Days of Our Knights
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the original Batman Beyond characters. I do own most of the secondary characters.
A/N: I wrote this story a looooooong time ago and now since the T/M are waning I've decided to post it here for fun, even if it only brings me enjoyment so as always Read and Review and good things will come to u.
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Absently I fingered the diamond that shone brightly on my finger, it was large, larger than I had wanted or expected but I smiled when I remembered how excited he was when he gave it to me. I replayed the scene in my head, him getting down on his knee in the middle of the banquet and asking the question, he was so nervous that the box shook with the force of his trembling. When I said yes it looked as if he would pass out and from then on I had seen nothing but smiles on his face. That was two years ago, we had been married a full year now and married life, like the ring, wasn't exactly what I expected but I wouldn't have traded it for the world. When your husband was Batman what could you expect?
"Honey I'm home!"
The familiar greeting floated down the steps and into the Bat Cave and shook me from my musing, I knew that the only thing that could follow was the body of my husband. He swaggered down the steps and I marveled at how handsome he was in a suit, a business suit of course, the bat suit was a whole different kind of sexy. I got up from the Bat Computer to meet him and he immediately grabbed me around the waist and pressed his muscled body against mine. He snuggled his nose deep into my hair, which had grown a considerable length and changed color since we were younger.
"Mmmmm…I missed you."
I laughed and attempted to release myself from his grasp but he just pulled me tighter and kissed down my neck.
"You act like you've been gone for six months."
"Any minute away from you, my dear, is like a thousand years." He quipped dramatically in a horrible impression of a British accent.
He let me go but not without brushing his lips against mine.
"What greeting card did you steal that from?" I chuckled as we walked arm in arm up the stairs and into the kitchen.
"I like to call it borrowing."
Wanda, our cook, busied herself around the kitchen in preparation for dinner. She always had a way of looking busier than she actually was and that's why we love her. Terry liked to joke that she was the female version of Alfred minus the British accent and with the addition of a few more pounds.
"Dinner will be ready soon, Mrs. McGinnis." Wanda said when we entered the kitchen.
"Great. Terry and I will be in the living room."
"Or the bedroom." Terry piped in. I shot him a warning look.
"In the living room."
"Sure, if you want, I just thought the bedroom would be more comfortable." He thought this was incredibly funny and roared in laughter that shook the rafters. Wanda smiled at us at shook her head in mock disapproval; she treated Terry like a son and loved us both. The living room loomed warm and inviting around us and I marveled at how a little interior decorating took the boring, rather scary looking Wayne mansion and turned it into a cozy newly wed home. I sat down on the couch, kicked off my shoes and propped my feet up on the coffee table. I watched while Terry moved towards the large over stuffed chair that sat by the fireplace, it was an antique now, but it had deeper meaning than just the market value. He ran a hand over the woodwork and down the velvet seat cover. His eyes were closed and I could only imagine the memories that were running through his head. They were undoubtedly about the man who had influenced his life so much and left a huge, gaping void when he had left, the first Batman and his mentor, Bruce Wayne. He had died three months after our wedding and that was the only time that I saw Terry so withdrawn and it took a while but eventually I was able to draw him back. He had leaned heavily on me those months and we learned more about each other than we could have in years, we were best friends, lovers and trusted confidants. Terry opened his eyes and stared into space for a moment, then turned his eyes towards mine, they were misty with unshed tears.
"Sometimes it feels like he's still here."
I walked over to him and wrapped my arms around his neck.
"I know, Ter. I know."
I kissed him one last time before Wanda called us into the dinning room for dinner. The table was massive but it just made the room look even bigger. Instead of sitting at opposite ends of the table, Terry and I had developed the habit of sitting at one end, very close to each other. It didn't make sense to be so far apart when it was only us in the room. Dinner was a time for us to bond like I real family, in a short amount of time he would have to suit up and be gone again on patrol.
"How was your day?" I started off while we began eating. He shoved a forkful of steak in his mouth and then chewed thoughtfully.
"It was fine. We closed a new deal with G.H. Investing Firm. According to our accountants that should bring in about 200 million. I had meetings all day, just a normal day at Wayne Powers. What about you?"
"I finally got a chance to go over some of those old criminal files Bruce had stored away, there must be tons, from small time crooks to crime bosses. I must have been down there all day, I can't wait to start reconfiguring the computer system. Some of them are highly interesting but we haven't seen these people in years, some of them must be dead. To our standards they seem low time but back then they must have been some work. Penguins, Poison Ivy, Cats and your usual round up of masked lunatics."
He smiled slightly at this. "Well, if there were no masked lunatics, then there wouldn't be any need for Batman."
"No, I still need Batman," I held his hand for a moment, took a deep breath and prepared to recite the speech I had been practicing for weeks now. "We need to talk about something…"
I was about to finish when a loud slam interrupted me and caused Terry to jump out of his seat.
"Hey big bro!" Matt McGinnis sauntered into the dinning room in a blue Gotham High sweatshirt. His messy black hair shot in all directions but it fit his face well. He was as handsome and cocky as his older brother was at his age. He slapped Terry on the back and bent down to kiss my forehead.
"Matt, what the heck are you doing here?" Terry looked a little annoyed but he hid it well. Matt plopped down in the chair next to me.
"Well, mom's out with George again and," Terry's face tensed up at this but he didn't say anything. I knew that his mother's new boyfriend was a touchy subject with him. "I'm so tired of pizza and I was sorta hoping that I could get a little advice."
Terry raised an eyebrow in the direction of his brother who was subsequently picking at his dinner.
"What kind of advice?"
"The female kind."
Wanda walked in with a plate piled high with food. She thought Matt was god's gift to the world and treated him as such. I didn't even have to ask her to send in anything, she just knew. Matt showered her with praise over her meal and I rolled my eyes, he was going to be a handful because he was so charming and the worst part was that he was fully aware of that. After she left, Terry sat down again, he sighed heavily.
"Ok, what's the problem?"
Matt chewed and stuffed forkfuls of food in his mouth like a bulldozer. "See, there's this girl named Jessa, I like her and all but her friend Taylor is really something else. I liked them both equally, so I said, hey! It would it be such a crime to take them out one after the other. So I took Taylor out on Friday and then on Saturday I took Jessa out. Okay things were great but then get this girls actually talk to each other about this stuff and the two of them got to talking and now they want to kill me, no 'crush me and spread my remains all over Gotham' was more like it."
I couldn't help laughing at Matt's newest predicament. He was always in some kind of trouble. Terry shook his head and tried not to do the same and the worst part was Matt was completely serious.
"Honey, you wanna take this one?" Terry said exasperatedly.
"Matt, first thing you should do is start apologizing to both girls for being so insensitive. Then I would suggest you figure out which one you want to date, although I'm not so sure they are going to be amicable after this little episode. After that the balls in their court."
He thought about this for a second. "You're right. I'm going to go right over to their houses and apologize right now."
He got up but Terry stopped him. "Wait, isn't Jessa, Flash's little sister?"
"I think so."
"I suggest you call her instead. Flash is home from football camp this weekend."
His face suddenly went pale and he nodded. Terry and I watched his retreating form and once again laughed at the character he had become. We finished eating and I followed Terry back down into the Bat Cave. He suited up, we said our goodbyes, I always made sure that I told him I loved him, just in case and then he flew off into the shadows. I remembered then that I hadn't told him what I was going to tell him but I guessed it could wait; I also knew I would have to tell him soon though; it wasn't something that you can keep a secret for long. He easily transformed from businessman to husband then concerned older brother to protector of justice. I smiled as I watched the little bleep, the Bat Mobile, move across the screen. Silently I wondered how easily he would transform into a father.