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Title: A Right Turn

Author(s): TheGirlWhoRemembers

Fandom(s): Ms. Marvel

Ship(s): Bruno Carrelli/Kamala Khan

Description:

Six-year-old Bruno’s parents told his school to let him walk down the block to meet them if they’re late picking him up because of ‘work’.

This means Bruno walks home alone most days.

He doesn’t mind.

(It’s Safer; he doesn’t need to guess if it’s a Good day or a Bad day, at least for a little while longer.)

His route takes him past a big building with stone steps he’s heard people call the mosque or masjid.

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Six-year-old Bruno is collectively adopted by the Jersey City Masjid community.

Some things change. Some things stay the same.

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Title: The Long Way Home

Author(s): TheGirlWhoRemembers

Fandom(s): Ms. Marvel

Ship(s): Bruno Carrelli/Kamala Khan, Nakia Bahadir/Miguel

Description:

Dr Bruno Carrelli is the poster boy for the Ares program, the youngest person to go to Mars.

He is also the first person to die on Mars.

Kamala Khan, NASA Sat-Con engineer, mourns him along with the rest of the world…

…and then, she makes an incredible yet horrifying discovery.

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She’s never wished for superpowers more.

(She’ll have to settle for watching over him, and praying and wishing and hoping that, inshallah, he comes home.)

He’s never missed Jersey City more.

(He grew up nobody, without much, and somehow became a Mars astronaut; he’ll just have to find a way again.)

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Title: Can't Colour Inside the Lines

Author(s): TheGirlWhoRemembers

Fandom(s): Ms. Marvel

Ship(s): Bruno Carrelli/Kamala Khan

Description:

In a universe without superheroes or powers, Kamala has a more-regular teenage existential crisis (or three) after AvengerCon…

…and her family adds up her apparent change in personality, constant going out (apparently with Bruno, often late at night) and teen rebellion…

…and comes to a Very Incorrect Conclusion.

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Or, the one in which Kamala has regular growing pains, Bruno still pines after his best friend, and the Khans think Kamala is pregnant.

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Title: All the City Lights on the Water

Author(s): TheGirlWhoRemembers

Fandom(s): Ms. Marvel

Ship(s): Bruno Carrelli/Kamala Khan

Description:

When Kamala develops superpowers suddenly, it strains all her relationships…

…especially her relationship with her boyfriend of almost two months, Bruno.

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Or, Kamala and Bruno get together before AvengerCon, before the superpowers.

Things go roughly the same…save for a few conversations.

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Title: Quest for the Noor Dimension

Author(s): TheGirlWhoRemembers

Fandom(s): Ms. Marvel

Ship(s): Bruno Carrelli/Kamala Khan

Description:

Dr Bruno Carrelli is approached by Jersey City socialite Zoe Zimmer, on behalf of her mysterious clients, the Clandestines…

…to open a portal to the Noor Dimension.

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He succeeds.

Without making things go boom.

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On the other side, he finds a wondrous, vibrant, shining marvel of a world…

…and its Princess, Kamala Khan.

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And then, the real adventure begins.

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Title: A Favour

Author(s): 4_the_tainted_sorrow_21

Fandom(s): Batman

Ship(s): Bernard Dowd/Tim Drake/Kon-El | Conner Kent

Description:

Bernard laughed. A beautiful sound Tim treasured more than gold. “You want to get us into a cheating scandal?” “Correct. If we all get spotted on obviously romantic dates with each other then we have a chance to spread the stories across a few weeks and keep up public interest. It’s exactly what B needs, and we get to have a bit of fun in the process.”

Or; 4 times Tim and his boyfriends screwed with the public and 1 time they told the truth.

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Title: Holy Sexuality, Robin!

Author(s): Lilac_hyacinth

Fandom(s): Batman

Ship(s): Bernard Dowd/Tim Drake

Description: "A year and a half of thinking is a long time.

It wasn’t enough, not when his head was still spinning with the slow revelation, but Bernard had managed to figure a few things out.

One. He was gay.

Two. He was never, ever, ever going to tell anybody."

Or

Bernard's gay. Enter Tim Drake.

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Title: Ain't No Compass, Ain't No Map

Author(s): ebjameston

Fandom(s): Batman

Ship(s): N/A

Description: CPS Agent, pointing at Tim Drake: We need to take him with us Red Hood: He's fine where he is CPS: He's a minor Hood: Timbo, you a minor? Tim: Can't prove it CPS: I mean, I can. There are records – Tim, who has just finishing hacking CPS to remove his own file: Oh really, tell me more about these records

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A CPS agent gets sent to investigate a tip that Tim Drake has been abandoned by his parents and is living with the Red Hood. The CPS agent leaves with no Tim Drake, a date with Red Hood's lieutenant, and an intern who's promising to fix the IT systems at his office.

It's a weird day for Theo.

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Title: Identity Theft

Author(s): TaraLaurel

Fandom(s): Batman

Ship(s): Batman

Description: He tapped the screen again, his face up close in the zoomed camera.

"Whoa, ultra Tim-vision, no thank you. I think I just saw my pimple's pimple. Gross." He zoomed out and grinned at himself. "I don't know if I have ever felt so freaking happy or strong or cool, or well, anything, in my whole entire life."

And it was true. Standing atop a building as Robin. If someone were to look up, they would definitely think he was the real deal and the thought left him beaming. Jumping in place, Tim gave another whoop, punching the air and then bending over into a fit of high pitched laughter. This was all the joy he would ever need for the rest of his existence.

And then someone screamed.

OR,

Tim Drake puts together a very realistic Robin costume for Halloween and gets mistaken for the real deal.

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Title: Press Heart to Subscribe

Author(s): Die_Erlkonigin6083

Fandom(s): Danny Phantom, Batman

Ship(s): Danny Fenton/Damian Wayne

Description: Brown shows Damian a viral video of a twitch streamer, named UndeadNebula, passionately defending the current Robin from his critics. Intrigued, he begins watching the streamer.

UndeadNebula is smart, kind, funny, and Damian could listen to him talk for eternity.

The streamer might have wormed his way into Damian’s heart.

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Title: The Legendary Star-Lord Will Return

Author(s): tinkertoysdamn

Fandom(s): Guardians of the Galaxy

Ship(s): Gamora/Peter Quill/Thor

Description:Continuation of Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3.

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Title: 5 times Damian gave his family's partners the shovel talk and the 1 time they returned the favour

Author(s): Silver_Athena

Fandom(s): Batman

Ship(s): Dick Grayson/Wally West, Roy Harper/Jason Todd, Tim Drake/Kon-El | Connor Kent, Selina Kyle/Bruce Wayne, Stephanie Brown/Cassandra Cain, Jonathan Kent/Damian Wayne

Description: What the title says.

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Title: Glow in the Dark Stars

Author(s): essspressso

Fandom(s): Batman

Ship(s): N/A

Description: “I’m being serious, asshat,” Jason hisses, swatting his hands away from his face. “You have to tell me what year it is.”

Nightwing crosses his arms a little petulantly. “It’s 2017. Happy?”

Jason freezes, breath catching in his throat. 2017. Five years ago. He was…he was fifteen. “Shit,” he murmurs. He’s going to eviscerate Tim.

Or: Red Hood Jason and 15-year-old Jason swap timelines, landing one week before 15-year-old Jason is supposed to die.

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Title: Meet and Greet

Author(s): Cymbidia

Fandom(s): Batman

Ship(s): N/A

Description: Jason Todd infiltrated Titans Tower in order to attack Tim Drake. Tim Drake, Batman and Robin superfan. Tim Drake, whose walls were plastered with enough pictures of Jason's face to make a deranged serial killer uncomfortable. Tim Drake, who kept his newest Red Hood action figure in a plexiglass display case. That Tim Drake. Titans Tower AU where Jason's attack is derailed by the horrifying realization that Tim is a hardcore fanboy.

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Title: The Dragon's Keep(ing Us Sane)

Author(s): Itslivybear

Fandom(s): Batman

Ship(s): N/A

Description: Therapy isn't working out for Tim (possibly because he has like, way too many issues), so Dinah suggests he try music therapy instead. This turns out to be such a good idea he drafts it to his team and suddenly he's moonlighting as a rock singer in a band that's rising in popularity. Maintaining a new "secret" identity is easy enough, and he's having a lot of fun!

Unfortunately for Tim, it seems he's a bit TOO good at the secret identity thing, because his family doesn't seem to realize that it's him.

Ugh, this is just proving his point.

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Title: Settle Our Bones

Author(s): justbeyondstars, motleyfam

Fandom(s): Batman

Ship(s): N/A

Description: Tim is good at galas.

No, scratch that—Tim is great at galas. He’s been attending them ever since the age of three, when his parents first stuffed him into his little Gymboree tuxedo and gave him a stern lecture about ‘sitting quietly’ and ‘speaking when spoken to.’ He knows all the rules: what to wear, how to stand, when to smile, what to say, what not to say. He knows how to come across as polite and intelligent and charming, and on absolutely any other day, he would be rocking this.

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Or, my take on a ‘Tim Joins the Family Early’ AU, told through a series of sleepovers—most of which are unplanned.

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Title: a light and diplomatic bird

Author(s): lux_et_astra

Fandom(s): Batman

Ship(s): N/A

Description: Tim has always been neighbours with Wayne Manor, but this is the first time he's seen a face in the third window on the east side.

Or, how Tim and Jason became brothers.