The Proposal

Author: BatmanWolverine
Rating: PG15
Summary: Wonder Woman wants something...something really surprising. Will she get it? Who will give it to her?...and at what cost? (JLU animated-verse, sometime after season 4) (Somewhat OOC)

Disclaimer: I don't own Batman, Wonder Woman or any of the other character Justice League characters. All owned by DC.

1. I want….

He was in the monitor womb when she crept up to him, timing her visit perfectly. There wasn't anyone there to overhear what she had to say to him. No Kal, no Wally and definitely no J'onn. The three of them were on earth helping clear up the CADMUS debacle and reporting to the President about the decommissioning and dismantling of the watchtower's 'Rail Gun' as it was termed in the newspapers.

He was here to take care of monitor duty. Of course, he would be here. It was daytime and it was a public mission. No way was the great Batman going to show it half-exposed face in public. He didn't even show it to his teammates. More importantly, he did not even show it to her. That was all going to change today. She would make sure of it.

He had made it clear time and again that any sort of romantic relationship wasn't a possibility for the Batman, especially not one within the team. He always brought up the Shayera-John 'lesson'. That's what he called it….a lesson. And with the inclusion of Vixen, the couple had formed into a triangle. Then there was the new addition, Carter Hall, Hawkman. It only helped to strengthen his position on that topic.

She had tried everything she could think off. Everything her friends could think off. Hera, she had even gone as far as to buy and read those 'women oriented' magazines, the females of man's world seemed to prefer. She had even read those Dear Abby sob-columns.

What had she achieved? What had happened?

All had been vain. Everything had failed.

The Batman always had a way out, the great escape artist that he was, the thickheaded moron. Even before the words left her mouth, he had an excuse ready and presented before her. All in a nicely wrapped black and grey wrapping paper; complete with a 'with regards from your unfriendly omniscient omnipresent Batman' bat-card stuck on it….The Jerk.

She had tried everything Wonder Woman would and could do. She had even tried being Diana to his Bruce. What did she get?

A completely fu….No she wouldn't say that word. It wasn't becoming of a representative of Themiscyra to use such language. But…..she wasn't even that anymore. She had been exiled from her island home. She had been lucky to come out of that mission with her Wonder Woman title still intact.

So….'Yes' she took a deep breath. '….she got a completely FUCKED UP, respected colleague clichéd response.'

"If I cannot get him to accept me as Wonder Woman or Diana, maybe he'll accept me as one of the countless nameless, faceless bodies he totes around in his 'other life'," she spat out, her tone bitter and pained.

Why couldn't he give himself, give her a chance…give them a chance.

"He doesn't want a romantic relationship, I won't ask and give him one."

With that thought she walked up behind him and swung hic chair around, even managing to surprise him by her actions. Her next words only added to that surprise…turning it into shock.

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"I want us to have sex"