Claire didn’t want to open the window.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomnymBo0mP
Because outside—78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4qoqDBPU9
was Batman.
Batman.
The guy who made street dealers piss themselves on sight.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4vdFMT55Z
The guy crime lords called their lawyers over.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1COVRU4Eg
The walking trauma of every Gotham kid’s childhood.
And now, that shadow was standing on her balcony.
Claire swallowed hard. Her hand trembled slightly, but she still reached for the latch and pulled the window open.
Batman stepped inside like he brought the night with him.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85VkA64sUI
His cape poured across the floor like spilled ink.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9cL4bldcV
The air grew heavier just by him being there.
And he didn’t come alone.
Of course not.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQarwIdrdZa
Behind him—78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1e2VrsJgZ
Nightwing.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqmvQyq2QiT
And the little gremlin, Robin.
You two bastards.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0lAwsrMjn
Claire’s eyes went wide. Her mind screamed:78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobdLbhCNME
You told on me?! You snitched to the Final Boss?!
But then she looked again.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6flOhwdLeo
Their faces were... weird.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSCbeOCS3r
No smugness. No jokes.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09ZNXoqTX3
Robin looked sheepish. Guilty, even.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITWFvozzzv
Nightwing was avoiding her gaze altogether.
Batman’s stare was sharp enough to slice through her spine.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5uIdrSS2Io
When he finally spoke, the words hit like a church bell inside her skull.
“Claire. I need an explanation.”
Panic bloomed instantly.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrBinfEFzK
Gone was her usual snark.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHvyzxLCrV
All she could manage was a shaky:78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTI5GZK7vwa
“Explanation for... what?”
He didn’t move.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrPb9mmDjj
Didn’t raise his voice.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4eK8w0kavK
But it was like gravity turned up a notch.
“Why did you know I was in the city.”
Her brain kicked into high gear.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9esSoo2FQB
Search the files. Find a lie.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilpFSbMmfa
Any lie.
Her mouth acted faster than her logic:
“I… I saw you. On the way back from church.”
Instant regret.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBNhTeD3DW3
Instant exposure.
Batman responded like he already had that line printed on a card.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbKlxKotsI
“That’s a lie. I didn’t pass that area. I need the truth.”
Still no yelling. Still no threats.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡos7orgikHx
But somehow she couldn’t breathe.
Goddamn Nightwing. Goddamn brat.
She briefly considered:78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dfF9PRnLb
If I lie down right now and fall asleep—can I just reset?78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJ9iIdc7LS
Will the loop save me?78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjX3oXsWx4
Is that a thing?
Batman spoke again.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpaQAt1QgV
Same words.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLppYSNEn2Z
Same calm tone.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzaxwnuKd2
But this time, the weight behind them was unbearable.
“Miss. I need an explanation.”
Claire believed him.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPExPGmuuc
He could wait until sunrise if he had to.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjUy16u601
He'd ask until she broke.
She looked down.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMn7Stf7uP
Her fingers curled around the edge of the note she’d written earlier.
And a thought snapped through her mind:78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxPQsSPenW
It doesn’t matter. Tomorrow resets.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyjKGAYi5x
They won’t remember anyway.
Her lips parted, slow and unsteady—78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUB9TwpPwyl
She was going to tell him.
The secret.
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Claire kept her head down.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg061SNygbk
Her fingers dug into the seams of her jeans, knuckles white.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGC5YIA8tLC
She knew—78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAtJeoo1tk
the moment she said it out loud, nothing would be the same.
But she was done.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lGj7hrmzt
So. Goddamn. Done.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX13Pgic8GQ
Every morning at five, waking to the same sky.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCfpaciU9F
Same damn headlines on the radio.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnUl04o6gq
Same dough.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1zs4Am5cz
Same customers.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqyKLh8hKLc
Same stolen future—again and again and again.
“I’m stuck,” she said.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdQHfmbtB5
“I’m stuck in today.”
Her heart punched her ribs like it wanted out.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTyBLkASi3
She couldn’t bring herself to look at Batman.
He frowned.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKQ2by3vq3
Those famously unreadable eyes locked onto her like lasers.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9uL6wASh9
“What does that mean?”78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyKSiLWVp6
His voice was low. Steady. Too steady.
Claire took a breath—78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57C7YzDUDC
No turning back.
“Every morning I wake up, and it’s today. This exact today.”78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUV4CCupupW
Her words rushed out, all in one breath.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUO2YGy7ff
“Five a.m., same morning show, same customers, same bagels, same goddamn newspaper—”78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBvHfhMrUC
She jabbed a finger at Robin.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BWMy4k5eY
“And him. He ate my sushi. Yesterday. Which is still today. They went to meet you right after.”
Her voice was rising, cracking.
“I’m the only one who remembers this day—fuck—78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnUIGHFScd
I’m the only one who remembers anything!”
The room went dead quiet.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHx1EIOzooM
Her confession hit the air like a grenade.
Claire’s pulse slammed in her ears, drowning everything else.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYNz0L0j5V
She wasn’t crying—78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOvJPpO1rO
but the burn behind her eyes told a different story.
And Batman—78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fNICQ0X6J
He looked at her.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3efIvFUiCo
Really looked.
Not with suspicion.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMa2sacMGL
Not interrogation.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNmvtWew1R
Not intimidation.
But with that expression people only get when they’re trying to figure out if the world is insane…78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GPtf3Sfd7
or you are.
And then—he just stood there.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2hekv6bK2
Silent.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIqdtMBaxr
Thinking.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXKla1S8t3
For a full minute. Maybe two.
Nightwing and Robin stared like they’d just seen a ghost fart rainbows.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeavmhgA0Sh
Robin’s face was twisted—skeptical, but rattled.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNC4KQh2W3
Nightwing looked like he wanted to say something, but shock had his tongue hostage.
Claire braced herself.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEyVuugkYq
She expected Batman to dismiss her.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv610Jab5Hj
Turn. Leave.
But then he said it:
“Claire,”78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhIzhYzL9Lf
“I believe you. For now.”
What?
“You need help. So do I.”
Robin’s jaw actually dropped.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rbYtPoLwM
Nightwing blinked like the laws of physics had just rewritten themselves.
Batman—needing help?78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn381sa2NFv
And from her?
Just some woman who looked like she’d barely made it off a bakery shift.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNaATGwauc
A woman claiming the day was on an infinite loop.
Claire’s mind went white.78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXbSQzxMXb
She stared at the cowl like it was a portal to a dimension where none of this was supposed to happen.
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