:D Haha, thank you - and thanks for reading it! I hope you're right; you're certainly all being very generous about how long this is taking to get anywhere. /o\
Poor Bruce - I think it's probably a combination! :D He reacted to the talk show question the way Bruce Wayne kind of had to, but I imagine he's been kicking himself for it ever since: he didn't know about the picture but he SHOULD HAVE, he was INADEQUATELY PREPARED and CLARK IS PAYING FOR IT, oh, Bruce. And as much as he'd love to say "I would never," the reasons he would never are things he can't tell anyone, like, yes, THAT GUY IS SUPERMAN AND I KILLED HIM ONE TIME AND AM WEIRD ABOUT IT. OH, BRUCE.
Re: FILL: tell all the truth (but tell it slant); Bruce/Clark, fake dating (5/?)
Poor Bruce - I think it's probably a combination! :D He reacted to the talk show question the way Bruce Wayne kind of had to, but I imagine he's been kicking himself for it ever since: he didn't know about the picture but he SHOULD HAVE, he was INADEQUATELY PREPARED and CLARK IS PAYING FOR IT, oh, Bruce. And as much as he'd love to say "I would never," the reasons he would never are things he can't tell anyone, like, yes, THAT GUY IS SUPERMAN
AND I KILLED HIM ONE TIME AND AM WEIRD ABOUT IT. OH, BRUCE.