Kittens (Batman/Catwoman; G; #13: Light)
Working Title: Kittens
Author: Pirate Turner
Fandom: Batman/Catwoman
Pairing: Batman/Catwoman
Rating: G
Challenge: #13: Light
Summary:
Date Written: 7 October, 2012
Word Count: 400
Disclaimer: All recognizable characters within belong to DC Comics, not the author.
He strained forward, anxious as thunder again rattled the little home in which she was living. His blue eyes peered around. Where was Alfred when he needed him? A cry piercing the hot air instantly brought his attention back to the urgent matter at hand. "I-is it a . . . a boy?" he asked, wishing there was more light to see, but she had seemed determined to wait until now, when electricity was out all over the city and a storm howled, to have her babies.
Selina smiled and held up the new, little one for him to see. "Leave it to the Batman," she teased, "to deduce correctly without so much as a glance."
"So that's . . . that's what?" he asked. "Two boys and a . . . a girl?"
Selina laughed lightly. The gentle, rare, and lovely sound of her laughter was usually music to his ears, but this time, it made him blush. "You'd almost think we were the ones having the kittens."
For a moment, he thought he heard her purr, but no, it was just the wind growing more distant. That, he admitted to himself while swallowing the golfball in his throat, and his own hopeful thinking. His eyes met hers. He reached out and touched her hand. She carefully deposited the kitten into his upturned palm, but their fingers lingered together longer. "Well," he asked with just the faintest trace of hope to his tone of voice, "we are, aren't we, in a way?"
"In a way." Her smile was truthful and the brightest he'd ever seen it. "But they're Shadow's babies first, and she's doing all the hard work." She petted the mother. "Aren't you, girl?"
The black cat started to purr but then meowed sharply as another kitten began to come. "Four and counting," Selina remarked. Her other cats meowed while Bruce thought that perhaps it was a good thing that they really weren't the ones having kittens. Although, he thought secondly, as he gazed down at Selina's beautiful form, wrapped half in shadow and half in flickering candlelight, having kittens with her would be the experience of a lifetime and one he hoped to share in all ways. Words of love were perched on his tongue's tip, but they were silenced by the newest kitten's mewl. Now wasn't the time, but he would tell her one night and then they'd have kittens of their own.
The End
Author: Pirate Turner
Fandom: Batman/Catwoman
Pairing: Batman/Catwoman
Rating: G
Challenge: #13: Light
Summary:
Date Written: 7 October, 2012
Word Count: 400
Disclaimer: All recognizable characters within belong to DC Comics, not the author.
He strained forward, anxious as thunder again rattled the little home in which she was living. His blue eyes peered around. Where was Alfred when he needed him? A cry piercing the hot air instantly brought his attention back to the urgent matter at hand. "I-is it a . . . a boy?" he asked, wishing there was more light to see, but she had seemed determined to wait until now, when electricity was out all over the city and a storm howled, to have her babies.
Selina smiled and held up the new, little one for him to see. "Leave it to the Batman," she teased, "to deduce correctly without so much as a glance."
"So that's . . . that's what?" he asked. "Two boys and a . . . a girl?"
Selina laughed lightly. The gentle, rare, and lovely sound of her laughter was usually music to his ears, but this time, it made him blush. "You'd almost think we were the ones having the kittens."
For a moment, he thought he heard her purr, but no, it was just the wind growing more distant. That, he admitted to himself while swallowing the golfball in his throat, and his own hopeful thinking. His eyes met hers. He reached out and touched her hand. She carefully deposited the kitten into his upturned palm, but their fingers lingered together longer. "Well," he asked with just the faintest trace of hope to his tone of voice, "we are, aren't we, in a way?"
"In a way." Her smile was truthful and the brightest he'd ever seen it. "But they're Shadow's babies first, and she's doing all the hard work." She petted the mother. "Aren't you, girl?"
The black cat started to purr but then meowed sharply as another kitten began to come. "Four and counting," Selina remarked. Her other cats meowed while Bruce thought that perhaps it was a good thing that they really weren't the ones having kittens. Although, he thought secondly, as he gazed down at Selina's beautiful form, wrapped half in shadow and half in flickering candlelight, having kittens with her would be the experience of a lifetime and one he hoped to share in all ways. Words of love were perched on his tongue's tip, but they were silenced by the newest kitten's mewl. Now wasn't the time, but he would tell her one night and then they'd have kittens of their own.
The End