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Dogstomp #3043 - May 1st

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read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/V3nFAz2 by bittercape “Jason!” Dick says when he runs into them just inside the entrance, all delighted surprise that would look real to most people. “What the hell are you doing?” he hisses at Jason, smile flawlessly in place. “Attending the exhibition opening, like you asked me to,” Jason says in his mildest tone. Dick audibly grinds his teeth. Words: 3043, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 3 of The Kamakura Job, Part 11 of YOJ fics Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Deathstroke the Terminator (Comics) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Jason Todd, Slade Wilson, Dick Grayson, Bruce Wayne, Tim Drake, William Randolph Wintergreen Relationships: Jason Todd/Slade Wilson Additional Tags: Competence Kink, Heist, Oral Sex, Frottage, Manhandling read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/V3nFAz2

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You will forever be my always

Summary:

After clearing up all the misunderstandings, trust restored, Mobius and Loki finally meet again only to lose each other in the most tragic way. But sometimes everything is not what it seems and their bond is stronger than anything.

Notes:

Follows this time the episode 4 until the end. But I'm an incurable romantic who loves hope and happy endings, so don't worry everything is possible for our boys.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/32331820

3043 words - Rating G

Part 10 of The Story of Loki and Mobius

"I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a thousand times. You. You conniving, craven, pathetic worm. You did this."

He knew he was pathetic. Mobius had made it clear to him just before throwing him back into this hellish time frame. Forced to repeat again and again that he deserved to be alone to avoid taking a blow in the crotch. Which importance since it was true?

He suspected that Mobius would be angry with him. After all, he had betrayed him in some way. But he had the impression of having had another Mobius in front of him. No more understanding, no more caring eyes. As if everything had disappeared.

" If you’re not working for the Variant, what is it?"

In retrospect, it was mostly from this question that it had gotten out of hand. It was the first time that Loki had seen Mobius being so uncharacteristically mean, and if Loki hadn't been hurt, he would have found it comical.

Why had Mobius insisted on knowing what was going on between Sylvie and him when the first time he had asked Loki the question, Loki had given a clear answer?

"You’re partners?"

"Absolutely not. She’s difficult and irritating, and she tries to hit me all the time. No."

"Not partners, no. Yeah, I guess you don’t do partners. Unless, of course, it benefits you, and you intend to betray them at some point."

Of course he had betrayed Mobius when he had walked through the door, but what had begun to germinate between him and Mobius, had been valuable to him and had not been a means to an end.

The conversation had gotten worse, each one spitting his venom, Mobius had managed to manipulate him and Loki had almost had respect for that. But he had become cruel. Loki still wondered what had made Mobius lash out so much.

"Come on. Look at your eyes. You like her."

"You like her. Does she like you? No wonder you have no clue what caused the nexus event on Lamentis. Both of you are swooning over each other."

"Two Variants of the same being, especially you, forming this kind of sick, twisted romantic relationship. That’s pure chaos. That could break reality. It’s breaking my reality right now."

On second thought, what did Mobius mean by that? How did it break his reality?

How could Mobius think that Loki and Sylvie...After what he and Loki had shared!

And yet when Loki thought about the rest of the conversation it became clearer and clearer.

"What a incredible seismic narcissist. You fell for yourself."

"Her name was Sylvie."

"Ah, Sylvie. Lovely. How do you spell that? Is that with an I-E or just an I?"

"Now, I’m supposed to believe your girlfriend."

"It’s the truth. She’s not my girlfriend."

"Whatever you want to call her. What, your female self that you have some demented crush on…"

"You two, what a pair! Gosh! Unbelievable. Wherever you go, it’s just death, destruction, the literal ends of worlds. Well, I’m gonna have to close this case now, ’cause I don’t need you anymore."

Mobius had been jealous!  It was so obvious! Mobius had been completely blinded by jealousy!

After all he had said to him, these last insults made no sense.

He remembered their last conversation, the last words he had spoken when Loki had expressed his doubts.

"But you told me I was born to cause pain and suffering and death. That's how it is, that's how it was, that's how it will be. All so that others can achieve their best versions of themselves."

Mobius had answered him, "Yes, I told you that not because I think that's what you are, I was just showing you that that's what you were limiting yourself to because you yourself think you're only capable of that. Because you want to rule so badly, that you don't see that you are made for bigger things. You asked me to trust you yesterday. I did because Loki I have faith in you and since you've been here you keep proving it. In your own way. Because you are undoubtedly the god of mischief. Unique. Not. A. Villain."

How could the man who had told him that, now tell him the opposite? The more he thought about it, the more jealousy seemed to be the only reason.

Loki knew jealousy, he could even understand it. But that Mobius felt this way about Loki? What did that mean?

Loki sighed.

What a mess! How could he repair an already fragile relationship in the midst of all this mess? He really had a way of getting himself into complicated situations...

"Right?" he was exclaiming, exasperated when Mobius rushed through the door, "What are you doing?"

Idiot, what do you think when I try every two minutes not to get hit in the crotch?

Loki held back from saying out loud what he was thinking because he had just noticed that Mobius looked upset and very flustered.

He just answered dryly, because he was still hurt from what Mobius had told him before.

"Passing the time."

Mobius asked him in an urgent tone, "Do you care about her?"

What? That kind of question again?

Loki replied, "Sylvie? I'm not sure if it's the right word. We've covered this back in there."

When Mobius began to shout, visibly annoyed.

"Shut up!"

Loki was shocked that he would raise his voice like that, so he kept quiet.

Mobius said, hurriedly, "Do you really think you deserve to be alone?

Huh?

Loki did not answer, his voice shut down by shock.

How could he ask him such a question? Why?

Mobius lost his patience again, "Loki!

"You told me to shut up."

Mobius repeated, "Do you believe you deserve to be alone?

Loki replied in frustration, "I don't know."

"You better figure it out quick, because the nexus event the two of you caused, whatever that connection is, can bring this whole place down. So we better understand..."

We? We as in him and me? Did Mobius still believe in a we?

"We?" asked Loki, incredulous.

Mobius looked troubled, almost sad, Loki dared to think, that he had asked that question, but he continued on his line of questioning, "Do you swear she didn't implant those memories in Hunter C-20?"

He wanted Mobius to believe him so badly, he almost begged, "Mobius, no. I believe her."

Mobius seemed to give in and suddenly Loki felt like he had his Mobius back, his prince. There was again that sparkle in his eyes that he loved so much.

He asked, "So, I just have to trust the word of two Lokis?"

Loki swallowed, and decided that this time it was his turn to offer his hand. He said a little timidly but no less determinedly, looking at Mobius with his head to the side, "How about the word of a friend?"

Mobius looked genuinely surprised, then exhaled softly, as if in relief, before continuing, "You were right, about the TVA. You were right from the beginning. And if you wanna save her, you need to trust me. Can we do that?"

He didn't wait to agree, because despite everything, his trust in Mobius had remained unshaken.

Mobius sighed again, and this time the relief was obvious.

"Okay."

Mobius continued at once, "You could be whoever, whatever you wanna be, even someone good."

Loki's throat tightened with so much emotion that he was unable to respond.

Then Mobius added, "I mean, just in case anyone ever told you different."

Loki couldn't hold back the smile that blossomed on his lips as Mobius walked towards the Timedoor. If he wasn't already in love with Mobius, he would have fallen in love right then and there.

However he couldn't just let him go like that. Not without talking about what he'd just discovered, because Loki knew exactly what it felt like when your whole world was crumbling under your feet and he didn't want Mobius to follow the same path as him.

He pulled him by the sleeve.

"Mobius, wait!"

"What? Is something wrong?" asked Mobius, turning around.

"Is something wrong? I'm not the one who was just told that his whole life, what he was fighting for, the world he lived in, was a lie! Believe me, I know what that feels like! So this is me asking you, how are you Mobius?"

He saw the realization of the magnitude of what he had discovered suddenly fall upon Mobius. He saw him lose his footing and literally collapse from the shock.

He helped him to sit down on the floor and while encouraging him to regain a normal breathing rhythm, he asked him, "Mobius, I need to know, first if you can close the time door and second, I need to know how time flows here?

Mobius closed the door with a gesture and replied with a broken voice, "In this cell, it's as if time doesn't flow outside, so no matter how long we spend here, it will take Ravonna and the Hunters a little while to find us."

"Good."

After a few moments of silence, Mobius spoke up, "You know what torments me most now that I know? I wonder if I'm real. Is what I have experienced real? And if what I believe or have believed, was it real for a moment?"

Loki's heart broke as he heard this. The most real man he had ever known was wondering if he was real.

Loki tried to reassure him and seeing that he was not convinced, he showed him by thought with the help of magic, what made him real in his eyes. He showed him all the intimate moments they had shared, the first time Mobius had said he believed in Loki, their first kiss, the second, all the moments of happiness Mobius had given him since their first meeting. And he told him.

For the first time Loki witnessed Mobius' insecurities and for the first time Loki was the one who could reassure him.

Mobius asked him, his voice slightly hoarse, "If this is all fake, then who am I really?"

Loki replied with a smile, "We'll search together."

They had remained entwined for a few moments before walking through the Timedoor together, ready to face their enemies, whoever they were.

Loki and Mobius were smiling at each other, when they were stopped by Ravonna and a group of hunters with their batons pointed at them.

In a daze, not realizing what was happening, Loki saw Mobius handing over his Tempad to Ravonna and there was a moment of silence.

Then Mobius spoke with emotion in his voice, "You know where I'd go if I could go anywhere? Wherever it is I'm really from. Yeah, wherever I had a life before the TVA came along. Maybe I had a jet ski. That's what I'd like to do. Just riding around on my jet ski."

As he spoke, Loki had been watching him, not wanting to understand what was going to happen when suddenly Ravonna's icy voice enunciated two simple words, " Prune him!"

And there before his eyes, Mobius disintegrated.

"Noooo!!"

Mobius! Mobius!

Loki had only this thought, only this name in mind as the hunters dragged him to the elevator.

As they waited, Loki tried to contain the emotion that threatened to overwhelm him like a tsunami.

Mobius, snatched away from him when they had only just found each other!

Another group arrived and went next to them, it was Sylvie who was also held back by hunters.

Sylvie looked at him and asked, "You're okay?"

Loki lowered his head, and answered her in his head.

'No, I'm not okay, I'll never be okay again. They took Mobius. They took him from me, Sylvie.'

'Loki, I need you, I can't fight on my own, I swear I understand your pain, I promise you, you know I know you like I know myself, but I need you, please!'

'Am I only condemned to have those I love and who love me ripped away from me?'

'No Loki, I promise you that this is not your fate. Please, I need you! "

Loki clenched his fists, and walked with the others to the elevator.

Loki tell me you are with me!

He raised his head.

I'm with you.

For Mobius, he had to finish what they had started.

For Mobius, who had always had faith in him, he would fight.

For Mobius, who had seen good in him, he would keep going.

At Sylvie's side, they entered the battle, fighting fiercely to face the Timekeepers, Ravonna and the other hunters on the ground.

One of the Timekeepers tried to provoke Sylvie, "You're a child of the Time-Keepers too, Sylvie. We can talk."

"Oh, yeah?" Sylvie threw her sword, which sent the middle Timekeeper's head flying. The head rolled to Loki's foot. As Sylvie was about to throw her sword again, Loki stopped her. He couldn't believe what he was holding in his hands.

"Fake. Mindless androids. It never stops."

Loki breathed heavily, then asked, "Then who created the TVA?

"I thought this was it."

"Sylvie..." Loki had to tell her something. He had wasted too much time. It had cost him Mobius. He had to tell her.

"Not another pep talk, please." begged Sylvie.

"No, I have to tell you something. We will figure this out."

It was his job to tell her that, he was the one who was able to cheer now. He was the one who was strong. Sylvie and Mobius had made him strong, Sylvie by showing him that he could love himself and Mobius by showing him that he could love and be loved by others.

"How do you know that?"

"Because, uh... Well, back on Lamentis... This is new for me. Um..." Why on earth was he still unable to express himself when it came to emotion.

He tentatively put his hands on her shoulders in an awkward motion.

She looked at him strangely, "What? What is it?"

Then...

Nothing.

He woke up with the sensation of a graze on his face.

He opened his eyes.

"You!"

His Mobius, leaning over him, was running his fingertips over his face and looking at him with so much love in his eyes.

This time he could not hold back his tears and they quickly overflowed from his eyes.

"You have been disintegrated! I saw it with my own eyes!"

Mobius wiped his tears with his thumbs as he went along. He still answered with a smile.

"You too."

"Where are we?"

He looked around, and a strange landscape appeared before his eyes as he straightened up. A strange mix of Asgard and a beach in the sun, between sky and earth. As if two worlds were colluding.

Both their worlds, his and Mobius'.

He finally got up and found himself facing Mobius who was waiting.

Their eyes met and carried away by the urge, they threw themselves into each other's arms and kissed passionately, putting all their emotions into the kiss. It was so right and so perfect.

When they parted panting, Loki pressed his forehead to Mobius' and whispered, "Don't leave me, don't ever leave me, promise me."

Mobius shook his head and moved back a little. "I can't promise you that, Loki, not yet. We're going to have to part again, you know that don't you? Our task is not over."

Loki's throat tightened, "Mobius, what? no?"

"I got here before you, so I'll have to leave before you."

A glow began to spread behind Mobius.

He began to speak very quickly, "Loki, listen to me! I am not dead, I am not gone. When you wake up, think of me. I am still here. You'll have to find me. We will break the curse that separates us! Our love is stronger than anything, no hell, no heaven, no time keepers, no one will separate us! I swear to you that we will find each other. Don't ever lose your faith! I will always have faith in you."

Then Mobius placed his lips on his, kissed him softly before stepping back and walking towards the vortex that had just opened, he looked back one last time, "Loki, we will find each other again because what binds us is stronger than anything. I love you."

The vortex closed on him.

Loki was alone again.

He was stunned, Mobius' words echoing in his head.

He wiped away his tears, then sat on the ground and waited.

Looking at the landscape in front of him, he imagined that one day he would take Mobius to see Asgard and that Mobius would take him to one of those sunny beaches he saw on his Jet-ski magazine and laugh at him on his jet ski.

Then he put those uncertain dreams away in the back of his mind. He would have to fight the fight of his life. He would have to fight for his family. His thoughts went to Sylvie and Mobius.

A few minutes later the same vortex opened. Loki stood up, clenched his fists, and walked toward the vortex, saying with a very resolute face, "I'm going to find you. Mobius, Sylvie, wait for me!"

He went through the vortex.

Then nothing. Again.

Suddenly he gasped as if to catch his breath after holding it for so long.

He opened his eyes and asked, "Is this Hel? Am I dead?"

A deep voice rose from above him, "Not yet. But you will be unless you come with us."

He stood up and faced what seemed to be three, no four if he was to judge by the crocodile, four versions of Loki.

Behind them, an apocalyptic New York was unveiling.

That's when he realized, what Mobius had said was true. They were not dead. If Loki wasn't dead, then Mobius wasn't either.

And as he followed the Lokis, only one thought swirled in his mind, one word.

Mobius.

This time he was no longer overcome with despair, this time in him strong and fighting there was a hope born of love.

Mobius wait for me! I come to you! I will find you!

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Those ‘70s Comics: 3043

Inspired by episode 702 -- "Let's Spend the Night Together"

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Strawberry Pancakes // Bucky Barnes

MASTERLIST

SEQUEL TO BLUEBERRY PANCAKES

DESCRIPTION: Lily Osborne and Bucky Barnes were never blessed with an easy relationship. Whether it be emotional trauma, or Lily's parents trying to be evil scientists. But they somehow made it work, after coming together once again after the birth of Lily's nephew. They were smooth sailing for a while. He proposed, they got engaged, but have yet to marry. While also juggling raising a teenager together as Hunter reaches the age of 16 now. All the while struggling with adjusting to their new lives in Long Island, balancing careers. Meanwhile, Lily struggles with the new found fame of being the fiancé of The White Wolf; and handling the tabloids critiques on her life and gossip columns digging up any information they can on her. While trying to maintain a low profile; and handle her life as it is. And becoming parents. Lily for the second time, while Bucky, well, this is his first attempt at a biological child. All the while a new threat from their past rises up once again, blind siding the family. Bringing forward old hatchets that had been buried, and putting their relationship at risk once more.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own any original Marvel characters! All canon plots and canon characters belong to Marvel Comics and Marvel Studios. This is an original work. You may not publish it anywhere else

STATUS: Unedited

NOTES: Takes place after endgame. I have elected to ignore Tony's death and Steve's leaving. Did not happen. Quick Reminder! My works are only published here, AO3 and on Wattpad, thank you.

Chapter Four: The One With Walker

Warnings: N/A

Word Count: 3043

     As the party continued, drinking and laughing ensuing, Lily found herself growing a tad wary. She only had a certain level she could take, but it had gotten better over the years. She was able to tolerate longer parties and could spend more time with people without feeling drained. As much as she loved Natasha and Steve, Lily still had her limits. But she also knew that these were Bucky’s people, and he savoured any moment he could get with them all in one room.

So she’d stick it out, if only for him.

“Why don’t we head up to the roof?” Tony suggested, wrapping his arm around Pepper’s waist, “It’s a beautiful night.”

Everyone agreed, but Lily found herself lingering behind the crowd. She used the excuse she was grabbing another drink, but everyone knew she needed a moment to herself. Over the past few years, the Avengers had picked up on a few of Lily’s ques that she needed some time alone. If not only to recharge her social battery so she didn’t end up falling completely silent for the rest of the night.

“Rebecca’s dropping by,” Bucky whispered in his fiance’s ear, “Why don’t you go out and greet her. So you don’t have to idly walk around an empty room.”

Lily nodded and blushed as he placed a gentle kiss on her temple. The blonde grabbed her jacket from the rack before making her way down the stairs of the hall and out the front door. She felt a smile grow on her face as the warm yet brisk air of New York in March caressed the exposed skin on her chest. Lily had to admit, she missed living so close to the city. There was a certain air to the thick of New York that Lily had always loved, and living in the Manhattan suburbs gave her the domesticity she craved, all while giving her the ability to venture into the city when she wanted to.

“Seems whenever I see you, you’re always lost in thought,” a man’s voice chuckled, one that Lily wished she could block from her memory, “Sorry, didn’t mean to startle you.”

Lily turned her head, a tight smile on her lips. There John Walker stood, hands stuffed deep into the pockets of his jeans. She honestly didn’t want to know what he was doing around the area, conveniently during the night of Nat and Steve’s rehearsal dinner. But yet, there he stood, in front of Lily, trying to feign innocence. Despite the awkward tension that sat between the two.

“Hello John,” Lily greeted, tugging her jacket tighter around her.

“So uh...what’re you doing here in the city? Don’t you and Buck live out in Long Island?” He asked.

“His name is Bucky,” Lily corrected, shooting a glance at the man before turning her attention back to the cars that raced past her, “And we’re at a dinner with some...close friends.”

Typically, Lily wasn’t a confrontational person. But something about John Walker just set her off. She was known for her sarcastic remarks and passive-aggressive comments when it came to people like Walker, but even still, it wasn’t a common occurrence. Lily just didn’t have the time to deal with people who wished to be nuisances to society on a daily basis. She had to do a study on him to ensure he hadn’t harmed himself while taking the super-serum. And much to her dismay, he was perfectly healthy.

“Sorry Miss. Osborne-”

“Ms. Barnes,” she corrected.

“Right, Ms. Barnes,” he chuckled softly, as though he were attempting to ease the tension, “Speaking of that, you two haven’t gotten married yet. Mind me asking?”

“That is none of your concern, sir,” a familiar female voice sighed as she approached the two, “Come, Lily, it’s chilly out here. Let’s head inside with the others,” Rebecca commented, scowling at John as she lead her brother’s fiance back into the building.

Lily and Rebecca had a relationship that was built on mutual concern for Bucky but evolved into a beautiful mother-daughter relationship that Lily was thankful for. Lily had lost her mother those years ago when she was arrested, and though younger than Bucky, Rebecca took the mantle quickly. She gave Lily advice, helped her with boy issues, and even gave her excellent parenting advice. Specifically when it came to raising a little girl. If it weren’t for Rebecca, Lily wasn’t sure she would have been able to make it through the last four years with Stella.

“Thank you, Becca,” Lily sighed as she lead the woman up towards the room, “I have no idea why he’s around this area right now anyways.”

“Men like him don’t have to have reasons to be the way they are,” Rebecca sighed, waving her hand passively, “I assume we’re heading to the rooftop? These Avengers never did have any respect for the elderly.”

Lily chuckled and pushed open the door to the rooftop patio, smiling brightly as the Avengers waved the two over. Everyone embraced Bucky’s younger sister and gave her warm welcomes. Lily didn’t hesitate to slide right into Bucky’s side, curling into him. The fire table was lit and warm, and Lily found herself reliving the first time she and Bucky had a conversation alone. It was the same night he had kissed her for the first time.

She’d never forget that day.

“That John Walker character was bugging poor Lily while she was waiting for me,” Rebecca commented as she took a seat across from Lily and her brother.

“Really?” Bucky questioned, looking down at his wife-to-be, “What did he want?”

Lily simply shrugged her shoulders before thanking Nat for bringing her a drink, “Nothing. Just being Walker, I guess.”

A conversation broke out about how truly agitating John Walker was, Lily found herself drifting into her own thoughts again. Was her and Bucky’s wedding really that important to people that everyone felt the need to bring it up in almost every conversation? Typically, it was people asking only her about it too. It was as though it was riding on her to put a ring on his finger and keep him away from other prospects.

“How’re the kids doing you two?” Wanda hummed, crossing her legs as she sipped her drink.

Lily perked up at the mention of her children. If anyone ever wanted to get Lily out of a solemn state and really have her engage in conversation, all they had to do was bring up Hunter and Stella and she would go. They were her favourite topic of all time. There were no real words to describe just how proud Lily was of her children and how proud she was of the job she and Bucky had done giving them the best life they could. That was a parent’s job after all. And she’d be damned if she didn’t do her job to the absolute best of her abilities. Especially with Hunter. He had gone through more than Lily ever wished he had to experience, and giving him at least a few proper years as a teenager was all she strived to do.

“They’re good,” Lily nodded, readjusting her seat, “Hunter was suspended from school but rightfully so. Stella’s still...Stella.”

“Oh no, what happened with Hunt?” Nat asked, tilting her head.

“He lost it on a teacher,” Bucky sighed, rubbing gentle circles into Lily’s arm, “It’s all worked out though so no worries.”

“And Stella’s just enjoying having Hunter home so that she can annoy the living daylights out of him,” Lily chuckled, finishing off her drink and setting it down beside her, “She’s all excited about the wedding. I’m convinced she’s the one walking down the aisle.”

A light-hearted conversation stemmed from the comments Lily made, and time seemed to slow down as she basked in the comfort of her close friends. Whether it be their laughs or the fact that everyone simply seemed at ease when they were around each other. It made a strange sense of calm fall over Lily, and she wished she could freeze time and relive those moments over and over again. It was her favourite part of the Avengers. Seeing them being human and living together in harmony for once.

As the night came to an end, Lily had found herself pulling Rebecca to the side, “Hey why don’t you come back home with us? Spend some time up in Long Island?”

It didn’t take long for the three Barnes to end up piled in the car, heading back home to where she prayed, Stella and Hunter were fast asleep. But knowing Hunter’s past babysitting skills, she figured it would most likely be them coming home to the two watching a movie with the dogs at their feet, Alpine curled in Stella’s lap. As sweet as it was, Lily couldn’t help but shake her head at the lack of parenting skills her typically dotting son had.

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The following morning, Lily really didn’t want to drag herself out of bed to deal with the whining animals who were no doubt about to start fighting each other one story below her. Glancing over her shoulder, she smiled softly at the peaceful face of her fiance. Bending down, she pressed a gentle kiss to the man’s temple before stepping into her slippers and walking down the stairs to where the three animals were having a stand-off.

“I am not doing this with you guys today,” Lily sighed as she plucked Alpine into her arms, “Let’s get you all fed before you wake the whole house.”

“Seems they already woke up two,” Rebecca chuckled as she stepped down from the final step of the stairs, “Is this how you wake up every morning, dear?” she asked, following Lily around to the kitchen.

Sighing, Lily nodded as she placed Alpine down on the counter next to his feeding bowl, filling his and the dogs below the counter, “More or less,” she chuckled, sliding into one of the stools at the bar, “then in about an hour the other three will end up down here asking for breakfast.”

The older woman chuckled as she started to brew the pair a pot of coffee, “Well I have to admit, you’ve done an excellent job at making it seem like nothing is bothering you.”

Lily tilted her head to the side and furrowed her eyebrows at her sister-in-law’s comment. The blonde wasn’t entirely sure what the younger Barnes was getting at. As far as Lily knew, she was doing fine. Aside from the anger, she felt towards Walker, the frustration she had about the wedding, and the increasing attitude coming from her son. Specifically when it came to talking about his younger sister. But other than that she was doing fairly well, all things considered.

“Oh don’t give me that look, dear,” Rebecca chuckled, pouring the cream into each mug, “I know you more than you think. Tell me what’s been buggin’ you.”

Lily chuckled and shook her head at Rebecca’s comments. She was fine. And it wasn’t for Lily to confide in her fiance’s younger sister, she would be fine. Whatever Lily had on her plate was something she could handle, and as much as she did appreciate Rebecca’s help, she was fine. Lily had handled much worse than a bit of attitude from her teenage son. She was sure it was just him going through some sort of teenage angst.

But sometimes at night, when Bucky was snoring soundly beside her, Lily felt that she may have done something wrong in her life. Maybe it was something she had done that caused such a reaction from Hunter. She knew it couldn’t be Bucky, the two were kindred spirits. They complimented each other. Every so often Hunter would slip up and call Bucky dad, but no one commented and just went on as if it was normal. Whenever friends asked, Hunter responded by saying that Bucky was his dad, simple as that. He and Stella got along well, considering their age gap. He was always the one who offered to babysit her if Bucky tried to get Lily out of the house. But she knew it couldn’t have been easy having a new addition to the family.

“I worry that Hunter is resentful towards Stella,” Lily blurted out before sipping her coffee.

“And why do you think that?”

“For almost two years, he had finally found a stable family. One where he didn’t have to worry about his mom crying herself to sleep at night anymore,” Lily began, biting down on her bottom lip, “He had the father he lacked as a child. And then Stella came. And she was Bucky’s biological daughter...I just feel like he feels like the second place to her.”

Rebecca nodded along with Lily’s words. The only person she had ever really talked to about the worry she had with Hunter and Stella was Rose. She’d brought it up passively with Gen but never really went into detail. Rose was the middle child of three. Lily felt like if there was anyone she could confide in about the possible rivalry between the two, it would be her.

“Stella was not something we planned for,” Lily chuckled, remembering the day she found out she was pregnant, “But I know that we were meant to have her. To have something physical that connected us. But even before Stella, Hunter and Bucky had that father-son bond. I just worry that there’s jealousy. He’s already been through something similar.”

“What do you mean?” Rebecca asked, leaning on the counter.

Lily let out a deep sigh, leaning her head back to keep the tears from spilling out of her eyes, “His biological father had a little girl with his new wife. And she was their entire world. I just worry that he feels like he’s not good enough sometimes. That’s why his parents had other kids.”

Rebecca nodded along with her words once more before speaking again, “Do you and Buck plan on having any more?”

Lily chuckled into her mug, shrugging her shoulders, “I mean I stopped taking birth control a while ago. But I’m 38, turning 39 soon. I guess it’s not something we really think about,” she answered, tilting her head, “We’ve talked about it briefly. We’d like to but it’s not something we’re planning for.”

“I can tell you that if you have another,” Rebecca sighed, “Stella will give you the same worries. It’s just an innate thing between siblings. That rivalry. I know Bucky felt it with me. When I came along, because of our age difference, I know he felt almost like because he was getting older, our parents wanted a replacement.”

Lily nodded slowly, “I suppose so,” she whispered, resting her elbow onto the counter as she looked down at her coffee.

Stella was the greatest thing to happen to Bucky and Lily collectively. She was the perfect mix of the two with a slight lean towards her father. But it made Lily feel like she had found the very thing she thought she had with Scott. She was happy with Bucky, happier than she had ever felt. He made her feel like she was truly the most perfect girl in the world. No matter the things that she had faced. But Hunter was the son that Bucky didn’t make, but had anyways. And Stella truly did just solidify the family and everything that they were together.

“Walker,” Rebecca prompted, sipping her coffee, “What happened last night, does that happen often?”

Lily chuckled lowly and nodded, “Yeah he and his wife didn’t work out so I think he’s just looking for some validation of some sort.”

“Has Buck talked to him?” She questioned, prompting Lily to finally start talking again, trying to help her work through the different issues she was facing and how she was feeling.

Rebecca and Lily had developed a relationship that can only be described as an unbreakable bond. The two were two halves of the same whole. Both had an undying love for Bucky Barnes and shared similar trauma throughout their different lifetimes. Lily was able to confide in Rebecca when it came to anything, even Bucky. Whenever she and Bucky got into a bad argument, it would be Gen or Rebecca on the other end of Lily’s phone.

“Yeah, yeah he talked to him once at this fundraiser we went to,” Lily nodded, circling the mug she held with her finger, “Wouldn’t surprise me that if Bucky sees him soon, he’d be a dead man walking.”

“See who soon?” Bucky’s groggy voice echoed through the kitchen as he walked in.

“Walker,” Rebecca sighed, pouring her brother a mug of coffee, “She was just telling me that he’s been a bit persistent with her.”

The look on Bucky’s face made Lily’s heart sink. She knew that Bucky wasn’t a jealous person, but whenever it came to Walker, something was set off inside of the supersoldier. He became overprotective and borderline possessive of his fiance. It sometimes worried Lily, but she knew he would never do anything to hurt John, especially since Lily had asked him many times not to, and to just leave it. But she knew how much it ate away at Bucky that John was trying a bit too hard to be super friendly with his wife-to-be.

“Can’t believe he talked to you last night,” Bucky muttered as he poured sugar into his coffee, “Apparently he’s coming by the centre later to meet some of the other recruits.”

“But you’re off today, Buck,” Lily smiled tightly, tilting her head to the side, “So you won’t be able to talk to him.”

“Yeah well, I was thinking of stopping by and seeing Sam. He’s picked up a session with a few veterans so,” Bucky returned, mirroring the same smile that was plastered on Lily’s lips.

Before Lily could return with another comment, there was a loud knock on the Barnes family home’s door. The three adults exchanged confused looks before they all walked from the kitchen. Lily quickly shooed the dogs and Alpine out into the backyard before following the two siblings through the halls towards the large front door. It was only 7:30 in the morning. No one in the house was expecting visitors at this time, especially since Hunter and Stella would still be passed out for at least another hour. When Lily opened the door, she found her jaw smacking against the floor beneath her at just who decided to show their face in her face, let alone show up at her very door.

“Hey, Lily.”

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i felt an earthquake the first time i heard your laughter

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by bigstarkenergy

Bruce blinks, and stares down at his sink.

Or, more accurately, at the wet bright orange toothbrush sitting on top of his sink.

It's seemingly innocuous. Normal, even.

Except for the fact that Bruce doesn't think he's used an orange toothbrush since he was 7 years old.

Words: 3043, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of the world will turn and we'll grow, we'll learn

Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), DC Animated Universe (Timmverse)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, Barry Allen

Relationships: Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne

Additional Tags: First Kiss, Getting Together, Developing Relationship, Established Relationship, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Identity Porn, Pining, Mutual Pining, i don't know how else to tag this but i promise it's comforting

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[ao3feed-timdrake]

We own the night

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by Anonymous

She stares at the three little pink lines and waits for something to happen. For the world to shift. For everyone just outside the door of the crummy little pharmacy’s bathroom to be hit with the reality of the situation. Hell, for her to feel something, anything, other than a bare inkling of shock, a whole lot of lack of surprise and a vague sense of dread.

Pregnant. She’s pregnant. She’s seventeen, absolutely not ready for this, and pregnant.

Or, what if Steph got pregnant later than in canon and the whole Batfam had her back.

Words: 3043, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 10 of DC tidbits

Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Batgirl (Comics)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Stephanie Brown, Bruce Wayne, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Damian Wayne, Dick Grayson

Relationships: Stephanie Brown & Bruce Wayne, Stephanie Brown & Cassandra Cain & Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Jason Todd & Damian Wayne, Stephanie Brown & Damian Wayne

Additional Tags: Pregnancy, Unplanned Pregnancy, Found Family, Discussion of Abortion, Basically what if Steph was pregnant but later than in canon and the whole Batfam had her back, She makes the same decision than in canon, and is not having a good time for some of it be warned, puke, Blood, Attempted Kidnapping, A small one, tho, Bruce Wayne is a Good Parent, Vomiting, Fluff, attempts at humor, a lot of hugging going on in this one, No editing we die like mne

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[renes-seiferd]

I just realized that I’ve miscalculated the dates and the comic should actually take place in 3043 and not 3044 as Renes is 14 during the Mute and the Machine and apparently since the first chapter was supposed to take place on monday, it’s actually january 9 and not january 7 so I’ll have to retcon the dates. I can’t math. =_= At least I won’t have to edit that many pages, but still... *sigh*  =_= Also I should probably decide the birthdays for other characters too to avoid making similar mistakes in the future. I’ll try to get the pages edited soonish.

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

DIY

by bittercape “Jason!” Dick says when he runs into them just inside the entrance, all delighted surprise that would look real to most people. “What the hell are you doing?” he hisses at Jason, smile flawlessly in place. “Attending the exhibition opening, like you asked me to,” Jason says in his mildest tone. Dick audibly grinds his teeth. Words: 3043, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 3 of The Kamakura Job, Part 11 of YOJ fics Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Deathstroke the Terminator (Comics) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Jason Todd, Slade Wilson, Dick Grayson, Bruce Wayne, Tim Drake, William Randolph Wintergreen Relationships: Jason Todd/Slade Wilson Additional Tags: Competence Kink, Heist, Oral Sex, Frottage, Manhandling via https://ift.tt/V3nFAz2

[taylornetwork]

It’s a full house on the final episode of the decade the entire cast is here minus Gil Colon on a flight back home .

The show starts out with Eddie Murphy on Saturday night live talk . The future of comedy leads into cancel culture talk because of the great Kevin Hart Netflix series don’t Fuck this up . We talked the legendary Richard Pryor on the sunset strip special. Rafael talks seeing Paul Mooney live .

We talk all things Star Wars from Rise of Skywalker , The Mandalorian and the renewed love of the Prequels the best Lightsaber fight and Revenge of the sith .

The guys introduced young Juan Castro to Till Tuesday video for Voices Carry and the asshole guy in the video who inspired Bar Rafael.

Film talk as CK breaks down the great Adam Sandler film Uncut Gems. The Irishman and the future of film .

Nostalgia as the CW Crisis has brought fans of The Christopher Reeves Superman film and the Brandon Routh film Superman returns.

Juan Castro talks Akira .

Darrell , CK and Raf talk Kristen Scott Thomas in the awful Prince film Under the Cherry Moon as well as great European actors and actresses.

Ck and Darrell talk Doomsday Clock 12 and Tom King run on Batman.

Did Raf buy Laurie a Peloton and Darrell and Rafael at the Bar . As well as Jennifer White porn .

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NoApologies ep 357 Voices Carry It's a full house on the final episode of the decade the entire cast is here minus Gil Colon on a flight back home .

[ao3feed-hawkguy]

Born of Eternity

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by AzulDemon

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

Luke Skywalker's new Jedi order has fallen and with it the Force and those who use it fade back into legend. But the Force is as vast as the galaxy and very much alive.

Haunted by her past and determined to protect her children, Wanda Maximoff has chosen a life of seclusion on the Outer Rim planet of Bakura. But as her sons grow up so too does their strength with the Force and with that their restlessness.

Wanda's past is about to catch up with her and set into motion a series of events that have the potential to change the galaxy.

Words: 3043, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Marvel (Comics), Star Wars - All Media Types, Young Avengers (Comics), New Avengers (Comics), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi - Fandom, Star Wars Legends - All Media Types, Hawkeye (Comics), X-Men - All Media Types

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Billy Kaplan, Teddy Altman, Tommy Shepherd, Wanda Maximoff, Kate Bishop, America Chavez, Erik Lehnsherr, Pietro Maximoff, Vision (Marvel)

Relationships: Teddy Altman/Billy Kaplan, Billy Kaplan & Tommy Shepherd, Teddy Altman & Kate Bishop

Additional Tags: Canon-Typical Violence, Canon Compliant, kind of, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Character Tags To Be Added - Freeform

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[losvuotacantine-campobasso]

MANGA FUMETTO 001-3043- STAR COMICS STARLIGHT CITY HUNTER "PANICO N.STUDIOS" N°5

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[ao3feed-brucewayne]

We own the night

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by Anonymous

She stares at the three little pink lines and waits for something to happen. For the world to shift. For everyone just outside the door of the crummy little pharmacy’s bathroom to be hit with the reality of the situation. Hell, for her to feel something, anything, other than a bare inkling of shock, a whole lot of lack of surprise and a vague sense of dread.

Pregnant. She’s pregnant. She’s seventeen, absolutely not ready for this, and pregnant.

Or, what if Steph got pregnant later than in canon and the whole Batfam had her back.

Words: 3043, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 10 of DC tidbits

Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Batgirl (Comics)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Stephanie Brown, Bruce Wayne, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Damian Wayne, Dick Grayson

Relationships: Stephanie Brown & Bruce Wayne, Stephanie Brown & Cassandra Cain & Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Jason Todd & Damian Wayne, Stephanie Brown & Damian Wayne

Additional Tags: Pregnancy, Unplanned Pregnancy, Found Family, Discussion of Abortion, Basically what if Steph was pregnant but later than in canon and the whole Batfam had her back, She makes the same decision than in canon, and is not having a good time for some of it be warned, puke, Blood, Attempted Kidnapping, A small one, tho, Bruce Wayne is a Good Parent, Vomiting, Fluff, attempts at humor, a lot of hugging going on in this one, No editing we die like mne

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[losvuotacantine-campobasso]

MANGA FUMETTO 001-3043- STAR COMICS STARLIGHT CITY HUNTER "PANICO N.STUDIOS" N°5

MANGA FUMETTO 001-3043- STAR COMICS STARLIGHT CITY HUNTER "PANICO N.STUDIOS" N°5

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MANGA FUMETTO 001-3043- STAR COMICS STARLIGHT CITY HUNTER "PANICO N.STUDIOS" N°5

MANGA FUMETTO 001-3043- STAR COMICS STARLIGHT CITY HUNTER "PANICO N.STUDIOS" N°5

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