A/N: Whew. Finally, the last chapter. I hate it when authors take forever to update, and now I'm doing it! Anyway, enjoy!

"Bruce, you have to come with us."

"I don't have to do anything. I'm a part-timer, remember."

He took it quite well, considering the audacity of their decision to surrender to the government. But while they were in custody, he could be discovering who took control of the Watchtower's system.

Lately Diana had been reassessing her emotions. Ever since that kiss in the hallway, it was like her feelings were deeper somehow. She realized that she had always cared for Bruce in a different way….a deeper way. Ever since they had met she felt drawn to him, though she only just became aware of it. It was like an unseen magnetism of destiny, binding their hearts, physically separate but with an emotional closeness that neither realized, but both could feel.

She remembered the other kiss, the supposedly fake one they had shared while hiding from the Thanagarians. And she remembered the smile he gave her afterwards, a cross between his billion-dollar playboy grin, and something much more sincere.

She did care about Bruce, she loved him, and the feeling was new to her. She loved her mother and sisters, and she loved the rest of the League as her friends, but she had never been in love. Steve Trevor didn't count, the slight affection she felt for him was nothing compared to what she felt now.

She suspected that Bruce may share some of her feelings, but she didn't know how many, or their depth. She resolved that when this whole big mess was over, she would finally muster up the courage to confront the menacing but caring person known to most of the public as Batman.

-XXX-

Confronting Amanda Waller had also gone better than expected. Bruce was sure he had altered her perspective of Luthor, if not changed it entirely. He felt confident she would take a closer look at what Lex had been up to these past few months.

His thoughts now turned to the rest of the League, handing themselves over to the government, and of course, whenever he thought of the League, he immediately thought of her.

She had been on his mind a lot the past few months, enough in fact to distract him from battle on occasion. Truthfully, he was in love with her, and that felt strange. He had been in love before, dozens of times, and none of those times meant any less, but this was still different. It was deep, heart-wrenching pain to keep these feelings suppressed. He had never had that problem before now.

He thought back to the scene on the rooftop. All of the reasons he gave for staying out of a relationship were bunk. Dating within the team does not always lead to disaster, sometimes it makes two people stronger as an individual little team. They did have different pasts, but that's about it. And who is he kidding; his enemies are no threat to Diana. Most of them were mortal, and she's Wonder Woman! No, the real reason he wanted not to get involved was because he was afraid of getting hurt. Again. All of his past relationships had ended in either heartbreak or death. So no matter how deeply he felt, he was determined not to get hurt again.

But resolve can usually be weakened…

-XXX-

The battle with Luthor/Brainiac had ended with nobody dead. At least that was good, Diana had been sure someone wouldn't make it. But it was over, the people were temporarily reassured, and the designs for the Metro-tower would soon begin.

And now it was finally time for her inevitable confrontation.

"Bruce, I need to talk to you."

"Can it wait? Like I said, I've got work back in Gotham."

"I don't think it can wait."

"Alright, but make it quick."

They proceeded to the original seven private conference room.

"Look Bruce, you've been avoiding me since Circe turned me into a pig. Don't try denying it. Did I say or do something wrong?"

"You didn't do anything wrong."

"Then what is it?"

"I-I was afraid." It was the single hardest thing he had ever had to say.

Her gaze softened. "Afraid of what?"

"Afraid of a relationship. It's not that I don't…feel that way, but I can't get involved. I don't want to be hurt again, and I don't want you to get hurt either."

Well, she had wanted to start off slow, and slowly get in to talking about feelings, but here he was starting the talk about feelings. Batman's talking about his feelings! Quick, someone take a picture!

"Oh, Bruce, I am the last person in the world who would hurt you. I promise, if I die in battle, it will not be yours or your enemies fault. I can't imagine ever not caring about you. I love you, Bruce.

Ooh, too soon?

With a sigh, he finally gave in.

"I love you too."

Whew, not too soon.

She flew across the room to capture his lips in a passionate kiss.

-XXX-

(Epilogue sentence-thing)

Five years later, Bruce proposed, and at the ceremony, they told their story, the whole story of their relationship, right down to the emotional stuff. They told how it all officially began, after piggy, and a bat.

A/N: Yay! The end! Hope you all liked it! Please review! Reviewers get cake, and the cake is NOT a lie. And if you understand that reference, double cake!