How fickle fate can be

Batman

The Not-Babysitter by Hinn_Raven
Steph takes Damian to the zoo. This is sweet.

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Ocean's 8

Who'll Play Me in the Movie of Our Lives by Netgirl_y2k
"Fancy meeting you here." She called over to the table she'd just abandoned: "She's an old friend from New York," and then with a mischievous, sideways glance at Amita, "we were in the same book club."

"What are you doing in France?" Amita asked.

"I'm on location. My new movie is filming here. You?"

"Getting dumped."

"Ouch," said Daphne, and raised a bottle. "Champagne?" This is adorable.

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Rivers of London

keeps raining all the time by couldaughter
Engaging casefic with a good Peter voice.

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Dream what you want me to be

Harry Potter

brighter than the sun by taizi
It isn't often they get to bare their teeth at the world and protect him, for a change. Harry is strong enough to weather most blows without flinching, with his wild magic – fractured irreparably, ever since that final, day-long duel with You-Know-Who – and his iron-clad control of that wild magic, and his working knowledge of Defense that’s as deep and rich as a sprawling forest. But certain things can cut his legs out from under him as easy as breathing, and never before in such a big way as this.

(Harry stands unflinchingly between his friends and danger as if that's all he's good for, but Ron has always known why. Ron was twelve when he saw the bars on Harry’s windows, but it's not as though he's forgotten.) *sobs* <333

the dogfather by hollimichele
In which the Dursleys turn baby Harry over to the police and he ends up adopted by a lovely family and things turn out just a little bit better. So warm and wonderful.

renascentia: from the ashes by kuchikopi & tonberrys
Regulus destroys the locket and survives, making a different life for himself away from wizarding Britain. Then Voldemort rises again and Regulus realizes it's time to go home. Long, engrossing (occasionally overwritten) AU where he does just that, and a number of things change (like, most importantly to me, Sirius survives the Department of Mysteries). Complete, but first in an ongoing series.

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i'm not losing yet, so don't forget me

Star Wars

no mercy mission this time by Callioope
Leia goes to Tatooine to bring Obi-Wan back to the rebellion. Complications ensue. I enjoyed this.

Stand the hazard of the die by KeelieThompson1
AU series (four stories so far, but I feel it reached a fine stopping point if it's never continued) where Obi-Wan sends a 7yo Luke back in time to save Anakin from falling. Oh Luke, you deserve so much better. I enjoyed this, but it has some very heartbreaking moments in it.

A String of Stars by Rubynye
Adorable Finn/Rey/Poe.

when i wake up, i'm afraid (somebody else might take my place) by darlingargents
When Vader captures Ahsoka, she has a choice to make. Oh my heart.

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and i dance with your ghost

Avengers

Best Revenge Is Your Paper by laiqualaurelote
"When did you know? That you would do these things for me?"

Frank considers this for a while. "Can't be sure exactly. After the Blacksmith, but before the river. But I knew because it began to hurt whenever I saw you. It's like Bob Dylan said, you know - 'Everything about you is bringing me misery'. That's how you know."

"Is that what I do?" Karen asks lightly. "Bring you misery?"

"Sure," says Frank. "Like the way you're looking at me now. It's all kinds of hurt inside."

The hard clench in her chest every time she catches his eye; the times he wakes up screaming at 3am. All their shared past; worse, the pasts they do not share. To love someone, she is coming to learn, is to constantly be reminded of all the ways you could lose them. "Sounds awful," she says, fingers brushing over his knuckles.

"It is what it is." He tucks a stray strand of her hair behind her ear, then kisses her on the forehead. "But that's how you know you're still alive." Really great look at Karen and how she puts her life together and how Frank (and Foggy and Matt) fits into it. (also, as an aside, I really want that Punisher/John Wick dogwalkers crossover AU now.)

Citation Flirtation by scioscribe
Shuri discovers an academic rival. This is adorable.

In the Carcass of the World by Speranza
Steve and Bucky after the end of the world. Lovely and hopeful.

Rock-a-bye by romanticalgirl
Steve accidentally acquires a baby. This is adorable.

yesterday, I saw a change by aloneintherain
Peter is unmasked on live television, and everyone goes berserk—you've already heard this one but here's the twist—he's wide-eyed, staring into the camera, frightened, but not because of his own safety. The first thing that comes out of his mouth is, "Someone please, please protect my Aunt May." And the entirety of New York cries out simultaneously. Heroes and neighbours and fellow students rain down on the Parker house, ready to defend her. this could use another editing pass, but I sobbed my face off reading it, because the people of NYC defending Peter Parker (and here, Aunt May) is one of my very favorite tropes and this delivers in spades.

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Vids

Soldier by piratesandsuperheros
Captain America keeps marching on. Oh Steve.

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i will leave the front light on

Crossovers

Indiana Jones/Agent Carter

The King Under the Mountain by rthstewart
At the end of WWII, the Howling Commandos call in expert on the occult Dr. Indiana Jones to help stop a last-ditch Nazi plan. This is a lot of fun.

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Avengers/Narnia

Turn, Archer, and Heed the Wild Hunt by Mhalachai
10yo Clint goes to live with foster mom Susan Pevensie. This was lovely and wistful.

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Star Wars

Ahsoka the Vampire Slayer by Redrikki
Exactly what it says on the tin - AU where Ahsoka's the Slayer and Anakin's her watcher, but after she died and came back, there's a new, by the book Slayer, and Ahsoka and Anakin have to mend the strain in their relationship. This does a really great job of translating "Landing at Point Rain" into a Buffy-style monster of the week story. I could have read a few thousand more words of this fusion, but it ends rather abruptly.

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Star Wars/Harry Potter

Dangerous Wizards and Where to Find Them by Syrena_of_the_lake
Rey and Chewie take a wrong turn on the way to Ahch-To and end up at Hogwarts instead, where Rey learns a little bit about magic. This is a delight from start to finish.

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Supernatural/The Punisher

Neighborly by Spooks & thesuninside
Crossover AU where the Weechesters are living next door to Frank Castle when John dies, and he takes them in. The series is ongoing but the first two stories are complete. I enjoyed this a lot. (there has yet to be a Rat Pack joke but I live in hope.)

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