introspection

Harry leaves the white limbo of King's Cross to find himself in his childhood cupboard once again. Luckily for him, it seems he's brought Ron and Hermione back with him, and with his best friends at his side he can do anything.The Golden Trio take Hogwarts by storm, a bit more jaded and ruthless than before and determined to undermine the war before it ever truly starts.

It's a dark coil of anger deep in the pit of his stomach, reminding him that he was the root, the catalyst, the trigger for their family's downward spiral. It did happen - he reminds himself harshly. He can't forget that, even if time has actually reset itself. Todoroki Enji gets a second chance. It's up to him to see what he can do with it.

“Am I your dad!!?” Billy shouted. Danny paused. Took a deep breath in and out before turning to him. “I’m gonna need you to back up, and explain. Please.” Or, what happens when a twelve year old masquerading as an adult superhero calls his guardian, an adult who can also turn into a child superhero, on speaker phone, in front of the Justice League.

That one-night stand with Draco Malfoy was a mistake. Hermione doesn't make mistakes, or at least she isn't supposed to. She's working hard at her Ministry career, however frustrating and pointless her job may be, and she's also got to live up to everyone's expectations as Hogwarts's most famous Muggle-born and a top-tier War Hero. So, why is she still sleeping with Draco Malfoy, ex-Death Eater and infamous pureblood? And why isn't she certain that she wants to stop?

"Maybe," Peter thought, "I can make a life here."Hence the tears and the guilt and the grief, because was Peter allowed to move on? Was he allowed to… to leave it all behind? Leave all the bad things in the past?Peter was "The Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man!" after all, and wasn’t he letting Queens - his people - down if he didn’t fight tooth and nail to get back to them?or Peter's tired. He's so tired, and he doesn't know what to do, but maybe things will get better.(They do.)--ORSpider-Man: Finally Hometechnically inspired by Dark Matter by mysterycyclone but really only the "Peter in the DC Universe" part

"A man who's pure of heart and says his prayers by nightMay still become a wolf when the autumn moon is bright"- Florence Welch, Howl A shameless love story told with a backdrop of war, politics, past trauma, heroes and villains, dragons and duty. Goes from Dragonstone, to Kings Landing, to the North, and eventually back again. Falling in love amidst the War for the Dawn, as told by Daenerys Targaryen. The explicit rating is no lie. Season 7 is vaguely followed until Episode 7 and then the story diverges from canon (and thank God for that). *WINNER of the 2017 Jonerys Fanfiction Award for Smuttiest Smut*

Despairing as yet another timeline goes horribly wrong, Homura wanders into Karakura. There she discovers that while the spiritually-aware people of Karakura were distracted by Ichigo Kurosaki and Xcution, Kyubey had managed to contract the Kurosaki sisters as magical girls. Drawing the attention of the shinigami could be just the advantage Homura needs. Prologue through chapter 80 replaced by edit 11/1/19Most changes to neaten 1st timeline; no plot changesHopefully more screenreader friendly

/ɪnˈtɜː.prɪ.tə.tɪv/ related to explaining or understanding the meaning of something: an interpretive display/center. /pəˈspɛktɪv/ 1. the art of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other.2. a particular attitude towards or way of regarding something; a point of view. ------------------------Magic decides its child has been alone long enough. It brings those relevant to the crystal cave to share some of its memories pertaining to its child. Merlin and his friends watch him arrive in Camelot from a fresh set of eyes. Now with discord!https://discord.gg/nrwCFv6w

‘But…I’m so…tired…’ ‘I know. I know you are, cupcake,’ Vi soothes. Cait feels herself tilt suddenly and tenses at the feeling of falling, but it’s just Vi, moving closer as the mattress shifts under her weight. ‘But you have to stay awake, because I have things I need to tell you.’ --OR-- What happens in the days and weeks (and months) following the events of Season One.

Studying to become a hero requires knowing how to take care of yourself. Sometimes you might need help on the way so if your crush offers to do your hair for you or to give you a well-deserved back rub, it'd be stupid to say no. A series of soft vignettes in which a love-struck Kirishima and a touch-starved Bakugou care for each other and it's definitely not making their hearts jump through hoops, they’re never this close to kissing, no, they're totally best friends bro

It's Eskel who smells the blood and finds the bard. The Warlord's right hand doesn't get to panic, so instead, Eskel...copes.

It’s the face of a child hidden behind the mask of a monster. (And they wonder, “Have I been wrong?”) Dream is locked up in Pandora’s Vault. The person they find is not the tyrant they remember. Or, Dream is fifteen. The SMP reacts.

Regulus Black survived the inferi only for the aftereffects of the cursed cave to attack his magic and turn him into a squib. He lived long enough to see his brother arrested and imprisoned without trial. He lived long enough for his mother to disown him. He lived long enough to become an outcast in the world where he grew up. Regulus had nothing left to live for. Then one day, on a whim, he decided to check on his brother’s godson. And then Regulus had someone to fight for.

Missing Chris is less of an emotion these days and more of a physical entity. He’s sure everyone can see that he’s slowly hollowing himself out, that he can’t do much of anything else. But when Jee laughs at him trying to get his tongue to touch his nose, and Mara loops one of her arms through his to keep him from tossing the rest of his cup in the garbage, Eddie feels solid again. Maybe he likes yellow birthday cake ice cream after all. (or, gerrard messes with the team's schedules and eddie 'i just drove my son to flee the state' diaz is the only option to watch mara and jee-yun after school on tuesdays, which, shouldn't be a problem at all, right?)

“—I’ll do anything, Zhongli!” Childe cries. “So please, if you have ever loved me, give me the power to fix this!” He pulls Zhongli onto his lap, back flushed against his chest. When he buries his tear-streaked face into the curve of Zhongli’s shoulder, he still smells like glaze lilies and incense. So incongruent with the acrid stench of the battlefield. “...Ajax…” Childe pulls back to see the last vestiges of gold swirl in the Archon’s exhausted eyes. “Go with my blessings.” When Liyue faces an inevitable catastrophe, Childe finds himself back in the past to retrieve the Gnosis that Zhongli has lost. Perhaps if he returns to the present with it, both Liyue and its Archon can be saved.

┌─────━┿──┿━─────┐𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙚, 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚.𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙮 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩.𝙎𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙢𝙮 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙨.𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩, 𝙞𝙛 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨.└─────━┿──┿━─────┘

The Heroes have lost the war. A desperate last-ditch attempt – to go back in time and make sure none of this chaos ever happens. Endeavour wakes up on the night of Sekoto Peak, the night Touya burned and his family was lost to him forever, determined to set right what once went wrong by taking the slow path to redemption, to be the man his family deserved and the Hero that Japan needed. He causes a chain reaction in which All Might adopts Tomura Shigaraki, Keigo Takami and Touya fall in love and the Commission might be the ones to turn Touya into Dabi, if he doesn’t find a way to stop them.

He can’t do this. “Can I—” he bursts, stops, overflows again. “Would it be too terribly forward of me to ask—” This is so much. How can small words hold so much? Perhaps he can keep it in, after all. If the words can hold it, maybe he can too. Maybe he won’t crack and rupture. Or: After the bus ride back from Tadfield and the erstwhile End of the World, Aziraphale reaches his breaking point.

He thought he’d hidden these feelings from himself, stowed them away in some dark corner and learned not to think about it. But the second Eddie peeked in from around the corner at the Jade and looked at Richie with those big, limpid pools of Christmas Orphan meets Bambi, and started rambling about gluten and cashews, it all came flooding back into focus. Richie has loved Eddie so long that it’s become an ache that goes beyond reason.

Robin’s eyes lazily rolled around for a moment, searching for their target before eventually landing on Nancy. A dopey grin spread across her face and a deep chuckle came from her throat. “You’re pretty.” Nancy looked into her unfocused eyes and sighed. “And you’re concussed.” * Now officially a haven of one shots. ***

Lan Wangji clutches his phone in a tight grip. The dial tone drones a steady rhythm in time with his fluttering heart. Suddenly, the cloth of his shirt feels suffocating. This is a mistake. He never should have written that number down—not from a flyer promising something so shameful.