OP, I've mustered some smart after reading this fill three times in rapid succession. You really nailed this prompt. I love that you've chosen to tackle voyeurism through the medium of "Bruce sleeps with a mark, maybe just for fun, we're not sure." Like Clark, we're not really sure what Bruce's intentions are, but we sure do know the results. BUT FIRST, let me count the ways I love this fill.
Clark knows he's a personal affront to him in a myriad of ways, many of which he doesn't fully understand and probably never will. Existing was one reason, until it wasn't. Not existing seemed to upset him equally, or so he's heard. Being alive again: opinion pending, erring on the side of exasperated.
QUOTING A WALL OF TEXT BACK AT YOU, because wow. This was such a darkly humorous way to sum up Bruce's reactions to Clark being alive, dead, and then alive again. I break out in laughter when I read it, but then I am punched with Bruce-pines-for-Clak-while-he's-dead feels. IT'S A WONDERFUL, POWERFUL COMBO, OP. THANK YOU. <3333333333
And you weave that darkly humorous touch throughout the entire fill; this sense of understatement on Clark's part; the way that understatement always seems to bring out the snarkiest side of him when he's thinking about his relationship with Bruce. (Today has not been exceptional in that regard. Oh my god, I'm dying.) Bruce might not feel... antagonistic towards Clark, but it sure doesn't show. And Clark sure as hell is keeping score.
(call this: a wonderful list of all of the best parts of this ship.)
AND OKAY, IT TOOK ME LIKE, THE FOURTH READING for me to realize that Bruce is suspicious that Clark has just hooked up with gray-flecks-in-hair dude. He's staring so hard at the table. I figured Bruce bet on Clark turning him down, but he probably has no way of confirming this (at this time). Did Bruce sleep with Piper as a subtle sort of "up yours, Kent"? Even if this isn't what happened, it adds a delightful frisson of one-upsmanship between them.
Then we get onto the voyeurism part, and wow, this is scintillating, nonny. (And still hilarious! I love that Bruce does the complimenting-Clarks-eyes-through-the-veil-of-drunken-confusion. On the kinkmeme, we've forged onward from the blue-eyes of fandom talk, and seeing it here gave me the weirdest sense of affection for that trope as Bruce Wayne's bad sex talk. Oh god. xD)
Everything about the voyeurism set-up feels in-character, and that's a real feat. That's basically *the rub* with superbat voyeurism... how to make Clark setting aside Bruce's privacy & his morality even temporarily feel like something that Clark would do. Tying it up with the weird competitiveness of their relationship, Bruce goading Clark, Clark's slips of his senses & concentration in the face of his arousal, followed by him choosing to set it aside, just for a moment. This slow-roll through the stages of accidental to intentional voyeurism? So. bloody. good. 8D
AND THIS IS JUST PART ONE /o\ I FEEL LIKE YOU'VE ALREADY HANDED US A PERFECTLY FORMED FILL. I AM THRILLED BEYOND THE TELLING OF IT THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE.
Re: FILL: It’s more than silhouettes tonight, Bruce/Clark, voyeurism [1b/3]
OP, I've mustered some smart after reading this fill three times in rapid succession. You really nailed this prompt. I love that you've chosen to tackle voyeurism through the medium of "Bruce sleeps with a mark, maybe just for fun, we're not sure." Like Clark, we're not really sure what Bruce's intentions are, but we sure do know the results. BUT FIRST, let me count the ways I love this fill.
Clark knows he's a personal affront to him in a myriad of ways, many of which he doesn't fully understand and probably never will. Existing was one reason, until it wasn't. Not existing seemed to upset him equally, or so he's heard. Being alive again: opinion pending, erring on the side of exasperated.
QUOTING A WALL OF TEXT BACK AT YOU, because wow. This was such a darkly humorous way to sum up Bruce's reactions to Clark being alive, dead, and then alive again. I break out in laughter when I read it, but then I am punched with Bruce-pines-for-Clak-while-he's-dead feels. IT'S A WONDERFUL, POWERFUL COMBO, OP. THANK YOU. <3333333333
And you weave that darkly humorous touch throughout the entire fill; this sense of understatement on Clark's part; the way that understatement always seems to bring out the snarkiest side of him when he's thinking about his relationship with Bruce. (Today has not been exceptional in that regard. Oh my god, I'm dying.) Bruce might not feel... antagonistic towards Clark, but it sure doesn't show. And Clark sure as hell is keeping score.
(call this: a wonderful list of all of the best parts of this ship.)
AND OKAY, IT TOOK ME LIKE, THE FOURTH READING for me to realize that Bruce is suspicious that Clark has just hooked up with gray-flecks-in-hair dude. He's staring so hard at the table. I figured Bruce bet on Clark turning him down, but he probably has no way of confirming this (at this time). Did Bruce sleep with Piper as a subtle sort of "up yours, Kent"? Even if this isn't what happened, it adds a delightful frisson of one-upsmanship between them.
Then we get onto the voyeurism part, and wow, this is scintillating, nonny. (And still hilarious! I love that Bruce does the complimenting-Clarks-eyes-through-the-veil-of-drunken-confusion. On the kinkmeme, we've forged onward from the blue-eyes of fandom talk, and seeing it here gave me the weirdest sense of affection for that trope as Bruce Wayne's bad sex talk. Oh god. xD)
Everything about the voyeurism set-up feels in-character, and that's a real feat. That's basically *the rub* with superbat voyeurism... how to make Clark setting aside Bruce's privacy & his morality even temporarily feel like something that Clark would do. Tying it up with the weird competitiveness of their relationship, Bruce goading Clark, Clark's slips of his senses & concentration in the face of his arousal, followed by him choosing to set it aside, just for a moment. This slow-roll through the stages of accidental to intentional voyeurism? So. bloody. good. 8D
AND THIS IS JUST PART ONE /o\ I FEEL LIKE YOU'VE ALREADY HANDED US A PERFECTLY FORMED FILL. I AM THRILLED BEYOND THE TELLING OF IT THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE.
Thank you kindly, OP. <33333333333333