AND SUDDENLY THE WORLD HAS CHANGED;

[wondie]

Who: Diana Prince (wondie) & various!
What: Diana has returned from her canon update. Catch all for her new threads!
When: 15th and onward
Where: Olympia, maybe on Thesa a bit
Warning(s): sadness...

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[wondie]

There is much good in the world, Bruce. But plenty of darkness as well.

( which is her way of saying without saying that even with Steppenwolf defeated, she doubts peace will cover the land and there shall never be another fight for them to face. she's lived too long to believe in eternal peace any longer, sad as that might be.

at least despite her disillusionment, she's back to fighting for those moments of tranquility. however short. )

[beknight]

We'll do better. We have to.

[ His hope is no solid handhold. Bruce adheres to it because there is nothing else for his vicelike grip, everything else to grope for in the dark is not worth what it would do to him. ]

[ It's a never ending battle. Like weeds in a garden, like walking into the aftermath of storms. Their mission is the same. ]

You're in charge?

[ It's not quite a question. Clark looks to the future, Bruce is at her heels, but Diana is the one with the sword, with the stone resolve of one who can keep moving forward. She'll outlive them both, and while he doesn't expect for her to constantly put herself out there, she never turns away from anyone in need. ]

[wondie]

( they will. Diana believes they've built something important, even with their missteps and mistakes. Victor, Barry; they needed the team as much as the world had needed it. Arthur is older, perhaps not entirely wiser, yet he was not as detached from the league as he'd say out loud.

together they are stronger. together they will face whatever comes next. it is hard thinking that team is no longer with her, once again dissolved to distance. she yearns, suddenly, to look for faces she'd never have thought of before she slept. )

We did this together, ( she reminds, though he isn't entirely wrong. she's a little wry as she admits, ) You could still work on your sharing. ( he's better than he was, and oddly enough perhaps better still here than he was back in their world... but the secrets he holds so close keeps him apart from the team. they both have that weakness to fight past. )

[beknight]

[ They did this together. But he's no leader. He's the one keeping an eye on them all, building them what they need, waiting at the centre of his fortress to open the doors for who needs to be safe for a while. ]

Oh? I think I've been doing very well.

[ With the touch of smugness that always made her roll her eyes — hush, he knows she finds it a little endearing too. Maybe a little of having her at home was because there was no one else who understood, who shared that life changing experience, but here, it was a completely a choice. It'll keep being the one he makes. ]

i. hate. when it kills. my formatting

[wondie]

( Bruce doesn't see himself as a leader, yet Diana knows that he was instrumental in finding and recruiting a great part of their team. as long as he clings to his secrets, insists on holding the darkest of his thoughts to himself, he'll never have complete success.

it still doesn't invalidate the steps he has taken.

she tilts her head in wry acknowledgement, before shaking her head. not quite an eye roll, yet the endeared exasperation is still there. ) As long as we don't compare you to young children, perhaps. ( the ones so stuck in egocentrism that they can barely manage to share... though, she's teasing him as much as he'd been teasing her. ) You have your moments. I think you're capable of more, however.

( he may not have the memories she does, yet, but having the ones she does means she's going to try and get them out of him. for both of their sake. )

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[beknight]

[ He's a private man, exacerbated by experience, by lonely, thoughtful paranoia. He knows Amanda had the right idea — Bruce believes in leverage, too. But in something greater than that. In trust, in partnership. He's never going to make himself much of a known quantity beyond his closest circle. ]

[ But there is that circle. ]

Typical.

[ That too, a little exaggerated, with an unseen smile. She believes in him. It's only a little annoying. ]

[wondie]

You should know by now I'm far from typical.

( he'd had to earn the faith she places in him, and he has. more than once over, as she was learning to understand the human world and far after she'd grown disillusioned with it. it took someone remarkable to reach her in both and he'd found his way all the same. it's paired with a small smile, yet one with a warmth she doesn't show just anyone.

with their flirting teasing out of the way, it takes a few moments to admit the obvious. )

There is someone else waiting for me. ( it's said with a soft note of hesitation — she doesn't show fear often, yet seeing Steve Trevor again after mourning him for so long? it's more than a little intimidating. she's no longer the girl he had been so inspired by. )

[beknight]

Yes, I do know everything.

[ His expression flickers — blink and you miss it that was reciprocity. His warmth too, is shown to so few, it's rare that an arrogant statement is undercut for the sake of humor. And while it was true her younger self easily claimed the lion's share — and claims some nostalgia — it was her that earned every scrap of it. ]

[ More seriously, ]

He's been waiting for you.

[ Whatever mountain she thinks is ahead of her, it's not as tall as she imagines. Bruce isn't as sentimental as to say love conquers all. Love takes work. It takes dedication and truth — qualities both her and Steve have in spades. ]

[wondie]

I know.

( a bitter thought. she remembers too keenly some of the last conversations they had. how Steve feared for how much time they might have. she didn't understand it then. she more than understands it now.

still, she can't help but hesitate. the world had changed without Steve in it, and she had changed as well. in so many ways the girl she'd been when she'd met him had died along with him. she wondered what he would think of her now; compared to the bright beacon she had been once, it is hard to feel more than a disappointment. )

I shouldn't make him wait any longer.