[Western Crossover] Is Drake Asleep?

[Pre-release: “Marry Wayne, Me?” has 370,000 words drafted]

Colt can copy the thing someone cherishes most in their dreams, but he can only bind himself to one person's dreams.

He sets his sights on his classmate Drake: rich, handsome, and smart. Whatever he treasures most in his dreams must be worth a fortune.

Day 1: Drake doesn't sleep.

Day 2: Drake doesn't sleep.

Day 3: Drake dozes off briefly, and Colt gets a cup of hand-ground coffee.

Day N: Drake passes out again, and Colt gets a dozen cups of hand-ground coffee.

Colt: I'm suing Wayne for abusing his adopted son!

While Colt treats his golden finger like a coffee production line, Drake's dreams start producing all sorts of bizarre things.

Wayne's signed financial statements, clues to a serial murder case, a bomb detonator, the missing fear toxin... even a fresh, healthy spleen, and a little red bird!

Little Red Bird: Want to date? The kind that ends in marriage.

Colt: ...

Colt (with panda eyes): Is Drake asleep? I can't sleep!!

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Tim notices that his classmate Colt is always sneaking glances at him, as if his eyes are asking: Are you getting enough rest? Are you sure you're not going to drop dead from overwork?

So he looks into Colt a little.

Colt's coffee cup is his dream cup, the coffee he brews is his dream coffee, and the coffee machine is his dream machine...

Tim first rules out the possibility that Colt is Arkham material.

Because

Colt himself is also his dream guy.

Tim: I'll be the first successful person in this family to walk down the aisle!

The entire Batfamily: When did you start dating?!

Tim (already thinking about marriage before proposing): In my dreams.

[Reading Guide:]

1. My take on the assembled universe, a sweet little found-family story. I love the whole Batfamily.

2. The protagonist is a reader from a higher dimension. He's amnesiac and in a special state early on. The Duck Detective will discover and take advantage of his dreams.

3. Three updates a day before VIP, six a day after VIP, with bonus chapters dropping at random.

== Pre-release: “[Western Crossover] Marry Wayne, Me?” ==

Shapluo is a mermaid. After finally passing the examination to become a heavenly civil servant, he thought he could lie flat for ten thousand years thanks to his gift for purifying water. Instead, Heaven sent him to develop a new territory, by way of a political marriage.

Day 1 in Gotham.

Shapluo loses his phone and suitcase, and after he reports it to the police, the station mistakenly locks him up. He has no choice but to pull out his marriage certificate with Wayne, move into Wayne Manor ahead of schedule, and begin their life together, where they can't avoid seeing each other.

Day 2 in Gotham.

Shapluo goes out to gather waterway data on his new territory and discovers that Gotham's water is cursed. Once purified, it turns into a thick black sludge. To deal with the symptoms, Shapluo dredges countless human body parts out of the Gotham River, and meets Gotham's native bats and little birds along the way.

Day 3 in Gotham.

An angel comes to the door, questioning whether their fake marriage is a scheme to claim benefits. To keep their parents' souls and ensure their divine registration and merit rewards go through without a hitch, the two awkwardly pretend to be newlyweds, and the Wayne family is forced to play a loving, close-knit family!

Day N in Gotham.

The Wayne family holds a fishing competition, and Brucie accidentally takes the River God's fishing rod, supposedly guaranteed to “never come up empty.” His first cast catches the Joker, fresh from escaping prison. The second reels in a frozen Captain America. The third catches Brainiac's spaceship...

Some Water God: The Water God and River God are basically the same thing, and the galaxy is a river too. Tell me, did your line come up empty or not?!

Shapluo is very pleased with the political marriage. His husband is kind, handsome, and rich, and the house is full of children. He gets a lively big family without the pain of childbirth! His fief is a cursed land, and the river water is practically a venom cocktail. He even earns merit just by taking a bath!

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Batman has a magical accident and somehow gets roped into a political marriage. He firmly refuses. What? The marriage comes with a skill that can identify affection levels! And his partner brings his parents' souls as a dowry!

Batman: He's definitely getting married!

Theme: Love makes life better.