Disclaimer: I own nothing other than the idea of the story.
This story takes place right after "Starcrossed". HG-GL GL is determined to make things right with HG. But how? He has to find her first...
Chapter 1:
The air was cool and serene as she flew westward within the night sky. She'd been flying non-stop since she left him standing on the edge of the cliff of Wayne Manor several hours ago. She told him that she loved him, and that she never lied to him about that. But, he didn't respond and then, she knew she had to go.
"I hurt him…" she thought to herself. "What did I expect? For him to forget what I'd done?! That all is forgiven? To tell me that he loved me, too?"
"John…" she sighed.
Shayera Hol didn't know where she was going, she just knew that she couldn't get away from the pain she had caused to John Stewart and the rest of the members of the Justice League.
John Stewart felt like he'd been blindsided. He couldn't understand how he allowed something like this to happen. He was a Green Lantern, for Christ's sake. He looked down at his right hand. His power ring was destroyed when he fought Hro Talek, to prevent the Thanagarians from destroying his planet. She was there, too. He would've died if it weren't for her. He saw her limp form hit the ground when she fought Talek after she pleaded with him to spare the Earth and its people. But Talek was angry. And John used Talek's anger to defeat him. They had stopped the Thanagarian's plot together.
"How many times had she been there for me…?" he thought.
More times than he could count. When she pulled him from that plane that went down in the ocean during the battle with Vandal Savage, or when she saved his life when he was caught in the explosion from one of the bombs that the Joker had planted all over Las Vegas. That's when he realized that he had to tell her how he felt, and she acknowledged her feelings for him when he did.
"How could I just let her fly off like that?!!" he said softly. "Without telling her…that I'm still…"
He didn't finish the thought. He realized he didn't care about what had happened before. He was in the military; he knew the position she was in as an agent for her people. However that knowledge didn't make it any easier. What made it unbearable for him was finding out that she was promised to Talek and she never told him.
He'd walked back dejectedly towards Wayne Manor without thinking. When he reached the mansion, J'onn J'onzz greeted him at its well-lit entrance.
"Are you alright, John?"
"As well as can be expected." John answered. "Where are the others?"
"Superman headed back to Metropolis, and Flash to Central City. Diana and I will be staying here at the mansion. Batman said that you're welcome to stay here as well." The martian replied.
"No thanks. I think I'll go home. I need to clear my head," John replied.
"That's understandable. I believe that we are going to reconvene here in a few days. Until then, it would be best that you get some rest, my friend."
"Sure thing. Tell everyone that I'll see them in a couple of days." John waved as he headed for the open road.