Advent Drabble #19
Advent Drabble #19
(Because I said I'd try again.)
This isn't going to last. She knows it just as surely as she knows the snow falling outside tonight will eventually melt and run off into Blüdhaven's sewer system. Barbara shivers and closes the curtains tight.
She walked out on Bruce two months ago. That she came directly here was probably not a surprise. That she already sees the shape of her next departure is.
The tree is small, and trimmed with small bulbs and a star on top. Tim's here. Dick has cocoa ready - Alfred's recipe - and Dad called an hour ago.
It's close enough to home for now.
(Because I said I'd try again.)
This isn't going to last. She knows it just as surely as she knows the snow falling outside tonight will eventually melt and run off into Blüdhaven's sewer system. Barbara shivers and closes the curtains tight.
She walked out on Bruce two months ago. That she came directly here was probably not a surprise. That she already sees the shape of her next departure is.
The tree is small, and trimmed with small bulbs and a star on top. Tim's here. Dick has cocoa ready - Alfred's recipe - and Dad called an hour ago.
It's close enough to home for now.