mithen: (Hand on Shoulder S/B)
Title: Rumors
Relationship: Clark/Bruce
Characters: Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, Joker, Harley Quinn, Lex Luthor, Wonder Woman
Continuity: Heroes of the Squared Circle, a DC/pro wrestling fusion (click for notes and all chapters).
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Rating: PG-13
Word Count 2700
Summary: Bruce throws himself into his role as the DCW Champion, while rumors start to circulate about Clark Kent's love life, to his dismay.

I saw the match where Wildcat lost this belt to Eclipso. My parents took me. )
mithen: (Misty Batman)
Title: A Lonely Place
Relationship: Clark/Bruce
Characters: Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, Joker, Lex Luthor, Dick Grayson, Wonder Woman, Waylon Jones, Harvey Dent, Selina Kyle
Continuity: Heroes of the Squared Circle, a DC/pro wrestling fusion (click for notes and all chapters).
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Rating: PG-13
Word Count 4800
Summary: Bruce Wayne has lost his smile, and his friends aren't sure how to help him.

Tim? He doesn’t actually work for us. He just started...showing up before shows and doing errands for people without pay. You know, gofer work and stuff, fetching coffee, making photocopies. Seems like a good kid. )
mithen: (Hand on Shoulder S/B)
Title: An Innocent Cicisbeo (5/5)
Characters: Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne; Wonder Woman, Alfred Pennyworth
Fandom: DC Comics
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Rating: R
Word Count: 3800
Summary: Kal Starr has a sudden and unexpected visitor--secrets are brought to light and much is untangled.
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.

There were furtive figures moving around, leading a line of smaller figures, their young frames covered in dark cloaks. Bruce heard a sound of metal against metal as the line shuffled forward, and realized it was the sound of chains muffled by cloth. )
mithen: (Batman Loves You)
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. )
mithen: (Default)
Title: An Innocent Cicisbeo (3/6)
Characters: Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne; Wonder Woman, Perry White, Alfred Pennyworth
Fandom: DC Comics
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Rating: R
Word Count: 4600
Summary: Kal deals with the aftermath of his confrontation with the Earl of Gotham, and Bruce deals with some unexpected complications.
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.

A letter from the Earl the morning after last night's debacle! He certainly hadn't wasted any time, thought Kal glumly.  )
mithen: (Hand on Shoulder S/B)
Title: An Innocent Cicisbeo (2/4)
Characters: Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne; Wonder Woman, Perry White, Steve Lombard, Jonathan Kent
Fandom: DC Comics
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Rating: PG
Word Count: 4500
Summary: Unexpectedly faced with his husband in the salon of Il Pianeta, Kal Starr remembers their meeting, their wedding--and the unlikely path he took to his new career.
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.

Kal Starr had become everything Clark Kent had not been: polished, urbane, stylish and witty. )
mithen: (Misty Batman)
Title: An Innocent Cicisbeo (1/4)
Characters: Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne
Fandom: DC Comics
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Rating: R eventually, PG this chapter
Word Count: 1000
Summary: Clark Kent fled a loveless marriage and remade himself into Kal Starr, male escort and gem of the beau monde. Now his latest client is infamous fop and pink of the ton, Bruce Wayne, Earl of Gotham--and his estranged husband! When Bruce fails to recognize him, Kal struggles to keep from becoming entangled once more with the man who spurned his affection, both to protect his secret double life as a crime-fighter on the foggy streets of London--and his heart.
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.

Across the way, Steve Lombard was dancing with Oliver Queen and Lady Dinah Lance in turns, and it was anyone's bet which of the two--or both together--would be accompanying him upstairs later. Catherine Grant was sitting on a loveseat with a politician's head in her lap, listening raptly to his discussion of the hardships of his work as he twined a lock of her golden hair around his finger. Lois Lane was everywhere at once--pouring drinks, playing the pianoforte, getting into spirited arguments about women's rights with delighted pinks of the <i>ton.</i> )
mithen: (Default)
Title: Operation: Double Identity
Relationship: Clark/Bruce
Characters: Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Joker, Selina Kyle, Harley Quinn, Pamela Isley, Wonder Woman
Continuity: Heroes of the Squared Circle, a DC/pro wrestling fusion (click for notes and all chapters).
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Rating: PG
Word Count 1900
Summary: The Kryptonian and the Dark Knight are having the feud of their careers, but Bruce fears the fans are getting complacent.

They think they've got everything figured out, they know the Dark Knight used to be Billionaire Brucie, they know the Kryptonian is Clark Kent. We have to shake it up. )
mithen: (Batman Loves You)
Title: Submission Holds
Relationship: Clark/Bruce
Characters: Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Wonder Woman, Pamela Isley
Continuity: Heroes of the Squared Circle, a DC/pro wrestling fusion (click for notes and all chapters).
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Rating: R
Word Count 3400
Summary: Bruce is finally back, and soon he and Clark are getting sweaty and grappling with each other. After all, that clawhold needs work, and they have to practice that armbar...

When Clark admitted he hadn't given any thought to whether Krypton had two moons or three, Bruce had thrown up his hands in disgust and accused him of lacking commitment to his gimmick, and Clark had started laughing so hard that the other diners had glared at them. )
mithen: (Misty Batman)
Title: Heel Turn
Relationship: Clark/Bruce
Characters: Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, Diana Prince, Jean-Paul Valley, Oliver Queen, Hal Jordan, Billy Batson
Continuity: Heroes of the Squared Circle, a DC/pro wrestling fusion (click for notes and all chapters).
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Rating: PG
Word Count 1900
Summary: Clark hears the details about his new heel persona.

This was going to be it, then--he was going to wear skintight black spandex with white ruffles and be a laughingstock. )
mithen: (Batman Loves You)
Title: Dirt Sheets
Relationship: Clark/Bruce
Characters: Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, Lex Luthor, Dick Grayson, Jimmy Olsen, Diana Prince, Selina Kyle, Barda Free, Scott Free, Harvey Dent, Mercy Graves
Continuity: Heroes of the Squared Circle, a DC/pro wrestling fusion (click for notes and all chapters).
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Rating: PG
Word Count 3400
Summary: On the road once more, the former members of the JLI get new costumes and theme music and meet a wrestler with a problem.

Of all the people to smack into, I'd choose the one who's costing me my gimmick. Just my luck. )
mithen: (Batman Loves You)
Justice League 19: Written by Geoff JOHNS; Pencils by Ivan REIS
Justice League 20: Written by Geoff JOHNS; Pencils by Gene HA, Andres GUINALDO, and Joe PRADO


The most recent Justice Leagues have featured the return of one of my favorite things about the DCU: the Kryptonite ring!  Unfortunately it's embedded in some writing I don't much care for, but I love the ring so much that I want to burble about it here, and I have to admit Johns adds an angle to the trope that I didn't see coming and I quite like.

The story starts with Superman and Wonder Woman freeing hostages in Kahndaq and debating whether or not they should start ignoring international law to start being a more active presence in such places.  Superman says no, Wonder Woman says yes, concluding that "Nothing can stop us, Clark."

Cue arrival of Batman: )
mithen: (Stubbly Bruce)
Justice League 14: Written by GEOFF JOHNS, Pencils by TONY DANIEL
Justice League 15: Written by GEOFF JOHNS, Pencils by IVAN REIS


I haven't been posting many scans because JL is mostly embroiled in a Superman/Wonder Woman romance that I find, well...ill-advised, mostly, but there have been a few interesting moments relating to Clark and Bruce lately.

The first is a line Bruce gets when Superman has been infected by the Cheetah and become a, um, feral super-cat-beast:

Superman is one of the most important people in the world. This man is my friend. )
mithen: (Scribble Batman)
Title: Kiss and Tell
Continuity:  Comics
Characters: Clark/Bruce, Wonder Woman, Felix Faust
Warnings: None
Summary: When Batman and Wonder Woman have their bodies switched, Bruce has to pretend to be Diana...and tonight she's going on a date with Superman.
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 3500

At last! The ancient Rite of Gith-Noggash has been evoked, and your essences have been switched! Batman's soul is trapped in Wonder Woman's now-powerless body, and the Amazon's spirit imbues human clay! )
mithen: (Swooping Batman)
Title: Double Date
Continuity: Justice League Unlimited
Characters: Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, Wonder Woman, Lois Lane
Warnings: None
Summary: Summer Gleeson is shocked to find the scoop of the century under her nose: Wonder Woman and Bruce Wayne on a date together!
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1100

She heard distinctive baritone laughter by the doorway and turned to see four figures walking into the restaurant. Summer's eyes widened as she recognized Bruce Wayne in a double-breasted gray suit and--was that really Princess Diana of Themyscira in a silvery cocktail dress and diamond tiara? )
mithen: (Lasso WW)
Title: Chapter Eight:  Watching the Moon
Pairing/Characters: Kal/Bruce, Alura, Zor-El, Kara Zor-El, Selina, Diana
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: PG-13
Word Count: 2700
Summary:  Kal has problems adjusting to life in Gotham--and meets his betrothed.

Kal bit his lip, trying to keep his mind on the game, but the pieces were meaningless bits of color. Game pieces shoved about the board. )
mithen: (Savior)
Title: Once and Future
Characters/Pairings: Clark, Bruce, Diana, Dick, Tim, Kon, much of the rest of the DCU.  Gen with glints of Clark/Bruce and Tim/Kon.
Rating: R for violence
Summary: Clark, Bruce, and Diana find themselves in an alternate world where they and their friends are characters in Arthurian legend.
Word count: 5000
Notes: This was written about two months ago as a reflection on mortality, regret, and second chances.  Since then one of the characters who's dead in this story seems to have come back to life, and one that's living in the story has died.  Do a bit of a mental rewind for me, please.  :)

It's never too late, Diana said quietly beside him, her presence as solid as the earth. )




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