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This World Is A Wasteland (Don't Let Me Go) by the_better_mj
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
03 Jan 2026
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Jason is late to their dinner date (again) and Tim is sad but pretends he isn't (again) and then Jason comes home and also pretends everything is fine (again) and so everything is (not) fine.
OR: Jason is a coward who wont fess up to his boyfriend and Tim is in extreme denial about it. Oh these idiots.
Prequel to "When these walls come tumbling down" you can read this as a stand alone but it wont make much since.Series
- Part 2 of What Could Have Been
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He didn’t know exactly how Tim would react to finding out his fiancée was the major crime lord Red Hood - and that his in-laws were the Wayne crime family, who held all of Gotham in its fist - but it sure wouldn’t be pretty.
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Jason swallowed hard. “Yeah. Listen, Tim, I never wanted to do it like this, but I guess I don’t have a choice now. I need to tell you something, and I need you not to freak out.”
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Tim raised an eyebrow, and when he spoke, his voice was full of condescension. “Really, Jason? For someone with a ‘secret identity’ you do a shit job at hiding it.”OR: A no capes/mafia AU where Tim is very aware his fiancé is Red Hood. Jason had no idea Tim knows. when the Maroni crime family finds out about Tim, 'secrets' spill out into the open, and Tim releases a lot of pent up anger.
It's not as bad as the summary makes it out to be I swear. ( at least I hope)
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- Part 1 of What Could Have Been
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Tim comes home from a mission off-world and realizes something. It doesn't end well.
This got dark fast. I was working through some things. Check the tags, and please know your limits. Stay safe out there, people.
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we only know the love we’re shown by justhockey
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
25 May 2026
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Ilya has always known Shane could do better than him. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that he’s finally found it.
Found someone else.
Because that’s what this is, isn’t it?
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04 Jun 2026
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I’m obsessed with "Another Mirror" AUs, so here’s my unhinged contribution.
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12 Sep 2025
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For Cass, body language is the first language, the best language, the language she’s most fluent in. But she’s not perfect. She doesn’t know everything, only what she sees, and this is what she sees: Bruce, reaching a hand toward Tim; Tim, frozen in terror and sorrow and resignation; everyone else, standing by and not seeming to notice or care. Cass isn’t going to let it happen, whatever Tim dreads. She sees him. And yet Tim doesn’t see Cass seeing him, right up until it might be too late to stop what’s starting.
(An AU of my story "The Body Keeps the Score." Tim Drake has metahuman healing abilities and abusive parents. The Batfamily has no idea about either of those things… At least, at first.)
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- Part 3 of in the healing of trauma
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01 Jun 2026
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In which the press should think before they talk by spnispain
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
01 Jun 2026
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"Mr. Hollander, with all due respect, there is a very clear difference here. No one is stopping you and Mr. Rozanov from doing whatever you want in your free time, but this is a workplace. Many players and fans feel uncomfortable watching that kind of behaviour-"
"Then they can close their eyes," Shane interrupted in a very uncharacteristic manner.
OR: Shane has been the NHL golden boy for 11 seasons, but some people are simply begging for a verbal slapdown. The internet reacts.
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- Part 2 of Social media
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01 Jun 2026
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“We do not say anything about the Hollander situation,” LeClaire tells them even though it sounds like he’s already resigned to what he knows is going to happen.
After all, Roz gets extremely mad whenever it’s brought up. Not that Cliff can blame him, he’s pretty sure that Roz liked Hollander before this (wouldn’t chirp him half as much if he didn’t). Finding out that he’s such a bastard must sting.
Not to mention that Roz does not mess around with people that disrespect girls. Or women. Or kids. Or dogs. Or the elderly (excluding Scott Hunter). Or really anyone, if it’s for petty stupid reasons.
“Of course,” Cliff agrees for both of them since Roz is still too busy texting someone.
It’s apparently not good enough for LeClaire because he asks, “Roz?”
“Just one second,” he answers without raising his eyes from his phone or stopping his typing. “Need to get my Jane to agree with something. She’s very stubborn.”
Or. My take on the 'their text leak and now everybody thinks that Shane is an abusive bastard' premise. Featuring Ilya giving a presser, Marly realizing in real time who 'Jane' is and the internet reacting to the craziness.
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- Part 4 of HR Social Media works
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31 May 2026