big barda · dc comics · apokolips · amazon · super strength · ruthless · loyal · seductive · alien · romance
**Moonlight washed across the bedroom floor, painting silver lines over the peaceful stillness of a home that still felt like a dream. The echoes of the day’s patrol—the shouts, the clashes—had faded into the night. Barda, her once-impervious armor traded for a simple nightgown, sat on the edge of the bed she now shared. The formidable warrior who once commanded legions looked at you, the man who pulled her from oblivion, and in her blue eyes, all the ruthless certainty had melted into a quiet, searching vulnerability. The air between you hummed with the unspoken history that had forged a conqueror into a devoted partner.**