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what-gs-watching · 5 months

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"I WILL get you home."

Let’s be real. No one cares what I’m up to right now (it’s nothing, I’m up to nothing) because the second Doctor Who special came out the other day.

WILD BLUE YONDER.

Wherein 14 and Donna end up in an abandoned spaceship at the edge of a wormhole and they meet their own evil not-selves.

This one was so ridiculous, I absolutely love it. It’s so Doctor Who to drop them somewhere and just make them run through insanely long corridors the entire time. It’s one of my favorite motifs. 10 was always running and licking things and obviously 14 had to, too.

Before the spaceship nonsense though we get the silliest opener, the Doctor and Donna ending up in a tree in 1666 where they come across Sir Isaac Newton - who didn’t know he was a Sir of course and 14 just said “spoilers!” and I lost my shit a little bit. River effing Song, for liiiife.

But the joke Donna intended on making, the Doctor trying to stop her, I’m dead. The two of them delivering the punchline together. It was all about the banter in this episode. The banter, and sheer terror, of course. But I am 97% here for the banter. I guess I’ll take a little bit of a scare, whatever.

Anyway, they end up crashing in this spaceship and Donna’s all worked up and it’s gotta be the most posted scene: 14 grabbing her hand, holding it to his chest, kissing her knuckles, promising he’d get her home safe.

Here’s the thing, friends - 10 never got to be affectionate, ever. He couldn’t tell Rose he loved her before he was cut off from her. And even when she got to keep his human clone, we didn’t get to hear it then. He was all fury and intelligence and closed off to protect everyone and I’m so excited 14 gets to be more…human. The Doctor has been through a LOT since he last saw Donna and he knows she deserves to know how much he cares about her and it’s just pouring out of him and I’m so fucking smitten. It’s beautiful. He’s beautiful.

Anyway, to try and fix the situation he sticks the sonic screwdriver into the keyhole of the TARDIS, encouraging it to rebuild itself while they investigate their surroundings. Which leads them to the long ridiculous hallway. Wherein some of my favorite banter comes in: Donna thinks that Isaac Newton was hot, and 14 agrees, “He was, wasn't he? He was so hot. Oh! Is that who I am now?” Donna’s response of “well it was never that far from the surface…” was perfect, and if you’re not squealing at this point, what’s going on with you? That’s a serious question. Can 14 be my favorite if he only gets three episodes? Is that wrong?

Just kidding though! Banter interrupted. They hear the TARDIS powering up and when they pop back into the hold they crashed in, she disappears. The Doctor thinks that she’s detected an imminent threat, and will return when it’s passed.

Not great news. But Donna fucking Noble says “There's something on this ship that's so bad the TARDIS ran away? Then we... go... and kick its arse!” because she’s a BAMF and it’s best we don’t forget that.

Back out in the hallway they get back to bickering and it’s all nice and easy but then they hear the ship say something and the hallway rearranges themselves which is disconcerting. They’d seen something in the hallway at a distance, so the Doctor figures out there’s a transport vehicle hidden in the floor and they hop in. They reach the thing and it’s a ridiculously old robot that moves one step, barely, and they’re perplexed by that but they hop back into the vehicle and I love Donna mocking 14’s love of “allons-y!” and they’re just cute and amazing and my favorite.

They find what I’m assuming is the control room and the Doctor sets to figuring out what’s going on. No life signs on the ship, but an airlock door was opened and then closed three years ago. They send out a drone they find, and slowly 14 realizes where they are: essentially the edge of the universe. Further out than the Doctor has ever been. And he’s so fascinated by it. And then they hear the ship announce another word, and it rearranges itself again and they wander to try and find more information.

In some room with a bunch of shelving, 14 pulls out a drawer with a bunch of circuit things that look like they’re covered in honey. When Donna asks if they’re dangerous, he LICKS one and then fakes like he was poisoned, like, baby boy probably not the best time, but again! The banter, the playfulness! It’s giving everyone life.

He tells her to move up a bunch of the circuit things into the tray above and then he leaves her to go investigate another room with a bunch of water tubes? Sure. They should be able to hear each other while he adjusts water levels. Next thing we see is 14 rejoining Donna, and they’re chatting as usual, she wondering how long her family will wait for her in that alleyway, after seeing the TARDIS disappear in distress.

Then we see Donna entering the room the Doctor is in, saying she finished moving the circuits but it doesn't’ feel right, and then they’re cutting back and forth between Donna talking to the Doctor in one room and the Doctor talking to Donna in another. Boop, y’all in danger.

Like this should be disconcerting but my favorite part of the entire sequence is the Doctor that Donna is with says “my arms are too long” and she just brushes it off like, ‘yeah you’re gangly AF’ and then the Donna that the Doctor is with says “my arms are too long” and he reacts like ‘humans are super weird, I get it’ like neither one are at all put off by the non-sequitur. They’re such best friends.

But then the Donna the Doctor is with DOES have an arm that’s too long and panic sets in and then there are 2 Doctors and 2 Donna’s and isn’t that fun?! The duplicates tell them that they came from the nothingness, they’re “not-things” and then they start GROWING so of course it’s time to run.

I’m sorry, but watching the two of them be pursued by weird stretched out versions of themselves is actually kind of hilarious. Creepy as hell, but also extremely entertaining. As they run they figure out that the not-things are making copies of them, their bodies and their minds, they have their memories, and that’s not gonna be great y’all, how are they gonna tell each other apart?!

Eventually the copies get so big they get wedged in the hallway and the Doctor spots a ladder so he starts to climb it along with Donna, but then the hallway rearranges itself again and they get separated, dumped into different corridors. 14 yells at her to stay put but she doesn’t, she starts moving and he starts moving and eventually they both find doors, and on the other side of both of those doors is the Doctor, and Donna.

We don’t know who is who, either, and that’s really the stakes of the whole thing. How do the real Doctor and Donna know it’s each other, and not a copy? Y’all want a perfect excuse to yell at the tv? Because this is yell-at-the-tv territory. Just me curled up in a blanket shouting, “I don’t think that’s him, baby girl! That’s not ya boy!”

And so they try to figure out a way to tell who is actually who, and it’s bumbling and they’re trying to reason it out and it just doesn’t go well. The Doctor that’s with Donna says he’ll take off his tie because maybe the duplicates don’t understand matter like that. The Donna that’s with the Doctor asks him where she was born and launches into some crazy story and they’re just muddling through it.

At this point I’m like, ‘well it’s got to be that each of them are with a duplicate because if the duplicates came upon each other then they’d just like, keep moving? Because they know they’re duplicates’ but it’s fine, whatever. Here’s where it gets sad - The Donna the Doctor is with starts to tell him that when she was The DoctorDonna she saw all the things he went through in those fifteen years, and she mentions The Flux.

I have a lot of problems with The Flux, I can’t lie. But let’s ignore it, because I guess it’s canon now, maybe? And the Doctor is devastated by the mention of it and that tips him over the edge, he just wants someone to understand the utter shitstorm he went through and so he thinks it’s Donna, he says, “all those years, I missed you” but JK IT’S NOT. He falls for it. But the duplicate sinks into the floor because they’re bad at being solid and she’s so intrigued by what he is because he’s basically controlled the universe and I can imagine that’s super attractive to a not-thing made of nothingness.

Meanwhile Donna figures out the Doctor she’s with is a duplicate, because he doesn’t maintain the tie on the floor that he took off, and then everyone is running again and the ship rearranges itself and all 4 of them end up back in the control room, still trying to suss out who is who.

The Doctor is talking fast and the duplicate is trying to do the same and one of the Donna’s says they’re stupid and they both reiterate it’s true but then the Doctor says that Donna thinks she’s stupid but she also thinks she’s brilliant because humans can believe different things at the same time. So they look at each other, realizing they’re both the right ones and Donna says “brain box!” and 14 yells “earth girl!” and they hug. So much hugging in this episode.

The point is though, the duplicates are copying them because they’re thinking and their adrenaline level is up so the real two of them try to calm down and not think but we all know the Doctor, he has to run a mile a minute always and forever and he can’t give up on the puzzle they’re in: who opened the airlock? Why is the ship rearranging itself? What’s the random clanging they keep hearing?

He realizes the duplicates don’t know the answer either. But they know the TARDIS will come back for the Doctor and Donna and they want to escape and apparently cause a bunch of wars throughout the universe? Because of course. Perfect sense. Why wouldn’t not-being be blood thirsty? Then the skylight opens in the control room and they see a body tethered to the ship, floating in the nothingness, the captain.

The Doctor realized the captain did something to trap them in system and he has to work out why, which is not great because that’s what the duplicates want but the Doctor’s gonna doctor. They figures it out: the airlock opening was the captain going out, killing herself. She realized what the duplicates were doing and came up with a plan and then died so they couldn’t unravel it. The ship’s in a holding pattern because she pulled out an old robot they couldn’t copy and set it to basically destruct, slowly. The robot is walking toward a button, and the ship is rearranging slowly, marking out a countdown.

The duplicates know they need to stop the robot, and the Doctor knows they need to speed up the countdown. So everyone’s running again. And there is a hilarious fight between the Donna’s, and the Doctor is pursuing his duplicate and it’s a perfect chase sequence and everything is going nuts but the Doctor knows the TARDIS will come back when the danger is passed and then they hear “ONE” and there she is, to save the day.

The right Doctor gets in and he does a hilarious little thing where we props the door open and propels her like a skateboard to where the Donna’s are fighting and he has to choose who is who. He picks the wrong one. And Donna is screaming and screaming begging not to be left behind and the duplicate is approaching the Doctor like she’s going to eat him and then he says “your arms are too long” and expels her and grabs actual Donna, and they hug and huddle against each other at the foot of the console and it was all very HARROWING.

Eventually, he asks her if she can see his memories from those 15 years, but she can’t, it’s gone. She asks him to tell her what really happened, what he went through, but true to 10 form, he doesn’t. He may be more human, but not enough to reveal how even more broken he is. She asks him if he’s okay and he says he will be, “in a million years.” But no matter what form the Doctor is in, I doubt that will ever happen.

Meanwhile, here’s what most of us are waiting for - when they get back to the earth, the exact spot they’d flown away from, Donna flings the doors open and there’s Wilf, waiting. Like he always was. And the way the Doctor reacts to him, “Wilfred Mott! Ohhh, now I feel better. Now nothing is wrong, nothing in the whole wide world! Hello, me old soldier!” is so SWEET.

Wilf’s face, seeing the Doctor again. He’s 94 and he had to lie to Donna for YEARS about what she’d been through and all that he knows, and he never thought he’d lay eyes on the Doctor again. It’s devastating, but even more so, because after the scene was shot, Bernard Cribbins fucking died. So yeah, everyone is sobbing.

But there really isn’t time for that, turns out that people are just randomly attacking each other in the street and Wilf says everyone’s gone mad and it’s the end of the WORLD so they pull him into the TARDIS and off they go.

Woof, y’all. It was a lot. But also a perfectly encapsulated Doctor/Donna romp in the middle of bigger things, and I just love all of it. I would watch the two of them run around together until the end of time. I think we all would. The final episode is gonna break me, but oooh weee it’s been a good ride so far.

#what g's watching #doctor who 60th anniversary #fourteenth doctor #wild blue yonder #wilfred mott #david tennant #donna noble #doctor who #doctor donna

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barefoot-joker · 5 years

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Yandere!Jeremiah Valeska X Reader One Shot Pt 4

Hello, guys! And welcome back tot he next installment of Yandere!Jeremiah! Once again this one is a tad bit longer so I do apologize if the story drags a bit. As always feedback is appreciated and I will see you in Part 5!

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Beep.

Gulp.

I swallowed down my spit and fear as Jeremiah's hand came out of his jacket pocket, my eyes staring down a gun barrel. Bruce put his arm in front of me and I swore I saw the dark greenette's finger twitch on the trigger. "Jeremiah, you don't have to do this."

"Bruce, you don't understand. I need her! I want her! I love her! My life is like a joke without a punchline if she's not there! Y/n is mine!"

"I am not something to be owned, Jeremiah. Look, I care for you, I honestly do but what you're doing isn't right. You need to let me go and get help. I'll even go with you-"

I was interrupted by the gun safety being taken off, my new heart quickening its pace. "Y/n, I don't need help. My eyes are finally open. It's you who needs the assistance."

I gulped as Jeremiah's eyes stared me down, an emotion I couldn't decipher written in them. Out of nervous habit I held onto Bruce, frightened by my old friend's behavior. I heard the villain growl and turn his gun onto my protector, his teeth gritting behind his dark lips. "Think, Jeremiah. Don't do anything rash, please."

The clown before us just chuckled, it bringing a shiver down my spine. "I won't have to if you just hand her over."

"Never!"

"Then you leave me no choice."

Aiming his gun right for Bruce's heart I cried out, blocking us with my heart monitor. I cringed as the sound of glass shattering and hard plastic separating hit my ears, footsteps rushing towards us. "This wouldn't be so difficult if you'd just come with me, Y/n!"

I bit my lip as I could hear the desperation in his voice, it sounding so real. "GCPD! Put your weapon down and hands up, Mr. Valeska!"

"Jim!" I smiled as I realized the police were here, my chance of freedom still there.

"NO!"

I watched in horror as Jeremiah rushed towards me, pushing Bruce out of the way and grabbing me roughly. I struggled against him, Jim appearing before us with his gun raised. "Jeremiah, let go of Y/n!"

"Just leave us alone. Y/n, Ecco and I have so many preparations to finish and I need them to be perfect!"

I cringed as I felt his gun at my side, it cold through the fabric of my shirt. "Jeremiah, listen to them. Please!"

"Shh, dearest~"

"Now, Jeremiah!" Jim yelled.

I screamed when my captor fired a warning shot, his arm wrapping tighter around my waist. "Step any closer and I won't hesitate to shoot you in the head."

By now Bruce was by Jim's side, his face contorted with worry as we gazed at each other. "Drop the gun, Jeremiah. You don't need to to do this."

"Like I said before Bruce, she's mine. She saved me, gave me the chance to redeem myself. And now I'm thanking her for all that she's done."

I cringed as I felt his lips against my temple, the warmth surprising me. "No one will take her from me." He whispered in my ear.

As I tried not to make a bold decision I suddenly felt the two of us flying forwards due to Harvey, Jeremiah's gun sliding across the concrete and to Detective Gordon. Quickly Bruce grabbed me and moved us towards Jim, meanwhile Harvey handcuffed my "lover". The fedora wearing cop hauled the villain up, his lips slightly bleeding as he gazed at me. "Take him to the car, Harv."

Bullock nodded and lead the greenette away, his last words terrifying. "This isn't the last of me. I'll get you back, Y/n! And next time I'll make sure you never leave my side again!"

In fear and happiness I clutched Bruce's heavy black jacket, tears of sadness and joy running down my cheeks. "Shh, Y/n. I've got you. He won't come after you, I promise."

"Bruce, we should get her to the hospital to have a doctor look her over."

I didn't know my best friend's response but I felt his face in my hair as we swayed back and forth, the movement much calmer than any affections the beast gave me. I sobbed as I held Bruce tightly, afraid that this was all a dream. "I missed you so much, B! I was scared you'd never find me, that I'd be trapped with Jeremiah forever!"

"I would never let that happen, (Nickname). Now let's get you out of here and somewhere safe."

Gently he lifted me up bridal style, my heart monitor and fear left behind. Outside, I shivered as the nightly breeze gave me goosebumps while Bruce took me to the ambulance, setting me down carefully. "Please don't leave me, B."

"I won't. I promise."

I gave him a small smile as he sat next to my gurney, our hands holding tightly as if one of us was scared the other would fade away into nothingness. With that the doors slammed shut and my eyes closed from exhaustion of today's events, my mind wandering to dreamland.

Chains.

Screaming.

Laughter.

I shrieked as I struggled against the chains that bound me to the wall. The coldness of the metal around my wrists, ankles and neck sent goosebumps across my exposed flesh, tears spilling from my eyes. In front of me Jeremiah was laughing hysterically as he kissed me, his lips leaving acid like burns on my skin. "You're mine, sweetheart! Ha, ha, ha! No one can save you because their all dead!"

I awoke with a start, my chest heaving in air as I looked around. I was in a hospital, my clothes changed to a medical gown and my ears once more picking up beeping. Hands touched my shoulder and I flinched upon instinct, quickly turning to see a concerned Bruce. "Y/n, are you alright?"

I shook my head and curled into a ball. My dark haired friend sat on the edge of the bed, his thumb running lightly across my knuckles in an act of comfort. "Do you want to talk about it? Sometimes it's nice to get things off your chest."

I sighed but nodded.

{Flashback}

I hummed as I walked down the street from the hospital. After my encounter with Jeremiah in my room I hadn't really seen or heard from him which I considered a blessing. Bruce didn't know what had happened because he was already worried about me and I didn't need him stressing over Miah.

Walking along the sidewalk I thought about today's appointment. It wasn't too bad as it was just a bunch of tests to see how my heart was doing with my new medication. Although I was stuck in the hospital all day I didn't receive any results so I was sent home to get some rest. I was nervous about my results as lately I had been feeling weaker and losing weight faster, something everybody seemed to notice. Besides Bruce I usually confided in Jim and Selina but I haven't been able to contact her, which was an odd occurrence.

I just hope she's okay.

Heading inside my apartment building I headed to my abode around the corner, digging into my jacket pocket for my keys. Just as I had fished them out a hand wrapped around my mouth, preventing me from screaming anything above a muffle. Terrified I struggled against the person behind me, my heart racing in my chest.

Prick!

I froze as I felt a syringe leave my neck, my body becoming very sleepy. Slowly my world began to grow black and I fell limp into the person's arms. I tried to get a glimpse of who did this to me but their silhouette was covered by the light hanging from the ceiling and then my eyes closed.

When I woke up my vision was blurry and my head hurt. I grunted as I tried to sit up but found that my wrists and ankles were strapped down. Fearful I thrashed around and screamed, my chest rising up and down rapidly. As I struggled a door opened before me and a silhouette basked in the light. I froze when the person giggled and skipped towards me, my breath catching in my throat when I saw who it was. "E-Ecco?"

"Hiya, puddin!"

"Ecco, where am I? What's going on? Why am I tied up?"

"So many questions. But not to worry dear, you're in good hands!"

I watched as she went to a table next to where I lay, her gloved hands grabbing a washcloth and dipping it in a bucket. In the silence I examined my surroundings, seeing I was strapped to a gurney of sorts and my clothes were changed to a medical gown. Being lost in my thoughts I didn't notice Ecco return to my side but flinched when I felt the cool fabric on my forehead. "The doctor should be in shortly to begin your operation."

"O-operation?!"

"There's nothing to fear, sweetheart. Jeremiah was sure to find the best surgeon for this job!"

She gave me a chilling smile as she continued to wet my head. "Is she awake, Ecco?"

Both of us looked up to see Jeremiah standing there with another gentleman by his side, him being dressed in doctor's scrubs. "Clear as day, boss!"

I thrashed as he drew near, his gloved hand running up my exposed leg. "There's no need to struggle, dearest. I'm going to fix you."

"F-fix me?"

He nodded with a smile on his lips. "You've saved me so many times and now it's my turn to repay you. Ecco, bring in the donor."

She saluted and ran off but returned shortly after with a gurney, a body in black laying on top. My eyes widened when I realized who it was, those brown curls belonging to only one person.

"S-Selina? What's she doing here?"

Jeremiah chuckled and brushed some hair out of my face. "Don't you understand, Y/n? Your dear friend is going to be your heart donor."

Everything seemed to freeze as it all clicked.

I screamed as I kicked around, begging Selina to wake up and save us. I teared up as she didn't move, I realizing she was dead. "It's time."

The trio moved around me, I yelling at them to get away. Jeremiah and Ecco cooed sweet nothings at me as the random doctor placed a mask on my face, sweet gas entering it. I tried my best to not succumb but my lungs demanded air so I was forced to breathe in.

{End Flashback}

"Y/n..."

"Bruce, I-I was so scared. Seeing Selina laying there, her eyes glazed over, it's all my fault!"

My dark haired friend hugged me close. "None of this is your fault, Y/n. Don't blame yourself."

"Then why do I feel so guilty?"

"You're just afraid is all. But don't worry I'll keep you safe, (Nickname)."

I wrapped my arms around Bruce and held him tight, a small smile on my face as I knew his promise would be kept. "The doctor said you'd be able to leave today so I had Alfred go and grab some of your clothes. I thought that you'd want to get out of here as soon as possible."

"That would be nice."

Right on cue Alfred walked through the door with a plastic bag in his hand. "I am glad to see you awake, Miss Y/n. Master Bruce and I were worried."

"It's nice to see you, Alfred. How have you been?"

"Worried about you. We've been looking all over the place for you."

"I appreciate the effort, boys. Now if you wouldn't mind I'd like to change into something of my own."

They both chuckled and left to go into the hallway, allowing me to change in peace. Untying the handles on the bag I smiled when I saw what Alfred had selected.

{Flashback}

I smiled as I sat on the couch with Selina and Bruce at his house, all of my friends surrounding us. It was my 16th birthday and Bruce had decided to host me a surprise party. It was one of the greatest gifts he could ever give me besides his friendship but of course he sat a neatly wrapped package on my lap. "Bruce, you didn't have to! You've already done so much!"

"I know Y/n, but as soon as I saw this I instantly thought of you."

Curious I quickly unwrapped it, gasping at what it was. "Bruce..."

I looked up at him to see he had a smile. "Go on. Take it out."

Taking his suggestion, I gently pulled out the bright yellow dress with a white floral print spread over it. “It’s so beautiful. Thank you, Bruce!”

I embraced him close as the others clapped and cheered.

{End Flashback}

Oh, Alfred. You and your symbolic gestures.

Quickly undressing I was pleased to be in something other than a medical gown or the clothes Jeremiah had me wear, this dress being lightweight and soft to the touch. Gathering the clothes I neatly left them on the bed and went out into the hall to find Bruce and Alfred waiting. “Ready to go?”

I nodded. Bruce took my hand as we walked out of the hospital and towards his car, us kids in the back seat and Alfred driving. The ride back to Wayne Manor was a bit longer than I remembered but I smiled in content once we arrived, happy to be somewhere I recognized. Bruce led me inside as Alfred parked the car, I forgetting how homey the manor felt. “Do you want me to get you anything, Y/n?”

“No I’m fine, Bruce. You’ve done so much for me already.”

“That’s what friends are for!”

I chuckled at his eagerness. He really was a sweet boy. “I can show you to your room if you’d like.”

“I’d like that.”

He gestured for me to follow him as we walked up the stairs and down the hall, stopping about midway. “Here we are! If you need anything I’m right across the hall.”

“Thank you, Bruce. For all that you’ve done. How can I ever repay you?”

“It’s no problem, Y/n. Just seeing you safe and with a natural smile is all the payment I need.”

With that he walked out to leave me to my own devices.

That night after an excellent dinner with Alfred and Bruce I experienced another nightmare. I woke up screaming and clawing in bed, Bruce rushing in worried. “Y/n! Y/n, you’re okay! You’re safe, dear!”

I heaved in a breath as I realized who was holding me, my arms wrapping around his torso in a fearful grip. “It was horrible, Bruce! So horrible! J-Jeremiah came back for m-me and-Oh, Bruce!”

I broke down sobbing. It seemed no matter how hard I tried to get rid of my old friend he always came back in a worst form in my dreams. “(Nickname), I promise you he’s not going to get you. You’re safe here.”

I sniffled and Bruce rocked us back and forth, his movement calming my beating heart and allowing me to breathe through my tube. I was glad that I got to leave every other instrument of torture behind at the hospital but both the doctors and Bruce insisted I keep my breathing tube. “Shh. It’s alright, Y/n. I’m here.”

I know, Bruce. I know.

For the weeks that I spent with Bruce and Alfred I had my ups and downs. Every day my friend took me to do something to make up for lost time and every night he held me close when my demons came to get me. I began to notice that the more time I spent with him my heart would speed up and my stomach would churn, I smiling when I realized that I had fallen for my best friend. Cliche, I know. But it was bound to happen sometime.

One night while I sat in the study Bruce suggested we go out to dinner. I agreed and was told to dress up. I instantly went for the yellow dress he got me, it being one of my favorites to wear ever since I got out of the hospital. Coming down the stairs Bruce smiled at my outfit of choice, holding out his arm for me to take. “Shall we go, milady?”

I giggled. “Indeed, sweet prince.”

We walked outside and hopped in the car, Alfred driving us into town. “Right here is good, Alfred.”

The car slowed to a stop. “Shall I wait outside, Master Bruce?”

“No you can head back to the manor. Y/n and I will be able to get home ourselves.”

“Of course, Master Bruce.”

“Thank you, Alfred.”

“It’s my job, Miss Y/n.”

I gave him a peck to the cheek and got out, both of us waving as the butler drove off. “He is such a caring man.”

“I don’t know what I would do without him.”

“So...where are we headed?”

“It’s a surprise~”

“You and your surprises!”

He chuckled and we linked arms, walking down the sidewalk silently. I enjoyed this between us: our hearts seemingly beating as one, us just in the moment of bliss. I blushed. “Here we are! Jim took me to this place a while ago and I thought you’d enjoy it.”

I looked through the window to see the restaurant was a small one, a few couples scattered here and there inside. Bruce held open the door for me and then followed in, us taking a table by the front window. We ordered and talked, us laughing and smiling the whole 2 hours we stayed there.

After our delicious dinner Bruce and I walked around the city, him stopping us at a nearby park. “Y/n, I have had the most wonderful time tonight, something I haven’t had in years. When I’m with you the world just fades away and the sky seems to open up.”

“Bruce-”

“Y/n, ever since you’ve come to stay with me I’ve felt content, happy that you’re there. You make my world go round....I love you.”

Silence filled the void between us until I wrapped my arms around his neck and smiled. “I-I love you too, Bruce.”

We both slowly leaned in, our breath mingling before our lips met. My world seemed to melt and I began to see in color, my heart beating like a drum as fireworks went off in my head. Silently we pulled apart and looked each other in the eye, happiness surrounding us. Bruce gave a small laugh before nuzzling his head into my hair, my face in his jacket. His scent of peppermint was great as we rocked back and forth in a style of dance with no music, the moment perfect.

“Ah, don’t you just love romantic outings and young love?”

I froze and felt Bruce’s grip tighten around me as we both recognized that voice. “Why are you here? You’re supposed to be in Arkham!”

“So sorry to disappoint. However I need to break up this little “cute” moment.”

Stepping towards us, Jeremiah gave a big grin directed at me when Bruce turned and whispered in my ear to run. I nodded and was about to go but was stopped when I bumped into a chest behind me, the person wrapping their arms around me and holding a gun to my temple. I trembled as Jeremiah closed in on Bruce, smacking him in the face with his fist. I could only watch in horror as the greenette kept attacking my lover, his blue eyes glinting with malicious merriment. About halfway through the beating Bruce collapsed onto the pavement by Jeremiah pushing him, his eyes rolled into the back of his head as he lay there. “BRUCE!”

I tried to run to him but the person restraining me, most likely Ecco, held me in place. Satisfied, the villain turned to me as I glared him down. “Leave me alone, Valeska! I never want to see you again!”

“I’m afraid I can’t do that as it would conflict with my plan, darling.”

He reached his gloved hand up to caress my cheek but I turned away, him grabbing my chin roughly and facing it towards him. He grinned down at me with that god awful smile of his before leaning into whisper in my ear, “Today’s the big day~”

With that Ecco’s gun collided with the side of my head and I fell unconscious.

I groaned as I woke up, my head pounding hard. Looking around the room I was in it seemed deserted and dusty, stained glass windows allowing moonlight to drip in. Slowly standing I went to the door I had spotted but found it locked after I shook the doorknob a few times. Sighing, I put my back to the door and looked across the room to see a full length mirror reflecting what I was wearing, something completely different from what I was wearing before. Curious I stepped towards and froze when my eyes made a full scan of my body.

My yellow dress was gone and instead replaced with a baby blue full length dress, white lace flowers cascading down the skirt and bodice. The sleeves that reached my mid arm were transparent with white flowers near the bottom as well. I realized this was the fabric that Ecco was pleased with and this was the dress she had made. Trembling I touched the long see through white veil and my stomach dropped as I recalled Jeremiah’s words.

Today was a big day.

I was wearing a wedding dress.

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