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.

How things unfold and overlap, hurt and please between two people who do not see any potential in each other beside rivalry and occasional partnership. Or that one story about growth, risky careers, intricacies of intimacy, and pain of adulting.

The last thing Damian expected to happen when he ran away from home was to spend a day crammed into a small space with Jason Todd. His father's second son was a black sheep. An outcast. An angry, insanity driven criminal who enjoyed screwing with the batfamily in every way he could. At least, that's what Damian thought. Maybe he was wrong about Todd.

Like a parasite, Wei Wuxian has this way of growing on people when you least expect it. Over the seasons, Lan Qiren slowly pieces back together his relationship with Wangji and learns to like Wei Wuxian in the process. (“Will you rejoin your sect?” As soon as the words leave his mouth, Lan Qiren regrets his wording. He is not surprised when Wangji’s eyes narrow, flashing with offence. “There is no need to rejoin what one has never left. I did not turn my back on my sect. My sect turned their backs on me.”)

Not that he's jealous. But sometimes, Zoro wonders if Luffy cares specifically for him or if he just happened to be the first of the crew to tumble the captain into bed.

“Anyway,” Zoro continued amid Sanji’s silence, “I’m not going to die.” Sanji made a scoffing sound. “You can’t just decide that, asshole,” he said, tying off the thread. He trailed his fingertips over the jagged seam, checking for any imperfections. “You can’t cheat death.” “We’ll see.” To Sanji, Zoro is an enigma. An infuriating one, but one he is drawn to nonetheless. For as much self-assurance Zoro appears to have, Sanji has about as much self-doubt. If he can just understand what goes on inside that mossy head of his, maybe he can figure a few things out about himself as well. Discovering that there might be something other than rivalry brewing between them, is something Sanji isn't quite prepared for. (Rated M for explicit language, canon-typical violence and sexual content for later chapters).

It is said people are born with another life latched to their own, a being meant to complete them and complement them. Two halves to a whole. Those who find their fated other halves will forever be blessed with happiness and joy until their lives end – together, the same way they began. That is what soulmates are, and will forever be. Everyone knew that Lord Glorfindel’s soulmate would have to be as wonderful, strong, and kind as he. A perfect elleth made to match him in beauty, strength, and glory. Every elf from Forlond to Rivendell knew that much. Nobody expected her.

Eren's existence does not end with his death. After waking up again in the Paths, he chooses to live and find his way back to Mikasa, wanting nothing more than to be with her and give her the peaceful, happy life she deserves.

Childe collapses on a nearby bench at the square barely aware of the mad laughter leaving his lips. People are staring. He doesn’t really care. He buries his head in his hands. It's not real. It can't be. He can’t be pregnant. After one momentous night of passion with Zhongli leads to unintended consequences Childe is left reeling. His previous decision to leave Liyue and Zhongli behind is proving to be difficult, especially as carrying a half-adeptus child comes with its own complications. A continuation for Be good to me, I beg of you. Now with extras!

People of power taken down. A false god shot. A fake paradise eradicated. One would think that for Ren Amamiya, leader of the Phantom Thieves, his adventures were over. However, a blood donation would turn his life upside down as he takes an offer from the Chaldea Security Organization - and once more fight for the fate of humanity.

God should not have built them with such discrepancy, made them need for love, and long for wholeness, then left them to their own devices.

He can still feel Kirishima’s gaze on him when he finishes eating, so he shoots him a sideways glare and says, “Stop being fucking coy.” “Huh?” Kirishima asks, blinking and looking away like that’d convince Bakugou he hadn’t just been staring. “Man up,” Bakugou hisses at him. “If there’s something you want, then fucking say it.” Kirishima goes quiet, again, and Bakugou can practically hear the gears turning in his head. If he keeps this up, he’s going to burn out whatever brain he still has. Just as Bakugou’s about to scoff and tell him so, Kirishima leans in so that their faces are too close together. “What,” Bakugou says, every one of his muscles locking up as he fights conflicting urges to lean closer and edge away from Kirishima’s proximity. “You stopped me, last time,” Kirishima tells him, lips curled into a pout. “Are you going to let me say it, now?” Kirishima has always made things easy for Bakugou. But that doesn't mean that Bakugou's gotten any better at these things, even after all of these years.

Looking up at the shining gates of UA, Nagisa pulled out his anti-sensei knife and twirled the point along his index finger. If he could hitch a ride to Hawaii at Mach 20, save his friends from poisoning and go to outer space, he could definitely do this – face a new school year. A new class. A new homeroom teacher. Because, even without time travel, moving on from their mountaintop classroom had always been the plan. Koro-sensei had wanted them to live the best lives they possibly could. Even if he hadn’t expected those lives to involve quirks or a quest to stop Shiro – I’m sorry All for One – from taking over the world with antimatter Nomu… well, Nagisa just hoped Koro-sensei would be proud of them anyway. He twirled the knife one more time, pointedly ignoring the concerned looks shot his way by other students passing through the gates. “Well, Koro-sensei,” he whispered, determinedly sliding his knife back into its hidden sheath. He hitched up his backpack and squared his shoulders to finally step through the gates. “If you’re watching out there… I guess it’s future time.”

“Fuck it,” Bakugou exhales angrily, more to himself, and then suddenly is leaning over Todoroki where he sits, arms by his sides and face close to his. "It doesn't matter what kind of weird mind game you're playing. I'll beat you no matter how much better than me you think you are." "When you're not acting out I actually respect you a lot," Todoroki corrects mildly. It's said in part because he wishes Bakugou would get over this complex and in part because he's starting to develop a knack for making Bakugou pull the face he's pulling now. "You're really not that bad these days." Bakugou blinks furiously, then sags abruptly, expression gone disheartened. "You've lost it. I- what's next? You gonna declare your love for me mid-battle?” “I don’t think so, no,” Todoroki replies, instinctively, then stills, thinking about it. “I’m fucking- going,” Bakugou continues, undeterred and jittery. “Fucking weirdo.” He's up and gone in a hurry, casting a last disturbed glance back over his shoulder, and Todoroki stays very still, looking blankly at the sky. Well, shit. He thinks he may have missed a few things while redefining his feelings.

Miya Atsumu gets a modeling contract with Calvin Klein, which sets Kiyoomi's heart in motion. (Or: Sakusa Kiyoomi realizes that the rules governing the universe are absolute rubbish at explaining matters of the heart.)