Drabble: Fix You

[starsandsea]

Title: Fix You
Rating: PG
Characters: Bruce/Clark
Word Count: 252
Disclaimer: I own nothing
Author's Note: For the Shuffle F challenge at worlds_finest. Unbetaed, so point and I shall correct!



Bruce was broken. Deep underneath, where no one could see. There, his broken life floundered, full of shattered dreams and hopes he had once held for the future. Before the world had showed him how unfair and cruel it was, in the harshest way possible.

He had buried his brokenness under his training, under everything he had learned. So that other people would never see that broken Bruce, would never hurt him again. For he would never be able to bear that new pain, and loving, it was such a risk to take, would leave you so terrifyingly vulnerable...

Much better to let people think you didn't feel it, let them think you were heartless. Better than the alternative. Better than risking it all, and losing it all. Better for you, better for them, better for everyone.

He knew that Clark wanted to fix him, heal him, tend to his injuries, clean away the blood and sew up the wounds, place bandages over them and let them heal. But Bruce knew that those wounds would never heal; he had borne them too long, they were too much a part of him for him to ever let them go, for them to ever be allowed to heal.

But he knew that Clark would keep on trying, anyway. He would never give in, it wasn't in his nature. And so they were stuck in a stalemate. Both too stubborn and set in their ways to allow each other to help; to fix one another.

Comments

[bradygirl_12]

*sniffles*

You know, it could well turn out this way between them. Sad, because life is too short for 'what-ifs'. You have to grab what you can.

*pets the boys*

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

It is sad to think of them like this, but as other people pointed out, at least they still have each other, in a way. *pets them too*

Thank you for commenting, Brady! :)

[saavikam77.livejournal.com]

Oh, boys! *wibble*

This was perfectly bittersweet.

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

*pets the boys*

Thank you for commenting!

[mithen.livejournal.com]

Oh, if ever any two people could fit the Irresistible Force meeting the Immovable Object, it would be these two, you draw the dynamic out well (if sadly!)

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

It is sad to think of them like this! But as hitokaji points out, at least they still have each other, in a way. *tries to squish them together*

Thank you for commenting, Jen! :)

[hitokaji.livejournal.com]

Awww-- that was...sad, in a way. But I love how we see that Clark would never give up with Bruce. At least he has someone by his side and that's so sweet. :)

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

It is sad, but as you point out, they do have each other, and they will never give up on one another. *pets them*

Thank you for commenting, Hito! *hugs*

[ilovetobefree.livejournal.com]

Much better to let people think you didn't feel it, let them think you were heartless.
That was so sad, but I think so much like Bruce would act. *sigh*

But he knew that Clark would keep on trying, anyway.
Exactly!

Poor Bruce! But I loved how you wrote about Clark and Bruce being stubborn and keeping to help and fix one another.

Thank you for this amazing story!

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

They are both being very stubborn in this fic! But they are both dedicated to each other, in their own ways, too. *sighs and pets them*

Thank you for commenting! I'm so glad you liked it! :)