I don't even know where to start with this, anon, everything about all of it is so great (and I feel like I've told you that already? BUT IT KEEPS BEING TRUE). The description of Bruce, and of the entryway to the cave, and the whole cave itself - and the parentheticals just SLAY me, Bruce and his grief, how much Clark wants to be let in. YES GOOD *grabby hands*

AND THEN. Posturing and bullshit physics, lol (YEAH, IT'S WEIRD HAVING THEM APPLY TO YOU, ISN'T IT, CLARK), and ~touching for ~reasons, YAAAAAAY. This is so marvelous and I love it, and I love that you've given up on guesstimating the number of parts because I want like FIVE HUNDRED. ♥