What Once Was
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  • Reads 24,866
  • Votes 778
  • Parts 48
  • Time 5h 31m
Complete, First published Aug 11, 2022
Mature
You move to Gotham for school and quickly take up a job in a local bar. Having stumbled into your work one evening, Gotham local, and forensic accountant, Edward Nashton becomes infatuated with you. The two of you eventually become close, but nothing could prepare you for the events that unfold. 

(the riddler x female reader/oc) 
~ slow burn ~
warning: eventual smut and violent themes!
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(18+) You pushed yourself up to a crouch and forced yourself to make eye contact with the stranger. You didn't particularly want to face a rich guy in Gotham you'd just pummeled into the ground, but it would have been worse to simply run off into the night. The man had dark brown hair that was now obscuring his face, and pale skin. You couldn't make out much more before you'd locked eyes with the Batman. Oh fuck. [Bruce Wayne is an angsty mess and you get thrown right into his tornado when you accidentally discover his secret identity]