Riddler-centered High School / College AU
A collection for all high school / college AUs featuring Edward Nygma as the main character or one of the main characters.
(Open, Unmoderated)
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Son and Heir (of Nothing in Particular) by danielthegod
Fandoms: The Batman (Movie 2022), Batman - All Media Types
10 Sep 2025
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Bruce still didn’t much like going outside. But here he was, at this dreaded building he was told to call a school , finally in his last year.
Selina always called him a herb, saying how impressive it was that he actually managed to make it this far in life. He walked into the front doors, music blasting in his Walkman, staring at people’s shoes. He hunched over, trying not to draw attention to himself. but it wasn’t like anyone was watching him, he had been going here for years and people generally ignored him by now.or
Bruce is a nerd-loner that everyone ignores, until he gets into a fight and loses his backpack. Maybe he'd get over it if it hadn't drawn his attention to some creepy church-kid with a vendetta against him.
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Breaking Good With Edward Nashton by neilpissyrega
Fandoms: The Batman (Movie 2022), Breaking Bad
08 Jan 2023
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17 year old Edward Nashton despises Bruce Wayne and loves Breaking Bad. It turns out that Bruce has watched Breaking Bad and, oddly, seems to be attempting to form a friendship with Edward despite them being sworn enemies. What happens if it progresses farther than friendship?
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Takes place after Knight to E4 (link in notes), but can be read as a stand-alone. Adventures in the drama club with Selina, Edward, and Bruce.
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- Part 26 of A Million Little Ways
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17 year old Bruce Wayne has everything on the ‘vampire’ checklist. Pale skin? Never goes outside? Wears copious amounts of eyeliner? Only wears black? Yep.
Ironic that it’s his nerdy, bubbly friend Edward that’s the vampire.
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Edward Nashton Gets the Netflix Original High-school Romance He Deserves by ScribbleShrimp for ScribbleShrimp
Fandoms: The Batman (Movie 2022), Batman - All Media Types
07 Dec 2022
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Edwards' life is pretty crazy! But between that asshole Bruce Wayne in his math class, and the cute boy on the fencing team that wears all black and puts cute little bat ears on top of his helmet- his romantic prospects are ZERO to NONE!
But hey, it's senior year! Who knows what will happen?
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gotham highschool au, bruce has a secret admirer, edward is a teensy bit obsessive, selina can't tie shoelaces, etc.
this is actually cute i swear
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they say we're too young now to amount to anything else. by transsexualisms (arf2004)
Fandoms: The Batman (Movie 2022)
09 May 2022
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only bruce can call him eddie. only bruce can hold him. only bruce can soothe him. he wishes he could be honest with him, but now is not the time.
(abandoned work)
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tune in to tune out by orphan_account
Fandoms: The Batman (Movie 2022), Batman - All Media Types
17 Oct 2023
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how inspired, another riddlebat high school au. this time ed's an online anarchist who runs a bulletin board system, which bruce happens to stumble across. ed hates tutoring bruce wayne, but he loves talking online with a stranger called "bat." oh no!
Warnings: Ed has really violent thoughts and fantasies. there's only really mild actual violence, but there's some graphic stuff in his head. implied self-harm/suicidal thoughts, edward not having a handle on his bpd (im projecting), and um. some kind of cringey writing in the beginning. i started this as a junior and high school and finished it as a freshman in college so oh boy it does not read consistently. sorry.
(title is from Pipipi by Ken Ashcorp)
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No Batman! No Riddler!
What if they meet when they were younger, what if Edward got adopted…
What if they lost contact…
What if they meet again in college…- Words:
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“What do you want?” Bruce asked quietly though his voice always sounded threatening when he spoke to Edward. “Did your nose heal too fast? Hmm? Want me to fix that?”
Edward smiled to himself. “Bruce Wayne,” he said, sounding scandalised. “Don’t you know you’re on school grounds?”
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Edward may not be as strong as Bruce Wayne, but he sure as hell is smarter. AKA the high school AU where they hate each other's guts