Playing fast and loose with continuity here due to my own
ignorance. Forgive, forgive! I think this one is also Dannell's fault, if
indirectly.
Two Angels Who've Been Rescued From the Fall
by Chastity
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Children of the Bat, both of us, but not like Dick is. We're sort of… accidental.
I forced my way in. Wouldn't take no for an answer. I was young, Gotham was my world, and I needed to do anything I could to
protect it. Bruce tried to keep me out
for a while, but I think he finally decided that if I was determined to risk my
life, I'd better be trained to do it right.
Bruce invited Jean-Paul in, true, but I don't think he ever
thought further than his own recovery. Jean was supposed to be a temporary measure, a substitute who would be
expected to fade back into anonymity when the "real thing" was ready to
re-emerge. But then he went over the
edge.
It was Batman who allowed Azrael the ability to recreate
himself, just as it was the strength of the Batman who forged Oracle out of a
woman who almost gave up on herself.
Now we've formed a support group of two, one that reaffirms
his humanity and my femininity. So much
is resolved through pillow talk, or simply through the pressure of flesh on
flesh as we hold each other.
Maybe we were both pulled from the fire with the help of the
Bat, but we will forge our lives together.
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If you missed it, here are the pairings in order:
Lady in Red – Roy Harper (Arsenal)/Babs
I Could Touch the Sky – Garth (Tempest)/Babs
Tradition – Tim Drake (Robin III)/Babs
Somewhere Inside Hiding – Bruce Wayne (Batman)/Babs – Babs'
point of view
In Shadow I Hide – Bruce Wayne (Batman)/Babs – Bruce's point
of view
Keep 'Em in Stitches, Doubled in Half – The Joker/Babs
Wings to Fly – Erik Magnus Lehnsherr (Magneto)/Babs
Two Angels Who've Been Rescued From the Fall – Jean-Paul
Valley (Azrael)/Babs