Ack, I'm *seven* weeks behind in answering comments, but I took a gander at the prompts over at sb_kink. So yes, still with the Bruce/Clark thing here. Some great comment fic there, yay! Which I need to feed. *cough*

So I see a prompt for "grudge sex" (okay, I'm *slightly* paraphrasing). But my brain only turned up "grief sex" which is something completely different. Kind of. So nothing big, 1300 words, post-Final Crisis and completely dependent on *that* plot point (DCU and sortamaybe Bruce/Clark), bleak, nothing super-explicit, and something to offend just about everyone. Or not. Also, I unashamedly abuse the second person because someone has to.

( You should hang it up, you think. The cowl stands in the middle of that pile, empty and accusing. You never would have, before. Never. But now you have and it's done. )

Yes, I've been away. And I owe many comments, so ridiculously behind. My apologies and promises to catch up.

Title: Otherwise It Won't Come True
Author: Romany
Fandom: DCU
Pairing: Bruce/Clark
Rating: Teen/PG-13
Length: ~4000 words
Spoilers: none really
Warnings: slash, ridiculous analogies (Alexander/Hephaistion)
Disclaimer: Not mine, seriously. All belongs to DC Comics. Except the parts that belong to Oliver Stone

Summary: Some analogies are loose at best.

( Clark let out a soft breath, the lash fluttering in the air, filtered sunbeam from the garden. And his wish both great and small. Four hours he'd been here, selfish, since the world didn't make for such allowances. Please. An hour more, maybe two. Let the volcanoes sleep, the earth not rage up, flood waters hold back. Peace, for a short time, and just this place. )

Well, there doesn't seem to be any Mad Men fic out there. Maybe I wanted an excuse to use this icon.

Title: Click of the Latch
Author: Romany
Fandom: Mad Men
Pairing: Don/Pete, Pete/Trudy, Pete/Peggy implied
Rating: Adultish/R
Length: 1810 words
Spoilers: S1 only
Warnings: slash, het, obsession
Disclaimer: Not mine, seriously. All belongs to AMC.

Summary: Pete doesn't believe in hero worship. Except when he does.

( You either work for Don or against him. It doesn't have to be this way. )

Still busy and behind. I see that it's porn battle time again and I thought, "Okay, I'll do that." I ended up with a story instead. And schmoop. Yeah, me. Go figure. *g*

Title: Nor the Rain
Author: Romany
Fandom: DCU
Pairing: Bruce/Clark
Rating: Adult/NC-17
Length: 2507 words
Spoilers: early career, pre-Robin
Warnings: slash, Russian poetry, unrepentant schmoop
Disclaimer: Not mine, seriously. All belongs to DC Comics.

Summary: Bruce decides it's time.

( You come to me, hands empty, and speak of art and how things were when you were a boy. We speak of the dead. The body needs, but the heart does what it wants. )

Okay, I lied. This is actually the second part of three. Turns out this is a bit longer than anticipated. My plans, they go awry!

First part is here.

Title: And In This Room, The Quiet (2/3)
Author: Romany
Fandom: DCU
Pairing: Bruce/Clark; Bruce/Ollie and Clark/Lois implied.
Rating: Adultish, R/NC-17
Length: 5022 words
Spoilers: Superman/Batman Annual #2
Warnings: slash, angst, surprises and uncertainty
Disclaimer: Not mine, seriously. All belongs to DC Comics.

Summary: Bruce visits Metropolis. He and Clark end up talking.

( You always remember your first. )

Well, over at wfslash, tmelange organized a contest based on the recent issue of Superman/Batman Annual #2. 1000 - 5000 words. Easy, right? Ha! I'm now at the 11,000+ mark. Heh. Me and directions. You should go and check out the stories that did.

Title: And In This Room, The Quiet (1/3)
Author: Romany
Fandom: DCU
Pairing: Bruce/Clark, Bruce/Ollie, Clark/Lois
Rating: Adultish, R
Length: 5584 words
Spoilers: Superman/Batman Annual #2
Warnings: slash, language, territoriality
Disclaimer: Not mine, seriously. All belongs to DC Comics.

Summary: Bruce visits Metropolis. He's not there to see Clark. Ollie has other ideas.

( And if Bruce had any friends then, yes, he would claim Clark. )

Okay, this might be a little bleak. Or something.

Title: Bring Me Some Water
Author: Romany
Fandom: DCU
Pairing: Bruce/Clark
Rating: Adultish, PG-13/R
Length: 3058 words
Spoilers: no real spoilers, semi-current continuity
Warnings: slash, angst, disturbing imagery, surreality
Disclaimer: Not mine, seriously. All belongs to DC Comics.

Summary: Some nightmares are worse than others.

( They need you to bring the guitar, Bruce. )

I've been quiet for a while. I owe some comments. Especially to Jen, to whom I could never express enough gratitude.

Title: Let Us Shut Up the Box and the Puppets
Author: Romany
Fandom: SV/DCU
Pairing: Bruce/Clark
Rating: Adult, NC-17
Length: 4342 words
Spoilers: no specific continuity
Warnings: slash, angst, disturbing imagery, extreme hurt/comfort
Disclaimer: Not mine, seriously. All belongs to Al&Miles, WB/CW and DC Comics.
A/N: possibly the beginning of something larger

Summary: Another showdown in Gotham. Clark gets caught in the crossfire. He survives. Barely.

( He's a man on fire, burning, soaring up, up and away through the Gotham night. A signal flare and distress call. Until the explosion snuffs it all and he falls, gravity stricken, a pockmark in an alleyway. Smoke from his body, asphalt and tar and brick, dust in his mouth. )

This is irredeemable schmangst. Seriously.

Title: All He Had To Do Was Turn
Author: Romany
Fandom: DCU
Pairing: Bruce/Clark, Clark/Lois
Rating: Adult, NC-17
Length: 4956 words
Spoilers: somewhen post Wedding Album
Warnings: slash, angst, schmangst, phone sex
Disclaimer: Not mine, seriously. All belongs DC Comics.
A/N: loose sequel to Say It Like You Mean It (Clark/Lois NC-17 [warning: pegging])

Summary: After Clark and Lois try something new, Bruce calls. Clark answers.

( This is where we should talk about the concept of private time and what that means to most people. )

I owe comments for a previous post and I'm sorry. This, I scribbled away from the computer. Bleak.

Title: I Will If You Try
Author: Romany
Fandom: DCU
Pairing: Bruce/Clark
Rating: Adult, R/NC-17
Length: 2630 words
Spoilers: somewhen prior Infinite Crisis
Warnings: slash, angst, hurt no comfort
Disclaimer: Not mine, seriously. All belongs DC Comics.

Summary: Some things break more when you try to fix them.


( Clark didn't want to cross his arms, but he did, always on the defensive with Bruce. How many years and Bruce still made each conversation difficult. )

So a few of you have asked me recently, "Rom, where's the Lex? We see no Lex." So okay, here he is. Also, behind per usual. *sigh*

Title: Panther and Tiger, But Lex Himself a Lion
Author: Romany
Fandom: SV/DCU
Pairing: Lex/Bruce/Clark
Rating: Adultish, R
Length: 5595 words
Spoilers: future fic, although hazy continuity for DCU
Warnings: slash, het, angst, occasional odd humor, misconceptions and delusions of grandeur
Disclaimer: Not mine, seriously. All belongs to Al&Miles, CW/WB and DC Comics.

Summary: Bruce reveals more than he should. Clark intervenes. Lex plans for the future.

( Bruce can only be here chasing glitterati tail, just as beautiful and shallow as the man himself, but undoubtedly half as young. One of these days, Bruce will accidentally breed and dumb down the gene pool that much further. )

You know how fandom sometimes says that Bruce and Clark act like an old married couple? Bickering! Yeah, my brain.

Title: Proceed to Step Two
Author: Romany
Fandom: DCU
Pairing: Bruce/Clark
Rating: Adult, NC-17
Length: 2666 words
Spoilers: eh, not really
Warnings: slash, odd humor, angst, domestic bickering
Disclaimer: Not mine, seriously. All belongs to DC Comics.

Summary: Sometimes Clark just doesn't feel like it.

( No, *you* go sleep on the couch. )

I'm still sick. *coughhackwheeze* And very busy. Family and financial stress woe. And lack of internet. Depressed. Spirals.

And I'm rude! I owe comments and I'm sorry. I'll get on that. Right now.

Scribbling darkish dysfunctional Bruce/Clark. Send help.

( longish snippet of Bruce/Clark dysfunction, NC-17. Is Bruce bipolar, borderline, truly dissociative? Yeah, I don't know either. )

I've been away. All coughy and fever-brain. This is what it is. Kon POV. I owe comments.

Previous parts here.

Title: Take The Ride, part 3
Author: Romany
Fandom: DCU
Pairing: Tim/Kon/Bart, Bruce/Clark, Clark/Lois
Rating: Adult, NC-17
Length: 5592 words
Spoilers: some mild ones for old events
Warnings: slash, humor, angst, no continuity (none, nada, zilch)
Disclaimer: Not mine, seriously. All belongs to DC Comics, CW/WB and Al & Miles.
A/N: This Bart is definitely a Smallville version.

Summary: Sometimes things really are what you think. Things to be learned. Lessons to be had.

( So they get to the Mile, right? Get the corn dogs, ride on the just plain sad roller coaster a few times. Chicks *everywhere*. But do Tim and Bart help with the schmoozing? No, they do not. No, they hang back, looking all sullen and lame, acting like anti-chick magnets, chick *repellent*, so that Kon has to do all the work. )

I owe comments again, always behind that way. This? My brain!

Part 1 is here

Title: Take The Ride, part 2
Author: Romany
Fandom: DCU
Pairing: Bruce/Clark (Kon, Tim, Bart), Clark/Lois
Rating: Adultish, R
Length: 2001 words
Spoilers: some mild ones for old events
Warnings: slash, humor, angst
Disclaimer: Not mine, seriously. All belongs to DC Comics, CW/WB and Al & Miles.
A/N: This Bart is definitely a Smallville version.

Summary: Clark decides to play a joke. It backfires.

( The young always think everything comes down to sex. They don't understand mutual respect, friendship accrued over time—What? Why are you still laughing? )

This doesn't make sense to me either. *g* Schmangst! Me?

Title: Clarity Below the Smoke Line
Author: Romany
Fandom: SV/DCU
Pairing: Bruce/Clark
Rating: Teen, PG-13
Length: 2864 words
Spoilers: no real spoilers
Warnings: slash, schmangst, odd humor
Disclaimer: Not mine, seriously. All belongs to DC Comics, CW/WB and Al & Miles.

Summary: Bruce has a brilliant idea. Bruce can do anything well. Except mornings after. And pancakes.

( But what can he say? The kitchen speaks for itself. As does the whole course of events starting from when he'd selfishly followed Clark into the Plaza men's room. Completely unsalvageable. )

I promised that I'd get the second (and last! Whee, I finished something!) part of this up as soon as possible. I still owe some replies to the last entry. I'll get to them tomorrow. I'm sorry, but I need to go to bed.

Part 1/2 is here.

Title: On the Half Shell (2/2)
Author: Romany
Fandom: SV/DCU
Pairing: Bruce/Clark
Rating: Adult, NC-17
Length: 6000 words
Spoilers: no real spoilers
Warnings: slash, angst, odd humor
Disclaimer: Not mine, seriously. All belongs to DC Comics, CW/WB and Al & Miles.

Summary: Lois breaks it off with Clark. Bruce makes his move. It's pure disaster.

( Over the next few days, which becomes a week and then more, Clark's phone, of course, does not ring. )

I promised tmelange some (relatively) Lois-less Bruce/Clark. This fic became too long for one post. Believe me, this doesn't end at this part (then it would be complete angst). I've been gone from LJ for a while. I owe comments. What else is new? *g*

Title: On the Half Shell (1/2)
Author: Romany
Fandom: SV/DCU
Pairing: Bruce/Clark
Rating: Adult, NC-17
Length: 5194 words
Spoilers: no real spoilers
Warnings: slash, angst, odd humor
Disclaimer: Not mine, seriously. All belongs to DC Comics, CW/WB and Al & Miles.

Summary: Lois breaks it off with Clark. Bruce makes his move. It's pure disaster.

( Clark fiddles with his wineglass, takes another sip, suddenly nervous, but with no idea why. Maybe he's just not used to Bruce going all out. He's used to lectures about discipline, stern looks, the brief touch on the shoulder and back to business. )

I see I owe comments again. I'll get on that. Even after my Miller rant yesterday, I finished up this Millerverse fic I had in the works. This is probably a jump left of canon. No name-calling and no fisticuffs. *g*

Title: Once He Had Believed
Author: Romany
Fandom: DCU
Pairing: Bruce/Clark
Rating: Adult, NC-17
Length: 2874 words
Spoilers: set two years prior to DKR
Warnings: slash, angst, possibly dark, no fisticuffs
Disclaimer: Not mine, seriously. All belongs to DC Comics.

Summary: Clark leaves a message. Bruce returns the call. They do this all the time.

( Bruce waits by his car in the parking lot of the train station. Clark never flies domestic. It's summer and the Gotham air is soaked in sweat, commuters dashing home to their televisions and dogs. Bruce refuses the melodrama of the platform, the lobby of route maps and vending machines. )

More ASBAR mockery.

( My own deleted scene from ASBAR: Why Bruce waited until the last minute to ask Vicki Vale to the circus. )