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While You Were Missing by caffeinatedbasil
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, White Collar (TV 2009)
03 Aug 2024
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A familiar redheaded child darts across the bullpen with a shout of “PAPA!” and barrels into Jason’s arms.
“Lian–” He breathes.
Jason's undercover work as Neal Caffrey is difficult for several reasons. He didn't anticipate that single parenting would be one of them, though.
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- Part 1 of Triple Red
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- English
- Words:
- 85,629
- Chapters:
- 12/12
- Comments:
- 2,431
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- 8,394
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- 1,991
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- 124,715
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14 Mar 2026
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After a life dominated by a strange form of sickness, Thorin is sent to the Shire to seek a cure only Bilbo Baggins can offer.
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- English
- Words:
- 55,643
- Chapters:
- 9/9
- Collections:
- 4
- Comments:
- 949
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- 7,366
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- 2,260
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- 102,541
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08 Mar 2026
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“Not good,” Remus said tightly, already reaching for his wand.
“Bloody hell,” Sirius muttered, eyes wide.
Before anyone could react further, three sigils tore free from the page like molten brands. It floated in the air before James, Lily, and Regulus. The light engulfed them, wrapping around their figures in blinding arcs.
“Don’t move!” Lily shouted, even as her outline blurred in the glow.
Regulus tried to wrench himself free, but the magic caught him fast, pulling him upright. His glare shot toward James through the searing light. “This is your fault—”
And then the glow swallowed them whole.
The dormitory vanished.
Or…
In which three people destined to die have to deal with a fifteen-year-old chosen one, the future, fate, and the horrors of romance.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 68,570
- Chapters:
- 10/?
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 153
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- 798
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- 211
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- 15,483
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19 Feb 2026
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this love burns so yellow (becoming orange and in its time, exploding) by meliebee
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
16 Jun 2020
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Ten months after Zuko is crowned at seventeen, he faces his first coup.
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- English
- Words:
- 18,767
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 25
- Comments:
- 596
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- 14,608
- Bookmarks:
- 4,511
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- 136,718
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27 Nov 2025
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Louder Than Words by NotforNothing
Fandom Batman - All Media Types, Justice League - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types
27 Jan 2026
- Words:
- 17,071
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- 5
- Bookmarks:
- 127
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24 Nov 2025
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The Interview by Icannotthinkofapenname
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types
13 Feb 2025
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The billionaire suddenly held out an expectant upturned hand, and after a moment of confusion Clark hesitantly and gently placed his own atop the billionaire’s for an incredibly awkward handshake.
Clark may be a writer, but he couldn’t possibly conjure words to describe the puzzled amusement on Wayne’s face. “I was expecting a business card.”
“OH!” Clark flushed as he hastily pulled out the Daily Planet business card, then scrawled his name and phone number on the back.
The playboy’s eyes still sparkled with amusement as he took the card and slipped it into a pocket in his vest. “I’ll consider your offer.”━━━━ ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ━━━━
AKA: Clark Kent's first assignment: Interview Billionaire Bruce Wayne and his New Ward
(And maybe fall in love)
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- Language:
- English
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- 19,716
- Chapters:
- 11/11
- Collections:
- 6
- Comments:
- 589
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- 6,278
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- 1,307
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- 68,566
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22 Nov 2025
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The man’s voice once again broke him from his thoughts; “In my dreams I see them tortured by Fire Nation soldiers. I see my entire culture wiped from the South, our footprint upon the ice shelves gone as though we never existed, our connection with the spirits and our ancestors forgotten.” He was silent for the briefest of moments, then, “You’re Fire Nation, aren’t you?”
Zuko rolled onto his side, facing the wall, scar pressed into the arm that cushioned his head. “Once, maybe.”
“Answer me this, then; when will this war see it's end?”
Zuko, recalling the fire that had burned in Azula’s sunlit gaze the day she’d caught up to him, chose not to respond.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 134,534
- Chapters:
- 14/14
- Collections:
- 4
- Comments:
- 832
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- 6,777
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- 1,936
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- 152,850
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11 Nov 2025
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Pockets of belonging by Bergen
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies)
28 Jul 2025
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Peter never made any plans to run away, until the day he leaves. It isn’t an idea that slowly creeps up on him. He just stands over the sink one day in early spring, watching his father’s bright red ashtray bob up through the soap bubbles, and feels an overwhelming urge to get the hell out of this place.
Two years later. Tony Stark has been keeping his identity as Iron Man a secret, successfully hiding behind his spoiled, rich asshole persona. It’s isolating, but he doesn’t even like people anyway, so it’s fine, he’s fine, he’s great. And then he gets saddled with a new intern, who isn’t just hiding secrets: he’s barely holding it together.- Language:
- English
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- 100,000
- Chapters:
- 19/19
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- 1,564
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- 3,431
- Bookmarks:
- 771
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- 71,124
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19 Oct 2025
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for good by Madelinedear
Fandoms: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel
27 Mar 2018
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"Sorry, May, we can't all be best friends with a celebrity.”
May opens her mouth to retort reflexively, the words 'we aren’t even friends' on the tip of her tongue before she closes her mouth. Because they are friends, now. They’re way past that point.
Oh my god, she thinks somewhat hysterically. Tony Stark is my best friend.
(or; Tony Stark, May Parker, and the road to something like friendship)
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- Part 1 of call you home
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 8,383
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 19
- Comments:
- 323
- Kudos:
- 8,867
- Bookmarks:
- 1,798
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- 71,132
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13 Oct 2025
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In which Merlin is blind, and Arthur is unsurprisingly protective.
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- English
- Words:
- 8,219
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Comments:
- 115
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- 11,515
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- 1,684
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- 138,674
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16 Aug 2025
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A modern magical comedy very loosely based on Ugly Betty. Publishing king Uther Pendragon has had enough of his playboy son seducing every female assistant he has ever had so he hires Merlin, a man he is sure Arthur will never sleep with. Merlin would be more insulted by this fact if he wasn’t so busy trying to juggle his duties, save Arthur's skin from ruthless fashionistas and keep his magic a secret at the same time. Expect appearances by oil-lathered knights, the occasional mad druid, a perverted Will and a mental caretaker who lives in the basement and keeps harping on about coins and destiny.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 112,645
- Chapters:
- 2/2
- Collections:
- 5
- Comments:
- 815
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- 14,204
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- 5,229
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- 370,517
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16 Aug 2025
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Family You Made (Go Back, Do it Again) by JUBE514
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU, DCU (Comics)
23 May 2022
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He’s nine again– nine and new and knows so many things now so rather than try to go back–
He thinks he has the chance to make things right.
The bright blue trainers he puts on are a pair he hasn’t worn in forever, something he never thought about after he grew out of them (will grow out of?) a year from now, and sets off into the night and into the rain.
The plan he has in his brain is not really a plan, moreso just a couple of half thrown ideas and maybe five steps into building back the life he had in the most painless way he could.
Maybe, he thinks, maybe this plan can start off with the family he misses– because he’s sixty and most of them too injured or too old or too dead–
Call him selfish but he misses them. He would rather find them than get himself back into that lonely existence he called a life before he woke up at nine.
Dick makes do because that’s all he can do really.
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Dick gets sent back in time, but don't worry, he's got this. (Probably)
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 50,847
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 23
- Comments:
- 599
- Kudos:
- 14,137
- Bookmarks:
- 4,950
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- 153,521
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02 Aug 2025
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Unhinged and Unrelated Jason Todd Content by AddictedApple
Fandom Batman - All Media Types
22 Jul 2025
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I decided to gather all my Jason Todd-centric fics into a series so people can find them easily.
They are in order of when I wrote them (and thus also in order of least canon to most canon compliant).
Enjoy!
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- 187,968
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- 4
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- 465
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23 Jul 2025
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“No, you don’t understand,” Wayne cut in, gesturing back at the abandoned warehouse at the edge of the taped-off scene. “These–kidnapping attempts–always start out the same way. Remove the clothes. Humiliate the victim. Make them feel powerless, so they’re less likely to fight back. Remove all sense of their personality so they’re more likely to comply–”
Jim tuned out his rant slightly, examining the small bats on Wayne’s boxers. Ignoring the fact that no underwear was meant to be worn that tight, the tiny decorations were almost…familiar.
“–well, guess what, kidnappers?” Wayne punctuated his point with a jab of his hand, gesturing at his underwear. “I don’t feel powerless. My personality is right here–-”
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 2,673
- Chapters:
- 3/3
- Collections:
- 10
- Comments:
- 360
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- 19,138
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- 2,946
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- 114,947
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21 Jul 2025
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Jason Todd, Red Hood, and the Park Row Public Library (and her librarians).
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- English
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- 20,745
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 33
- Comments:
- 296
- Kudos:
- 4,799
- Bookmarks:
- 1,881
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- 36,548
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24 Mar 2025
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"Perhaps that would be the solution to all of this. Just scream and scream and scream until he disrupted everyone in the building, until he made them all feel as uncomfortable as he was feeling today. Until maybe, just maybe, they could understand a sliver of his pain. He was dying and he had gained a third of a stone and he was dying and he was dying and he was dying–"
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part two to 'the sea is a good place to think of the future' (read that first, this is NOT a stand alone fic)
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- Part 2 of the sea is a good place
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 46,695
- Chapters:
- 8/8
- Comments:
- 325
- Kudos:
- 1,049
- Bookmarks:
- 239
- Hits:
- 20,893
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09 Jul 2024
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James meets Regulus in juvie.
Nine years later, James has a new life entirely separate from his past. His friends have no idea he has a criminal record or spent time in foster care. He means to keep it this way.
When Sirius finally decides it's time for James to meet his little brother, they're all in for a shock.
The past is a little harder to leave behind than James bargained for. It follows.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 75,759
- Chapters:
- 10/10
- Collections:
- 15
- Comments:
- 1,155
- Kudos:
- 12,043
- Bookmarks:
- 2,990
- Hits:
- 227,544
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29 Jun 2024
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Beware the monster (it stares at you) by gelation
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies)
05 Dec 2021
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Spider-man was a monster, yes, but he was also a safeguard.
Because here, he finally realizes that the people of Queens were able to sleep at night knowing they were safe not despite the fact that Spider-man was a monster but because he was a monster.
He is reminded that Spider-man was a hero and for mutants like him?
That meant the world.this is a companion fic to Aegis but can be read as a standalone
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- Part 5 of What makes a hero?
- Part 46 of Angel's Marvel One-Shots and Fics
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,565
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 40
- Kudos:
- 3,681
- Bookmarks:
- 328
- Hits:
- 31,402
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13 Jun 2024
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Regulus Black dies on a Tuesday.
Somewhere in the countryside of Italy, another man lives.
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- Part 1 of anti-hero(and anti-hero adjacent)verse
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 237,835
- Chapters:
- 41/41
- Collections:
- 16
- Comments:
- 1,388
- Kudos:
- 9,074
- Bookmarks:
- 3,282
- Hits:
- 382,528
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01 Jun 2024
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In For A Penny by gender_bender08
Fandoms: Spider-Man - All Media Types, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Captain America (Movies), Hawkeye (Comics), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
13 Jul 2023
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Peter meets Daredevil when the man saves him from a shootout.
He meets Deadpool when the guy’s trying to steal a car.
He meets the Punisher when Red brings him to the gym.
He meets Jessica Jones when she corners him on a streetlight.
He meets Hawkeye when Jessica’s hired to solve one of his assassinations.All of this to say, he meets a lot of people before he meets Tony Stark.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 6,085
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Comments:
- 130
- Kudos:
- 9,167
- Bookmarks:
- 1,861
- Hits:
- 55,150
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23 May 2024