(FIC) Dance of the Spirits (Superman+Batman, PG)

[arch_schatten]

This is my WFGE story! wohoo! Finished it this weekend and the ever awesome jij did the beta. All remaining mistakes are mine, as usual, so point and I'll correct.

Title: Dance of the Spirits
Rating: PG
Characters: Superman+Batman
Word Count: 3400+
Summary: Superman is dealing with the loss of his father, and Bruce knows there are no words that can

Comments

[bradygirl_12]

Wow! This is so beautiful!

You captured Clark's grieving and Bruce's sensitivity so well.

And the last scene was lovely.

[arch_schatten]

Thank you, Brady! Glad you liked it! I had a hard time with Clark's grieving because I felt like it was too personal for me to intrude in it, if that makes sense. But by then I was in the middle of the story so I couldn't back out :P

I really enjoyed writing that last scene, so I'm glad you enjoyed it! thank you for stopping by!

[schnuffichen]

Awwwww - sooo great :D

I totally love their banter!

And this line - especially between all the depression - made me giggle so much:
“Or we could stay here. What’s a little hypothermia between friends.”
Bruce can be so dryly funny if he wants to ;)

[arch_schatten]

Hee, I'm glad you enjoyed it! I love Bruce's sense of humor, he's so dry and subtle about it you gotta be vigilant, but it's always entertaining to play with him :) Writing them bantering is one of my favorite things! they play so easily against each other, it's a crime not to take a chance at letting them one up the other :P

[northern_star]

aaawww! awwwwwwwww!!!! this was gorgeous, all the way through. Beautiful, beautiful angst and the setting. mmm! :)

This had just about everything I like in a fic -- even Alaska! hee! ...makes me wish that had been my prompt. LOL!

Wonderful work! :) :happy sigh:

[arch_schatten]

Thank you! The setting took a lot of research than I ended up not using, lol. But I got the chance of looking at a lot of pictures of aurorae, so that was a win! I had a lot of fun writing this, so I'm really glad you liked it! thank you for stopping by!

[quiet__tiger]

Aww, poor woobie Clark! Good thing Bruce is there to cheer him up! ...yeah, that sounds weird to say without sex involved!

I love Clark flying Bruce to nowhere and leaving him for a minute to ponder his way back. And then showing up and then disappearing and then snatching him from the street. It's kinda too bad he didn't pick someplace warm to bring him, but then they wouldn't need to snuggle at the end...

And at least Bruce admits he sucks at the comfort thing. He's not totally full of himself! And I like the detail of Bruce's broken bones hurting when it gets cold. He really needs to retire someplace warm.

He turned towards him, and pressed against Clark’s hair in what felt suspiciously like a kiss.

That's *so* sweet. Woobie boys taking comfort from each other and trying to help each other.

Excellent job!

[arch_schatten]

LOL, well... woobie Clark can always use some Bruce sexing, but sadly this didn't go that route. I shouldn't have tried to deal with Pa Kent's death! it was just too much for me... but Bruce came through like a champ, even though he's crap at the comforting thing, lol.

Bruce must have a bitch winter in Gotham. It's probably both cold and humid, so no wonder he's all 'urg arg I hate everyone', when you add that to the season (I'm not big fan of the season myself!). But he was going to be there for Clark even if he had to tie Clark up so he would stay put! he's very thorough, you gotta give him that :P

I'm glad you enjoyed it! thank you for the awesome fb!

[schala_kid]

Oh good God this was beautiful and I love this. I so identified a bit with Bruce in the whole sucking at comforting department, when my uncle died and my aunt started crying everyone was telling her "it will be ok" "he's in a better place" "your pain will pass" you know just a bunch of cliches... I basically told her "I don't think it will ever stop hurting and there was nothing you could have done but try to live life to the fullest with what you got. I am pretty sure if you were the one that died that you wouldn't have wanted him to stop just because you did". After that she just cried more and people yelled at me.

Also lol at mental masturbation, I think that's my kind of masturbation because I do it all the time.

“Clark…”

“You’re a good liar, B. Tell me.”

“I won’t die.” He turned towards him, and pressed against Clark’s hair in what felt suspiciously like a kiss.Congratulations you're like the second person that makes me tear up in a fic, you deserve every prize in the world

[arch_schatten]

Wohoo! a star! sweet