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be a simple kind of man by outboard
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types, DCU
26 May 2026
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On a stormy night in Gotham, Bruce's parents appear out of thin air, torn from the past. Between their sudden appearance, his children's insistence on meeting them, and having to explain the kind of man he's become, Bruce is not handling it well.
On top of that, there is now a very real possibility that he'll have to come out to his parents. Bruce never imagined he'd ever get the chance—especially not in his mid-thirties—and now that he does, he's terrified.
"What happened?" he asks, smoothing a bandage over Bruce's stitches with careful, practiced movements. His hands are heavy. Warm. "What made you choose this?"
And Bruce is—he's tired, and he's hurting, rubbed raw with simmering grief and overwhelm. Thomas stands over him, close enough to touch, caring for him in ways Bruce has only ever dreamt of for the past twenty-five years.
Bruce sighs, quiet and aching and worn. "You died," he confesses. He'd never really been able to lie to his father.
Bookmarked by ellchee
28 Jun 2026
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The Door Left Open by xanthoszephyrus644
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Justice League - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Superman/Batman (Comics), Superman - All Media Types
16 Jun 2026
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When a Luthor trap puts Batman in a room he cannot think his way out of, the Justice League
learns there are older rooms still locked inside him. A story about the kind of damage records
do not hold, the people who refuse to look away, and what it costs Bruce Wayne to be cared for
on purpose.Tags: Bruce/Clark slow burn; found family; trauma recovery; referenced past abuse;
hurt/comfort; Justice League ensemble; Batfamily; consent; memory loss; mind control; non-graphic past sexual abuse references.Reading order note —
Numbered chapters are concurrent threads - what other people were doing during the main scene
or what the villains were building while the family recovered. Interludes are quieter close-ups
between beats. Read straight through; skipping interludes is ok but some will be highly impactful to plot as a heads up!Book one of two. This volume closes the door it opened on Bruce — the healing, the family, the
love — and leaves one other door standing open, because some lessons outlive the people who
taught them, and someone patient is still waiting on the other side.Series
- Part 1 of The Architecture of Care
Bookmarked by ellchee
27 Jun 2026
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Catharsis by soiguessimgaynow
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types, The Batman (Movie 2022), Batman (Movies - Nolan), Superman (Movie 2025), Justice League - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Superman (Comics)
17 May 2026
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The weight of being Superman has started to get to Clark. He just wants to let loose for once, to indulge in the darker parts of himself without judgement. So when he meets Bruce, an aloof and charismatic man just being to be torn apart by Clark's hands, he gives in. It's only this once, Clark tells himself, and then he'll go back to life of sunshine and hope-- back to his life of wistful pining for the one connection he craves so desperately but knows will always be at arms length.
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01 May 2026
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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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07 Dec 2025
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I’d Bleed in Your City Too by 1920s
Fandoms: Superman/Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types
10 Nov 2025
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Bruce bleeds for Gotham, Clark bleeds for Bruce.
They’ve survived aliens, gods, and war, but not each other.Bookmarked by ellchee
19 Oct 2025