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   Silver Linings by TheAuthorWhoWrote

   Fandoms: The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   14 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Shalla-Bal (Marvel Cinematic Universe)/Johnny Storm
   • Shalla-Bal (Marvel Cinematic Universe) & Johnny Storm
   • Ben Grimm & Franklin Richards & Reed Richards & Johnny Storm & Susan Storm
   • Johnny Storm
   • Shalla-Bal (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
   • Ben Grimm
   • Franklin Richards
   • Susan Storm (Fantastic Four)
   • Reed Richards
   • Post-Canon
   • Pining
   • Alternate Universe
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Pre-Relationship
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Eventual Fluff
   • Family Feels
   • Found Family
   • Sue is a good mother
   • Reed is trying as a dad and that’s what counts
   • Ben is a fantastic uncle
   • Johnny Storm uncle of the year
   • Good Uncle Ben Grimm
   • Good Uncle Johnny Storm
   • Good Parent Reed Richards
   • Good Parent Susan Storm (Fantastic Four)
   • Angst and Feels
   • Character Study
   • Family Fluff
   • Baby Franklin Richards
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Slow Burn
   • Whump
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Silvertorch
   • Extremely Slow Burn
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Getting to Know Each Other
   • Everyone Needs A Hug
   • POV Multiple

   Summary

   When Shalla-Bal returns, not as Galactus’ herald but as something freer, they meet again in the silence between forgiveness and longing. Suspended above a healing world, two beings shaped by fire and starlight hover just out of reach— learning to speak, to trust, and to wonder if the space between them might one day close.

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   English

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