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They thought the same. They shared the same goal. Bruce knew who Minhkhoa was to him. But he was no longer certain of who he was to Minhkhoa. He didn’t know what had and hadn’t been interpreted correctly on his part, didn’t know how much of what Bruce felt could possibly be acceptable to Minhkhoa, if he couldn’t feel the same way in return.
(Bruce’s arrival in Russia comes with new revelations, challenges, and changes. A reimagining of Batman: the Knight #5.)
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- Part 2 of The Knight Rewrite
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"Challenge is the only way anybody can improve. It's a good thing for you that you think that too, because you don't get to stop sparring me now, I'm afraid," Ghost-maker announced. "Not until I win."
“Oh, and once you do, you’ll leave me alone?” Bruce quirked a teasing brow. “Come on. Obviously the best way for us both to get ahead in training is to practice against each other.”
"You haven't impressed me that much, yet," Ghost-maker scoffed. "You need to put a little bit of work into it, don't you think?"
(Atop Paektu Mountain, on the eve of his first day as a student of Master Kirigi, Bruce Wayne meets a boy who will change his life. A reimagining of Batman: the Knight #4.)
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- Part 1 of The Knight Rewrite
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you can’t find the woods while you’re hiding in the trees by bat_butch
Fandoms: Batman (Comics)
18 Jun 2025
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“I know you don’t trust him,” Bruce says, “but I do.”
“You trust him because you don’t understand,” Luka snaps. “You have seen death. I know it. Yet you are blinded to what he is. I can’t train him any more than I already have.”
Bruce knows what the answer will be, but he still stubbornly presses, “Why?”
“Because he will kill again,” Luka grits out. “It’s inevitable. He’s a psychopath, is he not?”
“…Yes,” Bruce reluctantly confirms, “he is. But that doesn’t make him a bad person.”
(Khoa confided in Bruce about his psychopathy early-on. Luka’s suspicion still sours their training in Canada, but this time Bruce has the means to actually change his mind.)
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- Part 1 of Power Couple AU
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As Long As There Are Stars Above You by bat_butch, bellandeano
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Justice League of America (Comics)
10 May 2025
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“What did you do?” Bruce finally asked, tone gentle. “Where did you go to get away from me?”
"I went back to Asia," Minhkhoa replied, vaguely noncommittal. "Korea."
He took Bruce's hand - the hand not on his chest - and interlocked their fingers. There was a long moment of quiet. He could feel his own heartbeat against Bruce's palm, so aware of the touch. Increasingly aware of how much he'd missed it. At last, he murmured, "I assumed saying goodbye would be enough."
“But…it wasn’t,” Bruce continued for him.
(When Bruce sacrificed himself to kill Darkseid, he left Minhkhoa behind. A year later, now that Minhkhoa has brought him back, Bruce has to face the partner he abandoned.)
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- Part 6 of Power Couple AU
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Spend Your Time On Someone Else’s Sinking Ship by bat_butch, bellandeano
Fandoms: Batman (Comics)
02 Jan 2023
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“…Did he ask for anything in exchange?”
Minhkhoa turned his head to look up at him. "You're the only one who can get people to teach you just because they like you. Everyone has asked for something in exchange."
“Not-” Bruce huffed. “Not sex.”
(Khoa doesn’t have the same reservations as Bruce when it comes to predatory teachers. Bruce can’t reconcile their separation with everything he still feels.)
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A ghostbat-centric reimagining of Batman: the Knight, intended to smooth out the timeline inconsistencies between the original comic and the Ghost-maker canon pre-established by James Tynion IV.
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Power Couple AU by bat_butch, bellandeano
Fandom Batman (Comics), Justice League of America (Comics)
18 Jun 2025
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The one where Bruce and Khoa never broke up :)
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