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like grey skies (like a bird of paradise) by rainbow_nerds
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types
17 Feb 2026
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He sighed to himself and downed the glass of champagne he'd been nursing—non-alcoholic, but enough to convince anyone who might give him a passing glance. He hated this, every time he had to do it. There was one surefire way to derail anyone who began wondering whether maybe Bruce Wayne was doing more than just donating funds to Batman.
His tie hung loose around his neck, shirt unbuttoned to halfway down his chest, laughing too easily, pressing close to everyone he spoke to, whispering in ears, playing the part, until he turned and froze on the spot.
Clark Kent, in his signature ill-fitting suit, stood holding a notebook and pen, staring at him with barely-concealed glee.
Bruce cringed internally. He hated this. He especially hated when it had to be witnessed by someone he actually respected.
or: After a Gala, Bruce and Clark end up in bed together. They're friends, just helping each other out, no strings attached. Which would be great, if Bruce hadn't been halfway to head-over-heels since the day they met.
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First of many by rainbow_nerds
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types
14 Feb 2026
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Clark was not panicking. He wasn't! He was a grown adult who routinely dealt with high stress situations what would leave the average person unable to function. He didn't panic.
A little awkward first date on Valentine's day 🩷
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He remembers Karaoke. He remembers drinking a lot, remembers everyone else leaving and Buck inviting those strangers to join them. He remembers suggesting they go to the hotel, and did he break down the door? He remembers drinking more, remembers hands on his chest, tearing his shirt, and he remembers feeling free, uninhibited, giddy.
And he remembers a tug in his chest, something big, feeling the cold porcelain on his back.
What could he have forgotten?or: Eddie wakes up after Chim's bachelor party with a pounding headache, and a memory like puzzle pieces that just don't fit. Putting it together may just be what it takes to send everything he thought was steady falling to pieces.
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what can still be known by rainbow_nerds
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types
12 Jan 2026
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It was late in the evening when he noticed he was being followed. Two people, one man and one child from the sounds of their heartbeats. They lurked out of sight, but he could hear them, could feel them watching him.
For hours, they followed him, from rooftop to rooftop. Clark usually went home in between helping people, tried to get some sleep. He wasn't batman, didn't feel the need to micromanage Metropolis the way the bat did Gotham. He couldn't argue with Batman's results of course—he did impressive work, would probably be a good teammate if Clark ever needed to call in backup again, but their styles were very different. Tonight, Clark took a leaf out of the bat's playbook, stayed out for hours, if only to avoid leading these people to his home.
Finally, as night drew on, Clark had enough. He flew to the building where he heard the heartbeats and landed right in front of them.Or, twenty years after their first meeting, Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne cross paths again.
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- Part 2 of have your guarded heart be lifted
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The particular feel of the Texas heat was beginning to feel familiar again, and Eddie was finally beginning to… not settle, exactly, but he could at least believe the ground he was standing on wasn't about to be pulled from beneath him any moment. The house—he couldn't think of it as home, none of this felt like home anymore—was taking shape, becoming somewhere he wouldn't be ashamed to say Chris lived in, and he was getting the hang of this Uber thing.
His relationship with Chris was far from where it had been, but it was improving—little by little, day by day.
All in all, things were—if not good—then at least better than they had been in quite a while.Or: Eddie tries to find his feet in Texas. Even from states away, Buck has his back. Eddie's not the only one who notices it.
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have your guarded heart be lifted by rainbow_nerds
Fandom Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types
12 Jan 2026
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Rainbow's AU-gust 2023 fills by rainbow_nerds
Fandom 9-1-1 (TV), Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Stranger Things (TV 2016)
31 Dec 2024
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When Batman tells Clark that he’s considering sharing his secret identity with him, the Kryptonian couldn’t be more pleased.
That, of course, has nothing to do with Clark being invited to Wayne Manor to interview Bruce Wayne and his family...right?
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- Part 12 of Q Event Fics 2019-20
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09 Aug 2025
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Watching Our Stars Align by ClarkeStetler
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics)
19 Mar 2025
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There’s a new dating app in town, but this one is just for superheroes. You don’t use your name or callsign and there’s no photos, only a short bio. The idea is to talk about personal lives AND hero-ing without specifics, keeping both their secret identity secret and their hero persona in place.
Dick signs Bruce up. Clark signs up willingly. They accidentally match up and even for the World's Greatest Detective, it takes a while to figure it out. In part because he isn't trying to figure it out, that's the whole point! But also because Boy Scout Superman is definitely straight and definitely not a dude who hangs out at a farm in his free time.
And Superman is confident that Batman probably lives in some random cave system like the gremlin he is, and doubts he even HAS a secret identity because he is so consumed by his Batman persona. Even if he did, he definitely wouldn't join a dating app. That would require wanting to interact with other people and also the capability to smile.- Language:
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Bookmarked by rainbow_nerds
05 Aug 2025
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Buck tells Eddie that he can't be the first man he dates.
Eddie listens.
Buck responds appropriately.
Bookmarked by rainbow_nerds
22 Feb 2025
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Eddie leaves for Texas on a Tuesday and Buck feels it in his heart before he even exits the airport. He starts to feel it in his body on a Thursday.
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Soulbonds are rare, spontaneous bonds are practically unheard of, but Buck and Eddie have always been anything but conventional.
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Bookmarked by rainbow_nerds
18 Feb 2025
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And then, in Los Angeles, 2018, Eddie had met Buck. Then, huddled over a man with a bomb in his leg, Eddie had needed gauze and Buck’s hand had moved. Then, in the parking lot bathed in the light of an ambulance on fire, Buck had inhaled and Eddie's lungs expanded. And, well, that was that.
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Bookmarked by rainbow_nerds
24 Dec 2024