Barbara Gordon flopped down on her old bed, her long red hair spiraling out all over the pillow and sheets. She groaned into the pillow as if hoping it would smother out all her problems.
"Uugh, I feel like just drifting off to sleep and never waking up again and I haven't even been doing any night shifts recently." Barbara tried to roll over, but failed and just awkwardly squirmed for a bit even just letting all of her muscles relax. The familiar scent of her old pillow brought her comfort, it had been a while since she had properly been back home. Between her dorm room at Gotham University, the University itself, her times spent doing her internship at the GCPD, and the occasional stalking of the night, she rarely had time to come home.
Because of everything she had been working on recently she had been trying to cut back on her night hours and only going out when she had a lead to follow. Unlike a certain night owl she couldn't function on 4 or less hours of sleep a night, even with an overdose of caffeine, which she tried not to get too dependent on if she could help it. It had been almost a month since she had last gone out as Batgirl.
Suddenly she heard a knock on her door and a very familiar voice coming through. It was the voice that had helped get her through all the times in life she thought she couldn't make it through but did thanks to his help. Jim Gordon's rough but gentle voice filtered through.
"Barbara are you in there? Can I come in?"Barbara forced herself to turn over onto her back so she could speak without getting drowned out by the pillow.
"Sure Dad, come on in." Barbara said, heard the doorknob click as Jim turned it and the grey haired commissioner walked in.
"Guess it's been a while."A smile came to Jim's face as he walked over and picked an unoccupied corner of Barbara's bed and took a seat, the old bedspring creaked a bit in protest as he put his full weight on it.
"I see the bed isn't the only old thing around here." Gordon joked then turned to look at his daughter.
"You look tired Barbara, everything going alright at University?""Just a lot on my plate is all, a little rest and I'll be back into shape before you know it.""You know you would have more time to yourself if you just dropped that internship." Barbara groaned as her dad once again tried to get her away from the GCPD, how dare he use logic to point out something she already knew.
"You know my answer to that dad, it's what I want to do and it's good experience too. You know how much I respect you dad and I want to help out." Jim sighed as he knew Barbara's stubborness was as strong as ever.
"Well maybe after this internship you'll realize just how dangerous this work is and will stay away." Jim commented while Barbara internally smiled but kept a straight face anyway. She knew just how dangerous a police man's work was, she had been on the front lines plenty of times after all. She knew how dangerous it was but that hadn't stopped her yet, though school just might if she let it.
"Not gonna happen. Still, thanks for checking in Dad, it's nice to see you away from the department.""Nice to be away Barb, it really is. Say, how about we-" Gordon was about to suggest something they could do when his phone started to ring. He quickly picked it up and answered, as the conversation went his face got graver and grimmer.
"Gordon here, so what's...I see, I'll be down right away. Sorry Barbara, guess we won't get time together after all, have a situation downtown. Love ya Barb, see you later." Jim reached over and kissed Barbara on the forehead, got up and left the room.
As soon as she was sure her father was gone Barbara groaned and leapt off the bed.
"Guess rest will have to wait for now, about time to get back to my real work."It was time for Batgirl to get to work.
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