"So, you never did tell me, is it Mrs. Carly Wayne now? Or did you to the modern thing and hyphenate to Rogers-Wayne?" Carly's secretary Clyde asked when he dropped a stack of papers on her desk a handful of days later.

"Just Mrs. Wayne. Old fashioned family, you know." She couldn't help but smirk. The small wedding had gone just as she and Bruce had planned. Short, sweet and to the point. The traditional vows were spoken before they exchanged a pair of gold bands. The same bands that had once belonged to Bruce's grandparents. It might not have been the wedding of her childhood dreams, but it was perfect for what they needed.

Amazingly the time had passed without the information leaking to the press. It was only a matter of time, her and Bruce were sure of it. Alfred, Lois and Clark could be trusted. There was no doubt about that. But the same could not be said for the city clerks. Plus, marriage licenses were a matter of public record. Technically that meant anyone could get their hands on it.

"Of course." Clyde nodded. "I'm going to have to have new letters made for the door." He pointed at her office door with his pen. They both looked at its foggy glass. Office of Carly Rogers – Attorney had been affixed to the outside in blocky vinyl.

"Not yet." She insisted. "Wait till it breaks in the papers. I promise after the first public tweet goes viral you'll have my permission to go crazy. You can get me all the new personalized items your heart desires."

"But it's been almost a week already!" Clyde complained. "There hasn't been so much as a suspicious photo on the internet. It's killing me."

"I'm sure it won't be much longer." She announced before turning her attention back to her work. "But, you know, you could always try to argue your case with Bruce. I'm sure he'd be more than willing to hear you out."

"Mr. Tall, brooding and foreboding? No. Thank you." Clyde shook his head. "There's a reason I never go up to the top five floors." He wanted to plead his case from another angle when the office phone began to ring. He picked up the phone on his boss' desk and smiled.

"Wayne Enterprises, Office of Carly Rogers." He paused just long enough to waggle his eyebrows at his boss. "This is Clyde speaking. How can I direct your call? Oh, hello Commissioner Gordon. Let me find out if she's available." Clyde covered one end of the receiver with his hand and looked a held the phone out to Carly uncertainly.

"Commissioner Gordon?" She mouthed to him. The secretary nodded. Carly motioned for him to hand her the phone and then shooed him out of the room. "Thank you for holding this is Carly."

"Hi, Carly. It's Jim Gordon. Listen I tried calling Bruce first, but Cecilia said he's in meetings all day." The commissioner explained.

"Oh. Alright. Is this about what happened at the circus? I'm more than happy to help the GCPD if I can." She said.

"Well, thank you." The Commissioner paused. "But I'm afraid there hasn't been much development in that case at the moment." Carly could barely hear him sigh into the phone. "That's not why I called anyway. Not really. I know you and Bruce have been trying to take in that boy from the circus. We finally got the background checks in. CPS insisted we do state and federal because of the high visibility that the murders as well as you and Mr. Wayne draw in. Anyway, I asked to be the ones to tell you."

Carly thought for a second that she couldn't breathe. Maybe it was bad. Really bad. Why else would the commissioner himself want to tell them the results? Had she done something and completely forgotten about it? That was highly unlikely. She had a fantastic memory. Was it Bruce then? Was there something else he hadn't told her after all?

"You both passed." Gordon said after what felt liked a lifelong pause. Carly breathed a huge sigh of relief. "You had nothing to worry about. I'm only sorry it took so long. But as far as GCPD is concerned there's no reason why you and Bruce shouldn't be about to Foster the Greyson boy till he can be placed somewhere more permanent. It's a great thing that the two of you want to do. Gotham needs more people like you."

"Thank you, Commissioner. I don't suppose you happened to talk with CPS at all? I'd love to know how soon we can take Dick home." She asked.

"Unfortunately, they wont share that kind of information with me. You'll have to go through his case worker. Emily Clarke?" He said reading the woman's name off his files. "Do you know how to get in touch with her?"

"Uh, yeah. Bruce has the number." She told him. "I guess I'd better track him down and share the good news."

"Of course. But before I let you go, there is one thing I wanted to ask you about on a personal note. I hear that some congratulations are in order, Mrs. Wayne?" The commissioner chuckled.

"I should have known that would have come up on the report." Carly laughed too. "We wanted to do it for Dick. From a legal standpoint, two married adults living together gives off the appearance of a more stable home life than two unmarried friends living across town from each other trying to raise a kid."

"Is that all it is then?" Gordon asked. "Could have fooled me, but I always thought there was something more between the two of you. But I suppose it's not my place. Have a nice day, Mrs. Wayne."

"Same to you Commissioner." Carly said before hanging up the phone.

She could hardly stand it, waiting for the elevator to arrive on her floor. The people who worked in the cubicles near the elevator were clearly getting very annoyed with the rapid tapping of her shoe on the floor as she stood by the lift's doors. Occasionally one of them would pop their head up from above a workspace to glare at her. At long last the doors dinged open. Carly rode to the building's top floor anxiously. She couldn't wait to share the good news with Bruce.

Of course, they had passed the state and federal background checks. There was never any doubt in her mind. Aside from the temporary moment of insanity when Gordon had first called. But now that they were officially done with that step in the process they could get their boy back home where he belonged.

"Hey Cecilia." Carly greeted Bruce's secretary with a smile. Is Mr. Wayne in his office?"

"Mmmhhmm." She nodded. "He told me not to disturb him, but I'm sure he wouldn't mind making an exception for you Carly. Go on in." Carly thanked her before letting herself into her now husband's office.


A/n: In the last Chapter DJpaigeDJ asked what versions of these characters I was using as inspiration for this fic. I replied to them with a very lengthy DM, which I figured I would copy here in case anyone else was curious. Also, hilariously, the DM programming on FF.N apparently redacts the word "Dick"whether it's used as a name or not. So I had a brief LOL about that to myself.

The short answer is that the story is based on a mod Podged mess of different versions from all across the DCU.

The Long Answer is:
Bruce - I imagine by Bruce being basically like the Bruce in Batman V Superman, but probably much younger. (Early 30s late 30s ish) I really enjoyed the way Ben Alfec played the character. He was dark but still caring. He protects his people but he's not afraid to show his emotional side to certain people. IDK I just have this idea of who Bruce is in my head and Batflec has come the closest so far.

Alfred- I really like to think of Alfred as he was in the 60's tv show or the comics. There's just something about the way he's played in earlier versions that I like so much better than the Dark Knight series or even Batman V Superman. I cant really describe it.

D***- I haven't really got a good basis for D***. Much like Bruce I just have an idea of who I want him to be in my head. D*** is my ultimate favorite Robin and one of my favorite DC super heroes. I guess I take more of who I want D*** to be from my own ideas and things I've used or seen in other Fan Fics before.

Superman & the JLA- Superman, Wonder Woman & The Flash aside, I have very little knowledge about individual Justice League members, but I wanted to include them in this story just because I think Batman is better off when he is partners with them. Whenever I'm trying to include one of them I do try to do some research into their characters first but I honestly have no idea if I'm representing them correctly. I can tell you that everything I know about The Flash comes form the TV show or the Flashpoint Paradox Animated movie. (which is amazing BTW). Superman is based pretty much on Smallville and what little bit I remember from the Superman Cartoon as a kid. The rest of what I know/use for the characters is from the Justice League Cartoons or Young Justice. (Which is another great show.) So I guess they are sort of based off of that. (Also, I watch a ton of Supergirl)
So there you go, for the most part I make everything up, but some characters are more based on source material than others. I hope that answered your question, and if it didn't I'd be more than happy to talk more about it with you. :)