It's all he can say. It's the truth, in stark black letters. It's everything he lives with, every day, every moment, every millisecond. Nothing Bruce is saying is news. Nothing he's saying is unexpected. It's the backbeat in his brain, the mantra at the back of his mind. It's the one person he can never, ever save without destroying.
He makes a noise at the back of his throat when the glasses are removed, his whole body reaching for a moment without his hands for his boundaries. For his shield. For the thing that lets him hide. Now there's nothing between them. Absolutely nothing between them and there's nothing better. Nothing worse.
I expect to die, Kal. I know. I'm never going to die peacefully of old age. "I know." I see everything coming. "I know." Every time."I know."
Anyone can be Batman. But only one man can be Bruce Wayne. Only one man can be B, can be his best friend, can make him feel safe in all the darkness he knows is full of terrors.
The Earth might need Superman, but Clark Kent needs Bruce Wayne.
You'll pull through, when I go. "I know." He knows he will. He knows he will because
Because even if you are right on the edge, you will have a moment to stop and think about what I'd say if I knew you were doing it because of me.
Because of me.
Because of me.
"You goddamn bastard."
Which is the last thing he says before his hands are in dark hair, his body is pressing him against the wall with a surprising amount of deference to a certain gunshot wound, and his lips are firmly against Bruce Wayne's.
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It's all he can say. It's the truth, in stark black letters. It's everything he lives with, every day, every moment, every millisecond. Nothing Bruce is saying is news. Nothing he's saying is unexpected. It's the backbeat in his brain, the mantra at the back of his mind. It's the one person he can never, ever save without destroying.
He makes a noise at the back of his throat when the glasses are removed, his whole body reaching for a moment without his hands for his boundaries. For his shield. For the thing that lets him hide. Now there's nothing between them. Absolutely nothing between them and there's nothing better. Nothing worse.
I expect to die, Kal. I know. I'm never going to die peacefully of old age. "I know." I see everything coming. "I know." Every time. "I know."
Anyone can be Batman. But only one man can be Bruce Wayne. Only one man can be B, can be his best friend, can make him feel safe in all the darkness he knows is full of terrors.
The Earth might need Superman, but Clark Kent needs Bruce Wayne.
You'll pull through, when I go. "I know." He knows he will. He knows he will because
Because even if you are right on the edge, you will have a moment to stop and think about what I'd say if I knew you were doing it because of me.
Because of me.
Because of me.
"You goddamn bastard."
Which is the last thing he says before his hands are in dark hair, his body is pressing him against the wall with a surprising amount of deference to a certain gunshot wound, and his lips are firmly against Bruce Wayne's.