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    So, it didn’t start out like this.

     

    Alfred would scoff at the statement, about how Bruce was trying to justify the whole situation to himself. It had started out as a simple design, black everything with black outlines and black hood. It got a little more intense as the world went on, got wind of his ghost on the streets, and became scared of The Bat . So Bruce got a little more creative with it, Alfred and him had a good laugh over the name, the scare, and Alfred had a vicious streak of humor that he had passed onto his ward-

     

    So now the suit had a visible bat-theme, an insignia to drape in the shadows and to paint across the streets of Gotham.

     

    It only took a year into the whole charade of heroism for Bruce to overhear a conversation between some goons- some low level thug hired by the Riddler this week- about nothing at all pertaining to what the hell the Riddler was doing in the sewers but instead:

    “ The Batman can fly, you know, I’ve seen his wings.”

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    A world where nobody has wings, but people think they do, and that changes everything.

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    The best fucking fic in the dcu tag

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    Hua Cheng is smitten with Xie Lian from almost the first moment she sees her, when the woman turns up at her flower shop and asks for help in picking out a plant for her apartment.

    But then Xie Lian keeps returning, seemingly cursed with the inability to keep any plant alive for longer than two weeks.

    Hua Cheng doesn't mind though, not if it means she gets to spend time with her jiejie.

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    “Jiejie,” she breathes, disbelieving, “what did you do to it?”

    Hua Cheng doesn’t want to sound incredulous, she truly doesn’t, but she’s never seen anyone manage to kill an aloe plant before.

    This one is rotten.

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    “You have paint on your cheek.” Little girl says. And then, “I like your eye mask thing.”

     

    Hua Cheng freezes.

     

    “Okay?” He mumbles. “Thank you.”

     

    Hua Cheng gets a free cupcake, crumbled cookie and meets a man of his dreams all in a span of ten minutes. He doesn’t know how to cope with it.

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    Feng Xin would like to think that he has become accustomed to the variety of strange (and often unfortunate) events that surround Xie Lian. He has become accustomed to the flights of fancy, and the trash collecting, and the occasional ill-fated culinary quest. He has even, as of late, become accustomed to His Highness’ cripplingly poor choice in spouse.

    Despite all of Feng Xin’s practice in these unfortunates, however, he is not prepared for this.

    “Who are you?” Xie Lian stares up at him from a puddle of oversized white robes, his eyes wide. He is several sizes too small, and several shades too oblivious. “And, um. Where are we?”

    Beside him, Mu Qing sighs very very very deeply and pinches the bridge of his nose.

    When a curse turns Xie Lian into a child again, Feng Xin, Mu Qing, and Hua Cheng have to work together to keep him safe. Needless to say, this is a trying task for all of them.

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    Heroes lead by Bakugo.
    Villains lead by Midoriya.
    Seven days prep time.
    Three days for Izuku Midoriya to show why they should be glad he's not a real villain.

    (Updated with final edits, 5/2/19)

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    08 Mar 2021

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