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1. The Seventeenth Body by ratchel1870

   Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Justice League - All Media Types, Superman: The Animated Series, Superman/Batman (Comics), Justice League & Justice League Unlimited (Cartoons), Batman: The Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   05 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Bruce Wayne/Reader
   • Bruce Wayne & Original Female Character(s)
   • Bruce Wayne/Original Female Character(s)
   • Bruce Wayne & Reader
   • Bruce Wayne
   • Alfred Pennyworth
   • Superman
   • Clark Kent
   • Lois Lane
   • Joker (DCU)
   • Harley Quinn
   • Diana (Wonder Woman)
   • John Stewart (DCU)
   • Flash (DCU)
   • Hawkgirl (DCU)
   • Lucius Fox
   • Batman
   • Poison Ivy
   • J’onn Jones (Martian Manhunter)
   • Shayera Hol
   • John Stewart (Green Lantern)
   • Dick Grayson (Nightwing)
   • Eventual Smut
   • Dark Fantasy
   • Bruce Wayne is Batman
   • Gothic Romance
   • Dry Humor
   • Mystery
   • Psychological Horror
   • Slow Burn
   • Detective Batman
   • Gotham Noir
   • Bruce Wayne Needs Therapy
   • Forced Proximity
   • Case Fic
   • Touch Her And Die
   • mutual obsession
   • he falls first
   • Batman is bad at feelings
   • The Horrors Are Ancient
   • She Keeps Dying and It’s Inconvenient
   • Unfortunately They’re Attracted to Each Other
   • this could have been an email
   • Executive Assistant Margo Blackwood
   • workplace tension
   • Batman Accidentally Hires His Own Mystery
   • The Horrors Include Corporate Meetings
   • Age Difference
   • Bruce is 38
   • Margo is 24
   • She Calls His Ass Old
   • Brief Allude to Sexual Assault(Non-Main Character)
   • I Said It Was A Slow Burn I Did Not Stutter
   • We’re Here For the Cult Stuff
   • Mass Death
   • Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
   • Mass Cult Suicide
   • First Time
   • Cunnilingus
   • Sex
   • Riding
   • Vaginal Fingering
   • Shameless Smut
   • devil went down to georgia
   • Rough Sex
   • Face-Sitting

   Summary

   The seventeenth victim was supposed to stay dead.

   When Batman arrives at Gotham General’s morgue to investigate a string of ritualistic murders, he finds a Jane Doe on an autopsy table with strange markings carved into her body and no traceable identity in any database.

   Then she takes a breath.

   What follows drags Batman into something far older and more dangerous than a serial killer haunting Gotham’s streets. The woman who should be dead escapes him before sunrise, leaving behind impossible evidence, unanswered questions, and a city that seems to remember her in places it shouldn’t.

   As the bodies pile up, Batman finds himself pursuing the only witness who may know the truth.

   Unfortunately for him, she is infuriatingly difficult to catch.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   74,556

   Chapters:

   52/?

   Kudos:

   63

   Bookmarks:

   22

   Hits:

   1,572