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    Jason Todd grew up with a fundamental fear of being seen. Not in the sense of shyness, but in the sense of shame. He supposed, if he wished to contemplate the fear’s origins, he might start where most tragedies do:
    The house he grew up in.
    Where the act of wanting was as good as a death sentence to that desire.
    He supposed he might even make an argument for the statement “people become what they are called”. He thinks that might have some merit, looking back.
    What he fears most, (like most other people), is how obvious it is to others. The fear itself.
    He wonders if they can see it.

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    Thanks to a rogue meta, the batfam gets to watch Jason's memories like a movie; and Jason just really wants a family again. But you cannot be loved if you aren't known, and well... if circumstances provide? might as well take the chance, right?

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    01 Sep 2025

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    If you asked Jason, He was never meant to last…
    Gotham hadn’t raised him to.
    It raised him to scrape, fight, steal, and run—To Survive.
    Just enough to get by—just enough to not become another whisper in a bustling city.
    Jason was never meant to live, but he sure as hell tried.

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    19 Aug 2025

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    Jason brought his knees to his chest curling into a ball. Desperately trying to stay warm as the cold concrete of Arkham pressed in. His eyes burned as tears threatened to spill.
    What is the point? They weren't coming back for him, anyway.

    Warning ⚠️ over the next few weeks I will be going back and editing previous chapters.

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    19 Aug 2025

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    What can Shoya do let finally himself be worthy of suicide?

    Is it the fact that his mother and sister will be happy knowing they no longer have to feed a useless mouth at home? Is it knowing that Shoko undoubtedly hates him for bullying her enough to transfer? Is it the fact that nobody will really ever mourn him since he’s isolated himself away from everyone?

    Can he really be set free? Is it really that easy?

    (TRIGGER WARNINGS!!!
    SUICIDE IDEATION, DEPRESSION, AND SELF HARM)

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    15 Jul 2025

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    Naruto has always masked his inner turmoil with loud laughter and reckless confidence, but beneath that façade, he's never been truly at peace. When a routine B-rank mission takes a dark and unexpected turn, it starts to unravel everything Naruto thought he knew about himself—his past, his identity, and the burden of the lives he's taken. As the lines between reality and madness blur, Naruto is thrust into a spiral of insanity and madness, forced to confront the terrifying possibility that the monster he fears might be staring back at him in the mirror.

    *Read tags for triggers*

    (This story is heavily inspired by the fic, Silence of the damned and Uzumaki’s war the sequel.)

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    11 Jun 2025