[Red Hood pairing]
Icolipa Blake was once a child with nothing but beauty.
They say her parents planned to abandon her when she was born, but she was so beautiful that they saw her potential and decided to raise her.
They say Falcone stopped collecting the Blake family's debts for her because she was so beautiful that he saw her potential and wanted her to live.
They say...
All of the above are rumors.
The truth is, everyone was making money off her looks. Her parents sold her, local thugs harassed her, and a madam kidnapped her. Her classmates cut her hair and smeared snot on her, while her teacher kept her after class and tried to get handsy.
Only her neighbor, Jason Todd, told her he would save up enough money to take her to Hollywood and make her an Oscar-winning star.
People thought Icolipa Blake was just a pretty face, but she wasn't stupid. She knew Jason's promise was empty talk. They would never escape Gotham.
But life always holds a turning point. One day, Bruce Wayne suddenly came to their door and adopted Jason. He paid for them to go to school and even invested in Icolipa's first movie.
Why had Mr. Wayne chosen them in particular? When Icolipa asked, Jason said smugly, "Because this is my gift to you."
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The film's premiere fell on Icolipa's sixteenth birthday. She played a minor character who appeared for just a few minutes, but made a vivid impression and caught the audience's eye. Once the movie came out, she would surely become famous.
On such an important day, Jason stood her up.
It was a scorching August. The escaped Mr. Freeze had covered Gotham in ice, and Icolipa waited for hours outside the cinema, facing the cold wind.
In the end, it was Bruce Wayne who came.
Gotham's once dashing billionaire looked haggard now. Standing beneath the dim lights, he softly told her that Jason was dead.
[Reader's Guide]
- Hollywood's future star x Gotham City's former Robin, Icolipa Blake x Jason Todd.
- This is not a Batfamily story. Though the heroine and Jason grew up together, Bruce adopted only Jason, not the heroine, who has a life of her own.
Theme: Reborn from the spring, rising from the ashes.
