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Trust in the Dark by SilverSkiesAtMidnight for Did_you_see_the_light_in_my_heart
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
09 Mar 2024
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The darkness leading down to the dungeons feels like it wants to swallow Tim, the absence of light a vacuum.
He navigates the descent by touch.
His bare feet trace the edge of each stone step before he takes it, trying to feel past the frozen numbness that’s thoroughly claimed his toes and is making a run for his ankles. He keeps his left hand on the wall to steady himself.
His other hand clutches the handle of his basket like his life depends on it.
Or. Not his life.
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08 Jun 2025
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There’s a crime scene board set up off to one side. Bruce wanders over to examine it while Batman goes about preparing the tests he’ll want to complete to make sure Bruce isn’t going to tear the fabric of spacetime apart.
He vaguely remembers this case. It was already a cold case even by the time Dick arrived, a murder whose trails had gone nowhere. It was one of the files he’d dusted off and given to Tim to practice his skills.
He hums approvingly as he studies the board. Tim’s getting close - once he finds the witness Bruce had overlooked the first time, he’ll have the lead he needs to crack the case.
Then he frowns, touching one of the photos of the building. It’s not one of the original crime scene photos, nor one of the ones Bruce himself had taken when the crime was fresh. Tim must have gone himself to take them after Bruce gave him the case.
Pride sparks in his chest, twisted with shame.
“Have you looked at this?” he asks, raising his voice enough for his younger self to hear him over by the monitors.
Batman grunts, glancing over and then away again. “It’s a cold case,” he says. “Robin’s been working on it.”
“I know that,” Bruce responds. “Have you looked at it?”
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06 Jun 2025
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Carry Me Slowly My Sunlight by SilverSkiesAtMidnight
Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types
02 Apr 2022
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He raps lightly on the door frame, and Bruce looks up from his paperwork, the lines of concentration on his face falling away to be replaced by a smile as he sees Tim.
“Hey,” he says, turning in his chair to face him. “It’s good to see you. How was your check-up?”
The lines around his eyes are deeper than they used to be, a few strands of gray peeking through at his temples that weren’t there a year ago.
Tim smiles back, holding up the small pharmacy bag in his hand. “Got my antibiotics.”
He walks over, dropping down on the couch, the leather seat soft and familiar beneath him. He can feel his father’s careful gaze like a weight, knows he can pick up on the tension in Tim’s frame, the way his fingers crinkle the plastic bag nervously. He doesn’t bother to try and disguise his anxiety, just gets to the point. “I have to go off my suppressants.”
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06 Jun 2025
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The Age of Miscommunication by SilverSkiesAtMidnight
Fandoms: The Hobbit - All Media Types
30 Sep 2019
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“It’s got such a presence to it, even from a distance,” Bilbo says softly, and there’s a general murmur of awed agreement from the others. “Why, in all my fifty years, I never thought I’d see such a thing, and we haven’t even arrived yet!”
Thorin’s sword hits the ground with a clatter, and Balin chokes on his pipe.
The hobbit doesn’t look at Thorin, too busy thumping Balin on the back. Once the dwarf seems able to breathe again, he looks up, to find thirteen wide pairs of eyes fixed on him.
“What?” he says defensively, though he’s not sure what he’s defending.
“You’re how old?” Kíli squeaks.
Bilbo frowns at the young dwarf. “I’m fifty years old. Well, fifty-one, come springtime. Though it is not very polite to ask someone their age so bluntly,” he tells him primly.
Fíli makes a choked sound, and Nori lets out a vicious string of swears in Khuzdul.
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06 Jun 2025
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“Here,” Jason says, passing the tray over to Damian. “Go bring Dick this.”
Damian redirects his scowl, but the furrow in his brow looks more curious than angry now. “What is it?”
“Papanasi,” he answers. “It’s, uh. It’s something his family used to make.”
Damian accepts the tray, holding it as carefully as he would delicate electronics. “And this will…make him happy?”
He doesn’t laugh at him. “Nah, kid,” he says wearily. “He’s not going to be happy until he knows his family is safe. But it’ll help.”
The smaller boy clambers down from the stool, taking care not to drop the dessert as he does. He hesitates on his way out of the kitchen. “I…am looking forward to Drake’s safe return,” he says.
Jason snorts. “For Grayson’s sake, yeah, yeah.”
“Yes,” he says, shifting on his feet. “For Grayson’s sake.” Another beat, and finally he pads out of the room, very seriously balancing the tray that looks ridiculously large in his small arms.
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The ransom call comes the following morning.
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06 Jun 2025
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For All The Just Alike Birds by SilverSkiesAtMidnight for Scarlet_Ribbons
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
30 Dec 2022
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It starts the stupidest way anything has ever gone wrong in Tim’s life.
It starts when he falls asleep in the shower.
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06 Jun 2025
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Always Another Blood Spilled, Another Blood Shared by SilverSkiesAtMidnight
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics)
02 Oct 2021
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He’s almost surprised by the bitterness that floods the back of his burning throat. Of course Bruce didn’t really come and save him.
He never did when it counted.
He’s alone in this, the same way he was before, and that’s okay. He’s not just Jason this time, not just a stupid, reckless kid in a brightly colored death shroud. He’s the fucking Red Hood.
“Jason?” a tiny voice croaks.
Ah, shit.
Day 1 - ALL TRUSSED UP AND STILL NOWHERE TO GO
"You have to let go” | barbed wire | boundSeries
- Part 1 of Whumptober 2021
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04 Jun 2025
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@lieutenantobvious | so batman hates batgirl, huh
@ohnoourtableitsbroken3 | omg why is this so embarrassing??? im embarrassed FOR her
@sugarsweetbabiex | god i want batdaddy to shout at me too
Babs sees a little face over her crossword puzzle and a pair of impossibly light blue eyes looking at her. She jolts, clutching her chest.
“Hi,” Tim says obliviously, casually balancing his weight on her drawn-up knees with his soft gummy palms. “You look sad.”
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15-year-old Babs has never needed validation from anyone, but... Batman's latest words to her have left her spiraling. It would be a good time for a mental health break, if not for the men trying to kidnap 5-year-old Timothy Drake while she's babysitting him.- Language:
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04 Jun 2025
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There’s a vampire out there. A pureblood, who feeds on bad people in Gotham. Even other vampires, if they’ve got blood.
The Batman.
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04 Jun 2025
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[Currently being edited.]
No vampires are allowed in Port-Gadrel; and that's why Barmond, a weak and expendable half-blood vampire, is the one chosen by his clan to spy on the powerful incubus that rules over it, ram Ranphoros.
During his stay, he comes across handsome, powerful, werewolf pack leader Hugo, although that's not supposed to be good news: the man just so happens to be Ranphoros's second in command. In other words, they are not friends and they will never be, according to Barmond.
Of course, the last thing he wants is to be noticed by Hugo. And, of course, because of his rotten luck, this is exactly what happens. Barmond will soon learn that to catch Hugo's attention in quite an intense experience... just not in the way he thought it would be.
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- Part 1 of City Underdark
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02 Jun 2025
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met god yesterday (he says he misses you) by Azurlite
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
29 May 2025
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It takes Bob three weeks to figure out he can’t stay dead.
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- Part 1 of met god yesterday
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31 May 2025
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John assumes the Bad Guy Group of the Week kidnaps the first team member they can get their hands on, which just so happens to be him. But when they finally get him to whatever shithole they’re taking him to, he sees that he’s not the only one they grabbed.
“Oh, hey,” Bob says, not seeming nearly as upset about this as he should be if he’s pretending to be some helpless civilian. When John just blinks at him, he adds, “I’m the leverage.”
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31 May 2025
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31 May 2025
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Bob goes looking for comfort in John after a nightmare and John doesn't send him away.
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31 May 2025
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Wilson frowns. “Who is Bob?”
“Bob,” a chorus of voices echoes, as six hands gesture emphatically toward the reading chair.
Wilson glances back and forth between Walker and Bob, his frown deepening. “You are saying these two are … engaged?” he asks, suspiciously.
Yelena cannot blame him for having questions. Positioned on opposite sides of the room, not quite looking at each other, both very clearly unhappy with current developments, Walker and Bob certainly don’t look like a couple of newly engaged lovebirds. If anything, they look divorced.
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31 May 2025
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John's friend Edward is a real nice guy, especially towards him. The reason why makes him question himself and his own morality.
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31 May 2025
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There was only one Silver Skalitz in Bohemia, and it had already burned to the ground.
It stood to reason that there was only one Henry of Skalitz in the world, too.
No more painful feeling exists than realizing you're in love with a dead man. (Even if you still don't know this particular agony is called love.)
Or: while Hans Capon languishes at Maleshov Fortress, he denies the truth--that Henry was captured, tortured, and killed by Istvan Toth--to himself for as long as he can, until it becomes inescapable.
Set during the canon KCD 2 storyline; spoilers for the Taking French Leave quest.
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- Part 4 of in toto corde meo
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26 May 2025
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I thought I could make a series here of the KCD art I did and will do in the future! Enjoy 💖
(characters/ships/nsfw warning always mentioned in the chapter titles!)If you wanna follow me, I share all my art on Bluesky and Instagram under @kanekolinkk
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26 May 2025
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Adder can't stop thinking about his night with Janosh.
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- Part 2 of the fingerverse
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23 May 2025
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Erik’s alive, and he can’t eat. The last thing he had today was his mother’s breakfast.
An exploration into the early days between Erik and Ištván.
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23 May 2025