(no subject)

[alwaysroomforhope]

Dear Diary...

Steph sighs and puts her diary back down on her lap. She's watching Hana and Loo play out in front of the farmhouse. They're happily occupied with seeing who can cough the biggest fireball, and Steph is, therefore, lightly scorched. Luckily, the girls are more excited by explosions these days than by burning people, and they're now contentedly playing with each other.

Steph's smiling at them, because they're adorable. But that's all she has to smile about. The journal on her lap is still blank, and she's chewing her pen thoughtfully. (She has not yet noticed that she's chewed through the end and therefore now has a blue ink-stained lip. It's the newest fashion, bb.)

Comments

[twiceahero.livejournal.com]

"Yeah."

And it's clear that even if Barbara wants to build some bridges... one Stephanie Brown has moved on. Still... one more thing.

"Steph?"

[alwaysroomforhope]

Steph is not sure she believes she just said that out loud. That's - it's kind of ringing in her ears.

Didn't she always want that - wasn't that always the driving motivation for her life?

Admitting that it's maybe not any more is - kind of leaving her a little shaky.

"Hmm?"

[twiceahero.livejournal.com]

"I'm not going anywhere. If you ever..." Well. If she ever.

The ball was in her court now.

[alwaysroomforhope]

"I know," Steph says quietly. "And I appreciate it. I really, really do.

"I know you worked with Huntress - maybe we can still ... I don't know."

Be ... at least teammates, if nothing better.

[twiceahero.livejournal.com]

"Yeah."

Maybe.

And Babs knew... that was probably it. She'd lost Steph.

[alwaysroomforhope]

Steph can't go anywhere - she's babysitting.

"Yeah."

No matter how much she'd like to go punch things for a while.