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I was good. I was really good.
NOSTALGIA EMBRACES A FAMILIARITY HARDER TO EXPRESS IN ANY SHAPE OR ANGLE, BUT THE WANDERING FOUNDNESS. Leather jacket long discarded somewhere he couldn't quite bother to recall, his focus undoubtly retained by the owner of the place ... Brown hues with a slight touch of silver glanced from the screen to her facade ; a silent study of the footage from a past facade, a version that he hadn't been graced with meeting and although respected deeply, James rather held preference for the current form bore by the female beside him. It was no brainy, perhaps the easiest conclusion he could've drawn in a while. A sense of fond memories that somehow choose the path towards the bittersweet tasted laced within the taste buds. A faint nod towards his own past, he was once just a boy in a domino mask with the longing to achieve greatness alongside the brother and father figure life bestowed him.
Barbara Gordon was a remarkable woman.
And he was down bad, with no shame to his name.
Metalic digits hold the mug with precision, recently brewed coffee fumming a trail in the air ; probability of being their third refill within the last two hours of endless chatting, at some point the topic regarding their past-selves emerged ⸺ James, for once, didn't sprint away from the discussion. He rather welcomed it ... as Barbara, for as long as he'd known her [ living inside his head throughout assignments, or the local public library kind menager he foolish flirted over every thursday, three pm on the clock ] had been so easy to talk to. A COMFORT AMONG THE PHANTOMS ON HIS HEAD, rather welcomed as of late.
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â Do you want to know what I think, honestly? â Shoulder slightly brushing against hers, a faint smile tugging the corner of his lips as brown bore into the green behind those glasses with a remnance of pure admiration. DON'T SCREW IT ALL NOW, BUCK. Be thankful she didn't kick you where it hurts more yet, but let's start taking chances. â You were good then, yeah. Batgirl's a part of you, it'll always be; merit and rights, â Resting the mug down the avaliable space above her work-desk, James digits move uncertain at first, testing the waters by brushing her cheek for a mere second while fixing a ginger strand of hair that was loose. â ... As of right now, you're far more incredible than she ever got to be. Not just Oracle, but you. Barbara Gordon ⸺ Trust me, I know a thing or two about beating the odds of who you used to be, and you've won for us both there. â