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1. A Courtship In Five Stages by Holdt

   Fandoms: Superman - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   14 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne
   • Clark Kent
   • Bruce Wayne
   • Alfred Pennyworth
   • Courtship
   • Alien/Human Relationships
   • Kryptonian Culture & Customs (DCU)
   • Established Relationship
   • Crack Treated Seriously
   • Kryptonian Courtship Rituals
   • They've Been Together Six Years and Never Said It
   • Emotionally Constipated Bruce Wayne
   • Clark Kent Knows What He's Doing
   • Comedy
   • Honey
   • Tooth-Rotting Fluff
   • Pillow Wings
   • POV Alternating

   Summary

   Six years in the same house. Never once the word for it.

   When Clark begins a courtship rite his dead world left him only fragments of, Bruce does what Bruce does: he reads ahead. The vessels are ash. The grammar is incomplete. They have a kitchen, a wood, and four pillows to make it out of.

   A wedding in five stages, improvised from whatever's on the shelf.

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   English

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