Retired Catwoman organizes a file of stolen goods.
A necklace, eleven car keys, a cuff link, a pocket watch, a warhead, and a wedding ring. When each item is opened, it is a safe, and the object is a hook. What hangs behind the hook is the decades between her and that man.
When she was in her early twenties, she stole a pearl necklace from Wayne Manor. The victim chased her for seven streets and held back for three streets. In the following decades, he would not report the crime when she stole; he would not change the locks when she left; when she came back, the window shafts would be covered with new wax and the milk would be warm on the windowsill.
Two people with a broken language system spent their lives inventing a set of codes that only each other can read: stealing means asking, not changing the lock means answering, returning means giving in, and stealing again means asking for peace.
They separated twice. During the days they were separated, each of them met very good people: the white rose who taught him that "you can't be loved by half", the female reporter who taught him that "being read as a story and being treated as a person are two different things", the heiress who offered an empire and left with a straight back, and the old-school and decent private detective who loved her half way. Every old relationship has learned a lesson, and every exam paper has been answered before it's each other's turn.
Everything in this house is locked except people. Everyone who wants to leave has gone, and everyone who wants to come back can come back.
1. Catwoman is written in the first person, with a list of stolen goods, one object per chapter, a sharp and adult writing style, claws in every sentence, and the pain hidden under the witticisms.
2. Don't think of double purity, but think of double strength. Catwoman is independent and free throughout the whole process. She does not whitewash or save. Retirement is her own choice, before love.
3. Batman doesn't have a word of love in the whole story, his words are actions. Readers who are interested in a taciturn male protagonist should proceed with caution, while readers who appreciate "action is language" should enter with their eyes closed.
4. If you have a predecessor, write about your predecessor, but all predecessors are decent: let your predecessors win in their time, no competition, no pulling and stepping down.
5. All four boys from the Wayne family appear on stage, and the family drama is highly concentrated.
Intent: Sincere love respects the integrity of the other person.
