I'm back. Sorry for not updating previously, I'm having major exams at the moment so it's all study, study, study, freak out, pull hair, gnaw nails, study. I had some downtime today to write this. Yay!
Disclaimer: I don't own Bats.
Where the Heart Is
"Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." – Matthew 6:21
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You look put of the window and below there is grey concrete, cold and hard. There is only Alfred by your side.
Your parents will be there, waiting.
It is raining outside.
There will your father, tall and grave as always, but with his eyes shining with the prospect of the return of his son. His embrace will tell you everything he doesn't say. You have almost forgotten his warmth, and that kindness that he radiates. His hand, strong and firm, pulling you out of the darkness of the well. (Somewhere inside, you will feel a little smugness that you are now taller than him.) Then he will turn away and there will be "something in my eye". And you will see the pride in them, and tears.
The first thing you will do is to visit their graves. It's been too long since you've last seen them.
Your mother, she will step forward and her hugs will be warm and strong and safe. And her smell, she smells of perfume and of powder and of mother. It will make you feel like you're eight again and it's not a bad feeling, not really. She will say, "Bruce, welcome back," and her hair, now fairer, almost white, will tickle your chin. Her hands are warm and wrinkled as they press against your cheeks in her slight disbelief that her little boy is now all grown up. She will be crying.
Rachel won't be there. She doesn't know you're coming back. She doesn't even know you're still alive.
And she will be there and her face will be radiant, shining like the rising sun. She will be as you remember, beautiful and strong and as madly in love with you as you are with her. Her smile will make your heart melt. And then her arms will be around you and her lips will press against your own and you will be home.
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Thanks for reading. Have a nice day!
