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Now Bruce was having a horrible day. He had been up since five as he had meetings with people from Japan and thanks to the time difference it ended up not being an ideal time for either of them. He had broken one of his favourite mugs that Jason had given him when he was younger, and now the cherry on top they were fighting Scarecrow.
Now during the fight there had been a hostage situation with a young woman who was an omega as bait. The room had been filled with heavy rut inducers so that no alfa could enter the room safely to save the woman as they would either start to attack her or would start fighting each other. The floor was going away under the woman and Bruce knew what he had to do, but wished that he did not need to expose himself like this.
Thankfully Luthor and Scarecrow had left them with this trap as a social experiment they said. Bruce knew what Lex had planned, that Superman would not be able to handle the situation seeing the woman in danger. That Clark would go in and either hurt her or someone in the justice league. That could not happen as it would break Clark either way.
No one could go in except him as Diana was an alpha and the same was for Clark, Hal and Barry. He could see the rest struggling with their instincts and he yelled at them all to back off. Thankfully they followed his instructions and he went in while all of them tried to stop him.
He untied the woman, grabbed her and brought her out. He was not affected by the rut inducer; the only thing he would have to worry about was that his heat that was coming up would come early and be a lot harder than usual. The rest of the team looked at him in shock as they saw that he was not affected.
Leaving the woman with paramedics they all made their way back via zeta tubes. Sadly, it was his own policy after a fight that they needed to have a debrief. He was starting to feel an itch in his lower back and he could tell that he did not have much time before his heat hit with force.
He was wondering if he should just go home, and say that he would do it from there. He always completed his work so there was no reason for them to think that he was slacking off. He was just about to leave when they walked by the common room. And there he was his son Dick, and lucidity left the table.
Clark POV
His day had been going well until Lex Luthor came with his next plot. The fact that he would put a woman in danger just like that so that he could do his “social experiment” made him sick. This was a real woman who was not just a play thing for them to use.
Clark was seconds from going in when Batman told them all to stay back. He fought every instinct to stay back but he knew it was for the best. Batman had a plan. He was so surprised when the other man rushed into the room with rut inducers. He watched as the other man was not affected by them, able to take the omega out calmly and hand her over to the authorities.
He had so many questions on the tip of his tongue but Batman glared at them all showing that he would not appreciate comments. Clark had believed that Batman was an alpha but now that was clearly disproven. It left him feeling curious. He had wondered if the other man would be okay to date another alpha, something that was not often seen. But now he had to rethink.
Beta or omega was the question, if batman was a beta, then he would just be a bit wobble from the inducers a need to rest but then he would be up on his feet. If the man was an omega, then it might hit him harder triggering a heat.
It was clear that Batman wanted to go home and Clark was just about to offer him to just leave. This was a special occasion they could take the debrief another day. But before that he could speak, the other man just stopped. They were by the common room and Clark could see no reason for him stopping.
He saw that Nightwing was in the room and the younger man looked up at them in confusion. All of them were wondering why Batman was staring at him like that.
“B, everything okay?” Nightwing asked but Batman did not answer.
“There was an incident with rut inducing powder so Batman is just going home.” Clark said that and then everything happened so quickly. He heard Nightwing Saying shit but did not have time to admonish him as that was when Batman moved. He grabbed Nightwing so fast, throwing him over his shoulder and then running away.
Clark wondered if they had gotten it all wrong and that Batman was an alpha who would now attack one of the few only human members of the league. He started to go after but that was when Batman started to growl. It sent shivers down his spine. But it sounded a bit odd… like… like an omegas growl… an omega protecting a pup. Now all of the pieces got into place.
Batman was an omega and he saw Nightwing as his pup, after being exposed to so much rut inducer it had triggered a strong heat and he was coping until he saw his pup. That was when he lost it.
Clark stopped the rest from following and explained what he realized they needed to regroup. Clark and Flash moved in super speed getting out all of the pillows and blankets that an omega could want and desire. It was then the attacks started.
Clark heard a loud noise and then a scream, he ran away and found that Batman had cornered Hal against a way after throwing something heavy against him. Batman was growling and looked ready to fight. Clark had no idea on what to do or what it meant that he did not stay with Nightwing. If he was an omega in heat, would he not stay with his pup?
Nightwing came running in and grabbed Batman who quickly scruffed the younger man for leaving the hiding place where Batman had placed him.
“He thinks you are hiding the rest of the pups.” Nightwing said with a lot of effort. More pups? How many pups do Batman have?
“Someone needs to send a message to the cave, otherwise he will not stop.” Now Batman carried Nightwing away again. When he moved past the common room where Clark and Flash had gathered up all of the blankets and pillows Batman stopped looking at everything on the floor. Clark could see that he put the younger man on a sofa and then started to go through everything like he was preparing to build a nest.
That was good, that meant that they had some time before Batman would start to go on the hunt again. Clark quickly sent away the message to the cave and got one short answer “Fuck” that was it. But he assumed that it meant that the pups had seen his message and were on their way.
He looked back into the common room through the walls with his X-ray vision and saw that Bruce was still carefully making a big nest, so he had to have a lot of pups for him to feel the need to make it that big. Nightwing was still out of commission from the scruffing of his mom but otherwise seemed fine.
Everyone gathered up in the meeting room and Clark told them everything that Nightwing had said. It was clear that they would not have any peace until all the pups were there, as none of them had scent patches. All Batman seemed to know at the moment was that they were alphas and he seemed to believe that they had his pups.
Their talking was broken off when they heard the zeta go off for a Red Robin. Clark opened the meeting room door and looked out, there walked a teen with black hair wearing hello kitty sweats, an oversized shirt and a domino mask.
"Where, is he?”
“In the common room.” Clark answered it was clear that the boy was very tired. He just walked past them all and straight to the common room without needing directions. Clark could see how he came up to the door and then how Batman’s hands came out and snatched him into the room.
“Do we know how many pups should come until it is safe for us all?” Diana asked and Clark realized that it would have been a great question to ask, not that he did. As he turned to say to Diana that he had no idea, a girl just showed up in the room and Clark had no idea of when the hell she came here. He might have let out a small sound of surprise.
“You one of the pups?” Diana asked the girl who had black hair and was wearing black leggings and a shirt she had ballet shoes in her hand. The girl nodded and moved past them.
“Wait, how many pups are there?” Clark asked and the girl let out a small giggle.
“A lot.” The girl said in a soft voice before moving away to the common room. Where she was pulled in by her mother, now Clark saw that Batman had taken off his gloves. And when the door was open, he could now smell the sweet calling scent of an omega in heat. Calling all of the pups into the nest.
Clark just breathed in for a while, taking in all of the notes of Batman’s scent. It was dark chocolate, blueberries and coffee. It was such a nice rich smell that Clark felt so drawn to. He could swear that he recognized it, but that was just him being ridiculous.
That was when all of the pieces in his brain fell together. Batman was Bruce Wayne, that was the scent and that was the only way that it all could make sense. Bruce Wayne had a lot of money and could pay for the justice league, Bruce Wayne was a prominent omega that had a built that looked like an alphas. Bruce Wayne also had like a thousand kids.
He was starting to panic; he did not want to find out Batman’s identity like this; he wanted the man to tell him himself. To be trusted with the truth by that man. Now all of his hopes on how it would go would never happen (if he was honest with himself the hope was that it all would end with a kiss). But he did not have time to panic as the zeta went off again and in came the Red Hood.
Clark felt himself tense when he heard that name and he noticed that all of them were ready to fight. The man was not wearing the whole mask, instead going with a domino mask like the rest and he was wearing black pants, red leather jacket and a shirt with some print on it.
Clark felt his alpha instincts rise, there was an omega in heat here and he would not let this man come in and use and abuse him. He would protect Bruce no matter what. The man saw them ready to fight and Hood started to growl. Wonder Woman was ready to strike when Batman flew out of his nest, got in front of Hood and started to growl bloody murder at them.
Now he could see that the cowl was off and Bruce was also wearing a domino mask. The suit was now off and he was wearing some comfortable looking clothing. There was a flush on his face from his heat and the smell of Omega, Heat, Mom was screaming from him.
“Ma, it is just your college.” Hood said and Bruce turned to him, the growling stopped and Batman grabbed onto the man, ripped his scent patch off and started to aggressively scent him.
“Ma, ma!” Hood tried to fight back but it was no winning against a determined omega in heat. After Bruce was happy with his work, he lifted up Hood like he weighed nothing and carried him away into the common room.
“Is the Red Hood his child!” Hal said and all of them hushed him. They did not want to start any confrontation with Batman right now. But it was a very big reveal that Hood, one of Batman’s rogues were his own son. And from the looks of it they seemed to have a good relationship.
Now they all sat around the meeting room table waiting for the next kid to show up. Clark told them that he now knew that Batman had seven children, but he refused to tell the others how he knew.
“Okay, so he has Nightwing, Red robin, the girl and now Red Hood, so we are waiting for three more to arrive?” Flash asked, seeming overwhelmed by how many kids Batman had. And there were a lot of kids. Clark knew that only one was his biologically but did not share that information with the rest, there was no need for them to know that.
They could now hear that there was something going on in the common room. Clark could hear Hood telling Bruce that the others were on their way but there was no arguing against the omegas instincts. Batman got up leaving the room to look for the rest of his pups.
All of them were on high alert and Clark was cheating he was following Bruce with his X-ray vision. While the man was surprisingly stealthy for being deep into his heat, he still was more careless. Clark could hear his heart beating too fast, adrenaline must be flooding his body right now, all to prepare him to fight the alfas that had his pups.
Thankfully they just managed to avoid a physical fight with Batman thanks to the zeta going off again announcing that Spoiler was here. Batman heard that and rushed away to get her. They saw how he carried a girl dressed in purple with blond hair away to the common room. In her arms she had a shopping bag. That must be why she was taking so long she was gathering provisions for them all.
It was good thinking, Clark wondered if he should raid the kitchen as well to make sure that Bruce had enough to eat and drink. It took a lot of calories for an omega to be in heat and the fact that this was a rut induced heat often meant that it was way harder on the body.
Then the zeta went off two times saying Robin and Signal. The two boys showed up and it seemed like they were dressed for some school extra curricular event. That also explained why they were last. It was clear that these two were the youngest of the pups. It must have been driving Bruce mad in panic at the fact that he did not have his youngest pups in his nest. Batman quickly grabbed them, pulling them into his nest.
“Okay seven so that is all of them. Do you think it is clear for us to leave this room now?” Flash asked, but before Clark could answer the zeta went off again.
“What I thought you said that he had seven kids?” Hal said, but then they all saw a well-dressed man with white hair walking out.
“You are correct, he only has seven children. But if they are going to eat anything other than protein bars then they need me.” The man said in a British accent. Just from hearing his voice Bruce once again showed up outside of his nest and started to pull the older man with him.
“Yes, yes, I can look at the pups but I will not be pulled into the nest. Do not argue with me, you need to eat some real food here.” That was when it clicked for Clark that this man must be a father figure for Bruce. He spoke softly and touched the man with very much care but made sure not to get pulled into the nest instead going to the kitchen to fix some food.
Now all was calm and Clark carefully went out of the meeting room with the rest. When they walked past the common room they saw the big nest, and how it was completely filled up by all of the pups. Batman was in the middle of the nest where one would expect the pack omega to be, and he looked extremely pleased with himself as all of the pups were asleep around him as he pumped out so much calming and sleeping pheromones. Just going by Clark started to feel tired from it.
He accidentally made a noise when his foot hit a pen that must have fallen on the floor during the commotion. He cursed he should not have been walking but he should have flown over the floor. Thankfully Bruce just looked up at him, tilted his head a little and smelled the air. Then going to lay down his pups.
It was so adorable that Clark felt like he could die from the cuteness of it all. He carefully walked away so happy that he had gotten to see this soft side of Batman. He told the others that he could take on the monitoring duty and the rest of them could leave. Flash argued as they always were two, he should also stay.
Flash was the other member except Clark that really liked Batman. Clark was worried that he would have to fight for the bats attention but soon understood that Flash liked Batman as his inspiration, he wanted to be friends with the man not trying to be his lover. He agreed and soon they sat in front of the screens in a calm justice league building. Thankfully nothing big was happening so they just sat mostly chatting about different things.
When there was a knock on the door, they looked up to see the older man there.
“Do you two want to have something to eat? I have made enough for us all.”
Clark marvelled at the privilege of getting to sit at the sofas so close to Batman’s nest eating some good food. Bruce had accepted them in with no argument and was not being pushed by his children to eat some more. It all was so cute and he was so happy that he got to see this side of the man.
All in all it was a weird day and not at all what Clark had expected when he woke up today. But he would not change it. It smelled nice, Bruce was pumping out calming pheromones and Clark let himself relax just for a while. This was a side of Batman he never thought he would ever have to honor to see so he would just enjoy the moment right now.