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crack_van2006-07-25 06:20 pm
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Little Boy Lost by Dannell Lites (PG)
Fandom: DC COMICS
Pairing: None
Author on LJ: N/A
Author Website: The archive of the late Dannell Lites.
Why this must be read:
Dannell Lites wrote many wonderful stories in her time as an author. In this one, for example, we learn of the first meeting between Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent, many years before either of them will become heroes. At this point, Bruce has run away from Gotham, and is using the alias of Alfred (Clark calls him Al)--he ends up living with Clark for a little while in Smallville.
The story is told from Clarkâs point of view as he gradually learns more and more about his mysterious guest. If anyone is confused, this is not set during the show of Smallville at all. It just takes place in the town of Smallville.
Buzz sneered and his friends gathered around him in a pack. I scrambled to my feet in alarm. This whole situation was rapidly turning into a nightmare with Bruce at the center of it. How in the name of God was I going to protect him from this horde of jackals? I *that* using my powers surreptitiously. It feels too blasted much like cheating. But, at the moment, I couldn't see any help for it. Not if I was going to somehow save Bruce from a bad beating.
I was wrong about that.
I was all set to use a tiny blast of heat vision to melt their Reeboks to the sidewalk when Buzz stalked in for the kill.
And Bruce....
...*moved*....
I can't really describe it. It was like watching the wind howl or a river flow rushing to the sea. I've never seen anything else quite like it. And that's saying a lot. I was frightened for Bruce, at first. Buzz was a lot bigger than he was and he had to outweigh the smaller Bruce by at least 30 pounds. One of those huge, beefy guys; all muscle and no brain. But for a guy his size Buzz was fast; really fast.
But not as fast as Bruce.
Little Boy Lost
Pairing: None
Author on LJ: N/A
Author Website: The archive of the late Dannell Lites.
Why this must be read:
Dannell Lites wrote many wonderful stories in her time as an author. In this one, for example, we learn of the first meeting between Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent, many years before either of them will become heroes. At this point, Bruce has run away from Gotham, and is using the alias of Alfred (Clark calls him Al)--he ends up living with Clark for a little while in Smallville.
The story is told from Clarkâs point of view as he gradually learns more and more about his mysterious guest. If anyone is confused, this is not set during the show of Smallville at all. It just takes place in the town of Smallville.
Buzz sneered and his friends gathered around him in a pack. I scrambled to my feet in alarm. This whole situation was rapidly turning into a nightmare with Bruce at the center of it. How in the name of God was I going to protect him from this horde of jackals? I *that* using my powers surreptitiously. It feels too blasted much like cheating. But, at the moment, I couldn't see any help for it. Not if I was going to somehow save Bruce from a bad beating.
I was wrong about that.
I was all set to use a tiny blast of heat vision to melt their Reeboks to the sidewalk when Buzz stalked in for the kill.
And Bruce....
...*moved*....
I can't really describe it. It was like watching the wind howl or a river flow rushing to the sea. I've never seen anything else quite like it. And that's saying a lot. I was frightened for Bruce, at first. Buzz was a lot bigger than he was and he had to outweigh the smaller Bruce by at least 30 pounds. One of those huge, beefy guys; all muscle and no brain. But for a guy his size Buzz was fast; really fast.
But not as fast as Bruce.
Little Boy Lost