CAST A SPELL ON YOU.

      kate felt her body temperature rise, much more noticeable against the freezing brick against her back. her thumb slowly traced zatanna’s lower lip, wet from their passion and lustful behaviour only moments prior. just touching the magician still gave kate tingles, god this woman truly was magical in more ways than the bat could ever have imagined. 

      “how soon can i find out?”

   pulling his lips into his mouth as he fidgeted with his water glass again. looking at her smile helped him calm down a little, even if her smiling was at his expense. “ well, uhm–I don’t think it’s really something you’d say in public over the table. but uhm–” shifting in his seat as he chuckled nervously. “ something tells me you know and you’re just want me to suffer.”

                 “Oh please, what is he going to do? Glare at me? I can survive that,” Dinah waves her hand around as she speaks. Sure, maybe he could try to fight her if he was feeling especially grumpy, but Bruce Wayne is smart enough not to try to pick of a fight with the goddamn Black Canary, most people are. Selina is the one to watch out for of the duo, she’s not easy to predict nor easy to get on her good side once one has upset her either. “Okay okay, fine, we stop daydreaming about this then. Change of subject,” oh she’s not going to like this one. Thank God she’s drunk enough to try, “John and whatever the hell your relationship is or isn’t right now, I lose track of you two honestly. Go! Tell me everything.”

         IF SHE HAD BEEN RAISED PROPERLY… if she had been raised in a home that had allowed her to flourish.  to be herself without putting her through abuse and abandonment and torment, she might have actually believed more in GOOD.  she might still be seeing the light and the angels.  the lovely beings she hadn’t seen in years.  it was a shame, and she wondered if it was because she had no ability to see them anymore or if they h i d from her.  perhaps it was even a bit of both, for she was not the type of person that one would want to be in the company of.  not anymore.

                           “most people would.”  a part of her was conflicted.  she didn’t exactly thrive in the presence of others as she once had, so sometimes being alone was preferred.  being avoided.  yet… she couldn’t handle the solitude indefinitely.  it was a frustrating fact, but even s h e needed people.  she just despised admitting it.  “cool.”  it occurred to her in that moment she really couldn’t recall if the other had given her name.  it was possible, but cat sometimes tended to zone out from information she didn’t think was important.  which included names.

          “uh… did y’tell me your name already?  because i forgot if so.”

     zatanna was a good person and she wouldn’t let the harshness of gotham, or what other people thought deter her from being good. there was a lack of it in this city. despite the heroes that littered it’s roof’s at night and the league doing it’s part to bring hope back into it ---- there was no denying what this city has become. but she won’t let gotham turn her cold too. she was far more resilient then that.

              Ah the Batman, Dinah thought for herself. Everyone had a strong opinion about Batsie. Ollie & Hal had a thing against him, well, she knew deep down they cared all the tree for one another, it was just members of the family you couldn’t deal with on a daily basis. Dinah & Bruce were friends, & yeah, if you really asked her she thought he was handsome, & could totally be her type - minus the fact he was lacking of a lot of fun. They wouldn’t get along together on that romantic side. She’d gladly leave it to others. She barely could handle her own personal issues with Ollie so… she didn’t need anyone else complicated in the equation. 

          However, there was something in Zee’s tone that made Dinah aware of her feelings for him. Canary knew something was hovering on them but she couldn’t say what - a crush or flirt, more ? It pained her to know maybe nothing will happen on a long term, because all she wanted was Zatanna happy. It wasn’t like she could count on Constantine for that anyway. 

“ Men like him are too complicated for us. I mean, with the lives we have, do we really need to turn it even more complex ? No, no more tears & all that jazz. You deserve better, but I know, I  shouldn’t be the judge of that. ”     Blablabla. 

Dinah’s brow quirked in disbelief facing the magician’s,      “ There’s nothing with a little jealousy you know… I mean, it’s normal, I get jealous too. ”     Especially when you were on & off dating n archer womanizer. Though, it’s been a while since any accident like that happened. Dinah pouted in Zee’s direction, completely forgetting about the program streaming,      “ You’re cute when you’re jealous. ”     She winked, brushed her friend’s hand against her cheek softly for a tender caress, then turned back to the tv, arm extended to pick her can of beer with extreme effort considering her laziness in this moment,      “ Who needs guys anyway. ” 

      the thing was ------ she knew the batman and bruce wayne. there was years of history between the two, dating back since they were kids. bruce had always been an important figure in her life, even when they hadn’t spoken for years when she and her father moved away from gotham after the wayne’s death. it was ... complicated to explain it all, especially when you put her own personal feelings in the mix. not like she’s been super subtle about it, but she hasn’t been overly obvious about it either. zatanna’s not the type to make swooning over a man her main priority.

     not that it mattered. nothing would ever happen between the two and her love life was determined to stay disastrous. for a woman who seemed to have everything, the romance in her life was either minimal or shit. not even magic could fix that.

eyes blink as she looks back down at dinah, and the corner of her mouth curls upward. ‘  that’s very motivating, di. in fact, i feel inspired.  ’ she teases her, her tone light. ‘  but you are right about one thing ---- i do deserve better. not like that’ll change anything.  ’