survivor guilt

Tommy’s been on his own for years. He’s managed though, he’s always managed. He doesn’t need anyone else. He’s learned to steal, learned to hide his wings. Learned to lie, to manipulate. So why does he agree when this random guy asks him to stay the night so the man isn’t worrying about him?

Lord Voldemort rose from the cauldron, reborn once more. He looked towards his so called conquer then stooped shocked, this? This was the boy-who-lived? This tiny skinny little child? Where was the pampered Prince? The Gryffindor golden boy? This was not what he expected at all.When Voldemort is reborn at the end of Harry’s fourth year, he is surprised at the sight of the tiny malnourished child glaring defiantly up at him. Instead of attacking he sets out to understand who exactly this child is and why he feels such a pull towards him. Harry on the other hand is completely overwhelmed as the foretold evilest of all evil ends up giving him better care and treatment then he every received from the Light. Still it's going to be a long road to recovery, after all there is fourteen years of conditioning and mistreatment to heal from.

Grian accidentally manages to get onto the Hermitcraft server in horrible shape, only to get found by a couple of the Hermits so they get him help. Grian is less than enthusiastic about being around so many new alphas and wonders when things are going to go really wrong. WE'RE GETTING A REWRITE/FINISHING THIS PEOPLE, IT'S HAPPENING.

Harry is not going back to the Dursleys. He has been out of the cupboard for a whole year; he's not going back in. It's tricky - he doesn't really want to have to explain to anyone. But he's magic now! He has an invisibility cloak! And he's had a lot of practice lying still and pretending he doesn't exist. So he can definitely hide out and avoid being put back on the Hogwarts Express, right? Nothing can go wrong with an eleven year old by themselves for 9 weeks in a wild, magical castle, can it? Updates - aiming for roughly once a weekComments give me a big boost and although I am terrible at replying, I do read everything! :)The tags may change - I'll put a note at the beginning of a chapter if something drastic changes.Thanks for stopping by! Trans Liberation Now!J.K. Rowling's bigotry towards transgender people is dangerous. Please consider watching: J.K. Rowling | ContraPoints The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling | ContraPoints

In hindsight, the whole thing is a little ludicrous. Hiring a man he doesn't know, a man who doesn't know himself, off the streets with not even the chance of checking his credentials… it's foolish beyond measure. He knows little of Desmond, and what he does know is not something that should inspire confidence. Homelessness, thievery, starvation, memory loss... Leonardo does it anyway.

After 8 long years, Lilith returns home about a month after the residence of the Hazbin Hotel can only assume Alastor was killed while fighting Adam. Lilith has Alastor locked away again as she did during his 7 year absence after their deal. Despite excitement from Lucifer and Charlie to see Lilith home, the others can't help but be suspicious of her sudden return.

Harry Potter grew up knowing no love. Beatings were given to him daily, along with the long list of chores that no child should have to do alone.Harry Potter never went to Hogwarts when his first year came around. Nor did he go when is was supposed to be his second or third. Only when he is fourteen, someone comes for him.But Harry Potter was never the Boy-Who Lived in the first place.He was only the brother.

“Why are you making such a big deal over this?!” Peter all but growls, wishing he hadn't agreed to be trapped in such a small space with Tony. “Because kid, I made a promise! So it would be in your best interest to listen to what I have to say." “You mean your best interest.” Tony slams on the breaks, startling Peter. Cars honk behind him, but their complaints go unnoticed as he swerves to the side of the road, turning his head and shouting “What has gotten into you Peter?!” “What do you care?” Peter asks, Anger simmering and on the verge of exploding. “I care a lot. Now ‘fess up kiddo, or do I have to call May?” The car gets quiet, the low rumble of the vehicle mixing with the labored breaths of its occupants. Tony is glaring at Peter, who reaches for the door handle. “Go right ahead, won’t help anyway. Calling a dead person won't magically get them to answer.”

When Yusami finds out she's been dropped into the Naruto universe, she doesn't know if she should feel relieved or cheated to have missed out on all of the cool ninja stuff. "Both" she decides as she looks down at her favorite customer and wonders how she can sneak extra veggies into his bag without him noticing, "Definitely both." Or: a self-insert becomes a simple grocer in Konohagakure and decides that if no one else is going to adopt the baby protagonist, then it's free real estate. Featuring: a civilian woman beating Danzou at his own game, Naruto finding the love he's always deserved, and a hefty amount of ANBU operatives wondering if the Uchiha are accepting volunteers for that little coup/revolution.

“You’ll come to learn that there’s only one thing worse than having nothing.” Trying to hold onto his fight, Peter shoots back, “Yeah? And what’s that?” “To have nothing, after being able to believe you could have everything.” The streets are dirty, crowded, and the jagged bumps in the asphalt are hardly comfortable to sleep on. They’re home, though. Peter is just about finished with New York City. It’s gotten impossibly harder to find even a scrap of food, and what little belongings he does have are unlikely to keep him alive through the winter. And the memories. God, the painful memories here. So he saves up. Makes a plan to get out of there. Then, somehow, he accidentally saves Tony fucking Stark from a gang of eight mercenaries, and the majestic plan disintegrates into ash. The worst part about it, he knows, isn’t even that he met Tony. It’s that Tony met him.

"We found the last group but there’s twenty-seven of them. You and I both know we don’t have enough safe houses open to protect all of them, so I was wondering if you would, you know, with all the free time you have… be able to…” The sentence and suggestion hung in the air, but Max was quick to shut it down. “No. I’m retired, Seb. The second a bullet went through my leg, I stopped being a detective,” Max asserted. “Max, I really need help here. I’ve got an Omega recovering from a suppressant overdose in the hospital right now that has no family or friends in the country besides another Omega who was able to be taken in—as far as we know. He has to go somewhere and you’re one of the only Alphas I trust around here,” Sebastian begged softly. His heart squeezed in his chest when he also thought about the fact that the man would be terrified when he woke up with no one he knew there. Max let out a defeated puff of air and dragged a hand down his face while closing his eyes. “Alright,” he finally agreed.

Stalking Batman is hard as a starving orphan in Crime Alley. Tim would know; that’s his life. Luckily, Tim is excellent at his self-appointed calling, and once he cracks Batman’s secret identity, he discovers an empty mansion next door to the Wayne estate.Some would consider squatting uncouth; Tim calls it free real estate. Anyway, the Drakes won't mind. They'd have to be in the country for that. Besides, a little identity theft never hurt anybody.

When Head Auror Ron Weasley finally tracks down the last of the escaped Death Eaters after the war he finds something very unexpected in the basement of the Death Eater’s home. Fortunately he knows just what to do as his mate is the head of the Lily Omega Support Clinic. Draco Malfoy has been missing for eleven years. No one has seen him ever since Harry pulled him out of the Fiendfyre during the final battle. After over a decade of captivity and birthing three pups, he is far from the cocky Prince of Slytherin everyone knew at school. Harry Potter has been a support Alpha for ten years and was instrumental in the rehabilitation of lots of mistreated omegas after the war. He is experienced and loves helping people but this is the toughest case the clinic has ever seen. Is he really the right support Alpha to help Draco and his pups in their recovery and adjustment into the modern day wizarding world?

For the first few months, Dream was desperate to get out. Pacing the enclosed space, trying to escape again and again, burning his clock in retaliation. However, as the time endlessly stretched, nothing existing but himself and the rough walls, the obsidian box overtook him. Now, finally getting his freedom, he has to be dragged from his cage, kicking and screaming. ... Dream's rehabilitation after being released from 8 torturous months in Pandora's Vault. (ABANDONED, UNFINISHED, AND NO MORE UPDATES)

Mark Watney never manages to make contact with Earth and NASA never realizes that he survived the storm and evacuation on Sol 6. So, needless to say, the crew of the Ares IV is incredibly surprised when they land on Mars to find a scruffy, malnourished, mentally unbalanced, but still-alive astronaut waiting for them.

Diluc Ragnvindr chooses to marry the Khaenri'ahn prince, Kaeya, to help build a relationship between Teyvat and Khaenri'ah. At first, he intends to treat it as mere duty...that is, until he ends up falling in love with the fragile, captivating Kaeya...even though Kaeya is hiding something. Something big. Lukae bcs yeah. More characters may get added, those are just the ones in it so far. Inspired by "Under the Oak Tree" from Manta Comics.

Harry needed to repay the man who protected him up until the very end of his life. A life full of traumas and pain and lacking of love. Harry knew what it was like to grow up unloved, but he couldn't have been prepared for the horrors Severus Snape had been subjected to as a child. And as Master of Death, Harry was prepared to right those wrongs. To make sure that Severus was loved. Even if that love turned out to be a bit deeper than Harry had ever intended. But Severus would be loved. That was all that mattered.

When Zuko was ten, a random palace servant assassinated Fire Lord Azulon. Three years later, Fire Lord Ozai banished him for speaking out of turn, and his mother scorned Ozai by going with him. Three months later, his mother bled to death in a dark alley while Zuko held her hands. Armed with only a pair of swords and a mask, Zuko struggled to survive on his own. By sixteen, he had seen enough of the Earth Kingdom to have doubts about the war, but it was completely out of his hands. He knew he was never going home. Now the Avatar has returned, along with a sliver of hope for the banished prince. For the first time in three years, Zuko has a choice to make about what he wants out of the war and what kind of person he wants to be. There's one thing that he knows for sure: one way or another, Avatar Aang is Zuko's only chance to have a family and make a difference in the world.

Keith and Lotor are captured. Keith is injured and makes a Galra noise which causes him to have a panic attack. When he was younger he was always punished for making ‘weird’ noises. Lotor wonders why the Blades haven't taught him things about his heritage yet as he comforts the distressed kit. Will Lotor be able to teach Keith how to be a kit? Well, hopefully. But he has a couple of people to yell at first.

Most of the pain Akaashi experiences doesn't belong to him. He has experienced heartbreak, despite never being in love. He has experienced a broken arm, without ever injuring himself. He has experienced flu symptoms, while being in the peak of health. Akaashi Keiji is an empath. Bokuto Koutarou needs him the most.

The walls of the Hanshi creep in on him and so Lan Xichen leaves. He leaves Cloud Recesses and his seclusion, stealing away in the night with no-one the wiser that he even left. His feet bring him to Lotus Pier where a surprisingly kind Jiang Cheng seems determined to help him heal.