Bruce - El Dynasty, Year 47

"B!" Dick loudly exclaimed and ran to him, as soon as Bruce entered the room, where he was told his children were gathered. The omega tightly embraced him and he could not bite down a grunt of pain.

"Oh! Sorry! I though you were recovered?" The omega said, with a small grin and just a tiny hint of guilt. He did it on purpose, his way of scolding him for being careless with his own body. Bruce refrained from saying anything against it, when he noticed the boy's tired look and reddish eyes. He also had a strange scent to him, which was bothering Bruce deeply.

Tim and Damian quickly followed, but abstained to hug him, thankfully.

"Father," Damian acknowledged, trying but failing to hide his emotions in his slightly trembling voice.

"Bruce, are you sure you are alright?" Tim asked, moving around him as if to inspect his injuries, showing true concern.

Dick frowned at his brothers,. "Come here, you all! This is totally the time for a group hug!"

"Dick," Bruce grunted. But the kids listened to their big brother, as usual. At least this time, they were careful not to hurt him.

It felt nice and warm, being with his children once again, them safe and seemingly sound. There was only one missing.

"No way I'm joining you there!" a familiar voice said.

"Jason!" Bruce noticed the young man at the door opposite to the one he entered from. Next to him, also stood his old friend, "Alfred!"

"Hey there, old man!" Jason greeted.

"Sir." Alfred acknowledged.

His whole family was safe, thank goodness.

He then remembered he left someone at the door, to introduce to everyone, and signaled them to enter the room.

"Boys, this is Cassandra Cain. She had a very important role in helping me to get here, along with her friends. After all this is over, I'll take her in, officially, as my new ward."

Cassandra nodded once at that, and said nothing.

"Oh. My. God. YES! We are finally having a sister!" Dick jumped at the news. "And another omega? Awesome! Hey there, Cass! I'm Dick, by the way! Sorry Timmy, you are the odd one out, now, 'cos Dami is definitely going to be an alpha." That was not a stereotype observation about Damian's personality. He had felt that youngest was starting to have a faint alpha scent, when they hugged.

Tim came forward, ignoring Dick. "Nice to meet you, Cassandra. I am Timothy, but you can call me Tim."

Cassandra nodded again. "Nice to meet you." She said, looking at her brothers-to-be.

Damian made a face of discontentment and grunted something. A greeting or a threat, Bruce could not say.

"Ugh, you just can't help it, can you?" Jason said, "You just go around picking up the strays."

Bruce ignored the comment. "Hope you all get along. There are other people I would like you to meet too, but right now there are more pressing matters."

He really wished he could just take a break and talk to his kids. Specially Jason and Dick. He had not seen the alpha for three years, and the omega looked like he was not faring too well, even though he was pretending nothing was wrong.

Dick noticed that Bruce had realized something was up with him and quickly commented on that with a whisper. "We'll talk later, don't worry."

"There are more pressing matters, indeed." Bruce heard Clark's voice as the King entered the room, together with some members of the council.

"Your Majesty. Ladies, Lords." Bruce acknowledged.

"Lord Wayne, I wish to speak to you in private, before we all assemble in the war room," the King spoke with authority.

Everyone exited the room after those words, leaving Bruce and Clark alone, as the latter requested.

"Your Highness, I believe we should meet right away with every-" Bruce was interrupted when Clark suddenly and unexpectedly grabbed his face and pulled him into a kiss.

He was completely caught out of his guard. He had never been that audacious, at least not after they both got bonded to their respective omegas. Even before that, Clark almost acted he needed to ask him permission for just a simple kiss, most of the times. But their mates were both tragically gone now. Bruce kissed him back. What was the use of resisting? Oh right! The rumors Luthor were spreading about them, of course. If people were to confirm their relationship, they might also believe the parts that were lies to be true.

"St-, stop!" Bruce pushed Clark away, and the other man let go of him. "We cannot-"

"Shush!" Clark said authoritatively. Bruce felt his own eyes widen. "I know we should not. But I was so damn worried, Bruce. I thought I would lose you." Clark then stepped away, and cleared his throat. "We can go back to being all business, now. I know you are hiding some bad injuries underneath that clothing, so you will now be seen by our doctors."

"Clark we ha-"

"Your King is speaking!" Clark said with a very serious expression in his face.

Bruce went completely silent and still.

"King Arthur from Atlantis is arriving with his troops in a few days, together with Princess Diana's amazons. Meanwhile you can and will rest. When, and only when he arrives, we will discuss the plans. Understood?"

"Yes, your Majesty." Bruce replied with no hesitation.

"Very well," Clark relaxed and gave him a soft smile. "You are dismissed. And expected at the infirmary, right away. After that, you need to have a talk with your kids."

Clark then left the room, leaving Bruce standing still in its middle, still stupefied with the King's reaction. And somewhat grateful. He felt like he had been craving for that all this time, after forcing himself to repress it for so long.

Now he may need to concentrate to stop himself from wanting more.

*x*x*x*

After following the King's orders and visiting the doctor, good old Leslie Thompkins, who spent the entire time reprimanding him for his carelessness, Bruce went to find his children. He had the orders to stay in bed until the doctor said otherwise, but he guessed that could wait just a little. After all, the King also said he needed to talk with the boys after his examination. He never specified he needed to be in bed for that.

As he approached the room he was told he would find the kids, he heard a heated argument. The voices told him it was between Jason and Damian. He should have known they would not get along that well.

"Stop being such a brat! One would've thought you would outgrow your shitty attitude, after spending some time at Gotham." Jason yelled as Bruce entered the room.

"Because you are a perfect model of excellent behavior, right?" Damian yelled back. "You, the alpha Father had to send away, because you could not control yourself around Richard!"

"The fu-" That seemed to have caught Jason by surprise. And Bruce too. Who told him that? "Who the fuck told you that?"

Damian glanced quickly at Tim, who was with his mouth and eyes wide open. "What does that matter?"

"Was it you, replacement?" Jason snarled at Tim.

"Hey! I just made that up at the time, to give Damian a good reason to behave around Dick! Are you telling me it is actually true?" Tim said, incredulous.

Bruce was having such an headache he raised both his hands to his face.

"Jay..." Dick spoke. The omega must have been so still during all this time Bruce did not even noticed he was there.

Jason looked at his eldest with many conflicting emotions written in his eyes, and then decided to storm out of the room. "Well, fuck you! I'm done dealing with brats who know nothing!"

"Jason, wait!" Dick called, with concern in his voice, as he moved to follow his bro-, his frie-, whatever he saw him as, at the moment.

"Dick, wait, we need to talk!" Bruce asked but Dick continued.

"I'm not sure I want to talk with you right now, Bruce." The omega was clearly upset with him.

"I know, but this is important. You may want to hear me, before you talk with him."

Dick then stopped.

"Damian, Tim, please leave the room. I need to talk with your brother alone."

"But Father-" Damian interjected.

"Now!" Bruce ordered.

They left.

"Go ahead," Dick said as he crossed his arms with a frown on his face.