◟ `` ⸝⸝⠀˒ 1-800-love-spell ◞ ☆
𝜗ৎ 𝒮tephanie Brown & witch!reader . . .
𓏵 : stephanie brown loves her witch girlfriend.
✶ tarot, witchcraft. wc: 1.3k
Ი︵𐑼 :: steph my baby i love u (thinking ab making a series about witch!reader... what other characters you guys wanna see with her?)
stephanie brown didn't believe in magic. At least, that's what she told herself—a practical way to keep her feet on the ground in a city that insisted on pulling everyone else's feet out from under them. Gotham was made of darkness, of alleys that swallowed whispers, of masks and pain. But then she met you. And the logic of the world—hers, especially—crumbled like a misplaced tarot card.
It all started by chance, one early morning when she arrived exhausted after patrolling the East Side. She turned on the old TV in her apartment just to have some background noise and saw you there, a woman with a soft voice and a hypnotic gaze, surrounded by candles, incense, and a crystal ball that reflected small sparks of the city's chaos. The program was called 1-800-love-spell, broadcast on a local channel that no one took very seriously. But there was something in the way you talked about destiny and souls that recognize each other, something that pierced through her exhaustion and lodged itself somewhere between her chest and her thoughts.
She started watching every night. First out of curiosity, then out of fascination. Stephanie said it was just entertainment, but she recorded the show, sent messages, laughed alone at your unlikely jokes about signs and crazy passions. Until one day, between calls from viewers, she decided to call too. She pretended to have a question about an "impossible romance," just to hear your voice more closely. You laughed, and it was the beginning of something inevitable.
The meetings began discreetly. Coffee in alleys lit by broken signs, walks in the rain where you said that water "purified intentions." Stephanie mocked it, but always let you hold her hand. Little by little, she got used to the sweet strangeness you brought. She liked it when you left a lilac crystal in her coat pocket "for protection," or when you scattered incense around the house saying that the smell of lavender kept fear away. Gotham never smelled so good.
The relationship grew amid the chaos of the city—between night shifts, chases, and full moon rituals. She would come back hurt, and you would heal her with light hands and ancient whispers, even though she said she didn't believe. One day, after a particularly difficult night, you found her sleeping sitting on the couch, her uniform still dirty with dust. You stared at her for several minutes before approaching and touching her face with your fingers. The energy pulsed, the kind of vibration that only happens when love is almost supernatural.
She began to notice small coincidences: whenever you fought, the lights in the house would flicker. Whenever she thought of you during a patrol, the wind would change direction, bringing the scent of jasmine incense. Sometimes she would dream of you before something bad happened, and those dreams would mysteriously always save her from some trap.
Stephanie joked that you had cast a love spell on her. But deep down, when she saw you moving among the plants and cards, with that look that seemed to understand everything she was hiding, something inside her wanted to believe. Because loving you was, in a way, believing in invisible things, in crossed destinies, in gods who write stories between the lines.
And the funny thing is, long before she found you, you already knew. You had seen her. Not on TV, but atop buildings, dressed in purple, her silhouette silhouetted against the Gotham sky. You knew that restless heart would be your anchor. That skeptical girl would one day be your home.
Destiny needs no spell when it is already sealed by the stars. And even though Stephanie said she didn't believe in magic, she still slept with a crystal under her pillow and swore it was just superstition.
The hotel room was plunged into a stifling silence, the kind of silence that weighs heavily after days without proper sleep. Stephanie threw her mask on the bed, the fabric still smelling of rain and explosion smoke. Her body ached, her soul too. Gotham seemed far away, and you even further. Metropolis was a drag.
She closed her eyes for a moment, just to breathe. Then, a snap.
The TV turned on by itself.
The screen flashed with the familiar pink lipstick logo and the jingle too sweet to exist in a world as dirty as hers:
Stephanie laughed to herself, turning on her side in bed.
"Of course you would do that," she murmured, a smile slowly spreading across her face. "Stubborn little witch."
The camera showed you as always: sitting in front of the crystal ball, the setting surrounded by candles and dim lights, your lipstick matching the sparkle in your eyes.
She sat there, motionless, watching. Half an hour passed and she still hadn't changed the channel. Her every gesture, every dramatic pause, was a different kind of spell.
But she felt a pang of longing.
And Stephanie, being who she was, never knew how to deal with longing without acting on it.
She picked up the hotel phone and dialed the number. The phone rang only once before her voice sounded, light and sweet:
"Good evening! Who's speaking?"
She bit her lip to hold back her laughter.
The expression on her face changed immediately. Her eyes sparkled, her posture softened. Even through the screen, you could see how much that recognition moved you.
"Well, I think I've heard that voice before," you said, dramatically, pretending to shuffle the cards with disdain. "What is your name and the reason for your call, dear?"
Stephanie cleared her throat, trying to remain serious.
"So... It's been about two weeks since I've seen my girlfriend. And I wanted to know if she misses me. She's kind of... indifferent, you know?"
You laughed, tilting your head.
"Indifferent? Oh, how funny..." you said, shuffling the cards. "Let's see what the gods say."
You drew three cards and looked at them for just a second before speaking with the conviction of someone who already knew the answer.
"She misses you every day. She pretends she doesn't, but she's been putting new flowers in the house, just because the smell reminds her of you. And she hates your job now, because it's the job that took you away."
Stephanie rested her head on the pillow and sighed.
"Hm. Sounds like someone I know."
"Yeah," you replied, smiling. "It sure does."
"Thanks. That's all I needed. Have a good show."
"Thanks for calling, Steph," you replied, more quietly, with a tenderness that slipped out unintentionally.
The call ended, but the silence between you still seemed filled with voices. Stephanie stayed there for a while, staring at the screen, her chest tight and light at the same time. Then the show ended. The studio lights dimmed. You looked straight at the camera, knowing she was still watching you.
The broadcast continued for a few seconds longer than usual, a small technical glitch that revealed what was happening behind the scenes: you getting up, taking off the microphone, the beam of light reflecting off the bracelets Stephanie had given you.
Suddenly, her phone rang.
"You never tire of teasing me, do you?" Stephanie said, with a lazy smile in her voice.
On the other end, your laughter rang out, that soft laugh that seemed to break spells and create new ones in their place.
"Maybe I'm just returning the favor."
"Fighting magic with magic?"
"Something like that." Your voice grew lower, almost a whisper. "I'm going to put a real love spell on you, Stephanie."
She laughed, tired, happy.
"Be careful what you wish for, love." you replied, and there was a different sparkle in the words. "Because when I cast a spell, the universe listens."
Stephanie settled into bed, closing her eyes as she listened to your breathing over the phone.
And for the first time in two weeks, Gotham seemed quiet.
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