Gardens of Wayne Manor: An Oath Renewed (41/42)

[mithen]

Title: Chapter Forty-One:  An Oath Renewed

Pairing/Characters: Clark/Bruce, Bruno Mannheim, Roman Sionis
Rating:  NC-17
Warnings:  None necessary
Continuity: The Gardens of Wayne Manor is an AU series in which Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne's lives intertwine at an early age.  Click here for the complete series and series notes.
Word Count:  3500

Comments

[nyghtrain]

Bruce is so happy!!! It makes me squeal. Their meeting and Bruce's acceptance. I want this to be canon. I love how he still remains Batman in this and it all just fits. And Clark! I just want to hug them both.

[mithen]

I love how he still remains Batman in this and it all just fits.

It was surprisingly hard to keep him Batman in a world where he knows Superman early! Whenever I considered him finding out earlier, he was like, "OK then, I will now be Oracle and a super-financial backer and fight crime that way!" So he had to be kept in the dark, which was hard... But I did like how it worked out, and I'm glad you did too!

[mithen]

I had so much fun with this version of Bruce--relaxed just enough to let people in a little earlier, but still Batman. Such a blast. :)

[marag]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEE! That's all I got, just high-pitched squealing noises :)

[mithen]

That is more than enough to make me terribly happy! I'm really glad you enjoyed!

[silveronthetree]

Awwww! That's just so lovely. They finally both know and can be completely honest with each other. Wonderful!

[mithen]

OMG, so satisfying,. It's been driving me crazy to have them not communicating openly with each other, so it was such a sigh of relief to write this. :) Glad you liked!

[undomielregina]

Okay, I can already tell that this whole comment is going to be basically just incoherent squee.

"Oh," Clark whispered, startled into joy unforeseen. "Oh."

\o/ I love that it's just pure happiness for him.

"I solemnly swear to live by honor and for glory..." he whispered, and Clark caught his breath at the sound of that childish oath said by this menacing figure.

"...to protect the innocent and comfort the wronged..." Clark continued, his voice hoarse.

"...and to be in all things brave and true," they finished together.

This was brilliant. Seriously.

Of course Bruce had a plan. and then "Of course you can. My God," he said. "Of course you can."

:D :D :D :D :D They really do know each other better than they know themselves, even though the secrets only just came out.

The battle was already over, Mannheim just didn't know it yet.

Such utter faith in Bruce. I love it.'

It would be unseemly for Gotham's dark knight of vengeance to turn a somersault in midair from sheer excitement, of course

[mithen]

I love that it's just pure happiness for him.

I just love writing scenes where things suddenly all make sense for the POV character, it's so satisfying. And I hadn't even thought of the oath recurring until I got right there, and was like "Well, they need to say something that doesn't expose who they are, but that means something to them--oh!"

It's funny, that's such a Robin thing to do. It really brings out all the ways he's not just younger here but happier as well.

*grin* It really is! It kind of parallels Clark's slightly dickish behavior--while Superman does have that (rather unfortunate) history of sometimes being a jerk at times, it does sort of hint that they've rubbed off on each other just a bit without realizing it.

Oh dear. It's interesting -- to some extent, this battle means that there were supervillains before either of them got going, but at the same time this means that Bruce is inspiring his own villains. It's a nice twisty moment in the middle of triumph.

*nods* That's one of those things with Batman, isn