The water runs down his arms, his back. He wills it to soak through his skin, wash away her taste, the feel of her body against his, the tight sensation of her thighs straddling around him. But this is not Bruce Wayne's first shower in the last two days. Or his fifth.
Chemical analysis of his blood showed traces of more than two dozen toxins and plant byproducts still lingering in his system. Best estimate was that it would take more than a month for his body to fully purge them all and attempts to synthesize an antidote had so far gone nowhere.
But as he lifts his face to the spray and closes his eyes to the rushing warmth he allows himself to admit what he hasn't been able to say aloud. He doesn't want an antidote. He doesn't want his system cleansed of her power and her potion and her, her essence. He wants her. He wants to feel her wrapped around him again, listen to the moans, taste those perky, musky nipples on his tongue.
He looks down, opens his eyes. He's hard. It comes and goes, has for the last two days. Whatever she'd dosed him with was at least three times as potent as Viagra. And he wanted more. He needed it.
Nothing could get her out of his mind, not three hours on the weights or a 10 mile run or a Class A training simulation with all the safety settings completely disabled. He knows it's the toxins but he can't make himself care, can't forget that taste or that rush. He needs to work her out of his system the only way he can think of.
The water stops with a hiss as he waves his hand over the motion controls. He stands there for a moment, breathing in the steam and imagining it's her scent. He steps out of the shower, grabs a towel and wipes it across his broad chest and up his arms, imagining she's toweling him off.
Tactical thinking and a plan of action have been pushed to the furthest recesses of his mind as he plods into the main chamber of the batcave. The only thing on his mind is his need. Nothing else matters.
"Computer."
"Yes, Batman?" replies a cold metallic voice. He wishes it was hers.
"I need the whereabouts of Isley, Pamela."
The screen flashes as he drops the towel and slips on his boxers and then begins to pull on his armor. Numbers scroll across the corner of his vision as the computer interrogates police reports and scans bank accounts. His pants are nearly on when it spits out an answer.