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What is told in this story has happened. It happened here, in this city, in these neighborhoods, among the people who have their lives here. In a city where most people continued to live their lives as if nothing happened, young men began to fall ill, fade away and die.
It was like a war fought in peacetime.
And it was the ones who loved the most, those obsessed by love, it was them who were taken by the frost. -
It's who we are by nxttime
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Red Robin (Comics)
19 Aug 2019
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“You gonna jump?” Drake spoke up, still looking down at the life below them, voice without judgment and ire, simply calm as if he were addressing a co-worker or an old friend.
Damian continued to pay attention, settling himself comfortably as he watched.
“Maybe,” the man replied hollowly. “I don’t see why not.”
Drake hummed, kicking his feet a little.
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When a lockdown is initiated, Dick's pretty certain it's just another drill. Then Timmy calls him. He's scared and needs his big brother.
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- Part 16 of Daddy, Not Bats
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You're Beautiful, Always by Jingujiwa
Fandoms: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
24 Mar 2024
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Adora hums, nerves spiking. But Catra doesn't run from her just yet. She places the palms of her hands on her shoulders, leaning up on the tips of her toes and pushing out her lips. She leans down, meeting her in a soft-lipped kiss before she turns away again, leaving Adora with only the gentle brush of her hand across her shoulder before she’s back to running on the track.
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Murdock, Walters And Page, Superheroes-At-Law by ardavenport (adavenport)
Fandoms: Daredevil (TV), She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (TV)
25 Sep 2025
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Matt Murdock talks to Jen Walters about coming over to the Light Side of pro-bono law.
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There is a new patient at Carina's clinic, who has an unusual wish. After talking it through with her wife, Carina can see her patient in a new light.
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- Part 6 of Little Do You Know
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Everyday Superhero by stoneage_woman
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Iron Man (Movies), Spider-Man - All Media Types
03 May 2020
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When a field trip to Stark Industries ends in disaster, Roger Harrington finds himself faced with an impossible choice. Suddenly, Tony Stark is shoving an NDA in his face while Peter Parker stares at him with terrified, desperate eyes. Nothing in his 13-year teaching career could have prepared Harrington for this, but he knows one thing for sure: ten years ago, he'd stared down into the sightless eyes of a seventeen-year-old girl, and he'd sworn to himself that he would never again lose another student. He's going to do everything in his power to keep that promise now…even if it costs him everything.
Set during and post Spider-Man Homecoming. A realistic field trip story that also explores the long-term consequences of trauma and responsibility, written by a real-life teacher.
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- Part 1 of Everyday Superhero Verse
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Tim just wanted a quiet night in the Tower to lick his wounds. Unfortunately, the Red Hood has other plans.
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Jason knows it has to be bad if Bruce is asking him for help.
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Tim is undercover as a hooker. Unfortunately, the meeting he’s infiltrating is being attended by the Red Hood.
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Robin was having a horrible night even before the Red Hood showed up.
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Tim thinks this is a perfect, easy plan.
If he keeps them happy, he can keep them talking freely around him.
He didn't expect it to end up with him in the Red Hood's lap.
**Whumptober: Misunderstanding**
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- Part 4 of let the broken things lay to rest
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Home is a Haunted Heart by SilverSkiesAtMidnight
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
03 Oct 2021
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His father is on him in a second, pinning him back against the cabinets behind him with impressive speed for a man who was in a coma mere months ago. “They aren’t your family, I am,” he snarls in his face. “And someday you’re going to learn to respect that.”
Some frayed thread of self-control, worn thin by years of this bullshit, finally snaps. “I was always here, I was always ready for you to come home and act like family,” he spits back, heart pounding in his chest. “You were the ones who never wanted to be. Bruce Wayne has acted like more of a father to me than you ever have.”
Jack’s hands move from pinning his shoulders to wrapping around his throat in the space between heartbeats. Tim should be able to break the hold, easy. Should be able to push him away, strike his legs out from under him even without his bo staff to help him. He’s Robin.
Instead, cold ice spills through his veins, freezing him in place even as his windpipe buckles.
Day 2 - TALKING IS OVERRATED
garotte| choking | gaggedSeries
- Part 2 of Whumptober 2021
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Get Trashed, Flirt With Strangers by Sohotthateveryonedied
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), DCU (Comics)
13 Dec 2021
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Tim gets roofied at a party. Jason comes to the rescue.
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- Part 11 of Whumptober 2021: Electric Boogaloo
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Too Much Attention by TimDrakeIsMyPatronus
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)
08 Oct 2021
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Tim hated undercover missions.
The club was loud and crowded, two of Tim’s least favorite things. Jason had been investigating a string of date rapes in the area and had asked Dick and Tim to help him investigate. Of course, Tim and Dick’s main job would be to draw all the attention so Jason could fly under the radar.
Tim hated attention.
TW: attempted rape of a minor (he's 17), but nothing immensely graphic
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- Part 7 of Whumptober 2021
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Jason shows up at the tower intending to teach his replacement a lesson. He didn't expect that somebody else got there first.
Or: Somewhere between Jason's death and his vengeful resurrection, Bruce has turned into the sort of guy Jason usually rescues kids from. Now he has a choice to make.
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Petals for Armor by SilverSkiesAtMidnight for Scarlet_Ribbons
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics)
03 Feb 2022
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There’s a small half-moon of blood under the white of Tim’s nail where he bent it. He studies the red of it, feeling foggy and dreamlike. “Can I ask you a question?”
His brother’s eyes flick to him and away again, surprised and wary. “What?”
His nail doesn’t hurt much, just the dullest of aches when he presses down against it. “When you were homeless, you slept with people for money, didn’t you?”
Jason jerks like he’s been slapped. His knuckles are so pale where they grip the steering wheel they suddenly look more bone than flesh. “Did I -”
“Was it worth it?” Tim asks, drifting like a cloud over whatever furious reaction Jason was about to give him. “The money, I mean.”
His sternum slams into the seatbelt with bruising force. Unbraced for it, his head whips forward and back against his seat as they swerve off the road again and skid to a halt with a screech of rubber.
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Look Inside My Heart (and Find a Perilous Ravine) by SilverSkiesAtMidnight
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
10 Feb 2022
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Ra’s face is frozen on the screen, lips curled upward in smug, victorious pleasure.
Tim doesn’t know how to look away.
Dick is moving, grabbing Damian where he’s come up to see what’s going on as well. He puts his body between the boy and the screen, ignoring his startled protest. “Jason,” he snaps. “Take him into the manor, now.”
Tim lets out a shuddery breath, grabbing the back of the second chair and dropping into it, hand still linked with Cass’s.
His chest feels hollow.
“Tim - ” Bruce says hoarsely, but he cuts him off.
“Where did you get this footage?” he asks, voice flat and empty.
Bruce swallows. “It was sent to me,” he says quietly.
He huffs a laugh. It’s an awful, cored-out sound. “By Ra’s,” he murmurs.
No. 12 - IT’LL BE FUN, THEY SAID
torture| made to watch | beggingSeries
- Part 8 of Whumptober 2021
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"M-My dad said you, you’d,” the kid says, swallowing. “That if I didn’t, that if I didn’t behave, he’d sell me to you. And you, you would…”
The shock burns away immediately; the ashes condense into a murky, muted sort of rage.
He stays still for a long moment, then pulls himself up against the wall. “Okay,” he says monotonously, taking a step toward the kid, and the kid- flinches. He flinches.
Jason reels back, not speaking yet, not trusting himself not to yell. And when he does speak, he says:
“Come on, kid. Let's go say hi to your dad."
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06 Nov 2022
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playground school bell by Scarlet_Ribbons
Fandoms: Spider-Man - All Media Types, Deadpool - All Media Types
16 Aug 2022
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The thing about kids, Peter thinks, is that they’re never quite where they’re supposed to be.
[peter loses a child on the job and can’t leave her side. he’s okay. he’s okay. he’s oka-]
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Dirty by Bitter_Baristas
Fandoms: Spider-Man - All Media Types, Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Deadpool - All Media Types
22 Feb 2018
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Goner by theinvalidedsoldier
Fandom Deadpool - All Media Types, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Spider-Man - All Media Types, Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
20 Oct 2018
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Jason hears about Robin in the warehouse at 9:33.
He doesn’t actually get there until 11:12.
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Something to hold onto (and a reason to stay) by lets_support_frogs
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU
14 May 2023
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Over a year after returning with Bruce from being trapped in time, Tim finds himself unable to bring himself to speak to the people he was once so close to, allowing for his mind to become his greatest enemy
(Title from 'something to hold onto' by the wailin' Jennys)
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Bookmarked by Lilliness
12 Sep 2024
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“At that point, he just wanted to go back to feeling as though he was real and not just kinda…there”
“Sometimes It feels as though he’s missing something as important to life as a heart or lungs. Somehow, even without whatever it is he is missing, he is still alive. The lack of this essential part of him just isn’t killing him like it feels as though it should. He doesn’t know what it is or how to fix it.”
“He wants everyone to leave him alone. He wants them to hate him. He wants to be justified in truly hating all of them and not having that stupid, desperate part of him want to go crawling back only to be tossed aside as soon as he let his guard down.”
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fics relating to Pomni have sexual trauma. cathartic pieces based on my own experiences.
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