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A collection of interconnected ficlets, one shots, and stories, all focused on the Bat Family. All are based on the comics only, but blend assorted canons.
Anthology containing:

The Fears of a Father

Bruce doesn't handle loss well. He thought he removed most of the concern for that by keeping most people away and fighting for justice every night. Then an eight-year-old boy entered his life, his home, and quicker than he could have ever imagined, his heart. Bruce slowly starts to learn how to manage the fears of a father.

Tooth Fairy

The average child stops believing in mythical figures such as the tooth fairy around the age of eight.
Bruce Wayne didn’t know this when he adopted eight-year-old Dick Grayson.

Daddy

The first time Dick called Bruce ‘Daddy’ occurred when the boy was mostly asleep and his new father was putting him to bed. He was never aware that he’d said it.
The second time Dick called Bruce ‘Daddy’ occurred when the boy was running a fever and his new father was caring for him. He was too ill to recall anything he’d said after he recovered.
The third time Dick called Bruce ‘Daddy’ is the first instance he was aware of.

Robin Redbreast in a Cage

A Robin Redbreast in a cage puts all Heaven in a Rage. -William Blake.
They might be a different Trinity, one that operates out of Earth (and sometimes space), but it is still unwise to mess with their Robin. An up and coming crime lord learns this the hard way.

Batdad Contingency Plan

When Bruce first decided to not only take Dick in, but allow the boy to be Robin, he knew he might need a contingency plan should his son ever be injured in such a way that questions arose. Not necessarily about them being secret vigilantes, but about how the child keeps getting injured or showing early signs of sleep deprivation. He fully intends to keep Dick safe, but no matter what happens, no one is taking his son from him.

Shovel Talk

When Dick comes out to Bruce as a teenager, Bruce doesn't expect it change anything. Then a boy arrives at the Manor looking for Dick and he realizes, it does.

The Hero Gotham Needs

Tim considers the new Robin as he watches him.

National Grandparents Day

Jason hadn’t even known there was a National Grandparents Day. He never had grandparents.
But now he did.
One who was by far the coolest person Jason had ever met (and yes, that was counting Batman and Superman).
Alfred was his grandfather.

Here There Be Unicorns

When one of Young Justices early missions goes wrong, Tim makes an unexpected discovery.
Or maybe more than one.

Laughter

Most people, including the vast majority of the Justice League, would say that Batman never laughs.
This wasn’t propaganda. They truly believed the man never laughed. Mainly because they never heard him laugh. Even most of the few who knew who his identity would attest that he never laughed. They’d heard Bruce Wayne laugh on television or a video online, but it was never real. The laughter was just part of his disguise.
There were those who knew better, of course.

No More Dead Kids

Robin was the first. The first sidekick. The first child hero.
The first kid to meet a violent end orchestrated by one of the adult killers they so often faced.
He should have been the last.
He wasn’t.
If the grown-up heroes weren't going to make sure there weren't any more dead kids, then Jason would.

Laundry Day

Alfred normally could afford to let his concentration shift away from his chores. As of late, however, he finds that one particular duty has taken significantly more concentration. That being laundry.
It was always so simple before. He could never mistake an article of his own clothing for something of Bruce’s. The same went for Bruce and Dick or Jason. Even when his eldest two grew large enough to possibly borrow Bruce’s casual wear items, neither likely would. They had very different tastes. Even if Tim liked something of one of his elder brothers’, he would never fit into them. The same went for Cassandra. Certainly, one would never confuse any of Bruce’s laundry for Tim or Cassandra’s.
Tim and Cassandra’s clothes, however, were another story.

Tim's Superhero T-Shirts

Three reasons why Tim wears so many superhero t-shirts.

Godfather Batman to the Rescue

Bruce receives a call from his godson, Jon, when the boy is in need of help. Naturally, Bruce takes care of it.

The Failsafe

(Or: Tim finally gets a hold of some Kryptonite and Jason learns that his little brother might actually look up to him)

Jason Todd, Stealthy Big Brother

Jason Todd doesn't do the big brother thing. Except that sometimes, he does. He just doesn't let anyone know. Unsurprisingly, Tim and Cassandra figure it out anyway.

Red Bat of the Family

Or: Jason and his siblings try to make it work despite the gun thing.

Batdad Rules

Bruce knows he asks a lot of his children. He knows how very strict he is with them. Some say his rules are too rigid, that he’s too dominant, too controlling. Most of the people who say these things don’t have children and they certainly don’t have children who are secretly vigilantes. If they did, they would understand.
His rules are in place for a good reason.
That's not to say that he doesn't let a certain rule slip every now and then.

The Batdad Partition

Bruce has a partitioned hard drive on his phone and the ‘hidden’ partition has the most hardcore security on it. No one is getting into that part without his permission. Some members of the Justice League or Bat Family have discovered this and they all have theories on what he keeps on it.
The only one who has ever actually cracked it is Tim. It wasn't what anyone guessed. Not that he'll ever tell.

The Timmy Text Flowchart

AKA Tim is naturally suspicious and terrible at flirting so his siblings devise a quick way to help him when he just doesn't understand why one of his co-workers is behaving 'oddly'.

Bruised Batkids

When Bruce first took in Dick and allowed him to be Robin, hiding and sometimes explaining injuries was a big concern. Eventually, a natural excuse presented itself. The same stood true for each of Bruce's other children.

A Batdad Father's Day

Bruce's children each have their own way of acknowledging the holiday (or in some cases, not).

The Stand-In

Sometimes Tim felt like Tim Drake was just a stand-in for Robin. A placeholder in the world until the Boy Wonder was called on again. An elaborate cover story that only existed to hide the truth.

While the Bat's Away

Everything had fallen apart after Bruce died.
That’s what if felt like to his children anyway.
Batman was gone and the family he left behind were doing their best, but they weren’t him. They didn’t have his skill at hiding the person behind the mask so completely.
They were hurting and it showed.
They fell apart. Then they pulled themselves (and each other) back together.

Sweet Apologies

When Dick told Damian he had to apologise to Tim, he didn't expect the apology to be conventional but he certainly didn't expect this.

Height Checks

Damian is catching up to Tim's height. He can't wait to be taller than the second-youngest Wayne child. Unfortunately, he's the only one who doesn't know that Tim has no problem being the smallest. After all, he always was before Damian came along.

Bat-Cow and Kit-Cow

Damian decides that Bat-Cow needs companionship after visiting the Kent family farm. He and Jon come up with a plan. They really need to learn that not everything is a secret mission.

Dex-Starr Finds a New Home

In which Tim Drake-Wayne finally gets the cat he's always wanted and Bruce Wayne finally spends some quality time with his boys.

Bat Family Projects

Bruce and his children start a group text chain, work on another family project, pick up some new hobbies, confront a few issues and make some good memories.
It seemed they weren’t going to run out of family projects for some time. Bruce was glad for that. He was even glad it meant receiving more off subject texts from his kids. When it came down to it, no matter how much extra work or time it might take, he would rather be part of his children’s lives than not.

Cassandra's Sleeping Habits

Cassandra has her own apartment. Bruce got it for her after it wasn’t safe for her to live at Barbara’s place anymore. What he didn’t know, was that Cassandra rarely ever uses the apartment.

Bat-Pizza's Grand Re-Opening!

Dick has lunch with Damian, teaches him about pizza parties and eggplant emoji, and tries to plant the seeds for a better relationship between Damian and Tim. Its a bit of work, being the eldest Wayne child, but Dick loves it.

One Step Forward

Wanting to improve their relationship, Bruce decides to invite Jason to dinner at the Manor. It doesn't go as smoothly as planned, but he thinks he's making progress anyway.
Or: Bruce finally stops using the eggplant emoji.

By Love or Fate

At a social gathering, Bruce meets a charming elderly woman and talks about his children. In doing so, he realizes how much his kids mean to him and how much they've changed him for the better.
Little does he know, they're about to save him again. And not in the usual way.

Peanut Butter Jelly Time

How each member of the Bat Family makes a PB&J.

Day of the Un-Dead

When the Wayne family is finally ready to bring Jason back from the dead legally, they decide to have a private celebration first. Nothing particularly noteworthy happens when compared to the sort of things the family usually does together, but its still one of the best nights of Bruce's life.

Another Batdad Father's Day

Bruce's children decide to do something a little different this year. It doesn't go exactly as planned, but it still becomes one of his favorite Father's Days.

Batfamily Scars

Moonlighting as a vigilante came with no small number of challenges. Explaining where your time and money went. Explaining injuries and absences for yourself and your children. Explaining how you came about adopting said children. Explaining other relationships, like how a born and raised Gothamite billionaire knew a Metropolis reporter originally from Kansas.
It also meant you gathered a fair number of scars that you had to explain occasionally.

Last Laugh, First Steps

Running a large portion of the Gotham underground as a benevolent crime lord was harder than Jason thought it would be, but still well within the range of what he could handle. All in all, it wasn’t that different from being the type of vigilante Bruce had trained him to be become. He was feeling like he was doing a decent job as part of the Bat Family these days. The Wayne family, he wasn't so sure about.
Until he receives an unexpected call from Dick while on patrol one night and the words he hears next change everything.
Tim's hurt...the Joker's involved. B and Little D are out of town. Cass is here with me and it’ll take us too long t-
“Where?”
His death. His anger. His father. His role as a brother, as a son, as a grandson. Jason decides its time to take it all on. If he's going to help his little brother recover, then he's going to have to heal himself as well.

A Dark Place

Conner stops by to see Tim after he's kidnapped by the Joker. Tim isn't in a good place but his best friend and his big brother are there to help. And, of course, there's Dex.

Nightmares

After what they've both suffered at the hands of the Joker, Jason and Tim tend to have nightmares featuring the Rogue. Fortunately, they both also have each other to help them cope with the horrific dreams. The nightmares might be bad, but the time they're awake more than makes up for them.

I, Dex-Starr

How Dex came to be Tim's cat, and how he handles his owner being hurt, from his perspective.

Better Late Than Never

The Bat Family finally gets around to reading the Harry Potter books (or in some cases not). While sharing this new interest, they end up touching on a subject long avoided and Bruce has to wonder if ‘late’ is truly much better than ‘never’.

The House Tournament

Dick decided that their family, and several friends, should take a Hogwarts House quiz after Alfred got all the kids to check out the Harry Potter books. They ended up with pretty decent house teams once it was all done. When they realized this, it was decided that an multi-house tournament was needed. In order to balance out the teams, they decided on a video game tournament.
In which the Waynes, the Kents, and a few other friends have a team video game tournament.

Homecoming

After being brought back from the dead physically and then legally, the night of Jason's homecoming ball is finally here. He just wants it over with. He's happy to be able to publicly use his name and acknowledge his family. Having to wear a tuxedo, talk to reporters, and deal with upper class busybodies, not so much.
For better or worse, Jason Todd-Wayne is officially back in Gotham.

The Wayne Family Petting Zoo

Sending his son to Lian's birthday party should have been simple. Bruce didn't know about the petting zoo, or duck mating habits. He didn't expect it to turn into a whole project that involved each of his children. He didn't expect it to trigger his youngest child's temper.
He also didn't expect his other children to know exactly how to handle it, but they did.
Bruce was never more proud than when he saw them helping each other. That was something that was happening more often as of late. If basically having a petting zoo on the grounds meant he saw even more of it, then Bruce supposed he could deal with a few more animals.

The Talk of Relationships Past

In which Bruce, Dick, Jason, and Tim end up discussing their failed relationships in order to figure out who is best suited talk to Damian about romance and dating after he demands his father set aside some time to have The Talk.

Bat Family R&D

In which Jason and Bruce realize that Tim has become the entire family's R&D department after he is incommunicado for only a couple of days.

Father-Son Camping Trip

When Batman met Superman, he was mistrustful. When Bruce Wayne met Clark Kent, he was suspicious. Between saving the world together, forming the Justice League, and helping each other as they raised several kids, they became friends.
As their children became friends and they started to spend more and more time together, being guests at each other’s houses, taking a pair of their kids somewhere together, and supporting each other when one of their children threw them a curve ball became regular occurrences. They were exposed to many of the same interests through their children. They were exposed to many of the same concerns.
Eventually this leads the Wayne family (at least, some of them) and the Kent family to go on a joint father-son camping trip.

Home Hunting

For all the different places Cassandra had lived, she’d never actually had to go apartment hunting before. She’d either crashed with a friend or family member, moved from one temporary dwelling to another, or her father or little brother set something up for her. So when she moved to Bludhaven, she didn’t exactly come with a long-term plan.
Fortunately, her big brother had her covered.

Roses

This story should read well on it's own, but it references a few other stories from this series:
'Dex-Starr Finds a New Home' (Wherein Dex becomes Tim's cat & gets his catio).
'Last Laugh, First Steps' (Wherein the Joker kidnaps Tim, Jason and Bruce have the fight mentioned here, and it's first suggested that Cassandra should move back to Blüdhaven).
'Home Hunting' (Wherein Dick helps Cassandra find her apartment in Blüdhaven).
Cassandra breaking into Tim's apartment to take super long showers and eat all his Rice Krispies is from Robin #134.
Cassandra got the rose mentioned here in Batgirl #17 and kept it until she left it in Brenda's care in Batgirl #66.
The destruction of Blüdhaven mentioned here takes place during Infinite Crisis.

Learning to Let Go

Stephanie Brown stops by Jason and Tim's place to ask a favor. They discover that sometimes, the people involved in a failed relationship move on easier than those around them. Blüdhaven gets a new crime fighting team and the eldest Wayne brothers get into a brief texting war that goes bad quick. There's also a shootout and some lessons learned. Considering how strange things can get in their world, it all actually goes really well.

Alfred's Latest Scrapbook

Bruce takes a peek at Alfred's latest scrapbook. Feelings ensue.

Kidnapping the Waynes

Someone wants to exploit Bruce Wayne. They decide to go after his children, hiring Rogues and criminals to do their dirty work. Fortunately, the Wayne family is much more capable than Bruce's enemies expect. Alone, they're impressive. Together, they're unstoppable.

The Trysting

The story of Tim Wayne's kidnapping during Kidnapping the Waynes.

Talk of Relationships Past and Future

Bruce finally gets around to talking to Damian about dating and romance, and especially, how to avoid the issue in balancing that with a secret identity that he and the boy's brothers have experienced. He decided to make it a family discussion, so everyone learns a few things, plus some old hurts and secrets come out. There's fighting, and comforting, and some joking around. It doesn't go the way Bruce expected, but all in all, he thinks he goes well.

Bat-Naps

Each of Bruce's children have been known to be able to nap just about anywhere.

Robin and Pup Pup

How Tim came to own a Robin plush and how Jason's Pup Pup plush got a friend.

The Wrath Returns

When there's a quiet breakout at Blackgate, an old enemy returns and Alfred gets a first-hand view of how Jason and Tim work as a team and under pressure. Watching them in action is both beautiful and terrifying and he is incredibly proud of the two boys. When Bruce returns in the middle of it all, he has to opportunity to offer some guidance. After all, Alfred was the adopted father of a genius vigilante long before Bruce was.

A Painful Q&A

After Bruce learned that Jason had revenge sex with one of his exes, he wanted to make sure said ex wasn't a threat to his son or anyone else's children. Since Jason wouldn't tell him who she was, Tim agreed to look into it for him.
Which is how the boy finds himself sitting face to face with Talia al Ghul as they have a discussion that brings up the most recent worst moments in each of their lives. He gets answers, but is left with some painful questions as well.

Flowers

Damian learns a little about flower language and lot about family.

Ficlets & Headcannons

A collection of Bat Family mini ficlets and headcannons that add to this universe I've built here but aren't really a full story in their own right.

Uncomfortable Situations

Based on a comment a friend of mine made on the nude scene in Batman: Damned. "I don't care that they showed Batman's genitals, I care that he showed his genitals in the cave, right where any of his kids could have walked in and seen him."
So here are five one-shots depicting what might have happened if any one of Bruce's children came into the cave on that morning and found their father just hanging out there naked.
Concern, discomfort, confusion, shame, and questions about masturbation ensue.

Happy Little Accidents

Bruce and Lois have a quiet, friendly moment at a gala. Memories of their children make them laugh and cry a little.

Tricks and Treats and Bats and Birds

While visiting their friends at the Kent family farm, Jason, Tim, and Damian end up making some unexpected plans for Halloween. A pie-off, pumpkin carving, figuring out costumes, trick or treating, and of course, patrolling Gotham are all on the agenda.

Nightwing and His Blüdhaven Bomben

Nightwing's Blüdhaven Bomben gain another member and a base of operations. Tim and Wally each visit, and everyone has a pretty good Halloween.

The Wayne Studio of Arts and Acrobatics

When Bruce bought a building in Blüdhaven for Dick and Cassandra to use as a base of operations for their crime fighting team, the family realized they needed an explanation for it. Fortunately, they came up with something pretty quick.
The Wayne Studio of Arts and Acrobatics.

Gothamite Spotlight

An interview with Bruce Wayne's children, as printed in the Gotham Gazette's new column: Gothamite Spotlight.
Topics include Bruce Wayne's parenting techniques and how they've changed from child to child; the names we choose, use, and live under; kidnappings; Wayne Enterprises; pets; Jason Todd-Wayne's 'death' and return to Gotham; Alfred Pennyworth, the unofficial grandfather; jobs; friendships and romances; living under public scrutiny; and the meaning of family.
AKA: A look into what the Gotham public sees, hears, and believes about the Wayne family and how the Waynes help shape their public images.

Talk Turkey

Jason and Damian get into a brief but heated argument when Jason brings up his favorite holiday -Thanksgiving- and its customary dish, which Damian takes issue with. Dick steps in when cannibalism comes up. Tim and Bruce have a separate but related argument when Tim decides Bruce needs to start respecting Damian's values. And everything gets settled one way or another.
Its the holidays. Its what brothers do.

Thankful

A sweet moment between brothers occurs when Jason comes home for Thanksgiving.

Holiday Shopping

Bruce agrees to go shopping on Black Friday with all his kids. Fun, guilt, bonding, frustration, and a holiday resolution ensue.

Vantage Point

Clark never used his powers to spy on his children. That didn’t mean he didn’t use his powers to check on them at times, but that wasn’t the same thing at all. Spying was seeing what they were doing for no reason other than he wanted to know or catch them doing something. Checking on them was because he’d heard, seen, or felt something that made him concerned there might be something going on with one of them that he needed to help with or address.
Conner was at the age (and of the personality type) that keeping an ear out when he had a girl over was just smart. Recently though, Clark had found himself nursing a concern that he wasn’t sure was warranted or not. He wasn’t sure what to make of some incidents involving Conner and Tim.

Holiday Tales

A collection of short stores that take place during the holiday season.

Advent

Bruce puts together an Advent Calendar for Damian. Thoughts on family and parenthood ensue.

Holiday Trappings

Jason has always been a man of action more than a man of words. He knows he's never been great at the traditional family stuff, so he decides to use the holidays to show his family and friends how much they mean to him.

Boxing Day (AKA: Alfred Pennyworth Appreciation Day)

Boxing Day is not typically observed in the United States. However, it has long been celebrated in Stately Wayne Manor, where one Alfred Pennyworth resides.

A Good Day for Damian Wayne

A day in the life of Damian Wayne that includes vaccines for Joker Venom and Fear Toxin (along with some side effects), training with his sister, lunch with his favorite brother, ice cream, bonding with his siblings while they teach him how to play games that don't involve winning or losing, and dinner with the family.

Bat Family Text Chain

A series of one shots showing some of the discussions from the Wayne family text chain.

Just Us Communicating

Series Summary: A one-shot series featuring communications over comms or texts from the current and former members of Young Justice.

Keeping Track

When Jason and Tim start working on a project to be able to keep each other safer, they end up learning something new about their eldest brother.

Elite Fairy Godmothers

Cassandra wasn’t normally excited about balls, especially ones that her brothers weren’t going to be attending. However, she was looking forward to a night with her father, even in such a setting. And she was happy to help a worthy cause, in however small a way.
Of course, her life being what it was, Cassandra marked the ball on her calendar and then ultimately forgot about it over the next two weeks, while she fought crime, trained their new teammates, worked at the Studio, practiced her dancing, and worked with Harper to turn her new hearse into a kick-ass vigilante vehicle. In fact, she forgot until it was really too late to be working out the details.
Twenty-two minutes later, she was in the secret base of the Blüdhaven Bomben, with her team fully prepared to finish getting her ball-ready in record time, like a group of elite fairy godmothers. Assuming fairy godmothers could beat up mobsters and solve crimes in their spare time as well as make a young woman ball-ready in less than two hours.

Boy Wonders

In both Arkham Asylum and Blackgate Penitentiary, the young vigilante known as Robin was something of a hot topic. The patients and inmates often traded notes on the Boy Wonder in an attempt to figure out just how many there had actually been to date. They tried to figure out what had happened to each one. They tried to guess which Robin had put each of them there at what time.

Playing Roles and Being Real

Tim, Jason, Damian, Conner, Bizarro, and Jon decide to play a game of Wizards & Warriors. It does not go as planned, but they end up having a good time anyway, even if an out of game detour results in one boy in tears, another with a mild injury, and a small fire in the den.

Where Children Come From

A nurse at the hospital observes Bruce Wayne as he waits for news about one of his children and answers a difficult question from a child waiting to meet his little brother.
“Do you have kids, mister? Where do they come from?”

Cookie Sales, Questions, and New Directions

Bruce sales some Brown Bat cookies alongside Tim and Lian Harper. This leads to some unexpected questions and some very concerning answers.

Bat Trolls

Dick, Jason, and Tim use fake online profiles to keep the Batman's urban legend status among civilians while also making him all the more terrifying to criminals.
After all, it was hard enough to sell someone on the idea of a vigilante dressed a bat running around Gotham for years without being caught on camera. Adding to that rumors of vampirism, ghosts, cyborgs, time-travel, and the like just make it even harder to believe. Unless the someone you were selling it to happened to be caught by the Batman one day. Then, it was hard to know what to believe.

World's Finest: Red Robin & Robin

In which Tim and Damian team up and have a few needed discussions, Dick gets some reassurance that he's loved, and Damian gets a pet alpaca (sort of).
Damian didn't know where it would go, this path they’d started upon. He knew he was likely to lose his temper or lash out at several points along the way.

He also knew he wanted to see where that road lead them.

Mystic Blades and Little Brothers

Both can cut you and protect you. Jason is reminded of this the first time he summons the All-Blades in Tim's presence and has to explain what they are and how he uses them.

Little Brothers, Big Problems

Dick didn't think arranging for his little brothers to see a charity showing of Big Hero 6 together was going to lead to any turmoil or life altering decisions, but in hindsight, he really shouldn't be surprised.

Reflection

Tim had taken to avoiding mirrors for a while now.
He was aware that it was a very short term solution to a very permanent problem.
He didn’t know what else to do.

Alfred Pennyworth: The Man, The Myth, The Legend

Alfred Pennyworth first became a legend to Her Royal Majesty's Infantry Rangers and MI6 .
Then, more importantly to him, he became one to his grandchildren.
Through their stories, he became a legend to an entire generation of young heroes.
This caught the attention of Princess Diana and led to him becoming a legend to the Amazons of Themyscira and Bana-Mighdall.
Then, he became one to the very gods the Amazons worshiped.
One day, he may even learn of how far his legend goes himself.

Profiles

Supplemental material giving character & city profiles.

Shelves: DC Comics

Site:: archiveofourown.org
Words:: 802,818
Status:: In-Progress

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Tony Stark is many things, but a father is not one of them. That is, until he gets sent a picture of a small five year old boy with the words ‘Harry Potter. Born July 31st 2007, mother Lily Evans. He’s your son and you need to get him. 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey, England.’
How will Tony look after his new found son during the attack on New York and how will he help the boy recover from all the abuse he suffered by the hands of the Dursleys?
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Sweet Child of Mine

A few months before Loki’s attack on New York, Tony Stark finds out he has a son named Harry Potter. How will the genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist deal with being a father to a hurt and abused five year old boy? How will he protect Harry when New York is under attack and he is under duty to defend it along with the rest of the Avengers from a certain God of Mischief?

Road to recovery

Harry’s road to becoming an average, healthy young boy.
Series of one shots.
Ch 1: set after chapter 10 of Sweet Child of Mine, where Rhodey and Tony did Harry’s room. Harry tries to thank his father by kissing him and Tony gives the boy the sex talk and explains why that’s wrong
Ch 2: Harry’s journey in therapy
Ch 3- ch 4: Harry gets his shots and ends up with a terrible fever. Tony looks after the boy for the first time he’s sick.
Ch 5: Harry finally reaches a healthy weight, and is now a bit self-conscious about his weight.

Unrequited love

Harry realises he's come to love his dad and was trusting him far more than was safe. So naturally, he starts lashing out at him. In a test to see if his love really is without boundaries.

Thank you for everything

A Father’s Day fic, cuteness enfolds.

Everyone makes mistakes

A drunken night in Vegas leaves Tony in deep shit. How will his mistake effect his son?

Shelves: Marvel Comics, Harry Potter, Crossovers

Site:: archiveofourown.org
Words:: 101,345
Status:: In-Progress

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Letting Go
Letting Go - A Teen Wolf Fan Fiction. This story takes place approximately ten years after the end of season 4.
Stiles is a photographer who travels the world. He runs into Derek on a trip home to see his father. Life for them will never be the same.
"The average person is like a grain of sand on the beach." The old woman says. "People with a little talent are just bigger grains of sand. Deaton is a pebble on the beach. You are the ocean that pushes the sand to the shore. Larger, relentless, and ultimately more powerful than all the sand and rocks combined.”
“If I am that, then what are you ?” Stiles asks.
“I am what you will become.” She says.
Is It Never Worth The Pain
The Beacon Hills Pack - this is the life and story of the pack after the end of "Letting Go" - If you haven't read that, this will not make a lot of sense. There are a lot of original characters. The focus moves through different characters as their lives change. This story starts about 10 years after "Letting Go" and covers about 100 years of time. There is no big bad in this story. No build up to conflict with some evil character. This is just life.

Shelves: Teen Wolf

Site:: Archive of Our Own
Words:: 305,877
Status:: Completed

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Hearts on fire
Midoriya and Todoroki try out their first time kissing, whether it was planned or not. There's some embarrassment, some laughter and definitely some fire between them. It's really nothing but a bit of cute fluff.

I'm here if you want to
Todoroki is going back to his room after going to the bathroom late at night. On his way past the common room, he finds Midoriya crying by himself and he can't help but stop and try to comfort him.

I'm sorry I'm too weak
When Todoroki has one particularly bad day, Endeavor's words won't leave him alone, they weigh on him with every breath he takes and they consume him. Weak. Too weak. He's wound so tight and he's so tired. That tension is bound to snap and take those around him with it.

You, me, popcorn and childhood dreams
When Midoriya finds out that Todoroki has never watched any of the Disney movies that filled his childhood with magical dreams and joy, he immediately has to right this horrible wrong. Todoroki finds himself at his friend's house for a movie marathon sleepover and he's not entirely sure what to do with himself. Was it always this hard to not stare at Midoriya?

The Death of a Hero
That night marked the death of a hero. It marked the death of a friend, of a partner, of someone he loved. Shouto loved quietly but until the very end...

How to make a Shouto squirm
It was an accident really. It’s not like he was actively trying to pry any secrets out of his friend, how was he supposed to know? All Midoriya was trying to do was get Todoroki’s attention when they were in his dorm room studying. Granted he could’ve gone for a tap on his shoulder, or maybe even his arm but how was he supposed to predict this reaction?
Or Midoriya finds out Todoroki is ridiculously ticklish and has fun taking advantage of this knowledge.

Swimming in thoughts of him
“Shouto…” The name leaves his lips like a prayer and he wakes with a shudder, his clothes sticking to his skin uncomfortably, sweat licking down his body as he suddenly sits up on his bed.
Midoriya groans as the moving images of his dream linger around in his mind, vivid and colourful, like a movie playing before his eyes. A movie that he was more than a little embarrassed to want to watch on repeat.

Elsewhere
He can’t take it anymore, he can’t handle all this pain, all this suffering. Not when he’s had a taste of what it feels like to be… happy. Not when he’s learned what friends are and how much they help. Not when there’s someone out there who makes him feel like more than just a weapon, a possession. He can’t stay in this cold and dark place where everything around him burns. Is… Is that so wrong?

Snow Day
“It snowed last night!”

Todoroki blinked at him once, then another time, face as neutral as ever. Did he really just wake him up to tell him that? He could make it snow in his own room if he wanted. This was pointless. He was about to slam the door in Kirishima’s face, like he so desperately wanted to do, when the elevator dinged with the announcement of a new arrival.

Right Here
Direct sequel to Elsewhere
The walls are closing in around him, and he’s not sure if it’s the way his breaths are short that is making the room spin or if it’s the towering figure looming threateningly above him. He’s lying on the cold floorboards, hunched in on himself, hurting all over, body trembling violently in equal parts chilling cold, blinding rage and paralysing fear. Because when he looks up he sees nothing but fire, nothing but fury, disappointment and disgust, all burning bright red all around. But that’s not even the worst part.

Dancing to the Melody of Heartstrings
“K-Kacchan was the only one I’ve e-ever loved…” He pauses to take a gasping breath. “I still love him…”
“I know.” Uraraka sighs again, but this time it’s not exasperated as much as it is understanding and sympathetic. “Which is why you need to get out of here. Stop thinking about him and start moving on.”
Or the Dance AU no one asked for where Izuku is depressed about breaking up with Kacchan, so Uraraka takes him to a club to lift his spirits and he meets the guy who's going to keep his thoughts busy for far longer than he intended.

Sick Day
Direct Sequel to Snow Day
“Are you okay?” Todoroki whispered, trying not to rouse any more angry stares from the other students around them.
“’m fine…” Midoriya sniffled into yet another tissue, his green eyes taking on a glossy quality to it, half-lidded and red-rimmed.
Or Midoriya is sick and Todoroki doesn't quite know what to do! Just fluff and nothing more!

To Have And To Hold
Letter after letter, Izuku goes on a journey through Shouto's deepest feelings, a loving gesture that sends him to loved one after loved one until he meets the one he loves most once again.

Sugar Sweet
Drabble where Midoriya and Todoroki play the pocky game. That's all there is to it.

Bleeding Hearts
Soulmates are connections. As is in the name, it is a connection that goes as deep as the soul itself. Souls are shaped through life experiences. Brightened and nurtured by love and joy. Bent and broken by pain and misfortune. And that connection is etched somewhere on his body, in his soulmate’s handwriting: a keepsake, something that will let him know what bound them together by the string of fate.

You Can Leave Your Socks On
Shouto never thought he’d find a particular piece of clothing enticing. Clothes were just clothes. Pieces of fabric tailored this way or that to cover someone up, sometimes leaving peeks into the person’s skin. That all changed when Shouto walked into Izuku’s room...

Desperate For Your Touch
Shouto is hardly one step into their apartment when Izuku’s arms wrap around his neck, nails scraping against his scalp as he tangles his fingers into his hair. He couldn’t stop the small smile tugging at the corners of his lips if he wanted to, leaning down to press a kiss to Izuku’s temple before he buries his face in his neck. Shouto shudders when Izuku’s mouth closes around his collarbone, shuffling inside the rest of the way and closing the door behind them as his boyfriend starts to eagerly nibble at sensitive flesh.

Thirst
How in the ever-living hell was he hotter with freaking clothes on?
Watch as Midoriya Izuku stumbles through a series of embarrassing events he's not quite sure how he got himself into. All because he came to the sudden realisation that one of his best friends is a lot hotter than he previously thought. And that's not just because of his quirk, or the hot day.

The Crown Does NOT Make the Royal
It's princess Uraraka's 16th birthday, so of course princes from all kinds of kingdoms have come to not only congratulate her, but also try to win her hand. Among the many guests, however, is All Might, revered war hero and inspiring ruler, and Izuku wants nothing more than to go to that ball and maybe get a chance to meet him. He manages to somehow get in, but the princess has other plans for him and drops her tiara on his head and leaves him. Prince Todoroki Shouto mistakes him for her brother because of it. How? He has no idea. They look nothing alike.

Fire
“I want to deny you, is that okay?”
“Deny me?”
Izuku hums, leaving another peck on his neck.
Or Izuku decides to deny Shouto his release.

The Rises and Falls of Your Breaths
It all starts with a summer storm... Izuku and Shouto are together through thick and thin, through the happiness and the sadness, through everything life might throw their way. It might not always be as easy as they would like it to be, but that's just how relationships go, and theirs is no exception.

Just Out of Reach
Set in the same universe as Fire
Shouto is nothing if not a pleaser. It’s only natural that he would enjoy Izuku’s little noises, the way he voices his pleasure, blessing Shouto’s ears with the confirmation that he is in fact doing something right.
Izuku decides that Shouto's love for his voice might just be enough that he doesn't have to touch him at all.

Out of Sight, Out of (my) Mind
Sequel to Just Out of Reach
As hero work proves to be more and more demanding, finally getting a day off together seems to Izuku like the perfect opportunity to relearn the sensation of Shouto's skin beneath his fingers. But it just so happens that his hands might also be a little tied.

A Heart's Desire
“It’s a quirk alright. Looks like a classic case of a love drug type quirk.”

“What makes you think that?” Izuku can’t really keep the bitter sarcasm completely out of his tone, trying to make himself wiggle out of Todoroki’s embrace rather than melt into it.

Or where Shouto gets hit by a quirk that makes him much more affectionate towards Izuku

Oh, The Horror
When the Dekusquad spends the Halloween night on a Haunted House of Horrors with a promise of everlasting memories, Izuku finds that they may really be everlasting nightmares. Who knew that the aspiring hero with a knack for getting himself in the worst kind of trouble couldn’t handle horror? Hiding his very hopeless and obvious crush on Todoroki proves to be difficult as Izuku cowers in fear while clinging to his friend for most of the night.

Sinergy
The guy twists on his heel as soon as Shouto hisses, wide green eyes filled with shame when they meet his. Shouto nearly flinches when the young man reaches for his arm, rubbing it gently with an apologetic smile before tilting his head slightly to one side. Wild green curls fall over those pools of jade and draw his attention to the dark freckles sprinkled all over his cheeks underneath them, Shouto’s vision blurring momentarily before focusing on full lips mouthing an apology.

First Encounters of the Awkward Kind
It is a fitting end for him, he thinks, someone who has not known warmth for as long as he can remember. Even so, Shouto did not imagine it would come so soon. Alone? Yes. During active duty? There was no other way for him. But only a few years into his career as a pro hero proper? Shouto always thought he would last at least a decade.
Or a story in which Shouto is saved from a really ironic death by a quirkless firefigther

Kiss Kiss You're My Love
“Did… did what exactly?”
Her head snaps up to look him in the eyes, a deep flush dusting over her cheeks before she covers her face with her hands and shakes her head violently. Strangely enough, Izuku is somewhat reminded of himself.
“I may have… Accidentally used my quirk on you.”
“Oh.” Izuku provides intelligently. “So, what should I be expecting?”
Or where Izuku gets hit by a quirk that throws him into the most embarrassing Shoujo manga tropes out there.

Satisfaction
When Shouto comes home, he is met with the adorable sight of Izuku standing by the door to greet him with a cheeky grin, swallowed up in one other of Shouto’s hoodies, a light blue one with a large white snowflake at the front pocket, and grey sweatpants much too long on his legs.

Last Chance
Shouto goes to Ashido for advice on how to confess to the person he loves. The gossip chain starts with Ashido. It always starts with Ashido. And When it gets back to Izuku, he decides that he needs to find him so that he can confess his own feelings before it's too late.

Achievement Unlocked: Converted
The Jock and Nerd trope has been turned on its head. How exactly? Well, one is a quiet kid with glasses and the other is part of the wrestling team, but as they say... never judge a book by its cover.

Santa Baby
Izuku went and got his time off one day early, so Shouto really couldn’t see him when he was still busy dealing with collateral.
Needless to say, he isn’t in the best of moods.
So, really, getting home to this was something he didn’t know he wanted but, good lord, it should have been at the very top of his wish list.
Or where Shouto comes home to a late Christmas gift...

The Struggle™
The Struggle™
When the person you're in love with is so painfully oblivious you have to resort to extreme measures to make them notice.
Or where Izuku gets desperate trying to get Shouto to realise his feelings for him run deeper than friendship.

A Little Bit of Heaven
Shouto finds out some more about about the world he really lives in all the while settling into his relationship with Izuku.

I ship it (way too hard)
Having lived most of his life immersed in the ways of the hero world, Izuku knew that people really liked to pair heroes off. When he was obsessed with just being a hero, he didn’t really understand it, but it only took him realising exactly how much he cared for his aforementioned best friend for him to kind of get the picture.

Or where Izuku ends up running a server dedicated to his and Shouto's ship.

Read Between The Lines
Throughout his first year of college, Izuku finds out a lot about himself. One of those things is that he is very, extremely, hopelessly gay for pretty boys with damn near impossible full heterochromia. And his plans to confess to his crush may just go a little awry.

A Kind Name For A Cursed Creature
The castle walls are cold and dark. Even on the days that the sun shines the brightest, Shouto can’t help but hide in the shadows that stretch across the walls, as if the very thought of stepping into the light might be painful.
A cursed prince consumed by darkness needs a light to shine through him to find his own.

Quest for Love
Izuku comes from a humble little village where everyone knows each other and traditions run deeply in their little community. Despite his wild dreams of becoming an adventurer as he grew up attached to his mother’s skirts, he had never really thought he would get to live them.
And yet, he finds himself on a quest for a flower with Prince Todoroki and things take a turn for the worst.

Behind The Screen
The little icon is a small image of a young man’s face surrounded by sparkly stars, the left half covered by a flowy, blood-red fabric. The part of his face that is uncovered is… quite beautiful, as cartoon drawings go. He has a pale complexion, silky-looking white hair—one of his anime boy weaknesses—and a soft grey eye paired with thin red lips.
Izuku narrows his eyes. “What is this?”
“An Otome.” Ochako smirks.

We Are The Only Ones Holding Ourselves Back
One of his best friends has just confessed to him. The person he likes has just confessed to him. Izuku should be happy... Yet all he seems to feel is like the world is about to crash around him...

Level Up
After getting together in High School, Shouto and Izuku follow into their lives together.
Sequel to Achievement Unlocked: Converted

Level Up: First Steps
The first time Izuku and Shouto from Achievement Unlocked: Converted are intimate.

Level Up: Reunited
After a tense few weeks, Izuku and Shouto from Achievement Unlocked: Converted have a passionate reunion.

Fake It Till You Make It
On a Saturday afternoon, Izuku is met with a dilemma.

Or the one where TodoDeku fake date in order to make Shouto's crush jealous. The thing is... it actually works.

Part Of Your World
After escaping from Behind The Screen of Izuku's phone, Shouto is now faced with integrating the real world. For that, Izuku is willing to go above and beyond to give him the best chance at a normal, real life.

Dark Times This Way Come
Class 3-A is tasked with creating a 45 minute Noir Film for their English class. Their knowledge of the genre is pretty much limited to the aesthetic and basic themes and it's as much of a mess as anyone might imagine it would be. At least everyone looks amazing while doing it.

Lost And Found
The sun is barely peeking above the horizon when Izuku comes to, fingers curling around the pillow he’s hugging to his chest as he takes in a few deep breaths, the soft covers wrapping around him like a lover’s embrace. Which reminds him…
Or the not-so-perfect morning after the perfect wedding.

Clashing Emotions
“It was an accident with a civilian. Dude says his quirk splits someone’s negative and positive emotions into two separate entities. Guess since the half’n’half was already kinda split, it just… well.” Kacchan gestures vaguely towards the Todorokis.

It's Exactly What It Looks Like
When Shouto and Izuku are both dragged to the same party by their respective friends with the intent of getting them to meet someone to 'have fun with', they end up helping each other by spending a few hours together in a locked room--to talk to each other. When they end up growing closer after this first encounter, a bet forms between them: who will break first and tell their friends they actually started dating?

Not All Guardian Angels Have Feathers
A powerful demon shackled by his rank, his will held hostage by his father's rule. A young child raised by exorcists, curiosity and smarts unmatched by anyone his age. Certainly, it can only be a match made in Hell, one that will either destroy them or bind them together by more than just fate.

Soul of a Song
A favourite song can say a lot about a person.
A soulmate AU in which soulmates can sometimes hear the other's favourite song in their head. For as long as he can remember, Izuku has only heard one song.

Sinking Under
Being a merman born with defective fins, Izuku was left with not much to do but wander, and from a young age, he had always been warned by his mother not to get too close to humans because of it too. But when a human falls down a cliff and into the sea on a particularly stormy night, despite his shortcomings, Izuku has no other choice but to help in any way he can.

Lost in a Dream
For as long as society can remember, soulmates had been a constant, unexplainable variable part of everyone’s life. No matter how far apart, those who shared such a connection would find each other in their dreams. Whenever the darkness of sleep took them over and they found themselves surrounded by the worlds of their subconscious’ making, they would be led to a place only they could share.
Izuku's soulmate never showed up at their place.

Mew Have Cat To Be Kitten Me
Izuku likes cats. Izuku also likes Todoroki. But Todoroki acting like a cat? Izuku doesn't really know how to feel about that.

Love Yourself
When Shouto is hit by a quirk that makes him love the person he hates the most, Izuku is left reeling from the unbearable ache that settles in his chest.

Fit for a Queen
“As you may or may not be aware… This wouldn’t be a western-style bachelor party without a little something.” Behind Denki, Kirishima snickers and Bakugou rolls his eyes. Shouto’s stomach drops slightly. “That something, my good friend, is obviously strippers. Well, stripper, in this case.”
“Denki—” Shouto starts, already feeling beyond uncomfortable by the notion alone.
“Oh, don’t worry, my Queen! I thought of everything to make this enjoyable for you. I went ahead and hired your favourite hero.” He winks.

The Other Side of The Veil
Death’s doors have been described as a multitude of scenarios: light at the end of a tunnel, loved ones waiting on the other side with open arms and smiling faces, one’s life flashing before their eyes and playing out like a movie… Izuku feels like his movie wouldn’t have been very noteworthy, a life lived quietly on the side-lines, regardless of it being his choice or not, always the background character no one pays attention to.
Major Character Death isn't technically permanent because of the existence of an Afterlife

It'll Be Fun
After revealing that he has never celebrated Halloween before, Shouto is dragged to a Halloween party organised by class 3A as a way to celebrate on their last year together, and Izuku picks out his costume.

Read With Me
Izuku starts hearing a smooth voice inside his head one day and thinks something is very wrong, until he realises... that's his soulmate. Their connection is quite the unique one, at least Izuku would certainly call hearing it recited at him whenever he is reading a book a unique soulmate connection. From what he hears, his soulmate doesn't read a lot of fun things, or any at all, really. Surely, their connection must be so he can fix that.

The Comfort of Your Touch
At the time, they were nothing more than a soldier and his commander, his Prince. But travelling together, side by side for so long, witnessing parts of one another that no others had ever been so close to understand… It certainly changed things.
Prince Todoroki Shouto seeks the comfort of Izuku's embrace when his demons haunt his dreams.

My Pet
Shouto comes home to find Izuku in a rather compromising position and decides it fit to teach him why he shouldn't engage in such activities without him.

All The Words Necessary
A fan confuses Shouto for an adult industry lookalike, his roommate seems to be more than a little familiar with his work, and apparently misunderstandings can happen when feelings seem more obvious to one than the other.

Cursed Blessings
There was a time, long ago, when gods listened to human’s prayers. The fabrics between the realms were thinner then, and beings such as the celestials held the power to traverse from one to another, to preform feats befitting of awe amongst those who were around to bear witness. Many thought them perfect, untouchable creatures better than humans in every sense, capable of wielding forces unfathomable to those around them.

I'm Fine
“Are you okay?”
“Yeah, it’s just a sneeze, Izuku. Probably just allergies or something.” Shouto waves his hand dismissively, returning to his tea and gesturing with his head for Izuku to eat as well when he continues staring.
Or the one where Shouto is obviously really sick and keeps insisting he's okay, despite continuously catching fire.

A Sight For Sore Eyes
After a man breaks a witch's heart, she curses his entire male lineage to suffer excruciating pain when gazing upon the face of the one they love. Generations later, Izuku is a boy too quick to fall in love and suffering for the sins of his ancestor, cursed to hurt those he loves with the pain he feels by just looking their way. His only choice seems to be to live away from everyone, but it seems fate has other plans.

Another Step to the Future
Planning to launch a fashion collection to break away from his father's influence and be free to live his life how he wants it, young star Todoroki Shouto models Ashido Mina's newest mini collection after his photographer and secret boyfriend Midoriya Izuku introduces them in hopes of kick-starting their work relationship.

No Rest For The Wicked
Shouto’s name claws out of him in a scream that scratches his throat raw, finally the energy of One for All bursting through him, now that it’s too late, shattering the remnants of the ice that held around his torso as he leaps towards the rubble and lifts it in a fit of despair. His muscles lock at the sight of a hand surrounded by blood—so much blood, not again, not again, please not him—and his entire world comes crashing down around him, threatening to bring him to his knees once again.

Echo
Not trusting his voice not to crack miserably, Izuku gives him a little nod that turns into a shake of his head about halfway through. How is he supposed to be okay? The literal man of his dreams is literally standing right in front of him, fussing over him while blushing like a maiden after the absolutely lecherous activities they have engaged in more than once in his head.
Or a fic where soulmates exist and Izuku thinks he doesn't have one... until he almost literally steps out of his dreams.

In Your Arms
When there is only one bed in their hotel room when they go to a Hero Convention together, Shouto and Izuku decide there is nothing wrong with it. Though, they end up discovering a hidden comfort in sharing a bed when Shouto's past haunts his dreams mercilessly.

Lazy Sunday
Shouto and Izuku indulge in each other's touch on a lazy sunday afternoon after a dumb quiz sparks a stupid conversation.

From the same universe as Achievement Unlocked: Converted.

A Promise for the Future
Izuku and Shouto have a date on Christmas Eve.

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My Scars, They are Your Scars by NyxEtoile

“Sergeant Barnes,” she said quietly. His gaze snapped to hers. Blue eyes, she noted. Pale and very focused, like a predator. “My name is Dr. Newbury. I’m sorry I startled you. . .I know people in white coats have done terrible things to you for a long time. I’m not like them. I’m the physician here. If you get hurt or ill I’ll treat you. But I can’t help you if I don’t understand you.”

She hadn’t looked frightened. He’d looked right into her eyes, hand wrapped around her wrist, her pulse pounding against his fingertips. And all he’d seen was resignation. He’d seen that in the eyes of his missions before. Usually someone he’d been hunting a long time. Warriors at the end of their rope. It hadn’t belonged in the eyes of a female doctor, safe behind the walls of Stark Tower.

Between the Shadow and the Soul by NyxEtoile & OlivesAwl

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.
-- Pablo Neruda Sonnet XVII

Clint shrugged. Talking about things wasn't always his strong suit. "You have skills I don't. You see angles I don't. We work better together than I think either of us do alone. If you would rather work alone, obviously you could."

The idea of working alone, or worse, with someone else, set off little sparks of panic in Nat's chest. She contained the reaction with concerted effort and kept her voice level when she replied, "I've found working with a partner makes what I do far easier. There were too many variables to track when I worked alone. As long as you're content with the arrangement I have no objection." She looked at him. "If it isn't broke, don't fix it, yes?"

Six Maids A' Shopping by NyxEtoile & OlivesAwl

Set in the same universe as Scars and Between the Shadow and the Soul (now dubbed the Tales From the Tower series). Pepper needs backup for Christmas shopping so she calls upon the unofficial "Avenger Wives Club." Drinking, giggling and secrets follow.

"There was shopping and Indian food and a lot of wine. So much wine. And talking. Lots of talking."

Best Mistake I Never Made by NyxEtoile & OlivesAwl

Sequel to Between the Shadow and the Soul. Begins pretty much immediately after that ends. Overlaps with events in My Scars They are Your Scars. You don't have to read that to understand this, but it might help. :)
Clint bent to kiss the top of her head as he passed on the way to his chair. "Morning. What are you reading?"
Nat flipped it up so he could see the cover, which proudly read "Avengers Team Handbook." The A was done in the same style as it was on the side of the building and there were little drawings of all their symbols underneath. "Pepper said it's for us and those directly associated with the team. Hill got the same one. So did Newbury and a couple of other SHIELD agents that defected. The rest of Stark Enterprises has more mundane rules."
He started to eat his breakfast, pleased the food seemed to settle his stomach. "Our rules are less mundane?"
"I don't think the typing pool has a rider in their vacation benefits clause about reimbursement for plans cancelled due to world saving."

Heart of Steel by NyxEtoile & OlivesAwl

The tech arrived a few minutes later. He was tall and lanky, with curly hair that needed a trim going in every direction. He looked like the kind of guy you could have ordered from the Nerd Catalog. "Hi," he said. "I'm Cal. Have you rebooted it?"
Oh and now there was going to be the twenty computer-illiterate grandma questions. "Yes. I have rebooted it. I've also drive to reboot to disk."
He came over to the desk and she could see by the direction of his eyes he was checking the power was plugged in. "Did you try mounting it in Target Disk to another machine?"
"Yes," Darcy said. "It worked great, I got my data, and I decided to call you up here just for shits and giggles." As soon as the words came out, she knew the brain-mouth filter had once again failed. But instead of being upset at her rudeness, he looked over at her and grinned.
Still, she made an effort to sound pleasant when she said, "Seriously, man, what's the code word to get the tier two tech support?"
"Snark is a good start."

Girls Chase Boys Chase Girls by NyxEtoile & OlivesAwl

Hints of spring were just beginning to appear around New York when Pepper invited them for a girl's day. Mexican food, margaritas, and then a team from a salon would come in to give everyone mani/pedis. All from the comfort of her and Stark's apartment.
There was a postscript at the bottom of the email. Tony's decided to take the menfolk out to a strip club. We'll have the place to ourselves.

Welcome to the New Age by NyxEtoile

Sequel to My Scars, They Are Your Scars
Half an hour later, as Amanda walked him out to the beach to meet his ride, James was still apologizing. "I know you were looking forward to this weekend."
"It's really all right," she told him for probably the tenth time. "Risks of dating a superhero, right?" They could see the jet coming in for a landing and stopped where they were to watch the descent.
"Rain check, okay?" he said.
"For hot hotel sex? You're on." Amanda caught his face in her hands and kissed him hard a moment. "I love you. Go save the world."
His grin was rather sheepish. The jet's engines revved a little and she imagined if they had a horn they'd be beeping it now. James gave her one last fast kiss and jogged over to the jet, climbing the gangplank. He stopped at the top to wave and she waved back before the hatch closed up. And she wondered, as she often did, if this was the last time she'd ever see him.

History's Like Gravity by NyxEtoile & OlivesAwl

Sequel to Best Mistake I Never Made. Might want to read/brush up on it before checking this out.
"Hey, Clint?"
"Mmm?" he asked.
"You can ask me things even if you can't read my mind. You can ask just because you want to."
He looked up at her. "Well. You know me. I don't like walking into things without proper intel."
That made her smile. "That's a good point. But I just. . . we're a team."
"I know." He slid an arm around her. "I enjoy keeping it that way."
Her head tilted and she studied him, mouth turning down at little. "I'm in this for the long haul, Clint."
Now they were wandering onto topics they never talked about. The future. Permanence. Long hauls. They seemed like impossible ideas for two people who both long expected to die with their boots on. "So am I," he replied.
She nodded and her mouth curved up into a smile. "Good."

Lifelong Love Letter by NyxEtoile & OlivesAwl

She was, Steve realized, his last connection to Peggy. To his past. And he kind of liked her company. "I'd like to keep in touch."
Based on the slight widening of Sharon's eyes, the request surprised her. The fact she'd reacted at all probably meant she wasn't being a spy right now, which he liked. She dug in the pocket of her coat and pulled out a pen, using it to scribble a few lines on a napkin. "My number and email," she said, handing it over. "I'd love to hear from you. And like I said, if there's anything I can do to help find your friend I'd be happy to. I know he meant a lot to you."
He tore off half the napkin and wrote his information on it. "Thank you."
She glanced at the napkin and folded it and tucked it in a pocket. "Thank you again for coming to coffee. I hated how we left it last time."
He smiled. "I'm not a man who holds grudges or collects enemies."
She smiled back and again he couldn't stop himself from thinking how pretty she was. "That sounds like good advice."

Life Makes Love Look Hard by NyxEtoile

Bruce watched the little boy scribble a moment, then looked back to his mother. “May I ask what you are doing back here again?”
Her expression turned wry. “Neil here is an avid Iron Man fan.”
The boy looked up. “I’Man!”
“That’s right,” his mother said easily. “So we come here for lunch to watch and see if he takes off from the Tower.”
“He certainly knows his stuff,” Bruce commented.
“We take our superhero knowledge very seriously.” She smiled at him a moment, then he saw her swallow and she added, “I’m Violet, by the way.”
Violet. It suited her. Soft and pretty and old fashioned. “Bruce,” he said, offering her his hand.
She shook his hand, hers all but disappearing under his fingers. “Would you like to join us for lunch?” she asked quietly.
Feeling oddly shy, he said, “I’d like that very much.”

Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto by NyxEtoile & OlivesAwl

Six in the morning is the most common wake-up time in the building, so I am chiming in apartments of every floor. The more people I am interacting with simultaneously, the more rote and the less customized the interactions become. Some tasks are more processor intensive than others.
Ms. Potts is one of the 6AM wakers, which means Mr. Stark will be up soon.
I wait patiently for him to drink a minimum of three ounces of coffee before speaking to him. "Sir, you have a publicity meet-and-greet at eight thirty."
"In the morning?"
"Yes, sir."
"Why?"
"I merely keep the schedule, sir, I do not make the appointments."

Heavy Boots of Lead by NyxEtoile & OlivesAwl

"You don't see the bullet that gets you, Stark," Barnes said. This was the kind of thing only a person who had died could get away with saying. "Keep looking for it and you'll break your neck before it reaches you."
There was a moment of silence, then Nat asked. "None of that answers the question of why Ultron wants to kill us."
"Because Tony was never looking for the bullet aimed at his head," Pepper said. She smiled when he turned around. "Were you?"
All of the superiority seemed to drain out of him. His shoulders slumped and he shoved his hands in his pockets. "The goal hasn't changed. Protect the things I can't live without. The list has just. . . expanded." He gestured vaguely, encompassing the whole room, and, Clint assumed, his kid downstairs.
Pepper stepped close to give Stark a hug and the rest of them took a moment to contemplate the fact Tony Stark had made a homicidal AI to protect them.

The Real Housewives of Avengerville by NyxEtoile & OlivesAwl

Nat came home from a meeting in DC to find a pontoon boat floating off the end of the lake dock. She'd asked Wanda about it, since their house faced the dock, and she'd replied, "Ask your husband."

"It's fun!" he told her. "Take the girls out on it!"

"I don't think I have enough Pabst Blue Ribbon and Skoal to go around."

He folded his arms over his chest. "Stark wouldn't let me get a speedboat."

She sent a group text that night. So my husband has offered us his boat for a girl's day on the lake. Weather's been nice, how about next Saturday? I'll bring the beer in a can, you guys figure out snacks?

Pepper was the first to reply. Wow. He really has gone native, hasn't he?

I'm in. Get beer in a bottle.That was Maria.

The Curse and the Blessing, They're One and the Same by NyxEtoile & OlivesAwl
"There are certain things about me and my powers that are considered state secrets." Wanda sighed. "Would you be willing to get security clearance to date me?"
Zev blinked a few times, looking very surprised. "I think it's terrible that they require that of you. But that isn't your fault."
If she smiled wider her face would start to hurt. "I will talk to Maria Hill and see what is involved." And then, because she'd laid everything else out on the table, she added, "Sort of want to kiss you now."
He made a sound, half sigh and half groan. "I'm a fan of living in the moment."
She cupped his face in her hands and he tangled his in her hair. He took control of the kiss, tipping her head back and deepening it. Desire tightened her skin, formed a hot knot in her belly. She felt her powers start to respond to the emotion and jerked her hands away from him to direct it downwards.
The stool nearest them rattled and bumped the island. "Sorry." She gestured at the stool, still wobbling. "I'm working on controling them when I'm. . . distracted. I won't hurt you," she assured him.
"I'm a guy who likes roller coasters."

As Much As Nothing, Everything's Changed by NyxEtoile & OlivesAwl

Pietro's fingers trailed along the skin of her arm. "Some things are better together than apart. Bourbon and coke. Peanut butter and jelly."
There was something funny about the silence that followed, and so she ventured, "You want a PBJ, now, don't you?"
"I wouldn't say no to one. . ." he told her, nomming on her shoulder.
She swatted him. "Fine, fine. You and your enhanced metabolism."
Tilting his head, one corner of his mouth quirked up. "Did you google me?"
"Of course I did. I like to know who I'm sleeping with if I'm going to do it more than once.”
"You mad I didn't tell you?”
"I assumed you had your reasons. Maybe you liked being normal with me.”
"I do like being normal.”
She smiled and nodded. He really did make her happy. It was such a strange sensation. "Still want the sandwich?”
"Now that you know about the metabolism, I want two."

The Spirits of All Three by NyxEtoile & OlivesAwl

Glimpses of our favorite couples during Christmas past, present, or future.

You Remind Me What I Used to Know by NyxEtoile & OlivesAwl

Tony studied him a moment. "I'd take the chance to sleep next to your wife, if I were you. It's an opportunity that'll become vanishingly rare."
That did sound appealing. "He's so tiny. I don't want to be away from him."
"I will let you in on a secret, that doesn't go away when they get less tiny." Tony got to his feet. "Look, I don't pretend to know what you're going through. I'm sorry your introduction to parenthood has sucked this badly. But I do know this—you are a better father if you take care of yourself and your marriage. I tried staying up all night, taking taking care of Ruby and Pepper and working and Banner had to throw me out of the labs. You can't be everything to everyone at all times. We trust Doc with our lives all the time and she's never let us down. Trust her and all the other nurses and doctors with your son for a few hours and spend some time with Sharon. It'll do you both good."
Steve found himself smiling. "Am I going to need to repeat that back to you in six months?"
"Yes, though I suggest switching out Sharon's name for Pepper or we'll both be in trouble."

Mysteries Explicit and Inherent by NyxEtoile & OlivesAwl
Lani braced her elbows on the arms of her chair and wove her fingers together loosely. "What can I do for you, Mr. Wilson?"
"The Avengers require a large support staff, including caring for some really, really unique medical needs. Mental health care is kind of a. . .gap we've got going on. I fill it at the moment but I'm way out of my depth. The level of discretion and clearance and tolerance for certain personalities required makes the job nearly impossible to find somebody for."
"And I have a well earned reputation for dealing with people with large personalities and big secrets." He nodded and she waited a beat before asked, "Are you here to offer me a job as the Avengers' shrink?"
"Well, there are a couple other people that want to meet you before it's official. But yeah. Pretty much."

We Can Save Tomorrow if we Try by NyxEtoile
Bruce kissed her hair. “If you want to get your Masters, I will support that. If you want to write the great American novel, or poetry, or children’s books, or time travel space adventures, I will support that. If you want to sit on the couch and eat potato chips, I will support that. If you want my help, I’ll give it, if you want me to butt out I can do that, too. And if you start feeling like you’re being selfish or that you don’t deserve to put yourself first, tell me and I will remind you how very wrong you are."
She laughed and he swayed her back and forth a little, like they were dancing. “It’s good to see you smile,” he said softly.
If she was honest, it felt good to smile. “I know it’s only March, but this year has kind of sucked.”
“It has,” he agreed. “And it’s possible it will get worse before it’s better. But we’ll get through it. Together.”
Violet leaned back to look at him. “When did you become an optimist?
He smiled and cupped her face, running his thumb along her cheekbone. “I think it’s the company I keep.”

Truth Is Marching On by NyxEtoile & OlivesAwl
Ross began passing the very, very thick booklets around. "There will be no more asking for permission. You will receive orders from above if and when we choose to deploy you, and those are the only times you will act. We will decide who goes on missions. The activities and locations of dangerous individuals will be monitored at all times, and we will maintain a registry of enhanced persons."

There was silence around the table as he finished his circle. Then Pietro muttered something in Sokovian that made Nat snort.

"Care to share with the class, Mr. Maximoff?" Ross asked.

 Pietro gave him a sullen look that he did so well. Nat answered for him. "He said he remembers the last time a government started registering its minorities."

Halcyon Days by NyxEtoile & OlivesAwl
That made Pepper smile. "I love you. You know that?"
"I do know that. Because I love you, too."
"I thought, last year, that I would be fine to do this alone. But I'm really glad you're here."
He stroked her hair off her face. "Nowhere I'd rather be, than right here."
She smiled, and sighed, and could see her relax. He'd noticed his ability to do that had increased. Like she had a button he pressed that released tension. "Would you like anything when you wake up next? Books? Movies? New earrings?"
He could see her actually considering it, which was good. He wanted an honest answer and not just her telling him she was fine. "Really good wool socks, and then I want to watch Phantom of the Opera."
"Stage version or that thing with the glassy eyed chick and Leonidas?"
"The second one. Though the scariest thing is that I think you might actually be capable of smuggling an entire stage musical into my hospital room."

Turn, Turn, Turn by NyxEtoile & OlivesAwl
She cleared her throat and took a deep breath. "As you may know, the previous administration green lit a few . . . questionable projects. One of these was a pet project of former Secretary Ross."
With a tap on her computer the screen behind her lit up with the words "Enhanced Force." "Operation Enhanced Force was listed as a weapons R&D in the DOD database. In reality, it was a recruitment program for enhanced youth. An effort to create an Avengers team out of easily molded and controlled teenagers. It had six 'successes.' You met them in Siberia two years ago."

Tales From the Tower: The Missing Floors by NyxEtoile & OlivesAwl
One-offs, PWPs, drabble, and missing scenes from the Tales From the Tower series.

First Chapter is Table of Contents. Tags will be updated with applicable chapters.

My Kingdom Awaits by NyxEtoile & OlivesAwl
It felt strange and momentous, but also really nice. The Avengers were going home.

Shelves: Marvel Comics

Site:: archiveofourown.org
Words:: 953,061
Status:: Completed

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A place/world where the Avengers come together in the most unusual way possible and Jarvis doesn't need to be a disembodied voice to know everything that goes on around him or terrify others.
Tony Stark didn't ask for a "family" via court order ~~because of his arc reactor~~ but he got one anyway. And as unstable as these people are, and - to be honest - they are the basic definition of the word, he wouldn't trade any of them for anything in the world.

Anthology containing:
Puzzle Strings
Its A Circus Out There
Bad Decisions Thy Name Be Tony Stark
The Binding Ritual
The Nine Day Spread
"Rhodey"
Waking Up Down In The Vegas Strip
My Favorite Pizza Topping Is Pepperony
Thor Against The Nine Realms
Happiness Has Four Walls (And Sometimes A Roof)
Shopping Trips, Ninja Butlers, Kinsey Scales and Accidental Bonding...
Guess Whose Coulson To Dinner
"America The Free"
Why Peter Hoards The Orange Juice
Branches Of The Family Tree
Its A Stretch, Mr. Fantastic?

Shelves: Marvel Comics

Site:: archiveofourown.org
Words:: 175,271
Status:: In-Progress

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