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This was the first observation: the damned man, laying down on the floor before Rudo, hadn’t stopped smiling.
Even as Rudo stood before him, a promise of hurt should he try anything even though the boy was confused, Mymo still had a performer’s smile on his face. He still held the remains of his microphone, even as the blood pooled beneath him.
It could be an attempt at control, to have the last image before he was dragged away contribute to his image as a would be king. But smiling after a battle, after being injured badly and getting no relief, was not a sign of someone willing to give up. Nor is it a sign of someone who is mentally well.
Zanka would know.
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Four observations of Zanka Nijiku before he took a swing.
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Carry it With You, Always by Tessa_Reads
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics)
16 Aug 2025
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Jason Todd carries Narcan in the far right pocket of his utility belt.
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There’s a new model of narcan, a nasal spray that works instead of a needle. You push a button and the mist flows into your nose, the meds flooding the capillaries and rushing out through your body to do what they need to do.
It can fit snugly in the palm of his hand. Hell, it could’ve fit even when he was younger too, if they had it like this then. They didn’t though. The only way Jason ever saw narcan as a kid was if doc Leslie had spares to hand out at her clinic. He got it twice back then, on days where she didn’t need it herself for her patients. Officially, she lost track of how much she used sometimes, having a clinic in Crime Alley would do that to a doctor, but the streets knew the truth. She’d pass what she could out of her clinic, to the addicts, to the runners, kids too. She’d tell each person what to do, and tell them to drag whoever it was who needed the stick to her clinic immediately.
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Get Up- You Cannot Save Everyone. by Tessa_Reads
Fandoms: Teen Titans (Comics), DCU (Comics)
11 Aug 2025
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Donna died falling, just like everybody else did.
Her body jolted backwards, the force of the lasers shooting through her chest propelling her back, back towards Dick, and all he can think of is he has seen something like this before.
The falling of a body, the jolt of a back crashing on the ground.
In front of her, the cybernetic superman explodes, and there are words being said about a target being neutralized.
Dick Grayson couldn’t bring himself to care about that, as he forced his aching body to stand, ears ringing. He had to get to her. She… she could be alright. He had to believe that, even though his cuts still bled sluggishly and his ears still rang. His vision was blurring, so he couldn’t be sure he doesn’t see her chest rise the closer her got. They’ve survived worse, right? Right? She’s an amazon too. She’s wonder girl, girl wonder, Donna Troy. They’d make it. Together.
He just had to get to her.
He had to help, and they’d both be okay.
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How Did We Get Here (And is it My Fault)? by Tessa_Reads
Fandoms: The Flash - All Media Types, Absolute Flash (DC Comics), Impulse (Comics), DCU (Comics)
02 Aug 2025
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Let it be said that Bartholomew Allen had absolutely no fucking idea how he got here.
Well, scratch that.
He knew how- his world hopping tendencies were known and warned about multiple times. However, considering that, oh, the multiverse was technically supposed to be gone (unlikely) and inaccessible (more likely), he figured as he made a hop in his spare time into the speed force he wouldn’t fall back into old habits and other worlds. He’d go on a run, maybe get a souvenir from wherever he popped out for Ace and the West siblings, and then be right back before Max noticed he was missing for too long.
The Speedforce, it seemed, had other plans.
Shouldn’t it be on maternity leave?________________
Also Known As: Bart Get's Dropped into the Absolute Flash Run During Issue 5- What Will He Do?
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The Creations of Winry Rockbell by Tessa_Reads
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga
21 Jun 2025
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The life and times of one Winry Rockbell, age zero to twelve, and her creations as a budding automail engineer.