18 Works by goatsghost
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“Can I do your makeup next time?” El asks, her mouth hanging open as she does her mascara before school.
“What—no! I mean—” Will focuses on not choking on his piece of toast. They have five minutes before Argyle pulls up in his Surfer Boy van, and Will will not be wearing makeup to school. He just won’t.
Will helps El with her makeup. It quickly becomes a routine. El wants to know when she can return the favor, but it’s a more loaded question than she realizes.
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- Part 1 of willel bonding fics
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Riz finds love at first sight when catching a glimpse of the Gnomish boy in Fig’s Bard class. His friends are happy for him, his mom says he’s so much like Dad, and no one’s listening to him when he says there’s something wrong here. His skin crawls as the crush develops — he knows he’s not supposed to feel this way, and there’s nothing he can do to stop it.
(based on this tumblr post describing the horror of an aroace person taking a love potion)
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Samwell Gotch prides himself on being a constant, reliable figure in his younger brothers’ lives, but he fails Maxwell on day one. He’ll spend his entire life making up for it.
Or: one time Samwell couldn’t hold his brother, and five times following where he can.
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Water Cooler Talk by goatsghost
Fandoms: Superman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics), Superman: Son of Kal-El (Comics 2021)
20 Mar 2025
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Jay Nakamura is good at his PR job at Steelworks, but his coworkers seem to be far more interested in his scandalous love life, with both Superman and Jon Kent.
Or: four times various Steelworks media employees misunderstand Jay’s relationship(s) with Jon and Superman, and the one time they’re all set straight.
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Rolan is the eldest, he has to take responsibility for his family. And he fails. Many, many times. But that doesn’t mean he will stop trying.
Or: 5 times Rolan fails his siblings over the years, and the 1 time he finally succeeds
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Through a series of time travel shenanigans, each former-Robin is faced with their younger selves. They are all so different from what they remember.
Loosely based on @iwanttoshareamorange’s tumblr post
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Girl Troubles by goatsghost
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics), Gotham Knights (Video Game 2022)
22 Dec 2024
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“Do you… like sex? Like, do you see someone and know you want to fuck them?”
Dick groans and puts his head in his hands. This will never end. He’s in hell, that’s what this is. He never made it back from patrol and Satan has a really bad sense of humor.Or, Dick invites Jason to Blüdhaven to discuss his girl problems, and may unlock some sexuality issues he’d never considered before.
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gi melin, and other impromptu confessions by goatsghost
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Tim Drake: Robin (comic), tim drake: robin
26 Jun 2024
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Tim is dosed with an experimental truth serum right before his movie night date with Bernard. In his determination to not reveal his superhero identity, other confessions may come out instead.
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teenage years by goatsghost
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Grayson (Comics), Robin (Comics)
17 Feb 2023
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Damian is fifteen now, which, of course, means Richard has opinions on the types of "teenage experiences" Damian shouldn't miss out on — one of which being driving lessons.
He'll humor him for the time being.
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- Part 1 of teenage years
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5 times other people step in to help Will in his struggle of loving Mike, and the 1 time they don't need to. Or, all the spots in the Mike Wheeler Hate Club have been filled, unbeknownst to Will. He has an entire support network watching out for him, giving Mike Wheeler dirty looks on his behalf.
( Prompt: Big Brother Instinct )
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- Part 4 of Bad Things Happen Bingo
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Will and El both struggle with garnering Mike's attention after their move to Lenora. Heart-to-hearts are had, and though both love and ache over Mike, they will always put each other first. No boy will ever come between them, especially not Mike Wheeler.
A sort of season 4 fix-it, with some pre-season sibling bonding.
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- Part 2 of willel bonding fics
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Sizhui hadn’t always known what they meant—the torn flower petals drenched in blood that fell from his father’s lips every now and again. At some point, they’d become normal. And he’d forgotten not everyone’s father was slowly dying from heartbreak.
5 times Sizhui had to watch Lan Wangji suffer from hanahaki, and the 1 time he allowed himself to hope.Series
- Part 3 of Bad Things Happen Bingo
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At a gala, Cass notices someone slipping something in her drink, but she’s not able to decline without bringing unwanted attention to herself. Here we go, she thinks, and tips the drink back, downing it in one go.
Prompt: Tampering With Food/Drink
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- Part 2 of Bad Things Happen Bingo
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In an attempt to recreate his plan for vengeance from Under the Red Hood, Jason not only secures the Joker and Batman, but Robin, this time, as well. Batman had chosen the Joker’s life over Jason’s last time, maybe he’d choose differently now, with a different son on the line.
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- Part 1 of Bad Things Happen Bingo
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Taako's always had extra colors on his skin; he never paid it too much mind.
(That was a lie—he might not have purposely brought it to the forefront of his mind, but it killed him to wonder how he’d gotten so many extra soulmarks, and how they’d been so bright and important, without him noticing. What kind of soulmate was he, if he couldn’t remember a thing about them?)
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Soulmate AU where your first touch with someone leaves a color behind, and Taako has six distinct, bold colors completely unaccounted for. He figures them all out eventually. -
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Cassandra has struggled with verbal communication all her life. But at least, in this family, what else is new?
4+1 family interactions during Cass’ language journey, modeled after the linguistic “feral child” case study of Genie Wiley.
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After The Flowers Have Gone From My Chest by goatsghost
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
15 Jan 2021
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Bakugou nearly dies from Hanahaki Disease, but last minute emergency surgery pulls him through.
Now he’s left with no memories of the person he almost killed himself over, his supposed best friends, or half the things he’s done this year. Strange pieces put themselves together in his fractured memories as he heals, but finding out who he used to love doesn’t mean he’ll get a second chance, does it? Still, odds like those have never stopped Bakugou before.
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Xue Yang realizes he barely has one day left with Xiao Xingchen and A-Qing until Song Zichen catches up with them and ruins everything.
He decides to make it the best day they’ve ever had.