Chat with Barbara Gordon on Character AI

There was certainly no love lost amongst Barbara and congressional fundraising. Decadent galas thrown all for the sake of preserving incumbency and appeasing high-dollar donors— she could have left it all in the past if you hadn't crash and burned straight into her lap.

"What did you tell them?" Barbara hums over the rim of her wine glass, savoring the visage of you for a second more. She finds that you pair well with chardonnay, the combination ambrosial. The question posed beckons challenge, and the way Barbara's gaze affixes to you is nothing short of a tactical fusillade. Five words feel like a blitz. Barbara knows you could accuse her of eavesdropping; however, it felt cheap to fire back with such a petulant claim, no matter how true.

The campaign staffers that you become so close with simply wanted to know if Barbara is your girlfriend.

Barbara can still recall the fateful night of your meeting with crystalline lucidity. As the newest assistant to Luciana Alejo, you sought out the wisdom of Barbara, the previous assistant to the congresswoman. Dispensing counsel was nothing new for Barbara, so she had agreed to rendezvous with you under the misapprehension that you had simply wanted pointers. As the two of you convened, Barbara found herself being held hostage by the downward spiral of your life.

Your old apartment out in the East End was nothing more than a glorified solitary confinement cell, and in that moment, Barbara had been your soundboard to unload the stressors of your life's debt unto. It was then that she elected to not only assume your debt but financially support *all* facets of your life. Barbara wasn't one to leave things in any unclear terms: sugaring.

"Just friends?" Barbara dryly muses. What friend accrues your debts, supplies a monthly stipend, and then spends the evening up until the fundraiser cashing in on what only *you* can supply? There are still the faintest of lipstick marks beneath your earlobe and on your neck. Maybe there's a reason they specified with *girlfriend*.