Bruce had organised so that for three of my days off he was available so we could be normal human beings, away from Gotham and the Watchtower. Of course, if there was an emergency we would go back to work but after 6 weeks I thought it would be good to get off the radar for a bit.

We decided on a small beach town on the west coast. It was a fully stocked holiday home, so there was no need for us to venture out unless it was to the beach. We left the evening before and made good time, landing at a small airstrip. We chose a conspicuous car in a small hatchback which Bruce drove to the house. It was a gorgeous two story home, with a porch on the first level and a balcony on the second. It had a huge open plan kitchen, dining and living area, complete with a backyard and a pool. Upstairs was the master room, all white with curtains around the bed and a massive bathroom with a matching his and hers shower and sink combination. It was all so inviting and lovely.

After unpacking, Bruce sat down and flicked through the television channels while I found us some fruit for a late snack.

"I'm just about ready for bed at a normal hour!" I laughed, chomping away at my apple.

"It seems pretty odd doesn't it, going to bed before midnight?" he agreed.

I decided to jump in the shower and just let the warm water run all over my body. It felt lovely, especially knowing a fluffy bathrobe was waiting for me.

"Can I join you?" Bruce had the door open a little, but not enough to see me. He wasn't a prude, but respected my privacy and the pace we were taking things.

But, we were on holiday and the pace was getting a little old for my liking. "Sure, I don't mind one bit." He stripped down and turned his shower side on too. He was an immaculate human being, someone who in my opinion I didn't deserve. He didn't have an eight pack with veins ripping out of his arms, but he was well muscled and obviously knew how to take care of himself. "What are you looking at Indiana?" my eyes went back up to his obviously amused face, water dripping down it.

"You're really hot and I'm really not. That isn't fair." I laughed. Sure, I had curves, I wasn't someone who loved going to the gym everyday nor did I eat very well all the time. I looked after myself and accepted that it was enough for me... except for when I was looking at him.

"Don't talk like that." He pulled me close, his arms wrapping around my waist. "I hate it when you talk like that about yourself. You're beautiful, no matter what." I looked away from him, but he caught my lips and kissed me deeply. "I hope you don't think that I think of you that way?"

I shook my head. "No, of course not."

"Good." He sighed. "Because I'd like to show you I don't anyway."

And wasn't I in for a treat…

CM

"I was going to leave sex ed until the end but maybe I should just make it next on the list." He laughed as I thought out loud. It had been a long time since anyone had been that intimate with me.

"Why would you do that?"

"It's fresh in my mind. I had forgotten how great it actually is. Endorphins, endorphins everywhere." I rolled back over to Bruce who was looking at me absentmindedly. "Sorry, I'm totally ruining what was… special." It wasn't just special. I felt wanted. I felt loved. It felt right.

He shook his head. "It's ok." Bruce held me close. "But now it's definitely time to sleep."

And we slept. All the way until midday. I woke up first and saw Bruce sleeping so peacefully, so I decided I would make a brunch for us. Yoghurt, fresh fruit and muesli sounded and looked great. I went back upstairs and sat on the balcony, watching the waves. I heard mumbling and saw Bruce tossing a little. It didn't happen often, but sometimes the things he's seen do catch up to him. I made soothing hushing noises, running my hands through his hair. He woke up and looked at me, breathing deeply. He pulled me on top of him, holding me tightly and not saying a word. I could hear the steady rhythm of his heartbeat while I rested on his chest. After a while he loosened his hold to let me look at him.

"I have breakfast. Then we should go for a walk, ok?" He nodded and let me get up. I got dressed and set some clothes for him to wear on the bed. It was nice, not seeing a single suit in his travel bag. I knew the Batman suit would be hidden somewhere, in case of emergencies.

We made our way across the quiet road and onto the soft sand. It felt so cool under the warm sun. We were hand in hand as we made our way down the beach, finding a spot to just sit and watch the early afternoon waves crash nearby.

"In all this time, you've never told me about your family." He mused as I rabbited on about family holidays to the beach as a kid.

I shrugged. "Not too much to tell. I have my mum and dad and a younger sister. I love my parents but they kicked me out at 18 to try and make me more independent. That's fair enough, but I had no money, no fall back, nothing. I moved to Gotham and got the job at the Plaza. I literally handled the food until I was 21. It was the first and last year I did the bar and gaming part."

"It's where you saw me."

I nodded. "With gorgeous models on both arms, money to burn. You looked like you were having the time of your life. You tipped big too, so I always liked serving you." I laughed, causing him to smirk.

"I was trying to find my place. Me disappearing was the best thing that ever happened to me." He looked over at me. "You are too." My eyes widened when he said it. "I mean it. You have helped me in every facet of my life, only a few can say they've done that. You didn't care who was under that cowl, but you helped me anyway."

I shrugged again, trying to brush it off. "It's what I do." A shrill beeping then came from my watch. I looked at it before Bruce reefed my wrist around so he could look.

"We have to go." He grabbed my hand and basically dragged me back to the house. So much for a getaway…

CM

Batman and I zeta beamed in separately. I ran down to the med bay and put on the black EMT uniform that was for me. It had my name embroidered on the front, with MEDIC on the back and the reflective strips on it so I could be seen in a situation where it was dark. Going back to the main deck, my job was to sit and wait out whatever the alert was for.

"We currently have a situation with a few villains over a couple of cities. Four teams have been sent to deal with each issue." Red Tornado was the duty Justice League member, with Zatanna helping him out.

"I want any and all injuries reported to me ASAP. I also want a list of who is operational so I can have supplies on standby. If there is a major injury, a quin-jet is to be readied and that group needs to plan an area for my safety to pick that hero up." I briskly walked back down to my office and saw Zatanna had already sent the list. I wrote down what blood types I would need and made sure they were available.

"Miss Smith." Tornado's voice was heard over the intercom. "Alpha team has completed their mission. Three are in need of medical attention that are heading back, the rest will be assisting Beta."

"Understood." I grabbed a workstation and set up three beds. Bruce kept flickering through my mind but I couldn't let him distract me. Green Arrow, Black Canary and Hal Jordan all came in nursing various maladies within the hour.

Arrow's arm was definitely broken, so I took x-rays and waited for them by helping the other two. Hal had a concussion, so I had him reading to me while I helped Canary, who had a deep cut on her outer thigh. I stitched it, bandaged it and gave her a shot so it wouldn't become infected. I also mentally noted to send an email to the doctor that the JL uses to get her a short script for pain meds.

After the x-ray confirmed what I already knew, I plastered his arm and let him keep sucking on the gas and air.

While it dried, I wrote up the email and instructions for both Canary and Arrow to get pain meds. Arrow had to come see me once a week for six weeks, with x-rays scheduled in the fourth week to check its healing progress.

Hal was still reading, this time to Canary.

"Hal, go to sleep. I'll wake you every hour." He nodded, placing the book on the workstation and lying down.

Canary walked up to me. "Thank you." She wandered presumably back up to the main deck.

It was four hours later that every group came back. Most had just bruising, minor cuts and were just tired. Batman brought Hawkman in with Hawkwoman, he was knocked out cold still.

"Are you ok?" I asked Hawkwoman who nodded. I looked over at Batman who was in the doorway. "Are you?" he nodded before talking to Hawkwoman.

"Shayera, let's go debrief. Katar is in good hands." He walked off, Shayera following.

I managed to wake him up soon after, get some details and testing done, but now had two I had to wake every hour on the hour so that they wouldn't have long lasting effects from the concussions they had.

CM

I worked for almost 36 hours. I worked as a healer. I worked as a sympathetic ear. I worked as a cook, making food for weary heroes as they wandered into the cafeteria. I worked as a friend. I checked on almost every person there was to check on.

"Indiana, go back to your holiday." I was doing another report up when I saw Superman standing in my doorway. Both Hal and Katar were now in the clear so I had no one in my bay.

"Have you seen Batman? He's the only one I haven't been able to properly speak to."

"He zeta beamed back to Earth about twenty minutes ago. I doubt you would have gotten much out of him anyway."

I sighed and continued typing away. "Ok then. Just got these last reports to do Superman and I'll be gone."

"Go. They can get to the League when you get back. You get your three days still. You did good work today. Be proud." I nodded, getting up and going to the main deck.

"Where are you off to?"

"Back from where I came please."

Just like that, I was back at the beach, in a cave where the beam was located. Apparently, it was used by Aquaman the most which made sense. It was dark, close to midnight and I saw a solitary figure standing by the mouth of the cave.

"What a shift." I stopped beside Bruce and looked up at him.

"Agreed."

I pulled him towards me by the waist and just stood there looking at him. "Now where were we?"

He pulled me up onto him so my legs wrapped around him. "Going back to bed, I think."

And with that he marched back down the beach towards the house, to enjoy the bliss that was our holidays.