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Jonathan makes it all of five steps before it all goes wrong.
Behind him, Will says, “Mike?”
Mike does not reply. Jonathan glances over his shoulder, mid-step, and pulls up short in confusion at what he sees. Mike is still by the van where the darkness is deepest, his white t-shirt dappled with darker shadows, standing stock-still. Unnervingly still. Stiller than Jonathan has ever seen him. No bouncing leg, no tapping finger, no nothing; he’s just standing there, staring down at his blood-covered hands in a faraway sort of fascination.
His wet blood-covered hands.
(or, jonathan's always known mike is willing to do a lot for his little brother. he just never understood exactly how much.)
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14 Oct 2025
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I Will Follow You (Into The Dark) by RoseByAnyOtherName17
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
17 Sep 2025
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Maybe One is right; maybe Will hates him, wants him dead. Maybe Will lied that night, months ago, when he promised Mike that he would never join One willingly, no matter what the bastard was telling him in the seemingly endless nightmares that plagued him. When he tried to make Mike promise that he would do whatever it took to end this, no matter what happened to Will in the process.
Mike wouldn’t make that promise. He just promised Will, in his own head, that if it came down to it, neither one of them would die without knowing the truth. And Mike can’t breathe right now, let alone form the words out loud, so instead, he begins to tap on Will’s hand. Familiar dots and dashes, determined to keep his promise.
I, he taps, unable to hear anything over the roaring in his ears.
Love, he taps, watching One move Will's mouth through blurred vision.
You, he taps, and something in those brown eyes flickers, just for a moment.
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In which Will is possessed by One and Mike figures, if he's going to die, he might as well pour out his heart anyway. (Spoiler alert: he doesn't die.)
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06 Oct 2025
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Waste A Moment (It's Only Love) by RoseByAnyOtherName17
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 Sep 2025
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Mike’s love for Will was a weakness they couldn’t afford anymore.
He was thinking this as they left his old room, descended the staircase, flashed their intention to leave through the kitchen light and received confirmation from Joyce and his mom. He was thinking this as they stepped back out into his garage, where he finally opened his mouth and said, “Am I too late?”
Will, a few steps in front of him underneath the lone garage light, turned. “What?”
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Where Mike and Will get stuck in the Upside Down and somehow, that's not their biggest problem. Mike's timing, however...
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06 Oct 2025
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The Cassandra Metaphor by writersagainstwritersblock
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Justice League - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics), Teen Titans - All Media Types
16 Sep 2025
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Through the carnage came a figure cloaked in shadow, she appeared to move through the bodies rather than step on top of them. Even standing somewhere around seven or eight feet tall, she was far too humanoid to be a foe, they had long since abandoned their ruse of playing at humanity. She wore a cloak that appeared to dissipate and knit together like threads of smoke, the gossamer threads like the grey of a new dawn. Under the hood, he could only just make out her eyes, a clouded sky blue, pupils, and her gaze unending.
She stopped before him, their eyes meeting through his tears. There was no empathy in her gaze, only his own agony reflected back at him, though her hand was light as a soft breeze as she tipped his chin up.
“Please,” Dick said, even though he didn’t know what he was asking for: release, mercy, death.
“You long to go back.”
“Yes.”
“For a different outcome.”
Dick nearly choked on the word, “yes.”
“I can make it so. I can give you the gift of foresight, but I warn you, it comes at great sacrifice as it does for anyone else who it is bestowed upon.”
Dick Grayson may not be able to change everything, but my god, is he going to try.
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30 Sep 2025
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Banking on It by helpivefallenandicantgetup
Fandoms: Teen Titans (Animated Series), Teen Titans - All Media Types, DCU, DCU (Comics), Cyborg (DCU Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)
14 Apr 2024
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Six months into his Titans tenure, Cyborg's first solo hostage situation gets complicated.
"...the teenager laying on the beige-tiled floor to the right finally glances back over his outstretched arm, dark glasses sliding slightly down their nose as blue eyes widen over the rims. Cyborg's own mismatched eyes widen in response because oh-shit-wait-that's-Robin."
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17 Sep 2025