This was not happening, Artemis rationalized.
It could not be happening.
It just... no.
It had been three weeks since her last one.
At one week, she'd been confused.
At two, she'd been plain worried.
At three, she was terrified.
This was not happening.
It couldn't.
But it was.
Artemis sat on the counter in her bathroom, head resting in her hands. Her shoulders shook. She was scared. So, so scared.
With tears in her eyes, she looked at the counter. Two toothbrushes sat in the cup. One for her, one for Wally.
She just couldn't get rid of it.
She hadn't even thrown out his half eaten burger yet.
It had been three weeks.
She still remembered coming back from her mission to his arms. She still remember him holding her, his words as he whispered in her ear. She still remembered his gentle hands like it was all yesterday. She still remembered the fear as they went out together to save the world.
There was always fear.
But most of all, there was always love.
The love for this beautiful world, for all the people in it. The knowledge that they were invincible, there was nothing that could take them apart. Nothing. They were heroes, after all. Foolish, foolish children.
"Darnnit!" She yelled, twisting. She panted, ignoring the glass digging into her knuckles as they broke the mirror. The whole world shattered at that moment.
The whole room.
Her eyes, her tears, the picture on the wall... as long as she looked into the mirror, the world looked like it should.
Shattered into a million, trillion pieces.
She sank to the floor, sobbing. And for a moment, she could almost feel Wally beside her, rocking and muttering about how it would all be ok.
But it wouldn't be okay.
It couldn't be.
How could she possibly raise their child in a world without him?
ION (I own nothing)
Author Note: Ok, everyone! This is it! My new story! I have decided that I will respond to most of your reviews in my ANs, just like in A Whole New World. This is my new story, and there's no going back. Until I finish this, I'm not starting another serious story. Well, I might, but that remains to be seen with A Whole New World. I know it might not get much popularity because it's not Batfamily centric, but they remain my favorite and will definitely appear in this story quite a bit. But it doesn't matter, I'm charging ahead and I will DO this. No matter how many reviews I get, I am decided. This is my story. End of story. (Heh, see what I did there?)
In the end, I'm excited for this and hope you choose to embark on this story with me, leaving lots of pretty pretty reviews, follows, and faves- if you'd be so kind! Thanks for your support on all my other stories! Also, there will be benchmark gifts to reviewers. Not to encourage people to review, but because I feel like being nice and giving people things. The points are:
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