it’s not that nobody ever expected cass to get a partner—it was just, well, unexpected. she was justifiably a woman of few words, and when she did talk, it was for something important and serious.

“hey, cass, you wanna come patrol—“

so, when the entire batfamily (minus bruce and alfred) piles into her room uninvited (bad idea entirely, they remembered), they’re rightfully shocked to see someone who looked like a unicorn had birthed them sat on the other end of her bed: making cass laugh.

“—oh.”

collectively, steph, dick, jason, tim, damian (and even titus) all froze. just looking at you like you were the anomaly here. yet, you understood that perspective. you didn’t exactly fit in with their masked vigilante charade.

cass completely ignored her siblings, keeping her focus entirely on you as you rambled. yet a swift throw of a batarang barely skimming jason’s head was a warning for them to get out.

and quick.