#harper row moodboard

[ourworldofwonders]

"I never had a choice - but only because this is what I want, more than anything. And I was going to do this. I've told you that, again and again"

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HARPER ROW — BLUEBIRD

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Endless List of canon Bisexual (and possibly Bisexual) Characters: Harper Row/Bluebird

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DC Comics Character Families: Batman 2/-

Barbara “Babs” Gordon/ Batgirl & Oracle

Stephanie Brown/ Spoiler (Former Batgirl) 

Cassandra Cain/ Orphan (Formerly Black Bat and Batgirl)

Harper Row/ Blue Bird 

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Harper row, bluebird aesthetic

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DCU Femslash Ships 

Stephanie Brown/Harper Row/Cassandra Cain 

I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation You're living in the past it's a new generation A girl can do what she wants to do and that's What I'm gonna do An' I don't give a damn ' bout my bad reputation 

for @weekend-conspiracy-theorist

[lucy-268]

Road Trip

A/N - This is the fourth installment of my chronological story. You can find the first three installments on my masterlist; if you haven’t read them, you probably won’t be lost. This takes place the day after I Would Not Change a Thing

A/N 2 - I’m incorporating a prompt provided by @rookie-ramsey​ (11. “You look adorable.”) from this prompt list here. Thank you to @openheart12​ for helping me pick the song on the radio. Thank you to @oofchoices​ for my awesome moodboard!

Disclaimer: Most of the characters belong to PB

Warnings: I don’t think there are any here

Series/Pairing: Open Heart - Ethan x f!MC (Charley Valentine)

Word count: 2,347 (this was longer that I thought it was going to be!)

“Good morning.”

Charley jumped at the greeting and turned to see Sienna leaning against the counter. “Good morning yourself.”

“What are you doing?”

Charley looked down at the pan on the stove. “Making breakfast?”

“You sound unsure,” Sienna’s mouth twitched into a smirk. “You normally don’t bother cooking before you go to work.”

“I’m off today.”

Sienna’s eyes widened. “Two days in a row?”

“Yeah. June needed next Wednesday off, so Ethan asked me if I’d mind switching with her.” Charley smiled at her roommate. “Since I have time, I figured I’d fix everyone breakfast.” She pulled out two pans of muffins as the timer went off.

“Thanks, Charley. I’m going to go shower.” Sienna turned away.

Later, after her roommates had left for their hospitals, Charley hurried to shower herself. She was thinking she should have just stayed in her room until everyone had gone; they were so concerned about what she was going to do on her bonus day off. She couldn’t really say she was spending the day with Ethan and his dad.

Drying her hair, she decided to let it hang loose around her shoulders. She dressed quickly, and packed up the remaining muffins and the cookies she baked after everyone had left. She had just finished when there was a knock at the door.

Charley’s breath caught as she opened the door to see Ethan dressed casually. She did love him in his dress slacks and tie, or anything, or nothing at all, when she dared to think about it, but the man did fill out a pair of jeans nicely.

By the time her eyes traveled up to his, Ethan had a smirk on his face. “Good morning.”

“It is good, and getting better by the minute.” She stepped aside to let him in. “I baked muffins and cookies this morning for the trip.”

“You didn’t need to, but thank you.” Ethan looked in the basket. “Banana, and is that almond?”

“Cherry almond, actually. I was afraid Elijah was going to eat all of them. It was a new recipe and it was a hit.”

As they were leaving Ethan pulled her bracelet out of his pocket. “Before I forget.”

Charley looked at it for a second. “I’m going to go put it away for today.” She hurried to her room and was back in less than a minute. “Ready.”

After a stop at a coffee shop they were soon on the road. Charley touched the radio knob. “May I?”

Ethan nodded. Charley ran through all of the presets on his FM and Sirius XM. “Everything is news, weather, classical, opera, or standards. Have you never heard of pop, rock, emo? You have hundreds on stations on Sirius!”

“Put on whatever you want.”

Scrolling through the channels, she stopped on a station playing Taylor Swift’s Our Song. “That’s better.”

Ethan’s mouth twitched. “It’s different.”

“How often do you visit Alan?”

“Usually day trips several times a month. More if I can.”

Ethan turned onto the on-ramp for the highway. “Can you get me one of those cherry almond muffins?”

Charley reached the basket on the backseat and grabbed a couple of muffins. She peeled the paper off of them and broke off a piece of muffin and held it to his mouth. Ethan smiled as he pulled the bite into his mouth. His tongue licked the tip of her fingers before she pulled her hand away. “This is really good. I thought that Sienna was the baker in your group.”

Charley laughed. “She is. I like to bake, too. But I need to have time. Sienna makes time every day.  I found this recipe and she demanded I give it to her. She’ll probably make it and hers will be much better.”

She broke off a bite of the banana muffin and fed it to him. “That’s good but I like the other one better.”

Charley watched the cars on the highway. “Do you always take the highway?”

Ethan glanced at her. “It’s efficient and the fastest way?”

Charley rolled her eyes and leaned against the door. “Going back roads might lead to a new adventure.”

“I don’t do ‘adventure,’ Charley.”

“Of course not.” Charley reached for the basket again, this time pulling out several cookies, breaking an oatmeal cookie in half.

Before she held her hand to his mouth, he reached over and grabbed it. She giggled as she released it.

Soon they pulled off the highway into Providence. “We need to make a stop at the pet store first. It won’t take long; I’ve already placed the order and paid for it.”

Walking into the store, one of the cashiers greeted them. “Morning Dr. Ramsey. Let me get your order. Your dad and Jenner were in here last week. Your girl is so sweet.”

“Ethan, since we’re here, I want to buy her a toy. What does she play with?”

He shook his head, “You don’t need to do that.”

“I know I don’t need to, but I want to. I- I like dogs, but I’m a cat person at heart. I don’t want Jenner to not like me.”

“She’s not going to know…” Ethan sighed. “She has a couple of tennis balls she loves, but she also likes the soft, plush toys.”

They walked down the toy aisle and looked at the selection. Ethan picked up a stuffed leopard, while Charley grabbed a teddy bear. They continued down the aisle and reached for a stuffed frog at the same time. “We’ll get her all three?” Ethan nodded and carried them to the register.

Charley handed her card to the cashier and Ethan pulled her hand back. “I’ll get-”

“I want to pay for them. I want to get them for her. Please let me do this.”

Ethan decided it wasn’t worth it and let her pay.

Within ten minutes they pulled into a driveway and Alan and Jenner, a beautiful Golden Lab, came out the door. Charley saw the surprised look on his face. “You didn’t tell your dad I was coming?”

“It’s fine, Charley. He’ll be very happy you’re here.”

“He looks shocked.”

Ethan sighed. “Probably because I’ve not brought anyone home before.”

“Harper?”

“No one.” Ethan opened his door just as Alan opened Charley’s door. “Dr. Valentine. This is a very pleasant surprise.” He reached to help her out of the car.

“Charley, please.”

Jenner approached, tail wagging. “Don’t jump up, girl,” Ethan called to her.

The dog sat on Charley’s foot and raised her paw. Charley laughed and leaned down to shake the dog’s paw. “Hello, Jenner. I’m Charley.”

Jenner gave a bark and rubbed against her.

Ethan handed Charley the basket of muffins and cookies and the pet store bag with the toys, while he and Alan unloaded the bags and cases of Jenner’s dog food.

Alan had fixed a pot roast and the three of them sat down to lunch. The conversation flowed easily as Alan asked Charley where she grew up and went to school. Alan laughed when he asked her why she wanted to be a doctor and she said that she had read an article written by a certain Dr. Ramsey, that impressed her enough that she researched all of his work and decided to go to med school.

After they had the muffins and cookies with coffee, Jenner went to the door and sat. Alan said that he would do the dishes if they wanted to take the dog for her walk. Soon they were walking through the neighborhood, Charley holding Jenner’s leash in one hand and Ethan’s hand in the other. Ethan pointed out various places of people he knew, including the debris of the shed that he had blown up in retaliation for the cello destruction. The walk was fairly uneventful until Jenner spotted a squirrel and took off. Charley was pulled away from Ethan. Ethan ran and yelled for Jenner to stop and Charley to drop the leash.

“Jenner! Stop!” The dog finally stopped and Charley ended up flat on her stomach in a mud puddle. She finally slipped her hand out of the leash. Jenner laid down in the mud next to her and licked her face. Ethan helped Charley to her feet and wiped as much of the mud of her face as he could. Jenner stood up and shook, spattering more mud around. He laughed as he looked at the both of them. “I think we need to get back to the house. You could both use a bath!”

Charley looked down at herself and saw she was covered in mud. “You think this is funny?” She cocked her head to the side. “Do you think this is also funny?” She took a step closer to him and threw her arms around him, pulling herself up against him and pressing her mouth to his. She succeeded in getting mud all over him. “Oops. Looks like you also need a bath, too.”

Alan was on the deck drinking coffee. He burst out laughing as he saw them. He took Jenner’s leash. “I’ll give her a bath. You two are on your own. I can put your clothes in the washer, if you want.” 

Ethan checked his watch and shook his head. “We don’t have time. I have some clothes here. Charley can wear some of my sweats. They’ll be too big, but at least it’ll be warm.”

She nodded. They left their shoes and socks by the door. Ethan led her to his room and pulled out sweats for her and jeans and a sweater for him.

“Umm, do you, this is embarrassing, the mud is everywhere. Do you, um, doyouhaveanyboxershortsIcanborrow?”

He turned to the dresser and pulled out a pair, as well as some socks. He reached behind him without turning to face her. He didn’t want her to see the smirk on his face. He also figured he would not be getting these clothes back. He led her down the hall to the bathroom. “Towels are in the linen closet there. I think a hair dryer is too. I have some shampoo and shower gel in the shower.”

He finally turned to look at her. She grinned at him. “Are you going to join me?”

“No. I’ll see you downstairs when you're done. I’ll use dad’s shower.”

Charley finished her shower and dried her hair. His sweats were too big. She turned the pant legs up and shoved the sleeves up to her elbows. She padded down the stairs and was almost to the kitchen when she heard the men talking. “What is going on between the two of you? I thought you said you couldn’t get involved with her?”

“I can’t. It’s unethical. She works for me.”

“You brought her here. You’ve never done that before, for anyone.”

“Yeah. I- she’s- she’s special. And I’m crazy about her. I can’t get her out of my head. I-“ Ethan’s voice trailed off.

Charley walked into the kitchen and both men looked up at her. Ethan smiled at her. “You look adorable.” She blushed at the way he was looking at her. “Your clothes are in my car. I’ll get them back to you after they’re washed.”

“I’m capable of doing my own laundry.”

“My dog caused this problem, so I’ll deal with it for you. We need to head back now.”

Alan and Jenner walked to the car with them. Alan hugged her. “He’s my son and I love him, but he can be an ass. You’re good for him.” He whispered to her.

As they pulled out of the driveway Ethan reached over and laced his fingers with hers. He kissed the back of her hand.

“The night we cooked the chicken, which I never got any of, you kissed me and we were supposed to talk later.”

“Sorry about the chicken.” Ethan kissed her hand again.

“When are we going to talk?”

“Soon.”

“Ethan.”

“It’s complicated. We’ll talk soon. Please don’t doubt how I feel about you, because-”

“I don’t doubt that. I’m trying to be patient. But I need for us to talk sooner rather than later.”

Ethan sighed and watched the road for several miles. Charley studied his features. “The next time we both have an early shift. We’ll have dinner together. And we’ll talk. Okay?”

Charley leaned over and kissed his cheek. “I’ll hold you to that.” She settled her head on his shoulder; soon she was asleep.

Charley woke up to a kiss on the top of her head. She looked out the window and realized they were in front of her apartment building. “I slept most of the way. You should have woken me.”

“You needed to sleep. I’ll see you tomorrow. I’ll wait until you get inside the building. You should also know that Dr. Trinh just walked in.” Ethan hooked his finger under her jaw and turned her to face him. “Our next early shift, I promise.” He leaned over, his mouth covering hers; his tongue traced along her lower lip and slipped into her mouth. Her fingers curled into his hair and his arms wrapped around her, pulling her towards him. He finally broke the kiss and he whispered, “Good night, Dr. Valentine.”

She stepped out of the car and hurried up the steps to the front door of the building. She turned to wave to him.

She stood at her apartment door, with her keys in her hand. She closed her eyes and hoped all her roommates would be asleep. She opened the door and saw Sienna in the dining room.

Sienna’s eyes widened at the way Charley was dressed. “I was looking for those almond muffins. I guess we don’t have any left.”

“I took them with me today. I fell in the mud, and my clothes, um, they’re filthy. I’m going to bed.” Charley hurried to her room.

Sienna watched her go. Now she knew why she couldn’t find the muffins. That was one question answered. The main question for her now was, whose clothes was Charley wearing?

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Bat Family (1/2) : Stephanie Brown, Cassandra Cain, Barbara Gordon, Katherine Kane, and Harper Row

Family who stays together, sticks together