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1. The Sun Shines on Those Who Step Outside by BabyShoesForSale

   Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   15 Aug 2025

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   • Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne
   • Clark Kent & Bruce Wayne
   • Bruce Wayne
   • Clark Kent
   • Background & Cameo Characters
   • Character Study
   • not angst not fluff but a secret third thing
   • Secret Identity
   • Yearning
   • Bruce Wayne is Bad at Feelings
   • Clark Kent Loves Bruce Wayne
   • First Kiss
   • because theyve done everything but kiss
   • Rivals to Friends to Lovers
   • more like rivals and friends and lovers really
   • Stalker Bruce Wayne
   • lowk
   • Obsessed Bruce Wayne
   • Patient Clark Kent
   • is the whole "contingencies get leaked" trope overused? probably
   • am i going to use it anway? obviously
   • loosely based on battinson and superswet
   • Pining
   • in the emotionally repressed way ofc
   • First Time
   • Top Clark Kent
   • Bottom Bruce Wayne

   Summary

   If there is a god, Bruce has met him, and he wears silly bright blue spandex and brandishes his family crest across his chest like a lighthouse lamp.

   And if there is a god, there’s a hell that Bruce must be ready for.

   So, he keeps his contingencies, and he keeps his kryptonite, and he keeps metas out of Gotham. And if he keeps Clark a little too close, it's out of care. Because Batman is careful, and Bruce is scared.

   But, beneath his fear, there is the knowledge that, deep down, Clark is a good person.
   And, deep down, Bruce is not.

   Or: an exploration of Bruce’s feelings toward Clark (and the inevitable consequences of falling in love with your narrative foil).

   (P.S. I can’t believe “If Clark wanted to, he could use his superspeed and squish me into the cement. But I know how he thinks. Even more than the kryptonite, he's got one big weakness. Deep down, Clark's essentially a good person... and deep down, I'm not.” is a real actual line from Batman: Hush. It’s just so perfect. It’s so longing. It’s what this entire fic is about. I plagiarized it in the summary.)

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