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Fluent in Silence by Arch_Schatten (R)
Fandom: DC COMICS
Pairing: Superman/Batman
Length: 3300 words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
arch_schatten
Author Website: N/A
Why this must be read:
Many people in this fandom write an excellent Bruce Wayne, but few do it as well asarch_schatten, in my book. Her Batman is taciturn, elusive, difficult--and at the same time passionate, compassionate, loyal and loving. "Fluent in Silence" works as a character study of a relationship, a gentle and affectionate guide to its gradual deepening and widening. The author focuses on the small things that reveal commitment more than any grandiose declaration; with humor and an eye to the sensuous detail she builds an image of two people in love and the slow intertwining of their lives.
Clark starts noticing about two months in. A month ago he thought his toothbrush in the master bathroom at the Manor was a victory, but when he finds a book that isn’t his in his apartment, a hardcover edition of L’isola del giorno prima, he has a revelation. There’s a drawer in his closet with a couple of shirts that are too tight in the chest to belong to him, a toothbrush in a cup by the sink, a bottle of shower gel that smells of exotic herbs, mango and vanilla. There’s a drawer in Bruce’s bedroom with Clark’s shirts, a couple of hangers with Clark’s clothes inside Bruce’s monstrous closet, a comb and a toothbrush in the bathroom. For men of the twenty-first century, these are bare necessities. The book means they have moved past the bare necessities, no longer just lust and need, all-consuming passion giving way to companionship and a slow-burning, less desperate kind of passion.
He gives Bruce a key to his apartment, despite knowing Bruce can’t be stopped by a simple lock if he wants in. There’s something in his eyes when he gives him the small key, in the way his thumb presses against the dents of the metal, that tells Clark more than any words could. Not only has he learned to understand the silences, he’s becoming fluent in them.
Fluent in Silence: 4 Things That Tell Clark It's Not Casual Sex
Pairing: Superman/Batman
Length: 3300 words
Author on LJ:
arch_schattenAuthor Website: N/A
Why this must be read:
Many people in this fandom write an excellent Bruce Wayne, but few do it as well as
arch_schatten, in my book. Her Batman is taciturn, elusive, difficult--and at the same time passionate, compassionate, loyal and loving. "Fluent in Silence" works as a character study of a relationship, a gentle and affectionate guide to its gradual deepening and widening. The author focuses on the small things that reveal commitment more than any grandiose declaration; with humor and an eye to the sensuous detail she builds an image of two people in love and the slow intertwining of their lives.Clark starts noticing about two months in. A month ago he thought his toothbrush in the master bathroom at the Manor was a victory, but when he finds a book that isn’t his in his apartment, a hardcover edition of L’isola del giorno prima, he has a revelation. There’s a drawer in his closet with a couple of shirts that are too tight in the chest to belong to him, a toothbrush in a cup by the sink, a bottle of shower gel that smells of exotic herbs, mango and vanilla. There’s a drawer in Bruce’s bedroom with Clark’s shirts, a couple of hangers with Clark’s clothes inside Bruce’s monstrous closet, a comb and a toothbrush in the bathroom. For men of the twenty-first century, these are bare necessities. The book means they have moved past the bare necessities, no longer just lust and need, all-consuming passion giving way to companionship and a slow-burning, less desperate kind of passion.
He gives Bruce a key to his apartment, despite knowing Bruce can’t be stopped by a simple lock if he wants in. There’s something in his eyes when he gives him the small key, in the way his thumb presses against the dents of the metal, that tells Clark more than any words could. Not only has he learned to understand the silences, he’s becoming fluent in them.
Fluent in Silence: 4 Things That Tell Clark It's Not Casual Sex