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Author: ladybugkay
Fandom: DCU and Smallville
Pairing: Clark/Oliver
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 1498 (Series total: 25, 541)
Summary: Conclusion. Clark is going to become Superman. In this part, Oliver and Clark make a scene, and Clark makes arrangements for the future before going home to Oliver.
Disclaimer: DC and Gough & Millar and others are the owners. I write for entertainment and not money, and I intend no copyright infringement.
Note: This fic is part of the An Arrow to a Quiver contest at
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Part One: Nadir
Part Two: Genesis
Part Three: Repercussions, or What Oliver Did
Part Four: Dissatisfaction
Part Five: Zenith
Part Six: Resolutions
Epilogue: The Fine Print
Oliver walks into the Daily Planet building and heads for
“Would it kill you to pick up an iron, Smallville? How do you expect to become an actual reporter if you don’t dress for success? First it was flannel, and now, the ugliest suits I’ve ever seen. Maybe I should take you shopping, because God knows, you’ll never get a date looking like that, and I worry about you ending up alone,
He knows he shouldn’t. He really shouldn’t. Not least because Lois is not a bad person; she’s just tactless and enjoys insulting
He walks up to
When Oliver pulls back,
“Hey,
“Actually,”
Oliver has to laugh. It would be a nice touch for the show they’re putting on, except that somehow, Oliver thinks
“Sure. I have an errand to run after work, but I can come over after that.”
“Then it’s a date. I’ll be waiting,” he adds, while he cops a quick feel of
Then he walks away and thinks about all the things he wants to do to
* * *
“Superman.”
“Don’t start, Batman. I came here for a reason. I need to ask you a favour.”
“What makes you think I’m going to do you this favour?”
“Damn it, Batman. Take the damned thing. I need to know you have it, in case something happens and you have to--” He stops, because he isn’t quite sure how to say this without sounding as if he’s crazy or desperate. “I need to know that if I ever get out of control or someone tries to manipulate me, that you have the means to stop me.”
Batman looks intrigued, and
“And this box gives me the means to restrain you?”
“Well, it’s not like it’s a harness and whip, but essentially, yes.” And then he blushes, because even though the Bat-costume does make him think things like that, on occasion, this really isn’t the time to be wondering what Batman does to relieve all that tension he never quite seems to lose.
“Then what is it?”
“Don’t open it, here, please. It’s a piece of refined kryptonite. One this size could knock me out for days and if you used a little imagination, you could probably even kill me with it. Or at least permanently incapacitate me.”
Now Batman looks shocked, and
“Why are you giving it to me? What about Oliver?”
Well, Oliver had warned him that Batman had figured out how things stood between them. “Because Oliver won’t use it. He won’t hurt me like that, even if it’s necessary. And I need to know that if something happens and I start to do things I shouldn’t, start to hurt people or try to take over the universe or something, that there’s someone who can and will stop me.”
“And you think I’ll be that person.”
“I know you will be. You still don’t entirely trust me, which, in this case, is a good thing. I can count on you to take me out if that’s what you need to do, but I also know that you won’t use what’s in this box recklessly or maliciously.”
Batman is silent for a moment, and then he reaches out his right hand to accept the box and the responsibility that goes along with it.
“Thank you,”
“
Bruce Wayne.
Well. That is unexpected. The dissipated playboy is actually a grim vigilante with a fetish for bats. Although the more
“Thank you, Bruce,” he says quietly. “That means a lot.”
Batman nods stiffly in acknowledgment. “You’re welcome. Clark.”
“Now there’s somewhere I have to be, so I’ll see you at the next League meeting.”
Batman steps back, and
Oliver is waiting for him when he gets in, and Oliver Queen naked and waiting is a beautiful sight. “Lois called,” he says with a grin.
“She says she needs your help with the article about Superman’s showdown with Lex Luthor, but I told her that she knew we had plans, and she could do her own grunt work tonight while you and I do ours.”
“Her obsession with Superman is kind of creepy. She tries to grope me—well, Superman—every time I save her, and she doesn’t seem to realize my eyes are above my belt.”
Oliver tugs on
“Shut up,”
Oliver grins at him in that way that makes
With a slight whisper of wind,
“Let’s see how flexible you are, these days, Mr. Queen.”
There is a flash of white teeth, and then Oliver flips them. “No, I think tonight we should see how flexible you are.”
“Show-off.”
“It’s not bragging if it’s true.”
Oliver looks him up and down, assessing him carefully. “Okay, then. Let’s get bendy!”
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Date: 2007-09-17 03:42 am (UTC)and i'm so glad you decided to an epilogue. personally i love lois but i really liked seeing oliver show her up. it seems like something he would do. the bruce/clark interaction was awesome too!
this story completely rocked. i'm pretty sure i asked you before, but i just wanted to let you know i added this to my clark/ollie list. :D let me know if you have an objections.
i hope to see more clark & oliver from you in the future! thanks so much for writing this and sharing it with us.
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Date: 2007-09-17 07:09 pm (UTC)Fabu. *claps loudly.*
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Date: 2007-09-18 12:02 am (UTC)Now write some Clark/Bruce...now. *cracks whip*
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Date: 2007-09-18 03:39 pm (UTC)Everything is NOT as it should be until Clark is with Bruce! LOL Or, at least, that's what my inner fangirl is screaming. :))
I loved the Clark/Ollie here. They have such a wonderful vibe, and seem so into each other, like the five year wait means they now can't get enough of one another. You got that feeling across perfectly.
Of course, I loved the showing up of Lois, particularly because I have the Lois from the show in mind who has always been so dismissive of Clark. The beginning of this had me smiling hugely.
The scene with Bruce was to die for. :) The comment about whips and harnesses was Clark flirting. He just has to admit it. LOL And I *know* Bruce is feeling it. Why else would he be so willing to let Clark know that he's a beautiful billionaire too, with even more...assets...than Ollie? LOL That's exactly what I took out of Bruce's identity reveal. ;) Manipulative bastard. Hee! Ollie better watch out.
Thanks so much for persevering with this, Kay. It sounds like you had to force yourself to finish, which I can really appreciate since it always seems to me that the endings of stories are always the most difficult to write. I do want to say again how marvelous the story is and what a great accomplishment. Kudos!
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Date: 2007-09-20 12:52 am (UTC)Clark and Bruce little chat went in the right direction, everything was just right and in there place. I loved it and i hope to read more Collie from you.
Rocking end to the story.
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Date: 2008-09-22 01:38 am (UTC)Also I love Let's get bendy!.
I'll have to give it a better read though later. XD Sleep is need for work tomorrow. :(
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Date: 2008-09-27 05:47 pm (UTC)I also love the humour, like how uptight Batman is, how dense AC is (I agree re that actor), and superfast jerking off? lmao!
Excellent work. I'm really glad I found this and spent a very nice Saturday afternoon reading it. :)
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Date: 2008-10-08 06:21 pm (UTC)Hope you write more soon.
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Date: 2009-01-03 03:46 pm (UTC)I look at it like this, seeing as you're so adamant about their being a Bruce/Clark. (In this story, I don't really get that... I get that Clark is intrigued in a nebulous sort of way with the puzzle that is Batman, and Batman is, despite himself, charmed by Clark and as one commenter said, it could be the beginning of that very close canon best friendship.) Anyway... Clark with Ollie is sort of like the first, heady, so deep and full of emotion relationship that you hear about people having during their year or two in France. *LOL* Do you know what I mean? The relationship that devours one but ultimately burns too brightly to last past a certain length of time, but always makes one smile wistfully in reminiscence as the years go on.
I loved it!
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Date: 2011-09-22 02:03 pm (UTC)I am out of breath literally after getting through all 6 parts and Epilogue in one shot, red eyes and all, I finished at 3:30 AM!! It reads exactly as thoughts rambling one after another in one's mind, at a crazy pace, thanks to your excellent prose.
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