FIC: The Power Not to Do (Superman/Batman)

[mithen]

Title: The Power Not to Do
Pairing/Characters: Superman/Batman
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Fandom: DC Comics
Summary: After a close call being exposed to sex pollen in Gotham, Batman insists that he and Superman build up a tolerance to it. It's one of the more unusual first dates Clark has heard of...
Word Count: 3800

Comments

[bradygirl_12]

Leave it to Bruce to come up with yet another oddball way of having a first date! ;)

It hadn’t felt it, though. It had felt like flying into a black hole, passing some event horizon he hadn’t even realized was there. Too late to look back; he was falling like light forever.

Lovely passage.

I enjoyed the description of the boys trying hard to resist. They managed, but just barely! :) And the Northern Lights was a perfect backdrop for this little scenario. ;)

[mithen]

Leave it to Bruce to come up with yet another oddball way of having a first date! ;)

I love Bruce's...unorthodox...first dates so very much. :)

I enjoyed the description of the boys trying hard to resist. They managed, but just barely! :)

I don't know exactly why but I found that REALLY fun to write. Resistance isn't futile for these two...at least not for a long time. :)

[starsandsea]

Looking at him, with all the abstraction and distance burned away entirely, all of his being focused on him, as if Clark were the most important thing in the world. A ridiculous thought, really, because clearly Bruce was the most important thing in the world, in the universe, the dark and enigmatic center around which everything turned. Close enough to touch, unbearably beautiful.

*flails* Those lines were just so lovely!

“I thought you knew the difference between the conditional and the present tense,” Batman said, and there was an edge to his voice. “Not I would want it, but I do.”

The last two words fell into the silence of the Fortress, and the air itself seemed to hush to consider them.

“I thought you did too,” said Bruce, and his voice was receding like a wave down a long shore, retreating. “If I was wrong, then--”

“--You’re not wrong,” Clark blurted out, and relief flickered around Bruce’s jaw below the cowl for a moment.

Ahhhh! *pets them both*

“It was an odd feeling, that I didn’t have to worry about anyone in the

[mithen]

*flails* Those lines were just so lovely!

The scene at the party was my favorite to write! Just--the sexiness of not even touching each other, lol...

Awww. *pets Clark*

Oh dear, the idea that Clark and Bruce would get such a rush from not having the world on their shoulders for just a moment, I can so see that... And it was fun to write, too! *grin*

[quiet__tiger]

Silly boys! They always have the weirdest foreplay. I'm sure much more experimentation is in their future!!

[mithen]

Bruce and Clark coming up with bizarre kinds of foreplay is...endlessly fun to write, somehow. They're, uh, very inventive. :) Glad you enjoyed!

[zolac_no_miko]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay~!!

Oh gosh. I love sex pollen fics. And this is so great, they are SO SAUCY.

Loved this:

“--You’re not wrong,” Clark blurted out, and relief flickered around Bruce’s jaw below the cowl for a moment. “But you know--most people start with a movie or dinner, not showing up and suggesting ‘Hey, how about we expose ourselves to sex pollen?’”

“We do need to work on our resistance,” said Bruce. He rolled the little lilac-colored capsule around in the palm of his hand, looking at it. “I like to multitask.” His glance at Clark was sidelong and teasing. “Admit it, you wouldn’t want a mundane first date with me anyway.”

“Touché,” admitted Clark. “So. Here we are, on our first date, working on our resistance to sex pollen. What’s next?”I can just hear Bruce, utterly reasonable, "We do need to work on our resistance," and dry as chalk, "I like to multitask." And I love how quickly Clark gets on board with the idea. XD I love the trash talk and both of them playing dirty pool

[mithen]

I hadn't written a sex pollen fic in AGES and it was time to fix that oversight! :D

I can just hear Bruce, utterly reasonable, "We do need to work on our resistance," and dry as chalk, "I like to multitask."

One of my favorite things about Bruce and that kind of character in general is that wonderful dry way of rationalizing any crazy thing FOR SCIENCE. :)

And yes, they were very lucky there wasn't a big emergency! I'm sure they would have pulled through eventually, though. *grin* And everyone would have gotten some knowing chuckles out of it!

I'm so glad you enjoyed this! I indulged myself just a bit...

[navaan]

It's so like Bruce to completely rationalize doing something as crazy as exposing yourself to sex pollen and use it as a backhanded way to admit that he wanted this without the pollen anyway... His luck that his partner is Superman and knows that normal is not exactly a word that describes either of them. ;)

“Ten minutes,” said the Fortress, and Clark and Bruce--

--didn’t move.

I loved that moment! With the two of them so stubbornly trying to resist the effect before and even then only slowly giving in.

This was really quite a treat!

[mithen]

THAT WAS MY FAVORITE MOMENT TOO, lol. I just really liked the idea that they'd be stubborn about it when the moment came. I'm so happy you picked that out!

And oh, Clark just raising an eyebrow and going with whatever crazy idea Bruce comes up with romantically is the most fun to write, it always is. :)