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Bruce almost never attended meetings by link; he always preferred being there so that he could see everyone’s faces and understand them. It was so much easier to communicate when there was no lag in-between what he was saying and what everyone else was hearing.
But today he did not have an option to choose from as he had been benched. He had broken a few ribs and everyone was over reacting. So, he had now been banned from attending justice league meetings for three weeks. As he did not want to be absent for that long his only choice was video in as all of his prison break attempts had failed.
So here he was looking at his computer and looking at everyone else sitting by the table. He was presenting some new changes to the security system as he had identified some blind spots. He could hear his kids giggling right outside of his office, but he chooses to ignore it. None of them would be stupid enough to reveal their identities.
Clark was unused to Batman not being here as they had meetings, it was not that he was more excited to see the other man more than the rest of his colleagues (he told himself). But it felt weird to have him on link as Batman was always there. He wondered what had happened for Batman to get benched, he had just said that he had broken some ribs, but it left Clark wondering if he could have helped to keep him safe.
Now while what batman was presenting was very important but they could hear the whispering of voices by batman. It left him wondering who was there, it was clear that Batman knew who they were and was not worried at all by them being there.
By the side of the screen soon they started to see someone covered in a bedsheet, and they kept moving into the screen so that they could see it was not just one person instead seven of them. One of them punched another so that they all almost fell, one could hear the giggling as they tried to stay standing and Batman just let out a sigh and continued with his presentation.
Now no one was listening to the presentation anymore as everyone was looking at the people behind Batman. Was this the reason why he refused to be in by video more often as he did not live alone. As no one knew his identity there was a lot of speculation that happened about who Batman was and how he was in his civilian life.
A lot of bets were going around as most of them knew of each other’s identities and as Batman was the one who never budged there were a lot of places to speculate. There were bets on him being a vampire but as he had been seen in the sun, but one thing that people agreed on was that he lived alone. But now it seemed that they all were going to get proven wrong.
“Love you mom!” One of the people under the sheet interrupted Batman during his presentation. Everyone in the meeting room's eyes went wide as they all were surprised that Batman was a mom.
It was like a bomb had gone down in the room, everyone was looking at each other in shock. There had been a lot of betting about who Batman was, what his hair colour was and what his second gender was. As all of them that were working at the league were either alpha or beta no one had conceived the idea of betting on the fact that batman was an omega. Why else would his children be calling him mom?
“Love you darling.” He just responded and started to go on with the presentation. It seemed like he was not as uncaring as he let the rest of them believe. To hear Batman say that he loved someone was something so unheard of that it started a new wave of shock in the room.
“Okay, which one?” Batman was interrupted again by a girl this time. Now the man turned around to look at his kids under the sheet. Clark was still reeling from the fact that Batman had seven children. The alfa that he had a crush on was not an alpha but instead an omega! One with seven children!
“What do you mean?” He asked tilting his head just a little bit, he spoke in a much kinder voice every time he spoke to his kids than any of them had ever heard.
“Tell us who told you that they love you.” Now it was a boy's voice and Batman just stayed looking at them. Time started to tick by and no answer was given.
“Do you know who?” Asked now another boy he had a heavier accent than the other boy that had spoken.
“No, I have absolutely no idea. I know who you think I want to think it is but all of you could have made that voice.” At that the giggling got worse and there was a lot of yelling “I told you so!”.
“At least I love you all equally.” Batman said to stop them and that just made them laugh even more. It was so weird seeing the secluded man interact with his kids, there was a small smile on his lips and that made the man look more attractive than he had the right to be in Clark’s opinion. Then the man surprised them all again by grabbing a pen and then throwing it at the kids.
“Hey, what was that for?” A new boy said, sounding annoyed at being hit by the pen.
“It was you sweetie.” The fact that Batman had nicknames for his children also surprised Clark as well.
“Hey, just because the pen landed on me!” The boy argued back.
“It was divine intervention.” Batman said with a serious voice and all of the kids started a new fit of giggles. Clark could hear Barry repeating Batman’s words; they really were seeing a new side of the man today.
“Now all of you need to go, I have a meeting, bedtime.” When the words bedtime came it was followed with loud groans.
“I am twenty-five and I don't have a bedtime!” The one who spoke at first said. Now Clark was starting to wonder how old Batman was, he believed that the man was around his age, but if he had a child that was twenty-five that meant that he had to be older.
“If you are old enough to bother me during a meeting you are old enough to have a bed time.” Batman argued back and now all the children tried to argue.
“No, I will not listen to you all.” Batman said with a laugh “Out now and close the door.”
The kids started to file out, out of the screen some almost falling when the other pushed them on.
“We just wanted to see if you had a mom brain or not.” Said one of the kids on screen, Batman just leaned down grabbing a shoe and throwing it, they could hear the thud and then ow from one of them.
“I still have a better aim than you.” Batman said and Clark could hear the door closing and the laughter of the kids outside.
“Okay, let’s go back to the meeting.” That was all Batman would say nothing more, and Clark had so many questions he wanted to ask but no answers.
Now Clark always liked Batman and was attracted to him, yes. But somehow after seeing the man and how he acts as a mother, full of love and care for his kids. It was the biggest turn on for him, something he had not been aware of himself. So now all of his day dreams were filled with Batman and how great of a mom he was and how he wanted to have kids with the man, aka not work appropriate.
The meeting went on with no one listening, Clark did his best and made sure to take notes for when he was able to think about the meeting. Now his mind was just reeling from the realizations about his crush.
After Batman was gone everyone looked at each other and then started to talk. The money was changing hands; Barry had guessed that Batman had a child so he got a lot of money for that. But everyone was too busy talking that no one was mad about the money they lost.
Back home in his apartment Clark was still wondering about Batman. He often prided himself on the fact that he was the only one that Batman let close. He wondered if the reason for all of his secrecy was his children. It would fit the man that Clark had started to see behind the mask. He would do anything for the people he loved, keeping his identity hidden was something he would do in a heartbeat.
The next meeting Batman was still online and everyone was bussing to see what would happen today. Clark was looking at the screen with super focus. He wanted to take in everything that he could learn about who the man under the mask was.
The first thing he noticed was that Batman was in a different room than last time. Before it looked like a cave with dark stones in the background. But this time it seemed like he was in an office. Dark wood was behind him and there was a green lamp beside him, one that Clark knew was expensive.
The meeting started and soon they all got involved in the topic. Clark was the first one to notice the tapping that was heard in the background. When everyone was silent for a moment they could hear it, rhythmic thuds could be heard.
He was wondering what the sound could be now the rest was noticing and looking at each other. The tapping went over to sounding like someone was hitting something against the floor. That also seemed to catch Batman’s attention; he tilted his head just a little bit at the chance. Then the hitting stopped and they could hear the door opening.
“Mom, can you fix it?” It was a girl speaking now in a low voice and Batman held out his hand to take what he was going to fix. Clark was surprised that he got a pair of ballerina shoes.
“Wonder woman you can continue.” Batman said it took a second but then Diana started to speak again.
To his surprise Batman stood up and cracked the shoes back, he looked on in shock and the man completely seemed to be destroying the shoe. The shoe abuse continued but then after a while he seemed to deem them abused enough, he handed them over to the girl.
“Thank you.” The girl said.
“Now stand in position let me see.” The girl did something behind the camera and they could hear the rhythmic tapping again.
“Looking perfect as always.” Batman said before nodding, the girl said thank you and they heard her close the door after herself.
“Please continue with Wonder Woman” Batman said and they started the conversation again. Now when they were silent, they could hear a rhythmic thumping that they knew was because the girl was dancing close by.
So, Batman was a mom, he had seven children and he was involved in his children’s activities to the extent that the girl wanted him to fix the shoe. It was fascinating to see this side of the man who always hid in the shadows.
The next week was the last week when Batman was benched for the last online meeting. Everyone wondered what they would find out this time. Batman was once again in a different room than last time. He was at another desk and they could see into the hallway from where he had the computer.
The meeting was going well without any surprise visits from his kids. As the meeting was nearing the end Clark felt a bit disappointed that they had not seen the kids this time. That was when a large man stood in the door opening.
Everything about this man screamed big scary alpha. It took a while before Batman saw the man behind him.
“Oh, you are home.” Batman said in a happy voice that he only seemed to use it when he was speaking to his kids. The man whose face they could not see tried to push Batman away. Clark wondered who this man was.
“Ma, you need to stop, you were in a meeting.” The man said as he tried to push Batman away. It made sense to Clark that Batman, the largest omega that he had ever met, would have a son that was one of the biggest that he had seen.
“Only if you are staying for dinner.” Batman said, still fussing over his very large son.
“Okay, will you stop now!” The man asked, sounding defeated. But Batman seemed so pleased with himself that even his son had to laugh and rub his wrist with his mothers.
After that Batman sat down in front of the screen and his son left. Clark was still surprised over how much emotion the stoic showed when talking to his kids. He wondered why he had chosen to be so strict and curt with them.
Just as they were saying the finishing words Clark was surprised when he got interrupted by Batman.
“No, you are not allowed to have any more coffee today.” Clark looked at the screen. There most of their view was filled by Batman’s frame. But behind him they could see a lankier boy behind him.
“But mom, this is just my third cup.” The boy argued back. He was holding a computer and his coffee in his other hand.
“Liar, I know this is your sixth cup. Do not try to lie to me.” He said in a very parental voice. The boy groaned and it looked like he was thinking about running away. That was when another boy showed up.
“Don’t even try it.” This boy had a much darker skin tone than the rest of the kids that they had gotten to see before. He stood in the boy's flight path. The boy with the coffee tried to run for it and the other boy ran after him. Batman just let out a tired parental sigh.
“I swear to god these kids will be the death of me.” He said as he shook his head, but Clark could see a small smile on the man's lips.
“Sorry Clark, you can go on.” And Clark now with a smile on his face went on with his last presentation.
Now this would be the first week when Batman was back from his home. Clark was very excited to see the man again. He wondered what would be like now that he knew more information about him. His crush was now ten times worse than before.
First when Batman showed up Clark could not see the cracks in his seriousness that he saw on the online meetings. But then when they were halfway through the meeting the Zeta started to go off very much. Clark felt his guard come up wondering who these people who arrived could be.
That was when the door flew open and a boy with a domino mask stood in front of them.
“Mom! He stole my chemistry book!” The boy yelled and Batman just sighed.
“Mother he is a liar; I would never touch something that is infected.” Said a smaller boy. And that was when the older kid jumped the younger kid and they started to fight. After them came an older looking boy who jumped into the fight Clark had no idea if he was trying to stop it or he was joining in.
After them came the rest of the kids, all of them were talking at the same time. Some fight, some calm. All seven of them came into the meeting room like a hurricane. Clark was so over stimulated by all of this. Batman just seemed like a disappointed mom. He stood up and started to pull the fighting kids away from each other.
It seemed like this family was an experience, a very loud and argumentative experience. But Clark could see that all of them were so happy, all of them loved each other. It truly was a wonderful family.