Relationship Collections (MVP): Assisted Communication
Fics in which communication is assisted by a neutral/external/third party (or catalysed by an event, object, or magical/chemical agent):
(Mostly) Fics involving therapy/therapists (or otherwise mediated conversations)
Fics in which a conversation is prompted by a specific/significant comment (often overheard)
Sometimes fics involving finding a way to communicate across a language/disability barrier (usually involving technology)- Mostly canon topics diverted/facilitated by non-canon interactions
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Damian finds his brother’s baptism certificate.
…who the hell is Dick Jan Grudzień?
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On Iris's birthday three years after she went missing, Carlos reaches the end of his rope with Michelle's behavior. Complaining about it to a friend has much more far-reaching consequences than he could have anticipated.
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“I'm gay.”
He's looking at his feet, because he hasn't quite come to terms with the fact that he's saying this in a room where other people, strangers, can hear it.
But this is still the first time he's said it this way: out loud, in a declarative sentence. Being nervous is fine. Frank said that being nervous is fine, and Buck just said he's proud, and the only thought Eddie has in his head is that it's embarrassing he can't raise his head and say it like a man, so clearly, he's going to need to hang on to other people's words for the time being, someone who isn't his dad trying to explain the ways Eddie's allowed to inhabit the world.
He doesn't need to ask anyone's permission to be who he is. That's also a thing Frank said.
in which eddie attends a self-empowerment group for gbtq men to supplement his therapy, and is empowered to: forgive himself, say "i'm gay" to his own reflection in the mirror, accidentally adopt an adult, make fried rice, and tell his straight best friend that he's in love with him. not necessarily in that order.
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02 Jun 2025
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Two Nickels: Eddie joins a support group
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M=(discussions of) homophobia, (v)brief sexual refs mid, near-end ch.16Edoption
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Buck agrees to sue the department as part of a sting operation involving Chase Mackey. Things go pear-shaped when Mackey figures it out, and Buck takes the brunt of it. The fallout changes his relationships with everyone.
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11 Apr 2025
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S/E: (scattered brief refs)
Mid ch.3 (briefly described)
End of ch.4 (long, detailed),
(scattered discussion mid ch.5; not very detailed, mixed with discussion of other topics) near end of ch.5 (short; aftermath sub-plot-critical),
end of ch.9 (long, detailed- 2 main sections, scattered bursts of convo & feels)----
"I think we all overlooked the impact of the bombing, and your injury came to represent the entirety of it."
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"Maybe we all focus on you, so we don’t have to deal with the fact that it happened to us, too.”
----"Bone deep personal relationships develop when you work together with the same people in the situations we find ourselves in, but keeping those relationships healthy can take work. It’s work we haven’t been doing.”
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"Everyone says that I’m Bobby’s favorite, but I have to think that’s actually Chim because he gets away with a lot on the job.”
“I always kind of thought that Chim’s Bobby’s lost cause,” Eddie admitted
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Shutterbug by goldkirk
Fandom Batgirl (Comics), Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, DCU, Red Robin (Comics), Robin (Comics), Robin: Son of Batman (Comics)
14 Sep 2025
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This series is meant to feel like a warm hug after a long hard cry.
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