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When the front desk had triggered the lockdown and called to say Mecha Man was in the SDN lobby with the Astral Pulse in hand, turning himself in, this wasn’t exactly what she expected. Mecha Man was supposed to be menacing. He was supposed to be feared, intimidating, imposing, a force to be reckoned with both in and out of the suit. Someone you looked at and thought, damn. Now that’s a villain.
When Blazer got to the lobby, all she could think was, damn. That’s just a kid.
The same thought returned to her now, watching the shallow rise and fall of Robert’s chest as he slept in the too-big hospital bed. Around either wrist, thick restraints pinned his arms down to the metal frame of the cot. Under the blanket that was draped over his legs, she knew the same restraints were fixed at his ankles, too.
“Feels like overkill,” she muttered, shaking her head again. Chase huffed a laugh, hunching further in on himself.
“It’s not. Kid’s a scrappy motherfucker, always has been,” he said.
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Or, a villain Robert Robertson AU - featuring a hint of "brainwashed child soldier" and a whole lot of secrets.
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Find Me, Somebody by third_crow
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe
28 Dec 2025
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“Look, I’m… I’m not really in the business of exploding little innocent laboratory experiment guinea pigs,” she said, patting Bob on the shoulder. The rodent in her hand squeaked indignantly. “So why don’t you leave here with me, and maybe we find you some clothes, and, like, a clif bar or something, because you still look sort of woozy. And then you can think about killing yourself in a way where I’m not the one pressing a button. Okay?”
She smiled at him in an attempt at comfort, straightening her posture to give herself some authority, or at least an air of confidence. He looked at her, and then the bomb, and then the guinea pig, and then behind him to the shadows on the wall. And then back to her.
“Okay,” he echoed, and she was pretty sure he had a bit less doom-and-gloom nothing-matters dejection in his expression now, so maybe she said something kind of right. Maybe.
“Great. How do you feel about wearing dead people shoes? The options here are slim.”
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Or, Yelena gets sent to destroy O.X.E. Group evidence in a lab in Malaysia and finds... Bob. Bob, who was for sure a human experiment. Bob, who was definitely supposed to be dead. Bob, who absolutely knows more than he's letting on.
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I'll Get You Home by third_crow
Fandoms: Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
17 Dec 2025
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“I had scoliosis,” Peter whispered, not looking away from where they’d heard the metal snap. He had gone pale. Bucky was sure he was a few shades lighter, himself. “That’s… that’s what I was gonna say before."
“Yeah?” Bucky asked. He loosened his grip on Peter’s shoulder, but didn’t take his hand away.
“My back still hurts sometimes,” Peter explained quietly. “But that might be because of the swinging. Hard to find a strong enough chiropractor to crack it, you know? Maybe… maybe two thousand tons of concrete would do it, though.” Bucky leveled his gaze at the kid. Peter looked back at him, swallowing hard.
“Let’s call that Plan B, okay?” Bucky suggested.
“Yeah, okay,” Peter mumbled.
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Or, Peter gets caught in the collapse of a parking garage with a (mildly) concussed Bucky Barnes, and has a nice get-to-know-you sesh with our favorite super soldier while waiting for Tony to find a safe way get them out. Super chill, right? Everything's fine. Oh- and he's been impaled by two rods of rebar and can't move without risking bleeding out. That... complicates things.
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“Are you happy with yourself?” Nat asked. “You’ve made him into a circus attraction.”
“Kinda,” Rooster laughed, crossing his arms. “It's his fault for falling asleep out here. Hey, who's got a sharpie?”
“Okay–” Nat huffed, setting her hands on her hips.
“I'm kidding, I'm kidding!”
“Floyd!” she said, her voice loud and assertive, and Bob jerked awake immediately, knocking his book off of his lap.
“Huh?” he breathed, lifting his head off of the back of the armchair. Fanboy snatched Bob's wallet back from Harvard, tucking it under his leg hastily. Halo took a step back from where she was leaned over peering at his book, but she knocked her shin into the coffee table and swore. Rooster clasped his hands behind his back and tucked the twenties into his pocket, making his best attempt at a poker face, but he knew he was failing miserably. And Hangman, thank fuck, finally muted his stupid phone and looked up in earnest.
“That woke him up,” Payback said under his breath
“That'd wake any of us up,” Fanboy replied, nervously glancing at Nat. “Was she a drill sergeant in a past life?”
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Or, five times the daggers wake Bob up, and one time they can't get him to sleep.
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Sirius studied Remus’ face. He was curious what he thought of all of this, the only one of them who didn’t have a mark– theoretically– and the only one with a muggle parent. Muggles didn’t get marks, he knew. If Remus’ parents were soulmates, then they wouldn’t know it. He wondered if there was a way to tell, though. If they could just feel it, somehow, even without the help of some magical fate.
Because it seemed like something you would just know, just from being near someone, from being close enough to them, from being in the same space. Like their souls would attract like magnets or like water droplets traveling down a window, waiting to merge until the last moment when they realized they were on the same path, and then they’d become one.
Was that fate, Sirius wondered?
He realized Remus was staring back at him, his eyes puzzled and curious and warm.
Sirius looked away first and didn’t look back, pushing down something heavy and impossible in his chest.
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Or, the marauders soulmates au where your soulmate shares your scars in gold, and everyone is oblivious, pining, and/or in denial. Updates every sunday :)
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this fandom needs more sickfics by third_crow
Fandom: Dream SMP, Minecraft (Video Game), Video Blogging RPF
04 Aug 2021
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A Thing About Water by NoahWillow
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man - All Media Types, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Iron Man (Movies)
30 Oct 2025
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Over a year of radio silence is all Peter Parker needed to understand where he stood with Tony Stark. Now, Spider-Man works alone, and Peter is done looking for a call back. Peter has built a new life, juggling high school, being Spider-Man, and surviving the foster care system that has once again, taken him from his Aunt May.
But when Tony saunters back in New York, Avengers Reassembled, he wants his boy soldier back. He’s expecting the grateful kid from Berlin. What he finds is a hero who’s grown to hate him. The fallout from their shattered relationship is about to make the next chapter between them the hardest of their lives.
Irondad adoption fic but slowwww burn and earned with angst and whump. Check tags for mental health.AU where Spider-Man never revealed his identity to Iron-Man
My take on Skip WescottCompleted
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05 Dec 2025
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in my heart there was a kind of fighting by iron_spider for sea_urchin_the_ninja
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies)
25 Dec 2020
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Tony sits back, and his attention is back on Peter now, and he’s giving him that same look he’s been sending his way for days. “Did you sleep in class? In History? Because May and I can teach you history just fine. We’ve got books. And brains. And memories.”
Peter snorts, and feels a little sad at the same time. “Nah,” he says, scooting down in his seat. “I didn’t sleep.”
Tony hums and Peter can hear the anxiety in it, no matter how he tries to mask it.
“It’s fine,” Peter says again, chewing on the inside of his cheek. That’s gonna be a new mantra, apparently, because he keeps saying it without even meaning to. Tony gives him a long look, and finally starts driving out of there. Peter stares at him, and every blink is like the flick of a flame against his skin. Why does not sleeping hurt? He should just pass out, at this rate. That’s how these things should work.
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I Can Feel the Night Passing By Like a Mistake Waiting for Me by bdol
Fandoms: Top Gun (Movies)
07 Nov 2024
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It's 2014, Jake is fresh out of the Naval Academy, and he's starting flight school. On his first day of class, he walks in and sees the same guy he had an anonymous hook up, only to learn that he's Bob Floyd, and he's going to be in flight school with Jake for the next eighteen months. Not only that, but they're going to have to learn to work together closely.
Prequel to the other fics in the "Be Sweet" series but can be read as a standalone.
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21 Jun 2025
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It was a perfect day for flying, really. Or falling.
Or: Bob and Phoenix’s journey, from that fateful bird strike to the final mission, and beyond. It’s just one goddamn thing after another, but they know they’ll always have each other’s backs.
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02 Jun 2025
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we're on a highway to hell (with a little bit of heaven) by dabblingwithwords
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man - All Media Types, Deadpool - All Media Types
19 Jun 2018
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Hydra has had Peter in their custody for three years. Deadpool is hired to break him out. Throw in an alien symbiote, motels, and superhero explosions and things get gay.
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