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[teambatgirl]

It's been a week. No rescue, no communication with anyone outside their tropical prison, and Damian finding fun and exciting new ways to work on her last nerve. It has been a very long week. Not bad, exactly, but Steph is not exactly good at rocking the restful and idyllic life style. At home there was always something she needed to be doing: if it wasn't patrolling it was schoolwork, and if it wasn't schoolwork then it was training, and if it wasn't training it was a desperate attempt to make sure all her friendships and family relationships didn't collapse while she was busy doing other things. Here there was nothing but rest and relaxation and making sure Damian was getting through the days more or less intact.

She needed to be doing something. So this morning she had wrestled a swimsuit from the clothes box and hit the beach. The bikini means her scars and faded, nearly-gone stretchmarks are all on display, but she'd need a wetsuit to hide them and, anyway, Stephanie doesn't care who sees them. She is this person and that includes all the ugly parts. It doesn't hurt that the polka dot pattern is really cute.

Stephanie is standing out in the surf when she notices a class gathering down the beach, Jason Todd included. It looks less like a class and more like an organized asskicking. Much with the running. She spends the next hour doing the beach babe thing, swimming and then drying off in the sun with a copy of The Handmaiden's Tale for a while. But when the class starts breaking up, she wanders over to the guy running the operation.

"Hey," she offers a little wave. "Sorry to interrupt. Is this the cardio class mentioned in the school's course list?"

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[onlyapassenger]

Bucky looks up from the length of rope he's in the process of putting away, something in his gaze registering as recognition as he eyes the girl who's been lingering around the beach for the past hour. He's been teaching this class since last semester, and it still manages to draw in the occasional spectator.

I know who she is. Stephanie Brown, showed up wearing a cape and cowl. I try to stay out of Jason's business when I can, because he has his right to privacy, but when another costume rolls into town, I take notice. It's my business, keeping an eye on potential problems, and I know full well that looks can be deceiving. That a little blonde girl can be world of trouble... So far, though, so good.

The boy she hangs around with is another matter entirely.

"Got it in one," says Bucky, offering the shadow of a friendly smile. "How can I help you, Miss...?"