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    That glow is gone, now. Gone from Dick’s skin, gone from inside him. It used to shine out of him, out of all the cracks the world put in him. But now Bruce looks down at him, and he is as dark and cold as a snuffed star. That’s what gets to him the most—not how cold the morgue is under its colorless fluorescent lighting, or the cloying smell of formaldehyde that clogs his throat. It’s how still Dick is, on the cold, sterile surface of the examiner’s table. It’s unnatural. The boy never learned how to sit still.

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    On a dewy Sunday morning in April, Dick Grayson, trust fund baby and local celebrity, is found dead at the tender age of 25. His abrupt passing sends his hometown, the sleepy beach town of Gotham, into a tizzy--and his former guardian, old money stalwart Bruce Wayne, reeling. But as Bruce struggles to come to terms with his ward's death, it rapidly becomes clearer and clearer to him that there's something off with this tragedy--no, this "town"--no, this entire reality...

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    Title is from "Upside Down" by Jack Johnson

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    Jim Gordon goes to Batman with a case, when the cape giggles.

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    Post-JL: Steppenwolf isn't interested in accepting defeat and walking away. Superman's proven that he's the key to conquering Earth, and Steppenwolf returns with a plan for how to deal with him. A plan that Bruce is able to throw a wrench into—but not without certain unintended consequences.

    Written as a fill for the dceu_kinkmeme prompt: Bruce/Clark, involuntary soulbonding. (Full prompt in author's notes.)

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    For Superbat Week 2025. Prompt: Time-Travel

    With the advent of the new Superman movie, Clark returns to visit Bruce in The Great In-Between. They reminisce over old friends and old faces and new stories yet to be told.

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    “What are they calling you? Outside.” Bruce asks.

    Clark tilts his head, listening. “David.” he says. “Sometimes Henry, but it’s David now.”

    “David.” Bruce says. “It’s a nice name. A strong name.”

    “A kind name.” Clark says. “It reminds me of Joe and Jerry a bit. Of old times.”

    “Old.” Bruce says. “Yes, we’re very old.”

    “1939. Eight-six years.” Clark smiles over the city, the landscape shifting in medium from moment to moment- flesh, ink, watercolor, lines of text, Ben-Day dots.

    “They’re still talking about us. Still telling stories.”

    Bruce grumbles. “They have nothing better to do.”

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    The more I read this the more I realize it's not truly time-travel- more of a meta fandom-aware character study. Enjoy it for what it is!

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