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The Murderbot Diary Fic Recs

I have some Murderbot fic recs. This isn't a best-of list, rather it's meant to showcase just a tiny fraction of how wide a range of amazing fic is out there. (AARH Edit how did I misspell Murderbot in the title?)

Gen Fic: That The Light Is Everything Ratthi goes missing. Deals with themes of grief and loss. The author asks the reader to trust them, and that trust is really paid off in this rich and moving fic.

Priority Client SecUnit has to look after one of Mensah's adolescent kids during a crisis. It gets off to a hilarious start with SecUnit nervously being made to hold a baby while it downloads child-rearing mauals. The fic as a whole is fun, exciting, and sweet.

Plastic Plague People on Preservation face an extended life-changing environmental crisis. This one's thought provoking and a bit 'heavy.' Heartwarming, but not an easy feel-good fic. One of those fics where you can spend a lot of time thinking about the themes.

More Gen Fic, Emphasis on Original Characters:

Background Radiation In this Corporation Rim is Hell story, Nico flees home with his autistic brother Luca to keep Luca safe. Sadly Nico faces his own new challenges as he brings the messed up philosophy of the Rim with him to his new home.

Survivor Murderbot and Co. try to assist an OC SecUnit who has been through major trauma. But is this SecUnit a danger to others? How much will they risk for the victim versus those who were complicit in its mistreatment? This OC really made a powerful impression on me.

Life Partnership, Romance, or Ambiguous (Gen Edition) (Categorizing fic when one or more characters is asexual can get kind of confusing. Lines get fuzzy.

Parallel Signaling (ART/SecUnit) ART POV for Artificial Condition through Exit Strategy, but that really doesn't capture the originality of this story. It is very much NOT just a canon retelling. I felt I knew ART better after reading this.

It will Fail on You (ART/SecUnit) Long life sounds like a happy thing, but what if you were offered a chance to live ~200 years, and you never expected to live long enough to grieve your humans? https://archiveofourown.org/works/67137652/chapters/173365222

Made for each Other (Gurathin/Murderbot) An interesting take on Gurathin's augments and how they affect how he relates to Murderbot.

Is it Slash if there is No Sex? Kink and Desire

That Time I Got Drunk And Yeeted A Love Potion At A SecUnit (Gurathin/Murderbot, kissing, bondage) In this hilarious story, SecUnit gets accidentally drugged and feels an overwhelming impulse to tie Gurathin up and revel in the fact that he is now Safe. From what? Who knows! He's just Safe. He has been Secured.

Boots (Gurathin/Murderbot) Maintenance and Repair as kink and love. The sequel Guns is explicit. The first fic Boots is more about taking care of things and people (for AO3 it's rated "other.")

Explicit (But It Might Not Look Like What You Expect):

You (Gurathin/Murderbot, WIP) There are some cases where sex or touch-averse people feel differently about being the one doing the touching versus the one being touched. As of chapter 12, this slow burn story currently shows Murderbot working through past trauma and realizing it is capable of experiencing touch in a positive way. I want to quote Gurathin's check-in protocol because it's a delight, but this post is crazy-long already.

Shared Senses (Gurathin/Murderbot) Riding the feed allows Murderbot to experience sex. https://archiveofourown.org/series/4914649

Enemies, Closer WIP, multiple pairings involving Murderbot, Gurathin, ART, and an OC CombatUnit This story is it's so much sweeter than you might guess from the tags. Which is not to downplay the tags but like, all the people the reader cares about are trying and mostly succeeding at being good people. The dark stuff is done by the bad guys and isn't excessively drawn out or graphic.

[Redacted] I really wanted to link a fic which does something that I haven't seen before--it shows a couple go through a temporary period of sexual activity which ends after one party comes to a realization about what they want. Pretty cool to see that in a fic! But I'm told that author has been a target of harassment in the past so I felt hesitant to link it. Also my description just spoiled it. Go read enough fic and you can have the pleasure of stumbling across it blind!

Rarepairs or Rare Interpretations:

the rhythm of the rain keeps time (Gurathin & Mensah, some romantic feelings do arise) Gurathin makes a slow recovery from drug use and trauma, with Mensah's help. Note that although listed as unfinished, this fic is actually a series of time-consecutive shorts. At least of present, there's no cliffhanger.

Secrets (Murderbot & Gurathin, unrequited.) Gurathin's backstory here is fascinating, the story's take on the frenemyship is fascinating, and there is also an amazing sequel which is nearing completion. (The sequel is also unrequited--rare in fic but so common in real life! Which is one of the themes of the sequel--the gulf between stories dramatic enough to get made into fic, and thus which play a large part in SecUnit's knowledge of the world, versus ordinary life.)

Adjustment Period (Gurathin/Ratthi) The Corporation Rim is Hell, except instead of depressing, this author created a hilarious set of cultural conflicts. If you don't usually read romance, you might still like this as the focus is on the culture clash.

Humor: Human Friends Murderbot muses on its relationship with Gurathin, Three muses on its relationship with Ratthi (uhh I didn't manage to communicate the funny bits but this did make me laugh)

Maintenance Manual for SecUnits models 36b-27f Mensah POV! Everyone else too, but especially Mensah. It turns out that surrpisingly, the maintenance manual is useful not just for maintenance, but for understanding SecUnit's needs. This fic does have a serious side but it's also hilarious.

This list is a follow-up to this post, where I talked about why I support portraying asexual characters in a whole range of ways, and how Murderbot fanfic is such a trove of fiction wrestling with these themes. I could have made a whole post just examining all the different ways people approach "shippy" themes! In this case I wanted to show a variety so I listed a lot of non-shippy fic too. But there's so much thought and care in the shippy fic, I hate it when people dismiss these stories as ignoring Murderbot's identity.

This took ages and I only scratched the surface. (If I rec stuff in the future I'll probably just quote the AO3 summary.) And there's so much fic I haven't read yet, even by authors I know I like. Happy Reading!

[carmilllaofstyria]

"If she’d seen him in the mall somewhere, she probably would’ve thought he was a skater—cute in a scruffy way, a little on the wild side, definitely a troublemaker. She would have steered clear. She had enough trouble in her life. But she could see why Annabeth liked him, and she could definitely see why Percy needed Annabeth in his life. If anybody could keep a guy like that under control, it was Annabeth."

Don't get me wrong. I love hypocrites in stories. Especially when they're aware of their hypocrisy. At the very least, the narrative should acknowledge it. But the girl who steals cars to get her rich dad's attention calling him a troublemaker unironically is... I don't even know what it is. It's bad. Is the point.

Especially because she's not saying that if she saw him in a mall, she would've stayed clear but that's not the case and Percy seems nice from what she's seen or anything. She follows her observation of him being a troublemaker because of his looks (unimpressive compared to Jason? Has she never seen Nico raise the dead after being in CHB for six months? Unimpressive because of looks??) by saying that she could definitely see why Percy needed Annabeth in his life.

I hate that line soooo much. When Percy says it, I get it. Trauma bond. Loyalty. Abuse victim. Why is Piper saying that?

It gets so much worse because it's supposed to be a chapter about how she has to deal with a problem that either of her very powerful friends (?)/ quest mates couldn't and she started the whole thing by thinking that the guy who she knows became Praetor in a week or something is unimpressive because he looks like a skater boy. Excellent observational skills. Like he isn't the reason that she got claimed on the first day when she was actively hating on Aphrodite and her cabin instead of being told by the Hermes cabin counsellor that maybe she'd get claimed. If her mother remembered or if she did something noteworthy.

Now, maybe Aphrodite claimed her because she needed to be the one to go on the quest. Or maybe she is a goddess who claims all of her kids on the first day without having an oath forced out of her. Or... And hear me out... Because it might seem impossible because Percy is a seaweed brain who needs Annabeth to control him but maybe she claimed her because he forced the Olympians to do exactly that.

-Piper 'I'm not like other girls and definitely not like the rest of the Aphrodite cabin(who fought a war) because I rebel by stealing cars and I don't wear pink unironically' Mclean about Percy' pay your child support and give housing to all demigods' Jackson.

I don't hate her. I love the Aphrodite cabin. Rick did them so wrong. Aphrodite too. And then comes this powerful mc that says that she's not like the rest of the Aphrodite cabin? Like, she didn't even change her mind by the end of the first book or anything. You know, I bet even the horrific caricature that Rick painted Drew as wouldn't underestimate Percy because of his looks. She clearly knows how to identify a powerful demigod when she sees one. ( It was smart and strategic when Annabeth did it, why it's different for Drew, idk)

Another thing is, Annabeth has actually done plenty of things for the Olympians and the camp. She's been on so many quests (no matter what her initial motivation was) and saved so many people. But her achievements are rarely mentioned (actual achievements and contributions) because it's almost always about making it into a percabeth moment.

Annabeth, Grover, Nico, the Stolls, the Apollo cabin they all should get the credit they deserve. Instead of trying to make everything Percy did into a percabeth moment. No, Percy doesn't need anyone to control him or to hold his hand. Taking people for a quest is normal. Having backup is a thing. Why is everyone pretending like if it wasn't the great Annabeth who was helping Percy out, the world would have ended? Also, controlling Percy is not Annabeth's job(it shouldn't be). That's not her achievement. Preventing Percy from doing something dumb isn't her achievement. She spent her time to go on quests, fought a war to save her friends, and the camp. That's her achievement (without going into details). Same as every other demigod but mostly Percy and Grover. If Annabeth gets credit, so should Grover and Percy. It's not Percabeth against the world. It was Percy, Grover and Annabeth trying to survive quests. I don't think even Rick realises how much he ruined Annabeth's character by trying to make her the best thing since sliced bread (trying to do that by saying Percy is an idiot and Annabeth is the one who made everything he did possible is an interesting way to go about that) instead of focusing on the actual helpful things she did.

Remember when she saved Rachel and the pilot by climbing into a crashing helicopter and landing it without ever having done it before? Brave. Amazing.

Why is always saving Percy that's mentioned? That's not really a good point. He's saved her as many times as she's saved him. Grover has saved both of them too. They're friends. Even if they weren't, if they went on quests together, I'd assume saving each other is a given. Percy wouldn't be anywhere without Annabeth is not a compliment if you don't follow it with Annabeth wouldn't be anywhere without Percy. It goes both ways.

Like, what do you mean "If anybody could keep a guy like that under control, it was Annabeth." ? That's not a thing. If Piper is really Annabeth's friend and thinks Percy is out of control, she should tell her that she deserves better than to manage some teenage douchebag.

I personally, won't let my friend waste her life trying to 'control' someone who is 'trouble' or whatever. It would be the friend's choice what to do but I'd at least tell them. I also don't think controlling people should be a thing, so maybe I'm biased.

I'm not even going to touch why Piper thinks it's okay to control someone with a ten foot pole. But then again, she was uncomfortably okay with charmspeaking so maybe it isn't surprising at all.

If anyone knows any good fics that call Piper out, please let me know because I've seen a lot of posts about how everyone hates Piper unreasonably but I can't find any fics about this so called hate.

[jasontoddsno1simp]

Balancing my need for JayTim content - because the good Robin/bad Robin dichotomy is delicious and I'm mentally unwell - with my urge to block Tim on every platform because his fans piss me tf off

[angorwhosebabyisthis]

watching fandaniel go is wild because he is just [vestibular stims] [vestibular stims] [vestibular stims] [vestibular stims] and yeah man that's a mood

[sketchtastrophee]

old art again!! this time a rough animation of sawyer and yarnaby 😎 (looks better if u click to view 😭)

im working on a short ppt animation rn. im thinking i should post it to my youtube channel, though im not sure if people here would see it. i think i can link videos on here?? idk

okay I'm gonna talk abt more chapter 4 stuff.. this time about prototype's previous identity.. ch4 spoilers and also a theory below..

hiding the solo yarnaby under here LOL

people theorized 1006 was elliot, which was recently disproven in the chapter 4 tape where poppy refers to elliot as her dad and wishes he were there. in the same tape she addresses prototype as a completely different person. also recall that elliot died in the 90s, meanwhile prototype met theo in 1989. so yeah, they aren't the same person

I've also seen people say rich is prototype, which cannot be true either. in a ch4 tape he speaks to one of the employees under his supervision. the kid mentions his coworkers joking about him going missing. before the bbi, it would not make sense for this to be a common rumor at the company, which means this tape had to happen after harley was hired in 1990; at a time when the company would have a reason to silence people

prototype existed in 1989 at the minimum, but considering he says "it's always been about you and me" to poppy, he's likely the prototype of HER. she's elliots daughter, she died in the 60s, meaning prototype was probably created around that time as well.

this means that rich can't be the prototype because he was human long after prototype was made

if you want my take on who prototype truly is, i'd say his identity doesn't necessarily matter. i don't mean to say his origins aren't important, just that his name and specific role in the past probably doesn't mean anything in the long run. i've never believed he was elliot or rich, and maybe in the future i'll be proven wrong but for now i'll tell you the theory i've had since june of last year

elliot's daughter dies in the 60s. he divorced his wife in 1930, so his daughter is probably in her 30s when she dies. she gets sick or injured, maybe she's actively dying or already dead by the time elliot begins his research. he looks for ways to bring her back, but it doesn't work on the rats (as he mentioned a note in the 2nd chapter)

so what does he do? he tries it on something bigger as he said he would: a human. of course he's not going to try this experimental method on his own daughter, even if she's already dead, so he finds someone else to use it on. we know that elliot wasn't evil or anything, so it's unlikely he killed anybody to use for the experiment. considering the orphanage isn't open yet (it opened in the 70s, not the 60s), prototype probably wasn't an orphan child either. if i run with my simple version of the theory, elliot may have dug up a body in a graveyard and used that. maybe a fresh one, who knows. he tried it, it worked, then he revived his daughter with the same method.

this is likely what harley wanted to know about in the chapter 3 tape (the "i learn something new about you every day" one), and also what prototype is asking harley to figure out in the ch4 tape they're both in. in that case, sawyer never actually figured out how to revive people with the poppy substance. sure, he can transfer people into the toys, but he can't bring anybody back to life

more reason to believe prototype and poppy are of the same "batch" is because it seems they are the only two who don't need food. it's outright stated about him in the ch1 trailer, and insinuated with her saying the "toys will starve otherwise" when she's talking about how nasty them eating humans is. she refers to them, not herself. her and prototype are probably the only 2 who were ever brought back from the dead, which circles back around to his monologue and gives meaning to the "it's always been about you and me, poppy. what we are". when i heard him say that i felt like my theory was lowk confirmed 😭😭

no guarantee this is right, but it's been my guess for a long time

[nataliedecorsair]

I wanted to give you some of Pticenoga's Borderlands AU backstory, how she was raised by Shade and before starting her shenanigans with Vaughn.

Plus a bonus comic about how she decided to set up a meeting for Vaughn and Shade, but didn't tell Vaughn who is supposed to be there x) Mostly because Vaughn has met Shade before in his macabre World of Curiosities museum and thought that Shade is too weird for him. Well, that's the kind of person that would raise a feral harpy siren, gotta deal with it!

When she was very young, nothing bothered her much as she was just a wild baby exploring the world x) And Shade was a good father figure to her. However, as she grew older, she realized that she doesn't really "fit in": yeah, Pandora is a crazy planet, but not every person there is crazy. There are plenty of "regular folk" like Shade or other people from their town - and many others. And she was frequently called a monster, a mutant and many other things by the regular kids and even adults. She was wild though, could bite them or fight with them in a pretty feral manner, and, even though she protected herself, it didn't help the situation much. She wasn't crazy enough (and too small) to fit in with the psychos or bandits, was "too human" for actual monsters living on Pandora, and for a long time she had no idea she was a Siren, as even for Sirens she looked too different. Only when she hit her teens, she was able to confirm that she is one, started using her powers, and in her human form she could see the full extension of the glowing pattern she had on her skin. She still, however, didn't know why she wasn't born "normal", and there were no older Sirens around.

At some point, she decided to become independent and live on her own. Her "wild" upbringing was helping that a lot, and she felt fine being away from people. She'd still visit Shade frequently, of course, and at some point she'd even met Zer0 and could hang out with him for some time. As Zer0 is a mystery himself, they had some common ground between them (though constantly listening to his haiku were exhausting xD). Sadly, Vault Hunters attract attention, not always positive, and that was the reason why she got spotted by a big bandit gang (could be the beginning of Vallory's gang, but before she took over). And local scientists like Tannis already declared that there may be some connection between Sirens and the Vaults. And they noticed that she's a Siren, but also pretty young (and dumb). After the first Vault on Pandora was opened, there was plenty of weird and valuable stuff around, but it wasn't so easy to get it when you're just regular bandits. And when Eridians, the aliens that are guarding the Vault, are everywhere. The Sirens like Lilith were too strong for them, and hiring a Vault Hunter is expensive, so they decided to wriggle into her favor and use her to gain access to the area. She didn't know she was dealing with bandits first, she naively thought it's a rare case of nice fellows just wanting to be friends and such, plus the Vault could have answers about her origin, and the new "friends" confirmed it.

At some point, she realized she was being used, and got into a fight with the bandits - and lost, as there were too many of them, and she had too little experience, and they knew about Shade. She got kidnapped and told that she'd do everything they told her to do, or they'd kill Shade, so she had to obey. She helped them to fight the way to the Vault and get some of the riches, and during the process she felt that she really does have a connection with Eridians - they boosted her powers and helped her to get free, and kill every presenting member of the gang. She was worried about Shade though, so she left immediately to find him before the remaining members found out what happened and could harm him. But she was too late - the water source in their town of Oasis was poisoned, and every single person there died. Except Shade though - he lasted longer, but dehydration made him insane, and he turned corpses into the stuffed dummies he could talk to (though she didn't have much of a problem with this part). As she was gone for at least several months, he didn't believe she's real, and she had to adapt to the new reality.

She never got back to the Vault after that as she felt it was a source of more trouble than anything good (in her view, the price was too much for a bunch of physical stuff).

That lasted for years, and became a bit easier as her powers, enhanced by the Eridians, wasn't only serving the destruction,  but could eventually "heal" some part of Shade's mind, so the moments of clarity became more frequent (she didn't know it's the reason, though). And you still need money, whether you like it or not, so, when Shade decided to use his World of Curiosities as a spot of illegal deals and smuggling, she didn't resist, but would watch over him in the shadows in case something goes wrong.

Eventually, she calmed down and just embraced herself. And, after some time, she met Vaughn, whose personal struggles she could sense right away, as she had to experience "being different" herself.

[rofantasia]

Batfam x Apathetic!Reader Idea

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You get isekaid into a batfam x neglected! reader scenario but you could not care less about the batclan's bs. Your character was described to be a pushover, always wanting validation and approval from the other members of the batclan. But you— yes you could care less about that. You learned long ago to deal with the disappointment and lack of parental warmth. So once you began ignoring or bothering the others, they suddenly felt guilt and remorse for ignoring you. How sad, the person who longed to hear those words weren't you anymore.

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Anytime Bruce would try to praise you or be affectionate towards you? You raised your brow at him in befuddlement. "What the hell are you doing? That's kind of embarrassing man." It was strange seeing the emotionally stunted man try to engage in conversation with you? Doesn't the guy usually ignore you?

"I'm your father."

Okay? Alfred was also a deadbeat father but go figures. I guess he learned that somewhere.

You tend to ignore the bat so he can go away.

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" [ Reader ] ! Let's hang out at that restaurant you mentioned " Dick would say one time when you were chilling at the lounge. "What? When did I say that?" You guessed that your previous version before you took over said that a long time ago. That apathetic reaction caused Dick to compensate more now to apparently make up for the lost time you two could've spent. You felt nothing whenever he would drag you around with him.

He would try to be affectionate with you. Hugging you with his one arm, forcing you to spend time with him outside the manor. The entire time, you felt fascinated watching how guilt transformed people to what they're not. You don't really have any strong feelings toward the entire experience, but you guessed the free stuff was a bonus.

It was whatever.

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You generally avoid Jason Todd. Canon or Fanon, you do not want to be near that walking time bomb. "Why are you ignoring me all of a sudden? It's pissing me off." He would corner you one time when you were visiting the manor's library. "... You scare me honestly."

"....."

He looked at you with confusion. You guessed it'd be weird for that one sibling who's always asking you to hang out to suddenly be put off by you all of a sudden. You've learned second-hand information about the guy, alright? He is not the guy you'd want to associate with honestly. You think your previous self was brave for even trying to attempt to have a sibling bond with Jason now that you think about it.

"Yeah, bye."

No way, you are not dealing with that.

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"I don't get it, what have we done to deserve the silent treatment from you?" Even staying in your room wasn't safe. Tim would appear one day at your side to bother you with questions that your previous self should be asking.

".... Can't you see I'm trying to paint? Leave me alone, man."

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"Whatever you're doing, it won't work! You might've convinced the others about your poor ploy for attention but I know you—" Damian's word went from one ear to another. You don't know how to feel about the little guy. On one hand, he's a rude little kid. On the other, he's a traumatized child soldier so you don't really know how to deal with him...?

You just decided to ignore him like his dad. Yeah, that's.. probably for the better.

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Seriously why are they suddenly becoming more clingy towards you? You just want to experience being rich for once in your life, you don't care about their neglect or whatever. You've grown used to loneliness anyways.

[sangunary]

hear me out, batfamily with a teenage reader that gets in trouble for fighting...BUT the reader won because they had used a move they saw that member of the batfamily do. For example, Reader jabs the other kid in the throat to choke them up then suplex's them or something😭 OR Reader uses a weapon they might've used and won that fight (obviously not Damian's or Jason's because they can be lethal) but it can't be Bruce's either because that's just straight hands and reader isn't that advanced yet lol. So i'm just gonna go with Dick or Tim's weapon of choice. Say for example there's for some reason a heavy but thin lying pole around, Reader just grabs that and starts beating on the kid with it but with Red Robin's moves for some reason(or nightwing's). this is purely just for fun but tysm for reading it at least. if you do write it may it PLEASE be separate with the characters? like to each their own scenario, or not it's up to you

- Teenagers Are Scary.

BatBoys × sibling reader ( Platonic )

SYPNOSIS: Copy and Paste but just make it more violent.

You were never one to hesitate every since you were born, that's how you were raise. The one that hesitate will be left to starve and the ones who never hesitate got to see the daylight again.

Simple and easy rule, nothing complicated about it.

Growing up in the street really build characters in people.

Hesitation doesn't run in the blood, an unattended belonging? yours, a wallet that is very visible? yours, random money on the ground? yours. If it's not by someone side it's yours.

Even if angry dogs are surrounding it, you would fight them. Older kids trying to steal something you already set your eyes on? Just use the plank or brick to scare them or better hit them hard enough to scare but not hard enough for jail.

That's how you and your mother survive for eight years, it wasn't fancy like in the books but it was something. You can't blame a kid for trying to survive.

After a long day of running from people's and cops that want you dead you went home, your mother laying dead on the ground.

You sit near her body for a day straight without moving, no tears, no panick, just processing the moment and trying to find a way to escape the orphanage system.

Then he came, batman. One look at your rough and dirty self suddenly you got adopted by a rich man the next day.

Who you later found out to be batman.

You had promise yourself to forget about the past life and finally choose the peaceful way of life when you had an option.

But, boy do you wish to raise your hand.

"Do you have Asthama?"

You asked the boy who had been bothering another girl for sometimes, she herself clearly told him to stop but he doesn't seem to understand english.

"No... Wh-"

Before he could answer you, you jabbed him on the neck.

Turns out defending people against annoying people is a bad thing and got suspended for a week.

"Little wing, why would you jab him? You do realise that you are suspended right? It better be for a good reason, you're lucky B isn't here"

Dick the moment he saw you walk inside began to lecture you on behalf of Bruce, well let's be honest he's alot more kind but his word hold more significant since he's the eldest.

"He was annoying"

You answered simply, you didn't understand what you did wrong you just simply defend a harmless girl.

Why is everyone so mad for? A rematch would be a good way to get everyone off your back.

"Little wing, this isn't like the street you can't harm people for that reason here... Now what did he do exactly?"

After explaining what had happened he seems to be relaxing... But still not happy with the way you had handle it.

"He could have hurt you... And thank God he didn't cause I won't be able to stop whatever forces that will be seeking revenge on your behalf."

Dick added to lighten the mood up, he meant Damian and Jason would definitely terrorise the kid if he touch you.

You have learnt how to jab people without any long term damage by watching him... So he was also involve one way or another.

He doesn't know if he should be mad or impress that you learn such move by just watching and somehow practising.

"Don't tell B, im proud of you for handling the case maybe next time just not too much violence?"

He pat your head as he smile, his siblings are so diverse one doesn't even realise what hesitation is...

"Still, pretend to be upset Alfred might catch on that I let you free"

Jason on the other hand was excited to meet you after he got news that you got in another fight.

Jason understand your anger and lack of hesitate alot better than anyone else.

He was also from the street and surprisingly when he was your age he was very kind compared to you.

He can see that you were trying your best to not go back to your old life style but it's hard when it's everything you ever knew.

At the park while you were going out with a friend this new girl with the entitlement of an European monarchy came up to her and push her.

Well for any mature person they would let it go and talk about it later.

Not you, never you.

You wouldn't let another hand touch your precious friend like that, from where you were from that was the biggest sign of disrespect and that isn't alright.

You complete forgot about the fact that you were no longer obliged to follow that rule and went after her.

The poor girl was running for her life as you continued to chase her, thanks to the fact that you were used to running from cops you caught to her quick.

Although you weren't stupid enough or mad enough to just yank her by her hair you insted hug her.

She was utterly confused and did try to struggle her way out of your grip.

But Instead you held tighter, not forgetting that adult's were indeed present.

"The leaf are slippery"

After that sentence you accidentally fell backwards while still holding onto the girl and lifting her, suplexing her.

You've saw Jason did it before infact he taught you that move.

He was always the one who brought up on how you would be able to defend yourself from bully without any warning or problem.

Basically Jason train you to beat others without getting into trouble, he was a professional.

"So you use the move?"

He asked curiously, afterall he had been waiting to hear the result of his teaching for a while.

"Yup, they actually check up on me first than her"

"Good, I supposed teaching you the art of violence in disguise is a great bounding material. I am a better mentor than that bat"

Jason exclaimed, he wanted to say he was proud but he need to hold back so you'll continue to work harder.

"Can you teach me how to terrorise people without direct involvement next?"

Yup, you're the best sibling he could ever ask for.

Tim on the other hand seeing you with no hesitation scared him, abit.

You had been accompanying him during his patrol, although you weren't a vigilante yet Bruce insist that you learn the route and other small matters. (He wants you to bound with your siblings more)

As a result you were tagging along with Tim, with a paper bag on your hear with a hole for an eye. Your fashion was unimaginable.

You were learning good and overall a good night. Bruce did gave you a uniform but you like to wear a normal' pants and shirt with sneakers and a paper bag from the last fast good you order.

While chasing after a kid that you absolutely hate you managed to catch him before he could due to pure hatred.

Picking up a thin metal pipe and hitting him on the leg as he kiss the ground hard. Tim notice the way you hold it, just like he did.

He did remember during the latest patrol you two had he did use the same move just yours was sloppier and you hit them alot harder.

It was like looking at the past, you really did learn everything from the way he hold it to even how you were standing... He's abit scared on how fast you catch up.

The kid was squirming on the ground cause you did hit him on the knee with a loud thud.

You on the other hand place your foot on him to stop him from moving, yes it wasn't necessary but you took your chance.

"Cuff him"

You demanded still holding onto the pipe.

Tim doesn't know if he should tell you or let Bruce take his part as your father... Well he would most likely be drag in since he is his son as well...

"You hit him too hard, don't step on him either he isn't resisting"

He told you, he can't let Bruce know about this.

"Could have done worse"

you mumbled, listening to your older brother.

Damian was picking you up from school when he saw you getting pick on.

He saw the other kid tugging at your hair more then once and you were surprisingly calm. Damian was disappointment at that moment.

He doesn't like seeing people just taking it when they're being bullied and he was thinking about teaching you how to fight.

Last time he check you beat the life out of Tim with a pillow. Maybe you weren't as much of a demon outside? You must be one of those people who cares about reputa-

Before he could finish thinking you look at the kid dead in the eye.

Put your hands on his shoulder and hit him with your forehead, the kid on the other hand began to cry as you went back to normal.

It was satisfying to watch, the kid friends tried to comfort and even try to hit you back.

He was abit concern now, you were the youngest and they out number you plus you haven't been trained yet you were eleven.

You took a very thick book from someone wnd proceed to hit them with it and yeah you won.

One example and no one wanted to know what you will use next.

"What was that about?"

He asked, he knew what it was about he just wanted to hear you talk about it.

"I saw you hitting Tim with your forehead once... That got him to shut up, I just wanted him to stop I didn't knew it would hurt"

Lie, you knew damn well how much ut would hurt. Your forehead is turning red from the impact.

Damian does remember what you were referring to, Dick, Jason and Tim tried to smash his face with cake and Tim was the one holding the cake.

He headbutt him because struggling out of Dick hold was hard and he just wanted to hit Tim, fortunately you were there to witness everything.

Guess he's a good influence then.

The book was just you utilising your surrounding object. Hitting them hard was just to show them who the real deal was.

He wasn't mad, he was the same when he was your age just honest. You? could talk your way out of it with that facade innocent of yours.

Atleast one of his siblings is nearly as great as he is.

[yanderedrabbles]

Yandere Cyberpunk Mercenary

A ruthless mercenary and you, his spoilt little catch.

Mercenaries have a reputation for being mad dogs, so pumped up with biochem they can't even think straight. And Yandere! Mercenary is no exception.

Yandere! Mercenary doesn't care who's paying him, as long as he gets paid. He's put down rebels on Titan and toppled governments on Europa - the flags they fly don't mean a damn thing to him.

Yandere! Mercenary who's spent his whole life fighting. Who dreams of gunfire and chemical weapons and burning up in the atmosphere.

Yandere! Mercenary who rolls his eyes when he gets offered his latest job. Kidnap some rich kid and hold her hostage? Talk about easy money. Hell, he can get the job done and still have time for a drink.

Yandere! Mercenary with his prosthetic arm and cybernetic implants. With his lip piercings and neon mohawk. With his bloodstained teeth and sleepless nights.

Yandere! Mercenary who finds you easy enough. Out on a shopping spree in some fancy boutique. Like you don't own enough shit already.

Yandere! Mercenary who almost scoffs when he sees you. You're everything he isn't. Wearing some pretty pastel outfit straight off the runway, your hair dyed so subtly that he knows it must have cost a fortune.

Weak, spoiled little Earthling.

Yandere! Mercenary who follows you down to the parking garage and shoots your bodyguards full of tranq. Non-lethal, his contractor demanded.

Yandere! Mercenary who grabs the back of your neck when you try to run and slams you into your hovocraft. Your shopping scattered all over the floor and trampled under his combat boots.

Yandere! Mercenary who laughs at the way you claw and scratch at him. Normal nails and not titanium claws? What are you gonna do with those, sweetheart? Tickle him?

Yandere! Mercenary who throws you in the back of his hovocraft and hightails it out of there. Shit, this was easier than he expected.

Yandere! Mercenary who ignores all the threats you spit at him. He doesn't give a damn who your mother is or how rich your daddy is. He doesn't care how many people they send after you. He's getting this job done and getting paid and that's all that matters.

Yandere! Mercenary who realises he should have listened when the first team of guards show up. They almost blast him out of the sky and it's only his quick thinking that gets him out of there.

Yandere! Mercenary who swears as he hauls you out of his wrecked craft and through the neon soaked streets of the slum district.

Yandere! Mercenary who grabs your shoulders and shakes you like a rag doll until you confess that you have a tracker in your neck.

Yandere! Mercenary who pins you against the wall and grabs the knife strapped to his leg. Who wraps his hand around your thigh and pulls your leg around his waist so you have no choice but to press against the concrete.

Yandere! Mercenary who carefully cuts the tracker out of your neck.

Yandere! Mercenary who mockingly apologises when you flinch.

Yandere! Mercenary who licks the cut he left behind. Who sucks at the blood until you stop bleeding. Who trails his lips up your neck before pulling away.

Yandere! Mercenary who's titanium teeth glint red when he grins at you.

"Look at that blush. Did ya like that, pretty thing?"

Yandere! Mercenary who loves the dazed, bashful look on your face. Billionaire princess getting all hung up on herself cause of him? Ain't that a sweet piece of irony.

Yandere! Mercenary who stashes you away in a safehouse while he waits for his boss to contact him. Who realises he was wrong about you. Spoilt, yes. Arrogant, yes. But innocent too. Naive.

Yandere! Mercenary who spends hours telling you stories about the colonies he's visited. And you sit engrossed, eating it all up like you've never heard anything so fascinating, instant ramen bowls scattered across the shitty linoleum.

Yandere! Mercenary who watches your fear of him fade a little with each passing hour. Oh, he still frightens you. But your curiosity outweighs that fear.

Yandere! Mercenary who takes every opportunity to touch you, to reach over you. Who loves the nervous little glances you aim at him, the way you blush when he catches you staring.

Cute. And tempting too.

How long has it been since he's had a woman? Yandere! Mercenary who looks at you and wants to sink his teeth in.

Yandere! Mercenary who catches his breath when you grab his hand and ask to go with him.

"Please," you beg. "I want to see the galaxy."

Yandere! Mercenary who knows that he scares you. He ain't easy on the eyes and anyone with sense can see the notched dog tag he wears - one scratch for every kill.

So why the hell are you asking him to run away with you?

Yandere! Mercenary who finally realises the gold you wear is nothing more than a collar and chains. You're a pretty bird in a gilded cage.

Yandere! Mercenary who, for the first time in his career, decides to run out on a job. Who chooses you over profit.

Yandere! Mercenary who grins down at you as he straps you into the copilot seat of a stolen space cruiser. Nervous and innocent and all his to corrupt.

Sure, he'll show you the galaxy. He'll show you the whole damn universe. All from the comfort of his bed.

[oblique-lane]

Spy tf2 and his identity

Character analysis (or at least my vision on him, if you believe my reasoning)

What do we know about Spy? He's a disguise mastermind. He can pretend to be anyone in order to infiltrate into the scene to do his job - quite literally, stab people on the back. But when he's not in the battle, what is he to his teammates? A suave Frenchman, a gentleman with taste, somewhat a leader.

At least, that's the persona he prefers to show. But is he really..?

What if I tell you that this person never drops his disguise?

For a man who always wears a mask and who's identity being secret is a sacred part of his role in this job, isn't this persona too much to show if it is real? Frenchman, rich, ladykiller... Wouldn't it be too easy to decipher his identity with so much clues provided? Wouldn't it be dangerous?

While Miss Pauling and the Administrator definitely know Spy's real identity, hiding it is a major thing for whatever reason. One could assume it might be because of Scout (obvious guess) but I doubt he's a sole reason. Spy very much enjoys being the Spy all by himself. Do what's the deal?

Let's start from the beginning.

Why did Spy join Mann Co. in the first place?

Let's take this assumption as a fact: people come here out of desperation. They are professionals in their field, yet in their past/casual life there is a pattern of them having difficulties that push them into joining this service. I don't see why Spy would be an exception.

The reason for joining is usually money. Some people question why Spy, a wealthy man from higher society, would join Mann Co. if he has it all already.

Well, probably because he really does not.

Have you ever met an aristocrat? Wealthy people don't get so protective about their expensive suits, they can afford cleaning or a new one. Regardless, rich people don't usually get stingy about material goods, especially if they're mass produced.

At least, not those who were born into wealth.

Spy's defensiveness about his "wealthy stuff", his pomp-ness, disgust and arrogance towards "plebs" gives off a man who knows what it means to live in poverty and who doesn't want to be associated with it ever again.

(Not even talking about his own filthy habits such as not washing his mask and pissing on walls? Jesus Christ)

Dare I even guess that he might be not French at all? His French is so broken. (Although, so is Medic's German, but at least he uses his language much more frequently and in more complex sentences, while Spy only uses French to say some basic expressions, occasionally confusing them with other languages). Definitely not a native.

If anything, he's not giving "rich man" at all, he's giving con man. And that fits my picture perfectly.

So, poor upbringing. How old is Spy? If he's Scout's father (and he was young when he was conceived), I'd say he's no less than 20 years older than him. I'd give him a few more years actually. So, approximately Spy is around 50 at the events of the game (1968-1972). Let's assume he was born somewhere in the 1910s.

Even if he's not French, I still agree that he's probably European. Hmm, what was happening in Europe at the time Spy was a kid?

Oh yeah. The Great Depression.

See my picture: imagine, a child from a lower class family during the Great Depression, his parents were most likely to not take good care about him (both because of the economical situation AND as an echo to Spy's struggles with his own fatherhood). He has to run away from home early and start to make money. Any way possible.

Unavoidably, it leads to crime.

Petty theft, blackmail, scams. Changing identities. Selling low quality products and services. Changing identities again. When older, seducing rich women to stay at their homes overnight, be fed and supported. Running away from the police. Walking into a trap of the mafia, and then joining them as their goon.

In this nightmare of a life he just had to keep pretending to be someone else, someone better and stronger, in order to his ego to not completely shutter. He had to imagine he was an invincible mastermind trickster of some sort, not just a poor boo-hoo victim of poverty who has never knew normal life and care.

And if you pretend for long enough, you become your role eventually... Right?

His true self was long lost forgotten under many layers of new identities. Worse, his true self was never known. And he didn't want it to be known in its ugly and disgusting vulnerability. Narcissism became his lifeline.

It's so much better to be Spy. To be rich and elegant and respected. His ego rebuilt.

[radiance1]

Danny goes to school in Gotham.

How and why did this come to be, you ask?

Well, his parents decided realized that perhaps he needed a different type of school if they wanted his grades to raise, and what better school than the one in Gotham which students all come out with high grades?

So Danny had his bags packed, and was sent on his way with his uncle Vlad who, contrary to Danny's expectations, wasn't actually pleased at all with this arrangement. It took Maddie having to convince Vlad for him to even agree to helping Danny settle in and watch over him when he's studying in Gotham.

Which is unusual because he should've been the first one to suggest it.

So, Danny ripped away from his life and friends has decided to do one thing when he gets to that school.

Become known as the sassy rich kid who throws money around like it's water.

And, well, you know.

Vlad's wealth gives him the means to do exactly that but with a condition, he can do whatever he wants and Vlad would back him up for it but whatever Danny does.

He must not interact with Damian Wayne.

Easy and kinda hard because one, he doesn't know who that is and two, when he does figure it out, he can just avoid the guy.

[shrimpybbq]

rafe, his fiancée and their family in the 18 month gap between s3 and s4

“What do you think about another baby?”

rafe is ecstatic about the prospect of another kid, and he shows it. he’s constantly spoiling his girl, always doting on her and helping her around the house. he makes sure to hire staff around tannyhill and ensure she doesn’t have to stress, making sure to spend time each night with his family despite the chaos of his day. rafe knows her first pregnancy wasn’t the best (bc of him) and he wants to give her a whole new experience

high school gf was worried about telling him she was pregnant again, knowing how badly it all went the first time. she knew rafe had grown to love his son and his family, but she was still apprehensive about his reaction, knowing he was in a stressful period of life rn. she didn’t have anything to worry about however, seeing straight away how different rafe was with her now. he loved being a father and was so keen to have another baby, especially now everything is his, and he can provide for his family the way he wants

baby no. 2 was a girl, just as rafe wanted. he already has little charlie, who is a carbon copy of himself, but he wants a little girl who looks just like her mother. rafe already loved to stare at his fiancée’s face, but imagining her looking after a mini version of herself - rafe thinks he might die.

as his fiancée and mother of his child, high school gf is living good. rafe is struggling with his father’s death, but mostly, they’re happy - really, really happy. charlie is starting to speak, and he is so excited to have a baby sister

oh you know the jokes are going around the OBX about how rafe just can’t keep it in his pants (but who could blame him when his girl is just so hot)

rafe doing the absolute most to have his fiancée relaxed and resting at all times - he loves to take her out on the boat and let her lay in the warm sun, especially because she gets so clingy when she’s sleepy and calm

rafe who begins to secretly hunt for a new house for the family to move into, wanting a new space just for themselves. tannyhill had too many bad vibes and rafe wants to start fresh

the family are often seen out and about the island with little charlie either toddling in front of his parents, or being swung in between their outstretched arms

charlie becoming known by those on the island as a cheeky little boy, always pulling faces and trying to play with everyone

rafe watching his girl get closer and closer to her due date and growing more and more anxious - he was so coked up the first time that he never really worried, but now he is always hovering and checking in on their baby

rafe is there for this delivery!! he's 100% holding his fiancée’s hand and brushing her sweaty hair out of her face, whispering "you can do this, baby, you've got this"

the nurses let him cut the cord once his daughter is born and he is definitely crying and trying to subtly wipe away his tears

the whole family spending the next few weeks hiding in their new house enjoying their first moments with their new little girl

rafe picks her name and decides to call her emmeline, emmy for short

if any family ever gave off rich vibes, it's the cameron's. rafe has his kids dressed to the nines, nice cars in the driveway of his new house and his fiancée wearing the nicest jewellery

all the women on kildare being so jealous once they see sexy muscular rafe cameron fussing over a tiny little baby, emmy clutched tightly in his arms as his fiancée holds charlie's hand

rafe would never admit it, but he loves the looks he gets when he walks around his little girl - he might be loyal but he still likes to be reminded he's hot sorry not sorry

wedding time!!!!

i think their wedding is actually very casual, maybe even a holiday elopement

rafe doesn't really like the people in the obx that much and so when his girl suggested getting married somewhere quiet, just the two of them, he was like "mmm, why not?"

the pair get married on a private beach in hawaii, rafe in a loose white shirt and a pair of linen trousers, his girl in a silky dress (this is so serious to me)

they hire a photographer and definitely put a big wedding pic on their hallway wall

everyone in the obx knew it was coming (bc they were engaged) but people are still a little shocked that the high school couple actually got married?

i see them settling into a nice routine once back, really just wifey looking after their little family, rafe running cameron development and the family spending all their time together happily

idk i'm just very passionate about the concept of rafe being loved and giving love in return bc it's clear he's capable of it, he just needs to feel safe and nurtured

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[chigiriizz]

PARENT! BLLK WITH A PREGNANT! READER

Yoichi Isagi

Literally Googles “how to be a good dad” the minute you say “I’m pregnant.”

Becomes a doting husband overnight. Massages your feet, makes you snacks, reminds you to hydrate.

Starts journaling every week of the pregnancy, writing notes to “future baby.”

Buys a little Blue Lock onesie and cries when he holds it.

At night, he’ll talk to your belly: “Hey buddy… it’s Dad. I scored a goal today, but hearing your mom laugh was better.”

Overthinks everything: is the crib safe? Is the baby cold? Should we take baby CPR??

Once baby kicks, he fully sobs. Not even ashamed.

Rin Itoshi

Visibly overwhelmed. He panics quietly—but tries to act cool about it.

“We’re… ready for this. Right?” (He says that to himself every day.)

Doesn't know how to comfort you at first, but gets better. Will rub your back when you're sore, even if he’s bad at expressing affection.

Gets unreasonably annoyed at strangers who stare at your belly. “Don’t look at her.”

Picks out a tiny jersey with his number and puts it on your nightstand like it’s nothing. It’s everything.

Reads parenting books late at night when you’re asleep and highlights stuff he doesn’t understand.

Stares at ultrasound pictures like they’re a riddle he’s desperate to solve. He wants to be good at this.

Bachira Meguru

SO excited. Like bouncing-off-walls excited.

Rubs your belly and says, “Hellooooo little monster~”

Wants to paint the nursery himself. “What if it’s like a whole galaxy theme with dancing wolves??”

Tells everyone—even strangers at the store—“I’m gonna be a dad!”

Randomly puts headphones on your belly and plays the baby his music mixes.

Over-prepares: buys 17 onesies, 6 pacifiers, 4 different types of swaddles.

Once he feels a kick, he yells: “That’s my kid!! They’ve got skills!”

Hyoma Chigiri

Protective like crazy. If you sneeze, he’s already Googling symptoms.

Rubs lotion on your stomach to prevent stretch marks—so gentle about it.

Holds your hand constantly, especially when you’re uncomfortable or emotional.

Won’t let you carry anything. Grocery bags? No. Purse? Nope. “I’ve got it.”

Gets teary when he sees the first ultrasound. He’s quiet about it, but his grip tightens around your hand.

Starts running slower during training to be “more careful.” (He says it’s strategy. It’s not.)

Practices braiding your hair in case the baby is a girl and wants pretty hairstyles like Mom.

Nagi Seishiro

First reaction: “Huh… guess we’re leveling up.”

Doesn’t seem hyped… until he starts resting his head on your stomach every day.

Sleeps with his hand on your bump, automatically. If you move it, he grumbles.

Buys a baby monitor and sets it up six months early.

“This kid better be chill,” he mutters. Then falls asleep next to a mountain of baby socks.

Tries to play mobile games with your belly: “If you kick twice, we’ll go left.” He swears the baby “cheats.”

Dead serious about naming the kid something weird like “Cloud” or “Puzzle.” You veto that.

Reo Mikage

Husband of the Year. Millionaire? More like Millionaire Daddy-in-Training™

Buys every fancy pregnancy pillow, stroller, and crib on Earth. “You deserve the best. And so does our baby.”

Attends all the doctor appointments. Asks 50 questions per visit.

Brags about you constantly. “She’s carrying our future. She’s glowing. Isn’t she perfect?”

Spends hours designing the nursery color scheme. “No primary colors. They’ll have taste.”

Cries when he hears the heartbeat. Cries again when he feels a kick. He’s a puddle.

Tells the baby bedtime stories before they’re even born—his voice all soft and rich like velvet.

Ryusei Shidou

“HELL YEAH, I’M GONNA BE A DAD.”

Way too hyped. Will yell it from rooftops if you let him.

Touches your belly constantly. “Yo, did they just kick?! That was a penalty-level punt!”

Wants to name the baby something wild like “Destruction” or “Turbo.” You threaten him.

Brings you weird snacks like pickles and hot sauce. “Pregnant people eat this, right?”

Gets mad at people who bump into you. “WATCH WHERE YOU’RE GOING, SHE’S CARRYING A FREAKIN’ LEGEND.”

Surprisingly sweet at night. Lays his head on your stomach and says, “Hey... I’m gonna try not to mess this up.”

Sae Itoshi

At first? “...I don’t know if I’ll be good at this.”

He’s terrified of becoming like his own parents. But he wants to try.

Quietly starts rearranging the apartment. Buys a bassinet without telling you.

Puts his hand on your belly when he thinks you’re asleep.

“I don’t say it a lot, but... I’m happy. Really happy.”

Refuses to let you lift a finger. “I’ll cook. You rest.”

Doesn't smile often, but when you show him the sonogram photo? It’s the softest he’s ever looked.

[autisticrosewilson]

"Oh Steph wouldn't like Jason just because they have similar backgrounds because he kills people/is a criminal/fights the bats!!"

This is in the 90's BEFORE he even tortured her. She doesn't go through with it, but she sees the evil he's capable of and its enough for her to justify it. She only doesn't because it "goes against what Batman taught her" but well.

That's the same man who would let her dad's friends infest her house for MONTHS until BLACK CANARY came to Gotham and handled it

A grown man who would go on to verbally degrade her, withhold the tools he gave everyone else, keep her intentionally isolated and then use her lack of resources against her.

So yeah. I'm sure Steph's faith in Batman and his teachings have wavered plenty. Just because DC casually discarded the way she was treated so she could play happy family with the boys, but she has NO REASON TO. Before she was aged down there was definite tension between her and Tim, and while Babs worked to get that relationship back, Bruce did no such thing. "Oh I'm just as proud of you as I was with the boys" when he thought she was dying doesn't fucking change how he treated her.

And of course, there's her own forray into betraying the family and being a criminal in The Next Batman series.

That's without getting into how she was compared to Jason, the way she watched a murdered east end kid be toted as another violent, reckless, idiot who didn't think and got himself killed.

"Oh but he tried to kill Tim!" First of all, you didn't read that comic. Jason was TESTING him, they were 2 years apart MAXIMUM, and Tim FOUGHT BACK. Jason gave him a little cut and a nose bleed that he slapped a bandage on and was fine. Damian also started his first meeting with Tim antagonistically and even though he was actively hostile to her, Steph still formed a close sibling bond. Her first meeting with Tim she threw a brick at him. He spent a not significant amount of time belittling her and telling her she wasn't cut out for hero work when she came back. This is the same guy who hallucinated Jason just so Jason could be like "Oh I got myself killed don't be like me!" Can we be real she doesn't give a shit. I guess you could count Hush but. I know they retconned it so that was Jason but when the fuck would he have had the time to do that between death, catanoia, the All-caste, and his murder tour.

Stephanie understands better than anyone that desperate circumstances lead to desperate people who do bad things. Stephanie understands being belittled and compared to a rich white boy who never had to fight to survive like you did. She understands being isolated from the hero community. She understands the evil that exists and the ways the system is corrupt, and that the bad guy never STAYS caught. And it's not like she has any big problem with people who kill, Babs said in 90's she would fucking LOVE Joker to drop dead and Dinah has killed multiple times. She literally switched places with Lady Shiva? These are both women Steph looks up to. You don't think Steph would feel any admiration at all for someone who gave Bruce a taste of what it feels like to be shown up? Someone who made Roman's life hell? Someone who made Tim put action behind his shit talking? An alley kid who came back and refused to be another statistic, who showed everyone who spent the last decade calling him stupid and reckless EXACTLY how cunning he can be? None? At all?

I just find it a little hard to believe.

[prettyboykatsuki]

slide | h. chigiri

♡ tags ; afab + fem!reader, reader is wearing a skirt / blouse top / make-up, established relationship, no explicit verbal consent but reader is So Into It, exhibitionism ft. getting caught, bluelock teammates being too casual about the entire thing, unprotected sex, foreplay, little to no prep, 18+

♡ wc ; 2.5k (?)

♡ a/n ; this is insane. thank u everyone who voted.

♡ synopsis ; your rational brain says you should not fuck chigiri while all of his friends are around. you are not very good at listening to your brain though

You experience a lot of firsts with Chigiri.

Too many, maybe. So many that you think you'd be completely hung up on him for the rest of your life on the off-chance you break-up.

Worse, it seems like it's not something he even has to try at.

You blame him being pretty. Like a poisonous flower or tree frog - the sort of thing you can't help but want to touch despite knowing better. After having been in contact with it so long, you should at least have a certain resistance.

Decidedly, you have no resistance at all. A few sweet words, long nimble fingers under the fabric of your skirt is all it takes to get you to doing things you'd never in your life normally do.

Maybe it's the alcohol too. You're tipsy but still so painfully sober at the same time. You could excuse yourself for being this easy if you were smashed but you're just... buzzed instead.

Nerves thrumming, deep and uneven breaths. You feel like a livewire.

There are people everywhere. Reo's house parties have always been stuff of legend. A life-long rich kid with connections that go international, if he's hosting an event - it's no doubt filled with people. You think there's some good reason for the occasion, a brand collaboration with Nagi as the model or something.

In this state, you honestly can't remember. You can barely think a single coherent thought with your boyfriend being so completely all over you.

His teeth scrape lightly over your pulse, a smile at his lips as he no doubt feels your heart-rate jump from nerves.

His eyes are sparkling when he pulls back from you - like he plans to stop. But you get the feeling it's all for show.

This is the first time you've ever shown anyone so much PDA. Chigiri holds you in his lap with his free hand on your hip. At the very corner of an enormous white suede couch, his friends and other random couple mere inches away from you. There's fewer lights on the top floor, dimmer and quieter - loud music muffled enough to hold pleasant conversation.

Next to the arm of the couch, Chigiri drinks half of a flute of champagne before holding it up to you.

He doesn't tell you to drink. His free hand pulls your head back enough to hold the glass to your lips and tip it.

He counts on you being obedient for him.

And you are - parting your lips easily. The bubbly alcohol spills slightly from the corners of your mouth. Droplet spilling down your neck, into your cleavage.

You manage to empty the glass though. This isn't the first time you've had him feed champagne to you, but given the crowd - it feels that way.

Chigiri places the emptied cup on the side-table next to you.

"Tasty?" He muses, eyes shiny. You nod, mesmerized and unable to tear your eyes away. He smiles back but there's something else to it that makes your stomach flip.

Both hands free, he makes a point to hold onto your hips. His thumb goes just underneath your top - pressing into your hip bone. He leans in until his lips are at your neck again, kissing a trail up underneath your earlobe and tugging ever so slightly.

All over you. You can feel him everywhere like this. Bodies pressed together with only him to rely on, the scent of his cologne and warmth of his skin.

You shiver underneath him. His voice is pleasant, soothing and smooth. He speaks clearly, just low enough for only you to hear.

"Seeing you so nervous makes me want to tease you,"

You whine, suddenly feeling helpless. "Hyoma,"

"Pfft," Chigiri laughs against your shoulder. "Whining makes it worse, you know?"

Your frown deepens but Chigiri seems unaffected. He tilts his head to one-side as if to provoke you into speaking your mind. You purse your lips.

"You're scheming something,"

"Was I caught?" He says, no traces of remorse. His finger trail your sides, playing with the lacy material of your tie-top - tugging slightly at the strings that cover your cleavage like he wants to unravel them. "You're really eye-catching tonight,"

You don't say anything to him, but he doesn't seem like he's expecting you to. Slowly, he loops one end of the string around his pointer until it comes loose. You gasp as quietly as you can. Chigiri looks up at you again, amused.

The front of your top comes completely open, your bra visible.

"What are you—?"

Slender fingers dip into the cup of your bra, pulling down just enough for your tits to spill out from the front. You feel your nipple harden, touching the cool air. Chigiri makes a soft sound, like a groan before he closes his mouth around it all at once.

His mouth is hot. Tongue flicking against the hardened bud with familiar expertise, his free hand snaking around to rest on your back.

You feel yourself being swept up in the flow of it. Despite him not having told you a thing. Each word of protest is swallowed with the moans you try to keep in.

His mouth feels so good.

You look down from your lashes. He looks contented, smug. More handsome then pretty like this - hair tied up, button-down shirt with the sleeves rolled. Something pokes against your core underneath your skirt. His cock is throbbing, straining against his slack.

His other hand squeezes your tits. There's no hesitance in it.

You cup a hand over your mouth and try to obscure your expression.

"We can't," You whisper-yell.

He pulls off and looks up. "They won't mind. They might be jealous if anything. Do you want to wait until we're home?"He forces you to run over his length, head tilted. "Hm?"

You make a face at him but don't protest. Don't turn him down because you can't—you're too aroused already. He's already made you something so shameless and he barely put in the effort. He has the courtesy to not make fun of you. You can't believe yourself. How easily you're going along with it.

(How badly you're aching for it, even worse with the threat of being caught.)

You feel so self-conscious. Surrounded by people who are caught up in conversation - even still, isn't this too much?

Chigiri adjusts to sit you further away, closer to his knee then his crotch. He leans back, expression nearly unreadable.

"Take it out for me,"

Your eyes go wide. Not demanding or forceful, but certain. So sure you'll listen to him that he only needs to tell you once. Electricity flickers through your spine, makes you feel weak all over.

Your fingers are trembling. The sound of his zipper coming down is obscured by all the other noise in the room. The buttons come off next, fingers in his waistband pulling until his cock springs free.

You look back up at him as his cock stands to attention. Mesmerized by it. Long, pretty - thick hairs at the base. Pre-cum dribbles from the tip, all the down the shaft. You stare at it wide-eyed.

"You're hard,"

He laughs a little. "Sure am,"

Your face feels flush. He can be so...ugh.

You feel your mind scramble entirely seeing him like this in a room full of everyone you know and everyone you don't. His absurdness sends you reeling. Bordering on arrogance but still somehow sweet, almost well-mannered. You think that part of him is reserved for you alone.

Reason screaming at you to not fuck your boyfriend in a room full of his friends becomes white noise all at once. You can't think clearly.

You're worked up from how he's been touching you, teasing you. And that it'd feel good to let him slip his cock inside right now, fill you up nicely. You've been wanting him since you get here. Watching him talk to people while still making sure you felt well, seeing him look over prideful every time you paid a compliment. So focused on you even when he's the one people fawn over.

And he looks good, has all night. He always dresses well but it's a formal even so he's dressed formal too. Stripped of his suit jacket leaving him in a button-down shirt and slacks, hair styled neatly. A pretty face paired with the scent of cologne and fresh-linen - completely intoxicating. You can't help but give in that invitation.

He pulls you back forward until you're clothed pussy is over his cock. Shaft pressed against your clothed cunt, tenting your skirt. Your breathing stutters.

He looks up at you with a small smile. "You're so pretty,"

You whimper. High and pitchy, arms wrapped around his neck. It's almost excruciating how easily so few words make you wet, but you're soaked.

It's your hand that moves. Pushing your panties to one side. You reach between your bodies, under your skirt - and place yourself up just high enough to slide the tip of his cock through your slick folds.

When you find the entrance, you lower yourself back down as slow as you can manage.

It feels like you're one thing of pure nerves. Heat running through your veins as his cock splits you open. Your head is swimming, ears ringing - all the blood in your body pumping hard to keep air in your lungs. You're trembling.

Chigiri just groans. Loud enough that someone definitely hears. It makes you jolt.

You should stop. You should really stop now but—

"Fuck. Good girl,"

You whine again. It's too loud. Chigiri just laughs

Both of his hands end up on your ass, pushing you down gently as his dick stretches you out. No prep makes it ache more than usual, a dull pain that still feels so fucking pleasurable. Clit throbbing, nipples hardened - you've never wanted anything more in your life then for him to fuck you in the current moment. Your nails dig into his shoulders, biting your lip to muffle the pathetic noise that threatens to give you away.

Even as you're quiet, you can still hear your pussy. Wet and slick, swallowing down every inch. Chigiri nudges his nose against your shoulder, your jaw - and kisses the skin until you're all the way bottomed out.

Your whole body gives out, trembling - your pussy suddenly squeezing tight as you take him down to base, feel him right at your cervix. You hold onto him righter, unable to keep it in.

"Hyoma," You slur. He laughs, already knowing exactly what reason you'd have to call his name.

"They'll find out if I fuck you."

You're so, so horny. Your whole body is burning up. Your voice breaks.

"Please,"

He rocks you. It's a subtle enough movement. It gives you some friction without making it too obvious - isn't noticeable if no one's looking. But it's not enough. You whimper like you're about to cry.

Chigiri laughs again, a little sharper then the last time.

"What is it, hm?"

You tense, trying to ride him harder without thinking but he stops you.

"All of my teammates will see you. You can't hold it in until we get home?"

You shake your head.

"What'll I do with you when you get needy so easily?" He teases.

Finally, finally. He grabs both of your hips to do it. His grip is strong, both of his hands more than enough to pick you up and slam you right back down on his cock. It's noisy and loud, too obvious and so shameful and you feel so guilty.

Yet your pussy is twitching endlessly, drooling around his length from it.

He inhales, voice filled with pride. "So wet,"

He fucks you like that for a few thrusts. You throw away your remaining bits of pride in tact and go limp in his grasp, eager and desperate to let him have his way with your body. He fucks you so good, so perfectly. The soft curve of his cock touching that spot inside of you so easily, making you squeal on each pass. You feel soft inside, so perfectly stretched.

( It's unfair he has to be restrained, your mind thinks this distantly. It'd be better if he took you over this couch and fucked you completely stupid.

You barely remember there's people with you.)

Skin hitting skin, the sloppy sound of Chigiri pounding you open - it takes a long while before anyone says anything.

Or it feels that way. You can't say you have much sense of the time.

"Are you trying to show off, Chigiri-kun?"

A voice. Isagi, you think. You whimper, clenching. Chigiri laughs, but does not stop fucking you.

"Aw, don't be jealous."

His teammate just chuckles, good-naturedly. "Fuck off,"

They're talking, almost idly over you. Your mind can't keep up with the scenario at all. It's not like you don't know what your boyfriends teammates are like but still. Still. You tune it out, only managing to focus on being fucked so openly when you actively pretend it's not happening. It feels so good it's making you drool into his thousand-dollar dress shirt.

"If you're gonna do it in the middle of a party, shouldn't we least get to see her?"

Another person. A different voice, deeper this time. You can feel eyes on you, leering at you. A shiver runs up your spine. You want to cum so bad.

"Nope," Chigiri says easily. "You can watch but her pretty face is for me,"

Fuck.

"Tsk. Stingy,"

"Get your own girlfriend,"

There's more conversation above you. Time melts together. Your mind feels completely gone - free from coherency. You can't even form a proper sentence,wrung out and so on the edge of an orgasm.

Chigiri returns to you after a time. He places a kiss to your neck as he pulls back, now properly able to see you. You're sure your face is ruined, make-up smudged and drooling after being fucked dumb. Chigiri just grins, warm. A hand cupping your cheek, brushing the corner of your mouth.

"So pretty,"

You put your hands on his shoulders. "Hyoma, wanna c-cum. Make me cum,"

He looks well and truly pleased with you as he speaks.

"Yeah? Want everyone to see you fall apart on my cock? You're already making a mess on my pants, it'll be tough to go home. You're not worried about that though, huh," Chigiri says, voice airy. His hand comeing down between your bodies, thumb brushing up against your clit. "Just worried about this place. So needy. Even though you're taking everything in, you still need more. Here, cum. Show me how good you feel with such a greedy pussy."

A thumb against your clit makes your mind shatter completely, utterly. Like the very last piece of the puzzles, your whole body goes taut as your cunt spasms. Trembling almost violently, every muscle tense - you cum around Chigiri's lenghth in a single long stretch. Moaning into the side of his neck, huffing and sweaty and barely conscious.

You made a mess. You can feel it, hear it. A distantly sober part of your lust-addled brain screams at you to have some shame.

But it's put to bed quickly but your boyfriend kissing your temple.

"You did well," Chigiri says, sweet. "Sit here a little longer, until it's time to go home. I'll make it feel even better."

Caught up in his whims so completely, all you can do is give in. Chigiri grins a little.

"Good girl.

[colossrat]

So, Billy is actually Bruce's biological son.

Marylyn married CC when she was already pregnant, CC knew and was okay with it, they really love each other and Bruce was just an accident? I don't know.

A few years later, Ebezener tries to sell this information, someone from the Waynes or Kanes, I don't know about that side of the lore… Are the Kanes still alive? Sorry, I'm ignorant in that area. SOMEONE is going to pay him to shut up. So they sell Billy again to a bunch of bad guys who are going to sell him AGAIN to somewhere, I don't know, far away from Gotham.

Well, but Billy is kind of like "oh my Gods, why this is my life", so he uses his powers, leaves the place as Cap and, as a bonus, he even gets Ebezener's money, the one the Kanes give him to shut up.

Kate, Batwoman, finds out, tells Bruce about this whole crap situation and now Batman is opening an operation to find this secret biological son, who was apparently sold to someone, but a mysterious magical person came there and saved him and the other children who were also being trafficked, but who??? This is a very secret operation, of course, only Wonder Woman, Superman and the Batfam are there to really know the details.

Well, but one day, like, YEARS after all this suffering, because Bruce never managed to locate this secret child that he now thinks is DEAD, boom, a child shows up on a mission, 15, 16 years old maybe, the age his secret son would be… blue eyes, dark hair, pale as paper, skinny, but yeah, it's pretty obvious. It's something immediate, but before he can say anything, someone else shows up, hugging the kid and saying that he was really worried.

Yeah, guys, Cap and Billy got separate cliche, but well, the JL, needed help, so they went to help them like this.

Billy is Billy, 16 year old Billy, and Marvel doesn't look like CC Batson, but rather like an adult version of Billy. Bodytpe less like Superman and more like Nightwing.

And then they introduce themselves as CAPTAIN MARVEL'S ADOPTED CHILDREN. Yes, we have Recruit (Billy) and Lightning (Thavma).

And so yes, they are helping the League, guiding them out of that evil, magical cave, and the League keeps asking questions.

Recruit, sitting on Lightning's shoulder: Uh… yeah, so, actually I… was going to… get taken by a metahuman taffricking ring, Lightning saved me and after that we really didn't want to be apart, he convinces Cap to adopt me too, and now he helps me with my magic training and everything. But I'm Lightning's… sidekick. Not Marvel's, that's why you guys and I have never really met.

Flash: Yeah, but like, even if we never met you since your hero job its not Marvel related, how come we never met Lightning? It feels like he's been a hero for a few years or more.

Lightning: I don't really like being seen. Im more of an underground hero? I want to help, but I honestly don't know how to deal with the public like Cap does. So I help in the shadows. I help, and then I'm gone. Maybe I'm more of a vigilante..? Not a hero.

And Batman's like, "I want to adopt you two now," but he's also like, "My baby found a good, powerful family, what right do I have to tell him about our kinship? What if this ruins everything for him? He's fine. He doesn't need me," but it destroys him.

He sees the way Recruit fights, remembers him of little Dick, jumping around and doing silly stunts. And his smile, so bright, so hopeful, so happy.

He hears his laugh and it calms something inside him.

"He's fine. He's happy, that's enough for me."

Billy and Cap actually take a long time to undo the magic spell that separated them, so they end up covering Marvel for other missions, and one day, Billy kind of spills the beans.

Kon: So, about your birth parents… Are they dead? Didn't they come after you were rescued from trafficking? Recruit: Uh, so… My parents are dead, but my dad was not my biological father, or something… My shitty uncle sold that information to my bio "family", I guess, and they're super rich, so they probably didn't want me to ruin their image in high society as some bastard orphan, so they were the ones who cut me out of that circle from the start. From what I heard when I was in the ring, my... Progenitor, has a lot of bastards already, and the family was happy to be able to stop another one from coming to steal their fortune or something. assholes, I never wanted to meet them in the first place, even if my uncle had dropped me with them, I wouldn't stay, I'd rather live on the streets again.

And some of the batfam, who know all about this "he's the one" thing, are there, listening, and they already know that these words are breaking Bruce from the inside out.

Lightning: You're being mean. We don't even know if they sold you out. The… Big guy seems to like adopting and doesn't care about their background. I believe it was a decision by the old conservative family heads.

Recruit: Don't sugarcoat it for the rich, they already pay people to do it. yeah, i know, maybe this is that "no he wouldn't do that" thing, but i wanted to write a sadder au with angst and misunderstandings and a sentimental bruce who longs to be a present father with a bonus of thavma and billy being brothers :D