#the-bctman

@the-bctman | asked: ❝ i wish it could stay like this forever. ❞ Buried in his neck, her arms around his shoulders pull him closer into her plush embrace. When you love someone, you find yourself on the floor of all sorts of places. Today it's the library. She lets him go to behold his face and meet his eyes. Hovering hands let him cool and breathe. "I can't show you the future. But I can show you what I see." With two fingers on each temple of his, Kira sends a vision. Bright white light at first. Then, a private elopement, with Harvey healed and as their witness, and Harley as her bridesmaid. A kiss. A few years of wrestling, of laundry, of closet disputes. A baby girl in her arms, passed over to him to name. A cute toddler with short black hair holding her hand as dad reforms Arkham. A kindergartener holding her dad’s, as mum raises enough capital to give the STAR Labs Gotham division enough teeth to drive ARGUS from the state. Trips to the Watchtower, early self defense training. No lying about the costumes in each glass case, but no vigilante work until after college. Uncle Wally and Uncle Eddie are a bad influence, yet invaluable in helping crack the code on Quantum-based interdimensional travel. It brings forth a nightmarish doppelganger, and it's many years before we can try again. Not for lack of knowledge, but key components to narrow down a single Earth from an infinite multiverse.  Family comes in unexpected forms, and our roots run deeper than we thought. Age wears on the body, strains the mind, and makes the temperament fragile. On the day a mechanical Batsuit tests his convictions, Kira sinks her teeth in him and feeds him her blood. Her dream fades to white to safely pry her fingers from his temples, with a few heaving breaths. “Though I’m sure, the real thing would be a lot more complicated.”