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1. Though Chains Be of Gold by lily8007

   Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   26 Apr 2022

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   • Talia al Ghul/Bruce Wayne
   • Talia al Ghul
   • Bruce Wayne
   • Ra's al Ghul
   • First Meetings
   • Soulmate-Identifying Marks
   • Alternate Universe - Soulmates

   Summary

   Though chains be of gold, they are chains all the same. ~Feet Fall on the Road, by Bruce Cockburn

   Choice versus destiny is much more difficult to navigate for the man who will become the Dark Knight, and the woman who is the Demon's Daughter. In a world where everyone knows their soulmate at their first touch, how do two such determined individuals navigate a future neither of them expected?

   This is a Brutalia-style Soulmark AU. It's also a fill for Prompt Bingo Round 12. In talking over my prompts with other fans on the Fyeah Talia server on Discord, inspiration for this story hit me, and I ran with it. It's gonna be at least three, maybe five chapters.*

   * really, who was I kidding? Probably 10 chapters.

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