It's admittedly exciting and akin to engineering trials, to have his powers tested to some hypothesis or another, especially since Hal's lantern power is such an outlier.
And it means that Hal can solo his darling husband, pookie bear, hunny bunch Bruce Batman Wayne, as they explore the........ creativity of the Green Lantern powers.
"Your powers are linked to your willpower. I want to see if your will controls your lantern powers or is it vice versa, by making you resist your own will."
Bruce was currently rattling on, one hand on Hal's thigh and keeping him on the cot.
His lips were plump with water and stolen kisses that Hal had been indulging in throughout the several test runs.
Hal can't look away. Hal doesn't want to look away.
"Of course, it's established that there is a tendency for your lantern powers to manifest subconsciously, even before you can be conscious of your desires and what you want to will to existence. That's more instinct than anything. We do, however, need to see if it's consistent. We only ever see it in action, under circumstances that cannot be studied under."
There's a tiny beauty mark in the corner of Bruce's left eye, and it draws attention to the way that his left eye had a speckle of gold around the iris that his right doesn't.
He really wants to kiss it.
Yes, he's already kissed Bruce's lips, eyes, and cheek for the last two hours, but what's one more? And it's not like Bruce would stop him! He's his husband! He's at least 98% sure that their marriage contract includes an unlimited kisses clause.
So Hal leaned in to do exactly that...
...only to have a clipboard stop his mouth from reaching his husband.
"You seem to be very interested in kissing me," Bruce noted out loud, his voice colored with enough apathy to appear professional.
Hal blinked, "Obviously. Why else would I be leaning it, Spooky?"
Bruce nodded, took a notably large step backwards, and went back to writing on his clipboard.
"Could you try resisting the will to kiss me?" And let's see if that makes your will-reliant powers react to that."
Bruce was already walking away, humming like he's satisfied by that confused response, already putting his cowl back on and writing away on his clipboard.
Meanwhile, Hal sat there with his dumbass on the cot, processing slowly the request.
"Wait, for how long?! And does it mean ALL kisses are off the table? Does this mean YOU can't initiate kisses either? Bruce? BRUCE!"
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