I smell some Bruce sabotage....although, upon re-reading. Hm. I'm not sure Bruce's need to protect Clark outweighs his distaste at interfering with his career like that.
Clark sucked in a breath of pain that became a gasp as that hurt too, and Bruce's head came up from the book he was reading, a frown darkening his face.
I LOVE that Bruce is peripherally always paying attention to Clark and monitoring him. So Battish.
So not broken. But bruised, definitely.
Bruce is an expert. *nods*
Waller apparently felt it was better to give Country Clark Kent a light match than to risk injuring him so badly that he couldn't wrestle for the rest of his time with her.
Thank God.
Not for the first time, Clark wished he could wear in public the Billionaire Brucie shirt he had surreptitiously purchased.
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
His voice was so studiously casual that Clark narrowed his eyes without thinking.
I love the familarity they have established.
a stylized image of himself caught in the moment of breaking Slipknot's ropes
O_o Wow. That was fast! "Man of Steel." YAY!
Bruce rode over his words, sounding apologetic and somehow flustered.
*squishes Bruce*
I happen to have a sweet deal with a silkscreener
Uh huh. Sweet deal with Alfred more likely.
so I just decided it was easier to get forgiveness than permission
the bat-principle revealed
If you'd let me help with your mortgage, I might not have done it," he said defensively at Clark's expression. "But you need a shirt, and--"
Oh Bruuuuuce. I love you.
Dear Natasha, thanks for coming to the show! Yours truly, Country Clark Kent, then added, P.S. thanks to your dad too! and a smiley face.
Oh God you are really making up for beating Clark up in the last chapter. A smiley face! *Is dead*
nitpick: where had started posing for a photo with a little boy There's a "he" missing there
"Well, Hot Stuff, I can still lick you any day of the week."
I bet you could and would.
Bruce folded up the twenty-dollar bill and slipped it into the kid's pocket
Awww
"He looks pretty nice to me," Natasha blurted out, and ran off, clutching her program.
"Guess I need to work on my menacing glare more," Bruce said easily. "How many fake twenties are you going to hand out tonight, anyway? You look like a spendthrift."
Bruce grinned and shrugged. "I prefer to call it looking magnanimous."
I BET they aren't fake!
"Oh, I'll be very careful with him," he said.
YAY! Revenge!
"Oh man," he heard Weiss groan to Vickers as he walked by, "You didn't warn me Wayne fought so stiff!"
Ha! Get a taste of your own medicine!
A pattern that perfectly matched each and every bruise on Clark's own body.
Vickers looked uncomfortable. "Speaking of that, buddy..." Clark walked off briskly before he could hear the end of the sentence, but looking back at Weiss's chagrined expression made it clear he was getting lectured about his rough style.
FINALLY
"A bridge," said Bruce.
*pets Bruce * He can't resist, can he?
"Curses, foiled again,"
That sounds silver age to me? Am I right? I like the light hearted rivalry..
The halls were oddly quiet as they headed to Max's office. As the door swung open, the man behind the desk smiled widely and swung his feet off the polished wood, leaning forward and steepling his fingers in front of him.
"Welcome back, boys," said Lex Luthor.
EEK! I heard his animated voice in my head there. And saw his eyebrow of doooooooom. :-)
Great chapter! And now for the newn player. I am excited to find out how they will react to this turn of events.
Yippie new chapter!
I smell some Bruce sabotage....although, upon re-reading. Hm. I'm not sure Bruce's need to protect Clark outweighs his distaste at interfering with his career like that.
Clark sucked in a breath of pain that became a gasp as that hurt too, and Bruce's head came up from the book he was reading, a frown darkening his face.
I LOVE that Bruce is peripherally always paying attention to Clark and monitoring him. So Battish.
So not broken. But bruised, definitely.
Bruce is an expert. *nods*
Waller apparently felt it was better to give Country Clark Kent a light match than to risk injuring him so badly that he couldn't wrestle for the rest of his time with her.
Thank God.
Not for the first time, Clark wished he could wear in public the Billionaire Brucie shirt he had surreptitiously purchased.
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
His voice was so studiously casual that Clark narrowed his eyes without thinking.
I love the familarity they have established.
a stylized image of himself caught in the moment of breaking Slipknot's ropes
O_o Wow. That was fast! "Man of Steel." YAY!
Bruce rode over his words, sounding apologetic and somehow flustered.
*squishes Bruce*
I happen to have a sweet deal with a silkscreener
Uh huh. Sweet deal with Alfred more likely.
so I just decided it was easier to get forgiveness than permission
the bat-principle revealed
If you'd let me help with your mortgage, I might not have done it," he said defensively at Clark's expression. "But you need a shirt, and--"
Oh Bruuuuuce. I love you.
Dear Natasha, thanks for coming to the show! Yours truly, Country Clark Kent, then added, P.S. thanks to your dad too! and a smiley face.
Oh God you are really making up for beating Clark up in the last chapter. A smiley face! *Is dead*
nitpick: where had started posing for a photo with a little boy There's a "he" missing there
"Well, Hot Stuff, I can still lick you any day of the week."
I bet you could and would.
Bruce folded up the twenty-dollar bill and slipped it into the kid's pocket
Awww
"He looks pretty nice to me," Natasha blurted out, and ran off, clutching her program.
"Guess I need to work on my menacing glare more," Bruce said easily. "How many fake twenties are you going to hand out tonight, anyway? You look like a spendthrift."
Bruce grinned and shrugged. "I prefer to call it looking magnanimous."
I BET they aren't fake!
"Oh, I'll be very careful with him," he said.
YAY! Revenge!
"Oh man," he heard Weiss groan to Vickers as he walked by, "You didn't warn me Wayne fought so stiff!"
Ha! Get a taste of your own medicine!
A pattern that perfectly matched each and every bruise on Clark's own body.
Oh, Bruce! Obsessive compulsive sneaky subtle ... man. ARGH!
Vickers looked uncomfortable. "Speaking of that, buddy..." Clark walked off briskly before he could hear the end of the sentence, but looking back at Weiss's chagrined expression made it clear he was getting lectured about his rough style.
FINALLY
"A bridge," said Bruce.
*pets Bruce * He can't resist, can he?
"Curses, foiled again,"
That sounds silver age to me? Am I right? I like the light hearted rivalry..
The halls were oddly quiet as they headed to Max's office. As the door swung open, the man behind the desk smiled widely and swung his feet off the polished wood, leaning forward and steepling his fingers in front of him.
"Welcome back, boys," said Lex Luthor.
EEK! I heard his animated voice in my head there. And saw his eyebrow of doooooooom. :-)
Great chapter! And now for the newn player. I am excited to find out how they will react to this turn of events.