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Absolutely! Here’s a set of headcanons about Cassandra Cain having a crush on a villain!Reader:

● Silent Stares:

Cassandra can’t help herself from watching you when you appear on patrol or during a mission. She’ll study your movements, the way you wield your abilities, your confidence, and her heart does that weird thump thing she’s not used to.

● Mixed Signals:

You notice her staring but can’t tell if it’s admiration, suspicion, or something else. Her subtle blush or hesitant glance makes you curious and mischievously flirty.

● Training Obsession:

Cass starts pushing herself harder in combat and stealth exercises, partly to impress you, partly to prove she’s capable of standing against you, or even alongside you. She’s competitive without realizing she’s trying to get your attention.

● Awkward Words:

When she speaks to you, it’s unusually stilted. Short sentences, clipped tones. She’s terrified of saying the wrong thing, but you think it’s cute, and it makes you smirk.

● Conflicted Loyalty:

Cass knows you’re on the wrong side of the law, and that creates an internal struggle. She’s drawn to you, yet constantly questioning your motives. Her crush is intense but tinged with guilt.

● Subtle Heroic Gestures:

Even though she’s trying to stay professional and keep her distance, she leaves small things in places you’ll notice: a hidden note, a snack, or covering your back in combat without making it obvious.

● The “Accidental” Touch:

During an encounter, she brushes her hand against yours “by accident” or bumps into you slightly, and it leaves both of you a little flustered.

● Learning Your Ways:

Cass becomes obsessed with understanding your tactics and philosophy, not just for missions, but because she wants to understand you. She studies your patterns like she’s deciphering a code… and maybe she is.

● Confession in the Shadows:

Eventually, she might leave a note or speak to you in the middle of the night, in a quiet, private moment. Her confession is minimal, understated, but her actions say more than words ever could.

● Protective Instincts:

Even though you’re a villain, Cass can’t help but be protective. She’ll interfere if someone else tries to hurt you, her quiet rage a stark contrast to her normally composed demeanor.

● Teasing from Allies:

If anyone notices, they tease her relentlessly. Tim, Dick, or Steph might make knowing comments, and Cass only stiffens, a little flustered, and swears it’s nothing.

● Slow Burn:

The romance is slow, tension-filled, and full of stolen glances, small gestures, and moments where both of you question your allegiances. Every encounter leaves a spark, even when you’re on opposite sides.

a/n: hi sorry it took me a while, i don't know if this was what you wanted. i know it is quite short but it was my first time writing for her and I hope you like it

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It was quiet … maybe too quiet.

Cass had slipped into the apartment well after midnight, being as silent as ever. Yet your body always seemed to hum in a different frequency the moment she was near you, your muscles tensing and relaxing at the same time. The shower was running, and you could make out bloody footprints on the dark wood floor. The scent of heavy vanilla and light citrus echoed in the room through the door, a smell that was so distinctly her. 

Should you clean the floor? Make her life a bit easier? It had been only a few weeks since she told you about her vigilante alter ego. Was it strange that you hadn’t run away yet? Probably, but maybe you loved her a bit too much to leave. You were in too deep, and it was too late for your poor heart that seemed to repeat the same mantra with every beat. Cass Cass Cass Cass

You had been too lost in your thoughts to notice her slipping into the room. She had to know by now that you were awake. She never missed anything, yet she still stood in front of the mirror, cringing internally at the harsh scars that adorned her body. The ones that you had spent countless times kissing both in the dark and the light. The ones that you always admired from a distance and stared at with awe and fear. They showed how strong she was, but also showed that she wasn’t invincible, that death could claim her any other day. A thought that chilled you to the bone and sent you into a quiet spiral the moment it popped up in your mind.

You silently approached her and hugged her from the back. Calmly caressing the scars that she always avoided looking at. Kissing her shoulder and showing how much you loved her. Since the early stages of your relationship, you realized that Cass never spoke, but acted on the things that bothered her, and you noticed through time that you responded in the same way, you calmed her more, and that this was the way to comfort her. And just like clockwork, you felt her relax in your embrace, and her heartbeat picked up slightly.