OnceThereWasAPondering
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The player character of Need for Speed: Heat had to come from somewhere, maybe this was their beginning.
Showing up in Palm City without even a car to race in? She just rolls into town and then takes over the scene like she was fated to be there.
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Much Ado About Guard Dogs by tumbleweedchaser
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
20 Aug 2020
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Pro hero Ground Zero's apartment has just been crushed flat by Mt. Lady, but his boss, Fat Gum, sets him up with a sweet body guard gig that comes with free housing, food, and 24/7 access to the world's foremost genius of support gear. The only problem? Said scientist is being targeted by the League of Villains. Oh, and it's Midoriya Izuku--the kid he hasn't seen since telling the boy to take a swan dive off the roof of their middle school.
(I'm terrible at titles. Also summaries. Bodyguard trope goodness. Please read.)
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Bookmarked by OnceThereWasAPondering
14 Sep 2025
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Bakugo and Izuku reconnect as adults after Izuku became homeschooled after the Sludge incident and eventually went into making hero support items. Apologies are said, and both are now certified BAMFs. There is an explicit scene right at the end, but the story has wrapped up with plans for the future just before it.
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Tim has a lot of hopes for his family, but more than anything, he hopes that they'll be okay without him. Because he's definitely about to die in this dingy warehouse in front of his little brother.
He just hopes Damian knows that he cares.
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Bookmarked by OnceThereWasAPondering
14 Sep 2025
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Aww, Tim and Damian do some trauma bonding. Where Tim is the trauma and Damian realizes he's been bonding all along.
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they grow up so fast by reachingforthestardust
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
10 Mar 2022
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Hizashi and Shouta are minding their own business as they walk home one night. Unfortunately, some asshole abandoned their child on the side of the road for being quirkless, and now they have to be parents.
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"You really don't have to take him."
"No, he's ours. Finders keepers."
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10 Sep 2025
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Izuku has a small problem of becoming smaller. Shouta and Hizashi do not see this as a problem. Shenanigans ensue. But also, its heart breaking because Mrs Midoriya is actually a good mom and basically thinks her kid is dead once the whole suicide baiting thing is brought up so that's not great.
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I Got a Boy by flyingcrowbar
Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, The Heroes of Olympus - Rick Riordan
16 Jun 2016
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Bolt Academy has everything: prestige, affluence, renown. Almost every world leader, CEO, athlete, and have stepped through its doors. Problem is, it’s only for boys. But it’s the only school with the most challenging architecture program in the country. What else is Annabeth Chase supposed to do? Desperate to achieve her dream of becoming an esteemed architect, she cuts off her long curls, binds her chest, and goes by the name of Andy - the newest male student on campus. Now she must travel the dorms, the locker rooms, even the hallways with her secret. It’s smooth sailing, that is until Annabeth’s roommate Percy Jackson - a nationally ranked freestyle swimmer - starts to have feelings for Andy.
Coming to understand his sexual orientation, Percy navigates a campus filled with homophobia and hate crimes, all while every day taking a step closer to competing in the Olympics. Around every corner lies an opportunity for sabotage, and Percy has a target on his back.
But when Percy discovers the secret that Annabeth has been keeping, hard choices must be made and neither are willing to let the other give up on their dreams.
An interpretation of “She’s the Man” and the Korean drama “To the Beautiful You.”
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10 Sep 2025
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Wow, this fic got to my heart with the kpop/kdrama references and really did its inspirations justice. Annabeth does her best pretending to be a boy, but gets a pretty solid support group who figure it out. The fic is about following your dreams and supporting your friends. There is some murder attempts and some intense homophobic hazing, but it gets worked out in the end. Percy is a good boy and should be protected from the world, and Thalia is a BAMF.
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arachnid decathlon by blueh
Fandom: Iron Man (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Spider-Man - All Media Types, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
28 Sep 2019
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No one ever really tells you what to do in the case of bus explosions, field trips, hostage situations, and identity reveals. Of course, the aftermath is ten times worse and, well, Peter just considers himself lucky that he doesn't have to figure that stuff out on his own.
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10 Sep 2025
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Teens getting through trauma with memes and panic attacks. Iconic.