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DCEU Prompt Post #1

Welcome to Round One of the DCEU Kink Meme!

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So, yeah, this is definitely going to be longer than I thought. SURPRISE.

The thing is, it's actually the explanation that causes the fewest problems. It doesn't seem right to just tell Lois that Bruce is Batman—not without at least letting Bruce know about it before Clark does it, and of course Bruce knowing about it before Clark does it would lead to Bruce doing absolutely everything in his power to prevent it. They've just barely gotten to the point where Bruce actually seems reasonably comfortable working with Superman when he needs to. Clark's not eager to send them back to square one by exposing his secret identity without his permission, even if it's only to one person.

And Lois isn't just anybody. She knows as well as Cat does that there aren't any major Wayne stories in the Planet's pipeline—that if there were they'd probably go through Cat anyway, even if she did end up delegating some of the legwork to Clark.

And if the interview excuse won't hold water, and Clark can't tell her it's not exactly Bruce Wayne he's been spending time around—what's left? Somehow, inexplicably, he's genuinely ended up in a place where "Bruce Wayne's my secret boyfriend" is the answer that makes the most sense.

God help him.

He's almost managed to talk himself into accepting it by the time they get back to the office, helped along by a gentle reminder from Lois that he'd rather have people taking photos of him because they've realized he's dating Bruce than because they've realized he's Superman. Which is completely true, even if she's working from an inaccurate premise. It's not the brightest silver lining Clark's ever seen, but it's there, and it does make him feel a little steadier on his feet.

And then they get up to the bullpen, and Perry's standing next to Clark's desk.

"Kent! My office, now."

"Everything's going to be fine," Lois says sunnily, patting Clark on the shoulder, and then callously leaves him to his fate.

He follows Perry to his office with a grim sense of rising dread. He can't imagine what Perry wants—surely someone taking a photo of you touching Bruce Wayne a little too much can't actually qualify as any kind of professional misconduct? But if it's not about Bruce, then that means Clark's missing something, because he can't come up with any other reason why Perry would want to talk to him—

—with the door shut. Clark watches Perry close it behind him and can't help swallowing. That can't be good, can it?

"Sit down, sit down, quit looming at me."

"Yes, sir," Clark says quickly, and sits.

Perry leans against the edge of the desk instead of sitting down, too—which makes him the one who's looming, on the one hand, but also makes Clark feel less like he's just been called into the principal's office.

"Substantiating a claim is important to me, Kent," Perry begins, "professionally speaking. I like breaking stories; I don't like leaping to conclusions."

"Yes, sir," Clark agrees.

"That said, it's come to my attention that it may in fact be time to ask this. Are you involved with Bruce Wayne?"

For a second Clark can't do anything but stare at him. Has the entire world lost its mind? Is Clark having some kind of extremely extended nightmare? Why on earth would Perry care—

"Because if you are," Perry adds, "I need to make sure you aren't assigned to cover anything related to him. Or to Wayne Enterprises in general. Especially if you're going to go public, though frankly I'm inclined to do it either way, just to keep our noses clean. I like my house in order, Kent."

Oh.

"I, uh," Clark says, and then, with spotless honesty, "We haven't really talked about it, sir."

Perry stares at him for a moment, gimlet-eyed, and then relents with a sniff. "Let me be clear," he says briskly. "I don't care who you're dating, or how many buildings he's got named after him. I care whether you're going to walk all over our internal ethics standards, and I care about my deadlines. Speaking of which—"

Clark leaves Perry's office feeling mildly dazed, but also weirdly better. Perry hadn't pressed him, had accepted his completely noncommittal answer, was as matter-of-fact about the prospect of Clark dating Bruce as the prospect of Clark not dating Bruce. Lois was right about lunch, nobody had come up to him or taken a picture or even looked at him too long. Maybe it still might all just blow over, even if it takes a little longer than he'd hoped. Maybe he can get through this without even—without even mentioning it to Bruce, without it even mattering.

He manages to keep letting himself think that up until his walk home.

It's a little worse than lunchtime right off the bat: several different people visibly notice him on the way, and Clark can't help grimacing a little as he picks up the false shutter sound from somebody's phone across the street.

And that's actually why it happens—he focuses on the hearing for a moment, checking for any more of them, and that's just enough to let him catch the half-swallowed scream coming from a few blocks further away. He jerks toward it reflexively, and then catches himself before he can actually step into traffic; he'd be the only one who walked out of that intact. And he's got the suit on underneath his work clothes, but—but there are half a dozen people looking at him right now, a camera still pointed at him. He can't just superspeed away. He has to find an alley or something, has to step out of view—

It only takes him ten or fifteen extra seconds to get away from all the eyes on him, ducking around a corner and then zooming away. But that's enough time for the man who cried out to get stabbed in the struggle. The mugger didn't even mean to do it, Clark can tell that just by looking at him—but only once he gets there. Only once he wraps his hand around the knife blade, fifteen seconds too late.

The wound's not going to be fatal, but that's just luck. And Clark could handle the light mockery from Ron, Lois's sympathetic gaze—even the photographer, once he'd gotten a little perspective. But if this stupid gossipy thing makes it harder for Clark to be Superman? He's got to figure out how to make it go away.

Which means there's nothing else for it. He does need to talk to Bruce.

Ahh, i love that last part! It's so in character and would definitely be the thing to make Clark seek out Bruce.

Thank you so much, anon! I liked piling on the smaller problems, but I figured it would take something a little more like that to really push Clark - I'm glad it makes sense to you, too. :D

Anonnnn, I love you so much. Clark going along with the explanation that Bruce is his secret boyfriend to Lois, oh my god, I love it. <3 And ouch, oh no, poor Clark, of course the real problem starts when this whole thing interferes with what he has to do as Superman. :(

Which means there's nothing else for it. He does need to talk to Bruce.
Yessssssssssss, I can't wait, this is going to be so awkward and awesome. :D

:D :D :D :D :D I have to admit, I had a lot of fun backing Clark into this corner - even trying to claim he's just friends with Bruce would come out weird and awkward and like he's lying about being Bruce's boyfriend! THERE'S NO OTHER WAY. Bwahahahaha! But yes, I did have to give him one last unhappy shove. (It's okay, though, everything'll be fine in the end.)

:D Haha, thank you for your faith, anon - hope you like the next part as much as you're anticipating!

Oh no, Clark! I already felt bad enough for him treading water in this bottomless pit of embarrassment but now things are getting serious. :(

I love the conversations he's having with Lois and with Perry, A+ awkward, would read more :D

treading water in this bottomless pit of embarrassment

What a perfect description, anon! And yes, poor Clark - but I'm sure once he's fake-dating Bruce properly, there won't be any more angst on the horizon ... <.< >.>

:D I think if there's one thing I can pretty much guarantee you with this fill, it's additional awkward conversations for Clark. ~~YOU'RE WELCOME~~

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