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Here is a blocklist of proshippers who you should avoid at all costs if you don't want to interact with child pornographers:
varimoon69,
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halledean,
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#tw proshipping#tw proship#tw proshitter#mainly tangled fandom#mostly people who ship varian with adults#or support people who ship varian with adults
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@jennalistening i got u
Ok here's a list of all the best Dick and Damian(mostly with father/son dynamics) fics imo. Pls dont judge me.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/40095006
The Stowaway (5099 words) by LittleLadybugs
Short sweet and fluffy! Damian sneaks a cat into the penthouse and struggles to keep it hidden. At least Dick always has his back!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/32923282
Emergency Contact by DawnsEternalLight for grousemouse
Hilarious and cute! Damian gets attacked on a school trip and is just the way youd expect him to be lol. Dick freaks out ofc
https://archiveofourown.org/works/49322866
my shoulders are heavy already by a_alene
Ughhh its sooo goodddd! Damian and Dick sickfic cannot recommend enoughhh plsplspls read ittt
https://archiveofourown.org/works/36304804
a chance to celebrate by emavee
So cuteee! The batfam throws a party to celebrate Dick adopting Damian. Its such a cute story that gives insight into each characters feelings and its also fluffy as hell!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/46392967
Father's Day (we were the best) by InkpotSprite
Damian decides to celebrate Dick on Mother's and Father's Day lol cute and absolutely hilarious!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/40260231
I'll Carry You by BrickSheep
BrickSheep puts it best with the tag Comfort No Hurt. Its exactly as the title says dick carries damian and i get a rush of dopamine lol
https://archiveofourown.org/series/890946
I Saw Grayson Kissing Santa Claus by pupeez4eva
Damian becomes convinced Santa is after Dick Bruce is confused and Jason is evil. So pretty par for the course lol. Tbh tho this fic had me laughing so hard my sides hurt an absolute beautiful nightmare to read
https://archiveofourown.org/works/51531457
The Ping-Pong Wars by fadesfanfic
Stephanie and Damian bonding! Dick being worried over Damian! And oh the shenanigans! Its beautiful and sweet and funny and iloveitsomuchhh
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28186434
Paint Cans and Sneaking Out by CarrionCarnival
Damian sneaks out to do some graffiti and tries not to get caught lol. Cute and fun. A whole new look for Damian that I loveee
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22544392
The R Stands for ā by Cirth
A beautifully written look into Damian's adjustment to his new home. Honestly made me cry ngl but sometimes you need that
https://archiveofourown.org/works/52221118
Obsolete Tools and Tangible Miseries by Corybantic
Ok we def in angst territory now gang! Damian thinks hes nothong but a weapon and Dick helps convince him otherwise. Read at your own risk cause i was sobbinggg
https://archiveofourown.org/works/37052449
the city without stars in its skies by Alienu
Ok i literally just reread this one anddd. Ughhhh im dyingggg. Damian is sent to kill Officer Dick Grayson you see where this is goinggg its so gooddd plsreadplsreadplsread
https://archiveofourown.org/works/40538418
Home Is Where the Heart Is by LittleLadybugs
Ok ill admit this ones more batfam focused then just dick and dami but still. So good. Dick is adopted by Slade not Bruce and goes running to blĆ¼dhaven to hide from him. Sadly the Birds wont leave hime alone
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22395412
Not by Blood, Maybe by Heart by Ellegrine
Ok we back to fluff now lol. Damian loves his brothers even if he never says it. In this fic he shows it by protecting Dicks honor lol
https://archiveofourown.org/works/18296282
Still the Best by Cdelphiki
3 great fics all in one spot! Literally some of the best stuff ive ever read! Iloveitiloveitiloveit pls readdd
https://archiveofourown.org/works/10918887
Catch Me (All Records Indicate) by Engineerd
The evolution of the nickname lil D. Cute and so sweet. Short but such a comfort read
https://archiveofourown.org/works/29866386
This Too Shall Pass by DarthPeezy
Just oh. just so so goodddd. Another gorgeous look at Damian adjusting to his new life with the batfam tho this one is more plot directed and ohmygosh did that plot have me in a death grip
And finally my top 2 fav fics:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/19718083
Throughout Infinity by flumen
Damian is sent to an alternate universe and meets young justice Dick and crew. Ok no summary i can do will do this fic justice just know i read this in one sitting and immediately felt my sense of priorities and my mind shift. No joke this changed me.
https://archiveofourown.org/series/2021464
3:16 by partingxshot
AAAHHHH
Ok now i can talk abt this. Im in the process of rereading this AGAIN bc i literally cannot be left alone. Ok quick summary: each chapter follows Dick and Damian adjusting to their new life as Batman and Robin. I feel like most everyone who is in love with the dynamic between Dick and Damian has read this fic but i cant leave it out bc its literally my fav fic EVER. i will never be normal abt this fic if you havent read it yet plspls do
#pls why did i spend so much time on thisss#i had to tell my sister to not perceive me as i wrote this#i hope someone likes this bc otherwise#imma be so upset#at myself#dynamic duo 2.0: what would you do without me?#batman dick grayson#dick grayson#robin damian#damian wayne#batfamily#fic rec#ao3#fanfiction#oh gosh whats wrong with me#pls someone want this so ik im not insane
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question- do you mind doing fic recs? And if so, do you have any good fics centered around Dick and Damian's relationship? In particular anything that plays with their whole "I'm your brother but also your father/son but not but yes" thing they've got going on? If you see this thank you, you're doing the lord's work <3
anon if youāre still out there, thank you for your patience and hope you enjoy these! thereās MANY Dick&Damian fics i love so i tried to limit it to the āim your brother AND kinda your dad but not reallyā dynamic!!
3:16Ā by partingxshot
The knife pushes thin along Dickās carotid artery, cupping the indent between neck and jawlineāforcing him to angle his chin. The metal is warm, pulled with execution speed from under Damianās pillow. āOkay,ā Dick says quietly, tracking the intricacies of his own heartbeatācounting the space between breaths. āGuess I did need a shave.ā (With faltering steps, Dick and Damian become Batman and Robin.)
i think every Dick & Damian enthusiast has read this lol it may be ongoing but its latest chapter is left on a very satisfying end for an arc!!Ā
an endless road to rediscover by littlearrows
In the months before Mar'i is born, Dick and Damian take a cross-country road trip together.
if you enjoyed the Dick and Damian tension from Nightwing (2016) #16-20 you might like this! :ā) encouraging everyone to read those issues tbh
to be human by newsical
None of his Gotham acquaintances look upon his old life favorably ā this, Damian knows. Was his life not noble before? Damian feels like a waterboarded gnat, swirling towards a drain. Gently, as though he has not ripped out Damianās stomach with his teeth, Alfred says, āAttempting to take his fatherās place wonāt work, Master Richardā¦ā Their voices peter out, and the last thing Damian can hear is Richard huff and say something that sounds like, āNo shit,ā and he is alone. Somewhere, a clock ticks. Damian pictures it melting. (Dick and Damian over the years.)
lovely dive into Damianās personal growth and his relationship with Dick!! reading the poem that inspired the fic, especially again after finishing the fic is a nice touch!
Do You Feel the Way My Past Aches? by fishfingersandjellybabies
Bruce finds a wayward Damian asleep on his couch. Dick then find them both. An unexpected conversation ensues.
a tender Bruce perspective on the dynamic! āBruce thought back to watching them work, Dick the master of the spotlight and Damian his perfect shadow.āĀ THEM
When You're The One Who's Loved by fishfingersandjellybabies
Damian doesnāt understand why Dick is so upset. Tim does, though.
SO SOFTT ykw just go thru all of this writer's Dick & Damian fics they just exude love and warmth!!
Tea for Two by StormLeviosa
Their apartment is full of smiles now. It is because of Pennyworth, he is sure. Damian did not realise how much he'd missed Pennyworth until he came back. He slotted into their little family like the puzzle piece you do not know is missing. It was pleasant, having a grandfather he did not need to fear, and Pennyworth was all that and more.
part of a series, but easily read as a standalone. theyāve given up the vigilante life and DOMESTIC DICK & DAMIAN + ALFRED!! WHOLESOME!! i also enjoy the other Damian installments of the series, fun explorations of his interests/skills like violin!! and animals (going to vet school!!)
Pop-tarts and orange juiceĀ byĀ Ididloveyou_once
āDo you ever wish that Father had actually died?ā āNever.ā And despite the vehemence with which Richard says the word, Damian thinks that he might be lying. But only because he hates himself for the truth. Or: Bruce has been back from the dead for three months. Damian doesnāt know how to feel. He does know that he misses his da- Richard. They talk about itā¦ Sort of.
"He wants to tell him that nothing compares to being Robin at his side. To being Damian at his side." WAILING
The Weight of LegacyĀ by DawnsEternalLight
Damian didnāt think. He didnāt have to, protecting Richard was instinct by now. Darting forward right into the arc of Craneās scythe as it aimed for his partnerās neck was as familiar to him as breathing, etched into his DNA. For if he lost Richard again, how could he continue to exist?ļæ½ļæ½ The man was not only his firmest tie to Batmanās mantle, now that Father was home and clashing with Damian, but at some point during their partnership he had inexorably woven himself into Damianās very being. Through training, and lessons, and quiet nights filled with ice cream. Patience and loveāa thing Damian had not hoped to find here when heād first set foot on American soil.Ā To lose Richard would be akin to losing a limb. And so Damian acted as if that were true. He wove protection of his mentor, Batman, sibling, into every action he took and refused to accept failure as an option.
"We Both Know You're The Last of the Graysons" as a fic prompt is wild...that panel never fails to make me cry... also, another writer with an abundance of fantastic Dick & Damian fics!!
Emergency ContactĀ byĀ DawnsEternalLight
Damian: Apologies for the intrusion into your day, Richard. I need you to pick me up from the gallery trip early, it seems I have been stabbed. Dick blinked down at the message then read it again. And again. His brain not quite processing the words staring up at him, backlit by the phone.
this ventures bit more into parent Dick Grayson, as in Damian explicitly calling Dick his dad at the end but it's a fun fic!! that preview always cracks me up LOL
The StowawayĀ byĀ LittleLadybugs
There's a cat in the penthouse. Fortunately, Alfred has yet to find out. Now to keep it that way. OR Dick tries his best to parent Damian. Damian tries his best, period. Theyāre both a bit clumsy, but theyāve got the spirit. There might be a cat Meow įįį¢ šš
smiling and laughing through this whole fic THEY ARE SO SILLY I LOVE THEM
as love carries its strength, but not its labelsĀ byĀ AlterHarpia
Bruce is on a trip beyond Earthās Solar System for longer than he intended, making Dick and Damian fall into an old pattern. āI'm not Batman.ā A mere reminder, perhaps, but when said to Damian it always sounds like an apology.
basically them putting into words their own funky lil dynamic!!
Let The Right One In by whaleofatime
Hot on the trail of Deadshot threatening mayhem in Japan, Dick and Damian find themselves going undercover as a father-son duo on House Hunters International. Deadshot won't be the only source of chaos in Tokyo this summer, and Dick's only aĀ littleĀ apologetic.
okok kinda cheating here since theyāre just undercover as dad and son lol BUT itās such a fun read of the duo on a Japan trip (mission)!
the primacy of personal conscienceĀ byĀ birdsofthesoul
"WHAT MAKES IAGO EVIL? some people ask. I never ask." ā Joan Didion,Ā Play It as It Lays Or: Dick, his family, and the moral morass of a wishing well.
cheating again bc plot not focused on Dick and Damianās relationship, but itās there! really enjoyed the characterizations and dynamics here!!
soft clocksĀ byĀ dustorange
Side effects of being revived by Lex Luthor may include amnesia, going undercover into a high-level espionage agency, not recognizing your family, fighting your family, and dealing with the emotional weight and guilt associated with encountering said family. Ask your doctor if being revived by Lex Luthor is right for you. (a.k.a. Dick has amnesia during his time at Spyral. The family grapples with finding out he's alive. Dick grapples with finding out he has a family. Inspired byĀ this post by bigskydreaming.)
lol sorry another not focused on their relationship but!! came and stayed for the plot, then the Dick & Damian moments KNOCKED ME OUTT!!
#anon#fic#i just realized i never made an ask tag sgdhfh#sorry this took so long ive been hella busy and combing thru almost 400 fics is a lot hahagsfshdj#someone ask me for Dick and Damian during their Batman and Robin days lol THE BLUEPRINT OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP WAHH#but then thereās more fics after that eraā¦ask for those too idk HAHA#ask#dynamic duo 2.0: what would you do without me?
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š~š~š~š~š~š~š~š~š~š~š~š~š~š š¦ Day 1: Serial Killers Wedges by CalamityJim
š¦ Day 2: Werewolves secrets un(revealed) by TheyReapWhatWeSow
š¦ Day 3: Ghosts Hey there ghosts it's me, ya Robin by SummerBummin
š¦ Day 4: Witches The Once and Future Batman by Electrons
š¦ Day 5: Vampires Come to My Call by ScarlettSwordMoon
š¦ Day 6: Demons Stars, Hide Your Fires by FidotheFinch
š¦ Day 7: Bats Jason, Tim, and the BatBat by Notawiseacre
š¦ Day 8: Cryptids umbra by TheResurrectionist
š¦ Day 9: Shapeshifters the flock by envysparkler
š¦ Day 10: Fae & Fairies Iron, Fire, Mirror-Glass by PurpleSoot
š¦ Day 11: Fantasy HeartFreeze by DawnsEternalLight + Laquilasse
š¦ Day 12: Talons & Owls Among the roots and baby's breath by Averia
š¦ Day 13: Death & Skeletons End to Which by succeeding
š¦ Day 14: Fear Another Mirror by byrambles
š¦ Day 15: Candy (Robin and Batman) by fyeahbatmanandrobin
š¦ Day 16: Zombies Echoes of You by SilverSkiesAtMidnight
š¦ Day 17: Dragons On Dragon's Wings by PrincessMariana
š¦ Day 18: Black Cats Footsteps in the Dark by mildswearingat4am
š¦ Day 19: Mermaids The Grayson Family Marine Rehabilitation Center by OberonBronze
š¦ Day 20: Jack-O-Lanterns & Pumpkins Early Retirement by kittymaine
š¦ Day 21: Costumes & Disguises Robin's Nest by TheyReapWhatWeSow
š¦ Day 22: Nightmares Holding the Line by BirdChild
š¦ Day 23: Heroes & Villains Performance Piece by fight_knight
š¦ Day 24: Trick-or-Treat Batman, go grab your Robin... Wait, wrong Robin! by IzzyMRDB
š¦ Day 25: Robots Family Functions by Hawkstout
š¦ Day 26: Monsters The Ward of Kaer Wayne by sElkieNight60
š¦ Day 27: Secret Identity An (almost) Foolproof Lie by HiddenDreamer67
š¦ Day 28: Maze The Long Way Home by itsnatalie
š¦ Day 29: "SpoooOOOOOoooOOOoooky" The journal of Dick Grayson by DiseasedBreeze
š¦ Day 30: Fear Toxin Learning to Fear by zombiesbecrazy
š¦ Day 31: Murder PLUTO. by orpheusaki
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Thank you to everyone who helped put together this list! With special thanks to @tevyaa, ScarlettSwordMoon, @canonicallyshort, @silk-scarlet-ribbons, @silverandsunflowers, and an extra special thanks to @they-reap-what-we-sow for the most gorgeous header!
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i adore your fic recs your taste is truly >>>> do you have any recs for damian and steph i love them so dearly and i need to read more fics with them :ā)
i am so glad you like them <3 and YES!! I DO!! they are so so wonderful. truly the best duo ever and i wish dc hadn't forgotten what an awesome big sister steph was to damian when he first joined the batfam, or how they worked together later on as batgirl and robin !!! i hope you will enjoy these :]
STEPH AND DAMIAN FIC RECS ON AO3
in this quiet company (i forget sometimes, just how to breathe) by emavee
Steph and Damian kill time in Gotham and Damian tries his best not to experience Emotions. Oh, and there's ice cream.
MY NOTES: oh i am so fond of this fic forever. so sweet. stephanie is truly the sister of all time and damian is such a little brother oh wow there are tears in my eyes thinking about the marvelous damian introspection
Nearly-normal-almost-family by glitter_in_my_eyes
Steph hasn't worked with the new Batman and Robin duo long, but she doesn't hesitate to come when they call for backup. Their family's a little rough around the edges, but she'll do what she can to smooth things out.
MY NOTES: if you hear an explosion it's me bursting into a million tiny sad pieces at the thought of the steph dick and damian family dynamic during what was arguably the worst time for everyone. they are so complicated to me and i appreciate the way this fic focuses on that complexity but also the care between them all. so lovely
the spillways of your soul by paperxcrowns
She trips over a root hidden by the snow and swears loudly.
āDo you want them to hear us?ā Damian grouses.
She sends him a vicious glare. āYou try running in the woods in the dead of winter wearing high heels.ā
Damian wrinkles his nose, but thankfully doesnāt make any further comments. Steph doesnāt move for a few minutes and instead focuses on catching her breath.
MY NOTES: only the steph and damian fic of all time. nothing says sibling bonding like near death experiences when stranded in the wilderness. truly my favourite batfam trope.
-> this author also has ANOTHER steph and damian get kidnapped and almost die escaping into the wilderness fic called 'you're just a little bit too much like me.'
do you ever think of me and my two hands by Le_tap_22
Stephanie has never thought, and will never think, of Damian as her child. Heās a child, sure. Bruceās child, Dickās child, Taliaās child. But not hers.
Heās her little asshole younger brother. But sometimes when she sits beside himā like now under the soft light of the sun shining through the curtain in the Manorās library as she watches him write a letter to send to his motherā she feels a deep, almost indescribable emotion well up inside her.
Not for him, but for Talia.
Or, Damian and Stephanie sit together in the Manorās library, two opposite halves of similar pictures.
MY NOTES: so i never considered this connection before, but after stumbling upon this my entire life has changed forever (very positive connotations). the way talia is written through stephs eyes, and the way stephs outlook on this aspect of her life is written is very special to me and i love this fic a lot
The Not-Babysitter by Hinn_Raven
Steph is volunteered to babysit Damian on his trip to the zoo, much to Damian's consternation. But an encounter with Steph's college classmates might force Damian to admit that things aren't so bad with her around.
MY NOTES: Hinn_Raven is by far my favourite steph writer and i can not recommend this writer enough!!! such a fun protective little brother damian fic
The Stories Between Us by DawnsEternalLight
Sometimes Damian doesnāt mind having someone in the room with him while he paints. When he allows Stephanie to study during one such painting session, he learns something about her past she never should have gone through, and it is his turn to comfort his sister. After all he too has dealt with issues of dying and guilt.
MY NOTES: if dc have decided to never bring up war games and what happened to steph then i have no choice but to find the angst in fics. this one is just. amazing. i need it inside my brain forever. there's a specific thing damian brings up about what steph means to him that literally made me tear up and yeah. im so okay about it
Top-Secret Mission to the Library by pennysparrow
Damian needs a book and only the Gotham University Library seems to have it, so he has to ask Stephanie for assistance.
MY NOTES: to end this off here is such a sweet and nice read. so adorable. damian the little guy that you are.
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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Persona 5 Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Akechi Goro & Kurusu Akira, Akechi Goro & Amamiya Ren, Akechi Goro & Persona 5 Protagonist Characters: Kurusu Akira, Amamiya Ren (Persona Series), Persona 5 Protagonist, Akechi Goro Additional Tags: Time Travel Fix-It, Time Loop, Character Study, Second Chances, Akira trying his best to save Akechi, Heās also pretty eh about his own death, give him a break heās done this a bunch, Akechi is stubburn, but Akira is even moreso Summary:
One of Akiraās greatest regrets in life is being unable to save Akechi. He swears this time he will manage it. No matter how many times he has to die to make it happen.
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āIf you kill me here, I wonāt stop.ā Akira said, the cool tip of the gun already warming against his forehead, āI wonāt stop. I refuse to. No matter how many times I have to try.ā
The pressure lessens, Akechiās surprise enough for him to pull away, even if the difference was only incremental.
It didnāt matter. It never did in the end. No matter what words came out of Akiraās mouth at this point, Goro Akechi never listened. He was too far gone into his fury, raging against Akiraās betrayal.
And why shouldnāt he? For all intents and purposes, Akira had betrayed him. Heād spent months lying to him, working to try and convince the other boy to give up his quest for revenge by whatever means he could.
It felt like Akira had tried everything at this point. Heād done this loop, starting from the day heād first met Akechi at the TV station and going all the way up to the engine room so many times now. Most loops he didnāt even make it to the engine room, jumping the gun to admit to the other boy the truth of the matter. āI know who you are. I know what youāre planning.ā It seemed the only way after watching Akechi self-destruct time and again without the admission.
So heād changed tactics. If pure friendship couldnāt sway the other boy heād try everything else. From pleading with him, to outing his evils to Sae early, and even one incredibly disastrous attempt to seduce him. That loop had to take the award for his quickest death. Akechi did not appreciate false interest in that way. It had been unfair to them both to even try. Akira didnāt want a relationship built on lies, and Akechi would grate against any attempt to puppet him in that way. It had been stupid. Desperate, but stupid.
āIf I kill you here and now you would be forced to stop.ā Fury was the main ingredient in Akechiās voice, but it held an undercurrent of confusion as well, āUnless, but no. That would be impossible. The metaverse does much, but even it cannot control time.ā
At least he was quick enough on the uptake to understand that Akira had gone back in time. Even if he was still denying it. Heād never actually given Akira enough time to explain just how heād managed to go back in time. If Akechi wasnāt always so shoot first, ask questions later about Akira, heād have eventually learned that while the Metaverse alone couldnāt control time, a few enterprising gods and beings that existed between certainly could.
āFurthermore, if I kill you, there should be nothing left to send back in time.ā Akechi continued, brows furrowed.
Akira shrugged, uncaring of his friendā¦enemyā¦no friendās confusion. He was just waiting on the bullet at this point. This was the point of no return. It was always the point of no return. Without fail every time Akira had told Akechi anything along the lines of the truth, his friend had shot him point blank. Too deep in his own plans to allow for the kind of chaos a time traveler might bring to the equation.
It was predetermined. The rule imposed on him by this deal heād made. He could keep trying. Keep going. Keep pushing, until one of two things happened: Akira admitted that Akechi was irredeemable and would always fall to his fate, or he accepted Akiraās revelation that heād known Akechiās identity this entire time, and had simply been trying to save him from himself.
Akira absolutely refused to give into the first option. He was doing all this because he knew his friend could be saved. It had to be true. If he could defy the fate set upon him by Yaldabaoth and triumph over a false reality, then he could turn the fate of the one person heād been unable to save.
See, Akira had spent a long time thinking about Goro Akechi. Years after the boyās death he still haunted Akiraās days and nights. Heād spent so much time wishing for another chance to save his friend whoād had a fate forced upon him, one heād never asked for. To reach his hand out to someone whoād never had anyone reach for him willingly. To be able to show Akechi that he was wanted. All those wishes had eventually piled up, matchsticks tumbling one after another into a mound set to become a roaring blaze.
And that blaze had become a deal.
Akechi cocked the gun, the sound sharp in the quiet space of the attic Akira had made his home.
His face twisted into a furious grimace, āIf youāve really done this before as you claim you have, you should know nothing will change my mind. Taking down Shido is my only option.ā
āI know.ā Akira said, āYou remind me of that every time.ā
He sighed, exhaustion lacing his shoulders. Heād hoped this would be easier. But Akechi was as stubborn as Akira himself was.
Instead he reached up, movement slow, and gripped the gun, pulling it back forward that same incremental distance Akechi had lessened, āGo ahead.ā He said, āDo it so I can try again.ā
The gun dipped in a sudden and shocking movement, still between them, but pointed more towards Akiraās shoulder. His hand fell with it, leaving Akechiās expression clear. He was frowning.
āWhy?ā He asked again, tone softer now, before turning into a growl, āWhy do you want to ruin my life? Why continue with this charade?ā
Akira tilted his head to the side, āWhat makes you think I want to ruin your life?ā
āYou said it yourself, weāre rivals.ā
Well, if this attempt was this much of a dumpster fire, Akira might as well throw a bit more fuel to it and set the whole thing roaring.
āRivals sure, but weāre friends, Akechi.ā He stepped back, hand dropping off the gun to run through his hair, forgetting it was even there, still hovering between them.
āStop spouting nonsense.ā Akechi spit, āWe are enemies, diametrically opposed in every way.ā
A broken laugh burst out of Akiraās chest, and he had to press the back of his hand to his mouth to surprise it. Akira was tired. Tired of trying so hard to nudge Akechi towards the truth. His whole life heād been more of a listener rather than a speaker. He preferred to take in what others were saying, mull over it, and hand them back the important bits, shiny and polished by care. But there was something about Akechi that made Akira want to become a flood. The other boy pulled words out of his mouth like unstopping a dam piece by piece. First they flowed slowly, and then all at once in a rush.
Well, if Akechi was going to force the truth from him, this time Akira would give it to him, in all its painful messy glory.
āDonāt be an idiot, Akechi. You and I? Weāre the same. Two broken boys who were rejected by their families shoved into the same role and told to dance to the tune of a monster who never cared enough to be fair when asking the world of two stupid teenagers.ā
He could be talking about Shido. He could also be talking about Yaldabaoth. He was probably talking about them both if he were to be honest with himself.
Akira was on a roll now, heedless of the shock spreading across Akechiās features,
āYouāre so damn stubborn. Weāre the same in that too, rushing forward with our truth held between our teeth like pit bulls. For once in my life I am going to be the selfish one, and Iām not stopping until Iāve gotten what I wanted.ā
Akira shot him a grin, āIām a thief, Akechi. I came here to steal your fate. And Iām not leaving without you. So go ahead, kill me here. Iāll just rise up again and try until I can convince you of my feelings. I will try again, and again, and again. As many times as it takes to make you see the truth far before you can self-destruct.ā
Akechiās eyes were wide, pools of crimson opened wide in an attempt to take in the downpour that was Akiraās monologue.
He clenched his fists by his side, still not done, unwilling to let the other get another condescending word out before heād said everything that had been piling up within him for years.
āIāll do it to save your stupid, foolish ass, you idiot.ā Akira snapped, voice angry and hard, like he had on one sleepless night. Heād been raging at the sky then, Akechiās face almost visible against the stars, āYou died and I had to go on living. I had to step into the world each day knowing Iād failed you. Knowing that no matter what I did it still meant you didnāt get your second chance. And Iād rather fail a thousand times again and again if it meant that eventually Iād succeed.ā
Suddenly the gun was back in Akiraās face, āLiar.ā The word was a hiss.
āYou couldnāt possibly want to save me. Fault my plans? Yes. Push your own stupid ideas of justice? Of course. But save me? Shut up.ā Akechi spit the words, his tone solid venom, āI spent months plotting your death, and the death of your friends. I killed Futabaās mother, murdered your friendās father. Killed countless others. There is no saving me. You should not want to save me.ā
Akira sighed, āThen shoot me. I donāt know how to make you believe I care about you, but Iāll figure it out.ā He locked eyes with Akechi, āI swear it.ā
They stood there for a moment, frozen in time, hearts beating between the decision. Slowly, Akechi shifted, brows furrowing before his eyes widened, the in the next breath sharpened.
āHow many times?ā
Surprise made Akira blink, āWhat?ā
āHow many times have you done this? And do not try to tell me you canāt remember.ā
āI wouldnāt dare.ā Akira said, his shock at this question pulling the truth from him, not that he needed to lie. They hadnāt been sparring for a long time now, āForty seven so far. Forty eight if you count the time I accidentally tripped into your sword.ā
Akechi blinked at him, āYou mean to tell me that youāve allowed me to shoot you forty seven times?ā
āAnd impale me once. But that was a genuine mistake. You werenāt even mad at me, in fact we were hitting it off really well in that loop. I thought it might be the one.ā
Akira couldnāt describe the look on Akechiās face. It had twisted up, but not with fury or confusion or even irritation. If Akira hadnāt felt this loop was already irreparably screwed up heād have thought perhaps Akechi was about to cry.
āI hate you.ā Akechi growled, āIāā
And then the impossible happened, tears slipped down Akechiās face. He tried to glare, and instead it came out just sad.
āI hate you.ā He said again, voice hoarse, āI hate you so much. Why do you have to be so damned perfect?ā
His hand dropped at last, the gun falling to his side. Even with that concession, something burned behind his eyes, all that potential Yaldabaoth had seen in him smoldering even through hot tears. He stepped back, widening the gap between them to something far less intimate than it had been moments before.
āTo think you would subject yourself to being killed by me that many times.ā He shook his head, disbelief clouding anger, āYou truly are a fool.ā
He turned his face up, eyes locking on the cobweb lined ceiling, āI thought perhaps youād only done it once. A single attempt to right a wrong. Yet here you stand.ā Akechi looked back at him, āTell me about the attempts. I want to know you arenāt lying.ā
Akira smiled, hope finally blooming in his chest. Now that he thought about it, he had never managed to tell Akechi heād been looping before. Even subtly. It was always over far too fast after heād admitted simply to having gone back in time once.
Of course thatās what it would take. For someone desperate to experience one ounce of genuine care Akechi would believe nothing less than something as fool heartedly desperate as Akiraās scheme.
āI can do that.ā Akira nodded, āIāll give you as many details as you need.ā He promised. āBecause you deserve at least one person in your court.ā
Because it could have just as easily been him on the other side of this mess. Jaded and furious at an unfair world, all his potential driving him to chaos.
āIf humoring you has turned you into something sickeningly sentimental then perhaps I will not sit for them all.ā
This only made Akriaās smile widen into a bright grin, āI canāt promise that, after all youāre listening to me at last.ā
The other boy let out a bitter laugh, āAfter forty eight rejections, I feel obligated to give into your stubbornness at least once. After all, as you said, we are both akin to pit bulls.ā
Akechi tucked the gun back under his coat, into the holster heād kept it in, āKnow this, I will be requiring a detailed explanation of your actions. While your earnest reaction to this conversation and your frankly baffling lack of self preservation has convinced me that you have somehow contrived of a way to go back in time, I need to know more. Perhaps a full explanation will stop me from making what I can only assume is a monumental mistake.ā
āSomething like that.ā Akiraās grin could probably be described as goofy, relief was flooding him.
āYes, well. I would rather not die in pursuit of my revenge, especially if it is dictated by fate as your story seems to indicate.ā His lips twisted into a firm line, āMy life is my own, not some puppet masterās.ā
āI did try to tell you once someone was trying to control your fate.ā Akira mused, remembering the rather explosive reaction heād received.
āDo not forget you are trying to control my fate as well Akira.ā
He waved off the words with the air of someone who had heard far worse, āNonsense, I told you, Iām trying to steal it.ā He shot Akechi a sharp grin, āI am a Phantom Thief after all.ā
This prompted a genuine laugh, something Akira thought heād never get to hear again.
āIndeed you are. Well then, Mr. Phantom Thief, do your worst. Tell me all about this plan to steal my fate.ā
And for the first time, Akira knew he had finally succeeded.
#persona 5#goro akechi#akira kurusu#ren amamiya#time loop fic#time travel fic#fanfiction#ao3 fanfic#this came to me in a haze of feels last night and I wrote it instead of the sick fic I was planning#these two are very stubborn#and make me just want to yell#Precious Posts
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Commission for @dawnseternallight of her beautiful D&D character. Thank you for letting me work with her friend! It was fun āØ
I am now doing D&D commissions fellas, if anyone's interested. Though I think I still have to make a post for that or a sheet specifically for D&D stuff. But that's a whatever bit.
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thank you for the tag @imdefnotvanessa! š
rules: Make a new post, embold the themes that appear in your WIP, italicize those that are loosely covered and then tag 10 people!
gonna apply this to this wip im working on (rottmnt not batfam, tho i promise i have stuff in my wip folder for that akfdkdkl)
addiction | beauty | betrayal | change vs. tradition | chaos vs. order | circle of life | coming of age | communication | convention vs. rebellion | corruption | courage | crime and law | dangers of ignorance | darkness and light | death | desire to escape | dreams | displacement | empowerment | facing darkness | facing reality | faith vs. doubt | fall from grace | fame and fortune | (found) family | fate | fear | fear of failure | free will | friendship | fulfillment | good vs. bad | government | greed | guilt and forgiveness | hard work | heroism | hierarchy | honesty | hope | identity crisis | immortality | independence | individual vs. society | inner vs. outer strength | innocence | injustice | isolation | knowledge vs. ignorance | life | loneliness | lost love | love | man vs. nature | manipulation | materialism | motherhood | nature | nature vs. nurture | oppression | optimism | peer pressure | poverty | power | power of words | prejudice | pride | progress | quest | racism | rebirth | relationships | religion | responsibility | revenge | sacrifice | secrets | self-awareness | self-preservation | self-reliance | sexuality | social class structure | survival | technology | temptation and destruction | time | totalitarianism | weakness | vanity | war | wealth | wisdom of experience | youth
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Tag game #25765
Rules: Make a new post and post your latest line from your WIP and tag as many people as there are words.
āDaniel,ā Buck whispers, and Daniel smiles right back at him.
āHey, Evan. Long time no see.ā
Itās supposed to be a 9-1-1 coda fic,,,,, i need to go back to it and finish it oduffuh.Ā
I am not tagging 16 people alright.Ā
@they-reap-what-we-sow @fanfictiongreenirises @dawnseternallight @crows-murder @dottie-wan-kenobi @fidothefinch and whoever wants to <3
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Bruce gets Damian legos because heās trying to connect with him and the two end up completely missing patrol because they were to busy building all of Gotham with the legosļæ¼
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Chapters: 2/? Fandom: Baldur's Gate (Video Games) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Astarion/Tav (Baldur's Gate) Characters: Astarion (Baldur's Gate), Tav (Baldur's Gate) Additional Tags: Fluff, Introspection, Character Study, Eventual Romance, Drabble Collection, more tags as chapters come, Future Hurt/Comfort, No edits we die like early game GaleĀ
Summary: A collection of stories featuring my Tav and Astarion, getting to know each other, grow, and learn to live in different ways.
And also, how Astarion taught Meliara that art theft is, in fact, okay.
Notes: I failed to post chapter one here (to call it a chapter is a stretch it was quite short), but now that Iām actually picking away at this fic properly I figured Iād start sharing it! So while the link is to the second chapter I thought Iād include both in a proper post.Ā
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It started with a sketch, pinned roughly to one of the walls in the infected village theyād stumbled on. The sketch was simple, a girl lined in charcoal, her features delicate against the yellowing paper, face serene and hair so softly done it almost fluttered.
It was a miracle it had survived the elements and goblins, and whatever else had passed through the village before theyād arrived. Gale, Shadowheart, and the others had already moved ahead of them, feet sure as theyād explored the town, searching for anything of use on their quest, and perhaps even answers as to what had plagued the town āa question that had been on Meliaraās mind as well.
Despite the druids, and worms, and overall feeling of terror humming in their veins after the events on the Nautiloid and beyond, Meliara wanted to know. To understand what had ruined this quaint little village of families, smiths, and apparently at least one budding artist.
āTake it.ā Astarionās voice was on her neck, breath surprisingly warm as it brushed against her skin.
She did not jump. Not physically at least. The little pout on his face when she turned to glare at him told her heād wanted to spook her. He had no way of knowing heād at least succeeded in making her heart do somersaults. She refused to admit that much.
The infuriating elf hadnāt stopped making her heart race. Not since sheād caught him trying to slit her throat in the shipās crash site, and sheād turned the tables, flipping him on his back to stare up at her. Heād been the most stunning elf sheād ever seen, even with his pale face streaked with dirt. His silver hair haloed out around him on the ground, red eyes surprised and intrigued.
Then heād opened his mouth and false flattery had fallen out, intriguing her even more.
āThat would be theft.ā she huffed.
He rolled his eyes, hands motioning to the decrepit building around them, āMy dear, itās not theft if theyāre dead.ā
She bit her bottom lip, indecision warring in her. She had absolutely no use for the piece of art. Not on the road, not in her search to be free of the parasite, and certainly not as they were trying to sneak into a goblin camp to rescue a lost druid.
Still, her fingers itched to trace the lines. To study the artistry. To simply salvage one piece of art in all this rubble. Her eyes drifted back towards it
āNow, donāt be such a stick in the mud. Itās beautiful, and you know it. Take it for yourself.ā He prodded.
The suggestion that sheād only wanted it for its beauty sparked irritation in her and Meliara redoubled her glare.
āItās art.ā she snapped, āEven if the artist is lost, it at least should be preserved.ā
Astarionās lip tilted up in a sardonic grin, āLying to yourself, now are you? No. You want it because it is beautiful, and youāā his eyes roved her face, āYou know beauty when you see it.ā
With that he turned and strode off towards the group, apparently uncaring of whether or not she actually took the sketch or not.
She watched as he left, joining the bundle of her strange new allies as they circled around something or another. Galeās voice drifted distantly back to her as he explained the mechanics behind a scroll theyād found in painful detail. Astarion slipped into them like he fit, like he fit anywhere he went because he made it so. And maybe he did. Maybe he knew enough about reading people to have that talent down to a science.
Maybe he knew her well enough to pierce her soul, and find the root of the years sheād dedicated to the artisans guild. The truth sheād buried under academia and studious training all these years.
She plucked the small sheet off the wall and tucked it gently between the pages of another book theyād picked up earlier, a history of the sword coast. When her eyes drifted back up to the group, she caught Astarion grinning at her.
Infuriating. She thought and bit back her own smile.
Chapter 2:
Meliara generally rested deeply. She was, to put it plainly, strange for an elf. She liked to sleep instead of meditate. And when her mother had let her get away with it, she defaulted to the world of strange otherworldly dreams. She loved it. Those odd, sometimes fascinating, sometimes frightening dreams were food for her imagination. They fueled her art, and had set her apart even from the other artists at the university. She knew it was strange, and so rarely told anyone about the habit for fear of the looks and words it often sparked. But she cherished it all the same.
Lately sheād taken to meditating again. The addition of new traveling companions, danger at every turn and the tadpole in her mind sparked more fearful dreams in addition to a need for lightness of foot and ear during the night.
The worm was troubling even during meditation. She was unable to get past the feeling of the tadpole lodged in her brain. Part of her knew she couldnāt actually feel it, it was settled in there in a way that sheād grown used to at the very least. But the worry she carried with her, of the terrible transformation into a mind flayer, made the knowledge of the tadpole somehow heavier.
She just couldnāt meditate like normal, mind centered on unwinding little puzzles as she rested for a few hours. Now she couldnāt focus on meditation well enough to use it for deep thoughts. Neither could she have a dreamless rest, for in the long quiet her mind kept drifting to the tadpole and all the ways their future could go terribly wrong.
So when Astarion got up in the middle of the night for the upteenth time since theyād started camping together she noticed.
There was something wrong, and she decided it was time to get to the bottom of it. The last thing she wanted was a sleep deprived companion on top of everything else.
Meliara got up and stepped out of her tent. As she did so, she easily spotted Astarion. He paced by the fire, shoulders tight, and muttering under his breath.
She made enough noise to catch his attention as she moved towards him and the warm glow that kept their camp alight. Astarion spun on his heel, eyes wide, hand moving to the dagger he kept at his hip before reality caught up and he recognized her.
He watched her, red pupils trailing her movement as she settled herself by the warmth. She raised an eyebrow at him and waited to see if heād slink off or attempt a conversation. After a few beats a casual smile slipped across his lips, hand shifting to rest at his hip as he put on a mask of charm.
Sheād hardly known him a few days, but already the pale elf was showing his cards. Not that he wasnāt very good at hiding truth under lies, Mel just was more observant than others. Sheād had to learn the trick from an early age. The consequences of missing a microexpression that could tell her the truth of her motherās thoughts had been a better teacher than anyone could. Even if she hadnāt been that observant, his pacing and worry sheād caught him at was obvious enough, a little charm couldnāt hide that.
āCanāt sleep?ā He asked.
āI heard movement.ā She said honestly, āWhat about you?ā
āI sleep like the dead, darling.ā He quipped, flashing his fangs in a grin, āJust heading out for a bite. Unless youāre offering.ā
While his stepping out tonight for a midnight snack was plausible enough, it didnāt explain his nightly restlessness. Especially since, from what she could tell, he hadnāt been wandering out of camp.
He didnāt even need to sneak out to hunt anyway. Not since theyād learned his secret. After that first shocked time heād drank her blood, Astarion had not gone hungry. Between the hoards of goblins theyād faced, and her gentle bullying of Gale to let Astarion drain their nightly catches for them he got enough under her own watchful eye. Not to mention the snacking he did while they were on the road, drifting off here and there to snag a boar or squirrel.
She shot him a wry smile, āIf you need blood, please.ā And held out her wrist.
Not one to waste a meal, the pointy grin turned into a proper, gentle smile, āWell then.ā He said and with graceful movements slipped around the fire to settle by her side.
āI also havenāt been sleeping well.ā Meliara admitted, as she felt his fangs slip into her wrist, attention more on the fire than the twinge of pain, āOr trance, or well either to be fair. Stupid tadpole keeps me up. Worrying that this might be the night.ā
Astarion didnāt drink nearly as much as he might normally, pulling away from her wrist even as she spoke. He pressed a light kiss to the wounds as a kind of thank you before he sat back. Meliara found she wasnāt even light headed, let alone woozy.
Even so, his voice was a bit dreamy when he spok, āIf our dashing dream visitor is to be believed that isnāt really a concern for the time being.ā
She couldnāt help but wonder just how much blood it took to get him drunk.
āStill. Doesnāt stop my mind from making up all kinds of terrible fates for us.ā
He chuckled, āThat is understandable, if a bit silly compared to the very real dangers we face.ā
āLike a weird cult? Or goblins? Or druidās chanting?ā She grinned.
Astarionās laugh brightened up the night, āThe chanting. Gods how do you think they stand doing that all day?ā
āThe thought alone is enough to scare me.ā Meliara said, but sobered quickly, her eyes flitting up to catch his, āStill, those are my fears. What has you up so many nights in a row? I figured you to be one who values beauty sleep.ā
Surprise widened his eyes for a moment before his features smoothed back out, āObservant are we?ā
She shrugged, āI just told you, youāre not the only insomniac in the camp.ā
They stared at each other for a few moments longer, Mel worried that he was a moment away from stalking off in irritation. Instead he sighed, a long suffering noise.
His eyes locked on the fire, the light flickering across his face. Looking it over, she realized it could actually use a log or two, and after casting around for a moment, Mel discovered a tidy stack of wood close by, set up by Gale no doubt.
While her companion collected his thoughts, Mel fiddled with the fire adjusting bits of log and wood here or there to keep it going, rather than accidentally smothering the thing like sheād done their first night of camp. A smile crossed her lips, now that had been a learning experience. This whole adventure was.
By the time she stilled, Astarion seemed ready to talk.
āI canāt sleepāor trance.ā He corrected, eyes still on the fire.
Mel let the silence drag between them, the obvious admittance simply the start of whatever he had to say.
He picked up a loose twig to drag through the dirt, mouth twisted in a grimace, āItās infuriating. For the first time in two hundred years I can rest without worry and I find myself unable to.ā
He tossed the twig at the flames, and fell silent again, the air between them weighted with more left unsaid.
āIām sorry.ā Meliara said, real regret to her words, āIf itās just the uncertaintyāā
āItās not.ā He snapped, āIāgods itās stupid.ā He looked up at the stars, then at Meliara, weighing his next words against whatever assumptions he held about her.
āI spent my nights prowling for prey, and if not doing that, then being tormented or starved or whatever else Cazador could come up with. When I was allowed to rest it was during the day. Best time for a vampire to rest after all. ā
Meliara blinked at him, realization dawning, āOh, oh! That makes sense. I should haveāIām sorry. Is there anything I can do to help?ā
Astarion scoffed, āThatās sweet but, no.ā
She shifted turning more towards him, frowning, āBut wait, Astarion you are an elf.ā
He raised an eyebrow at her, āPlease tell me you did not just realize that.ā
Meliara rolled her eyes, āNo, butāā she bit her lip, āDoes being a vampire keep you from going into a trance? Sleep schedules changing are one thing, but going into a trance, well that can be done at anytime.ā
While she preferred dream filled sleep, it didnāt mean she didnāt frequently trance. She understood the mechanics well. And with patience and practice she could do it any time, any place.
His hands curled into fists in his lap, āIt does not. Two hundred years of misery wellāā He shrugged, an attempt at flippancy, āYouāll understand if Iād rather not relive any of that.ā
Meliaraās face flamed, āIāmāhells, Astarion. Iām sorry.ā
She couldnāt imagine it. She chose to dream, but still valued trancing. It was important, no sacred for elves. To be forced into a life where you had no desire to remember hundreds of yearsāit was unthinkable.
Meliara was not familiar with the feeling of rage. She hadnāt lived a life where she could indulge in simmering anger or the lack of control that came with rage, but she felt it now for this not quite stranger beside her. The injustice of it all. No matter who heād been or how heād lived his life before Cazador, no one should go through what she imagined he had. And that made fury bubble up within her, hot and fierce enough to break the tempered calm she worked so hard to achieve within herself.
Astarion waved a hand, dismissing the words, āIt doesnāt matter.ā
Mel turned to him, suddenly fierce, āIt does. That man deserves to be eviscerated.ā She hissed.
He blinked at her shocked, āWell yes, that is the plan. Iām surprised to hear you so violent, dear. I donāt believe Iāve ever heard you say an unkind word yet.ā
āI might be bleeding heart, but evil is evil, Astarion.ā She said, the echo of Astarionās irritated nickname for her bitter on her tongue.
āHuh.ā He seemed to be considering her before smiling, āIāll remember that.ā
They sat there, silent for a long while, the fire crackling between them, night air quiet beyond the camp.
Meliara stewed, trying to reign in her anger. Every new fact she learned about Astarionās past sparked something in her. Stars above, every fact she learned about all of her companions further hacked away at the carefully crafted wall sheād created to protect herself. The one sheād erected to keep herself safe, to keep blinders up so she didnāt run herself ragged trying to save everyone she met. Not that sheād had much power to solve most of those problems.
This one though. This, she could help with.
āI donāt trance.ā She blurted, red creeping up her cheeks, āI like to dream.ā
He frowned at her, āNot because of some secret evil vampire hiding in your past I hope. Iād like to be unique in that fact.ā
She snorted, āNo evil vampire lords in my closet, Iām just weird.ā
āWeird?ā He repeated, rolling the idea around.
Weird was how sheād rather paint it. Admitting sheād started it as a young girl eager to escape reality and hide from the world would make her too much the main character tonight.
āBut that means I have some experience with sleepless nights. If youād like, I could walk you through some relaxation exercises. Itās akin to falling into a trance, just a step apart to help you sleep.ā
āI would like that.ā Astarion said, surprising her with how unresisting he was in the response.
She smiled, āGreat, lets get started.ā
#baldur's gate 3#astarion#bg3 tav#astarion x tav#my tav#fanfiction#boy is it scary writing for a new fandom#you spend years doing Batman and then get obsessed with a vampire guy#itās not a surprise though#Damian is stabby and so is Astarion#I should have guessed itād be like this
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āļøā Writer Spotlight: DawnsEternalLight āļøā
@preciousthingsareprecious' way with words creep upon us like dawn does, softly and surely āšā We're thrilled to have her on board!
Read her fic Emergency Contact now!
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Q: Favorite Damian moment / thing about Damian?
DawnsEternalLight: His little button nose! Kidding, kidding -- although it is very cute -- my genuine favorite thing about him is how much he's grown as a character, and how we get to see him opening up, learning to be comfortable as himself, and how much he loves his family. He's blossomed so much in the years he's been around, I can't help but love that best.
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Hey Dottie!! How about #1 This is the fun of investigating!ā āNo, itās not!ā with Dick and either Jason or Damian?
Ahh thank you for the prompt! I ended up including both Jason and Damian, hope thatās okay lol
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Damian scowls as he carefully stomps around the old, truly dilapidated warehouse. Itās cold, wet, and utterly useless, with nothing of worth as far as he can see. Empty cardboard boxes, puddles of rain, knocked over machines overtaken by rust.
āWhy are we even here, again?ā Todd complains from across the room, kicking at an overturned stool. āHow does any of this have anything to do with the stupid puzzle?ā
āRiddler said the next clue would be in one of these warehouses. Which you know already, because you stood next to me while he said it.ā Richard says this altogether too cheerfully considering the circumstances. āNow keep looking! He probably hid it somewhere really obvious.ā
āIf itās so obvious we shouldāve already found it,ā Todd mutters, but he goes back to searching in all the dark corners.
Damian sighs. He could be cuddling with Alfred the Cat right now, or fighting off muggers in the street, or any number of other things right nā
The ground suddenly gives out from underneath him, and he accidentally lets out an undignified yelp as he falls into a hole in the ground that comes up to his chest. A hole in the ground which is somehow even more disgustingly wet and full of spiderwebs than the rest of the building.
āRobin!ā Richard bounds over, immediately reaching out to help him up. āYou alright??ā
āFine,ā Damian bites out. He gets back to his feet and backs away from the dumb hole, nearly bumping into Todd.
āOh, look,ā Richard says, leaning down and pulling a slip of laminated paper from the dark. āThe clue!ā
āOh my god,ā Todd groans, appropriately annoyed with the situation, Damian thinks.
āThis is the fun of investigating,ā Richard says with a laugh.
āNo itās not!ā Damian and Todd vehemently deny at the same time.
āYou fall in the hole then!ā Damian adds.
Richard smirks, ignoring him in favor of calling in the find. Damian scowls again and stomps off to wait for the others to arrive.
#damian wayne#jason todd#dick grayson#batfam#dc#my writing#this is more fun than spooky but it made me laugh so I like it kdjshj#dawnseternallight
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When I first set up this tumblr, lo those many years ago, I was contemplating names I might want to use as a pen name. The fantasy world I was writing at the time - now back-burnered - had come creatures based in part on fennec foxes and I liked the sound of Fennec, so I just played around with potential initials that sounded good until I settled on this, lol.
My current WIP (the "Jurassic Park with Faeries" book) is very different in tone, target audience, and subject matter, but... I'm still rather attached to the name. Who knows if I'll keep it if/when I ever publish, but for now I'm sticking to it.
Tagging - @lady-merian, @albatris, @fictionadventurer, @freenarnian and @dawnseternallight if any of you care to?
what made u guys pick ur url's !
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Hello :D Iām going to try again guessing a word...Smile?
Smiling? In one of my stories?!
. . . itās more likely than you might think ;)
Richard gave Damian a small smile. āYou know, I used to say the same thing to Bruce, when I was your age.ļæ½ļæ½
I am honestly shocked how many times this word is in this chapter. who even am i?
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Back rub Ed and Armstrong
āHey, uh, Major?ā Ed calls out to Armstrong, just as the two of them are exiting Mustangās office. āCan I, uh, ask you a favor?ā
Amstrong turns and (for some goddamn reason) strips his shirt off, flexing his muscles as he exclaims, āBut of course, Edward Elric! If there is something I can do for you, just say the word! I will do it to the best of my ability!ā
āRight,ā Ed says, still a little off kilter. His left hand twitches towards his right arm, and he grabs the metal limb carefully and pulls it towards his body. He canāt quite look the Major in the eyes right now. āItās just. Itās raining, and, I mean. Usually I would have Al do it, but since Alās still at the library, I justāā
Armstrong sets a gentle hand on Edās flesh shoulder, and it startles Ed enough that his words cut off, and heās staring at Armstrong.
āWhatever it is, Edward, I would be glad to lend my assistance,ā Armstrong assures him.
Ed finds himself relaxing a touch. āThanks, Major Armstrong. Itās my automail port. Sometimes it gets achy in the rain, and I canāt really reach my back, so I canāt rub it out.ā
Armstrong nods sympathetically and leads him over to the couch in the anteroom outside of Mustangās office. No one is here, seeing as most of Mustangās team is on an assignment in Central. Ed strips out of his jackets, just in his black sleeveless shirt as he lies face down on the couch.
āPlease tell me if I hurt you, Edward,ā Armstrong says as he gently pushes his large fingers into the swollen flesh pressing against his automail port. Edward tenses at the first touch, and Armstrong falters. āToo much?ā
āNo,ā Ed grits out. āItās gonna hurt no matter how hard you press at first. āS how it always is.ā
āI see,ā Armstrong says, and he presses hard. He goes at it until the tension finally fully slides out of Ed, and heās practically putty under Armstrongās soothing fingers some ten or fifteen minutes later. āIs that better?ā
Ed hums. He doesnāt want to move.
āEdward?ā
Ed blinks his eyes open, never realizing that heād actually closed them. āOh. Yeah, thanks Major Armstrong.ā
āYou seem tired, would you care for a nap?ā Armstrong asks, his voice lilting with concern. āIām sure Alphonse wouldnāt mind picking you up a little later if he knew you needed the sleep.ā
Edās eyelids flutter. āI hate to ask this, but could you call him in like, half an hour? We really need all eyes on the books right now.ā
āOf course,ā Armstrong agrees easily. āDid you sleep last night?ā
āI...think so,ā Ed says, his forehead creasing. Heās not really functioning at full capacity. āI had to stay up and finish that report for the Colonel, and then I spent a couple hours helping Al research. Then, I think I fell asleep? I donāt remember how long I slept, though.ā
āIt sounds like you could use the rest,ā Armstrong tells him. āSleep, Edward Elric. I will call Alphonse in half an hour.ā
āThanks, Major,ā Ed sighs. And then heās out.
āHey, Al,ā Havoc greets Al the moment the suit of armor is about to step into the room leading to Colonel Mustangās office. āHere to pick up the sleeping beauty?ā
āYeah,ā Al says. āThanks for letting my brother sleep here.ā
Havoc waves him off. āDonāt worry about it. Besides, Major Armstrong was about to fight the Colonel about keeping Ed here, and the Colonel didnāt want to deal with the headache.ā
āWell, Iāll make sure to thank the Colonel, too,ā Al tells him. āDo you know where I can find Ed?ā
Havoc smiles. āHeās in there. Come on.ā
And with that, Havoc leads Al into the open room where Edās pretty much passed out on the couch. He looks small curled up like that, Armstrong watching over him like a hawkāsmall enough to remind Havoc that Edās only a fifteen year old.
āAh, Major Armstrong!ā Al says, delight obvious in his voice as he clanks over to the couch. āThank you so much for staying with my brother.ā
āItās no trouble, Alphonse Elric!ā Armstrong exclaims, though itās rather quiet compared to his usual shenanigans. Probably because Edās still sleeping. āThe poor lad was sleep-deprived, as well as in pain. Automail is harsher on a person than I had realized.ā
āYeah,ā Al says, kind of quietly. āIt used to be a lot worse, when he was still going through rehabilitation, but it still strains him a lot more than he likes to let on.ā
āItās good he has you to take care of him, then,ā Armstrong says.Ā
Al laughs shyly. āI try. He can be a handful sometimes. But he takes care of me, too. Heās my big brother, after all.ā
āThis is sweet and all,ā Havoc interrupts, no matter how much he hates to, ābut the Colonel is due to have a meeting in ten, and if he finds Ed out here still sleeping, heās probably gonna have an aneurysm.ā
āOh, right.ā Somehow, Al looks sheepish, despite being a suit of armor. He bows his head to both of them. āThank you again. Both of you.ā Then he turns to his older brother and shakes him lightly. āBrother, itās time to wake up.ā
Ed squints and groans. āAlready?ā
āYou can sleep back at the hotel if you need to,ā Al tells him.āNo, no,ā Ed grumbles, sitting up. āIām awake now. Letās go.ā
And thatās it. The two Elrics are gone in a fit of playful arguing over Edās sleep schedule. Havoc sighs and looks over at the Major.āThose two are really something, arenāt they?ā Havoc wonders.
āIndeed, they are,ā Armstrong replies.
#edward elric#alex louis armstrong#jean havoc#alphonse elric#fma#fmab#prompt#camryn writes#dawnseternallight
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