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Bruce Wayne wasn't at Haley's Circus that night. Gotham claimed Richard Grayson as her own and he built his nest among the thieves and street rats.
(The batfamily still finds him anyway.)
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The worst part is he thought he was safe because they were Russian. The worst part is he began to look forward to the moments they hit him because at least someone was touching him.
Bucky's first days in the hands of Department X.
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the art of redirecting lightning by TheRainbowElectric
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
28 Sep 2024
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A realization that’s been lapping at the edges of Sokka’s mind all night finally crashes over him in a wave. “You really hate yourself,” he says slowly, as the cold understanding sinks in.
Zuko’s glare could melt glaciers. “You wouldn’t, if you’d done all the things I’ve done?” he says, which would be fair, except — it’s not just about the things Zuko’s done, is it? It’s also about the things he hasn’t. Zuko hates himself for things that are his fault, and things that aren’t. For who he is, and who he hasn’t managed to be.
And Sokka can see, with sudden, sharp clarity, that if he were to plot the strength of Zuko’s self-hatred alongside the strength of his bending over time, the two lines would hug in almost perfect sync. Which leaves Sokka with only one question: whether someone’s self-loathing could run so deep and unrelenting that it sustains their bending for the better part of a decade.
The night before going in search of Sun Warrior ruins, Zuko starts to doubt that hatred is the source of his bending after all. Sokka helps him figure out what it really is.
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08 Dec 2025
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I mean, what else could Nicky have done when he spotted Andrew smiling at the hot guy making his coffee?
Not meddle?
Not get all the Foxes on board?
It's like you don't even know him.
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09 Sep 2025
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Andrew could have stopped it. He could have done something, had he known, had the information been stuffed in his back pocket. He can think of a thousand different ways he could have kept Neil alive. All of them are useless now. Neil is dead and he’s not coming back.
Or: After Neil dies in Baltimore, Andrew gets stuck in a time loop until he can change Neil's fate.
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09 Sep 2025
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"Neil knew talking to the FBI wasn't going to be easy, but he hadn't expected it to be this strenuous. He spent the rest of Saturday and all of Sunday cooped up with them in their offices. The only time Andrew and Neil left each other's line of sight was when someone came by to check Neil's wounds, and the two of them were never left alone together. The agents brought in food so he wouldn't have to leave the building, escorted him to and from the restroom, and set up cots so he and Andrew could sleep on-site under surveillance."
Chapter 14, The King's Men.***
Andrew lies down in his cot, but he doesn't sleep. He has a role to play.Series
- Part 7 of canon-compliant one shots
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30 Aug 2025
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The last thing Kaz Brekker had expected to see when he opened the door to his office in the Slat was his dead brother standing on his threshold. Anika stood off to the side of the landing, lightly cringing, obviously waiting for the wrath of Dirtyhands to rain down on her for bringing him a visitor he had neither expected nor vetted.
Jordie Rietveld stood in the doorway panting lightly from exertion, nervousness oozing from every pore in his body, but with his back ramrod straight. “I need your help,” he said.
Kaz was tempted to slam the door in his face and lay down in his bed to sleep off whatever hallucinogenic concoction the Black Tips had managed to slip into his coffee that morning. Maybe Jesper had a point about him needing to catch more sleep.
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Or, the one where the rumors of Jordie Rietveld's death have only been somewhat exaggerated.Series
- Part 1 of Twice Shy 'Verse
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