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1. leave it or take it by veninova

   Fandoms: Clown Husbandry (Tumblr), Batman - All Media Types  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   29 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Joker (DCU)/Bruce Wayne
   • Joker (DCU)
   • Human/Monster Romance
   • Bruce Wayne is Not Batman
   • Joker (DCU) Loves Bruce Wayne
   • Alternate Universe - Clown Husbandry
   • Angst
   • Interspecies Romance
   • Angst and Fluff and Smut
   • Inspired by Tumblr
   • Romance
   • Possessive Behaviour
   • Pining Joker (DCU)
   • Alternate Universe - No Capes

   Summary

   Bruce begrudgingly adopts a service clown, a companion to intervene whenever he’s brooding and isolating himself. It’s long overdue: his survivor’s guilt has been going unchecked for far too long. But there’s something about his clown that gives him reason for pause. Joker is way too intelligent, too unnerving – hell, he’s nothing like Bruce imagined a service clown would be at all. It’s almost like he’s …

   Human.

   TAGLINE: Stay with me on this one: it's batjokes, but a clown husbandry au.

   Series

   • Part 2 of creature features

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,497

   Chapters:

   2/5

   Comments:

   23

   Kudos:

   64

   Bookmarks:

   8

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