STEEL THY HEART, CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
A/N: A slightly more sexual chapter, in which both sets of heroes discuss their feelings and their insecurities. I'm rating this R for the innuendo and a sex scene between two heroes. There are also more cameos in this chapter.
Disclaimer: I still don't own any characters.
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The next day, Selina teleported up to the Watchtower. She had programmed the device so that the recall signal would take her back to where Superman was, or so she hoped. The Catwoman was grateful to Superman for showing her a great time, and she also wanted to give him his teleportation thing back. She had taken an inordinate amount of time with her costume, making sure that her grey one was clean and neat so that she would make a great impression.
Walking through the corridors, Selina paused to see her reflection in the shiny, iridescent walls. Her butt looked a little fuller, she decided. She had unwittingly consumed an unhealthy breakfast full of carbs just like she sometimes did when she was stressed. Selina decided that she needed some release in the form of exercise before seeing her potential beau.
It was pushing it, she knew, to even think about working out in the Watchtower's gym, but when she saw the equipment, she just couldn't resist. She was starting to work out on the balance beam when she saw Huntress and Black Canary walking in together.
Busted! Selina thought. The purple clad heroine and the blonde in fishnet stockings paid her no mind. Canary pulled her stockings further up on her shapely legs, prepared to do battle with her pretend nemesis. The Huntress cracked her gloved knuckles and flexed her fingers.
"I'm gonna bury you this time!" She promised. Black Canary gave her the finger.
"In your dreams!" the blonde snapped. They swung at each other before Huntress spied Selina out of the corner of her eye.
"Hey, Cat girl…" Huntress greeted. Selina forced her courage to the surface. She twirled her legs in the air.
"That's Catwoman," Selina said, to which Black Canary murmured, "didn't know she was a member."
The Huntress kicked Black Canary in her side which, had she not turned, would have been more painful than it was. Canary straightened up, her face scrunched up in anger.
"Don't get your undies in a knot," Huntress said. She huffed when Canary punched her in her midriff.
"Come, join us," the blonde super heroine invited.
"You want me to join you?" Selina asked, wondering why the two Leaguers weren't kicking her out.
"Hey, I've done some questionable things, and they voted me back in," the Huntress said.
"Besides," Canary chimed in as she took her turn on the balancing beam, "we heard about you and Supes dating last night."
"Tell us," Huntress said as she twirled her javelin, "just between us girls, is he a super stud in bed? I mean, did you two do the wild thang?" She made exaggerated movements with her stick resembling copulation.
Just then, Supergirl entered the gym. "That's my cousin you're talking about!" She said, adding, "besides, with him, there is no wild thing! It would just be the thing."
Canary stared them down, saying, "For God's sake, have a little modesty, and wait over there." She steered Selina away from them.
"Now, how's about you tell me what's going on," she said sotto vocce to Selina. "Did you make him meow, or what, honey?"
Selina couldn't believe her ears! The female Leaguers were worse than she was after a night of passion. She thought about the few times she'd bragged about her nights of passion with Bruce to her hairstylist, her analyst, practically anyone who'd wanted juicy details but who also could keep secrets.
"She's not gonna tell you that!" Huntress said, coming up between them.
"Last night I gave Freddie some action," Supergirl said not wanting to be left out, a dreamy expression in her eyes.
"Figured as much," the black and purple clad heroine said. When Canary stared at her, the Huntress shrugged.
"Hey, I know when a woman's been laid, or even just made out," she boasted. "When Q and I get together, it's like Fourth of July and Mardis Gras all at once!"
"Q?" Selina asked.
"Question," Supergirl supplied.
The conspiracy theorist? Selina thought. That plate comes off? There was no accounting for taste.
"You so do not know that!" Supergirl was saying to Huntress. "Otherwise, you wouldn't have asked Catwoman here what happened." She gave the older, grey suited woman a look before asking, "By the way, what did happen?"
"I only kiss and tell to my friends, and I don't really know any of you," Selina said matter-of-factly. Huntress gave her a knowing look.
"So, you didn't do it," she accused.
"I didn't say that!" Selina defended.
"So you did!" Canary said. Selina, for once, was between a rock and a hard place. She thought about how she should answer.
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Meanwhile, Superman was walking toward the locker room to change before going to the gym. Arsenal, who was visiting Green Arrow, and Captain Marvel were following him.
"I mean, last night was great, really great…" the Man of Steel said.
"But…" Arsenal prompted.
"But what?" Superman returned.
Arrow looked at him, saying, "You have a 'but' written all over your face. What happened?"
"What happened is…I'm conflicted," Superman said.
"I don't get it," Captain Marvel said. "You had sex with her, and it was great, right?"
"No…" Superman confessed. "We just went to the moon, not to bed." Green Arrow looked at Superman as if to ask, you're shitting us, right?
"Just a minute, let me get this straight," Arrow said, "you and the Catwoman went on a date last night. You had this soft, nubile femme fatale in your powerful grip, a woman who's known the world over for making men as they cum roar like a lion in her oh-so-delectable ear, and you didn't bang her?"
"No," the Man of Steel said. When the others stared at her, Superman replied, "We only started dating. It wouldn't be right."
"Well, you've got scruples," Arsenal stated the obvious. "Major league stupid scruples, but hey, whatever floats your boat."
"But, you wanted to drop your ladle in her soup after you dated?" Captain Marvel asked. When the others groaned, the teenaged man said, "Hey! I was watching a Jim Carrey movie that had a line like that, so lay off!"
The other men decided to pass on that one. As they rounded a corner, Green Arrow asked, "So, why are you conflicted?"
Superman answered. "Weelll, I'm conflicted because she's dating another man and I don't know how to express how I feel."
"Who's the other guy?" Captain Marvel wanted to know.
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"So, you're dating two men at the same time?" Canary asked, incredulous. Selina nodded.
"Superman and Clark Kent," she reported.
"You mean he didn't tell…?" Supergirl asked before catching herself. She reasoned that if her cousin didn't want everyone to know his secret identity, she wouldn't spoil it by telling anyone anything.
"Didn't tell what?" Selina asked. Beside her, Canary and Huntress looked confused.
"Nothing," Supergirl said. At Selina's confused look, the Girl of Steel said, "I mean, he didn't tell you that you shouldn't date Clark, did he?"
"No," Selina reported. "In fact, he got Clark to take me out so that I wouldn't be waiting too long for him." She had a dreamy expression.
"That was incredibly sweet," the Catwoman said.
Or incredibly pathetic! The Girl of Steel thought.
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"Just a minute…" Green Arrow said, "you dated her as Clark Kent first, then as Superman, and you didn't tell her? You led her to believe that she's dating two men at once?"
"Yeah," the Man of Steel said. Arsenal thought, okay…he's suffered one too many attacks on the brain with Kryptonite.
"Why on Earth would you compete with yourself?" Captain Marvel asked.
"Because I wanted to see who she would pick," Superman said. "Would she pick honest, shy, hard working Clark Kent, or would she go for superficial charms, like those in Superman?"
For a long moment, the guys didn't say anything. Green Arrow put a companionable arm around Superman and said, "Pal, we'll get you the best help imaginable!"
"I'm not crazy!" Superman exclaimed. "See, it all started with Lois…". The Man of Steel started telling the others about his history with his partner.
He finished with, "I want her to like me for me, not because of what I can do as Superman!" When no one said anything, the Man of Steel said, "It was an incredibly stupid idea, I know. It just seemed like a good idea at the time."
Captain Marvel frowned before saying, "There's only two scenarios here. You can either dump her graciously in both disguises, or tell her the truth and let nature take its course."
Arsenal put in his two cents. "Or, option three, say nothing," he said. "I mean, you've gotten this far. No sense upsetting the apple cart, especially since you've only just started getting to know each other. Why not see if she'll like either one of you before committing to telling her your secret identity?"
"No, no," Captain Marvel said, "honesty is the best policy."
"Just run with your gut," Arrow advised. "I always do."
"That's not your gut talking," Arsenal commented. The guys entered the locker room next to the gym. Question was coming out of a smaller locker room in his regalia.
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"I've gotta break it off with one of them," Selina said. The Huntress put up a restraining hand.
"Hold on," she said. "You've got two cute guys lusting after you! It's a woman's dream come true, and you're gonna upset the apple cart because of what might happen? That's three shades of stupid!"
"Yeah, I mean, you don't even know what could happen," Black Canary said, winking at the other women. "You might decide on both." Selina didn't catch her telltale smirk.
"I never thought I'd hear myself say this, but…" Supergirl paused for a moment, gauging her words carefully. "If both are giving you the time of day, maybe you should go for it!"
"Yeah," Huntress said. "At least see how long their bananas are before tossing the branch to the ground."
"Jeez!" Supergirl exclaimed. "Your mind is in the gutter!" Black Canary glared at the Huntress.
"This from a girl who dates the ultimate walking freezer unit!" The blonde said disdainfully.
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In the next room, the men heard the sound of the women through the vent. They paused for a moment to hear more of this conversation.
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Huntress crossed her arms, saying, "Believe-you-me: Q's staff is twice as long as your archer boy!"
"Oh, really?" Black Canary cried. "Well, Ollie's is longer when at attention!"
Huntress said, "But can he get it up in three seconds or less?"
Canary retorted, "I'll bet seeing you everyday would cause his horsey to stay locked in the corral!"
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In the other room, Captain Marvel snickered, placing a hand over his mouth lest the girls hear through the thin walls. Superman looked embarrassed. Question was postulating a theory about men's genitalia in general, and Arrow looked pissed and Arsenal looked amused.
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"Hey!" Supergirl said. "We're getting off topic here! Catwoman is trying to decide whether to date my cousin, or his…" Kara searched for the appropriate set of words, finally settling on, "…shy friend."
"There's only one way to settle this since my radar is telling me you haven't sampled his brou ha ha," Huntress said. "Did you kiss either one?"
"Superman kissed me," Selina said after a beat. The other women waited for more information.
When they didn't hear anything, Canary prompted, "And…?"
"It was fantastic!" she said.
"And what about Clark?" Supergirl asked.
Selina said breathlessly, staring into space, "I kissed him. It was…beyond anything."
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In the other room, the guys mouthed a silent cheer. Superman grinned broadly.
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The Catwoman continued, "But I still like Superman, too."
"Well, then, date him," Huntress said.
"But, Clark is the type of man I've always wanted to try," Selina said.
"Then, date him," Canary said.
Selina placed her face in her hands. "I dunno," she said, "maybe I need another opinion."
"Maybe you should test drive both," Supergirl said, "until you're absolutely sure. By then, you'll know if you like International, or domestic."
The women groaned.
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Inside the adjoining room, Arrow was trying very hard not to laugh. Superman blushed.
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Supergirl shrugged, saying, "Maybe you should ask Wonder Woman."
Huntress snorted, saying, "Oh, come on! Miss High-and-Mighty snooty Princess? She'd probably wash our mouths out with soap for talking so dirty! Besides, isn't she having her own problems with Batman?"
"Where did you hear that?" Canary asked, interested.
"From Flash," the Huntress said. "He knows all the dirt!"
"Boy, is my old boyfriend ever ripe to be a gossip columnist!" Supergirl commented.
"This is getting us nowhere!" Huntress said. To Selina, she remarked, "do the ménage a trois. Work out that sexual tension. You'll feel better."
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In the next room, Superman said, "That's it! We need to break this up, now." Before the others could restrain him, the Man of Steel walked into the next room. Green Arrow, Arsenal and Captain Marvel had their poker faces on. Highly amused and proud of the way Helena had defended him, Question smiled behind his face plate.
"Hello, ladies," Arrow said. "Been working out?" He gave Canary a leer.
"Yes," she said.
"Are you done or do you need more time?" Arsenal asked, picking up the slack.
"We're done," Supergirl said, casting a longing look in Captain Marvel's direction.
He came closer, asking her, "Would you maybe like to see a movie, then? That is, if you haven't any other plans?" His hazel eyes promised that they would be doing more than simply watching a film.
"I'll change," she said, leaving the room with him.
Arsenal asked, "Is Donna here?"
Canary answered, "I think she's visiting Wonder Woman in the cafeteria." The scarlet clad archer went in search of his wife.
Black Canary and Green Arrow exchanged hungry looks before Arrow said, "You know, I could do with a bite myself…". She smiled before they left the gym.
Question and the Huntress simply left, going into the room next to the locker room, which was the rec room. When the purple clad super heroine and the fedora wearing hero saw that the room wasn't occupied, he locked the door and punched the computer code in that would buy them extra time.
Huntress peeled back her mask, her dark eyes taking on a predatory gleam. She watched as he withdrew the spray can from his pocket that would remove his face plate. Plucking it from his hand, she sprayed his face lightly, then peeled it away, exposing his red hair underneath.
He grabbed her and hungrily kissed her. Slamming her against the wall, the Question dropped his pants, pulling away only enough for her to undo her costume. Once they cast off all their clothes, the man known as Vic Sage impaled her, delighting in her cries of ecstasy.
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Alone in the gym, Superman asked Selina, "What are you doing here?" The Catwoman fished out the teleportation device and handed it back.
"I forgot to give you this the other day," she said. The Man of Steel nodded.
"Is that the only reason you're here?" he asked, his voice a little suggestive. Selina shook her head.
"No," she told him, at a loss for words. He was at a loss, too. Superman wondered just then if he should tell her his secret this early in their relationship. Selina wondered if she should part ties with the Man of Steel. After a beat, Superman decided that no, it was still too soon to tell her anything. Thinking that she still wanted to get to know both him and Clark, she gave him a tender look.
"I'm also here to ask if, maybe, you want to have dinner sometime?" she asked finally.
"How about dinner turning into lunch?" Superman suggested. "I know this place on the Big Island."
Selina thought about Hawaii. She smiled and said, "Why not?" Superman took her hand in his, and together, they teleported out of the Watchtower.