And I needed something like this--like this exact fic, lol--so badly. I've been dying to read jealous and heartbroken Bruce-fic for some reason, lol, and this was exactly exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!
You're welcome! I've been wanting to post this one for some time now. :)
The phrase "outstanding mind," the fact that Bruce is cursed by his own memory to be unable to forget the one thing he wants to move past.
Oh, I know. Poor, poor Bruce. *hugs him*
I had to do a double take with that sentence! For a minute I thought I had misread "he loved" but no, no, it was right! It's amazing how powerful that one, subtle change of pronoun is ... I expected it to be "she loved" since it was Lois walking into Clark's arms, but no, it was "he" because Bruce loves him and Lois is taking him away *wails*
LOL, I did the same thing whenever I re-read this! I thought about changing it, but then I realized I wasn't sure if Lois actually loves Clark and was just doing the whole thing for spite...
Oh god, that's even worse, to think that he had a chance and then to finally finally realize that it was all a fantasy and to have it all come crashing down. And of course Bruce would think he had a chance, because he and Clark are such good friends, there could be something more ... agh, but that's the worst that it was only him reading into it. :((((
I know! *sniffles* *hugs Bruce even harder*
Oh god, and the ending was the worst twist of the knife yet! I was thinking that Clark and Lois didn't know about Bruce's feelings for Clark, but to find out that Clark had known and still rejected him (how could you Clark how could youuuu????)
*sniffles again* I would hit Clark, but he keeps protesting that this wasn't him, that it was some other, evil, version of him because he loves his Bruce and would never, ever, hurt him like this!
AUGH! I love Lois, but you made me hate her here. Have some sympathy, Lois, you evil woman arrrggghhh
I've only recently come to like Lois, so you'll find that most of fics that have her in, I don't... view her in the best light, lol.
*bawls* This fic did give me the impression that losing Clark was going to take Bruce a long time to recover from, and this line just sealed it.
I... don't think Bruce is ever going to recover from it, actually. The best I can hope for is that he is somehow killed soon. And then Clark realizes that he always loved him and now it's too late, and there is much angst... *glomps Bruce*
Thank you so much for the wonderful comment! It really brightened up my day. :)
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You're welcome! I've been wanting to post this one for some time now. :)
The phrase "outstanding mind," the fact that Bruce is cursed by his own memory to be unable to forget the one thing he wants to move past.
Oh, I know. Poor, poor Bruce. *hugs him*
I had to do a double take with that sentence! For a minute I thought I had misread "he loved" but no, no, it was right! It's amazing how powerful that one, subtle change of pronoun is ... I expected it to be "she loved" since it was Lois walking into Clark's arms, but no, it was "he" because Bruce loves him and Lois is taking him away *wails*
LOL, I did the same thing whenever I re-read this! I thought about changing it, but then I realized I wasn't sure if Lois actually loves Clark and was just doing the whole thing for spite...
Oh god, that's even worse, to think that he had a chance and then to finally finally realize that it was all a fantasy and to have it all come crashing down. And of course Bruce would think he had a chance, because he and Clark are such good friends, there could be something more ... agh, but that's the worst that it was only him reading into it. :((((
I know! *sniffles* *hugs Bruce even harder*
Oh god, and the ending was the worst twist of the knife yet! I was thinking that Clark and Lois didn't know about Bruce's feelings for Clark, but to find out that Clark had known and still rejected him (how could you Clark how could youuuu????)
*sniffles again* I would hit Clark, but he keeps protesting that this wasn't him, that it was some other, evil, version of him because he loves his Bruce and would never, ever, hurt him like this!
AUGH! I love Lois, but you made me hate her here. Have some sympathy, Lois, you evil woman arrrggghhh
I've only recently come to like Lois, so you'll find that most of fics that have her in, I don't... view her in the best light, lol.
*bawls* This fic did give me the impression that losing Clark was going to take Bruce a long time to recover from, and this line just sealed it.
I... don't think Bruce is ever going to recover from it, actually. The best I can hope for is that he is somehow killed soon.
And then Clark realizes that he always loved him and now it's too late, and there is much angst...*glomps Bruce*Thank you so much for the wonderful comment! It really brightened up my day. :)