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1. stay to burn (only to drown instead) by summercourtship

   Fandoms: The Batman (Movie 2022), Batman (Movies - Nolan), Batman - All Media Types  

   • Explicit
   • Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   04 Jul 2024

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Bruce Wayne/Reader
   • Jonathan Crane/Reader
   • Edward Nygma/Reader
   • Bruce Wayne
   • Jonathan Crane
   • Edward Nygma
   • Original Side Characters - Character
   • Reader
   • A mixture of the Nolan!verse and 2022 Batman universes
   • Teacher-Student Relationship
   • Secret Relationship
   • Secret Identity
   • Arkham Asylum
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • reader has anxiety
   • Non-Consensual Drug Use
   • Scarecrow's Fear Toxin (DCU)
   • Each Romantic Relationship Has A Different Vibe
   • Professor Jonathan Crane
   • Possessive Jonathan Crane
   • Protective Bruce Wayne
   • The Flooding of Gotham did not happen (but everything else did)
   • College Aged Reader (Early 20s)
   • Inexperienced/Virgin Reader
   • Unhealthy Relationships
   • Smut
   • Oral Sex
   • Penis In Vagina Sex
   • Dirty Talk
   • Jonathan is a weirdo and I love him
   • No use of y/n
   • Reader has questionable morals
   • Obsessive Edward Nygma

   Summary

   “Fear,” he smiled as if he was making a joke you didn’t yet understand, “shouldn’t control you. Not when it comes to opportunities like this."

   You’re silent, worrying your bottom lip between your teeth. Frozen in indecision, eyes focused on a random paper on his desk.

   Then he said your name quietly.

   “Fear only has as much power as you want to give it."

    You looked him in his eyes- his crystal clear eyes, penetrating and sharp in their clarity- and the words spilled from your mouth like you’d been put under a spell. 

   Hypnotized, like always.

   “Alright. Then I’ll do it.”

   or you accept an offer to TA for Dr. Jonathan Crane's Psychology of Fear class and everything goes to shit from there.

   Series

   • Part 1 of stay to burn (only to drown instead)

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