"I do." Homelander answered without a moment's hesitation.
Bruce turned to Harley Quinn.
"Harley Quinn, do you take Anthony Starr as your husband? In good times and bad, in sickness and in health, will you love him, comfort him, honor him, and protect him until death parts you?"
Harley Quinn was already sobbing too hard to speak. She nodded desperately.
"Yes! Yes! I do!"
Around the world, viewers spontaneously cheered and applauded in front of their screens, offering their heartfelt blessings to the couple marrying amid the ruins of the apocalypse.
Bruce handed them the rings.
"Now, please exchange rings."
Homelander picked up the smaller diamond ring with a slight tremor in his hand.
He took Harley Quinn's left hand and gently slid the glittering ring onto her ring finger.
As Harley Quinn looked at the ring on her finger, her pent-up emotions broke free.
Tears rolled down her cheeks and fell onto their hands.
It was happiness beyond measure, and grief just as deep.
"Notice! Special Popularity Points +100,000! (From Harley Quinn)"
The crisp, pleasant system notification sounded in his mind right on cue.
A hundred thousand points.
Another hundred thousand!
At that sound, Homelander knew it was time to wrap up the performance.
He stopped suppressing his elation, and every trace of gloom left his face.
A radiant smile spread across Homelander's face, straight from the heart.
But everyone else read it differently.
To them, it was the smile of a hero who had fulfilled his last wish and found peace in the final moments of his life.
"Now, please have the bride place the ring on the groom's finger," Bruce said.
Harley Quinn took the men's ring from the box. Her hand shook even more than Homelander's had.
At that moment, Homelander silently gave the