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In which Johnny Storm's self-sacrificial tendencies cause him to get injured with a mysterious illness. The stab wound doesn't help either.
But they'll get through it.
As a family.
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My Heart is a Closet Where Grief Sleeps by manicpixiedreamemo
Fandoms: White Collar (TV 2009)
15 May 2025
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“We started out, cat and mouse - I was always on his tail, trying to catch him. Then we were just a couple of guys trying to make our unconventional partnership work. Somewhere along the way, our partnership turned into a friendship, and uh, we got to where we are now.” He ignored the way his lip began to tremble, and voice began to shake. “Family. Somehow he charmed my wife and wiggled his way into the Burke’s growing family. He had a knack for doing that: fitting in places. Whether that be ventilation systems, underground tunnels- if he wanted to be there, he’d find a way. I could always catch him. He could never get away for too long. But now he’s run so far that even I can’t catch him anymore."
Or, how Peter grieves Neal's death.
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"He gasped as the pain in his body continued to grow, and he wondered if being dead would hurt as much as it did now. Would the flames of hell engulf him into an eternity of torture? Or were the very real flames around him proving that he was already there? He racked his mind to find the cause of his unending anguish. Had he sinned so bad that the gods decided this was his way to die? Had he sinned so horribly that there was no way for him to repent? Was there no atonement left for him?"
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Or: Jon saves a child from a burning building, but at what cost?
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Jon has been the one to look out for Jordan all his life. He doesn’t know who he is if it’s the other way around.
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"How long have you been going through this, Jonathan?"
“A few months..” Jon began, trailing off.
Mentally coaching himself to stay calm, Clark could only be grateful he hadn’t been doing this to himself for too long.
“..after we moved, I guess.”
Oh.
Clark did the math in his head.
Something inside him broke.
The blonde shrugged - almost casually.
As if Clark’s whole world hadn’t crumbled before him.
“You- you’ve been doing this for two years?” He made eye contact with his son, his voice barely a whisper. Was he such a horrible father that he didn’t notice his own child was in so much pain that he felt like hurting himself?
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How Reed Richards Proposed to Sue Storm: The Story Behind Sue’s Multi-Crystal Ring by Mr_Azure
Fandoms: Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four (Comicverse), The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe
24 Sep 2025
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How do you propose to someone like Susan Storm?
Step 1: Wake up your best friend at 3 a.m. to ask how proposals work.
Step 2: Drag said best friend through half of New York’s jewelry stores, reject everything as “insufficient resonance.”
Step 3: Bribe your girlfriend’s brother to break into her jewelry box.
Step 4: Grow your own gems in a lab, sweat through your suit at dinner, and hope for the best.Or: the many disastrous steps leading up to Reed Richards proposing to Sue Storm.
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25 Sep 2025
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Don't Go Where I Can't Follow by thosebirdsat5am
Fandoms: The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
24 Sep 2025
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When Johnny made to set back against his pillows, he cringed in pain, his body protesting at the movement. He sucks in a sharp breath through his teeth, groaning in discomfort as no sensation, breathing, not breathing, resting, not resting, none of it made a difference.
“Where does it hurt?” Ben questions, watching with concern as Johnny tried to balance between careful, shallow breathing, and leaning back slowly against his pillows.
“Yes,” Johnny answered, his eyes squeezed closed as he tried not to think about the pain. His spine was apparently okay, but very, very bruised. That injury, combined with his cracked ribs, made existence feel pretty miserable right about now.Post the battle with Galactus, everyone is trying to heal, both physically and emotionally.
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24 Sep 2025
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Of Flames and Shadows by Burning_Bright_146
Fandoms: The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
09 Sep 2025
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Johnny doesn’t tend to cry out in his dreams. He’s murdered silently by his subconscious. He likes it that way.
Or: “I’m going to need to develop some fireproof sheets.”
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12 Sep 2025
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Eyes On Me by BerryBlossom314
Fandoms: The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025), Fantastic Four, Marvel Cinematic Universe
26 Aug 2025
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On the record, Johnny would like it to be known that he was not a lightweight, no matter what Ben said.
Off the record, he was feeling a little weird. But he was sure that was nothing. Right?
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29 Aug 2025
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There was no pain, not at first.
There is no pain, not now.
But Johnny was once four, Johnny was once twenty-three, Johnny is twenty-seven, and he knows to brace for it.
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The traumatic implications of undergoing a forcible biology change via cosmic storm.
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20 Aug 2025