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One Time I Read
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once-i-read · 1 month ago
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/37027825
Title: this kind of weather
Author(s): r_astra
Fandom(s): Batfam
Ship(s): N/A
Description: Jason’s at school when his mom dies, and that’s the only reason any of it happens. If he’d been home, if he’d been with her, he would’ve been in the wind before anyone else even knew. Even if they looked, no one ever would’ve found him. He’d have taken to the sewers if that’s what it took, man-eating crocodile guy and all.
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once-i-read · 1 month ago
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/38645652
Title: a kind of faith prevails
Author(s): julodinae_sunsets
Fandom(s): Batfam
Ship(s): N/A
Description:
Jason Todd presents as an omega. This doesn't fix everything, but it does change everything.
Or: Jason dies, un-dies, gets dunked in a Pit, presents, and is given Damian. Having a purpose - something to protect - lets him heal, and eventually, he goes home.
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once-i-read · 1 month ago
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/48823366
Title: I Don't Belong Here (I Wish I Was Special)
Author(s): BootyCrusade
Fandom(s): Batfam
Ship(s): N/A
Description:
After a run-in with some hi-tech goons, Tim wakes up in a universe where Bruce enjoys his company. Where Jason never died, where Dick never gave Robin to a murderous Demon Brat who, it seemed, wasn’t even around.
He goes to sleep, happy.
And wakes up back in his original world, where he feels like a ghost among the living, forgotten and cold and alone.
The one where Tim switches between worlds whenever he falls asleep.
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once-i-read · 1 month ago
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/47515243
Title: Hey, how ya doin'? Well I'm doing just fine, I lied I'm dying inside
Author(s): MysticMalady, TheBestTinyDragon
Fandom(s): Batfam
Ship(s): N/A
Description:
As someone once said, the only things that are certain in life are Death and Taxes. Tim was too young to pay taxes, and should have been too young to worry about death. Unfortunately, life had other plans.
Tim was eight the first time he met Death. (Well, technically he was six, but he never counted that night at the circus, since he wasn’t the one who died. Not yet, anyways.) He was eight the first time he died, twelve when he became Gotham’s chosen Robin, thirteen when he made the best friends of his existence, and sixteen when he was finally adopted.
And somewhere in there, things started to go… a little sideways.
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once-i-read · 4 months ago
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https://archiveofourown.org/series/1414078
Title: Liminal Spaces
Author(s): Calamityjim
Fandom(s): Batfam
Ship(s): Tim Drake/Kon-El | Conner Kent
Description:
Young Justice Batman decides that he is the Superior Parent and Tim Drake ends up along for the ride.
Edit: for some reason it won't link the fic correctly? I have no idea what's going on.
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once-i-read · 2 years ago
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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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once-i-read · 2 years ago
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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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once-i-read · 2 years ago
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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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once-i-read · 2 years ago
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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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once-i-read · 2 years ago
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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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once-i-read · 2 years ago
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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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once-i-read · 2 years ago
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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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once-i-read · 2 years ago
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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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once-i-read · 2 years ago
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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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once-i-read · 2 years ago
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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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once-i-read · 2 years ago
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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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once-i-read · 2 years ago
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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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