#Hallowtide Recommends

[lady-hallowtide]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Tim Drake & Damian Wayne Characters: Damian Wayne, Tim Drake, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Cassandra Cain, Bruce Wayne (Mentioned), Alfred Pennyworth (mentioned) - Character, Talia al Ghul (mentioned) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, mainly no trip through time for bruce, Damian Wayne-centric, Damian Wayne is Not Robin, yet - Freeform, Tim Drake is Robin, Bruce Wayne is a Good Parent, offscreen, but he actually managed to convince damian he doesn't need to murder the others, Sibling Bonding, Good Sibling Tim Drake, Lazarus Pit Mad Jason Todd, he's past the fratricidal phase but he's still a goddamn mess, Adopted Sibling Relationship, Autistic Damian Wayne, Autistic Tim Drake, for srs the working title of this was 'autism to autism communication', Discussion of Morality, Actual Reasons For The Bats Not To Kill, besides their widdle feelings, timmy is like fifteen and dami is nine btw Summary:

"No one will actually explain Father's rules to me," Damian blurts out. "They tell me we don't kill, and killing is wrong, and Father would never do it, but no one ever actually says why! As if repeating the rule is the same as explaining it! As if I am supposed to just know, when I do not!"

Drake is quiet, eyes on something in the distance that Damian cannot see. "Damian, may I tell you a secret?"

[havin-fun-imagining-twd]

Oh my.

* the community label is incorrect, there are no dirty themes in this *

Happy belated Hallowtide, y’all.  Here’s another chapter, slowpokes :)

When - right after A cause for concern. You’re still at the table with Hershel and your glass of activated charcoal. S02 episodes Cherokee Rose + setup for Chupacabra.

What - Hershel just asked you if your brother Shane “is a cause for concern.” Turns out, Daryl walked in and heard. You also keep meaning to talk to Lori but there have been a lot of interruptions...

Relationships - slow cooker Daryl x You is in the works, of course. Right now y’all are at the cooking stage where Daryl just wants to hang out with his only friend :( but you keep being otherwise occupied. You even defend him to Hershel tonight. As for you and the gang, we got casual brotherly/sisterly affection between yourself, Shane, Rick, and Lori.

Perspective - still stuck in 2nd person You + 3rd person “one who often carries the crossbow”

TWs - some language and some alcohol use (Dary-bear)

Pronouns - they/them, feminine implied at times

Word count - it won’t irk you this time

Masterlist - capital idea considering all the references! Checking out the four chapters chronologically before this one (What were your nightmares about?, Better with a friend, Picking a flower = saving the day, and A cause for concern) as well as Too much thinking before bed, Part 2 is recommended.

Him

That old man is sharp. At least somebody else is seeing it.

Really, it’s as if Daryl could literally smell the bullshit during Shane’s little speech at the funeral.

Though, the other old man might see it, too. Dale. It was about a month ago he’d noticed that Dale stopped being chummy with Shane the way he was with everyone else, even to Daryl himself.

And Lori has seemed real uncomfortable around Shane, too, come to think of it.

Maybe he’s not as alone in seeing that guy’s hiding something as he first figured.

It just sucks that Y/N is having to admit that about their own family, if just to themself. And Daryl knows all about what it’s like to admit that shit about a brother, if just to himself.

Speak of the devil, Lori is now walking by him, quietly whispering, “How are you, Daryl?” as she scoots out the front door.

Dr. Farmer (his bad, he doesn’t remember Dr. Farmer’s actual name) tells his friend something about a ‘solution’ (?) and Y/N picks up the glass with black stuff in it and—ew, start to sip it through a straw. The hell is in there?

But before he can get a word out and ask, a high, small voice from behind him scares the shit out of him as it squeaks, “Why are you in here?”

He jumps, turns—and holding a choose-your-own-adventure book is the teenage girl, frowning at him and probably freaked out as fuck. Just look at her eyes, all wide and scared like a bush baby’s.

In a way that sounds kinda like she’s accusing him of something, she next questions, “Do you, um, n-need help findin’ Carl’s room?”

“Nah.”

...

...fuck, this is awkward.

Eyes still so wide they’ll probably fall out, her high little voice again squeaks, “What do you want, then?”

Lucky for him, saving his ass is Y/N’s voice. “Daryl? Hey.”

He takes a few steps toward the table, thinking to himself that it sounded like Y/N’s throat was tight but feeling relieved that he isn’t gonna have to talk to Baby Spice anymore/ever again.

“You here to tell Carl about the Cherokee roses, too?” they ask him with a teensy little smile.

No, I don’t know why I came in here but you’re my only goddamn friend and I knew you were in here. “Yeah.”

“Do you remember which room he’s in?”

I actually have to walk in there and talk to the kid now. “Yeah, s’the one with the little boy in it, right?”

Instead of finding that funny, they make a face that reads as annoyed and tired.

Psht. Getting annoyed himself, he marches down the hallway to the room where the kid is recovering while Y/N, dunno, probably keeps drinking that black sludge and gets interrogated by the old man more.

You

All Mr. Greene asked was if Shane would be ‘a cause for concern.’ That’s it. All you had to say that is that he’s going through a rough time, what is wrong with you?

You need to say something to explain why you couldn’t answer and you gotta figure out where the doctor was coming from in the first place.

“I ain’t cer — I am uncertain as to what your question meant, sir,” you say by way of asking for clarification.

“Simply if you feel that there is a cause for concern regarding him.”

“In what way?” croaks from your throat not much more substantially than a whisper.

But now Beth is joining you and her father at the table so nothing more is said.

She thanks you for the flour and tries to make polite conversation, you try to stay upbeat and friendly.

You’re grateful that her voice is soft, because the ringing in your ears is making sounds louder. Plus, her and Maggie’s accents are twangier like yours, so it makes you feel less self-conscious around her father.

You gulp the drink as fast as you can through the straw. That Mr. Greene mixed the charcoal with Tang and gave you a straw is helping to make it less gross.

And when you notice Beth’s holding a choose-your-own-adventure book, you and she start to have a normal, easy moment—until you feel Mr. Greene’s eyes on you and figure he wants you o-u-t.

So, you excuse yourself, thank him again, and stand up to go wash your glass and straw while hoping your dizziness isn’t too obvious in the way you walk as to upset Beth.

But the doctor stops you. (?)

“I was hopin’ to ask you a favor. Or enlist you, rather.”

“It’s okay, I’ll take care of your cup, you can sit back down,” Beth murmurs to you, and takes it from your hands.

You swallow and find your seat again. “What d’you need help with, Mr. Greene?”

He clasps his hands together on the table. “I gather you’re likely planning on searching for the missing child first thing tomorrow morning?”

“Yes.”

“Is it your intention to remain out for the entirety of the day?”

“No.” Oh my God, why did you just—“I meant, I don’t think it’ll, the, um—” please formulate a coherent sentence. “W-we’ll have re-combed the whole grid and further by the afternoon,” you stammer. “And with seven or, um, however many of us will be out again, I can come back. I ain’t writing Sophia off, doctor, I just know that my duties also lie elsewhere. We all have jobs to do.” Good enough. “Do you need me to stay with Carl?”

You thought you felt his stare burning holes in your face, but when you actually look at him, he’s got his eyes on the table, lost in thought.

“That your group has searched so thoroughly and for successive days, it likely means one thing — and you understand that, I can see it. But it doesn’t discredit the other entirely; perhaps that tomorrow the whole area will have been re-swept means you’ll finally recover her. Sophia.”

You have to cover your face with a hand and turn away. How many times are you gonna get close to tears, this is getting old.

Swallowing the latest lump in your throat, you dab your eye with the corner of your sleeve and nod. “We were going to,” sniff, “check the road off the trail tomorrow, then he — that’s Daryl — he mentioned going to the top of a ridge someplace near to get a high view.”

Mr. Greene looks so much less impatient and unwelcoming than he did before but you aren’t certain the reason. Even his body language has changed.

“There are no infected individuals in any of the houses on that road, I can tell you that,” he informs you. “Otis went by that way more than a few times. There’s one home, however — it’s the one closest to the connecting road, northside. The family boarded it up because of that proximity, I would imagine.” He sighs. “No one answered Otis when he called from outside. It may be because they were newer to the area or perhaps there was somewhat of a language barrier, but the house is boarded securely and Otis never received any responses.” Scratching his eyelid, he finishes, “We decided to assume the Bardales left for a safe zone or perhaps a relative’s.”

“But the family might could still be inside,” you state more than ask. In what manner the family could be in, you neither state nor ask.

“There’s the potential,” he confirms. It seems as if he’s intending to say more but is having trouble doing so.

You wait.

He finishes slowly, “We aren’t certain if they caught the illness.”

Beth is coming back to the table with a snack-sized bag of barbecue chips. She offers to share, so you take one despite your newly discovered taste aversion. Chew. Swallow. Think of Amy and Jim and the Morales family.

“What I wanted to ask you was to help me give Carl a transfusion tomorrow. Now, I don’t know…” He stops talking entirely. “I don’t know if it’s an advisable thing. As we are aware, I am not a medical doctor—”

“—For humans,” you interrupt. He is a medical doctor and he saved your Carl’s life.

He unclasps his hands and holds his palms up. “I am a veterinarian and walking a fine line. Now: I know in some circumstances, anticoagulants are prescribed to postoperative patients who are at an increased risk of clotting. Carl, with his injury in that spot,” he shakes his head, “I cannot get it out of my head that he is at risk.”

His daughter loops her arm through his and rests her head on his shoulder as he takes a deep breathe. “And after the miracle we had in saving him, and the sacrifice it cost,” his tone sharpens when he says that part. You bow your head.

Then he exhales heavily and controlled. “My blood type matches his. Before his surgery, while he was still bleeding out, a transfusion from me would have killed him because I still take a daily anticoagulant. It’s a very low dose, but even that would have been too much for him. Now, however…”

“What risks would there be?” That Carl is alive is what’s keeping you sane and grounded.

“I do not believe he would be at risk of bleeding out with just one pint from me. We know that the stitch has held, and I have been restricting him from moving his core in order to maintain that, and I will insist upon it for a few more days.”

“What did Lori and Rick say?”

“I haven’t spoken to them yet. I suppose one could argue I was practicing the proposal with you.” Mr. Greene rubs the spot on his forehead in between his eyebrows. “If his parents agree, I would like both Patricia’s and your hands on deck. You take direction well, and have much more experience with human medical cases than Margaret.”

You must look as overwhelmed and unconvinced as you feel, because he shakes his head at you and goes on to say, “I’m telling you this in earnest. You did an extraordinary job getting that child’s vein on the first try, at a time when he was profoundly hypovolemic, not considering the emotional trial you were undergoing during the event and the two injuries you sustained in its onset that could have interfered.”

“There’s no need to butter me up, I’ll be there for him,” you mumble. Why is he suddenly being so generous with the compliments?

He appears to sigh again, and next turns to his daughter. “Beth, sweetheart, would you mind putting the tea kettle on for me? I want to ensure privacy while Y/N and I discuss some matters a bit further.”

That tiny seed of dread is still firmly rooted in your gut.

When you see in your side-vision that Beth is off in the kitchen, you state the prepared phrase quickly and quietly. “About your question earlier: Shane is a good and decent man, he simply hasn’t been himself.” There.

Mr. Greene gets that serious, discerning look on his face again. “Has he spoken to you about what happened that night? It must be weighing on him heavily.”

Your posture slumps and you can’t meet his gaze. “He ain’t even talked to Rick about it.”

The front door opens again.

Lori’s back from wherever she had gone. She looks like she’s close to passing out. You even begin to stand because she really doesn’t look well. “Lore, are you feelin’ alright?”

“Just feeling extra tired, honey,” is what she tells you as she walks blindly to the hallway, then stops and heads toward the kitchen. You sit down when you hear the faucet turn on.

“One last question for now, and I thank you for allowing me to do so. The man who walked into my house before, the one who often carries the crossbow?”

“Daryl,” you confirm, somewhat cautious.

“Will he be a problem?”

Your head is shaking ‘no’ before he’s finished asking. “He can come across as…” You shrug, unable to think of a word. “But he’s proven himself to be remarkably…good. My mama would call him a work-in-progress.”

But Mr. Greene’s response is completely justified. “I cannot help but somewhat wonder against your statement when I and my family all noticed the schutstaffel symbol on his motorcycle.”

Holding up your hands as if trying to prove your innocence, you explain, “It was his brother’s, he’s no longer with us. And we all hate it, too.” You grimace in disgust and mutter, “I don’t think Daryl even knows what it means.” With a peek at the doctor’s unreadable expression, you unhelpfully mention, “Glenn and I are keepin’ an eye out for black spray paint to fix it.”

Lori’s footsteps sound back down the hallway. The door to Carl’s room opens and closes.

“Do you feel safe around the man, Y/N?”

“Yes, oddly enough.”

“Why ‘oddly enough?’” he counters.

Is there a bright interrogation lamp over your head? “He comes across as otherwise, and he can be a hot-head,” you concede, shrugging one shoulder. “But he never leered at the women, and the kids didn’t feel uncomfortable or unsafe around him. He hunts for us, is teaching me how,” you go on, then feel testy enough to meet his gaze head-on. “And he’s spent more time out there searchin’ for Sophia than any of us.”

“He never made, um, I’ll call them ‘advances,’ toward you? I don’t know his inclinations, but Margaret is about your age, my Beth is even younger, and I likewise worry about Jimmy’s safety in that way. Their—” he cuts off as the front door opens yet again.

It’s Rick this time. He greets the two of you, pecks a kiss on your head, and goes down the hall.

Mr. Greene takes a moment as if he’s collecting his patience. “Their safety is paramount. And as you can imagine, having strange, angry, armed men tramping around my house and property feels like a very risky game.”

“He’s made none at all to me, and I-I don’t think to others, neither.” No way, y’all would have discussed that. Andrea would’ve been very outspoken about it if he’d ever stared at her chest, for one. “We would have discussed that.”

But whatever the thoughts in his head are, you can’t quite to read them in his expression. And he changes the subject.

“Thank you for your honesty,” he repeats, sighing. “Now, with your permission, I would like to reexamine your shoulder before sending you on your way.”

Him

He told the boy about the flower, all about the search, and even about having been lost for nine days when he was a kid. He sanitized it for Carl’s sake, obviously, made it seem like an adventure.

Sophia is his friend, he’d needed to hear it. At this point, everyone should know so they won’t write that little girl off as a goner.

Weird thing was, the teenage girl—sorry, ‘Beth’— had walked in there partway through and sat herself down as if she didn’t trust him to be alone with the boy.

He ignored her and kept telling Carl stories.

Now the kid’s asleep, still with his dad’s giant deputy hat on.

At one point, Carl fake-complained that “After this, it’ll be forever until they let me go hunting with you guys.”

So, he reminded him, “I told ya: be this tall or when your voice changes, then you can come with.”

Beth is reading her book, still sitting kinda stiff as if she’s nervous.

As for he himself, he’s just listening to a clock ticking and thinking that he wants a smoke and another beer and to not be around someone who doesn’t like him, even if it was just Baby Spice.

When Lori came back into the room with a glass of water, she looked paler than her kid, and that’s saying something. Carl’s about as tan as a sheep.

He didn’t think he should leave, to be honest, she looked so drained. So, he sat there.

Waited.

Wondered what the hell to do and felt awkward as fuck.

It can’t have been more than three minutes when Rick quietly steps into the room.

Relieved, Daryl stands up, grunts “Night,” before zooming out.

Trying not to stomp too loud, he walks out of the hall to find Dr. Farmer doing stuff with Y/N’s arm.

The old man straightens it. Positions it forward. Up. To the side. Up. Asks them to apply pressure from different angles. Has them twist their neck side to side, up and down.

Daryl leans against the wall and crosses his arms.

Sometimes it looks like it hurts them, sometimes not. They make eye contact with each other for a second. Y/N gives him a resigned look, he blankly offers a thumbs up in response.

Then he wonders what the hell he’s waiting for and to stop being creepy, and so stands back up and figures he’ll leave.

“It was mentioned before that your shoulder was previously injured?” the old man questions Y/N.

The door to Carl’s room clicks open again, Lori and Beth exit. Beth scurries away, Lori starts to make for the door.

“About a month-ish back,” Y/N replies.

“What was the mechanism of injury?”

“Um, we was tryin’—we were trying,” they rephrase it, less twangy than usual, “to escape from someplace with a…very shut door. We, um, the pain started after I rammed against it too hard.”

Lori stops where Y/N is sitting and lightly smooths some flyaways in their hair.

The old man makes a hm. “That was the original injury?”

And Lori cuts in, weirdly enough. “It was a slight twisting injury.” Softly, he can hear her murmur, “Honey, remember what happened a couple days before that?”

Y/N looks confused, then remember whatever it was. Their mouth opens, closes.

As he finally walks by and out the door, he ears them whisper all shy, “Th-that only bothered me for a few hours after.”

You

“A twisting injury makes much more sense for the other affected areas to which the pain is radiating, especially the neck and chest,” Mr. Greene affirms.

You didn’t even remember that your shoulder technically got hurt when you attacked Ed. After all, your jaw had been what was bothering you the most.

It’s still so wild to you that you’d gone so…wild.

“Lori, don’t let Carol know—oh, and Daryl, you neither,” you call in case he’s still in earshot. That woman can’t find out, she’ll blame herself.

“If you didn’t recall the initial injury as having been serious, consider it having been akin to small ding in a windshield. Minor impact or driving into a pothole in the road can lead to a bigger crack, and from there, much more serious damage at a moment’s notice. Likewise, having a small injury, even a barely noticeable tear, made the force against the, uh, door injure you more than it may have,” he explains, “which eventually, if the injury did not fully heal or heal properly, worsened still when you carried young Carl here.”

Lori kisses you on the head and places her hands on your shoulders, rubbing them gently.

“Now, I have just about zero knowledge of physical therapy, but Pat will remember the exercises Jimmy needed after a baseball injury last year to his shoulder. In fact, he went back outside to your group’s fire, you can ask him there. They may be helpful.” He stands. “Now, Lori, I’d please like to speak to you and Rick about something important.”

Him

When Y/N came out of the farmhouse, their brother sped over to them and helped them walk back. They ain’t even talking or nothing now, they’re just sitting quietly listening to the conversation and staring into the fire. By the looks of it, they’re dozing off a little against their brother’s shoulder.

Y/N had a silent, tiny cry soon after they first got back, too. Shane simply put his arm around them.

The basic way he’s noticed everybody handle that stuff was to just allow the person get the tears out in peace and not make a big deal about it. Maybe pat the person on the back or whatever but nothing dramatic. There are more reasons to cry these days, you know?

Anyway, Carol is warming up Y/N’s oatmeal.

As for himself, he’s just about to—wait a sec, only a few gulps left—ah, okay, yep, he’s done with his third beer of the night.

Except he doesn’t even have the spins yet, what bullshit. Why doesn’t he just go to bed?

It can’t be because he’s clinging, no way.

Aw, lil Darylina wants to feel like he belongs by clutching to his only friend like a little blankie.

Ugh, you know what? He could just have a fourth beer and shut up. Still got two left back at his tent, and he could crash after. He’ll need the full night’s rest if he’s gonna find Sophia tomorrow. Check out the road, check out the ridge, get that little girl back safe.

You

You must’ve fallen asleep because all you remember after you stopped sniffling was that suddenly Shane was tapping you so you’d sit up. He stood and quietly set off somewhere, passing Lori on his way.

Huh. Lori. You’d been dreaming that she was crying around the campfire. That must be because you had a cry and knew Lori wanted to talk—oh poop, you haven’t talked to her yet, have you?

As you blink a few times to clear the brain fog, Carol hands you a bowl of oatmeal. Smells yummy.

Lori sits by you. Carol hands her a bowl, too. She lifts her spoon but does nothing else. It’s as if she’s miles away as she stares at her boots.

“It’s true, my dad wore his Bulldogs jersey every Saturday,” you overhear Jimmy say. “I wish he could’ve, um…” He pauses when his voice cracks.

If this is where the conversation had been heading, it makes sense to you why your brother hurried off. The guilt from what happened with Otis. You brush away those horrible, heartless, stupid doubts in your head about what happened that night and pass Lori the unused glass by you that she’s gesturing to.

Lori holds out the glass and Carol pours him some of the Tang that Jimmy brought for you all in the pitcher. The kid takes a big gulp, and T-Dog  delicately taps Jimmy’s glass with his beer bottle in ‘cheers.’

“He would’ve been so excited to meet you, Mr. Douglas.”

“Nah, I ain’t nobody impressive, Jimmy. But your dad?” T-Dog’s serious expression warms into a grin. “The dude who volunteered on the regular to save lives? I woulda been honored to have met that man.”

Sniffing, Jimmy clears his throat and takes another few sips of his drink. Lori rubs his back a few times from where she’s kneeling, then gets up and sits back by you.

“His favorite game was the day after Thanksgiving, 1994. I was a baby so I can’t remember, but the way he retells the story every Thanksgiving makes me feel like I do.”

“That was a damn satisfying game, let me tell ya. Perfect way to finish the season.”

Cue Jimmy’s eyes to expand two times their normal size as T-Dog begins to chuckle.

“Were you…y-you were playing during that game? The Dawgs obliterated Georgia Tech, it was 48 to 10!”

“Hell yeah we did, kid.”

Him

The discussion morphed to video games and how the teenager’s never fired a gun “Other than in video games at my friend’s house.”

Proper farm boy, minus the part where he’d need to know his way around a rifle to deter hogs and all that. He had a BB gun, and “did skeet shooting with Dad’s shotgun a couple times? We used birdshot, so it was easy enough.”

That’s when Glenn and he hopped into a happy little discussion about…eh, Daryl isn’t sure. He needs to sleep.

Y/N is dosing again, otherwise they’d probably be just as excited to talk about whatever Glenn and farm boy are into. He’s still weirdly disappointed he didn’t get to talk with Y/N. Find out their big secret…or just hang and feel wanted.

Sweet baby Darylina, you getting all mopey? Are you PMSing, sugar?

Dale already excused himself to hit the sack, Lori looked like she was about to. That woman’s looked tired as fuck even before all that went down at the highway.

However, Y/N is accidentally using them as a pillow, and Lori has her head resting against Y/N’s with this look across her face like she’s having war flashbacks.

He closes his eyes for a moment as he stretches before standing up to just get back to his tent already.

…

…

…zzz...zzz…

You

“Honey,” softly whispered in your ear pulls you out of a similar dream to the one you woke from earlier, but this time, Lori was crying in the house and her older sister was with her. Mr. Greene was sitting at the table and frowning. Shane was trying to get inside. Mama was outside with him but had her hands covering her face.

Rick and you were by the door, but it was almost as if you were guarding it.

Dreams can be so creepy. And stupid, like, as soon as you saw Evie, you should’ve realized it wasn’t real life.

Back to the here and now, Glenn and Jimmy are really into whatever they’re talking about. Videogames? You’d probably be into it if you weren’t half-asleep.

Lori stands up. Hold up, are her eyes wet?

“You should head to bed, too, come on.” She holds her hand out to help you up. Taking it with your good arm, you hold on when you stand, and the two of you bid your goodnights to the group.

Aw, Daryl is asleep where he’s sitting, can you believe it?

Him

It’s when his head flops forward that he finds himself jolting awake.

Turns out, like his friend, he also fell asleep right there in front of the campfire.

Except now Y/N and Lori are gone.

…This night has been really annoying, just saying.

Actually standing up this time, he grunts what probably passes as a ‘goodnight’ and shuffles drowsily storms off to his tent, set apart from the others.

You

Ears still ringing, you walk slowly to your tent and wonder where Sophia’s sleeping. “I just had the funkiest dream, Lore. Evie was in it.”

The muscles in her arm tighten. “Evie?”

“She looked good. Had on civvies instead of a uniform.” You chuckle to keep it light. “She was hugging you.”

Lori runs her hand over her face. Once at your tent, she and wishes you a “Goodnight, Y/N,” and wraps her arms around you in an unusually tight embrace that she maintains.

“Did you wanna talk now?” you check. “We kept gettin’ interrupted.”

She avoids eye contact as she pulls back and assures you, “It-it’s okay, honey, it’s nothing.”

Memories of that strange night and morning at the CDC start replaying in the back of your mind. There’s a red flag waving with it, but maybe that’s due to your weird nap dream a few minutes ago.

Still, you offer, “I can talk about nothing, easy.”

She hesitates. Inhales.

But all she finally says, with a smile that doesn’t convince you, is, “I just need some sleep.”

White lie. You almost tell her she owes a quarter.

Her lip wobbles and she hugs you again, and you squeeze back as much as your shoulder will allow.

“I’ll see you at breakfast, honey, okay?”

“Make sure you sleep in, Miss Patricia mentioned that. G’night, Lori, love you.”

And as she pulls her button-down off her hips to put it back on, whatever was in her back pocket falls out.

Ha, why does she have a digital thermomet…oh.

Oh my.

Ohh my, okay. Okay.

That wasn’t a digital thermometer, a fact made clear by the way she scrambled to grab it when she realized it had fallen.

“Lori?”

You end up on the floor of your tent, sitting there dazed with your mouth open while the ringing in your ears seems to grow louder. She quickly crouches and pulls the door flap down.

She stops hiding the test and rests her hand in her lap as she sits beside you, her fingers gripping it tightly.

You stare at it.

Yep, it’s a pregnancy test.

It’s got the little plus sign, too.

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Tagged by @englishable for “describe yourself in four photos from your camera roll.”  Here’s a big tell -- I don’t have a smart phone!  So these photos are from an actual roll-of-camera-film.  I’ve been off the photography for a couple of months now, so these aren’t very recent, sorry.

1.  Last summer’s National Eisteddfod was held nearby.  This is an annual Welsh cultural festival.  Pictured: the bardic chair.  The Welsh-language speaker who wins the poetry competition will be honoured with a chair as in olden times.  I am American-Welsh and learning Cymraeg.

2.  The ruins of the Dark Age castle on the hill near where I live.  I actually studied Arthurian Literature which I don’t recommend if you want a practical career!

3.  I’m a parent to two special needs children.  It’s hard, but only in the way that “life is hard.”  Like, what are ya gonna do?

4.  I’m obsessed with Hallowtide -- Halloween, All Saints Day, and All Souls Day -- and each year it is a blur of costumes, candy-binging, pumpkins, graveyard-hopping, and masses for the dead.  Gotta get those indulgences, man.

I tag @esther-dot, @orangeflavoryawp, @knights-of-seven-light, and @han-not-solo, if they want to play!  No hard feelings if they pass, though.

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Master list: #hp/lv fic rec hub

Master list: #2016 hp/lv fic rec hub

As you can see, this is a listing of all the fics I have recommended so far. I did my best to omit those that were against the limits set by ghurahm (Underage and/or Rape) when recommending a fic in this hub, but there are many fics, so please forgive me if there is one that do not follow the guidelines. It will be up to the reader’s discretion to check the author’s warnings for things that are not your preference. I would also highly recommend looking through the author’s other works.

Use the hashtag (#hp/lv fic rec hub) to find the link and summary of each story. Refer to the part it is in (Part 1— Part __) to find it easier!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Part 1: #1—15 1. Dark Lion by HecatesKiss 2. 47 Days to Change (a translation) by snow_owl 3. For Voldemort and Valor by Acnara 4. Republic by eldritcher 5. The Consort Tournament by watermelonsmellinfellon 6. Again and Again by Athy 7. Of Monsters and Men by Clarisse(transnymphtaire) 8. Prancing Through Time by Lytri 9. How does it feel to fall, my precious angel? By TosMichiyo 10. Siren Song by The_Fictionist 11. Paper Tears by You_Light_The_Sky 12. Rebuilt by Terrific Lunacy 13. Shadowed Malice by Oceanbreeze7 14. Voldemort Goes Back to School by KisaraP 15. A Beast’s Virtue by Arliene ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Part 2: #16—30 16. The Fault of Boredom by tomrian (transnymphtaire) 17. Set the Sails (and don’t look back) by Terrific_Lunacy 18. Get Revenge (If It Doesn’t Kill You) by watermelonsmellinfellon 19. The Wand Chooses by DreamerEye 20. Field Theory by machiavelli 21. If Them’s the Rules by MayMarlow 22. The Train to Nowhere by MayMarlow 23. Don’t Fuck With Florists (They’ll Fuck You Up) by MayMarlow 24. Lord of Time by DebsTheSlytherinSnapefan 25. Snake Whisper by Violet-san 26. The Nightmare Man by Tiro 27. Harry Potter and the Slytherin Connection by KyrstalRoze 28. Freefall by ladyoflilacs 29. Mirrored by brainstorm1001 30. Skinny Love by rightonthelimit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Part 3: #31—45 31. No Slaughter Without Laughter by SonnyGietzel 32. The Spellmaker by SonnyGietzel 33. House of Snakes by flitterflutterfly 34. Tempus Fractae by HecatesKiss 35. A Semblance of Peace by Maeglin_Yedi 36. Forever is a Long Time by coconut90 37. Connubium by eldritcher 38. Eclipse by wynnebat 39. Hadrian Potter and the Daughters of Chronos by Hallowtide 40. Love’s Loathing by The_Fictionist 41. Counting Bodies Like Sheep by rightonthelimit 42. Harrymort Oneshots by Blessed_By_The_Goddess 43. Rain on my Wings by DeeDee 44. The Strongest Memory by DeeDee 45. A letter lost, a lover found by DeeDee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Part 4: #46—60 46. New Start by kmoaton 47. Birds of a Feather by ReasonablyUnreasonable 48. To the Waters and the Wild by Paimpont 49. The Flaw in the Plan by Paimpont 50. To Kill You With a Kiss by Paimpont 51. A Soulless Solace by Angstier 52. Their Verdict of Vagaries by Angstier 53. Meant To Be by phoenixmaiden13 54. Dreams and Darkness Collide by Epic Solemnity 55. Death of Today by Epic Solemnity 56. New Way to Bleed by Epic Solemnity 57. In Wonderland by hyugahime 58. Butterfly Heart by The_Fictionist 59. Death is but the Next Great Adventure by ObsidianQuill 60. Seventeen Years by RenderedReverse ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Part 5: #61—75 61. Vision by kmoaton 62. Of Potions and Curses by Blood_Like_Rubies 63. The Elements of Lordship by RenderedReverse 64. In Lukewarm Water by RenderedReverse 65. Ice Crux by Hermione Prime 66. Inconsistency by RenderedReverse 67. The Darkness Within by kurinoone 68. A Shattered Prophecy by Project Dark Overlord 69. Kiss Starts With a K (and so does Kill) by fadingstarlight (Genveon) 70. The Portrait by DariaSilver 71. Stand Against the Moon by Batsutousai 72. Xerosis by Batsutousai 73. FeS2 by Shivani 74. The Bitter Hug of Mortality by She Who Cannot Be Turned 75. Little Gem by Infinite Ravens ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Part 6: #76—90 76. The Art of Hidden Personas by whitedwarf 77. Harry Potter and the Descent into Darkness by Athey 78. All For Show by Cannibal Inc 79. In Somno Vertitas by Ansketil and Lilacs 80. The Last Horcrux by Ansketil and Lilacs 81. Déguiser by Batsutousai 82. Broken by Batsutousai 83. Visionary by BC 84. No Glory by ObsidianPen 85. Mine by ObsidianPen 86. A Snake Named Voldemort by estalita11 87. Get Off My Back by BlasterBlurby 88. Forbidden Gate by MidnightEmber 89. Schooled by WyrdSmith 90. A Twist in Destiny by IAMGinny ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Part 7: #91—105 91. The Grey Phoenix by LeightAiden777 92. Irreversible Destiny by SheWolfe7 93. Enduring Obsession by whitedwarf 94. Oswald the Ottoman by lunakatrina 95. More Precious than Rubies by Strange_Soulmates 96. As Certain Dark Things Are to be Loved by Strange_Soulmates 97. Possession by Blood.Stained.Fingers 98. Deal With The Devil by Blood.Stained.Fingers 99. Descent by Blood.Stained.Fingers 100. Prince of the Dark Kingdom by Mizuni-sama 101. Lamia by penpenhooray 102. A Twist in Time by Paimpont 103. Harry Potter and the Accidental Horcrux by the Imaginizer 104. An I for an I by lordmarvoloriddle 105. Dabbling With The Dark by Nyx Mist ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Part 8: #106—120 106. Paraselenic by EmpyrealFantasy 107. Noir Et Blanc by Tsurai Shi 108. Spiritus Mundi by Shaitanah 109. Locus by Shivani 110. One Winged Angel by Shivani 111. An Unwise Murder by Belgaris 112. Servants of the Malleus Maleficarum by Belgaris 113. The Broken Boy by behindthealias 114. Red Hood, Red Blood by Fairygirl34 115. The Final Horcrux by Majix.Trixx 116. Equivalent Exchange by Majix.Trixx 117. Our Greater Good by Felled_and_Fallen 118. October by The Carnivorous Muffin 119. Lily and the Art of Being Sisyphus by The Carnivorous Muffin 120. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by The Carnivorous Muffin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Part 9: #121—135 (Updated 3/11/17) 121. Guardian Angel by TosMichiyo 122. How does it feel to fall, my precious angel? by TosMichiyo 123. The Diary of Tom Riddle by BigJellyMonster 124. Unintended by NightmareThicket

(Updated 3/11/17) 125. Silk Roads by GenderlessPerson 126. Tender Tale of Darkness by Mara94 127. The wine-dark Sea by BrionyTallis (RobbieTurner) 128. Tainted Wings by Batsutousai 129. Love’s Loathing by The Fictionist 130. Moments by BigJellyMonster 131. One Way to Make Up by teecup_angel 132. The Dysfunctional Riddle Family by teecup_angel 133. and all I could hear was your pulse by belatrix 134. Magic Numbers by juliasejanus 135. Victory Day by WhiteWave14 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Part 10: #136—150 (Updated 4/1/17) 136. Inheritance by Midnight Ember 137. Some Other Beginning’s End by Beloved Shadow 138. Spider in your mind by DoYouMindIfISlytherin 139. To Persevere by HippoParty 140. Liquida Tenebris by DoYouMindIfISlytherin 141. Possess me by Ciiah 142. Harry Potter and The Ultimate Betrayal by DarkAngelsan 143. The Vitruvian Man by Mistress Slytherin 144. Entwine by Aaer 145. Visionary by BC 146. Schooled by WyrdSmith 147. Game over by Egyptian Dreamer 148. The Power of Obsessive Love by Zhu Yingtai 149. Paradise Lost by Neko-chan -Silvered Tongue 150. A Different Reality by Ethe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Special Edition ~ {Dynamics} 1. Keep Your Enemies Closer by Riddletobien 2. Draught of the Living Death by HippoParty 3. Tender Tale of Darkness by Mara94 4. Victory Day by WhiteWave14 5. Feathers and Fireballs by Na'hiel 6. The Broken Boy by behindthealias 7. Solace in Shadows by The Fictionist 8. Embracing His True Self by DebTheSlytherinSnapeFan 9. Fate's Favorite by The Fictionist 10. Snake Whisper by Violet-san 11. Prince of the Dark Kingdom by Mizuni-sama 12. Oswald the Ottoman by lunakatrina 13. Ice Crux by Hermione Prime 14. How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Lord V by cheryl bites 15. Taken by Surprise by BabblingSquirrel

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Beacon Hills Residents & Derek Hale, Beacon Hills Residents & Laura Hale, Beacon Hills Residents & the Hales, Derek Hale & Stiles Stilinski, Derek Hale & Sheriff Stilinski, Peter Hale & Stiles Stilinski, Beacon Hills Residents & the Argents Characters: Derek Hale, Sheriff Stilinski (Teen Wolf), Original Characters, Beacon Hills Residents (Teen Wolf), Peter Hale, The Hale Family (Teen Wolf), Chris Argent, Victoria Argent, Kate Argent, The Argent Family (Teen Wolf) Additional Tags: Canon Divergence - Teen Wolf (TV) Season 1, Beacon Hills (Teen Wolf), Magical Realism, Beacon Hills Residents Know (Teen Wolf), Magical Stiles Stilinski, lowkey, Beacon Hills love the Hales, Beacon Hills Protects Derek Hale, Nemeton (Teen Wolf), Sentient Nemeton (Teen Wolf), sentient magic, Derek Hale Returns to Beacon Hills, Good Nemeton (Teen Wolf), Peter Hale sorta heals, Warning: Kate Argent, Not Argent Family Friendly, Chris Argent Is Not A Good Man, Pack Alpha Peter Hale, Protective Beacon Hills Residents, Sheriff Stilinski's Name is John (Teen Wolf) Summary:

After the Hale fire, Beacon Hills yearns for blood.

Few know what the Hales are (werewolves, the eyes and the fangs whispers).

Most know what the Hales really are (protectors, the broken bones and unhealed injuries remember).

So when the house catches fire, and two shellshocked children cry while covered in ash, and a man burns and burns and burns (and screams and screams and screams), the people know.

Even when the words ‘electrical fire’ come out, even when two broken hearted children run, even when there is no proof: Beacon Hills knows, and the Nemeton knows, and her people know.

And they wait, in bated silence.

And they whisper, as they wait.

And they write, as they wait.

And they wait, they wait, they wait.

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Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Shen Jiu | Original Shen Qingqiu/Yue Qingyuan Characters: Shen Jiu | Original Shen Qingqiu, Yue Qingyuan, Tianlang-jun, Shang Qinghua, Zhuzhi-lang Additional Tags: Yandere Yue Qingyuan, Bottom Yue Qingyuan, Masochist Yue Qingyuan, Freak for Freak relationship, degradation kink, Surprisingly Fluffy, they're both obsessive, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, No non-con between Yue Qingyuan and Shen Jiu, Fix-It of Sorts, Happy Ending, Possessive Shen Jiu | Original Shen Qingqiu, Submissive Yue Qingyuan, Tsundere Shen Jiu | Original Shen Qingqiu, Consensual But Not Safe Or Sane Summary:

When they were children, Shen Jiu promised that he would marry Yue Qi, and show everyone in the world that Yue Qi belonged to him. Yue Qi took that declaration very seriously.

A request written for the Bingyuan server's fundraiser for Gaza.

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Tim Drake & Damian Wayne Characters: Damian Wayne, Tim Drake (DCU), Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Cassandra Cain, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd Additional Tags: Damian Wayne is Not Robin, (not yet...), Tim Drake is Robin (DCU), Good Older Sibling Tim Drake, he's been training for this for years, BAMF Tim Drake (DCU), Good Older Sibling Cassandra Cain, unbeknownst to damian, Damian Wayne-centric, POV Damian Wayne, Smart Damian Wayne, Damian Wayne Makes Different Choices, POV Bruce Wayne, Good Parent Bruce Wayne, just a sleep-deprived one, Fluff, but yknow in a batfam way Summary:

Damian has his orders: present himself to his father so that the Batman will finish his training and Damian can take his proper place at his father's right hand.

However, Damian has also had caution and the need to maintain an upper hand in every situation ingrained into him for even longer than he has known how to hold a sword. Accordingly, he takes his time once arrived in Gotham. He learns his father's patrol routes and not much else, but in the process begins studying the other vigilantes in Gotham—the other children in his father's life. Perhaps they will give him a better idea of how to please his father, and if they have been trained by Batman themselves, there may even be something of value they can teach Damian.

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HALLOWTIDE RECOMMENDED FANFICS 2025

Labyrinth, Solo-Levelling, John Wick, The Witcher, Skyrim, Overlord, Hunger Games, Sherlock, Bleach, Hitman Reborn, Final Fantasy, Hobbit, Teen Wolf, Magnus Archives, Stranger Things, Walking Dead, The Untamed, Jurassic World, Code Geass, Assassins Creed, Hannibal, Scum Villain, Game of Thrones, Star Wars, DCU, MCU, Naruto, Harry Potter

LABYRINTH

• Her Kingdom As Great by MarbleGlove

What's said is said, and Sarah said, "My Will is as Strong as Yours and my Kingdom as Great." And then, of course, she lied.

SOLO-LEVELLING

•  Dragon Ascending by Aeraneth

Park Ryung was a simple man with a simple goal, once he realized he was in the world of Solo Leveling. Make Sung Jinwoo's first few miserable years of being a Hunter- a little easier. Surely he was capable of giving some support to the protagonist if he really put his mind to it.

He had no idea how that backfired so hard.

 

JOHN WICK

• Made Men by manic_intent

“With you it’s always ‘Father this’, ‘Father that’.” Gianna sniffed. “It’s an obnoxious habit. Very childish. Act your age.”

“Oh? And trying to interrupt a stranger about his business isn’t obnoxious?”

“You’re such an asshole,” Gianna said, incredulous. “I can’t believe you said that. We’re trying to save a life.”

“If you were remotely interested in charity of that nature you wouldn’t be in the family business.”

The stranger was staring at them now, blinking owlishly. It wasn’t an unfamiliar reaction to anyone exposed to his sister and their quarrels. “Do you guys mind?” he said finally. His voice was rusty, seldom used.

 

THE WITCHER

• Born in a time of darkness, you will learn the trick of making. (You shall make your consolation all your life) by llamallamaduck

(WitcherXAssassins Creed Crossover)

Every now and again—typically late at night, when his mind was trying and failing to internalise the hurricane of weird shit that happened to be his life—Desmond wondered about how all this will end. Abstrego can throw around technical-sounding jargon until the cows go home, but even they probably knew that rendering genetic memories in three dimensions just meant fucking around with soul magic.
Or
Every guy can be a babygirl but it takes a man to be a single mother.

 

SKYRIM

• Shakespeare in the Park by Vodkassassin

He wakes up in a horse-drawn cart to see a scruffy man, with shaggy blond hair, bound and sitting in front of him. He knows exactly how this story goes.

The question is, how can a theater kid from modern America convince an entire fantasy world that he belongs there?

 

OVERLORD

• Momo-ji by Kat_o_nine_Tails

Suzuki Satoru had always liked children, but as a bachelor he had given up on having any of his own early on. But now that he has found himself in this New World and became his avatar, Momonga, he has inadverently become a father and he is determined to do his duty to the best of his abilities.

The fact that his children were mostly adults, some wanted to get into his pants, and all of them were actually NPCs created by his friends was completely irrelevant.

 

HUNGER GAMES

• Impetus by Crunchysunrises

(BuffyXHunger Games Crossover)

For one ethereal moment, Haymitch thought that his tribute might finally kill someone, maybe everyone. Then he remembered who he was dealing with. (Buffy had already decided: she was going to burn this place to the ground.)

 

 SHERLOCK

• Whispers in Corners by esama

(Harry PotterXSherlock Crossover)

Everything started with a stumble - his new life in a new world as well as his surprisingly successful career as a medium.

BLEACH

• The world turns (to the rhythm of a god-king's rage) by CheshireSense (cywscross)

Betrayal is a choice that should only be made when you are prepared to accept whatever retribution follows.

 

 

HITMAN REBORN

• Russian Roulette: Reloaded by Vixen_Tail

No one ever said an SI gets a place in canon events, or that they would be ideally placed at all. How much would you recall if you had decades to go before anything in a long forgotten story comes to be?

FINAL FANTASY

• Red Sands by Vixen_Tail

Reeve Tuesti was quite literally the only decent man in FFVII's Shin-Ra Electric Company. Let's add another.

• And They Say You Can't Change The Past by NervousOtaku

Well, Rufus thought to himself, second chances weren't to be squandered.

HOBBIT

• Blessings and Rituals by esama

In which Dwarves have a religion - and Hobbits don’t.

 

• Into The Fire by blackdragonqueen

He was given one year to try again and make things right.

 

 

TEEN WOLF

• In the roots of our town, hearts beat by graveltotempo

After the Hale fire, Beacon Hills yearns for blood. Few know what the Hales are (werewolves, the eyes and the fangs whispers).

Most know what the Hales really are (protectors, the broken bones and unhealed injuries remember).

So when the house catches fire, and two shellshocked children cry while covered in ash, and a man burns and burns and burns (and screams and screams and screams), the people know.

Even when the words ‘electrical fire’ come out, even when two broken hearted children run, even when there is no proof: Beacon Hills knows, and the Nemeton knows, and her people know.

And they wait, in bated silence.

And they whisper, as they wait.

And they write, as they wait.

And they wait, they wait, they wait.

• Prowl by wynnebat

Laura's body is never found, but instead of continuing with his murder spree, Peter gets distracted by the scent of his mate. Stiles gets very distracted by the huge wolf that starts showing up at his house all the time.

• Touch Therapy by syriala

“You’re hugging Peter,” Derek said from behind them, confusion very obvious in his voice.

“Yep,” Stiles gave back, not moving from his current position, speaking more into Peter’s hair than anything.

“Why are you hugging him?” Derek asked, and Stiles shrugged as best as he could, with his arms still around Peter.

“He just woke up from a coma. I don’t even want to think about how long he went without a hug,” Stiles gave back.

Or the one where Stiles derails Peter’s plans by aggressively hugging the shit out of him.

THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES

• Chrysalis by thesnadger

What if Jon stopped resisting? What if he fully gave in to the dreadful power that has a hold on him? How much would Martin be willing to turn his back on in order to keep the one he loves?

• Perks of Beholding by Serazimei

Jon gets distracted from paranoia by learning he can now understand animals. This somehow solves all their problems.

Or: Jon turns into a Disney princess the fic.

• See the Line where the Sky meets the Sea by The_Floating_World

When Jon is a child he looks into the infinite abyss of space. The Vast looks back into him.

 

STRANGER THINGS

• Without a flashlight in the dark by jurassicqueer (gaybirdkid)

The lights go out. Steve keeps his eyes fixed just left of the thing, can just barely make out a shoulder and sort-of head in the light of the moon, and tries to swallow back the sickening feeling of being hunted. He wants to run for his house but he can’t. He can’t, because if he takes his eyes off the thing for even a second, he won’t know where it is, and that’s scarier than seeing it.

But then- then Steve’s vision blurs for just a moment too long, and when he blinks away the tears and looks, it’s gone.

Steve lunges for the house doors. When the patio lights flicker back on, the poolside is empty, and Steve Harrington is missing. No one notices.

Or: Steve Harrington gets dragged into the Upside Down instead of Barb Holland. Someone else comes out.

 

THE WALKING DEAD

• We're waiting on a heartbeat (can anybody hear me?) by jurassicqueer (gaybirdkid)

Glenn is all his three month old nephew has left when the zombie apocalypse reaches Atlanta. He's going to make sure he's enough.

OR: Glenn really didn't anticipate finding a life partner while raising an infant, but the end of the world is as good a place to start as any.

 

 

• Leaping into Lori by Fleurtygirl

Waking up as Lori Grimes kind of sucked because she rated as my least favorite person. Then again, she became universally hated because of her ongoing unhelpful and hostile actions during a zombie freaking apocalypse. Waking up before the apocalypse would hopefully help save lives.

 

 

THE UNTAMED

• Sail Away Sweet Sister by sami

“Are you the same Jiang Yanli I have known since infancy?"

"Yes."

"Have you ever been anyone else?"

"No."

"So you've lived another life... but as yourself. You had a child. And you were dead."

"Yes."

Jiang Yanli starts again from the beginning.

 

 

• Lynchpin by ShanaStoryteller

He can’t get Jin Guangyao’s words out of his head.

If he’d only believed in Wei Wuxian, if he’d only been willing to stand up for him, could it all have been avoided?

• Intriguing by nirejseki

Nie Huaisang hates, hates, hatespaperwork. Life would be so much better if only Meng Yao (now officially recognized as Jin Guangyao) were available to do it for him...but unfortunately, his brother never did end up swearing brotherhood with him, which means that Nie Huaisang has no basis to go ask him for help.

If only there were another position available where Jin Guangyao could just run the Nie sect –

(in which Nie Huaisang decides to matchmake his brother and Jin Guangyao together for his own selfish reasons)

• Burnish Brass to Gold by tuesday

The weak link was, as ever, Lan Xichen.

• Casting off (why not take life as it comes) by

Nemainofthewater

Lan Wangji was a master swordsman and loved his uncle; it was only that that allowed Lan Qiren to summon Xinfei in time to block his brother’s sword.

OR

In which Lan Qiren either has an extraordinarily vivid dream or has managed to travel back in time.

 

JURASSIC WORLD

• Wild Frontier By RunawayDeviant

The five of them turned to face him - him, specifically, not the rest. His girls and their new best friend.

Owen stood up.

 

 

• Tainted by Macx

Owen Grady had always had a talent for animals. Like his grandfather. It was a talent that ran in the families.

Masrani Global recruited him to train raptors. It was an intriguing, novel idea, something only a crazy or insane person would attempt.

Owen wasn't crazy or insane. He knew he could do this.

He just didn't know how deep he would get into it, how strong the connection to the pack would become, how close... they, the four of them, would become to him.

His grandfather had always warned him: don't get too close. Don't let them connect. Well, it was too late for that now.

 

 

• The Perils of Witch Slaying (Or How Buffy Ended up in Dinoland) by pprfaith

(Slight BuffyXJurassic World Crossover)

- Three things Buffy knows:

1. witches suck

2. reincarnation sucks

3. prehensile claws are kind of cool

 

 

CODE GEASS

• Rise of the Unholy Trinity by LokasennaHiddleston.

The Zero Requiem was successful, but to some, the price was too high. C.C. does not care about world peace, not when she has lost the last person who gave her existence meaning. Suzaku Kururugi takes refuge in the last orders from his emperor, but he aches for what could have been.

They hate each other, but in a world that so eagerly accepts Lelouch's sacrifice without thanking him for it, they cannot help but take refuge in one another. And when C.C. hatches a plan to turn back time and bring Lelouch back, Suzaku eagerly welcomes it. She will be his shield and he will be his sword, and this time, they will get it right.

• Abandon Thyself By Sanjuno

A Geass... is like a wish...

All Demon Emperor wished for was a kinder, gentler world for his loved ones to live in and be happy...

All the Knight of Zero wished for was to die...

(Neither of them got what they wished for, in the end.)

The World of C has decided to grant the dearest wish that resonated in the heart of their Champion.

 

 

• The Sun Also Rises by Sanjuno

The night is darkest just before dawn, but dawn will come regardless.

Driven by his love for his sister, Lelouch Lamperouge vi Brittania became the Demon Emperor, feared and hated the world over. Very few people knew that the assassination of the ninety-ninth Emperor was actually an honour suicide, assisted by a dear friend and retainer in a long-held Japanese tradition. Zero Requiem went... perfectly to plan. Lelouch died, and took much of the world's hatred with him.

The Collective Consciousness of Man is not people, and they will not let their Champion remain lost to them.

Lelouch wakes to life after his death by the blessing of the World of C... and the possibilities available to him are endless.

 

 

ASSASSINS CREED

• Impermanence by esama

In which Desmond ends up back in time and doesn't so much decide to use it to deal with some hangups he had about Ezio's life as much as sort of... falls into doing it because of bitterness and spite and some very questionable medicine.

 

 

• Desmond ex Machina by esama

In the library of Altaïr, Ezio isn't as ready to let go of his destiny as he thought.

In the Grand Temple, Desmond isn't ready to face his.

 

 

HANNIBAL

• Inevitable by sifshadowheart

(Criminal MindsXHannibal Crossover)

Will didn’t know how this was happening.

He didn’t know why.

But it was.

Even if he couldn’t trust his eyes, not always anyway, he trusted what he felt, tactile sensation, and everything he felt said that this was happening. His body didn’t have the aches and pains and scars he knew. There was no knot of scar tissue causing issues with his shoulder from being stabbed. No smile across his stomach from a linoleum knife or bullet wound in his non-stabbed shoulder.

He was his relatively untouched teenager self, brain too much for most to handle and awkward social abilities that had landed him a full-ride to Tulane off of his high IQ and ability to pass a test – so long as it wasn’t a psych exam, though now that he knew what he knew he’d be willing to bet that was changed.

In fact…as plans and plots started to come together, he was counting on it.

It would be a long game.

Almost twenty years.

A different Will would be sorry for all those who would die between then and now, let alone those that would come after, but as he sat down and began the first of many lists that would shape his future for the next decade or more, he didn’t feel any guilt at all.

 

 

• Oddbodies by toffeecape

Will is an off-brand sentinel. Hannibal is a reputable guide. What could go wrong?

 

 

• Wage Your War by Della19

To say that Will Graham is still an unmated, childless omega at the age of thirty-eight is his own choice is true. It is not to say that it is his preference. Will wants a mate and a family just as much – perhaps even more – than the next omega. He’s simply never met that one person who fit the bill before. And then he walks into Jack Crawford’s office and meets Hannibal Lecter and well that, as they say in the business, is that.

Now all he needs to do is convince Hannibal of that. But well, this is Hannibal Lecter he is dealing with. It must be done a certain…flair. But that isn’t a problem for Will. Not at all.

After all, snakes may kill mongoose, but one must never forget this as well: mongoose hunt snakes too.

It’s Will Graham’s turn to wage his war.

Or, here is a fic about omega!Will Graham manipulating alpha!Hannibal Lecter into getting exactly what he wants.

 

THE SCUM VILLAINS SELF-SAVING SYSTEM

• Shen-shixiong by Ourliazo

Shen Qingqiu is a bastard, but he's Cang Qiong Mountain's bastard. That doesn't actually justify anything but god it feels good to point Shen Qingqiu at someone and watch him tear through.

(The peak lords are ride or die despite it all.)

• The Grand Unified Theory of Shěn Qīngqiū by 00janeblonde

Shěn Qīngqiū new game pluses himself into a happy ending and unlocks some premium content along the way.

 

• We should stick together by pennydaniels

Shen Jiu is drowning on Qing Jing Peak in his struggle to become Head Disciple and then hopefully Peak Lord. He's always been good at surviving but somehow can't help wanting more than that. He just wants to make the right decision.

(In which Shen Jiu is just trying to keep his head above water dealing with his faulty cultivation and capricious Shizun, has more than a few illuminating conversations with the brothel ladies, gets caught in a sex pollen disaster with Liu Qingge, and watches the other try their best to make it right.)

• Forever and ever and ever and ever by pennydaniels

Shen Jiu saves Liu Qingge's life. Liu Qingge isn't the type of person to let debts go unpaid.

• What Is Seen by CaveteDracones

…is not [always] the real truth.

Truth-compelling artifacts in the hands of an enemy to one side, SYSTEM-mandated silence on the other, and Shen Qingqiu caught between the two. Is it too late to go back to the Water Prison?

 

• Fly With Broken Wings by VermilionRain

Shen Yuan has been getting nightmares since he was young. They were about a fantasy world that centered around Shen Qingqiu, a subjectively evil man. It wasn’t until he read a certain cash grabbing book that everything clicked into place. Shen Yuan was receiving memories of Shen Jiu (They were horrible and now he empathizes with the immortal) Now, after finally receiving his degree he gets transported into said book. He might as well fix this plot hole ridden shit until he gets to go back.

 

• Nobody Deserves a Second Chance (But Honey I Keep Getting Them) by Bluethursday

Luo Binghe finds himself unsatisfied with his life after his wives attempt a coup and devises a plan to acquire a Shen Yuan of his very own.

"He couldn't help but think that his life and efforts amounted to nothing but a joke played out for the amusement of the Heavens. His efforts were nothing in the eyes of those he had done his best to protect. His entire life—from crawling his way out of the gutters of the small town he grew up in by the Luo River, from being saved only by the kindness of a woman whose life was dependent on the scraps given to her by her wealthy employers, his mother’s hands ever-calloused from scrubbing filth and sweat from the clothing of those too ignorant to realize how much work it took to keep their lives comfortable—his entire life was spent working his way into a position where no one could leave him stranded, begging on the street for a bowl of congee, and for what?"

• Tongfang by The Feels Whale (miscellea)

Shen Yuan is reincarnated as a cannon fodder character and eventual murder victim in one of the whodunnit arcs in Proud Immortal Demon Way. Things escalate quickly.

Or: that one where young Luo Binghe’s career goal is ‘Bride’.

• Belonging (Object), Belonging (Condition) by ParueCake (MiraEyeteeth)

When they were children, Shen Jiu promised that he would marry Yue Qi, and show everyone in the world that Yue Qi belonged to him. Yue Qi took that declaration very seriously.

 

GAME OF THRONES

• The Balance of Ice and Fire by Sanjuno

(Star WarsXGame Of Thrones Crossover)

What would change about the Song if three former Jedi and a former Galactic Senator were reincarnated into the world of Westros?

 

 

• Down a Rabbit Hole to Westeros by Lamia_Kuei

A SI into Selyse Florent, later Selyse Baratheon. Refusing this time around to be vexed by a mustache, lack of indoor plumbing, and no more guacamole in favor of keeping her eyes on the prize: Surviving the upcoming Long Night and not letting Melisandre go Full Melisandre.

• Poetry is what he thought, but did not say by llamallamaduck

(Game Of ThronesXBlack Panther Crossover)

Erik knows very well who he is and what he is for. If Bast thought placing him here would humble or punish him, They do not know him as well as They think. Erik may wear the body of a slaver, but his mind and his choices are his, as they always have been.

He lived by the sword and died by it; he sees no reason to change the bedrock of his personal ethics the second time around.

 

• The lone traveller, standing strong by bubblewrapstargirl

Sansa wakes to find herself a girl again, and quickly realises she must find a way to marry a decent man before Robert Baratheon comes North, prevent Jon from taking the Black, tie Theon to House Stark before Balon rebels, and save all her siblings from the wrath of the Lannisters. Sansa refuses to be a bystander to tragedy any longer, but can she ever hope to win the game of thrones?

• Now go and fail again by Nothingmare

She will be damned if she lets the Greens have a grasp for her Throne. Not again.

 

• The Lioness and the Sun by BonnieBee101

Rhaegar and Lyanna are the scum of the earth and Elia deserved so much better!

Remembered:

Elia HAD to marry him it was arranged.

Rhaegar didn't HAVE to break her heart and run off with a little northern girl.

 

 

• Lex Talionis by lostchildofthenewworld

Two women died, one on a cold marble floor and another strewn across a bed with her son's blood covering her. Lady Fortuna has sown those two souls together with a red string, from two separate entities they became one.

 

• Queens by phantomphaeton

It wasn’t a hero in the end. Not a grand savior, nor magic, nor prophecy, nor destiny, nor a promised prince. In the end, it all boiled down to three young women who had decided that they—by that point—were fed up with disappointment.

 

STAR WARS

• The Way of Conquest By Pagination

All Din wanted to do was find the Child a sorcerer teacher, pick up a job or two, and follow his Creed.

Three out of three is good, right? Right?

• Sith Lord Swell by AMournfulHowlInTheNight

“Well, looks like we're all Sith Lords, now. I hope you've all been practicing your most menacing laughter for our first run in with the Jedi Council."

Ben could only sigh and raise a distasteful eyebrow at the cross shaped, red lightsaber he was given. Down the line other students were also handling their new weapons and robes with a raised eyebrow here and quizzical expression there.

"Really, uncle?"

"Really. I don't want to compete with the local Jedi population."

Why did Jedi politics and time travel have to be so difficult?

• Water in the tiger's mouth by blackkat

After Scipio, Thorn wakes up on Coruscant, in a palace built over the bones of something that used to be familiar. General Kenobi is there, though. General Kenobi will fix it.

General Kenobi, Thorn is sure, is going to fix everything.

• Concessions By Emrys_Fae, mneiai

After Order 66, Obi-Wan just wants to disappear. He flees to Mandalore, hoping that the newly triumphant Mand'alormight grant him sanctuary. But his former lover demands a price. A simple concession.

 

• New Meetings (Scenes from an Alternate Galaxy) by teacup_of_doom

A collection of AU scenes in which Anakin and Obi-Wan remember their past lives, Obi-Wan is female, and Jango Fett would very much like to act on his burgeoning feelings for the Jedi Master. Anakin is overprotective, Padme is amused by all of this. Somehow, they muddle through.

 

 

• Rebirth in the shadows of Dathomir by lunaemoth

Obi-Wan was dead, one with the Force and at peace, when he was ripped from it and shoved into a tiny body once again.

On Dathomir. Among the Nightsisters. Fifty years in the past.

 

 

• Walk by faith/tell no one what you've seen by Killbothtwins

After the end of the war with the Empire, Obi-Wan wakes up in his twelve-year old body. Now all he needs to do is convince everyone he's psychic, trick his Master into taking him on before he's sent to Bandomeer, redeem a few bad guys, and try not to have a nervous breakdown. Pretty easy. It's not like the Sith are lurking on the horizon, waiting to devour the Jedi Order.

 

 

• The Solider, the Queen, and the Hunter: Truth and Fiction by kj_feybarn

The galaxy is a step away from war when Obi-Wan Kenobi and Padme Amidala find a clone army.

That's where it starts, with convenient wording in a contract, a broken sith spell, and a desperate attempt to turn their tragedies into a story that could catch the hearts of a galaxy.

“Now sit still,” he told them all as he leaned forward. “And I’ll tell you the story of the Soldier, the Queen, and the Hunter.”

• New Order by esama

The galaxy changes and Obi-Wan must change with it to protect what little he has left.

 

DC UNIVERSE

• Nothing But The Dead And Dying (back in my little town) by Umei_no_Mai

(DCXDanny Phantom Crossover)

Dan has just been rescued and is feeling a bit shorter than usual. Jason Todd has just been petitioned like he's a feudal warlord, which has never happened before but he could maybe get used to.

They can probably make this work so long as Batman doesn't stick his nose in. Yeah, like that'll happen.

• Baby Birds and Bat Caves by IzzyMRDB

Gotham was built on a cave system. Batman has referenced a Bat Cave before. Tim is currently in the cave system. He is in the cave system that he entered from Drake Manor. Drake Manor is right next door to where Batman- The Bruce Wayne- lives. Holy Cavern, Batman! Tim had just accidentally wandered into the Bat Cave’s cave system.

OR

Tim, having found a weird hole after a storm, decides to go exploring ignoring the fact that This Is Gotham and They Probably Have Cursed Stuff Down There.

Luckily, it was just a cave system that spans the entire Gotham underground. Unluckily, Tim is a very curious child.

• Sleep with a gun (and keep an eye on you, son) by destiny919

The kid in civvies knocking on the door to his apartment shrieks Jason's name and launches himself at Jason, who catches him on reflex. He realizes it's the Replacement at the same time he notices the kid is so tiny he could barely pass for twelve, let alone fourteen. "Jason," his Replacement mumbles again into his chest, and Jason finally regains the presence of mind to move them backwards into the apartment.

If he's murdering the kid now, better to do it with privacy.

• Reasons are better than rules by destiny919

"No one will actually explain Father's rules to me," Damian blurts out. "They tell me we don't kill, and killing is wrong, and Father would never do it, but no one ever actually says why! As if repeating the rule is the same as explaining it! As if I am supposed to just know, when I do not!"

Drake is quiet, eyes on something in the distance that Damian cannot see. "Damian, may I tell you a secret?"

• Loading and Aspect Ratio by JUBE514

So, it didn’t start out like this.

Alfred would scoff at the statement, about how Bruce was trying to justify the whole situation to himself. It had started out as a simple design, black everything with black outlines and black hood. It got a little more intense as the world went on, got wind of his ghost on the streets, and became scared of The Bat . So Bruce got a little more creative with it, Alfred and him had a good laugh over the name, the scare, and Alfred had a vicious streak of humor that he had passed onto his ward-

So now the suit had a visible bat-theme, an insignia to drape in the shadows and to paint across the streets of Gotham.

It only took a year into the whole charade of heroism for Bruce to overhear a conversation between some goons- some low level thug hired by the Riddler this week- about nothing at all pertaining to what the hell the Riddler was doing in the sewers but instead:

“The Batman can fly, you know, I’ve seen his wings.”

• Trained by the best by destiny919

Damian has his orders: present himself to his father so that the Batman will finish his training and Damian can take his proper place at his father's right hand.

However, Damian has also had caution and the need to maintain an upper hand in every situation ingrained into him for even longer than he has known how to hold a sword. Accordingly, he takes his time once arrived in Gotham. He learns his father's patrol routes and not much else, but in the process begins studying the other vigilantes in Gotham—the other children in his father's life. Perhaps they will give him a better idea of how to please his father, and if they have been trained by Batman themselves, there may even be something of value they can teach Damian.

• Kingmaker by destiny919

When there's a knock on the door of Jason's safehouse, he figures Black Mask managed to track him down and thinks he's clever. Instead of opening the door to a loaded automatic weapon, Jason finds a teenage boy he's never actually met but can still recognize despite one crucial detail:

He's covered in blood.

• Baby on board by destiny919

He studied the Tower schematics very carefully, including the vent networks. Accordingly, Jason is already waiting in the upstairs lounge when Replacement emerges from the ceiling. "Thanks for dropping by, Rep-" Jason stops dead, staring at the Robin turning to face him.

That is. That is a whole child.

• Wants and Needs (Well, Mostly Wants) by Rhiw

Tim wakes up inexplicably in his two-year-old body. Which: odd. But just think, how many people would kill to have an opportunity to redo their life! And Tim has so much he wants to change, so much he wants. He wants to feel important to Bruce. He wants to be Dick's favorite. He wants Jason (his childhood hero) to think he's cool. He wants Damian to need him. And really, is it manipulation if his family benefits from it?

• Trade my Tomorrows (For One Yesterday) by Zell_Hatoule

Things I don't see in DC yet - Dick Grayson time travelling, deciding to join Talon just so he can fuck them up from the inside and then forcibly joins Bruce at 12. Bruce has no idea what to do with a murderous assassin kid who has more of his shit put together than he does. Also, not Dick vicariously adopting all of the Robins and Bruce faced with three smaller children sitting at his table every night looking at him accusingly.

• Time (to Protect You) by Blueseabird2

Losing Damian not only hurt beyond measure but also made Dick the last Bat standing. He had nothing keeping him in a broken world so goes back in time with only one ally (Damian begs to differ) and no plan except to protect everyone he can, at any cost.

Dick starts with making sure Jason never dies at the hands of the Joker and proceeds to track down and love his siblings (while maybe also plotting the destruction of the League of Assassins). He just doesn't realize that a clan of highly trained vigilantes are more than capable of realizing that Dick is not okay, and of returning his devotion with their own.

• Jim Gordon's pal, the Shadow demon by I_go_by_Faith

The shadows of Gotham had come alive.
The creature was massive, taller than a man, writhed in shadows, that seemed to move with an unnatural breath.
It was made of shades of black, the darkest forming its head, hands and feet, and pooling around it, resembling a cape or wings, like those of a bat.
Tall horns extended from it’s head, reminiscent of the ears of a bat, long claws tipped it’s hands.
The only part that looked human at first glance was the lower half of it’s face, which was the grey of a corpse, traceries of black veins visible beneath the skin.
It’s eyes glowed white, almost seeming to suck him into them.
(...)
Gordan swallowed, trying to clear his throat, not to scream, a scream would be useless in Gotham, but to ask a question.
The creature reached out cautiously toward him with the back of a hand, the way a human would approach an unfamiliar cat
“Are you the one who has been leaving criminals tied up outside the station?”

• Doubting Gets You Places DustToDust

Tim's never regretted his decision to go to Barbara Gordon when Batman began to fall apart after Robin's death. He does reserve the right to complain when strange men in masks begin to use him as an intermediary for Oracle though.

MARVEL UNIVERSE

• As bridges burn by apathyinreverie

(MarvelXWitcher Crossover)

Tony promptly waves off Steve's demand. “Ah, don’t worry. I already have all the data you could possibly want on these feather-lizards.”

There is a sigh of exasperation from Geralt where he is currently wiping down his swords. “Cockatrices,” he rumbles, though in a tone that says he isn’t expecting Tony to actually listen.

“Mhm,” Tony hums in cheerful agreement, grin genuine in a way that Steve rather misses seeing when it’s just the team anymore. “Isn’t that what I just said.”

(Set some time after CW, in a 'verse where Tony met Geraltand his trio of troublemakers while trying to fix everyone's messes. Suffice to say, Yen and Geralt are less than impressed with the team.)

 

 

• The Better Man by apathyinreverie

Tony doesn’t lash out in Siberia.

And Steve had been relieved, assuming that them not coming to blows would make everything so much simpler in the aftermath, would make reconciling easier, would help them regain the trust now lost.

It doesn’t. Quite to the contrary.

 

 

• Who is this Guy? By ArcticVulpix

Few people get a second chance. Few people get the opportunity to make the right decision after a mistake.

If you got a do-over, what would you do? What would you change?

There aren't many who get the chance to actually make those decisions.

But Steve Rogers did.

And he saved the world.

Just not in the way he thought he would.

 

 

• Unleash Your Demons by Keira Marcos

Tony Stark can’t live with the damage Thanos has done. Infinity Stones in hand, he makes a choice that will alter the fate of the universe.

 

 

• A Father's Son by dnky

JARVIS wakes up during infinity war.

 

 

• #standbylegion by esama

(AvengersXKingsman Crossover)

V-day takes out the Avengers. JARVIS copes, one tweet at a time.

 

 

• Simon Says by Hyliian

Reality… glitched.

I wasn’t spontaneously teleported to another place. Monsters didn’t start pouring out of holes in the fabric of time. No otherworldly voice spoke words of wisdom or warning in my ear. Had I… had I hallucinated that whole debacle? Did I just imagine the world shifting three degrees sideways and tilting diagonally backwards? No one else was reacting to what had happened, so I had to conclude with a sort of grim resignation that I was obviously losing my mind.

Resolved to pretend nothing had happened, I took a step towards the door.

Abruptly, I was somewhere else entirely.

 

 

• The Devouring of Hearts by RayShippouUchiha

(AvengersXAddams Family Crossover)

Toni’s gums ache for a split second, fresh blood flooding her mouth before she swallows it.

And in that next second that curl of darkness inside of her sits up and decides that this, that Howard’s continued cruelty and abuse, will no longer be allowed.

Toni licks the blood from her now too sharp teeth before she plants her hands on the floor in front of her and pushes herself back up onto her feet.

This time when Howard lashes out at her Toni ducks low to avoid the blow.

Crouched on the hall floor, sharp nails digging into the dark wood beneath her, Toni hisses, takes a moment to calculate, and then she leaps.

 

 

• The Guiding of Death by RayShippouUchiha

“Hades and Persephone reborn huh,” Fury states then more than asks, “no need to ask which is which.”

Toni’s brows furrow even as dread begins to squirm to life inside of her.

But before she can say anything, before she can open her mouth and set the record straight, she hears it.

A murmur as loud as a scream from somewhere in the tomb silent bridge.

“That whole Merchant of Death thing,” someone off to the side faux whispers, “makes a lot more sense now.”

It echoes across the bridge like a gunshot.

 

 

• Rule 48 by Hyliian

“I will treat any beast which I control through magic or technology with respect and kindness. Thus if the control is ever broken, it will not immediately come after me for revenge.”

Rule 48. It was a lesson these asshats swarming around the Asset’s cryochamber really should have learned by now.

• Death to the memory of an ideal by graveltotempo

What if there was someone in the car Steve Rogers stole during the chase scene?

• unforgiven (I'm a villain) by graveltotempo

anchor (noun): a person or thing that provides stability or confidence in an otherwise uncertain situation.

Tony loses his anchor.

The Avengers die. 

 

• Iron Infinity by DuncanIdaho2014

Dr. Strange saw NO future where Thanos didn't win and wipe out the universe. Still, they valiantly try. Broken and defeated, Stephen enacts a desperate gamble, using the Time Stone to send Tony ten years into the past, right back to when he met Yinsen. Armed with foresight and terrible resolve, Tony WILL protect the planet. OR, how Tony accidentally became a God.

 

 

• Disasster by esama

In which Tony welcomes his (begrudging) AI overlord and Bucky somehow gets caught in the middle.

NARUTO

• Compass of thy Soul By Umei no Mai

Being reborn into the Uchiha clan during the Warring Clans Era is surprisingly idyllic, so long as you don't mind hard work and are too young to know any of the people who are actually dying. But innocence never lasts, and trying to help family stay alive is a road strewn with a surprising number of pitfalls and last-minute diversions.

• discendo docemus by llamallamaduck

There are some things a seven-year-old psyche is not ready to endure. An S-ranked torture technique preformed by a traumatized thirteen-year-old is one of those things. Sasukedoesn’t enjoy hallucinating memories of his murdered family day in and day out, but he’s learned to be philosophical about such things. It’s everything else that’s the problem, really.

• To dwell inside (a hearthfire heart) by Ellory

Senju Tobirama is not a samurai. He is not bound in oaths of honor. Yet, he finds himself revealing a long-kept secret to settle a debt with Uchiha Madara. A brother’s life for a brother’s life. That is the only reason he saves Uchiha Izuna from the Hagoromo.

• Targes of jubilant flame (have hung my heart) by Ellory

Allowing a child to die via non-interference is not, technically, child-hunting. However, Tobirama knows Madara well enough to be certain he will not care one whit for technicalities should his young kinsman perish while the Senju could easily turn the battle in Hikaku’s favor.

• If the seas catch fire (trust your heart) by Ellory

The Uchiha trespasser on Senju lands is not an adult with an inability to completely disguise their chakra levels. It is a child, younger even than Itama was.

• Rotted Rowan By Darkpetal16

Not everyone can be a hero. Sometimes you have to play the villain in order to save everyone.

 

• Dirt and Ashes, or: The One-and-a-Half Body Problem by Tozette

The invasion of Konoha during the chuunin exam didn't fail. Team seven is broken, people are dead, and Sakura is hurt and frightened and a very long way from home.

Alternative summary: In which Sakura carries half of Hidanacross two countries, leaving a trail of blood, bodies, and other people's legs.

 

 

• Doing the Work by MarbleGlove

There’s more to peace than the absence of war. The work is as hard and uncertain as any Shinobi mission.

AKA: A highly self-indulgent fic in which a civilian woman helps an orphaned Sasuke and winds up saving the world.

 

• Uchiha Kyōya By Tsume Yuki

(Hitman RebornXNaruto Crossover)

In a world where Fugaku has three sons, he wishes he'd stopped at the first one. There's nothing wrong with the youngest, it's just... The middle child.

• Complete disarray by Shializaro

(Dreaming of Sunshine AU)

In which Madara is a little too late, Tobirama is a little too early and, as usual, nothing ever goes as planned for Shikako and Sasuke, accidental time travelers and trouble magnets extraordinaire.

• General Nara by JohnBurtonLee

(Dreaming of Sunshine AU)

(NarutoXStar Wars Crossover)

It should really be harder to take over a clone regiment. Shikako basically showed up, flashed her lightsaber - which wasn't even a real lightsaber - and clones were falling all over themselves to follow her orders.

 

• An Unexpected Training Trip by JohnBurtonLee

(Dreaming of Sunshine AU)

(NarutoXHero Academia Crossover)

Trapped in another universe, Sasuke and Shikako decide to go to hero school until they find a way back. The idea was that as hero students they wouldn't draw unnecessary attention while training. This works about as well as you would expect from a couple of people whose idea of subtle is to fake a natural disaster.

-or-

How Shikako single handedly eliminated the social stigma about therapy in UA High School.

 

 

• Children Of The Leaf by DawningStar

(Dreaming of Sunshine AU)

What if Shikako Nara, by a strange quirk of timeline, ended up in Tenzou's experimental batch...and survived?

 

 

• Si Iterum Eodem Modo Vicero... by JohnBurtonLee

(Dreaming of Sunshine AU)

(NarutoXMarvel Crossover)

-It says something about Shikako's life that leading an invasion of another planet isn't even the worst thing she's done on accident. It's probably in the top three, though. Probably.

 

 

• The White Sun's Passing Brightness Fades by VagabondDawn

(Dreaming of Sunshine AU)

(NarutoXScum Villain Crossover)

-Five-ish times Shikako Nara meets the Peak Lords of CangQiong Mountain Sect and one time Liu Qingge meets some ninja.

• Another Life, Another Lecter by muaaimoi

(Dreaming of Sunshine AU)

(NarutoXHannibal Crossover)

In which Nara Shikako is reborn as Hannibal Lecter's twin. It changes everything and nothing at all.

HARRY POTTER

• Unfogging the Future by Naidhe

Lavender takes one step forward and – just like the snap of a finger, the blink of an eye, the drop of a pebble – Hogwarts is left behind. There's no jump, no flashes of light, no whirlwinds of disconnected images. Just one little step; behind stood her war and in front stands 1947. "Huh," she says to herself, "didn't see this in the tea leaves."

• Time to Put Your Galleons Where Your Mouth Is By TsumeYuki

Harry had never been able to comprehend a sibling relationship before, but he always thought he'd be great at it. Until, as Master of Death, he's reborn one Turais Rigel Black, older brother to Sirius and Regulus.

 

• To play the Prince of Castaways by llamallamaduck

Six-year-olds don't understand what having children entails. Six-year-old boys even less so. Six-year-old boys kept in cupboards, who barely get to speak a few words each day, are almost guaranteed to have a very fanciful grasp on the miracle of life.

Harry James Potter didn't know what having a baby meant, who could have them and why they might wish to do so. Harry James Potter just wanted one. Desperately.

• Shadow Magic by Lomonaaeren

Harry was born with a power the Dark Lord knows not: the magic to see into shadows, to walk the shadows, and to send the shadows everywhere. This changes his life rather dramatically.

 

 

• Uvidimsya Zavtra by TreacleTeacups

In which Harry realises he owes the wizarding world nothing and runs before he can compete in the Triwizard Tournament. It may cost him his magical core, but the price of freedom is worth it.

• Collision by Hyliian

A bemused SI-OC watches as an entirely unrelated SI-Harry Potter attempts to take the wizarding world by storm, and fails miserably.

 

 

• Sweet Dreams by TreacleTeacups

In which Harry's dreams are sweeter than life.

• The Flaw in the Plan By Little.Miss.Xanda

In the end, Harry could do nothing but surrender.

 

 

• The Games They Play By Little.Miss.Xanda

He had always known he was different. Then, his brother was born, and he knew his brother was just like him. They were as far from normal as one could possibly get. They embraced it, caring nothing for what others thought. They had each other and their dad, after all, what more could they need? Well, maybe a way to quench their boredom.

 

 

• House of Luxventi by Darkpetal16

In which Tom M. Riddle Jr grew up in a loving home, with a good mother, and never knew the horrors of being an abandoned orphan.

 

 

• Harveste Addams by Kyaru (Thumbie)

(HPxAddams Family Crossover)

A little death can change so much. Delightful, isn't it?

 

 

• Obsidian's Desire by Lomonaaeren

Marcus Flint doesn’t really know what to do with his life after his father dies; his father always told him what to do. So he consults a piece of obsidian, and it directs him to Harry Potter. And, well, Potter has friends, but he doesn’t have a husband…

 

 

• Seventh Horcrux by EmeraldAshes

The presence of a foreign soul may have unexpected side effects on a growing child. I am Lord Volde...Harry Potter. I'm Harry Potter. In which Harry is insane, Hermione is a Dark Lady-in-training, Ginny is a minion, and Ron is confused.

• Property of the Half-Blood Prince by Lomonaaeren

Harry indulges in an enormous eye-roll at the universe when he wakes up on his nineteenth birthday with “Property of the Half-Blood Prince��� written on his neck like a collar. He goes on to live his life like normal, without being too upset about it—and without telling Snape, who he’s sure wants his freedom now.

• The Dead Master by FalconLux

Dumbledore’s schemes took everything from him, including the man he loved, but now Harry has devised a means with which to travel back in time to his younger body before he started Hogwarts. He’s going to get another chance at his life, and this time Dumbledore won’t be getting in his way.

[lady-hallowtide]

Chapters: 9/? Fandom: Batman - All Media Types Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Relationships: Tim Drake & Bruce Wayne, Tim Drake & Alfred Pennyworth, Tim Drake & Dick Grayson, Tim Drake & Jason Todd, Tim Drake & Damian Wayne, Tim Drake & Slade Wilson, Tim Drake & Rory Regan, Tim Drake & Barbara Gordon, Cassandra Cain & Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown & Tim Drake Characters: Tim Drake, Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Damian Wayne, Barbara Gordon, Cassandra Cain, Stephanie Brown, Jack Drake, Janet Drake, Tim Drake's Parents, Tim's Emotional Support Bear - Character, Rory Regan, Slade Wilson Additional Tags: Tim Drake-centric, Time Travel, Age Regression/De-Aging, Manipulative Tim Drake, Grey Tim Drake, At Times Dark Tim Drake, Emotional Manipulation, Complicated Relationships, Well - Freeform, on Tim's part, No one else remembers it, Family Dynamics, Family Feels, Obsessive Behavior, Tim Drake Has Issues, Tim Drake Needs a Hug, Tim Drake Gets a Hug, Brotherly Bonding, Crack Treated Seriously, Fluff, Tim Drake Has a Good Time, Baby Tim Drake, Tim Drake loves his family, Kid Tim Drake, Protective Dick Grayson, Fluff and Angst, Child Neglect, Child Abuse, Hurt/Comfort, Tim Drake Joins the Batfamily Early, Bad Things Happen To Bad People, Kid Dick Grayson, Kid Jason Todd, Kid Cassandra Cain, Kid Rory Regan, Kid Fic Summary:

Tim wakes up inexplicably in his two-year-old body. Which: odd. But just think, how many people would kill to have an opportunity to redo their life! And Tim has so much he wants to change, so much he wants. He wants to feel important to Bruce. He wants to be Dick's favorite. He wants Jason (his childhood hero) to think he's cool. He wants Damian to need him. And really, is it manipulation if his family benefits from it?

Or: He was halfway through the second trash can, when a startled “Good lord” caught him off guard. Tim glanced up, the rhythmic sucking of his pacifier coming to a still at the sight of a black Rolls Royce idling at the side road that lead to Wayne Manor. Alfred was staring at him from the over the car top, aghast. “Master Bruce, it’s not a raccoon.”

From the back seat, Bruce Wayne stared at him. Tim stared back.

Or: Tim is side tracked by his actual childish needs and wants, gets a whole bunch of his nannies fired, terrorizes his parents with a series of petty revenges, is an honest employer of one (1) newly minted murderer for hire, endears himself to – and thoroughly weirds out – the Waynes, and is generally just a petty, manipulative, vindictive, smol boy.

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Dreaming of Sunshine - Silver Queen, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Olana Chion, Nara Shikako Additional Tags: Silver Queen's Dreaming of Sunshine Universe, Dimension Travel, Worldbuilding Summary:

It should really be harder to take over a clone regiment. Shikako basically showed up, flashed her lightsaber - which wasn't even a real lightsaber - and clones were falling all over themselves to follow her orders.

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Tim Drake & Jason Todd Characters: Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Bruce Wayne (Mentioned), Dick Grayson (mentioned), The Joker (DCU) (mentioned) Additional Tags: aka The Joker (DCU) (deceased), Jason Todd is Red Hood, Tim Drake is Robin, Tim Drake Kills Joker (DCU), Canon-Typical Violence, Blood, Canon Divergence - Jason Todd's Attack on Titans Tower, that one time dick also killed the joker, and batman did the least justifiable thing ever, Accidental Brother Acquisition, tim basically brought him joker's corpse like a cat bringing a dead bird, so now he has no choice but to adopt, Jason Todd is Tim Drake's Robin, and he's still his hero, a much fucking better one than batman Series: Part 4 of Red Hood's Robin Summary:

When there's a knock on the door of Jason's safehouse, he figures Black Mask managed to track him down and thinks he's clever. Instead of opening the door to a loaded automatic weapon, Jason finds a teenage boy he's never actually met but can still recognize despite one crucial detail:

He's covered in blood.

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Tim Drake & Jason Todd Characters: Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Dick Grayson Additional Tags: Canon Divergence - Jason Todd's Attack on Titans Tower, Alternate Universe - Age Changes, Kid Tim Drake, Tim Drake is Robin, Jason Todd is Red Hood, Protective Jason Todd, Protective Dick Grayson, Dick Grayson is Nightwing, Bruce Wayne is a Good Parent, even if we only hear about it, Identity Reveal, Fluff, Comedy, bruce better have already filed them adoption papers, or else jason is gonna beat him to it, he'll have to fight dick for them though, Genius Tim Drake Summary:

He studied the Tower schematics very carefully, including the vent networks. Accordingly, Jason is already waiting in the upstairs lounge when Replacement emerges from the ceiling. "Thanks for dropping by, Rep-" Jason stops dead, staring at the Robin turning to face him.

That is. That is a whole child.

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Liǔ Qīnggē/Original Shěn Qīngqiū Characters: Liu Qingge, Original Shěn Qīngqiū, Yue Qingyuan, Liu Mingyan, Warm Red Pavilion Prostitutes (Scum Villain) Additional Tags: warnings for past rape/non-con and slavery, just regular Shen Jiu backstory things, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, set during their time as disciples, bit of a shen jiu character study, Marriage Series: Part 1 of Liujiu disciples-era marriage Summary:

Shen Jiu is drowning on Qing Jing Peak in his struggle to become Head Disciple and then hopefully Peak Lord. He's always been good at surviving but somehow can't help wanting more than that. He just wants to make the right decision.

(In which Shen Jiu is just trying to keep his head above water dealing with his faulty cultivation and capricious Shizun, has more than a few illuminating conversations with the brothel ladies, gets caught in a sex pollen disaster with Liu Qingge, and watches the other try their best to make it right.)

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Chapters: 22/? Fandom: 나 혼자만 레벨업 | Solo Leveling (Webcomic), 나 혼자만 레벨업 - 추공 | Solo Leveling | Only I Level Up - Chu-Gong Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Sung Jin-Woo/Original Male Character(s), Sung Jin-Woo/Original Character(s) Characters: Original Male Character(s), Sung Jin-Woo, Woo Jin-Chul, Baek Yoon-Ho, Choi Jong-In, Cha Hae-In, Sung Jin-Ah, Park Kyung-Hye, Sung Il-Hwan, Yoo Jin-Ho, Original Characters Additional Tags: self-indulgent oc fic, blending of genres, this is not what god or chugong intended, exploring vaguely-explained worldbuilding and barely-used side characters, canon-divergence, Overpowered characters, Unreliable Narrator Summary:

Park Ryung was a simple man with a simple goal, once he realized he was in the world of Solo Leveling. Make Sung Jinwoo's first few miserable years of being a Hunter- a little easier. Surely he was capable of giving some support to the protagonist if he really put his mind to it.

He had no idea how that backfired so hard.

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Liǔ Qīnggē/Original Shěn Qīngqiū Characters: Liu Qingge, Original Shěn Qīngqiū, Liu Mingyan, Yue Qingyuan Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Prostitution, Slavery, actually quite fluffy despite the tags!, just regular Shen Jiu backstory things, Marriage, Happy Ending Summary:

Shen Jiu saves Liu Qingge's life. Liu Qingge isn't the type of person to let debts go unpaid.

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Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Original Luo Binghe/Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu Characters: Original Ning Yingying, Original Liu Mingyan, Sha Hualing, Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu, Original Luo Binghe, Luo Binghe Additional Tags: Forced Feminization, Dubious Consent, System Based Shenanigans, Non-Consensual Body Modification, Binghe Ate A System or More, Smut, Ancient China, Courtly Love, I don't know what else, i'm sure there is more, Bingge is his own warning, Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu Has a Vagina, Intersex, Happy Ending, Generally not much conflict happening, but do mind the tags Summary:

Luo Binghe finds himself unsatisfied with his life after his wives attempt a coup and devises a plan to acquire a Shen Yuan of his very own.

"He couldn't help but think that his life and efforts amounted to nothing but a joke played out for the amusement of the Heavens. His efforts were nothing in the eyes of those he had done his best to protect. His entire life—from crawling his way out of the gutters of the small town he grew up in by the Luo River, from being saved only by the kindness of a woman whose life was dependent on the scraps given to her by her wealthy employers, his mother’s hands ever-calloused from scrubbing filth and sweat from the clothing of those too ignorant to realize how much work it took to keep their lives comfortable—his entire life was spent working his way into a position where no one could leave him stranded, begging on the street for a bowl of congee, and for what?"