Upon Me Proved, by Heather Phillips (PG13)

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Fandom: DC Comics
Pairing: the Brain/M. Mallah
Author on lj: snake_easing
Author Website: none, but all fanfiction can be found here.
Why this must be read: Either you're the sort of person who instantly understands why someone would want to read the tender love story between a brain in a jar and a surgically enhanced gorilla, or you're not. If you are: Upon Me Proved. If you're not, I'd urge you to give this a try anyway: it's a bizarre yet tasteful story of unlovable ...people, who find love unexpectedly in impossible places.


I looked on him fondly, but I'm afraid there was a fatal touch of condescension. "The behaviorist, B. F. Skinner, used to say to his wife, 'Thank you for positively reinforcing me,' instead of, 'I love you.' His wife stayed with him. My wife, now—"

"Vous avez une femme?" Mallah interrupted, shocked.

"Pas du tout .I had a wife, my dear Mallah, but she wanted someone who loved her... not someone who knows that it's all a matter of cultural forms and the continuation of the species."

Upon Me Proved