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What Bruce is telling Clark now can't be true—Dick Grayson can't be dead, just as surely as the Dark Knight can't be the one who killed him.
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Ghosted by talefeathers
Fandoms: Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (Album), The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (Comic)
28 Oct 2025
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Bad news from the zones, tumbleweeds. It looks like Jet Star and the Kobra Kid had a clap with an Exterminator that went all Costa Rica, and uh… got themselves ghosted.
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pick my heart up off the ground by talefeathers
Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Final Crisis (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
12 Aug 2025
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In the wake of Bruce's death, Clark knows Dick well enough to know he'll be too busy taking care of everyone else to take care of himself. He and Dick are alike in that way.
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A Place for Us by jules (talefeathers)
Fandoms: 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime)
08 Aug 2024
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Life in Mei Mei's Raven Syndicate is dangerous, and Suguru can't seem to find a way out. That is, of course, until Satoru makes one.
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Your hands are red from holding tight. by jules (talefeathers)
Fandoms: 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime)
30 Apr 2024
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In the wake of Sukuna's defeat, Satoru says a final goodbye to the young sorcerer he raised.
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Magnus has been weird ever since they got back from Refuge.
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Magnus rushes into the astral plane.
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Valentine's Days by talefeathers
Fandom Romeo And Juliet - All Media Types, Romeo and Juliet - Shakespeare
14 Feb 2018
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It's February 14th again. Valentine is another year older, and Mercutio is another year dead. Some things will be better this time around. Some things won't.
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Batfam Whumptober 2022 by jules (talefeathers), talefeathers
Fandom Batgirl/Robin: Year One, Batman - All Media Types, Batman: Death in the Family (Comic), Batman: The Animated Series, DCU (Comics), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga)
31 Oct 2022
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A 31-day daily drabble challenge chock full of Batfam angst, hurt/comfort, and, of course, whump.
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Confrontation in Shinbashi by jules (talefeathers)
Fandom 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga)
14 Mar 2022
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Jujutsu High third-year Kento Nanami and notorious curse user Suguru Geto face off and open old wounds.
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anonymous asked: would you consider writing dick being asked to empty jasons locker at school after jason dies?
_____"Uh, Wayne residence," he said, cringing after the fact at how hoarse his voice sounded. He scrubbed a hand over his eyes in frustration.
"Um, hello. Is, um...." the female voice trailed off hesitantly. "Is Mr. Wayne available at the moment?"
"I'm afraid not," Dick said, trying harder to channel his inner Alfred. "Can I take a message?"
"...Yes," the woman said. "It's....well, it pertains to his son, Jason."Series
- Part 3 of I'm in paradise with Dad
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23 Jun 2026
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"If--" Dick said. "If you don't mind my asking. Did...." he trailed off, uncertain. "Did Jason like it here?"
Principal Hall laughed. "No, I'm afraid I don't think he did," she said, a bit sadly. Her voice dipped. "With his economic background and all, he was a fish out of water here. Didn't fit in at all, didn't have many friends. The few he had were generally younger than he was. He got in trouble a fair amount--he was, to put it mildly, a free-thinker. He didn't like being told what to do, and especially not what to think. But he was kind, though. If he thought you needed it, I think he'd give you the shirt off his back. He helped one of the janitors fix a broken sink, once. He also helped a chauffeur fix the expensive car he was driving to pick up a CEO's kids. Left Mr. Wayne's butler waiting, but he didn't seem too upset. He also stuck up for the younger kids against bullies. Left the instigators with some impressive black eyes and split lips, too." She shook her head, glancing down at her desk. "If he hadn't been adopted by Mr. Wayne, he would have wound up in juvenile detention. And he really wasn't a bad child. Troubled, perhaps. But he would never hurt anyone if they didn't deserve it." She glanced back up. "It's truly tragic, and I'm so sorry this happened to him. As I said, he was a sweet boy."
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Dick breathed in. This was cruel. He needed to hang up; he couldn’t let Bruce go through this again.
“Dick, are you alright?” Bruce’s voice was concerned now, but Dick didn’t have the willpower to hang up. He couldn’t look down but he knew he was losing blood, so much blood. He didn’t want to do this alone, if it came to it.
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Day 11: “911, WHAT’S YOUR EMERGENCY?” | Self-Done First Aid
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- Part 9 of ace's whumptober 2022
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20 Jun 2026
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Before the fourth ring could go through, Bruce’s voice came over the line, “Dick?”
Dick breathed in. This was cruel. He needed to hang up; he couldn’t let Bruce go through this again.
“Dick, are you alright?” Bruce’s voice was concerned now, but Dick didn’t have the willpower to hang up. He couldn’t look down but he knew he was losing blood, so much blood. He didn’t want to do this alone, if it came to it.
“Hey B,” Dick said, his voice wet.
“Dick? Where are you? What happened?”
“Nothin’,” he said. He shuffled forward so he could lie down, discouraging gravity from pulling blood from his chest. He lay the phone next to his ear. “Just missed you.”
A beat. “I – tell me what’s wrong.”
He laughed. Tried to. Blood came through his throat, and he coughed, wet and hacking.
“I’m tracking your phone right now, stay on the line.”
Dick stared at the two buildings looming over him, closing between the overcast sky that could be seen past them. Dick said, “‘M sorry.”
“Don’t – come home. We can talk later, just come home.”
“I’m selfish,” he told his dad, “I just – I don’t want to be alone.”
“I’m right here, chum, tell me what’s wrong. I’ll be there in a minute, okay?”
“I’m sorry for…” Dick took a deep breath, but he choked on blood. “... for making you do this – again.”
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Problems for Another Day by AcornsOnTheGround
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Nightwing (Comics), DCU (Comics)
11 Nov 2021
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For the Whumptober2021 Day 1 prompt: barbed wire.
Because I am WEAK for the idea of Bruce calling Adult!Dick|Nightwing 'chum' when he's hurt.
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- Part 2 of Whumptober Works
- Part 13 of Bad Things Happen Bingo
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20 Jun 2026
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After just staring at him for a couple of moments, he walks around to the other side of the bed, adjusts the sheet and blanket across Dick’s chest, lightly cups the undamaged side of Dick’s face with his hand.
Dick’s eyes flutter and he turns his face slightly, further into Bruce. “Thanksforcomingforme,” he slurs, the words soft and bleeding into each other, barely audible.
Bruce feels his eyes prickle. He sits and takes Dick’s warm hand in his own, breathes deeply through his nose, once, twice, three times. A moment later, he manages a hoarse, “As long as there’s breath in my body, I will come for you, chum.”
With the smallest uptick at the corners of his mouth, Dick whispers, “Think clean thoughts, chum.”
Bruce huffs out a wet laugh as relief settles over him. He squeezes Dick’s hand but gets no response; he’s already blinked back out, his face slack again as he’s fallen victim to whatever concoction Leslie has in his IV.
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Happy Little Bluebirds Fly Beyond the Rainbow (Why Oh Why Can’t I) by honeycombclaire
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Nightwing (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Red Robin (Comics), DCU (Comics), DCU, Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)
02 Mar 2023
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After being subjected to the Mad Hatter’s dream machine, Dick gets stuck in a dream world where he finally has everything he wants. His parents are alive, his family is together, and he still gets to be Nightwing. Everything is perfect.
Using the machine, the Bats invade Dick’s mind to bring him back. They don’t expect to find out just how much Dick has been hurting.
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19 Jun 2026
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“Dickie,” Bruce whispers. Dick can hear his broken heart in his words.
A sob comes racing out of Dick’s chest, but gets lodged in his throat as it swells. His eyes sting with tears. He hasn’t cried in front of Bruce in so long. He’s never cried in front of Jason, and he’s only ever cried in front of Tim once. Damian has seen him at some low points, but nothing ever like this. He’s the big brother. He’s supposed to be strong for them.
Bruce stares at him a little longer, obviously noticing Dick on his breaking point. Without another word, Bruce grabs both sides of his cape and flings them over Dick, wrapping him up tight. Just like he used to when Dick was Robin and he would shield from bullets, or shelter him from rain on patrol, or when he would hide inside of it during Justice League meetings.
What a bastard. How is Dick supposed to hold back, after that?
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Mellon Chronicles Series - COMPLETE by mellon_chronicles
Fandom Lord of the Rings - Fandom, The Lord of the Rings (Movies), The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
08 Jan 2015
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MY PURPOSE , now complete, is to archive the epic series the Mellon Chronicles for readers to continue to enjoy. I do not claim authorship or ownership of any work in the Mellon Chronicles - that belongs to Cassia and Siobhan, and to Tolkien.
As readers may be aware, the original site at which the Chronicles were archived (aragorn-legolas.5u.com) has ceased to exist. I retrieved the all the stories from the online web archive Wayback Machine but I am unsure how much longer they will be available there either. So I am planning on re-posting them all here, in an effort to prevent them from disappearing from the internet altogether. There may be other sites where the works are also archived, but I could not find any from Googling.
In the series, you can find all of the stories in chronological order (that is to say, the order in which they appear in their entirety, not the order in which they were written).
If you appreciate being able to read the Mellon Chronicles here and, like me, do not want them to be lost, please comment and let me know. Thank you to everyone who has already done so, it makes me very happy to know that I'm not the only person who still remembers and enjoys these stories :)
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