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Moderating the annoying youtuber’s livestreams was only ever meant to be a brief favour to her internet friend. Joining their team discord server was only ever meant to be a distraction. Pretending to be an old woman through it all was an accident. But as the 22-year-old tailor left running an ailing family business during a global pandemic, Sophie Hatter can be forgiven for making some questionable decisions along the way.
[Or: Sophie's strange lockdown hobby grows violently out of hand.]
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20 May 2026
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In Which An Old Woman Appears by OwlAway
Fandoms: Howl Series - Diana Wynne Jones, Howl's Moving Castle - All Media Types, JONES Diana Wynne - Works
19 Jun 2018
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In the land of Ingary, where such things as seven-league boots and cloaks of invisibility really exist, it is quite a misfortune to be born the eldest of three. Everyone knows you are the one who will fail first, and worst, if the three of you set out to seek your fortunes.
Howl, of course, had been born the younger of two. That held no real significance, other than that he always felt like he had a shadow looming over him.
Howl’s Moving Castle, from Howl’s perspective.
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09 May 2026
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These Chains Around Your Neck by VerenaKauer
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
31 Jan 2026
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“I want to die.”
That gets his attention — Gustave’s eyes fly wide open, and he takes a step back. Like Verso is a lunatic who is better to be avoided. “I beg your pardon?”
“I want to die,” Verso repeats. “And I can’t do it on my own. You’re one of the smartest men in Lumière, you’re good with chroma. I need your help.”
Or: Verso is trying to find a way out. Gustave helps.
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02 Apr 2026
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Liminal (Smudged in the Margins) by walrusface
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
02 Aug 2025
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As a lonely teenager, Verso paints himself a friend on a small, hidden canvas: Gustave, a confidant who quietly grows into something more. After the fracture, the other Verso finds Gustave again in Lumière. It should be impossible - and keeping his distance might be.
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31 Mar 2026
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Marriage of Inconvenience by susiecarter
Fandoms: DC Extended Universe, Man of Steel (2013)
14 Aug 2025
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Swanwick gave Bruce a level, unamused look. "Mr. Wayne," he said. "Please tell me you know why you're here."
Bruce shrugged. "Won the lottery, and first-place prize is the government marries me off to an alien."
(Or: in a universe where Krypton took an extra thirty-odd years to implode, Kal-El was sent to Earth as an adult, in advance of the ship containing the only other surviving Kryptonians; and a quirk of Kryptonian law means negotiating refuge, potential resettlement, and an alliance with the Kryptonians in general is dependent on marriage between a Kryptonian and a human. Bruce did what it took to make sure that that human would be him, instead of some poor unprepared civilian—but his efforts to learn more about the aliens, what they want and why they're here, and how, if necessary, to kill them ... don't go the way he's expecting them to.)
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11 Sep 2025
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The Justice League is cursed to stay awake, or fall into a coma. For the Batfamily, extreme sleep deprivation is really just another Tuesday.
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04 Sep 2025
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ship-to-ship combat by pomeloquat
Fandoms: Superman - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types
03 Jan 2024
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"Clark. What the hell is this," Lois asks, staring at Clark's Bruceman WIP folder. Clark's first instinct is to fly away, but that would still leave his fic on display for her to see. His second instinct is to blast a hole straight through his laptop screen with his heat vision, which isn't much better.
Clark, in an attempt to make some spare cash, unintentionally stumbles into the world of superhero fanfiction, becomes a prolific writer for Gotham's OTP, and tries his best to fend off rival fans who want him to convert to superbat instead.- Language:
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01 Sep 2025
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You go half-blind when you're looking at me by melandrops
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, The Batman (Movie 2022), Superman - All Media Types, Superman (Movie 2025)
20 Aug 2025
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Clark wasn’t completely oblivious about him having a type. He was self aware enough to recognize when he was slipping into a habit. He knew he was done for the moment he heard Bruce laugh.
Of course, at that point he’d been the Batman still.
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- Part 1 of only our love
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27 Aug 2025
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Tooth Fairy by pazorus
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types, DCU, DCU (Comics)
17 Aug 2025
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“Ith the tooth fairy gonna come tonight?” Robin lisped.
“Of course.”
Clark’s gaze whipped back to Batman, a grin swallowing up his face.
“The tooth fairy?” He asked.
“Yes, Superman.” Batman said flatly. Clark didn’t need x-ray vision to know that he was raising a challenging brow. “The tooth fairy.”Robin loses a tooth on patrol under Superman’s watch. Dick Grayson, Bruce Wayne’s ward, shows up to a gala with a missing tooth in the exact same spot. Surely this means nothing!
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21 Aug 2025
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Then he took a deep breath and he changed. He ironed out every fold in his posture and his face until he looked like Superman again. His shoulders were broad, his gaze was confident, and his smile showed no sign of embarrassment or fear.
It’s genuinely uncomfortable to watch.
Especially since Bruce knows that change. He’s seen it in the mirror before entering parties or nightclubs. He’s always referred to it, internally, as 'putting on my better face.' The façade is his least favourite part of the day, ranking just below 'getting punched by supervillains.'
The idea that Superman is just Kal's better face, that would explain a lot.
It would also mean Bruce isn't alone.
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04 Aug 2025
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i'd tell them put me back in it by cherryfeather
Fandoms: DCU, Superman - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types, Justice League - All Media Types
16 Sep 2024
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Bruce has been gone for nineteen days, seven hours, and twenty-six minutes when Clark feels the first sign of it.
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When Bruce dies, Clark learns something about Kryptonians he didn't know before. The League and the boys try to get him through it, but he's not sure he wants them to.For Superbat Week 2024: day 3, xenobiology, day 5, we are family, and day 7.
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- Part 2 of Superbat Week 2024
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29 Jul 2025
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Nothing You Can't Do by linndechir
Fandoms: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, DC Cinematic Universe
07 Dec 2016
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Bruce excels at an incredible number of things, from foreign languages to escape artistry, from engineering to gymnastics. Clark is more than a little intrigued.
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27 Jul 2025
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it was you all the way down by cherryfeather
Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types, Justice League - All Media Types
12 Sep 2024
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The staff meeting after Cat had broken her foot had involved a lot of reassigning, since she couldn’t exactly do the usual society beat with her foot in a boot. So much that Clark hadn’t really thought twice when Perry had said “and Kent, you’ll take the new Wayne foundation piece,” because sure, he liked working the philanthropy stories occasionally. It wasn’t until they’d gotten back to their desks that Lois had burst into a fit of snickering and said “oh, I would pay money to see how you’re going to handle Bruce Wayne for two weeks,” and Clark had realized how majorly screwed he was.
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On a two-week assignment, Clark does his best to figure out Bruce Wayne. Bruce does his best to make sure he can't. Unfortunately, they're just too good at working together, even when they don't know it.For Superbat Week 2024, day 1: identity shenanigans.
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- Part 1 of Superbat Week 2024
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25 Jul 2025
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as to which may be the true by susiecarter
Fandoms: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, DC Extended Universe
27 Aug 2016
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It isn't difficult to go on in the wake of Superman's death. His resurrection, though, poses a problem—especially when it turns out there's no such thing as the right moment to explain that Martha Kent's obnoxious billionaire friend? Is also the man who tried really hard to shove a kryptonite spear through Clark's face.
Written as a fill for the dceu_kinkmeme prompt, summarized: Bruce/Clark, identity porn. (Full prompt in author's notes!)
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24 Jul 2025
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When something about Clark Kent convinces Bruce Wayne to open up in a way he usually doesn’t, Clark plans to use this to his advantage, writing a feature article on Bruce's charity work. He doesn’t intend to strike up a friendship with Bruce. He certainly doesn’t intend to develop feelings for him. Unfortunately, these things don’t always go according to plan...
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22 Jul 2025
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Whoever Falls First by liodain
Fandoms: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, DC Extended Universe
05 Aug 2016
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"There's more kryptonite out there. When the Superman returns, there's going to be an all-star battle royale in the criminal underworld. Every megalomaniacal freak will want a piece of it so they can get a piece of you. And some of them will manage. They'll weaponize it and won't hesitate to use it against you, and when that happens I will not have you flailing around like an idiot."
aka: Bruce teaches Clark how to fight.
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21 Jul 2025
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There are certain things they don't do, and kissing is one of them.
Until it isn't.
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[loosely based off of this prompt] Clark has a secondary sexual organ in his mouth right where the soft palate begins in a human. Consider it like a clit. I'd like 5 times Bruce/Batman made Clark come in his pants just from kissing, ranging from discovery to just for s&g.
Translation to 中文 available here by iamclx!
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- Part 4 of superbat works
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20 Jul 2025
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pi·a·nis·si·mo
/ˌpēəˈnisəˌmō/
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(especially as a direction) very softly.
"she played pianissimo alongside the full orchestra"
adjective
performed very softly.
"the final verse was beautifully balanced and controlled in the pianissimo ending"
noun
a passage marked to be performed very softly.Or, Verso is stuck in a time loop. Maybe the canvas has one more story to tell.
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- Part 1 of A Life to Dream
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22 Jun 2025
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“So when you cast the spell, all I’ll need to do is pick a memory with Foggy as a starting point?”
“Not quite,” said Stephen. He ran his fingers over the spellbook pages, and took a deep breath. “You’ll need to pick a moment when you were with him right before he died—same day will work. And then, from there, I believe it becomes a bit like the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.”
Murdock frowned. “How so.”
“Well,” said Stephen. “According to the spell, ahem, ‘the most powerful love is blind. It is that which is reciprocated no matter the burdens that may accompany it. The beloved whom is sought must accept the spell subject’s affections despite these burdens presented. And the hero must trust blindly that their beloved does indeed accept them even as they cannot know for certain.”
Murdock’s lip curled up. “Well. Luckily, I am blind,” he said.
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15 Jun 2025
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In Saarbrücken soll es wieder Wölfe geben. Adam führt ein tödlicher Auftrag zurück in die Heimat. Für Leo, dessen Geheimnis niemand außer Adam kennt, wird die Luft dünn. Beide müssen lernen: Es kommt alles zurück.
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15 Feb 2025