Shortly after Clark returns from the dead, he and Bruce start working together. It's a bit awkward with Bruce feeling very guilty about how he misjudged Clark, and Clark being a bit wary of Bruce because he experience first hand how brutal the other man can be. A mission comes up that involves a trip overseas. The fact that two of them are deeply attracted to each other only makes things more awkward.

Not wanting to cause an international incident, the pair decide to fly to the place on Bruce's private jet. Bruce is bemused by how excited Clark gets seeing the world down below from a plane. Once they get to their destination, Clark marvels at the place, but also how well Bruce handles situations and knows so many languages. As they stay together and investigate things, they each start to notice things about the other. Like how much Bruce likes a certain dish in the country, or how Clark is on the look out for souvenirs for his Ma. Bruce notices that Clark doesn't sleep well at night.

One night, after a particularly bad nightmare Bruce confronts Clark, and finally gets him to open up about waking up in his coffin and making his way out of his grave. In turn Clark gets Bruce to talk about how bad he's been feeling about what happened during the Doomsday event.

In that moment of shared vulnerability, they let go of apprehension and spend the rest of the night together. In the morning Bruce tries to shut things down, but now that Clark has Bruce, he's not letting go. In the midsts of solving the case, he starts to shower Bruce with affection that Bruce secretly can't get enough of.

They have stuff to work out, especially when they get back home, but the possibility of working is there, even with all their differences and issues.