For the first time since he'd been back, he cracked a smile and turned his head to look Bruce in the eyes.
"Rusty with the Kryptonian already?" and he still sounded a bit rough through the joking tone. As if he wasn't used to it for the moment. He leaned in and nuzzled, just a little, like a starving man plucking the tiniest bit of food off of the plate to test his luck.
"My own. My elbow."
Silly words spoken at a silly time as the sun set on the Kent farm. A reminder of home, of happiness, of all the things that were between them, sublime and utterly ridiculous all the same.
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"Rusty with the Kryptonian already?" and he still sounded a bit rough through the joking tone. As if he wasn't used to it for the moment. He leaned in and nuzzled, just a little, like a starving man plucking the tiniest bit of food off of the plate to test his luck.
"My own. My elbow."
Silly words spoken at a silly time as the sun set on the Kent farm. A reminder of home, of happiness, of all the things that were between them, sublime and utterly ridiculous all the same.