send me ‘ mistletoe ’ for my muse’s response to being underneath mistletoe with your muse.
@realwhenitsuseful ( by accident, but also cause batdad forehead kisses for the holidays )
It had been too long since she had been inside Wayne Manor, but Tim was living there and, honestly? She missed Bruce and Alfred -- and everyone. But like her own family, the Wayne family was wildly complicated. They rarely all got along, Cassie was sure it had been too long since she had seen them all in the same room. (Had she ever seen them all in one spot? Masks on or off?)
Cassie was being dramatic, she had to be. There was no way she had never seen them all in one spot. It was probably just so stressful because of work -- or something else had clouded her mind during it.
But inside Wayne Manor, Cassie noted how quiet it was. Peaceful in a way that reminded her of Themyscira. Like the waves that would touch the shores and sing her to sleep on the worst nights. (The ocean always reminded her of home, but the gentle silence of Wayne Manor felt familiar too. But it was hard to place. Hard for her heart to explain why she felt at home here.) But the second that Bruce was in the room, Cassie had a feeling. Father hadn’t been a word she used when she was a child. Zeus might have been her blood, but he was never her father. Not in any way that mattered. But there was a warm feeling that came with being around Bruce. A trust that came so easily. He was the father figure in her heart but without any of the expectations. Just a man she admired.
It was him that pointed out the mistletoe that was still lingering in the decorations, “I’m surprised the kids didn’t run through and tear all these down,” Cassie said, as if she weren’t one of the kids. Reaching up to grab it when Bruce planted a small kiss on her forehead. Cassie relaxed into his touch and wrapped an arm around his waist before pulling him into a real hug.