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Your POV.
“What are you gonna name them, habibi?” Damien asked you as the nurses took each of the twins to get them checked out.
You laid back on your pillow with Natalia wrapping her tiny little arms around your neck. She leaned her head against her Dad as he sat on the edge of the bed with you.
“I -.” You hesitate then looked over at him. Damien raised an eyebrow in question and you sighed deeply, face flushed with anxiety at what he’d think about the names when you mumbled, “Dean, and Samantha…”
Damien stared at you in surprise, he frowned at the names at first, then he smiled slowly, pressing his lips to your forehead.
“If that is what you wish, Beloved.” He whispered to her.
“I, I miss them.” You admitted.
You felt Natalia slowly falling asleep beside you and shifted so you were laying on your side, ignoring the pain in your ribs as you turned to wipe her bangs out of your oldest child’s face. She looked so much like Damien with matching black hair and eyes that you could almost see Damien as a kid like this by just looking at her.
“I’m looking the best I can, habibi.” Damien promised. “Dean is a hard man to find,” He paused and hesitated. You lifted your head off the pillow and looked up at him asking him in silent what you knew he knew you’d ask and had prepared for it. “it’s almost as if he doesn’t want to be found…”
You sighed deeply and laid back down against the pillow.
Knowing Dean, Damien was probably right about that. Being in his profession meant that he had to do a lot of traveling, and a lot of staying alive and out of people’s lives. She hadn’t seen Dean or Sammy since the wedding. Saying that they were on the trail of a very dangerous monster that seemed to be haunting the East side of Gotham City.
Of course; Damien had made you promise that day to never step foot in that area without him or some other family member along with you. You had promised but all the while claiming that you had no need to go to the East side of Gotham anyway, not when you have your own family here, in the Capitol.
Cass quietly entered the room to sneak around you two and take Natalia, in her arms, who was sound asleep at this point. You mouthed a thank you to her who in returned nodded and slipped out of the hospital room so that you to can have some alone time to talk before the doctor shooed Damien out next so that you could rest.
“He’s after him, isn’t he.” You whispered.
You saw his muscle’s tense up at the question and looked up at him, not able to hide the fear in your eyes, but kept a determined look on your face. Damien hesitated then, sighed deeply, knowing he can’t keep anything from you and nodded regretfully.
“I, I can’t believe he escaped Arkham with the help from the Joker…” You said, and shivered slightly.
“I won’t let neither of them near you again.” Damien promised. He pulled you close to his chest and you snuggled up against it, worn out and tired from a mere six hours of labor that night. “None of you.” He added.
“I know, Damien.” You said, “But please, promise me, you won’t do anything to jeopardize what we have, what we built together.” You pleaded. You squeezed his arm tightly and he stared at you before he slowly nodded and whispered his promise before you relaxed and loosened your grip on him.
“All four of you mean to much to me to do that.” Damien assured her. He paused and you could tell Damien was holding something back from you, and reading his mind you sighed deeply and asked,
“What’s she planning now?”
Damien blinked in surprise then chuckled weakly at how easily you can read him now.
“Nothing, yet.” Damien answered, truthfully. “But it’s only a matter of time…” He ran his fingers through his hair and looked up at the ceiling before continuing. “You did give birth to a boy,” He didn’t look at you and you’re muscle’s tensed and a low growl escaped your throat at the mere thought of what Damien was implying.
“She so much as comes near him…” You snarled.
“I know, habibi. I know.” He said. “He will be next in line though, and I promise, I will do everything in my power, once he is old enough to prepare himself for when that day comes…” His voice trailed off and he avoided your hostile stare until he finally and slowly looked down at you and your eyes locked on each other.
“You better damn well protect him, Damien.” You seethed in a growling whisper as you felt your eyes drupe. “Don’t let your mother tear this family apart just as it’s getting started.” You pleaded, then without being able to hold your eyes open anymore your head fell on Damien’s shoulder, falling into a deep willing sleep.
Damien’s POV.
“I will, Y/N.” You whisper into her ear. “With my life.”
Finally the doctor came in to check on your wife and shooed you out the door so that she could rest.
You left the room and looked around for Cass who was sitting in the chair across from Y/N’s room she smiled at you as Natalia was sound asleep against her shoulder.
“How is she?” She whispered as you took your eldest daughter away from her and sat down gently beside her, and cuddled her close to you. You stared straight ahead before answering her.
“Tired, worried, but happy.” You tell her truthfully.
“I bet.” Cass said, smiling, “any word on -. You know…” Her voice trailed off as she glanced at her niece. Though she was sound asleep she didn’t want to take the chance that she’d wake up then just pretend to sleep as she listened to them talk. Natalia reminded Cass so much of her when she was that age. It wouldn’t surprise Cass that she turned out more like Damien then her mother.
Cass couldn’t help herself when it came to analyzing the way the children took after their parents in such a way that left her wondering just how much of Wayne’s was in each of them now. Damien being the soul heir to the Wayne legacy and all.
“No. Thankfully. I dread it coming though.” You say to her.
“How long do you think you have?” Cass asked, taking his hand in hers and giving it a light squeeze.
“A year at the most.” You answer, bitterly. “She’d want to start his training early like she did me. I have until then to think of a plan.”
“Speaking of training.” Cass said, “I bet Y/N would want to start hers back up once she is well enough.”
You scowled at that.
“I’m not really happy about you teaching her.” You say, “Not that I don’t appreciate it,” You added quickly, seeing the hurt look on her face. “It’s just,” You ran your finger’s through your hair and sighed deeply, “I would have figured she’d ask me, not you.”
Cass blinked, then smiled in a teasing way.
“Jealous little brother?” She asked, poking him in the arm making you scrunch up your nose at her.
“No. Not in the slightest.” You tell her. “She is my wife after all and -.” You continued, voice rising a bit, making Natalia stir against you slightly. You froze and looked down at her and watched to see if her eyes would flutter open, when they didn’t you relaxed a bit and looked back over at your sister, who you were surprised to see her smiling at you and her eyes sparkling with amusement.
“I’m just teasing, little brother. Besides,” She said, in a more serious tone, “I believe the reason she didn’t ask you is because she think you’d go easier on her more then any one. She doesn’t want it easy for her, Damien. Plus, I don’t think she wanted you to feel guilty throwing punches at your wife.” She added.
You sagged into the chair, closed your eyes and groaned silently.
“She’s right.” You grumbled. “She’s always right.”
“Keep that in mind, Damien,” Cass advised with a wink at him as he opened his eyes and glared at her, “and this marriage might just survive.” She said, getting up and ruffling his hair.
You jerked his head away and scowled at her.
Cass chuckled slightly walked off towards the nursery to look at her newest niece and nephew.