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Goldwing by fonziesprettycool
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, The Batman (Movie 2022)
09 Feb 2026
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"Now, you almost got expelled. Again," Alfred practically cursed. "Every Wayne before you attended Gotham's private academy. I had to make a proposition to keep you in, Bruce. You might not like it, but I’ve convinced the board that it'll teach you control, and it's much better than being in Arkham Asylum."
"Everyone wishes I was there," Bruce scoffed. "They want me locked away to rot like...like mom did. But I have control."
Alfred suddenly chuckled. It was off putting. "Do you?" He asked, with thinly veiled anger. "You smashed the boys head into brick. He's getting intensive surgery because he called you orphan boy."
Bruce froze. His anger fizzled away. "I-I didn't know," he whispered lowly. He realized how he looked to others; a crazed recluse, a violent teenager, a quiet ticking bomb who had all the negative traits of his mother and father combined into one. Bruce swallowed down his guilt and asked his final question. “What’s the proposition?”
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In which seventeen year old Bruce Wayne has one last chance to restore what's left of his image; working as an assistant to Clark Kent, his father’s former friend, and current Chief of the Daily Planet.
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Dependency by silvercapt
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types, The Batman (Movie 2022), Superman (Movie 2025)
13 Nov 2025
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When Batman is subjected to Crane's experimental drug, Superman rescues him without realizing the extent of the damage that has been done. Bruce can't escape the thoughts of the high so he seeks out Crane, desperate for control. As the marks of the drug seep into Bruce's behavior, Clark starts to notice.
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Tim takes care of his family after an unfortunate turn of events
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Batman doesn't break, until he does. Fear toxin is never fun.
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- Part 1 of Batfam and Fear Toxin
- Part 1 of Justice League Learns Batman Has Kids
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World’s Finest’s Idiots by spideyluvs
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types
29 Sep 2025
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Gotham is drowning in fear, and Batman fights to keep it from falling apart. When Superman follows kryptonite-based weapons from Metropolis to Gotham, their clash of methods sparks tension — and maybe something more.
Forced to work together against Lex Luthor and Scarecrow’s deadly hybrid toxin, they discover the line line between vulnerability, trust, and attraction. This line might be the only thing that can save them… and the city.
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You see the world in grayscale until you touch your soulmate — only then do colors bloom into existence.
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- Part 4 of Dc soulmate au
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After a brutal battle leaves Bruce severely injured, Clark stays in Gotham, not as Superman, but as himself, to help Bruce through recovery. Days stretch into nights, and the quiet rhythms of care, shared meals, and small domestic rituals slowly build a fragile intimacy between them. Trust, vulnerability, and unspoken feelings bloom amid the shadows of trauma, fear, and pride.
Over time, the walls Bruce has built crumble, Clark learns the delicate art of patience, and together they discover that home can be found in the most unexpected places, sometimes in the people we choose to stay with.
A slow-burn, domestic, hurt/comfort story about two men learning to rely on each other, one small gesture at a time.
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Ultraviolence by bad_gentle
Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types, The Batman (Movie 2022)
27 Jul 2025
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Mặc cho những tội ác của hắn, Joker vẫn là kẻ thông minh nhất mà Bruce từng biết ; hắn thông minh hơn tất cả những tay chóp bu ở Arkham và chắc chắn là kẻ duy nhất có khả năng nhìn thấu chân tướng Riddler đằng sau những lớp vỏ bọc lởm chởm ấy.
Anh chỉ mong rằng Joker sẽ không thành công trong việc làm điều tương tự với Batman.
Pairing : Batman (Bruce Wayne) / Joker
Dựa trên phim The Batman (2022)
Note : bản dịch đã được sự cho phép của tác giả
Original work : https://archiveofourown.org/works/37960012/chapters/94806040
- Language:
- Tiếng Việt
- Words:
- 5,666
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 3
- Hits:
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The rain hasn’t let up, and neither has the weight in Bruce’s chest. After a long night, he comes home to something quieter than the cave, something he’s not sure he deserves—you, half-asleep and still there. In the hush of early morning, between unspoken questions and the scratch of stubble on skin, he lets himself stay. Just this once.
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Hold Me Until Morning by WriterDMathis
Fandoms: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Superman/Batman (Comics), Batman (Comics), Superman (Comics), DCU (Comics)
23 May 2025
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When Bruce wakes from a nightmare of death and loss, Clark's quiet presence anchors him back to peace beneath the silver hush of Gotham's moonlight.
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The Night the Birds Guarded the Bat by WriterDMathis
Fandoms: Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic), The Batman (Movie 2022), Batman (Comics), DCU (Comics)
20 May 2025
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In the dead of night, the four birds of the Bat should have been in their own rooms, but they were not.
Instead, they waited—silent, watchful—at the door of their Bat.
Then came the sound of him breaking in his sleep... and they entered, refusing to let him fall alone.
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He Drinks, I Stay. He Drinks, I Bleed...For Him by WriterDMathis
Fandoms: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, The Batman (Movie 2022), Batman: Arkham (Video Games), Batman (Comics), Superman (Comics), DCU (Comics), Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic), Superman/Batman (Comics)
18 May 2025
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In a world veiled by rain and blood, a haunted knight hides a monstrous secret—until the man of light refuses to let him face the darkness alone.
He chooses to stay with him.
Even if it means giving him his blood.
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The Soft Side of Gotham by EchoTide
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Superman - All Media Types, Superman (Comics), DCU (Comics)
20 Feb 2025
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Bruce Wayne has spent a lifetime building walls, around his heart, his emotions, and especially his love life. He knows how to protect Gotham, how to strike fear into criminals, but showing affection? That’s a battle he’s never trained for.
Enter Clark Kent: a walking, talking embodiment of warmth, patience, and infuriatingly sincere kindness. He’s always known Bruce cares, but he never expected physical touch to be the Bat’s love language. Now Clark finds himself navigating a Gotham where Batman lingers too long in touches, where Bruce Wayne suddenly insists on sitting very close, and where the world’s greatest detective is terrible at expressing his feelings, but absolutely determined to try.
Can a man who thrives in the shadows learn to embrace the light? Or will Bruce scare himself off before Clark can convince him that love isn’t another battle to win?
A story of trust, touch, and two superheroes learning that vulnerability might just be the greatest strength of all.
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I’M A LUCKY MAN TO COUNT ON BOTH HANDS THE ONES I LOVE by ok_this_is_love
Fandoms: Superman - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types
17 Feb 2025
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It’s not graceful, not smooth. Nothing about Bruce is. He’s a man built for battle, for strategy, for control--but this? This isn’t something he can control.
Still, he moves.
And Clark blinks, startled, eyes widening as Bruce Wayne--the most stubborn, impossibly guarded man on the planet--gets down on one knee.
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- Part 7 of Monthly prompt pieces
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Bruce finds her Again, but it's not her is it? Talia Changed by BlackHat666
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), DCU (Comics)
11 Feb 2025
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Bruce Wayne and Talia left each other long ago. But he finds her on a Gala and all of those unresolved feelings come back to the surface. They're ugly, bad. Bruce thought he was past this. But the truth is, he's still bitter. Time hasn't healed his injuries. And Talia? She's a shell of the woman he once knew. She's cold, mocking, distant. He remembers the past, and it crushes him on the present. All of those wounds... he can't.
She must have noticed his gaze trailing on places that are not her eyes because she smirks. Not cruelly, not playfully, but as a bitter woman who knows that despite the years it still hurts. The intimacy, the conversations, the lingering gazes. What was and what could be. And what never was. “Romeo. Are you enjoying the party?”
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"Selina wondered what had brought him to this point. What made him lean into her now, after years of self-reliance and restraint? Bruce was built on self-denial—of pleasure, of comfort, of connection—she ached for him, knowing he would have to let some of that weight go if he ever wanted to breathe again. But that was the thing, wasn’t it? Bruce didn’t know how to let go. Had anyone ever held him like this before? Had he ever allowed them to?"
OR Selina's thoughts as Bruce breaks down and finally receives the comfort he deserves.
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- Part 3 of Love & Violence - The Batman 2022
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Death of a Hero by what-is-a-fanfic-author (naxxerie)
Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Under the Red Hood
27 Dec 2024
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"Life was cruel for Bruce. Always has been, always will be."
After an encounter with an unknown criminal, the Batman came to a frightening realization - is his existence really necessary? Bruce starts to self-destruct and Batman stopped patrolling at night. His mind became an echo of the grief he had to bury in order to become Batman.
Meanwhile, his family tries to deal with the consequences.
If this is too much angst for you, check out my other batfam fic: Gotham Knights. ^^ It still has hurt!bruce in it, but more fluffy hehe
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- Part 1 of Death of a Hero (Stories Collection)
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this love is glowing in the dark by vintagebluesdoll
Fandoms: The Batman (Movie 2022), DC Extended Universe, Superman - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types
20 Dec 2024
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After a tense interview, Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne find themselves in an unexpected, quiet moment together. What begins with hesitation and nervous smiles quickly turns into something soft and sincere—two hearts discovering warmth in each other’s company for the very first time.
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He was sunshine, I was midnight rain by Nyszu
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types
14 Jul 2024
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“I’m bulletproof”.
"Sorry, I didn't know you wanted to uncover your secret identity tonight. It would have been nice to know and spare myself the crutch."Clark froze. Bruce had done this... stepped in front of a firearm – trigger of his worst nightmares - and he, who bounced them off like paper balls... to protect his secret?
Or: Bruce gets in between a bullet and Clark. People think they're dating for *reasons* and Clark decides to take this to his advantage to take Bruce to Smallville for a week to take care of him while he recovers.
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After returning from being dead, Jason makes amends with his family, but the rift between him and his father only grows. They are constantly waging war until one day Jason disappears without a word. When he returns, he and Bruce finally hash it out the way they should have from the very beginning. Only, with an audience.
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"You said you'd save me, but instead, you got me killed. You said you'd catch me if I fell, but you didn't even scrape my body off the damn pavement!" His words were laced in venom, and it's clear that his resentment had been building for a long time. "Did you even care that I died?" Jason asked, wondering how long it took for him to move on.
"Of course I did," Bruce exclaimed, hurt that he could ever think otherwise. "I mourned you."
"You mean you mourned Robin?" he retorted bitterly. "But not for long, right? You just got another. You're good at that, aren't you?"
"No, I mean I mourned you!" His father shouted, taking everyone, especially Jason, by surprise. "I mourned my son's death for months, and I'm still mourning you after all this time because alive or not, the child I raised is still dead!"