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[thisisontherecord]

Wait, making it August back home?

( hahaha Clark her birthday just happened too. whoops. )

Guess that also means I'm officially 31 as far as calendar time's concerned.

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Okay, I've got to make it even fancier now. I can't believe I missed your birthday.

It does mean that now I have a hot older girlfriend, though. Teenage me would be so impressed.

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Teenage you would be thinking that meant some kind of cougar, not someone in the same mid-nineties age group. When's yours, anyway? I asked Jon for his since I realized I had no idea and there's a high chance he's exactly the age that wants birthdays to be an event.

I'll happily take the anniversary dinner with a side of birthday sex. Though — is this really an every three months thing? Do you just really like the number three?

Amused and asking.

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Smaller age differences matter more for teenagers. Dating a senior when I was a junior would have been incredibly cool. Anyway mine is December 15 so you won't be a mini-cougar for long.

Not unless you want it to be. Back home I was just really, really happy to still be dating you three months in. Six months feels more like a milestone.

[He is very cheered by the idea of having lots of three-month markers to look forward to, though.]

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( Clark her version of a smaller age gap at the same age was still bigger, but she's not going to argue the point... because it doesn't have a point. It's too subjective anyway. )

Mrowr. I have a feeling that means double celebrations, will you mind? In case you and Jon's Clark Kent share the same birthday, he probably wants to celebrate that with you too. Even if December here is too early for us based on home.

I... don't hate the idea. I'm just not used to it. For context, I couldn't even tell you my parent's marriage anniversary. And not just because a lot of kids don't pay attention.

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[Who are they if not the couple that can good-naturedly squabble over nitpicks that don't matter.]

I don't mind. Birthdays aren't a huge deal to me but I don't hate the idea of celebrating. If nothing else, cake is delicious.

I'm not that surprised. I kind of got that vibe about you and your parents. Mostly from how you never talk about them. Which is fine, but yeah.

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( The other couple who sometimes pauses before resuming quibbling over nitpicks that don't matter and mostly seem to entertain them when they do. They save the arguments for the bigger conflicting points of view situations. )

Makes two of us. Not that I'm objecting to the birthday-anniversary celebration you have in mind. But you've seen how my birthdays usually go.

( Work friends and drinks near the Daily Planet or further out if there's an inspired bar choice, and that's about it. That's the night. )

I love you, and that's unlikely to change anytime soon.

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I thought your birthdays were fun. Nothing wrong with casual. I agonized over what to get you last year, though.

[What was a good present to get that didn't also scream 'I'm in love with you'?]

I love you, and 100% same.

[thisisontherecord]

Sorry to report that I do not, as a rule, agonize over gifts, because I am not, generally speaking, great at picking out winning ones. Food and drink is easier. Or gift cards.

Oh god Clark we have to give a ten year old a whole Christmas, does he believe in Santa Claus still?

( Lois stop getting off topic this is a sweet romantic sexy day he's setting up! )

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I know you weren't agonizing over my birthday present because you weren't the one psyching yourself up to reveal your secret identity and ask me out. Not sure which of those was more intimidating.

That's...crap. Maybe Robin can tell us. He'd probably know.

[Yeah but now Clark is worrying about it too!!!]

[thisisontherecord]

Can't you ask the Batman who knows him? Bruce has got to have an idea.

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...Bruce?

[thisisontherecord]

I'll go over how I landed on that once we're face to face. Granted, you do have x-ray vision. You could very likely verify were you so inclined. I just find our fishbowl circumstances make certain trends, tendencies, and off-and-on network facts add up in surprising ways that wouldn't be self-evident back home.

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Bruce Wayne?

[Yes yes, he read the rest of that, but he's trying to square the circle here.]

[thisisontherecord]

Yes, Bruce Wayne. Because Clark Kent is also entirely believable as Superman at all times when he's bumbling about in hypnoglasses at the Daily Planet.

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That's different!

[thisisontherecord]

Yes, because you're not bankrolled by a multi-billion dollar corporation. You're the living embodiment of charity work done for the sake of sheer love of people.

Also you're more or less invulnerable, and we know now Batman isn't. Money makes a lot of that playing field get more even. Lex Luthor just made that obvious. So... Can't two actors acknowledge each other's game?

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Okay, fine. All right. Bruce Wayne is Batman.

[He is somewhat mollified by the fact that Lois said he has acting game.]

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[thisisontherecord]

Thank you.

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[thisisontherecord]

... You're still going to x-ray his mask to check, aren't you.

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Well now I am, but only because you figured it out and I want to confirm. I didn't before because he didn't give me a reason to, so it would have been cheating.

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I do love the fact you have your own set of ethics for using inherent abilities of yours. Just throwing that out there.

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I love that you love it, but I also feel weird accepting credit for something it seems like anyone should do when it comes to that sort of thing.

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Do you want me to list out people and comparisons? Not even excluding myself from that list if I had the same skillset, there are definitely things I'd be tempted to Know versus taking on faith.

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Oh yeah? Like what?