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Title: The Wonder That's Keeping the Stars Apart, Chapter Four
Pairing/Characters: Clark/Bruce, Lois Lane, Ra's al Ghul, Alfred Pennyworth, Jimmy Olsen
Notes: "Music of the Spheres" is a series set in the combined universes of "Batman Begins" and "Superman Returns." Other stories and notes on the series here.
Rating: PG
Summary: Clark's search for Bruce remains fruitless, and Ra's begins to consider alternatives.
Word Count: 2900

( The Gotham fog was thick, twining around the lamp-posts like a living thing. Clark pulled his trench coat tighter around himself and stepped into the bar. )

Title:  Hot Steel
Pairing/Characters: Clark/Bruce
Notes: Written hastily but joyously for the S/B Kink Meme.  Prompt:  outdoor sex - specifically the hood of the Kent farm's pickup truck.
Rating: NC-17
Summary:  The day is hot, and so is Clark.
Word Count: 513

( With a smile, Clark hopped onto the hood of his father's pickup truck, his legs dangling in front of the fender. He unzipped his fly slowly and shimmied out of his jeans, letting them slide to his knees. Beneath he was wearing white cotton briefs--the kind that Bruce found dorkily unattractive until recently. )

Title:  The Wonder That's Keeping the Stars Apart, Chapter One
Pairing/Characters: Clark/Bruce
Notes: "Music of the Spheres" is a series set in the combined universes of "Batman Begins" and "Superman Returns." Other stories and notes on the series here.
Rating: PG-13
Summary: It's an ordinary day for Clark and Bruce, until it isn't anymore.
Word Count: 1400

( Lunchtime came, and Clark shared sub sandwiches with Lois, Richard, and Jimmy. Jimmy's woeful love life was the topic of conversation of the day: Lois seemed unable to resist fixing Jimmy up with potential dates, with comically tragic results. )

Title:  A World of Cut Glass
Pairing: Clark/Bruce
Notes: "Music of the Spheres" is a series set in the combined universes of "Batman Begins" and "Superman Returns." Other stories and notes on the series here.
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Clark and Bruce visit Smallville and misbehave slightly.
Word Count: 1300

(  He moved to stand behind Clark, slipping his hands in his lover's pockets, sliding them along the heat of Clark's thighs. )

Title: Chapter Eight:  Watching the Moon
Pairing/Characters: Kal/Bruce, Alura, Zor-El, Kara Zor-El, Selina, Diana
Notes: "The House of the Earth" is an AU in which a few thousand Kryptonians escaped the destruction of Krypton to flee to Earth and conquer its people.
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2700
Summary:  Kal has problems adjusting to life in Gotham--and meets his betrothed.

( Kal bit his lip, trying to keep his mind on the game, but the pieces were meaningless bits of color. Game pieces shoved about the board. )

Title: Chapter Six:  Touch-Me-Nots
Pairing/Characters: Kal/Bruce, Barbara Gordon, Pete Ross, Ollie Queen, Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent
Notes: "The House of the Earth" is an AU in which a few thousand Kryptonians escaped the destruction of Krypton to flee to Earth and conquer its people.
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2400
Summary:  Kal and Bruce enjoy a few days in Smallville, but their time there is cut short.

( The space between them was full of...something. Maybe not friendship, but something. )

Title: Chapter Four:  Here in My Heart, I Do Believe
Pairing/Characters: Kal/Bruce
Notes: "The House of the Earth" is an AU in which a few thousand Kryptonians escaped the destruction of Krypton to flee to Earth and conquer its people.
Rating: G
Word Count: 2600
Summary: On the way to Smallville, Kal and Bruce pick up some companions.

( Branches tore at his clothes and slashed across his face; he limited his speed but couldn't silence the sound of someone sobbing, a tiny sound in the depths of the raging storm. He drew closer, until a flash of lightning revealed a figure huddled at the base of a tree--a girl, her face contorted with terror at the sight of him.  )

Title: Chapter Three:  Scarecrow
Pairing/Characters: Kal/Bruce, Scarecrow
Notes: "The House of the Earth" is an AU in which a few thousand Kryptonians escaped the destruction of Krypton to flee to Earth and conquer its people.
Rating: G
Word Count: 2900
Summary: Kal and Bruce encounter the overseer who calls himself Scarecrow.

(  Somewhere in the anguish that tore him like knives, a voice was crying. )

If you haven't run into what has become known as RaceFail09, a brief summary: Elizabeth Bear had a reader complain about race depictions in one of her books. Bear responded reasonably at first (she rescinded that later), but her friends and fans did not, and things became ugly. The conversation arched across the SF/F communities and beyond, becoming a sweeping (and quite vicious on the part of some pro authors and publishers) discussion about race, cultural appropriation, and white privilege. There are summaries of links at metafandom and rydra_wong; one of the best summaries I've seen of the whole thing is here.

I've mostly just read and thought about these things rather than entering into discussions and posting about them. My reasoning was that, well, I felt it was narcissistic to say "Here's what I have to say on the topic! Listen to me!" I felt it was better to read and absorb and...well, very often to wince in amazed horror at what people were saying.

( Today had two posts that broke me, though. )

Title: Smallville by Sunlight
Pairing: Clark/Bruce
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Clark and Bruce go to Smallville to reunite Clark with his parents.
Notes: A continuation of "Dreams of Sunlight," an AU of "Gotham by Gaslight." Story idea and art by rai_daydreamer; click on the thumbnails or the link at the end to see the full art! Prompt #15: "Never seen a bluer sky." (see the full table here)
Word count: 2900


( A shaft of sunlight fell across the middle of the table, and Clark put out his hand to let light pool in his palm, warm and soothing.  )

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