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When Steve gets trapped in the Upside Down, Vecna offers him a deal: become lieutenant of the monster armies and gain some of Vecna’s power, in exchange for being the bait to lure his friends back to rescue him. Steve takes the deal, believing wholeheartedly in the Party’s ability to save him and finally kill Vecna, but discovers quickly that his power to infiltrate the memories and dreams of people in the real world is very limited; in fact, he can only visit one person in his new monster form.
Thus begins Steve’s haunting of Eddie Munson, who, coincidentally, has been in love with Steve since they started secretly hooking up after a Halloween party in 1984.
Or: Steve is Kas, and also Eddie's secret boyfriend.
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This time, he looks at Eddie and Eddie looks back, and Eddie wants to say, you don’t have to tell him. You don’t have to admit it’s me you’re tied to. But Steve is brave. Steve runs at danger when Eddie runs away. So Steve looks at Eddie and Eddie looks back, and Steve is still looking at Eddie when he says, “He’s my soulmate.”
David Harrington doesn’t say a word, but his movements slow as he unbuttons the cuff of his other sleeve and rolls that one too. Slows like he’s thinking, his face hard and set.
“I,” says Mr. Harrington, “fail to see how that’s relevant.”
Steve and Eddie, post-post-apocalypse.
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- Part 2 of no retreat, baby, no surrender
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“Oh, haven’t you heard? Steve Harrington doesn’t cry.”
In which Steve Harrington breaks up, breaks a few hearts (including his own), breaks free, and finally gets to break down.
or: 5 times Steve didn't cry, and 1 time he did.
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The people of Hawkins were still alive, folding donated t-shirts into neat piles in the middle school gym, and passing out boxes of canned food to families in need, and smiling to each other as they said, hanging in there? Good, me too!
But then the ground fell and the fires started.
And then the Hawkins citizenry abandoned ship like they were time travelers aboard the goddamn Titanic.
And then the Hellfire Club and associated extended party members commandeered Loch Nora and turned it into a safe zone for the miniscule remaining population of Hawkins.
And then the dead people started showing back up.
Or: Eddie’s in love with Steve, but it doesn’t really matter because the world ended a few months ago and he’s been living on borrowed time ever since. Steve’s in love with Eddie, but he’s been through this before with a wild-eyed, steady-handed survivor who was better off without him, and doing it again might be enough to kill him this time.
Or or: The Party are vampire hunters in post-apocalyptic Hawkins, in a world where soulmates can't harm each other.
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- Part 1 of no retreat, baby, no surrender
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Sokka takes a strategic step back, but he also smiles: triumphant, like he baited Zuko into exactly what he wanted. Like it’s a challenge. It’s the same way he looked when they sized each other up at the prison, with Sokka in chains that left red marks around his wrist, in tattered prison garb, malnourished and angry. Back then, that was Sokka saying: I see your power. I see you. Now, see me.
Zuko saw him then. And he sees him now; different, but the same. I see you.
Zuko lights his daos in flame. Sokka grins, back to gravel and heat. “Come on, Fire Lord. Impress me.”
Zuko burns. His vision flickers with fire. His heart races. His blood sings. His body is like a magnet, pulling ever onward to meet Sokka’s. He advances.
He pins Sokka to the wall, blades against his throat.
Or, Zuko found Aang first, Sokka and Katara were imprisoned in Boiling Rock for trying to rescue their dad, and all Sokka knows is he's pretty sure he's not supposed to think the Fire Lord is attractive but he's never let things like rules stop him before.
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In which Hawkins is overrun with vampires, soulmates are real, and Eddie Munson and Steve Harrington love each other despite (and because) of it all.
series title comes from bruce springsteen's no surrender.
part one: highway's jammed with broken heroes | complete
Eddie’s in love with Steve, but it doesn’t really matter because the world ended a few months ago and he’s been living on borrowed time ever since. Steve’s in love with Eddie, but he’s been through this before with a wild-eyed, steady-handed survivor who was better off without him, and doing it again might be enough to kill him this time.
Or: The Party are vampire hunters in post-apocalyptic Hawkins, in a world where soulmates can't harm each other.
part two: breathe the fire we was born in | complete
Steve and Eddie, post-post-apocalypse.
part three: fill them long summer nights | coming soon
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it was you all the way down by cherryfeather
Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types, Justice League - All Media Types
12 Sep 2024
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The staff meeting after Cat had broken her foot had involved a lot of reassigning, since she couldn’t exactly do the usual society beat with her foot in a boot. So much that Clark hadn’t really thought twice when Perry had said “and Kent, you’ll take the new Wayne foundation piece,” because sure, he liked working the philanthropy stories occasionally. It wasn’t until they’d gotten back to their desks that Lois had burst into a fit of snickering and said “oh, I would pay money to see how you’re going to handle Bruce Wayne for two weeks,” and Clark had realized how majorly screwed he was.
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On a two-week assignment, Clark does his best to figure out Bruce Wayne. Bruce does his best to make sure he can't. Unfortunately, they're just too good at working together, even when they don't know it.For Superbat Week 2024, day 1: identity shenanigans.
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tell all the truth (but tell it slant) by susiecarter
Fandoms: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, DC Extended Universe
05 Jun 2016
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It takes a while for Batman and Superman to work things out, once Clark comes back from the dead. Pretending to date each other in order to explain why Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent are in the same place so often? Doesn't help as much as you might think.
Written as a fill for the dceu_kinkmeme prompt, summarized: Bruce/Clark, fake dating. (Full prompt in author's notes.)
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14 Jul 2026
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Bruce Wayne can't possibly be as dumb as he acts, and Clark Kent isn't as ordinary as he appears.
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14 Jul 2026
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Padam Padam by frozenpotions
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types, DCU, Justice League - All Media Types
11 Oct 2023
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Batman's heartbeat keeps speeding up whenever Clark is around. For instance: when Clark greets him, half-naked, on a Gotham rooftop. Or when he uses his superstrength to save a busload of schoolchildren. Or sometimes even just when he smiles.
Clearly the poor man is terrified of him.
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13 Jul 2026
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Gotham is Burning. by bluemoonharvest
Fandoms: The Batman (Movie 2022), Batman - All Media Types, Superman (Movie 2025), Superman - All Media Types, Justice League - All Media Types
20 Aug 2025
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"Were you aware that LuthorCorp was using Wayne technology in their illegal weapons programs?"
For the first time, Bruce looked genuinely surprised. "Those contracts were terminated."
"When? Before or after Luthor's crimes became public?"
Bruce was quiet for a long moment, his fingers drumming against the arm of his chair. "I'd have to check with our legal department about the specific timeline."
"So you don't know?"
Bruce was silent.
Gotham's drowning, Batman's bleeding, and a nosy reporter won't stop asking why.
Three years after the flood, a rot festers, born from the stragglers of Riddler's movement.
The Sons of Gotham, neo-Nazis with mysteriously deep pockets, rise from the grime. Bruce bleeds for a city that keeps sinking.
Enter Clark Kent: infuriatingly earnest, maddeningly handsome, and asking questions Bruce can't answer.
When threats grow too big for one city, Batman reluctantly teams up with Superman. Saving Gotham wasn't hard.
Letting someone help? Letting someone in? Easier said than done.
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12 Jul 2026