#they never actually met her and she gsined cryptid status

[cahmsandiego]

Theres something amusing to me about Steph and Cass' place being the hangout spot for the Bats when they don't want to go to the manor. They're the only ones with an apartment in Gotham that doesn't have Commissioner Gordon around like imagine:

Stephanie's Study group needs a place to work because the electricity at the Library is down...again (some villian did it)

Stephanie is the only one with an apartment

Group convinces Steph to let them over

She made sure to ask Cass beforehand though

Stephanie hurriedly sends a text to the group chat that friends are coming over and to STAY AWAY (Cass says she cleaned up the batarangs left on the table thank goodness)

Everything's fine until they hear a slight crashing noise coming from the kitchen.

Its Jason. He needs to borrow the oven for Alfred's birthday tomorrow since Harley and Ivy are crashing at his apartment and he doesn't want to walk in on them again

theres also no way in hell was he driving to Bludhaven to borrow Dicks

Stephanie gets annoyed 'did you not read the group chat?'

Stephs group is concerned that a strange man broke into her kitchen

Stephanie assures them that this is fine. She knew him from when she was in high school, that he does this a lot, and is mostly harmless.

Jason comes out promising to bake her a pie as thanks

Everyone freezes because Jason's still wearing his red hood gear

Stephanie freaks and tries to get him to leave

Shes even more mad that she can't yell his name out in anger

Jason refuses to leave, hes got a cake in the oven and he hasn't made the topping yet

He ends up chilling on the couch for a while unnerving her friends

Bruce walks in with groceries asking for help in buying Alfred a present. (He was helping Alfred with errands as cover)

Stephanie immediately starts wondering 'does no one in this family read the group chat!?'

Meanwhile Stephs friends are grappling with the fact that not only does Steph know Red Hood. She also apparently has a close enough relationship with him that he's in a family group chat

They also have to deal with the fact that THE Bruce Wayne is also in said group chat which implies he too has a close relationship with notorious criminal/vigilante Red Hood.

It also proves Steph wasn't telling stories when she said she knew the Waynes

Eventually Stephanie shoves them both out the door

They finish the rest of the study group in silence

The group wonders if they were seeing things but nope theres Red Hood up on the fire escape by Stephanie's window looking like a cat whos been kicked out by their owner (he's waiting for his cake)

They keep the secret because they are too afraid of what Red Hood might do to them.

Stephanie brings them Jasons apple pie for a month as apology

Red Hood is an amazing baker and they don't know what to do with that information

They never go to Stephs apartment again

They are fine with this