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Title: An Innocent Cicisbeo (4/5)
Characters: Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne; Wonder Woman, Alfred Pennyworth, Dick Grayson, Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent
Fandom: DC Comics
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Rating: R
Word Count: 4500
Summary: Kal continues his campaign to seduce Bruce Wayne. Meanwhile both of them--unbeknownst to each other--try to unravel the whereabouts of Cobblepot's thieving ring and save the children involved.
Notes: Written for the Unconventional Courtship challenge, and based on the summary for the Harlequin romance An Innocent Courtesan. "Cicisbeo" was an actual term of the time for a male "gallant and lover" of a married woman...I have manufactured a cheerfully pansexual Regency for the purposes of this story.

( Bruce threw himself into smashing the Cobblepot ring with renewed vigor, working late into the night, training until Alfred found him collapsed on the floor, exhausted, and had to help him to bed. )

Batman/Superman #2:  Written by Greg PAK;  Art by Jae LEE

When last we left out intrepid heroes, they had been punching it out when an unknown entity called the Trickster suddenly teleported them to what seems to be Earth-2, where Clark (I'll call him Clark-Nu) meets Earth-2's older Batman (Bruce-2) and proceeds to transfer the punching to him, until suddenly he realizes his parents (dead in the DCnU) are standing there.

Issue #2 is a bit frustrating, because it starts with Trickster deciding to zap Clark-2 in to replace Bruce-2, with the result being that no version of Clark or Bruce actually interact in this issue, it's all Clark-Clark and Bruce-Bruce (and I almost typed Clark/Clark and Bruce/Bruce, and now I'm thinking about selfcest and foursomes, and I AM NOT SURE I WANT TO GO THERE).

Ahem.  Clark-Nu appeals to his father, who startles him by being horrified that he was trying to beat up "the bat-thing":

( My boy would never beat his best friend senseless. )

Title: Chapter Five:  Idyll
Pairing/Characters: Kal/Bruce, Barbara Gordon, Pete Ross, Ollie Queen, Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent
Notes: "The House of the Earth" is an AU in which a few thousand Kryptonians escaped the destruction of Krypton to flee to Earth and conquer its people.
Rating: G
Word Count: 2800
Summary: Jonathan and Martha welcome the travelers to Smallville, a major stop on the route west.

( Martha's eyes took in Barbara's torn clothing and read something elusive in her face, then pulled her into an embrace that was gentler and longer than the others. )