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Lightning's abusive father dies. It hits him harder than he would have ever expected it to, and it stirs up old memories that he thought he had long buried. Doc and the RS crew help him navigate this new season as he takes a leave from racing to deal with the trauma that's finally catching up to him.
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- Part 4 of Find Yourself
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Sheriff is a worrier. He worries every time his friend drives like a bat outta hell out in the desert, and around the Butte. He worries about car crashes, and robberies, and infections, and plane malfunctions. Hell, he worries about goddamn snakes and scorpions.
What he’s not really expecting, is a fucking appendicitis.
(OR the one where Sheriff watches over Lightning while Doc is out of commission. Lightning struggles with this new dynamic.)
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Written for whumptober 2025. "Please Don't Cry" - Begging For Forgiveness.
Because, really, how could I resist?
- sorry this is a day late, I have young.
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- Part 1 of Whumptober '25
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You're my Mirror... Staring Straight Back at Me by JediMom2021
Fandoms: Cars (Pixar Movies)
01 Oct 2025
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Doc had a routine.
The same one everyday.
Hearing the sharp knock on his front door at 7am and listening to Sheriff shout his name was certainly not part of his routine.
"Dammit." Was his only thought.
Or.. Doc's POV of Cars
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Doc Hudson never thought a simple drive would lead to him adopting a baby he found in a burning car. But life likes to throw curve balls every now and again.
A small series of one shots in which Doc raises Monty 'Lightning' McQueen and confronts the joys of parenting and his past. -
slow down you crazy child, you're so ambitious for a juvenile by P0ET
Fandoms: Cars (Pixar Movies)
26 Aug 2025
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Lightning McQueen has always believed being a racer means pushing past the pain...until his knees remind him otherwise. From starting as a one-man show to collapsing mid-race in front of his crew when he ignores the warning signs, Lightning’s career is marked by a pain he can’t outrun.
But it’s also marked by the people who step up for him one way or another: Mack, Doc, Cal and Bobby, and soon, the whole town. In both big and small gestures, they teach him that asking for help isn’t weakness. It's a part of life.
(OR; a series of connected snapshots about Lightning's chronic knee pain and how he learns to let others in.)
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- Part 4 of "under the hood, you and I are the same"
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Sometimes the silence was heavy. Heavier than Lightning knew how to carry on his own. But Doc didn't mind.
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- Part 2 of Find Yourself
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You're In My Blood I'm Not A Lonely Man by LiteraryDragonRK880051
Fandoms: Cars (Pixar Movies)
14 Aug 2025
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Riding high off his latest win, Lightning runs into the last person in the world that he ever expected to. His dad.
He didn't even know that his dad had been released from his latest stint in jail. He certainly wasn't expecting to be confronted by him in this world.Now, his new family learns about a past that he tried so hard to forget.
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- Part 3 of Find Yourself
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i stay up all night, tell myself i'm alright by JediMom2021
Fandoms: Cars (Pixar Movies)
10 Aug 2025
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“You know, it only makes 'em worse. Take it from someone who knows.”
Blue eyes glance up from a long message on his phone, face blank. “What?”
Thumbing his lip, Doc clarifies. “Not sleeping. It just makes the dreams worse.” Inhaling a hearty gulp of his drink, he winces when the liquid burns his throat. “Honey-” and damn does the kid just melt at that name, “Ya gotta try and sleep, okay?”
(Or the one where Lightning is haunted by nightmares. Doc has some feelings about it. Yeah... yeah he has some feelings about it.)
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The Radiator Springs group chat was *supposed* to be for emergencies and reminders. Now, with Lightning in town, its turned into something other than formalities: chaos, found family, more chaos, and a sprinkle of emotional healing.
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- Part 3 of "under the hood, you and I are the same"
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"I think we need to take a trip to the Emergency Room, see a doctor," Doc says at the same time Lightning exclaims. "You're a doctor!"
"Just want to make sure nothing is wrong," his mentor says in a calm rational tone that doesn't do anything but make him more ansty. "We can go quickly-"
"It's just gas Doc," he claims. "Really bad gas, I'm totally fine."
"Light-"
"Do you know what I'm feeling right now?" He demands. "Exactly, you don't- so please stop assuming."
It's more aggressive than Lightning usually gets with him, but there is no way in hell he's being toted off to some fucking hospital; especially not for some asshole Doctor, who's not Doc, to just laugh at him for over-reacting about some nuclear level gas pain.
No fucking way.
(Or the one where Lightning gets an appendicitis and is super duper in denial about it- good thing Doc is there to talk some sense into him!)
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Lightning hasn’t had the best relationship with his father but when he gets the call that his father has passed away, he is left hurt, confused, and guilty.
Doc is in charge of putting Lightning back together on their long roadtrip to Lightning’s hometown where the funeral is being held.
Or I decided Doc and Lightning get to go on a father-son bonding roadtrip
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- Part 6 of You Got a Lot of Stuff, Kid
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Fire In Your Lungs & Lightning In Your Veins by LiteraryDragonRK880051
Fandoms: Cars (Pixar Movies)
07 Jul 2025
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NASCAR racing isn't just about driving fast. 42 cars fighting to move up, lap after lap, inside, outside, inches apart, but never touching.
It's also about being able to undo all of your safety restraints, shut off all of your systems, and GET OUT when your car erupts into flames.
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Lightning has never celebrated Father’s Day. Well, not really. Not since the day his dad left him behind. But now, with seven months of memories, self healing, and a steady presence in his life, he starts to wonder if maybe—just *maybe*—there’s someone he could celebrate.
(Or: A delayed Father's Day fic with Lightning realizing Doc has been more of a dad to him than anyone ever has.)
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- Part 2 of "under the hood, you and I are the same"
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(Cars humanized)
A collection of short one-shots. Too short for something on its own. Too long to throw it out the window.
Some funny scenes about Lightning McQueen and Doc Hudson. Or stupid ideas Lightning and Mater have.
And some heartwarming moments.
Newest chapter: Lightning discovers something in Doc's house and realizes that he really belongs.
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He should be happy. The season was starting. His name was back in the conversation. He could hear the echoes of his own reputation in the static of every trackside broadcast—“Lightning McQueen, the rookie who helped The King cross the line. The future of racing.” It should’ve lit a fire in his chest.
Instead, it just made it harder to breathe.
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With racing season starting back up everyone assumed McQueen would’ve been the first rearing to go. And he is…
Isn’t he?
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- Part 3 of Maybe I could use a hand.
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He's been in Radiator Springs for just over six months when Lightning chances a glance at the calendar that Doc hangs up on their fridge.
The thing is color coded too- because knowing Doc: of course it is.
Blue means a race day, green means training down at the Butte, and the yellow days are the rest days that Doc insisted he take in order to not burn himself out from it all.
He freezes mid chew when he spots a lone space in June free of any color.
This upcoming Sunday.
More specifically: Father's Day.
Lightning has one of those, one rotting away from booze in Nowhere, Alabama. One he would prefer to forget most days. And now he has a Doc. He's not exactly sure what he's supposed to do with that knowledge.
(Or the one where Lightning struggles with the fact its fathers day and Doc is absolutely born to be Dad-shaped. Shenanigans occur as our resident racer figures out how to show how much he appreciates his Mentor.)
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Oh, if my engine works perfect on empty. I guess I'll drive. by Frinos
Fandoms: Cars (Pixar Movies)
05 Jun 2025
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Doc watched as the kid turned slightly away to check his screen. The name lit up bright: HARV.
Monty silenced it quickly, thumb hovering over the decline button. “Ignore it,” he muttered. “He’s just checking in.”
Doc said nothing, but he filed it away. Harv had a way of “checking in” that always left the kid looking like he’d just run ten laps and lost them all.
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Doc gives Lightning time, but he just wishes his kid would slow down and admit he’s sick. Instead, they go through the motions until Doc has enough.
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- Part 2 of Maybe I could use a hand.
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and when you’re gone, who remembers your name? (who keeps your flame?) by Destiny_in_the_Universe
Fandoms: Cars (Pixar Movies)
02 Jun 2025
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The Piston Cup Series had picked up again that year, and if anything, it should’ve been Lightning’s time to shine but an unfortunate accident causes everything to come crumbling down.
His team is left to pick up the pieces.
No. 25:
Surgery, Stitches, Being Monitored
No. 26:Nightmares
No. 30: Recovery,Hospital Bed, Holding Back Tears
No. 31: Asking for Help, TherapySeries
- Part 3 of Whumptober Series 2024
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Lightning’s on a winning streak, Doc thinks he can close that 10-point gap, and everything’s looking up. Nothing could go wrong now.
So, naturally, everything goes wrong.
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- Part 1 of "under the hood, you and I are the same"