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249: Clear - Batman - Ivy/Harley - Their Future, So Bright and Clear
Title: Their Future, So Bright and Clear
Author: Katya Starling
Fandom: Batman
Characters/Pairing: Ivy/Harley, past Joker/Harley
Rating: PG/K+
Challenge/Prompt: FemSlash Ficlets 249: Clear
Word Count: Cut to 1,000 (See my journal for the full version.)
Date Written: 29 February 2020
Warnings: AU, Future Fic
Summary: Ivy finally sees all she's supposed to be, just in time.
Disclaimer: All characters within belong to their rightful owners, not the author, and are used without permission.
Her heart ached as she looked at her lover. It shouldn't have taken this. It shouldn't have taken nearly this for realization and acceptance to finally dawn in both their hearts. "Red," Harley croaked, "I -- "
"Hush, baby girl," Pamela whispered. "I've got this. I've got you. You don't have to worry about a thing. Just close those baby blues and let Momma take care of you."
And she would, Ivy vowed silently as Harley's bruised eyes drifted closed. She would take care of every damn thing, all her babies, and that included this young, troubled woman with whom she'd so completely fallen in love. She had considered herself the mother of all plants for years now. She had cared for plants her entire life as her children, but her life was no longer about the Earth. It was about the Earth and this fantastic woman.
Vines wrapped around Ivy's limbs as she bent down and scooped Harley's broken, trembling body into her arms. She tilted her head slightly to one side as she heard again the maniacal laughter that had been their background music since their night had began. Venus flytraps snapped her fury from her bare shoulders.
It barely took a thought from her to have the laughter silenced at last. She wanted to rip the pale-skinned, insane bastard limb from limb, but she had more important things to do right now. She had to care for this woman whom she held to her heart, whom she never should have left for even a minute in this cursed city, this woman, who she finally saw clearly, she was meant to be beside, always had been and always would be.
Tears stung her eyes. She'd never seen anything more clearly, not even when she'd first realized that she was meant to be Earth's true savior. The Bat was nothing; the clown was even less. But this woman she held was everything, even more precious to her than every plant in existence. Wind roared through the tops of her trees as their mighty limbs viciously ripped up city streets and downed entire buildings. The Bat lay crumpled in this mess somewhere, but one still remained, one who'd always had far more power than he ever should have over her Harley.
Rage trembled and roared inside Ivy; she released it through the snapping of her vines and the surging fists of limbs. Venus flytraps screamed her hatred, snapping up the few, remaining mortals like they were insects. She wanted, with everything in her, to keep the bastard alive and torture him endlessly, but she knew that as long as the Joker remained alive, there was a chance that he could pull his power over Harley again. There was a chance he could intrude upon her lover's mind and turn her back to him again, away from Ivy, and back into the world of pain and abuse that had been all Harley had known with him before she'd met Ivy. There was a chance he could hurt the woman she loved again.
They didn't need him. They didn't need Gotham. They didn't need the Bat. They didn't need humanity. They didn't need any of this horribleness all around them. They damn sure didn't need anything that might separate them again, especially anything that would bring her Harley harm. It wasn't worth it, she decided with simple clarity. It wasn't worth keeping the clown alive just to hurt him more, not when it meant that her Harley could be hurt by him again and especially not when it could mean losing her.
Ivy's vines released Joker. He spiraled through the air, his screaming pleasing her though nowhere near enough to sate her burning desire to feed him pain like a well-layered fertilizer. Ivy's largest plant, one of millions she'd raised and cherished since it had been a seed first dropped by its other mother, snatched the bastard out of the air and silenced him once and for all with a single bite. Ivy closed her eyes and allowed herself a quick second to share in her baby's pleasure as she chewed the clown, the Demon who'd abused her precious Harley for so many years.
Harley murmured in her unconscious state. Her subtle movement shattered Ivy's reverie, bringing her eyes open and gazing down at her poor, troubled love. Yes, it shouldn't have taken nearly everything they'd suffered this day for her to realize just how important this woman was, and how she was no longer meant to rule the Earth alone but with Harley beside her, but she'd never again forget it. She'd never again take Harley for granted, or allow anyone else to do so either. She was a Queen, and from this moment on, they were both going to be treated as the Queens they were.
Vines lifted them up into the air, and Ivy glided on her children out of the remains of Gotham City and their old lives. Their future was bright, because she knew Harley was going to come through this. She knew she was going to be just fine, they were both going to be just fine. Best of all, they were going to be together. They would rule together. They would parent every plant from here on out together. They would do everything together, but greatest of all, they would love together.
"It's not the end," she whispered to Harley, her vines lifting her higher into her arms. "It's only the beginning, baby, of the rest of our lives." She kissed her forehead. "I'll never leave you again."
Harley smiled. Ivy knew she was asleep, and was startled by her murmured response, "I know."
"I love you."
Harley turned in Ivy's embrace, wrapped her arms around her shoulders, and cuddled up even closer to her. Ivy's heartbeat pulsed beneath Harley's pale ear. Her smile grew as she listened to its reassuring rhythm. "Love you too, Red," she whispered back, completing Ivy's world. "Always have, always will."
The End
Author: Katya Starling
Fandom: Batman
Characters/Pairing: Ivy/Harley, past Joker/Harley
Rating: PG/K+
Challenge/Prompt: FemSlash Ficlets 249: Clear
Word Count: Cut to 1,000 (See my journal for the full version.)
Date Written: 29 February 2020
Warnings: AU, Future Fic
Summary: Ivy finally sees all she's supposed to be, just in time.
Disclaimer: All characters within belong to their rightful owners, not the author, and are used without permission.
Her heart ached as she looked at her lover. It shouldn't have taken this. It shouldn't have taken nearly this for realization and acceptance to finally dawn in both their hearts. "Red," Harley croaked, "I -- "
"Hush, baby girl," Pamela whispered. "I've got this. I've got you. You don't have to worry about a thing. Just close those baby blues and let Momma take care of you."
And she would, Ivy vowed silently as Harley's bruised eyes drifted closed. She would take care of every damn thing, all her babies, and that included this young, troubled woman with whom she'd so completely fallen in love. She had considered herself the mother of all plants for years now. She had cared for plants her entire life as her children, but her life was no longer about the Earth. It was about the Earth and this fantastic woman.
Vines wrapped around Ivy's limbs as she bent down and scooped Harley's broken, trembling body into her arms. She tilted her head slightly to one side as she heard again the maniacal laughter that had been their background music since their night had began. Venus flytraps snapped her fury from her bare shoulders.
It barely took a thought from her to have the laughter silenced at last. She wanted to rip the pale-skinned, insane bastard limb from limb, but she had more important things to do right now. She had to care for this woman whom she held to her heart, whom she never should have left for even a minute in this cursed city, this woman, who she finally saw clearly, she was meant to be beside, always had been and always would be.
Tears stung her eyes. She'd never seen anything more clearly, not even when she'd first realized that she was meant to be Earth's true savior. The Bat was nothing; the clown was even less. But this woman she held was everything, even more precious to her than every plant in existence. Wind roared through the tops of her trees as their mighty limbs viciously ripped up city streets and downed entire buildings. The Bat lay crumpled in this mess somewhere, but one still remained, one who'd always had far more power than he ever should have over her Harley.
Rage trembled and roared inside Ivy; she released it through the snapping of her vines and the surging fists of limbs. Venus flytraps screamed her hatred, snapping up the few, remaining mortals like they were insects. She wanted, with everything in her, to keep the bastard alive and torture him endlessly, but she knew that as long as the Joker remained alive, there was a chance that he could pull his power over Harley again. There was a chance he could intrude upon her lover's mind and turn her back to him again, away from Ivy, and back into the world of pain and abuse that had been all Harley had known with him before she'd met Ivy. There was a chance he could hurt the woman she loved again.
They didn't need him. They didn't need Gotham. They didn't need the Bat. They didn't need humanity. They didn't need any of this horribleness all around them. They damn sure didn't need anything that might separate them again, especially anything that would bring her Harley harm. It wasn't worth it, she decided with simple clarity. It wasn't worth keeping the clown alive just to hurt him more, not when it meant that her Harley could be hurt by him again and especially not when it could mean losing her.
Ivy's vines released Joker. He spiraled through the air, his screaming pleasing her though nowhere near enough to sate her burning desire to feed him pain like a well-layered fertilizer. Ivy's largest plant, one of millions she'd raised and cherished since it had been a seed first dropped by its other mother, snatched the bastard out of the air and silenced him once and for all with a single bite. Ivy closed her eyes and allowed herself a quick second to share in her baby's pleasure as she chewed the clown, the Demon who'd abused her precious Harley for so many years.
Harley murmured in her unconscious state. Her subtle movement shattered Ivy's reverie, bringing her eyes open and gazing down at her poor, troubled love. Yes, it shouldn't have taken nearly everything they'd suffered this day for her to realize just how important this woman was, and how she was no longer meant to rule the Earth alone but with Harley beside her, but she'd never again forget it. She'd never again take Harley for granted, or allow anyone else to do so either. She was a Queen, and from this moment on, they were both going to be treated as the Queens they were.
Vines lifted them up into the air, and Ivy glided on her children out of the remains of Gotham City and their old lives. Their future was bright, because she knew Harley was going to come through this. She knew she was going to be just fine, they were both going to be just fine. Best of all, they were going to be together. They would rule together. They would parent every plant from here on out together. They would do everything together, but greatest of all, they would love together.
"It's not the end," she whispered to Harley, her vines lifting her higher into her arms. "It's only the beginning, baby, of the rest of our lives." She kissed her forehead. "I'll never leave you again."
Harley smiled. Ivy knew she was asleep, and was startled by her murmured response, "I know."
"I love you."
Harley turned in Ivy's embrace, wrapped her arms around her shoulders, and cuddled up even closer to her. Ivy's heartbeat pulsed beneath Harley's pale ear. Her smile grew as she listened to its reassuring rhythm. "Love you too, Red," she whispered back, completing Ivy's world. "Always have, always will."
The End