Could End Up a Story by Fryadvocate (PG-13)

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Fandom: DC COMICS/SMALLVILLE
Pairing: Chloe Sullivan/Clark Kent, Selina Kyle/Bruce Wayne
Length: medium-long
Author on LJ: fryadvocate
Author Website: http://fryadvocate.livejournal.com/tag/fanfic
Why this must be read:

Yes, Smallville is big enough that it gets a rec category of its own. And yes, Smallville has reimagined the DC universe in highly distinctive ways (but when has any adaptation not?). When you get right down to it, Smallville is still a DC world. fryadvocate proves she knows this by seamlessly inserting Chloe Sullivan into the regular DC world as a writer at the Daily Planet, less flashy than her cousin Lois but no less competent and no less strong. Having broken a story sure to piss off powerful people, she gets sent to Gotham to do a puff piece on Bruce Wayne--but her reporter's instincts tell her more's going on with the billionaire playboy than meets the eye. In the process of her investigation she learns more about Gotham--and its heroes--than she anticipates.

This story is a wonderful look at Gotham's underside from a different point of view than we're used to, an outsider's point of view, and it is beautifully done. It is also an excellent example of how to marry Smallville and comics canon.

Could End Up a Story.