ABC meme - Diana

[icarus_chained]

Title:  Gift
Rating:  PG
Fandom:  DC
Characters/Pairings:  Diana/J'onn
Summary:  All she wants is to give a gift to a friend
Wordcount:  324
Notes:  for bradygirl_12

Sometimes she wondered how blind they all must be, that they did not see his loneliness, how deep it went, how much it hurt him. Oh, they loved him, all of them, treasured him, would do anything in all the world to comfort him. And it helped. It helped him so much, just to know they were there, just to know they loved him.

But sometimes, she could see he needed more.

"J'onn," she said, quietly, stepping up behind him as he gazed out into space, out towards distant Mars. She could see the longing in his eyes, so quickly masked as he turned to her, hidden behind the gentle smile of greeting.

"Diana," he acknowledged, softly. "Can I help you?" In Man's World, that might be said only in courtesy, but from him it was always truly meant. She smiled at him, gentle in her own way, and held out a hand.

"Come with me?" she asked, as he curled his fingers through hers with a curious tilt of his head. "Come be with me?" And she knew he saw the meaning of it, felt the love of family and friend and man that she felt for him. He hesitated, so surprised, so unsure, and she wanted nothing more in that moment than to find a way to take that doubt from him, to take that loneliness.

"I don't ..." he whispered. "I don't understand, Diana."

She smiled sadly. She knew that. She knew it so well. And there were no words to explain, what should be simple, what should be elemental. She was his friend. She loved him. She wanted him to know a woman's touch, to know intimacy given in love, like that which he had lost so long ago. Not in demand, not in contract, but simply as a gift she could give him, who meant so much to her.

There were no words, so instead she acted.

And felt him melt in blind gratitude into her kiss.