(FIC) Fluent in silence (Bruce/Clark, R)

[arch_schatten]

Written for Bruce's birthday, and posted a little bit early so I can celebrate it with starsandsea :D

I tried to do a '5 times...' but failed at the last one, so it's a '4 times...' fic. I think it works fine as it is anyway! Beta by the team beta damos and jij. All other mistakes by yours truly :)

Happy birthday to the Big Bad Bat! *twirls happily*

Title: Fluent

Comments

[loqia]

Aw, man, this is beautiful. I'm such a sucker for long, slow, natural romances and you've done it so wonderfully here. <3

Bruce doesn’t do great declarations of love, but that doesn’t mean Clark can’t hear them.
Aa-aa-and here is where my heart melted. Now I need to drive down to the shops for a new one.

1. He wears Clark’s cologne
Why hello thar, animalistic, alpha-male possessive Clark! And Bruce is so schneaky in his declarations. It's just so very... Bruce.

Dating a detective has its perks, of course; Clark doesn’t have to name everything he wants to get it.
And so is this. I love the idea of Bruce applying his Super Deductive Skillz ZOMG to 'mundane' activities like relationships. And I like the dynamic when Clark picks up on it, of course. ;)

Also:Clark swivels closer, pulling his cape up to keep it from tangling with the chair’s wheels,
Lol, Clark you doof.

[arch_schatten]

Wooot! Thank you! I'm so happy you enjoyed. I, too, am a sucker for long slow romances, I'm glad I could pull it here :)

My Bruce is pretty quiet and oblique in his affections, but that doesn't mean they aren't there. For me, actually, open displays of affections are always awkward and make me freak out... so this is more up my alley :P

Alpha male possessive animalistic Clark is very, very hot, if you ask me. Bruce totally gets a kick out of it, to play Clark's alpha-male strings. It's fun! What do you date a detective for if it isn't for the fun?? And the, you know, hot sex? Detectives are sexy!

...I was going to ask if the cape tangling with the chair's wheels didn't happen to everyone, but, uh. I guess... the cape thing. (I wrap myself in a blanket, not a cape, but the effect is similar, I think!) Wheel tracks over the cape=not inspiring :P Thank you so much for reading, I'm glad you enjoyed!

[loqia]

I too am a staunch proponent of the blanket-around-the-shoulders method of keeping 'warm' (though I do it all year 'round, so it's more of a, "Mmm, snuggly!" thing for me); and you're right, it does tangle up an awful lot! Yanno, I never thought of capes like that...

[arch_schatten]

Capes ought to be kind of.. awkward and bothersome at times, even if they do theatrical wonders for your image with the right wind. But what about the wind blowing the other way around? What about tangling with the chairs? What about -the bane of long coats and dresses in my case- part of it being stuck out of the door of the Batmobile? And Bruce's is really, really long! Risk of tripping might not be one very high for him, since he's, you know, Batman, but... I still think capes are cool, just kind of a hassle.

I wrap myself with the blankie most of the time too, except for the horrible days of summer where death is a better end than living in the heat. But, mmmm, protection! Sulking in a blankie must be pretty similar to sulking in a cape, too... now I just need a gargoyle to perch over...

[loqia]

I have an ankle-length frock coat I tote out for the winter. And even in that I have difficulty walking up stairs sometimes. o_O

Oh well, yet another reason comic books aren't real life. ♥