The Ties That Bind Us

EPILOGUE: Part 1

Warning: EXPLICIT CONTENT [+18]

NOTES: So, I decided to break the epilogue into two parts because I got inspired and it became huge lol. I'll probably post the second one tomorrow

——— 1 year later ———

"Bride. I'm a bride. I'm someone's bride."

No matter how many times Selina said it out loud, it still didn't feel real.

"Yes, I heard you the first fifty times," Jen rolled her eyes as she fought to rip the tags off her dress.

"How are you not freaking out about this?"

"Well, for starters, I was when you first told me. Then I had to hear you keep repeating the word bride like a moron for the last two days, and I kinda got over it. Also, I'm not the one getting married, so I figured what's the point."

"Thanks."

"What she meant is we're really happy for you and even more so that you invited us!", Pam stormed inside the room, trying to justify her girlfriend's attitude.

"That's not what I meant," Jen murmured.

"My little sister is getting married!", Pam exclaimed excitedly, hugging Selina from behind as she did her makeup in front of the mirror.

Selina held her arms and smiled at her through the reflection.

"Tell me again how you two are still together?", Selina joked.

"Well, she's too grumpy and I'm too peppy. We even each other out," Pam said and let go of her, starting to prep her own makeup.

"You're one to talk," Jen commented.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, have you seen your fiancé? He's too... happy for you." Selina scoffed a laugh and Jen sighed and continued sarcastically, "Okay, okay, I get it, you're a laugher now, you're not dark anymore."

"No, that's not it," Selina chuckled. "It's just the first time anyone's ever called Bruce Wayne 'too happy'."

"I mean, when we first met he was a little uptight," Pam reasoned, "but he did look jolly these last days."

"He did, didn't he?", Selina muttered, smiling to herself.

"We've got a blushing bride," Pam teased.

"You two are really making me regret inviting you to stay in the room with me."

"It would've been selfish to have this gigantic bridal suite only to yourself," Jen said.

"And when have you known me to be selfless?", Selina raised her eyebrows.

"Good point. Though this bad girl case's not really cutting it these days."

Before Selina could answer, there was a knock on the door. It was so "orderly" and polite that she never even had to guess twice.

"Come on in, Alfred," she exclaimed.

The door opened and Alfred and Leslie Thompkins stepped forward, checking around the room if everybody was decent first before walking in.

"How are you this evening, Miss?"

At that point, Selina had already given up on asking him to call her by her name.

"All good. Honestly, I just wanna get this over with."