"What time is it?" Adriana whispered to Alfred who was bringing Arsenio into her and Bruce's bedroom.
"Five fifteen," Alfred whispered back apologetically. "He insisted."
As soon as he was on the bed, Arsenio crawled over Adriana's stomach and over to Bruce who was still asleep. Adriana laid back onto the pillows as Alfred shut the door behind him, and closed her eyes.
The alarm woke Bruce one hour later. He opened his eyes and so did Adriana. She sat up and reached over him to turn the alarm off. He couldn't move because Arsenio was asleep on his chest. Adriana kissed Bruce before laying back down. Bruce rested both his hands on Arsenio's back and smiled at Adriana.
"Good morning," he said quietly.
"G'morning," Adriana whispered back.
Arsenio began to rub his face before opening his eyes, waking up upon hearing Bruce's voice.
"Good morning, mister," Bruce said to the baby.
"Da-" Arsenio started to say but then yawned.
Bruce laughed softly and kissed Arsenio's forehead. Adriana felt herself drifting off to sleep again.
"Mommy," Arsenio said. "Hungee!"
"Okay," Adriana said and pulled him over to her.
Once she had him Bruce sat up and picked up his phone from the nightstand. He looked through a few emails tiredly.
"Nothing there," Adriana said to Arsenio after he tried to nurse and moved him from her left to right breast. She knew that soon her milk would be gone, and he would have to be entirely on solid foods. He wasn't nursing enough for her to continue producing reliable amounts. She breathed a sigh of relief as he nursed on the right side.
"Great..." Bruce said, sounding a bit angry as he looked at his phone.
"What is it?" Adriana asked and Bruce turned to her.
"Looks like I'm going to have to go to Russia in a couple days," Bruce said.
"A business trip," Adriana said sadly.
"Unfortunately," Bruce told her.
Adriana sighed and held Arsenio.
"I am looking forward to retirement very much," Bruce told her.
"I know you are," Adriana said.
"Rusee," Arsenio stopped nursing and spoke.
"Yes," Bruce told Arsenio. "Russia."
"Samepetowber!" Arsenio said, pronouncing the city name as best he could.
"Saint Petersburg," Bruce laughed. "My prodigal son. This time I will be going to Moscow."
"I go too!" Arsenio said, pronouncing each word perfectly.
"Oh...sweetheart," Adriana said. "Russia is really cold this time of year. Your miniature little toes will freeze and then what will I do?"
Arsenio laughed and Adriana ticked his stomach.
"What will your Daddy do when is his baby has popsicle feet?" Adriana laughed back.
"I won't be gone too long, Arsenio," Bruce assured him. "Two days max."
Arsenio pushed himself onto his knees and went over to Bruce again. Adriana covered her chest and watched Bruce hug Arsenio.
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"The rendezvous point is here," Bruce pointed on a map and both Adriana and the Joker looked at it. "We'll wait no longer than 90 seconds. If one of us doesn't show up, we will need to leave to avoid being caught."
