Title: Reminiscent
Rating: G
Characters: Bruce and Steph. Bruce’s POV.
Timeline: Robin 124
Summary: Bruce said he’d visit Spoiler in the hospital. This is that visit.
It's evening when he arrives at the hospital. He makes sure he isn't seen as he traverses the grounds.
The window is open. He wonders if Stephanie had insisted.
He expected her to look frail, laying there, pale and bruised and covered in bandages.
She doesn't, really. The Spoiler looks like fallen warrior aching to get back up again, even as she sleeps.
He reaches forward slowly, silently, and brushes the damp strands of hair from her face. He sees the potential in her, but it would be selfish to utilize it. (It's bad enough, a part of him says, that he needs Tim.) It would be better set to something else; something that won't snuff that light out forever.
He's half way out the window when he hears her voice, hoarse but strong.
( stop right there, buster )