storytime: I shifted to my dr and stayed there for a year 💌
hey everyone!! long time no see 🥲 I hope you guys are all doing well!! :D this is a long-ish storytime, so buckle in!!
also i heavily apologize for how much ill gush at bruce wayne during this.
summer recently started for me, and with this break I wanted to spend time in my drs.
I really wanted to go back to my superman dr, I had such a blast being a journalist.
so one morning, right after my semester ended, I shifted to my superman dr.
things were more or less the same, I really liked the routine but I loved the uncertainty of the stories I’d report on. it was like I was in my own little bubble.
I myself try to get juicy stories but other than the occasional celeb interview, I usually tend to focus my writing on the community, such as various events happening around town, where someone could find food and shelter, and where the recreational activities would be. unfortunately though I have come to learn that a lot of my writing is pushed towards the end of the papers, but that doesn’t stop me.
I got to know lois and cat more, which was really refreshing because clark is a YAPPER. I get distracted SO easily and whenever clark comes by my desk I know i’m going to have to listen to his voice and his voice only for 30 minutes straight. I love clark (platonically) but sometimes he just rambles on to whoever has ears.
speaking of lois and cat, we’ve all been hanging out more outside of work!! they’re so much fun to hang out with. we usually go to bars, grab some food and drinks and talk about who or what is bothering us at work.
I, surprisingly, spent a good chunk of my year there networking with bruce wayne. i’m guessing he really liked my interview of his. cat keeps teasing how he wants to do more than networking with me and every time she says that I have to roll my eyes (playfully ofc) because there are a handful of journalists that he likes and that he invites to events. but whenever I say that she sarcastically goes “mhm, sure.” like okay diva I know you run the gossip column but pls do not start a dating rumor with THEE bruce wayne on my behalf.
he is SUCH a great person though, always love talking to him. no matter the event he always makes his favorite journalists feel welcomed. one event I was a little lost in trying to find my seat and he put a gentle hand on my waist and guided me there. ngl it had me feeling like this:
maybe I wouldn’t mind a little gossip column on me and bruce
I will not lie to you guys, I do have a tiiinyyy crush on bruce. that waist hold had me realizing things. BUT. i must keep it professional. or else he’s not gonna invite me to any other events. BUT. hear me out. what if he has a crush on me too that’s never gonna happen.
he really is such a charming guy, there’s these little things that he does whenever I go to events hosted by him. he personally sends me handwritten invitations, and delivers them to my front door instead of the office. whenever I come to the events he makes sure that i’m greeted personally by him and that i’m comfortable throughout the entire event. i’m on the shorter side so whenever I talk to him he always leans down and puts his ear close to my face. and whenever he replies back to me he speaks very softly in my ear while putting a gentle hand on my back. I blush every single time. 😞
so if you’re reading this right now and wondering how I know that bruce wayne is batman, clark kent is superman, etc. in this reality, but don’t know it in my dr, I kind of get déjà vu? I look at them and they seem familiar but I can’t ever really place it.
anyways, I digress, I just thought that’d be interesting to share.
in other personal news that happened, I downsized my apartment!! my previous apartment felt way too big for just one person, so I found a newly renovated apartment closer to the daily planet, and has all of my needs!!
as for major events, lex corp got into an environmental scandal, lex was experimenting on something in his building but there ended up being leaks and it smelt of sulfur for DAYS in metropolis. not to mention it was during the peak summer season and the weather was at its hottest. it smelled like someone just let it rip everytime you’d step outside. it was starting to harm the grass, trees, animals, and people. everyone had to start wearing masks and glasses because it would burn our noses and eyes. luckily superman helped distribute masks and helped contain the leaks.
I worked with lois on the paper and we had to run around town asking people for interviews and their insight. safe to say luthorcorp was having a pr crisis for the rest of the season.
in other major events, the justice league indicted new members. I didn’t get the honor of interviewing them but I did get to take a couple of photos from the event. when I tell you guys that these new members had fan accounts popping up everywhere, and my tiktok (yes there’s tiktok in my dr) fyp was filled with edits…yeah.
when fall rolled around, the daily planet had their own version of thanksgiving when the time came. because there were so many employees, we had to split different dates with different departments. I brought store bought pound cake to my department party, and perry brought the turkey (all of us were FEASTING)
surprisingly, this was a time when I would rarely get issues to write on. most of my time during the fall was spent working remotely. I had time to decorate my apartment for the upcoming holidays which was very therapeutic, and I’d work near my window while taking a sip of hot cocoa.
there wasn’t anything major going on with superman either. he mainly helped people who didn’t have any shelter find a warm place for the night.
fall + winter are my favorite seasons, so I was super excited to experience them in this dr. I mayyy have gone overboard with my decor but that’s what these seasons are about.
the girls (lois, cat, and I) had a gift exchange and got drinks at a local restaurant closer to the end of the year. I gave them both a personalized leather bound journal, candles, chocolate, and a gift card for certain chain restaurants around metropolis.
from cat I was gifted a scarf with one of those mug sets that come with cookies, hot cocoa, and mints. and from lois I had gotten a gift card to the movie theater, as well as a spa facial coupon.
on new years, I was invited to a wayne charity event so yk I had to go 🫣
but for most of that evening I just mingled with the other journalists and people there, as well as talk to bruce (again hehe). I left shortly after the clock striked midnight because I was in gotham and I was scared to stay out any later.
during spring everyone in metropolis suddenly remembered they had free will because why was I seeing superman flying up almost every single day. it would always be something new with metropolis. but it worked out for me because I got to work on superman papers with lois and clark 😝
I worked remote around half of spring because my allergies were so bad and any allergy medicine would instantly make me drowsy so I had no choice but to work from home. lots of zoom calls of me sneezing muted.
I eventually shifted back when it was mid-may in my dr. at this point i’ve missed my loved ones in my cr and wanted to see them again. but I was SO disoriented coming back to my cr i’ve genuinely never felt so disoriented in my life. it felt like I woke up from a nap thinking it was morning but it was actually nighttime. I had to stay in my room for a while because of it 😭
but anyways, that’s my storytime for now!! I have another dc dr (young justice) that I recently shifted to and i’ll give you guys a storytime on that as well soon enough!
for now, if anyone has any advice on how to approach bruce wayne the next time i shift to my superman dr, that would be greatly appreciated 😅
happy shifting!!












