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Marriage of Inconvenience by susiecarter
Fandoms: DC Extended Universe, Man of Steel (2013)
14 Aug 2025
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Swanwick gave Bruce a level, unamused look. "Mr. Wayne," he said. "Please tell me you know why you're here."
Bruce shrugged. "Won the lottery, and first-place prize is the government marries me off to an alien."
(Or: in a universe where Krypton took an extra thirty-odd years to implode, Kal-El was sent to Earth as an adult, in advance of the ship containing the only other surviving Kryptonians; and a quirk of Kryptonian law means negotiating refuge, potential resettlement, and an alliance with the Kryptonians in general is dependent on marriage between a Kryptonian and a human. Bruce did what it took to make sure that that human would be him, instead of some poor unprepared civilian—but his efforts to learn more about the aliens, what they want and why they're here, and how, if necessary, to kill them ... don't go the way he's expecting them to.)
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- English
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- 103,976
- Chapters:
- 6/6
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- 491
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08 Jun 2026
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We'll Find a Way to Offer Up the Night by YouHaveForgottenMeAlready
Fandoms: Superman - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types, DCU
13 Nov 2023
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His feet hit hard and his knees buckle beneath him. It hurts when his hands skid on the decorative rug, the price he pays for catching himself to keep from flopping face-first into the ground. He's dumbstruck and just kneels there for several long moments staring at his hands, at the bloom of rug burn forming before his eyes.
"I can't fly," he says dumbly.
"Noted. Any pain?" Bruce asks.
Clark's world falls apart, and Superman is to blame. When he's at his lowest, Bruce Wayne gives him a gift: a room that strips him of his powers. A room where he can learn what it means to be human.
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- English
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- 147,807
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- 19/19
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- 609
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26 Feb 2026
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An Honest Conversation by frozenpotions
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), DCU, Justice League - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types
09 Sep 2023
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“So Bruce’s longtime best friend had suddenly decided to start eye-fucking him at random. So what? Bruce was used to being the object of this kind of attention. It didn’t bother him.
It was—should have been fine. The issue was that it was Clark, and Bruce had enough trouble remaining rational about him at the best of times.”
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Bruce and Clark go from friends to lovers the long, long, long way round. Featuring a number of revelations, a well-meaning but nosy son (Dick) and, most prominently, two adult men being completely and utterly useless.
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- English
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- 60,089
- Chapters:
- 7/7
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- 1,093
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- 6,085
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21 Feb 2026
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Shadows and Light by not_poignant
Fandom Fae Tales - not_poignant, Guardians of Childhood - William Joyce, Rise of the Guardians (2012)
23 Feb 2017
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- 5
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16 Sep 2025
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The First Dream by dragonnan
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), Rise of the Guardians (2012)
16 Dec 2024
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The Sandman meets the Sandman
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- Part 108 of Dragonnan's Fanart
- Part 37 of Sandman Fanart
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05 Aug 2025
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Hob Gadling is a washed-up Pairs figure skater trying to make it as a solo male skater before he finally reaches retirement age in a few years, with the ghost of his former partner and wife hanging over him.
When Dream Endleis, arguably the best figure skater in the world, approaches him with a proposition, to teach him to skate a Pairs routine that they do, well. Dream is mad, and Hob tells him so.
But Dream needs help, and Hob is in a position to help him. So, he packs up his things, moves in, and gets to training.
He isn't expecting to become friends with Dream. Or to skate well with him. Or fall in love with him.
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17 Aug 2024
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Here is the completed fanart for my Fandom Trumps Hate winning bidder! The request was fanart based on their fic, "Storyline".
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- Part 36 of Sandman Fanart
- Part 107 of Dragonnan's Fanart
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- English
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- 1/1
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- 1
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- 10
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17 Jun 2024
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Don't You Look Good In Red by BazzyBelle
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
03 Mar 2024
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Hob Gadling is a broken man.
He’s been a broken man since the head of an up-and-coming mob family murdered his wife in cold blood and left him for dead. For the last five years, he’s been away from the city, training and planning to bring that man’s empire down piece by piece. Hoping to do whatever it takes to allow his wife to finally rest in peace.
But when he meets a shy, sweet, and fascinating man at the local pub, he begins to re-evaluate his thirst for vengeance.
Maybe he can go back to who he used to be.
Maybe he can allow love back into his life.
Maybe he can find a way to be whole again.
Or die trying.
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- English
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- 16/16
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10 Mar 2024
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Mr. Robert Gadling may be tolerably handsome, of an amiable disposition and in possession of a good fortune (for a tradesman), but is it enough to tempt Morpheus, the 14th Viscount Amaranth? Will the months Mr. Gadling is to spend at the Amaranth country mansion as a result of a wager between the Lord Amaranth and his elder sister allow the unlikely pair to develop a friendship—or, perhaps, even a forbidden attachment?
A series of rousing events involving balls, duels, play readings and meddling suitors lie between the Amaranth household and their return to town come winter—events which may forever change the viscount’s opinion on the merits of life in the country and, more importantly, on the balance between duty and the pursuit of happiness.
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- English
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- 159,339
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- 44/44
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15 Feb 2024
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Hob Gadling has always been careful with his heart, which is not to say that he doesn’t allow himself to fall in love. When the newest love of his very long life sticks in a way he didn’t anticipate, the arrival of an old, assumed to be unrequited, love complicates things. There’s also the very small problem of his immortality, her all-too-human self, and the temperament of the anthropomorphic personification of the collective human unconsciousness, who truly is trying to be a better friend, and perhaps more.
Or, Hob always did think the phrase “three’s a crowd” was a bit misleading.
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- Part 1 of of three hearts, one heart we make
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02 Feb 2024
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It is a truth universally acknowledged by anyone with any magical inclinations - that you did not fuck with the Endless. Not that anyone has seen them in centuries, with the exception of a few, but they are Not To Be Fucked With by every possible measure. It's a known fact - no matter the creature asking - be it fae, draconic, undead, or otherwise. To court the audience of an Endless is to court something far worse.
Hob never was the wisest dragon, and he freely admitted that.
UPDATE: Epilogue added!
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- English
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- 32,317
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- 8/8
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- 21,546
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14 Nov 2023
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Inspired by the beautiful calligraphy of Cinnamaldeide! Hob wants to date his best friend, but is he hoping for too much, too soon? Comments and kudos are more than welcome ! xxx Now with amazing art by windsweptinred on Tumblr....
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25 Sep 2023
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Beautiful, Strange and New by Moorishflower
Fandoms: The Sandman (Comics), The Sandman (TV 2022)
20 Jun 2023
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There's a man standing on his doorstep.
Technically two men. One carrying the other.
"I am sorry," says the man who's standing. "I could think of no better place to bring him."
The other man, cradled in the arms of the first, curled up like a foetal doe with his long legs tucked up and his arms folded inwards, is Hob's stranger. Is Dream.
On a bright and unforgiving Sunday morning, Hob Gadling, having attended the Wake of his best friend, opens his kitchen door to find...his best friend. Changed. Alive. Human, and carried in the arms of the being intended to replace him. Given one month to decide if life is worth living, Hob and Daniel attempt to convince Morpheus of his worth at the same time as all three of them navigate their feelings for each other.
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- Part 1 of Beautiful, Strange and New
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- English
- Words:
- 223,030
- Chapters:
- 40/40
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- 1,870
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- 1,504
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- 52,544
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20 Jun 2023
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Giving Sanctuary by Avelera for Steerpike13713
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
07 Jun 2023
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In 1689, Hob Gadling and Dream meet once more, after Hob has lost everything. That night, their meeting goes on longer than expected when the conversation turns to what it means to live, to lose, and to be the fathers of dead sons. Unable to bear the thought of sending a man who so echoes Dream's own grief back into the night alone, Dream breaks his own rule and invites Hob to stay with him for a time, at least until he can get back on his feet.
The story of two grief-stricken, divorced, and widowed fathers to sons they lost too young truly seeing one another and there, at their lowest point, doing their best to put themselves and each other back together.
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- Part 1 of Giving Sanctuary
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- English
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- 170,663
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- 23/23
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- 1
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- 3,554
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08 Jun 2023
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When Dream of the Endless comes back to Hob Gadling, Hob is determined to be a Very Good Friend to him, because Dream's been through some stuff, and if what he needs is a safe haven, then Hob is going to give him that.
It's what he gives to everyone else at the New Inn, after all.
And alright, maybe that's not all he wants, but it's not about what he wants, it's about what Dream needs, so Hob is going to look after him as best he can, and try not to break his own heart in the meantime.
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- Part 1 of Mine Own Heart
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- English
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- 70,265
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- 18/18
- Comments:
- 934
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- 1,478
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- 23,155
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07 Jun 2023
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Hob Gadling saves Morpheus Endless' life on the Titanic, and after a few minutes with the man, decides to do whatever he can to help someone who always helps others.
If he gets a kiss for his efforts, well, that's simply a cherry on top.
He isn't expecting to feel so acutely for Morpheus (call him Dream) the more time they spend together. Or to fall in love with his small family. But he is, even though he knows he won't get to keep them.
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- Part 8 of Aria's Dreamling Bingo Fics 2023
- Language:
- English
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- 119,655
- Chapters:
- 17/17
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- 858
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- 494
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- 118
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- 12,959
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30 May 2023
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A Dream for a Viscount by starsniper for Silver_89, Pinto_Bordeaux (zsnesw)
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022)
17 May 2023
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“Oh, you've got a little bite in you, huh?” Hob teases, dropping his hand to Dream’s hip instead. Dream feels his touch like the sear of a brand. “Less like a dream, and more like a nightmare then, are you?”
“I can make your life a living nightmare,” Dream retorts.
Morpheus "Dream" Endless is a stubborn omega who does not want to be a stay at home omega raising children. He meets his match one night in the form of one Viscount Robert Gadling.
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- Part 6 of Seiya's 2023 Dreamling Bingo
- Part 1 of Omega Regency Shenanigans
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 11,500
- Chapters:
- 1/1
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- 1
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- 109
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- 772
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- 124
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- 7,516
Bookmarked by Inyw21
21 May 2023
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“I’ll guard you for a night,” Hob says, “and say I please you, you can either pay me for a day’s work, or keep me on ‘til you reach where you’re going.”
“Do you know the way to Canterbury?” the lord asks, and Hob nods.
“Oh, yes. It’s a few days’ ride, not more than three or four, by my memory.”
“Then you shall have three days to please me, Robert Gadling.”
In 1389, known mercenary and bandit Hob Gadling offers to escort a strange lord to Canterbury, and wagers that he can guess the man's name in three days.
Incredible art by Tashina!: 1
- Language:
- English
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- 112,103
- Chapters:
- 16/16
- Comments:
- 1,403
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- 2,616
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- 746
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- 53,681
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27 Mar 2023
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Dream has just survived a kidnapping, came out, and is trying to settle into some kind of comforting routine. Hob Gadling owns the New Ink, a tattoo and piercing studio Dream walks by every day. What if she gets a tattoo? Or ten? And a piercing? Or twenty? What then?
Ft: transfemme Dream, smitten Hob, and a few other characters.
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12 Mar 2023
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What Magic Art Is This? by aWordyBody
Fandom The Sandman (Comics), The Sandman (TV 2022)
16 Jan 2023
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“It never happened; yet it is still true. What magic art is this?” – From Sandman, Vol 3: Dream Country, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
Morpheus is a prolific theatre director who possibly cares way too much about art. Hob is a stagehand who just wants steady work at the same theatre, year after year.
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- 80,863
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- 2
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- 51
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12 Mar 2023