[Western Crossover] Can a Substitute Get to Eat the Real Batman?

Blurb:

1.

As a clone of Bruce Wayne, AKA Batman, young Thomas returned to Gotham after many years and did three things:

First, he found the amnesiac, wandering Batman and pretended they were lovers. Then he dressed up as Batman and went on patrol, delaying the moment Bruce would be discovered.

Second, within a month, he successfully got into bed with Batman and, while he was at it, killed the Joker.

Third, after Bruce regained his memories, Thomas successfully moved into Wayne Manor as his brother, making himself right at home!

News that the Wayne brothers were getting it on* spread all over the internet. The ship wars between Bruce/Batman, Owlman/Batman, Owlman/Thomas, and so on were completely unstoppable!!

2.

Bruce woke up in an unfamiliar safehouse. He couldn't get out, and he couldn't remember a thing.

The only other person there was a muscular stranger wearing a mask and a uniform that looked a lot like a bat.

"You're Bruce Wayne," the man told him.

"Then who are you?"

"I'm your other half, another you in this world."

"Impossible. I'm not into men," Bruce retorted instinctively.

"Unless you're Gotham or Batman."

Wait, this masked man was dressed like a giant black bat!!

3.

The Batfamily had recently encountered something terrifying:

Batman, who had just come back from the dead, had been replaced!

This person wasn't Bruce! Absolutely not!

So where was Bruce?

Why was Alfred treating this impostor as if nothing were wrong?

They suppressed their anger, patiently played along, and searched for clues.

At last, they found a safehouse.

Through the window, two men who looked exactly alike but had entirely different auras were embracing. They were both "Bruce."

The impostor kissed Bruce on the corner of his mouth.

Then, as if to taunt them, he looked toward the spot where the boys were hiding and asked Bruce in a voice everyone could hear:

"My dear Bro... Bruce."

"Do you want to go back to the Manor?

"Your injuries have healed. The kids miss you. Do you miss them?"

The boys outside the window were about to die of anger.

But the next second, they saw Bruce take the impostor's hand and smile helplessly.

Then Bruce said:

"Don't be like that, young Thomas. They're your kids now too, aren't they?"

The boys: Utter shock!

"Wait!!"

We don't want an impostor for a stepdad!

Warnings:

1.

Young Thomas x Bruce, no fixed roles, faux-incest and faux-selfcest.

My tastes are pretty wild and morally chaotic, and, well, Bats is Bats... So although Bruce is very sweet in the blurb, their relationship isn't always a one-dominant, one-submissive kind of dynamic.

Also, this young Thomas is the Bruce clone from Season 3 of the TV series Gotham, not Owlman from Earth-3. His DNA is identical to Bruce's.

There is no actual brotherly affection between him and Bruce; their feelings are more complicated.

They're not on the same family registry, but there will be scenes where outsiders mistake them for brothers.

2.

Mentions the Earth-3 Crime Syndicate love triangle, Riddler/Penguin, past Batman/Catwoman, and Superman/Lois.

3.

After their identities are revealed, there will be plenty of shipping chaos among Gothamites over Bruce/Batman, Owlman/Thomas, Owlman/Batman, and the Wayne brothers.

4.

The setting serves the plot, characters, and shipping. It combines many versions and includes personal interpretations and secondary canon, but the main characterizations in this story are based on the TV series Gotham (I've been pretty obsessed with it lately).

Please check out my upcoming story:

"[Western Crossover] Wayne Manor Has No Room for Idlers"

1.

In his previous life, Patrick Bateman was an uncaught serial killer, a genuine psychopath, and a dashing Wall Street golden boy.

There was no doubt that Bateman had no inner beauty to speak of. And yet he had a perfect body and a strikingly handsome face.

But after losing his memory, shrinking, and transmigrating to another world, Bateman could no longer live the way he used to:

Because he had a big brother, an adopted brother whose secret identity was Gotham's Dark Knight.

He'd also gotten saddled with a "Superhero" System.

"How did I end up with Bateman? I clearly meant to bind Batman!"

The System thought it was doomed. How was it supposed to turn this guy into a proper superhero?

And why was there a Bateman in this world? Did that even make sense?!

"Emergency detected. The Host has less than a one-in-ten-thousand chance of completing System missions. Activating support mode...

"The most suitable learning partner has been bound to the Host."

"Bruce Wayne."

The System said the name aloud.

"...?"

Who the hell was Bruce Wayne?

Ever since transmigrating, Bateman had heard people call him that countless times.

2.

Before long, more than ten years had passed, and the System's influence over Bateman remained limited.

After all, it was easy for him to pretend to obey while doing the opposite: acting like a do-gooder to complete missions while actually making trouble!

But he really did seem like a good person, a superhero, because his adoptive brother Bruce Wayne was a true saint who loved him dearly.

He was also a control freak.

So...

"I'm going to kill that bastard! I swear!"

After smashing the TV remote to pieces, Bateman shouted furiously at Bruce:

"Big brother, did you hear what he said about me on the show? He called my carefully designed business card outdated and tacky! It was designed and produced by Gotham's finest master!"

"You have to stop funding that bat!

"If that guy weren't stopping me, I would've killed every last one of those people who look down on me and piss me off!"

"No, Paddy. You know I won't do that. Batman is right to stop you."

Bruce flipped through the newspaper without looking up, his expression unchanged.

He spoke coldly:

"Besides, I remember our agreement. For every person you want to kill, I'll spank you that many times. Every night, with the number only going up.

"...Until you give up those ideas for good, or spend the rest of your life like this."

Theme: Learning to love and be loved.