Chapters: 5/?
Fandom: Super Sons (Comics), Batman (Comics), Superman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types, DCU, DCU (Comics), DC Elseworlds, Dark Knights of Steel (DC Comics 2021)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jonathan Samuel Kent/Damian Wayne
Characters: Jonathan Samuel Kent, Damian Wayne, Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, Dick Grayson, Kathy Branden, Maya Ducard, Ra's al Ghul, Talia al Ghul, Bat-Cow (DCU), Colin Wilkes, John Constantine, Amanda Waller, Elizabeth Arkham, Etrigan (DCU), Alfred the Cat (DCU), Duke Thomas
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Canon-Typical Violence, Prince Jonathan Samuel Kent, Prince Damian Wayne, Damian Wayne-centric, Jonathan Samuel Kent-centric, Assassination Attempt(s), Possession, Cousin Incest, the incest was unavoidable and will not be addressed, I feel Madame d’Aulnoy in this Chili’s tonight, Minor Character Death
Summary:
The Kingdom of Gotham is at peace.
It’s been ten years since the White Martian Invasion and the formation of the League of Justice. Queen Lara Lor-Van is preparing to finally step down, and pass the crown to Prince Kal-El, who married Amazonian royal advisor Lois Lane.
Prince Bruce has spent much of his time traveling abroad, returning to Gotham Castle intermittently for months or years at a time before venturing back out into the world.
This time is different. This time, he’s returning for an extended stay.
Or: the tale of two princes finding themselves and, in the process, each other.
Super Sons of Steel was originally spawned on Discord. It is a sequel to the Elseworlds comic, Dark Knights of Steel.
I have been sharing this cohesive outline on Discord, and it has been well-received enough that I have decided it was worth posting here, too.
At the dog park I work at, there are two gateways: one entering the park, and the other exiting. Each gateway has two gates: one on the inside, and one on the outside. To prevent dogs from escaping, the gates have a mechanism in place so that one won’t open unless the other one is fully closed.
Sometimes, when people leave the park, they forget to close the outer exit gate, which means the inner gate won’t open for other people trying to leave.
Early into my shift, this happened again. So I got up, and went through through the entrance gateway to go outside the park and close the other gate. Problem was, the gap between the gate and fence was too small for me to squeeze my arm through and push the button.
The last time this had happened, I’d managed to jam my arm through the chain-link itself to reach the button. But doing that had kinda hurt my hand. So this time, I took a different approach.
I climbed over.
I’m 27, and it’s been a little over a decade since I’ve climbed a chain-linked fence, but I managed to get over and close the other gate for the patron trying to leave. But as I jumped down, I didn’t let go of the top of the fence at the right time and one of the sharp bits stabbed into my hand.
After I got myself cleaned up, I realized that I could’ve just climbed through the check-in window. Or just used the back entrance.
And that’s the story of my first workplace injury. And after work, I went and got my first tetanus shot in fifteen years.