#songvoid

(Tags: Friends to Lovers, Kill Switch Meet Cute, Humor, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Watchtower Shenanigans, Slow Burn, Canon-Typical Violence, Thunderbolts Team Members Live in the Watchtower, 100+k words) When Mel got promoted to Official Liaison to the Avengers, she anticipated handling the press, briefing the team for missions, and overall providing the World's New Mightiest Heroes with whatever they needed. Keeping a lonely, de-powered Robert 'Bob' Reynolds company at the Watchtower, however, was definitely not part of the job description. Read now on AO3

Also funny to note, though not in the humourous sense of the word, as Erin LeCount's Pareidolia EP has been so Mel-coded for me, especially "American Dream" and "Don't You See Me Trying?", but "Alice" is such a Bob song on his continuing path of recovery. Queen Erin giving me even more feelings about my two favourite characters💔❤️‍🔥.

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wow guys I’m so normal about them

(Tags: Friends to Lovers, Kill Switch Meet Cute, Humor, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Found Family, Friends to Coworkers to Lovers?, Slow Burn, Watchtower Shenanigans, Canon-Typical Violence, Implied Sexual Content) Bob doesn't really know what he's supposed to do at the tower. No useful skills, no powers (at least for the time being), not even a driver's license as he's technically, legally dead. Mostly alone at the Watchtower, forced to watch his friends go on missions, Bob finds pleasant company in Val's Assistant-turned-Avengers-Rep Mel Gold and a surprising relationship forms. But can Bob overcome his past trauma and enjoy his new life in New York? And why are those damn voices in his head getting louder and louder? Set during the events of 'Melissa Gold: Avengers Rep' but from Bob's POV. Read now on AO3

Thunderbolts 2 trio⚡🕳️🐦🐦‍⬛👻👻

Robert "Bob" Reynolds and Melissa "Mel" Gold, Thunderbolts (2025)