141 - 160 of 333 Bookmarks by BenTheBard
Navigation
List of Bookmarks
-
Tags
Summary
“Is he whining about Eddie being mean to him again?” Robin is leaning in the doorway, eating a leftover slice that’s probably cold by now. “You talk about him more than you talk about girls, Steve, it’s getting concerning. Anyone would think you had a crush.”
or, steve is pretty convinced eddie now hates him. turns out eddie has the opposite problem.
Series
- Part 1 of love vigilantes
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 60,702
- Chapters:
- 13/13
- Collections:
- 46
- Comments:
- 3,245
- Kudos:
- 27,429
- Bookmarks:
- 6,590
- Hits:
- 487,390
Bookmarked by BenTheBard
04 Jun 2023
-
Tags
Summary
Steve knows he’s a monster.
It’s always been in his head that he’s a freak, something cruel and unforgiving and something that can’t get into its own goddamn pool because he still feels the dark pressure of the Upside Down just beyond it, the vengeful eyes of Barbara Holland inside it. He still feels like he’ll take off his shirt and the dark imprints of his wings, just inches under the skin of his back, will be tattooed on him like a brand for all his new family to see. And he’s terrified of that most of all ‒ the unshakeable imprint of every monstrous thing he is, every terrible thing he’s done, permanent and glaring in the faces of everything anyone knows about Steve ‘the hair’ Harrington.
Or, Steve Harrington is eighteen years old, and he loves.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 26,197
- Chapters:
- 7/7
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 165
- Kudos:
- 3,709
- Bookmarks:
- 743
- Hits:
- 41,006
Bookmarked by BenTheBard
02 May 2023
-
This Storm Brings Strange Loyalties by windatyourback
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
01 Jan 2023
Tags
Summary
For a moment he’s tempted to spill - to tell Hopper that tonight he dreamt about those fucking tunnels, and that the Demodogs that ran past him in reality barelled straight into him in his dreams, and they leapt on to Dustin first and tore into his guts whilst the kids screamed and wailed above him whilst another Demodog charged headlong towards him—
“I’m fine, Chief,” Steve says. In the reflection of the window, he can see Hopper has finally taken off his hat. “You know I’m fine, really.”
Hawkins, Indiana. It's 1985, and it's been four months since they saved the world. But it wasn't enough... closing the Gate wasn't enough. Something's breaching through. Something is fighting to be let loose, and Hawkins - or, more specifically, Steve Harrington - is in some deep shit.
As if he wasn't in enough already.
Basically: How Steve becomes a member of the Party, and how he learns to forgive himself.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 92,309
- Chapters:
- 10/10
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 411
- Kudos:
- 1,846
- Bookmarks:
- 592
- Hits:
- 48,956
Bookmarked by BenTheBard
27 Apr 2023
-
Tags
Summary
This is a robbery of everything you’ve ever been. Prince Zuko, stand and deliver.
A single point of light circles around and around, never stopping, never going out. It’s fitting, given the circumstances; there’s no choice available but to go along the same track over and over again.
Joo Lee rises in the walled city of Ba Sing Se. He stands; he delivers.
Series
- Part 1 of the lost and found
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 13,344
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Comments:
- 131
- Kudos:
- 1,772
- Bookmarks:
- 332
- Hits:
- 18,246
Bookmarked by BenTheBard
02 Apr 2023
-
Tags
Summary
The bats catch up to Robin, Steve, Eddie, and Nancy a mile away from the trailer park. And that should be the end of them. There's too many monsters to fight, and they're way faster than the Wheelers' sorta-stolen bikes. They're dead. It's over.
Except Steve has a secret.
(Or, a Steve-was-a-lab-kid fic that starts with the reveal and goes from there)
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 48,303
- Chapters:
- 17/?
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 563
- Kudos:
- 4,577
- Bookmarks:
- 1,097
- Hits:
- 95,072
Bookmarked by BenTheBard
06 Mar 2023
-
Tags
Summary
Aang knew those swords. He’d seen them every day, felt the warm, if rough, presence of their owner in all his hardest moments and coldest flights. He was a strong figure, gentle in his own way. A Firebender who still used swords.
***
There needs to be more platonic soulmate AUs, you guys. Come on. Who wants to see Zuko get dragged into his redemption arc by his soulmates?
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 16,840
- Chapters:
- 6/6
- Collections:
- 22
- Comments:
- 908
- Kudos:
- 17,498
- Bookmarks:
- 4,132
- Hits:
- 200,731
Bookmarked by BenTheBard
19 Feb 2023
-
Tags
Summary
Zuko was supposed to die that night, at his father's hands and at the behest of his grandfather.
Ursa was supposed to vanish that night, and take nothing with her but her name.
Things didn't exactly go to plan.
OR: spirited away from the fire nation by their mother and abandoned to a life of poverty and running, zuko and azula learn to manage. right until the avatar and his friends drop way too cheerfully into their life, and the war returns to them in earnest. a story of hope, hardship and learning to believe in humanity again. zuko wants absolutely nothing to do with it, thank you.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 85,678
- Chapters:
- 9/20
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 677
- Kudos:
- 2,083
- Bookmarks:
- 705
- Hits:
- 44,709
Bookmarked by BenTheBard
16 Feb 2023
-
Tags
Summary
“Sorry, little brother,” he says. His thumbs trace the muscles in his neck. “You know. It was a neat trick. But I’m afraid you just aren’t that special, in the end.”
Or: In a world where after Eight escapes, and before Eleven, another child makes it out of the lab.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 26,047
- Chapters:
- 3/3
- Collections:
- 10
- Comments:
- 494
- Kudos:
- 3,203
- Bookmarks:
- 1,004
- Hits:
- 26,687
Bookmarked by BenTheBard
18 Jan 2023
-
Tags
Summary
One hundred words a day with the tags updated as we go on. A daily drabble of a scene, character meta, funny conversation, or generally just anything I think of. You guys can toss me prompts in the comments if you want!
Day Eighty Six: "Why do you take so many pictures?"
Series
- Part 1 of Daily Drabbles and Extended Versions
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 60,250
- Chapters:
- 125/?
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 1,072
- Kudos:
- 932
- Bookmarks:
- 106
- Hits:
- 29,748
Bookmarked by BenTheBard
17 Jan 2023
-
Tags
Summary
One of them is in college, Josh and Maisie are pretty sure, at Emerson. The other three work an odd variety of hours. They have a large amount of makeshift weapons littered where anyone can grab them, they’re all covered in scars, and whenever the lights in the hallway flicker they jump about three feet in the air.
Or, the kids that live in apartment 4B are weird.
Series
- Part 1 of 4B ‘verse
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 4,089
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 18
- Comments:
- 403
- Kudos:
- 8,371
- Bookmarks:
- 1,228
- Hits:
- 43,663
Bookmarked by BenTheBard
16 Jan 2023
-
Tags
Summary
Lee is an Earth Kingdom refugee who has recently moved to Ba Sing Se to escape... something. But new city, new Lee. That should be the end of the story. But Lee’s got this scar that he didn’t know about, a surprise Uncle who calls him Zuko, and the Dai Li watching from his shadow.
* side effects may include but not restricted to: minortomajormemoryloss,brainwashing,loosingtime,andparanoia
Bookmarked by BenTheBard
03 Jan 2023
-
Tags
Summary
The Lower Ring’s rumor mill churns wildly. It spits out tales of secret police, the Avatar’s return, and young men dragged away after a violent fight. From his position at the tea house, Lee’s heard them all. He has better things to worry about, though- for one, the cute Water Tribe boy who seems to be pursuing him.
(Or, after his altercation with Jet, the Dai Li take away Zuko and return with Lee.)
Series
- Part 1 of Lost Days
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 60,222
- Chapters:
- 17/17
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 885
- Kudos:
- 2,912
- Bookmarks:
- 472
- Hits:
- 52,791
Bookmarked by BenTheBard
03 Jan 2023
-
(do you take this jerk to be) your one and only by jatersade
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
28 Dec 2020
Tags
Summary
Under the leadership of Fire Lord Iroh, the Fire Nation has made every attempt to restore peace and make amends for the harm they inflicted during the Seventy-Year War. Their newest proposal is a literal proposal: a marriage to unite the Fire Nation and the Water Tribes.
The Fire Nation offers Prince Zuko’s hand.
The Water Tribes offer Princess Yue’s.
Sokka is apparently the only person in the world who has a problem with any of this.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 55,843
- Chapters:
- 10/10
- Comments:
- 2,981
- Kudos:
- 22,484
- Bookmarks:
- 5,842
- Hits:
- 321,931
Bookmarked by BenTheBard
06 Dec 2022
-
Tags
Summary
Zuko Sozin has been bounced from foster family to foster family since his father burned half his face off at age 13. He's never been with a family like this one, though. This one's got two dads, foster siblings who actually seem to want to get to know him, and a high school with a yearly musical.
This one might just be for forever. But if Zuko's learned one thing in his life, it's not to hope for that kind of luck.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 35,822
- Chapters:
- 10/10
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 284
- Kudos:
- 1,666
- Bookmarks:
- 328
- Hits:
- 25,188
Bookmarked by BenTheBard
30 Nov 2022
-
Summary
zuko has prophetic dreams because he's spirit-blessed.
post agni kai, he runs away and finds himself in Makapu, adopted by aunt wu.- Words:
- 11,045
- Works:
- 4
- Bookmarks:
- 81
Bookmarked by BenTheBard
22 Nov 2022
-
Tags
Summary
If Zuko were to write down a list of things he likes, space would be on top of it, followed directly by Sokka. Perhaps the two might even be tied. This truth scares Zuko, because he loves space a lot.
Zuko’s passionate regard for the vast, unknown cosmos makes sense to him; who wouldn’t be invigorated by it? To possess such extreme feelings towards another person, though…young as he may be, Zuko is pretty sure that goes beyond friendship.
OR: Two boys and their journey to walk on the moon.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 6,195
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 117
- Kudos:
- 278
- Bookmarks:
- 57
- Hits:
- 1,995
Bookmarked by BenTheBard
09 Nov 2022
-
you were made for me (but i chose you on my own) by itadorisfushi
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
30 Oct 2022
Tags
Summary
“Is the red string of fate real?” Without being able to help herself, Ursa glances down at her left pinkie, the perfectly knotted red a stark contrast to her lighter skin as its end unravels and disappears to a person she can never be with. A sad smile makes its way to her face as she looks up at Zuko’s hands. It is not a full knot yet, but the beginnings of something beautiful have begun to weave around her son’s soul. Ursa hopes that she’s around long enough to see it.
“Yes, it is,” she pauses. “And it also isn’t.”
Bookmarked by BenTheBard
31 Oct 2022
-
Tags
Summary
Iroh has sent letter after letter to Ba Sing Se, looking to end the war permanently. They haven't responded... until now.
Zuko is an Ambassador.
Azula is a spy.
And Long Feng wonders... why rule one kingdom when you can have three?
Series
- Part 3 of To End a War
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 11,832
- Chapters:
- 13/13
- Collections:
- 4
- Comments:
- 372
- Kudos:
- 2,461
- Bookmarks:
- 260
- Hits:
- 26,724
Bookmarked by BenTheBard
30 Oct 2022
-
Tags
Summary
The real reason Steve never really dates anymore is this: the nightmares and the secrets behind them.
In the middle of the night, reeling from bad dreams, Steve properly starts on the mixtape Eddie made for him. Master of Puppets made Eddie feel invincible once. Maybe Steve can borrow that feeling for one night.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 10,856
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 12
- Comments:
- 694
- Kudos:
- 4,617
- Bookmarks:
- 1,552
- Hits:
- 33,310
Bookmarked by BenTheBard
05 Oct 2022
-
Tags
Summary
Zuko tries.
Agni, he tries. Uncle wants so desperately for him to do the right thing, and he wants to, he does, he does, he does-
So when the Water Tribe girl looks at him with wild eyes, begging for help, and Azula raises one eyebrow with a sneer, Zuko chooses.
Azula’s scream of anger when he blasts a fireball in her direction is almost worth the twenty Dai Li agents that immediately surround him.
(or: Zuko is taken prisoner by Azula in the catacombs. Turns out, being kept miles away from the sun isn't so great for your bending.)
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 8,570
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 10
- Comments:
- 196
- Kudos:
- 8,349
- Bookmarks:
- 1,879
- Hits:
- 55,555
Bookmarked by BenTheBard
04 Oct 2022