EffervescentAardvark
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“My Beloved has failed you, but fear not, you will be safe here.”
Damian holds back his scoff. If the boy believes in such nonsense, then he deserves to be punished. Damian waits for Mother to make an attack, to catch the interloper off guard, to secure their superiority as al Ghuls.
It doesn’t happen.
Instead Mother grasps the strange boy’s hands and says, “Jason Todd, you will get your vengeance.”
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Damian meets a catatonic bird in the League. Things go okay.
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- Part 1 of Buried Birds
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Bookmarked by EffervescentAardvark
11 Mar 2025
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Finished, Namba Parbat, Jason and Damian
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Social Graces by Kangofu_CB for jedusaur, stellalou
Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types
04 Jun 2024
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“What’s a guy like you doing in a place like this?” Clint says, instead.
Barnes snorts. “Having a drink,” he says, then gives Clint another one of those appraising looks. “You a professional?” he says, after a second, and Clint is momentarily confused.
A professional what?
And then he realizes Barnes must be talking about pool, and Clint huffs a laugh. “Only when there’s money involved,” he says, smirking, and Barnes kind of nods, like that makes any sort of sense.
Then Barnes nods again, a little more firmly, and says “You got a place?”
Which is about the point that Clint realizes that he’s not meeting the Winter Soldier in a bar, he’s being picked up by the Winter Soldier in a bar and-
“Yeah,” he croaks, clears his throat, thinks wildly that he’s really fucking glad Kate has Lucky for a few days, and says “Yeah, I got a place.”
Or, how Bucky got his groove back.
(And Clint too, but it was a different sort of groove)
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Bookmarked by EffervescentAardvark
19 Jun 2024
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Clint is seventeen when he's captured and recruited by S.H.I.E.L.D. He's twenty when he realises his handler's got him messed up big-time.
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Fake Out by redbirdandbluebird23 for Laurefindil_13
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Nightwing (Comics)
24 Mar 2024
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“Why did you run?” His therapist looks at him over the top of her glasses, momentarily pausing the notes she had been scrawling.
Dick shrugs and lets his eyes wander to the painting of a forest on the wall opposite him. He kinda wishes he was wandering through a forest right now, not trying to wade through the mess that had become of his life over the last eight months.
“Richard, as I’ve said before, this only works if you talk to me.” His therapist says with a sigh, Dick wishes he could remember her name.
Dick swallows and runs a hand through his hair, his fingers catching on the raised scar at the back of his head from the bullet's exit wound. “I don’t- It’s like-” He huffs in frustration.
“It’s okay, take your time.” His therapist reminds him for what feels like the hundredth time this session.
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Dick is trying to put his life back together after being shot in the head.
Bookmarked by EffervescentAardvark
25 Mar 2024
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Finished, Batfam, jason/dick, angst, hurt comfort
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The Storm Shall Not Wake Thee by dr_girlfriend for GhostCwtch, buckyismybicycle, hawksonfire, BulkyPhrase, Foxen
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Avengers (Comics), Captain America - All Media Types, Hawkeye (Comics)
17 Feb 2024
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Following the events of CA:TWS, the Winter Soldier finds Hawkeye. Clint is still haunted by his own experiences with having his control stripped away, but together they find a way to heal.
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“How did you even … how are you tracking me?” Clint tries.
The question seems to confuse Barnes even further. He looks at Clint, and then somewhere behind Clint’s shoulder, and then back to Clint’s eyes.
“I don’t know,” Barnes says again.
“Listen,” Clint says, taking a step forward, and Barnes flinches back instinctively, stumbling for a moment.
“Whoa,” Clint says. Before he knows it he’s sheathing the knife and grabbing Barnes’ arm, steadying him. Barnes blinks rapidly a few times, wobbling a bit before he seems to find his balance again. His slate-blue gaze, so intent a moment ago, seems a little unfocused.
“When’s the last time you ate? Drank something? Slept?”
“I don’t know,” Barnes says, Clint mouthing the lines along with him.
Christ, Nat is going to kill him when she finds out about this, but there’s nothing else Clint can do.
“Well, c’mon in the house. We’ll get this figured out.”
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Bookmarked by EffervescentAardvark
13 Dec 2023
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Lovely, unique AU. Arp, arp!
Finished, winterhawk, AU, selkie