#ravagingyou

M’gann pulled her lunchbox out of the bottom-left drawer of her desk and headed to the courtyard. Somehow, it was already one o’clock. She’d been at it all day. Restacking, manning the circulation desk, and, until five minutes ago, teaching a calligraphy workshop for seniors. It was good work. Rewarding. But M’gann was exhausted. The migraines had lessened since the day she’d needed to go home early, but they were still there. She was still having trouble sleeping.

Outside, the weather was just how she liked it. Cool and overcast. She sat on the wooden bench beside the bust of Ernest Hemingway and took a few deep breaths before pulling out her salad. M’gann was just about to take a bite when she noticed with a start that she wasn’t alone. It was unusual for her psychic radar not to pick-up another person, but with the static in the city it wasn’t unheard of. Deciding not to dwell on it, she put down her fork and gave the stranger a polite nod. “I didn’t see you there,” she called. M’gann started to pick the fork back up, but changed her mind at last second and added, “It’s pretty nice out.”

Of course he wasn’t performing as much as he used to in the city, between his death and resurrection, training with Selene, Eddie’s impending deal and Zatanna coming to town he had a lot on his plate. But, the odd show here and there kept him beloved by the citizens and kept his agent happy too. 

He’d just finished a second encore and called it a night, the stage-hands dropping the curtains for good and beginning to clean away the props till the next show. He stretched, nodded to the helpers and made his way back to his dressing room, pulling off his top hat and jacket as he opened the door... Only to see someone who didn’t belong there looking at his stuff. 

“Most of that’s cursed to back off lest your hair fall out.” he deadpanned, shutting the door behind him and putting his hands on his hips, “The hell are you doing here? If you’re looking for Eddie he’s either home or out on a repair job.” Shit, did she know he and Eddie were a thing? Ugh.

Robin #66 (2007)