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Bruce Wayne had a very specific, very dramatic plan: drop out of Cambridge, join a ninja cult and return to Gotham as a dark knight of justice. It was supposed to be the ultimate manifestation of his twenty-year-old angst, but a literal trip down the stairs sends him tumbling twenty years into the future instead.
Now, Bruce is trapped in a forty-something-year-old body, mourning an Alfred he technically just saw and receiving life advice from a passing ice cream vendor. He is finally ready to embrace the quiet life of a "rodent cosplayer" in a clean manor, only to realise that his future self was apparently very busy adopting an entire army of children who are now older than his actual soul.
Bruce was really worried about being a dad, but it turns out he is a natural. He spends his days cooking proper home-cooked meals and being incredibly supportive, and his children are responding by visiting him constantly and looking at him with such intense, watery-eyed devotion.
He must be absolutely nailing this fatherhood thing!
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Sponsered by the Fabulous Himbo Brucie Wayne! by YukinaZero
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Danny Phantom
08 Mar 2026
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"Wait!" Brucie beamed impossibly wider. He grabbed Danny by the shoulders. "A job! Perfect! I need a new intern you see. The last one just quit. Yes. Yes, you're hired. Congratulations!"
"What?" Danny choked in astonishment.
"You'll start immediately! Come back to Wayne Enterprises with me! I'll show you all around the R&D division!"
At this point, Danny was 98% sure he was having an elaborate hallucination. So he decided to just go with it. "A job doing what exactly?"
Brucie leaned in. He lowered his voice to a conspiratorial whisper.
"Just between you and me… I need someone to keep an eye on my son Timmy."
"...Timmy?" Danny was honestly a bit afraid to ask. Nothing that came out of this man’s mouth made any sense.
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- Part 3 of I'm going to give Danny soooo many hugs
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Free Fall by Holdt
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types, Superman/Batman (Comics), Man of Steel (2013), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
07 Mar 2026
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Bruce Wayne has been maintaining a file.
It is eleven pages, encrypted, labeled TLI — Tactical Liability Index, and it has absolutely nothing to do with tactics.
Clark Kent has been paying attention.
These are, it turns out, related problems.
(Or: Bruce spends eight months filing his feelings under increasingly implausible headings. Clark waits him out. Alfred makes the Sumatran. Nobody is surprised except Bruce.)
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All's Fair in Love and War by Thingamabopper
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman: The Animated Series
07 Mar 2026
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Bruce Wayne is finally allowing himself to be happy, to envision a future, but after witnessing an all-too-familiar tragedy, he and Angela's life together takes a very different trajectory. Will they be able to face the dangers of Gotham's dark underbelly together, or will traumatic events cause a rift? Will their wedding be a new beginning, or will its joy be snuffed out too soon? Will their son be strong enough to take on the task of Batman's sidekick? Find out in this second installment of: "The Druidess, and the Final Fall of Batman"
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The Joke about the Songbird by Thingamabopper
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman: The Animated Series
23 Jan 2026
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The Gotham Arts Scene was a shining lamp to the humble Kansas moth. To bad there was a Bat already waiting there...
Angela Kent, unassuming and in over her head trying to balance her new job at Wayne Enterprises and her search for performing opportunities, was used to superheroes. Golly, her brother was one of the best. But after an attack in the subway station, she was about to be caught up in Gotham's strange battle of good versus evil. Will this small town singer survive the storm, or will she be swallowed up by Gotham's dark underbelly?Series
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Bruce wayne is dead and Batman is gone. How can the earth keep moving as if the blood of her protector didn't spill out on her surface?
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happy by galiciarose473
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Nightwing (Comics)
26 Dec 2025
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"Hey, B?"
"Hmm?" Bruce doesn't look at him. There's something in Dick's voice that is strange. It's very soft. Not scared or unhappy. Just not a tone Bruce is used to hearing from Dick. It worries him a bit. He's not sure what he's in for.
"Do you still have my parents wedding rings in your vault upstairs?"
OR; Dick and Barbara tell Bruce about their engagement. Bruce gets nostalgic and happy.
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The Manor’s Warmest Night by DealMeFic
Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)
18 Dec 2025
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Christmas Eve at Wayne Manor: candlelight, quiet confessions, and the beautiful chaos of family coming home.
Bruce Wayne / Batman X Reader
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On one night, Batman had his life changed after a failed mission. He simply woke up one day to find that everything he knew had changed—everything except himself. His son Damian was now a young adult man. Dick was taking over as the new Batman. Jason had returned to the side of the good guys, and Tim… well, he was acting as justice within Gotham’s laws. But what disturbed him the most was the mysterious blue-eyed Kryptonian woman who not only owned half of Wayne Enterprises Inc., but also managed to awaken his interest—and without a doubt, his heart.
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- Part 2 of DC Alternative Finals
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Is it wrong...? by OkamiOtoko
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types, DCU
03 Dec 2025
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Clark talked for hours about how much he liked someone, but he never let him know who they were. The descriptions felt so personal that he started to grow wings and the hope found its place on his chest with the possibility of being him the person that occupied the others heart.
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- Part 12 of Translated stories
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Just Let Me Bleed by fuckyouandyou
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman and Robin (Comics)
01 Dec 2025
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Bruce can no longer hold himself together.
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- Part 2 of The Child The Grave Refused
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¿Está mal...? by OkamiOtoko
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types, DCU
29 Nov 2025
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Clark hablaba de lo mucho que le gustaba alguien, más nunca le dijo quién era. La descripción se sentía tan personal que las alas le comenzaron a crecer y la esperanza se instaló en su pecho con la posibilidad de ser él quien ocupaba su corazón.
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Half in, half out when it concerns anything that requires social tact and vulnerability: a quick summarization of Bruce Wayne's personality. The portion of him that he puts no stock in, at least. The other half? The other half is not so easily definable, but is just as far from 'touchable' as Bruce Wayne is. And you get the pleasure of knowing both halves.
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Biscotti di Prato by BingoBorrible
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)
08 Nov 2025
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Jason - the brutal and newly established crime lord Red Hood - might have made up with his brother, but Bruce knows he is not welcome in his son's life. And who could blame Jason?
It's Bruce's turn to mend relationships. And because he needs an extra push for these things, I turned around the sick fic trope and gave the fever and the nightmares to Batman.
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- Part 2 of Just Desserts
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Worlds Collide: Unleashed by AryxButterfly
Fandoms: Justice League: War, Naruto (Anime & Manga), DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
06 Nov 2025
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When Kaguya Ōtsutsuki began distorting reality and opening rifts between dimensions during her attempt to merge with the God Tree, Aria Uzumaki was caught in one of the unstable portals. Instead of being returned to her world, she was violently torn through the dimensional void and crash-landed on Apokolips — Darkseid’s infernal world.
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I recently re-watched Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, and I want Bruce to be happy for once. So, here we go. Since I couldn't find any other fic with a happy ending. I wrote my own. Enjoy!
Andrea Beaumont’s foot hit Gotham soil for the first time in nearly a decade. The air was thick with damp smog and the sweet stench of rot. She drew it into her lungs, tasting it, and almost smiled.
“The same old city. Still rotting.”
Names scrawled themselves across her mind like targets on a shooting range: Chuckie Sol. Buzz Bronski. Sal Valestra. And Jack Napier—the one who murdered her father.
She would burn their empire to ash, one scream at a time
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Lunch Break by Justtoseeyousmile
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics), Nightwing (Comics)
14 Apr 2025
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Batman was cool and calculated in every situation. Always 10 steps ahead. Always calm and collected. Always in control.
Bruce wayne however was just a father. Holding his son and begging him to hold on.
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When dick joins bruce for lunch one afternoon, he thought it would be a great time to catch up with his eldest without the masks.
He hadnt expected the truck on the wrong side of the road.
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Finding you (behind the mask) by delirium_post_mortem
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics)
23 Mar 2025
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Superman and Batman are something close to lovers, but nothing is official.
Clark Kent is sent to cover the birthday party of the famous prince of Gotham, Bruce Wayne.
Superman and Bruce Wayne, for reasons of destiny will end up sharing a dance under the moonlight and Clark can't decide who he loves, Bruce Wayne or Batman...
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never ending night by thelookoflove
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Movies - Nolan), Batman (Comics)
23 Jul 2024
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Bruce comes back from patrol late in the night to find you awake.
Very short, I just had this idea in mind that I had to post.
Cross posted on tumblr: @streetlamp-amber
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[podfic] Kind Truths (by Mawiiish) by Podfic by (DontStopHerNow) for c_art
Fandoms: Superman - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types
07 Aug 2023
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Bruce needs help with an undercover mission. Clark can never say no to him even though he probably should before he does something stupid. Like tell Bruce he's in love with him.
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“Why me?” Clark can’t help but ask. He tries his very best to keep his voice level, to not sound as desperate as he feels.
“Because I need someone there to watch my back,” Bruce says, a little exasperated. He really shouldn’t have to explain this to Clark of all people, it’s not like they haven’t been on missions together before.
“I get that, but what about Diana? Shayera?” Anyone who doesn’t have a big fat crush on Bruce would do.Podfic of Kind Truths by Mawiiish
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- Part 42 of Wistful Vibes Podfics