Who: The Superbat Husbands. By which I mean Bruce Wayne [
kingofrooks] and Clark Kent [
isitablurred]
When: Backdated to
December 20th, 2011.
Where: Batcave
Summary: Bruce goes home after dealing with the Shadow. Clark is waiting for him.
Warnings: Uh. It's these two, plus that Shadow. Probably massive tl;dr, talks of violence and mindfuck and gore, and even more fucked up
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But Bruce wasn't anyone. That was precisely the problem. He was too controlled, too powerful, too clever to be anything but Batman. Or perhaps there was something nebulous called fate that had something that stopped him from being anyone but Batman, no matter how hard he tried ( ... )
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He didn't miss the tension in the other man's steps, in the heavy look, in the removal of his gauntlets. There were scratches on the knuckles, but it was Bruce himself that Clark was looking at, in the working of his hand that stood in for readjusting to glovelessness when it was actually a statement of his anxiety. Even if his heart wasn't racing, even if he disobeyed most of the rules of being human, he still was. The tiredness that hung under his eyes, the high carriage of his shoulders, not the natural hand of muscles in ever-readiness but tense. Clark was sure if he touched Bruce's back it would be as hard as marble... Like his expression ( ... )
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"The source is the same as any other. My Shadow isn't the first, or is it new. Perhaps you haven't been paying attention."
He knew that was false. He knew that it was as impossible for Clark to not pay attention as it was for him to do the same. But it was so much easier to try to piss Clark off than to actually try to talk about what happened, even- especially after that little speech he had with Re-l. Especially after that phone call. He had revealed himself too much today, his shields and armours torn away to reveal the bleeding, vulnerable flesh underneath, and he hated that. He hated being so exposed. He hated that the entire island now knew the ( ... )
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