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Batman (Comics)+4

January Jot-Downs

by MashpotatoeQueen5

A collection of oneshots centered around the Batfam.1 Duke gets a tour of the Manor2 Depressed Tim3 Dick & Bruce have a dance party4 Stephanie pretends to be Bruce for the JL5 Damian's being bullied - Duke notices6 Harper & Cass (Sister Bonding!)7 Touch-starved Tim8 Dick is too flexible for his own good9 Stephanie helps Tim recover from Joker Jr.10 Jason babysits Lian - Roy copes11 Bruce is a dragon - he hoards small children (Cass Edition!)12 Damian & Dick shop13 Fantasy Setting AU14 Damian has friends15 Bette and Barbara meet16 Dick grieves- Stephanie helps17 TimKon- Sleeping Beauty AU (but *superheroes*)18 Bruce & Damian Bonding19 Duke figures out his new family20 Damian defends Stephanie21 Claire Clover (Gotham Girl)22 Tim's depressed, Jason cares - Cue Road Trip23 The Manor's decent to Zoodom24 Damian babysits Mar'i & Helena25 Villain AU26 Telepathic Tim27 Talia Redemption Arc28 Reverse Batfam AU29 The Malone Family30 Everyone Loves Alfred31 Bruce realizing he loves his family

General 75k words 31 ch Complete 2.9k kudos

Abuse · Abusive Parents · Adopted Sibling Relationship · Adoption· +379 more

Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

two monsters walk into a

by dirgewithoutmusic

The beauty and the beast; the boy and the land-bound siren; the least interesting quality in either of them is the shape of their skin. Fleur is vain, selfish, petty, pretty, and she falls whole-heartedly into a war that isn’t hers. Fleur is horrified when Molly thinks she will leave Bill for his scars. She is horrified that anyone would think her love skin deep, because Fleur Delacour, above all, knows what it is to be skin deep. They have been casting her as that all her life, but this beauty was her skin, not her vanity. This was her birthright, as much as Harry’s green eyes or Bill’s red hair and the war on his heels. This was so far from her self.

General 842 words 1 ch Complete 2k kudos

Short · Rambly · Meta · Falling In Love· +3 more

Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Beautiful Boy

by sunrue

"It's why I'm so," He waved his hands around as if to explain his tendencies, "I guess her methods have just stuck with me all this time. Sometimes it feels like if I can't be beautiful, I won't be worth anything to anyone. Mother says it's all I'm good for." He whispered the last parts, ashamed of breathing the words aloud."Fucking hell." Remus spat out, and it sounded as though he was gritting his teeth. Sirius tensed once more, before attempting to remedy the situation."I know it's stupid," He rushed out. His throat felt like it was tightening around his words. "And I've tried to stop it-,""Sirius. Breathe. No one's mad at you." James said softly, reaching for his hand and squeezing it when he felt it shaking. Or how Sirius copes with escaping the clutches of his mother's drive for beauty. The moments of pain are required to overcome the darkness.

General 9.3k words 1 ch Complete 449 kudos

Self-Hatred · Protective Remus Lupin · Self Conscious Sirius Black · Walburga Black's A+ Parenting· +7 more