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Jun. 28th, 2012 08:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
teambatgirlIt hurts all over, so much and so suddenly that she's taken aback by the onslaught of pain. She's gone soft on the island where she's got used to bruises and training injuries but not anything deeper. And it's been a long time since someone who's loved her has hit her.
Stephanie opens her mouth to say something, anything and uselessly bring her arms up to protect her face. Before she can do either there's a yank and the next time she opens her eyes it's to the familiar beams of her bedroom ceiling.
Her limbs twitch- the limited flails of someone jerking roughly out of a deep sleep. Instinctives still screaming that there's danger, that it's not safe, but Steph forces herself to stay still and take a survey: she's on her back in her own bed, no one's punching her, limbs are stiff but not actually in pain. Cass is still beside her. They're home.
She takes a shaky breath in and lets it out slowly, trying to calm her racing heart.
Stephanie opens her mouth to say something, anything and uselessly bring her arms up to protect her face. Before she can do either there's a yank and the next time she opens her eyes it's to the familiar beams of her bedroom ceiling.
Her limbs twitch- the limited flails of someone jerking roughly out of a deep sleep. Instinctives still screaming that there's danger, that it's not safe, but Steph forces herself to stay still and take a survey: she's on her back in her own bed, no one's punching her, limbs are stiff but not actually in pain. Cass is still beside her. They're home.
She takes a shaky breath in and lets it out slowly, trying to calm her racing heart.
