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[maraonlaidrex]

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"Rao--" Kara cursed, immediately reaching up to plug her ears. "I forgot how loud your planet is, Kal." The younger kryptonian hissed as the sounds of earth assaulted her ears. "Are you alright? You don't call me back here often."

[imperiouslex]

     this is the worst day of Lex Luthor's life, and who else should have the pleasure of witnessing it firsthand but the very fucking piece of shit alien responsible for it? typical. when the guards informed him he had a visitor, Lex had assumed—had hoped— it was his sister, lena, but...

     he'd hoped... hope... hope?

     Lex suddenly screams and punches the plexiglass barrier separating him from the alien with his good hand, his voice crumpling into a strained huff as he immediately winces and recoils from the pain of the collision (to his credit, the barrier does shake a little from the force behind his fist). Lex turns away from superman as he chokes out a 'fuck!' and catches his breath. " naturally, you thought wrong, you gigantic idiot! " he grits through his teeth as if the rawness of his knuckles hadn't been self-inflicted.

" even someone as insufferably stupid as you should know that yours is the last face I'd want to see. " Lex looks back at superman and laughs, a mean sound devoid of any humor. " just drop your little boyscout act and admit you really came here to gloat; at least then I might have gained a modicum of respect for you. "

     unlikely.

" you're enjoying this like you enjoyed your damn dog treating me like a chew toy. "

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[teschmacher]

there is so much vulnerability in showing clark her new place. far removed from lex's penthouse, it is modest, sure, but eve has decorated it in a way only she could. from the splashes of all her favorite colors to the string line of pictures with the heads of her exes all chopped off, the space is so quintessentially eve. so to display herself so openly to clark? it is so much more intimate than any sex she has ever had.

she is holding onto clark's arm to guide him through each room, and it's not lost on her, how this is the longest she has ever gotten to touch him. she has tried here and there, to touch him, to do more, but he never seems to think it's the right time. she hasn't lost hope yet, though. even now, she places both her hands on his broad chest, crumpling the fabric of his shirt within her fingers. ❛ what are you thinking? is it too much? ❜ what she really is wondering is, am i too much still?

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[teschmacher]

what are you so afraid of?

❛ what makes you think i'm afraid? ❜ eve says it with a sweetness so sugary her teeth ache. she smiles wide, and hits his shoulder, playfully, with her fist. deny, deny, deny. it's usually the easiest route: to try to tackle the situation and twist it to work in your favor. stay one step ahead. that's just survival, baby!

why, then, does eve feel stick to her stomach for keeping things from clark? why does she feel like he rips the skin off her bones and looks inside at her soul? it hurts! like, is it not bad enough that he sees her without the carefully selected filter? that he knows what she looks like without makeup? eve sighs, her lips drawing into a sorry pout. she didn't want to have to go here. she didn't want to have to pull the wool from his eyes, or whatever the saying is.

❛ okay. ❜ she shrugs, admitting defeat. she gives clark her full attention, looking right at him, because even though it's not easy, it is what he deserves. ❛ maybe i'm just afraid you don't actually see me for who i am. ❜ she's swam in shark infested waters for a long time, clark. and not always as the bait.

she has teeth, too.

[smiletimeisrunningout]

@hopecarries liked for a starter - DC Emma.

"Not one of the bad guys, not one of the bad guys!" hands up in the air for a moment to signal innocence to Superman before he attacks her, Emma knows it kinda looks bad. She broke in and she's wearing a mask, it probably screams criminal. She has to wear the damn mask, though, unlike Superman she can't go around showing her face to just everybody, she's got family. "I'm here to help, I promise. I wasn't sure you'd make it in time, they really got you flying around today, huh? Anyway, this is kinda my thing." The machine is out, but when she places a palm on it, she can feel the energy radiate from her body and re-activate it. "See what I mean?... Damn, you look good, tho. Sorry, it's like---one thing is seeing you on tv, another is from up close: you're like the sun."

[sherevival]

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they're eating sandwiches that were meant for her and jimmy. eve chomps down on hers, grateful that at least the food doesn't taste as pathetic as she feels. how stupid can you be, eve? obviously, jimmy wasn't working late! obviously, he just wanted any excuse under the sun to ditch her!

his coworker, clark, is always nice to her, though. always lets her pretend that jimmy is really, really sorry and that he really, really wishes he could have made it. usually, she's happy to engage in the small talk with clark, usually she's happy to fake it just for a little while longer. tonight's different, though. tonight, she looks at her concoction of bread and lettuce and slice of meat and just feels... empty.

she cuts into whatever overly nice, gentlemanly thing clark is saying to her to make a confession. ❛ i know he doesn't really wanna be with me. ❜ disappointment is like acid in her voice. she swallows a lump in her throat and shakes her head. frankly, she's so embarrassed that she can't even look at clark.

[bats1gnals]

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Bruce knows that isn't what harems are for. Although there is no doubt that many find Superman attractive, the idea of someone as selfless and down-to-earth as Superman having a harem is highly amusing. You'd have to be an idiot to believe such an outrageous rumor. Superman proves ever talented at multitasking, plucking a civilian out of a thrown car and gently setting them out of harm's way.

At Superman's words Batman emits a low, thoughtful hum. "On the outskirts of the city there is a construction site with a lot of scrap metal lying around. We could use your strength and laser vision to make a cage to put it in." The only con of Superman making the device to hold Titano is that would leave him to distract the angry ape while he builds it. "I'll keep him distracted while you build it." He waits a beat before adding, "and you know if social media is giving you trouble I could hack into the servers and delete the posts. . ."

[freakadot]

@hopecarries, “what’s with the costume?” there is a particular, bitter emphasis on that word. costume. it sounds so … silly. she has a costume of her own somewhere, not that elora knows where the hell it is. “… the giant s, for superman. is that a little much?” elora arches a brow.