Warm Ups
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Tim's life is bland. It has been for a while, though he can't pinpoint one single moment of change. One day, he woke up and the colors were dull.
He goes through life like a robot until one night, when he falls asleep, he finds himself in a dream he's had before. Except this time there's someone with him. A man who introduces himself as Danny.
CONTENT WARNING:: Suicide via Drug Overdose, Self Harm via Maladaptive Coping Strategies, Depression, Use of Daridorexant to Fall Asleep, Neglect of Relationships, Excessive Sleep, Ideation of Dreams/Escapism
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- Part 1 of Warm Ups
- Part 1 of The Rendezvous
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Tsuna is freshly dropped into the world of Flame's and Mafioso, though no one seems all to inclined to actually bother to actually tell him what's going on or answer his questions. Having been literally thrown into the deep end of the chaos, he was bound to break sooner or later. Being blocked at every turn, Tsuna finds himself in an antique store where a man with white hair and a love for ramen finally gives him some answers
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- Part 2 of Warm Ups
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Danny'd finally been caught. The G.I.W had caught him while he was recovering from a fight with Vlad. His guard had been down and he had no one to blame but himself. They'd stuck some cuffs on him, threw him in a van, and carted him off somewhere. They locked him in a room for... he doesn't even know how long, but he could hear the others. He was the first one they caught, but others came in after him. No one came to talk to him, no one came to- No one even passed by the door. No one until his mom.
TW/CW: [attempted] Emotional Manipulation
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- Part 3 of Warm Ups
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Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Cheshire_the_Grinning_Cat
Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types
24 Jul 2025
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It was rare that they were able to get together. If it wasn't the other demigods keeping them apart, it was their parents and patrons. Which, y'know, is a bit irritating, especially because they know perfectly well why their being kept apart.
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- Part 4 of Warm Ups
- Part 1 of Blue Fortune Cookies
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Danny's been caught. After two years of protecting and fighting and taunting and fleeing, he's been caught.
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- Part 5 of Warm Ups
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Jason hated his wings. He used to love them, as a kid, when they were whole and he could fly. They carried him for miles whenever he needed an escape. But after he'd died...
That was another reason he was still so angry with Bruce about the damn clown still being alive. After capturing him, he'd ripped out half of his secondary flight feathers and broken the pinion joint in both wings, rendering Jason unable to fly in the off chance he survived the explosion.
Not that living did any good. Dying, being revived, being healed. None of it mattered because he still couldn't fly.
Danny loved Jason's wings. He didn't say it, by Jason could tell by the glances he'd seen the kid throw them. And, really, he couldn't blame him. After all, Danny didn't have wings.
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- Part 6 of Warm Ups
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Kiss It Better by Cheshire_the_Grinning_Cat
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types
25 Aug 2025
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Children are told that when they get hurt to let their parents kiss the wound to make it feel better. But what happens when a child gets hurt in a way that can't be kissed better?
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- Part 7 of Warm Ups
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"Couldn't sleep?"
"Nah,"
"So you came up here?"
"Yep."
"To the roof."
"A sniper's nest, yes."
"All because you couldn't sleep?"
"Correct again."
"That's a lie if I've ever heard one. And I've heard a lot."
"Can't a guy just spend a sleepless night on a rooftop?"
"A guy that's you? No. Not you."
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- Part 8 of Warm Ups
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Epic III by Cheshire_the_Grinning_Cat
Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types
31 Aug 2025
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Percy's roped into auditioning for his school's musical. Naturally, Dionysus and Apollo find out and simply cannot let him go on stage without personally teaching him, well, basically everything.
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- Part 9 of Warm Ups
- Part 2 of Blue Fortune Cookies
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Iemitsu didn't do nearly as good a job of protecting his wife and child as he thought. CEDEF had cleaned house shortly after his son had been born, but a few rats had managed to slip through the cracks.
TW: Car "Accident"
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- Part 10 of Warm Ups
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Tsuna meets the Varia. Not during battle, but the only time he's managed to be alone since Reborn dropped kicked himself into his life. After a...strange turn of events, Xanxus decides not to kill him and instead help him learn to activate his Flames.
Tsuna's confused, too.
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- Part 11 of Warm Ups
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The Way To A Man's Heart Is Through His Stomach by Cheshire_the_Grinning_Cat
Fandoms: DCU, Katekyou Hitman Reborn!
08 Nov 2025
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What do you do when you wake up in a stranger's apartment in a different country than the one you fell asleep in? Blame your tutor and make food. In that order.
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- Part 12 of Warm Ups
- Part 1 of The Way To A Man's Heart
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The song says that you will meet a stranger across a crowded room on an enchanted evening. Scott thinks that's bullshit. In all his years, he's never *once* met a stranger in an enchanted evening. This case only proves his point further.
New York City, New York, 2006. Cloudier than Okahurst had been, muggier than the Loch on a bad day, and more crowded than a Wal-Mart on Black Friday. He didn't meet the eyes of a stranger he was meant to fall in love with across a room. No. Instead, he locked eyes with a *very* familiar man he hadn't seen in centuries.
But, credit where credit is due. The song said "crowded" and the streets of New York were that and more.
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- Part 13 of Warm Ups
- Part 1 of 24 Stories Before Christmas
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No story summary, just a warning.
This is bad. Like, really bad. I'm not proud of this, but it's here. Read if you want, though I won't blame ya for skipping.
This is cut very short, so expect an abrupt end if you choose to read it.
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- Part 14 of Warm Ups
- Part 4 of 24 Stories Before Christmas
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- English
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- 593
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- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 1
- Hits:
- 75
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Two shot warm up. Tsuna gets hit with the Ten-Year Bazooka. He appears in his office in Italy with Reborn and Enma to welcome him. TYL!Tsuna is greeted by Reborn in his childhood bedroom.
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- Part 6 of 24 Stories Before Christmas
- Part 15 of Warm Ups
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Sometimes Danny hates his job. Having to standby, unable to do anything, as children and heroes die.
He had a feeling that this case especially would be one that would live in his nightmares.
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- Part 16 of Warm Ups
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Eyes of a Killer (Eyes of a Child) by Cheshire_the_Grinning_Cat
Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, Batman - All Media Types
21 Feb 2026
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The first time Robin met Percy was on a rooftop sometime between midnight and the witching hour.
There is no such thing as a chance encounter.
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- Part 17 of Warm Ups
- Part 1 of Sword In My Left Hand (Your Hand In My Right)
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Families Are Messy. Divine Families Take The Goddamn Cake by Cheshire_the_Grinning_Cat
Fandoms: Katekyou Hitman Reborn!, Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types
24 Feb 2026
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Tsuna gets a "kinda" explanation about the world he's just learned exists in the West. And with that explanation comes a deadbeat dad who he already likes more than his other deadbeat dad, and knowledge that not only are the Greek and Roman gods real, but potentially also every other Pantheon that's ever been worshiped, including the one he was raised in!
There's also the matter of his own parentage and ancestry, as well as the quest that's apparently ongoing.
Why did he let Reborn take him to Italy? Namimori was much safer.
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- Part 2 of Prophecy Or Future Sight, It's All Seen Through The Same Eyes
- Part 18 of Warm Ups
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I know you
I walked with you once upon a dream
I know you
The gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam
And I know it's true that visions are seldom what they seem
But if I know you, I know what you'll do
You'll love me at once
The way you did once upon a dream---
To be read after or side-by-side with The Rendezvous.CONTENT WARNING:: Suicide via Drug Overdose (vague description)
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- Part 19 of Warm Ups
- Part 2 of The Rendezvous