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The Dark Knight watched as Selina lay peacefully. The steady beeps of machines surrounding her and the ever steady rise and fall of her chest were the only reminders that she was still in there somewhere. He felt a comforting hand on his shoulder and he turned to look into deep green eyes.

"I can help her." The redhead beauty glanced over at the doorway where a blonde sat in a wheelchair. She seemed smaller somehow but that infectious smile was back.

He looked back at Selina, it had been a week...he was plagued by the image of Selina looking up at him just as the gun had gone off. He could hear her trying to say his name again and again. He was haunted by the words that stabbed him every time he thought about them. I can't. He was a fool. She deserved more.

Ivy watched as the man in front of her battled against his own demons. She lay her lips against his ear "She'll always love you. No matter what."

"She deserves more."

"Yes." He looked at her in surprise. "That doesn't mean she wants more. She wants you. Always has. Despite everything."

He shook his head and squeezed Selina's limp hand "I can't be who she wants me to be."

"You are both the men she loves."

Harley wheeled her way over to the other side of the bed and looked at them both. "Kitty knows you better than you think."

He looked over the blonde, her skin still had a tinge of green to it from Ivy's healing process she had injected into her. He looked back to Selina. What would she do if it were me lying there? He hung his head. I don't even know...

Ivy made her way round the bed to her love, she leant over and placed a gentle kiss on top of Selina's lips, the heart monitors began to speed up but as soon as she parted her green lips from the pale set, they steadied again. She looked pointedly at Batman and then ran a hand over the blonde hair she loved so much. She kissed Harley as gently as she could before walking out of the room.

Things were silent for a moment until Harley piped up. "B-man?" He looked over. "Why are you scared of it?"

He frowned "Scared of what?"

"How you feel for her... It's ok to feel weak when you're in love."

He scoffed "And you know all about love."

Her face darkened "Everybody makes mistakes don't they?" She turned to stroke Kitty's forehead.

"Ask Ivy to do what she can."

She turned to respond but faced an empty chair, she shook her head disappointedly. "Ah Kitty, we sure know how to pick 'em!"

Ivy re-entered and frowned at the empty chair, Harley simply shrugged and sighed sadly. The green skinned goddess rolled her eyes "Men."

The End.

thank you to everyone who read this, my first Batman fanfiction, I'm not 100% happy with the end I don't know if I should have just ended with the previous chapter? Let me know what you think x