[ Bruce holds still, exuding nothing but his usual calm, even in the face of whatever awkwardness he might step into time to time. His heartbeat is steady, without anxiety. There is too much mileage in him for it to skip or flutter when Barry presses a kiss against his mouth, but the want for it is there. And that's more than can be said for anything he's been through in quite a while.
(Does the future shift?)
Barry really is one of the bravest people he's ever met, Bruce thinks. There's so much he just refuses to run from. And he could run from anything at all; nothing would catch up. ]
You're right.
[ That is saying so. Bruce takes it and files that where it needs to be filed. Letting it settle the snaking way his mind paths out different potentials. Watches him for a moment, the way he licks over his lips, his hands against the sofa. And then he moves one of his own, out to the side of Barry's knee as he leans in. Responds in kind with a kiss that lasts longer, nudges a little deeper. Not insistent, but there is a stable sense that it is a kiss that knows what it's doing; Barry said so, and now so has Bruce. ]
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(Does the future shift?)
Barry really is one of the bravest people he's ever met, Bruce thinks. There's so much he just refuses to run from. And he could run from anything at all; nothing would catch up. ]
You're right.
[ That is saying so. Bruce takes it and files that where it needs to be filed. Letting it settle the snaking way his mind paths out different potentials. Watches him for a moment, the way he licks over his lips, his hands against the sofa. And then he moves one of his own, out to the side of Barry's knee as he leans in. Responds in kind with a kiss that lasts longer, nudges a little deeper. Not insistent, but there is a stable sense that it is a kiss that knows what it's doing; Barry said so, and now so has Bruce. ]