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[teambatgirl]

Manhattan has all the skyscrapers and rooftops of Gotham but a surprising lack of gargoyles. It's as if the city wasn't designed for people to lurk above it. Also: way fewer abandoned amusement parks, broken down toy factories, anything that just screams 'build an evil lair inside me'. Steph hasn't checked, but she's positive that the only crocodiles living in the sewers are not human mutants who also serve as mob enforcers. She doesn't know if the lack of these things makes her like New York or miss Gotham even more.

Her sight-seeing has been strictly ground level thanks to her injuries, which had induced a major many-day pity party earlier in the month. A real city with real rooftops and she couldn't go swinging in it, so so unfair. It still sucks, but Steph's mostly over it now. She is a bounce back kind of girl.

The compromise has been finding the best building with roof access that's high enough to give a good view. Also the one with the best security, just to give herself a challenge. She manages it, of course, total piece of cake thanks to her stealthy ways, and at the appropriate hour slips onto the rooftop. She's still on crutches but moves on them like a pro by now and is all decked out for the winter weather with more scarf and hat than any one person could ever need.

All ready for date night.

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[kinesicist]

Cassandra blushed, shaking her head and laughing a little at the idea. Barbara would have killed her.

"Kiss, I watched them kiss. I didn't realise that was what they meant to each other for a while. I didn't realise that was what that body language meant." Cass replied, bending her head to rub her cold nose against Steph's much warmer neck. Brushing a kiss against her neck, Cass tightened her arms a little around Steph and held her close. "Batman... smiled? Hn. I will have words with Dick when I see him. Batman should not smile."

Cassandra made a tch noise, a little too like Damian before smiling. "Damian is good. He would make a good Robin hn or Batman."

[teambatgirl]

"Ooooooh, that makes more sense." Laughing she tips her head to the side so she can give Cass a kiss. The wind is picking up so their hair is blowing in the breeze. "And do you know what it means now? Like- say- what am I thinking about you at this moment?" Which is, clearly, 'I love you and you are my favorite person ever.'

"You know, you say that but it really worked," Steph says thinking back to her few outings with Dick as Batman. "He was a different flavor Batman, but he got the job done."

Then she smiles. Yeah, Damian is a little demon brat at times, but at this point he's her little demon brat. She's gone and gotten fond. "He's a good Robin. Way different, he would probably drive Bruce bonkers. But good."

[kinesicist]

Cass reached for her hair, catching a strand that was fluttering in the wind. Brushing it back behind Steph's ear, she turned her girlfriend a little so that she could kiss her properly. Cass made a soft pleased noise at the warmth brush of her lips against Steph's.

"That you're happy with me, that you feel happy and comfortable around me. And hn, love. That too," Cass said. Reading people wasn't as descriptive as words, it was hard to place words to actions but she knew the meaning well enough. She knew what Steph meant at least with her body. Cass slid her colder hands beneath Steph's clothes and pressed her cold fingertips against her back before grinning at her. "Me too."

She couldn't imagine Dick as Batman, not her Dick at least. Not the brother figure who read her stories and fussed a little as if she was a normal girl and who had made her feel like... part of the family. She couldn't imagine him as Batman yet.

"Of course he is good, he's like me. Smarter though," Cass said, a little proud. She didn't think of it as her own failing, she knew how they were raised. Damian was supposed to lead and Cass was supposed to serve just like their parents. "Hn, I never drove Bruce bonkers. Except when I dated Kon. Then he made... faces. And threats to Superman."

[teambatgirl]

Steph grins at her, bright and beautiful before leaning in to kiss her. They are so cute and sappy it is almost gross, and she loves it. "Boom, nailed it. That is exactly what I am thinking right now." Then, laughing, she tries to twitch away from the cold fingers against her skin. "Hey now, those fingers are cold."

"I don't know about smarter, but I know he is definitely snottier." Also snobbier. And grumpier. Really, the differences between Cass and Damian were huge. But he's getting better! Sort of.

"Pretty sure all I have done ever is drive Bruce bonkers," Steph says, but wryly and almost fondly. They'd moved past some of their issues. "It is a Robin's job to drive Batman bonkers. Now c'mon, we going to go soaring again or can we get off this cold rooftop so we can cuddle somewhere warmer?"

[kinesicist]

"Hn, no they are not." Cass said, sliding her fingertips up Steph's spine for good measure and tugging her closer at the same time. She smiled, light and small and teasing before pressing a quick kiss to Steph's lips. "Will you be upset if I say cuddle? We can come back out later, I'll leave it up for you."

Cass ducked her head slightly shyly.

[teambatgirl]

She squeaks at the cold touch and reaches behind her to try to get Cass's fingers toward a warmer, clothes-covered part of her. "Only because they're stealing my hard-earned warmth." Still, she's still smiling and kisses her back. "No way, I am all about the cuddles. That's what nights like this are made for."

Then she squeezes Cass's hand hopping back and going for her crutches. "C'mon, let's get out of here. I've got sexy yet comfy pajamas at home."

[kinesicist]

Cass ran her thumb around Steph's side, sliding up slightly before giving her a little relief from her cold fingertips. Cass had an idea but she'd leave it until later when Steph could handle a little cold teasing.

"Who said you will need pajamas?" Cass asked, with a slightly teasing smile. She waited for Steph to grab her crutches before going to hold open the door.

[teambatgirl]

"Ooooh, it's going to be one of those cuddling nights," she says with a grin, as though, honestly, most cuddling nights ended up without pajamas on. She makes her way through the door and down the few steps carefully before getting to the building's elevator. It's a hotel, so it's not weird at all for two girls to be wandering around at night.

"Catch a cab back and stay at yours so we don't scandalize Damian?" It's not a big deal either way, as they live next door, but Steph likes to minimize the awkward where possible.

[kinesicist]

"Maybe, I'll have to patrol later but hn, we can have time before then. Together," Cass said with a smile. She very rarely stopped patrolling but some nights she would allow herself a few more hours than Bruce would have liked to spend time with those she loved. "Hn, could always stay here. Then you don't have to-" Cass looked slightly guilty. "-my room might be messy."

[teambatgirl]

"Your room, a mess? Oh my God, I can't believe it." Steph widens her eyes in exaggerated shock before grinning. "Sure, let's just stay here for a while."

They get into the elevator and head down to the lobby, and Steph pulls Cass close by the jacket. "Getting a hotel room makes it seem like this is a sexy hook-up. I kinda like it."

[kinesicist]

"Shut up, I kept it tidy for... a week." Cass said. Mostly tidy. Mostly Cassandra had found a new system which was to just push everything under things, into the spare room or ignore it some more. "Maybe a few days."

Cass smiled as Steph pulled her close. Turning her chin up a little, she made a soft noise before brushing her lips against Steph's.

"Of course it's a sexy hook up, it's with you." Cass murmured. "And we can order food and leave a mess and not have to tidy up."

[teambatgirl]

With a smile she tips her head forward to kiss her. "Sexy even though I've got casts and scars and ugly parts?" She's not exactly at her most gorgeous lately, it makes her miss the flouncy allure of the Victorian clothes and being able to feel like she pulls them off.

But she still kisses Cass again as the elevator door opens. "That sounds awesome. Let's get a room."

[kinesicist]

"You don't have ugly parts," Cass said simply, shaking her head. Stretching her hands out, she slid her hands down Steph's arms. Her fingertips slid around her wrist before threading her fingers through Steph's. "I like your scars, they're part of you. Like mine."

Cass pressed her forehead against Steph's, leaning forward slightly. Pulling back she pressed a kiss against Steph's lips before letting her gather herself and follow her to reception. "We could even get the penthouse, we don't actually pay here."

[teambatgirl]

"I do like your scars." Cass has had them as long as Steph has known her, just a seamless part of her identity that just make her more striking. She raises their hands to look at their linked fingers, Cass's with her callouses and Steph's blunt fingernails that were just starting to grow back in. Maybe it's just a matter of getting used to them.

"Ooooh, penthouse. I agree." They get out to the lobby and Steph hobbles up to the reception desk as the girl behind it fades into being corporeal. "We would like the fanciest room you have, please. Emphasis on the fancy."

[kinesicist]

"Hn, you like my everything." Cass replied with a teasing smile. Cassandra didn't tease many people, just the people she felt truly comfortable around and Steph had always been one of those people. It was one of the reasons they worked so well not only as partners or best friends but as girlfriends too. "We could get a plastic bag for your cast and have a giant bubble bath."

Cass tended to prefer two hour showers, as Tim could have attested to, but she didn't mind having a bubble bath if it meant having one with Steph.

"The best please," Cass said as the fade in and out girl handed Cass a set of keys. "How fancy do you think fancy is?"

[teambatgirl]

"A bubble bath would be awesome right now." The chance to really soak sounds amazing and maybe Cass would wash her hair for her, which is just about the most relaxing luxurious thing in the world.

They get the keys and head back the way they came. "Fancy enough to have its own elevator." The penthouse elevator was, indeed, fancy all by itself, and Steph unlocked it before gesturing for Cass to go in. "After you, madam."

[kinesicist]

"You are drooling," Cass teased as she watched Steph processing Cass's idea. Leading Steph back to a different elevator, Cass slid in ahead of her girlfriend before waiting for her. "Fancy enough for you then? Good, I want... I want you to be spoiled."

Cass smiled, reaching for Steph before kissing her as the doors slid shut. Smiling against Steph's lips, she murmured a sweet noise before turning her attention to show Steph how she felt with her lips.

[teambatgirl]

The mention of spoiling makes Steph face light up and she laughs delightedly. What can she say, it's the little things that please her. "I am definitely spoiled," she says with real satisfaction before tipping forward to kiss her.

At first it's just a soft, everyday sort of kiss but then Cass makes that happy sound and part of her just melts. Steph wraps her good arm around her and opens her mouth into the kiss because, really, Cass loves her and Steph loves her right back. She doesn't even notice when the elevator dings open.