He gestures with his book. “There is no more savior. Gotham has fallen and all any of you can do now is scatter like rats.”
“No.”
“Where did you find this idealist?” Crane rolls his eyes. “Really. I’m shocked he’s lived this long.”
A chill goes down Gordon’s spine. It’s time to leave, fifteen minutes left or not.
“Thank you for letting us in,” he says. “We’ll get out of your hair.”
“One can only hope,” comes the dry response. “Good evening.”
Turning his back on Crane is not a pleasant experience, but Gordon’s hope is that he won’t risk waking Richardson up to come after them. They make it to the door unmolested, but when he turns to close it behind them, Crane is right there.
“Another bit of advice,” he says shortly. “Maybe you’ll take this one: stick to the thick ice.”
The door closes and there’s the heavy snick of the lock inside.
Well. That could have gone much worse.
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Elizabeth Wayne
The Wayne Family, had 4 members. In the dark night when Mr. and Mrs. Wayne got killed, little baby Miss Wayne was sleeping at home. She grew up with no true friends but her brother.
She was always into martial arts, and medicine. She became a doctor like her father, and she loved helping people. In her teenage times, Bruce wasn't with her, she was always angry and broken to him a little bit because of this.
When he told Alfred and her that he found a way to help Gotham, she immediately went against him. She didn't want to lose any family member ever again, especially because of Gotham. And after Batman got blamed for Harvey Dent's death, although she was sad because Bruce was depressed, she was still happy because he was in safe.
She was never that much angry at anyone else than Bruce, because he caused Alfred's leaving, her father figure's leaving.
After Bane's invasion, Gordon thought she had to hide out in a safe place because Bane was capturing all rich people, and she moved to John Blake's apartment. And she was experiencing the love for the first time in her life.
Months passed and she had to watch his brother blowing up himself, on the bridge, her heart broke into a million pieces.
Later, she was with John, at the bat cave, the place where she tried to heal his brother's wounds after some hard nights of Gotham. A million memories came into her mind and didn't want to accept living the same things again but now with the love of her life. But she didn't have anything to do, sacrificing pieces of her heart for Gotham was her destiny.
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Imagine being Bruce Wayne’s sister and hiding out at John Blake’s house.
It had originally been Gordon’s idea to have you stay somewhere safe. You wanted to argue that where you were was safe - you were living with your brother, the Batman, but you couldn’t tell him that, you couldn’t give away Bruce’s secret identity. Not even to the father figure who had been taking care of you all of these years. You were closer to Gordon than you were to Alfred - but you still loved the old man immensely, which was why it hurt to leave. But after you narrowly escaped the board meeting which Bane had taken over, you really did agree that it was time to lay low.
Bane held the city hostage. It was hard to even go out to the grocery stores. But life had to go on and people had to eat and work and make money. John was out there every night while you sat inside and watched the news, unable to take your eyes off of it. You channel searched, looking for any sign of your brother, for Jim Gordon’s recovery after being hurt, any sign at all that this was ending.
Living together was an adjustment. His apartment was small, you could fit the whole thing inside of Wayne Manor, but with that coziness came a sort of comfort. You ate your meals together. You sat together on the couch. You talked - a lot. You helped to tend to any of his wounds and would even help the neighbors out with what you could, giving a false name to them if they asked. Really, using his three in one shampoo-conditioner-bodywash had gotten rid of a lot of the ‘Wayne’ glamour. All of this closeness - it didn’t take too long before you began to feel something.
The first kiss came when he arrived home, dirty, bruised and bloody. The other police officers had gotten trapped. They were all stuck underground and he had been one of the only ones to escape. He had to lay low as well, because if they found anymore cops on the streets, they’d be taken down instantly. After hearing what happened, you were so relieved to see that he was really okay and you showed that by pressing your lips to his. He was just as surprised as you were. The two of you sputtering out awkward apologies.
There was a tension in the air. He went out and brought back Chinese food the next evening. You showed him how to properly use chopsticks, since using a fork on noodles was a travesty. He just couldn’t get it either. You couldn’t stop laughing as chow mein got down his shirt, and all of that thick feeling just evaporated. You two were having fun again. Being close. Finally, he allowed you to just feed him some, the proper way.
“I love you,” He said, his dark eyes on yours. Those three words that everyone loved to hear. Whether it was unexpected or the everyday. You loved to hear it too. And you loved saying it back even more.
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