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crack_van2008-10-03 01:31 pm
kadymae.livejournal.com) wrote in crack_van2008-10-03 01:31 pm
En Haut by Brown Betty (PG)
Hi, I just discovered that I'm driving the DCU Crack_Van this month -- meep! I'll be reccing gen, het, and slash. I'm a lover of the slightly more off the beaten path characters and pairings.
I just had time to do a quick broom through on the recs and I don't believe that this one has been posted yet.
Fandom: DCU
Characters: Lady Shiva & Batman
Length: ≅ About 1500 words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
brown_betty
Author Website:Brown Betty's fic on the Archive at the End of the Universe
Why this must be read:
Lady Shiva just doesn't get enough love, but in En Haut, Brown-Betty delivers a story of an afternoon she spends in a very swanky resturant, with a very notorious playboy, that's very much in character for every character involved and at the same time, deliciously funny.
The expression of Maitre d' goes from condescension to obsequiousness. "Mr. Wayne! Welcome to the En Haut." Then he turns his fawning face back to her. "Sorry for the confusion, Madame, if I had understood you were with Mr. Wayne, of course-"
The Batman interrupts him. "Listen, I've been dodging your city's press all day. If someone from The Planet shows up, I'm not here, all right?"
"Mr. Wayne, the En Haut is scrupulous with the privacy of–"
The Batman interrupts him again. "Good man," and presses a bill into his hand. Shiva derives some amusement from watching the man's outraged honour struggle with his natural tendency to show his belly. Of course, cowardice wins, and he pockets the money.
"Shall we?" says the Batman, sweeping his arm to indicate the field of linen draped tables. Very well, she will. The presence of the Batman will not keep her from her quarry, and perhaps something interesting will happen.
En Haut. Go. Read. Devour.
(And then tell her why it's so damn good.)
I just had time to do a quick broom through on the recs and I don't believe that this one has been posted yet.
Fandom: DCU
Characters: Lady Shiva & Batman
Length: ≅ About 1500 words
Author on LJ:
brown_bettyAuthor Website:Brown Betty's fic on the Archive at the End of the Universe
Why this must be read:
Lady Shiva just doesn't get enough love, but in En Haut, Brown-Betty delivers a story of an afternoon she spends in a very swanky resturant, with a very notorious playboy, that's very much in character for every character involved and at the same time, deliciously funny.
The expression of Maitre d' goes from condescension to obsequiousness. "Mr. Wayne! Welcome to the En Haut." Then he turns his fawning face back to her. "Sorry for the confusion, Madame, if I had understood you were with Mr. Wayne, of course-"
The Batman interrupts him. "Listen, I've been dodging your city's press all day. If someone from The Planet shows up, I'm not here, all right?"
"Mr. Wayne, the En Haut is scrupulous with the privacy of–"
The Batman interrupts him again. "Good man," and presses a bill into his hand. Shiva derives some amusement from watching the man's outraged honour struggle with his natural tendency to show his belly. Of course, cowardice wins, and he pockets the money.
"Shall we?" says the Batman, sweeping his arm to indicate the field of linen draped tables. Very well, she will. The presence of the Batman will not keep her from her quarry, and perhaps something interesting will happen.
En Haut. Go. Read. Devour.
(And then tell her why it's so damn good.)