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https://archiveofourown.org/works/76354336

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The entirety of the universe, trapped inside his body. That’s who he was, who he could be; an endless moment of possibility. When he was busy accidentally flinging himself into walls, that’s what he clung onto. The idea that there was something inside of him, past all this disgusting mess of bones and blood—that was all he could think about, sometimes, imagining who that person was, who that person could be. It was by the time that Grant joined the Titans that he created his sixth rule (not that the first five had really held up to the test of time, but they were time-honored Emerson classics, so they stayed cemented): Do not, under any circumstances, personify his inner self as a girl.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46731859

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"There was someone, when I was younger," Bruce looks down at his hands, sounding almost out of breath when he says, "I think I might have loved him," Tim thinks he might have misheard for a second, but that's impossible, because there's no one sitting in the garden but the two of them and Titus. Then, Tim thinks Bruce must have misspoke, but that's also impossible, because Bruce doesn't misspeak. Which can only mean; I think I might have loved him. "Him?" Tim whispers for clarification, just to be sure. He's not sure why, but his heart is beating so loudly he can hear it in his ears. It's so loud in fact, he almost misses the way Bruce chuffs lightly, sounding amused when he replies, "Yes Tim. Him. A man." (Tim and Bernard get into an argument, Bruce tries to offer some advice.)

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"Thank you," Jay said quietly, looking down at his feet. "For… for spending today with me. And actually, y'know, caring." It was two sentences, but it was so earnest and vulnerable that Jon had to hold back a wave of emotions at it. Once again, it was something. Jon smiled warmly, and pulled Jay into a quick kiss. Jon suddenly felt a wave of determination overcome him. To push that something, and to tell Jay- "I'm worried about you." -- Jay Nakamura has been dealing with pain alone for a long time. But, despite his best efforts to continue dealing with it alone, Jonathan Kent will do anything to break down his walls. It just so happens Jay likes Jon too much to keep him out forever.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/60226030

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In a last bid to try to repair her shattered relationship with her daughter Cissie, Bonnie purchases an old mansion on a hill. Cissie wants to believe that her mother has changed, she wants to believe that she can move on from being Arrowette, but it's not just houses that are haunted and sometimes the dead aren't quite what they seem. Soon after moving into the Hayes Manor, an old mansion and site of a gruesome murder that took place in 1948 Cissie finds herself befriending one of the victims and together they find something that might be more than friendship - all the while Cissie unravels the mystery of 1948 while juggling trying to be a normal teenager. Should be easy, right?

https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/182905336

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January 1942. From the depths of despair, Terry Sloane finds new inspiration and new hope for the future - others', and his own.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/40290927

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Janet and Tim, through the years. Because she loves her son, even if she isn't always the best parent.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25624141

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In which Jason Blood swallows his pride and tries to put some water under the bridge.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/56098033

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When Kon died, his friends tried to bring him back. Cassie turned to a sham cult. Tim turned to science. They both failed. When Bart died, Tim and Cassie held each other back from the ledge. When Tim dies, Cassie does what she should have done the first time. She returns to her roots. She turns to the Greek gods. The Underworld. Or: Tim dies, and Cassie can’t handle it. She sets out to bring him back, Orpheus style.

https://cfaarchive.org/works/978

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Katar meets his mother broken and tired (and the days that follow).

https://archiveofourown.org/works/44727055

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The thing about all these clones, CRAYDL thought defeatedly, is that they really do look like him. The bossman, who could always be iterated a hundred times over. CRAYDL wasn’t expecting Plan B to feel so much like a betrayal. - After his confrontation with Max Mercury and Impulse in the speed force, Inertia disappeared into the lightning winds, and did not return. CRAYDL, after too long deliberating, finally activates the failsafes; created in case of the first Inertia's death. Because Project Inertia would always, inevitably, continue. But Thaddeus Thawne the Second is very much alive. And he can't help continuing just the same.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/81332016

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/80943426

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Bette knew what she was doing, and she’d been at it for a long time, so there was no reason for Christie to think anything was wrong. And Bette felt proud of that, because whilst there wasn’t much she could give back to Christie for her time and her love, there was this.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/82742146

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Dick didn't particularly care about his presence at first, until it became evident the Batman was becoming a nuisance. It's not like the guy was evil, no, Dick's problem with him is the fact that more and more people are getting hurt as casualties of whatever war the Batman's waged with Gotham's rogues. Or: Dick Grayson is an EMT. He hates the Batman.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/202772

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Bart has sexuality angst. And general teenaged angst.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/62142145

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The first thing that Willis Todd does out of prison is an experience far more humiliating than all the years he’s just spent in Blackgate. A small mercy is, he supposes, that it is not Bruce Wayne who actually picks up the phone.

willis todd does not know how it felt to hold his son’s body as it grew cold. bruce wayne never held jason as an infant, nor at when he was five. whatever they say about april and the worth of money.