The Martian Manhunter has formed many bonds but when it came to love it was always a mystery. He had met some women but they just never seemed to go beyond the first try, the only ones who ever came close were tragic loves. It seems in this new adventure he has found someone who not only feels the same way but was as hesitant to show her feelings like he has.
I don't own these characters DC does.
Chapter 1. Rising romance
Zatanna was not one for being shy, but for a certain green skinned teammate she had trouble keeping her nerves calm. She always had a nervous tic whenever he was around, like babbling continually or always stuttering & chewing her fingernail's whenever they looked each other in the eyes. He was shocked when he read her thoughts by accident, he usually kept his thoughts to himself but he couldn't help but feel the emotions radiating off her like a heater or how her thought's were blurring out like a speaker.
The time came when they got the alert that Despero was on the lose & destroying most of Detroit, with most of the league dealing with his soldiers around the globe these two were the only ones powerful enough to hold him off while the other members would arrive. It all went down hill from there.
He knew she was dying but he refused to let those thoughts become dominant, because he refused to let her die. At least not before she had a chance to know how he felt. The biggest misconception is he never let his emotions get the best of him but that is a very wrong assumption. His feelings were simple yet complex, outspoken but reserved. The moment Despero shot her with his mental blast he feared she was dead, so J'onn did what any man in love would do when his lady was hurt, beat the FUCK out of the bastard who hurt her.
Before he could even react in time Despero was already being knocked into the upper stratosphere, while bing repeatedly punched in the ribs at Mach 10 speed, his lungs, had they been of human composition would've burst when they reached that altitude & the freezing cold would kill any human as well.
The destination the manhunter took them was mars. So blinded by rage was he that he was heading to his home planet & not even realize he was heading there until he & Despero already left a miles wide crater on the surface of the floating orb.