Aaaaaaah I read this on the train on Friday and it improved my day immensely! You should have seen me grinning like a loon! My heart turned over several times. Unfortunately I can't comment from my phone properly (internet connection on that route is hit and miss) but needed to let you know how much I enjoyed this oneshot. The one-upmanship! The purple prose! The declarations of love. And that awkward first kiss. And Alfred, watching it all from the sidelines.
but his rough and brusque ways hide a heart of gold that only Jessie Ross, local reporter, can truly see and appreciate.”
Clark - that really was too obvious!
And yet Bruce could see himself lurking in each one, like a reflection in a distorted mirror (distorted to make him look ridiculously heroic and romantic, he thought with annoyance).
I really liked that description - and Bruce's automatic aversion to being portrayed as romantic.
Scarlet cast surreptitious glances toward as she yearned to caress him, to bring her mouth to the marks of his bravery, to give him pleasure where he had only felt pain…
“Is the cave too warm, sir?” Bruce nearly jumped
THAT passage! The hint of Bruce identifying with the lead in spite of his misgivings and letting himself entertain a fantasy...sdkbfliahflkajböhä
Rand Bowen, a handsome astronaut. Her brusque exterior hid a true heart, and when she found out the diffident Rand had been a lonely child who had gazed at the stars from a window in his family barn, she had been unable to resist his charms any longer. Rand’s love of the stars was utterly charming: his favorite constellation was Lynx, one of the hardest to find, and this fact became a leitmotif in the book for his elusive, shy nature.
BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCE!!!!!! I want to read that book NOW! An astronaut. Stargazing. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! Charming! Shy! ljhsadblkahföjakjghl
moderately affecting
BRUCE. This turn of phrase is so in character it hurts.
”If ever I were to lose you,” breathed Alexa, “I would feel that my light had lost its shadow, that my day would have no tender night awaiting it. Stay with me, my love, and I will be yours for all eternity.”
“Somehow,” said Alfred from the other side of the cave, causing him to jump and wipe quickly at his eyes
I had to wipe my eyes, too, I am not ashamed to say. And Alfred having expected this for so long and having speculated is so - wonderful.
There is room for two in my spaceship. Come with me and be my bond-mate forever.”
Move into the manor Clark!
And there being a word for dork in every language - I really had to try to contain myself on the train imagining Bruce's face as he told Alfred this.
In none of them did a character knock over an end table and send a lamp crashing to the ground. And in none of them did both characters get the giggles and end up laughing uncontrollably for a full twenty minutes, still kissing the whole time.
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Unfortunately I can't comment from my phone properly (internet connection on that route is hit and miss) but needed to let you know how much I enjoyed this oneshot.
The one-upmanship! The purple prose! The declarations of love. And that awkward first kiss. And Alfred, watching it all from the sidelines.
but his rough and brusque ways hide a heart of gold that only Jessie Ross, local reporter, can truly see and appreciate.”
Clark - that really was too obvious!
And yet Bruce could see himself lurking in each one, like a reflection in a distorted mirror (distorted to make him look ridiculously heroic and romantic, he thought with annoyance).
I really liked that description - and Bruce's automatic aversion to being portrayed as romantic.
Scarlet cast surreptitious glances toward as she yearned to caress him, to bring her mouth to the marks of his bravery, to give him pleasure where he had only felt pain…
“Is the cave too warm, sir?” Bruce nearly jumped
THAT passage! The hint of Bruce identifying with the lead in spite of his misgivings and letting himself entertain a fantasy...sdkbfliahflkajböhä
Rand Bowen, a handsome astronaut. Her brusque exterior hid a true heart, and when she found out the diffident Rand had been a lonely child who had gazed at the stars from a window in his family barn, she had been unable to resist his charms any longer. Rand’s love of the stars was utterly charming: his favorite constellation was Lynx, one of the hardest to find, and this fact became a leitmotif in the book for his elusive, shy nature.
BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCE!!!!!! I want to read that book NOW! An astronaut. Stargazing. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! Charming! Shy! ljhsadblkahföjakjghl
moderately affecting
BRUCE. This turn of phrase is so in character it hurts.
”If ever I were to lose you,” breathed Alexa, “I would feel that my light had lost its shadow, that my day would have no tender night awaiting it. Stay with me, my love, and I will be yours for all eternity.”
“Somehow,” said Alfred from the other side of the cave, causing him to jump and wipe quickly at his eyes
I had to wipe my eyes, too, I am not ashamed to say. And Alfred having expected this for so long and having speculated is so - wonderful.
There is room for two in my spaceship. Come with me and be my bond-mate forever.”
Move into the manor Clark!
And there being a word for dork in every language - I really had to try to contain myself on the train imagining Bruce's face as he told Alfred this.
In none of them did a character knock over an end table and send a lamp crashing to the ground. And in none of them did both characters get the giggles and end up laughing uncontrollably for a full twenty minutes, still kissing the whole time.
Perfect. *happysigh*