Verbal Shutdowns
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I Refuse to be Eternally Degraded and Dismissed by Spades13
Fandoms: SK8 the Infinity (Anime)
26 Nov 2023
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Sk8 Trans Week - Coming Out // Gender Euphoria
I can't find a nice passage to get the idea of this one across so... It's just... Langa's journey to figuring himself out.
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- Part 7 of Sk8 Trans Week 2023
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Donatello Hamato vs. Autism Spectrum Disorder by RavingRoveBeetle
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)
23 Dec 2023
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The first time Donatello heard the word "autism," it had been used to describe Donnie himself—and yet no one had bothered to tell him what it meant. The way Splinter had said it had been as though something was wrong with him, as though he was in on a joke that Donnie couldn't quite understand.
Donnie learns quickly, though—it's something he prides himself on, and always has. He learns that autism means he is different, that he is more machine than man, and that he will never be a "Mad Dog." Not really.
In which Donnie learns what being autistic really means, with the help of a few dumb-dumb brothers.
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An emotional need for rebellion, his teachers call it. Human defiance.
Spock doesn’t know what’s wrong with him.
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Spock has selective mutism. Jim and Leonard are good friends.
McSpirk Month day 16! Prompt: Lost the ability to speak
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“Minjeong?” She found Minjeong standing against the sink, splashing water against her face roughly.
Minjeong ripped off her ear defenders and dropped them to the floor with no regard for the damage it would cause them, “Baby, calm down.” Jimin watched her bounce on her heels and her breathing became ragged.
“Breathe, Minjeong.” Jimin grabbed her hands and pulled her to the bench by them, and squatted down in front of her. Jimin dropped a hand to Minjeong's knee to try and stop it from bouncing and used her left thumb to try and wipe away the tears that were falling.
Minjeong hit her thigh in frustration. She wanted to tell Jimin. Why couldn’t she speak?
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A police au where Minjeong goes mute after Yizhuo accidentally gets shot during an arrest. Jimin, her wife, is the only one who knows how to calm her down.
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- Part 2 of You're my whole world
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Beacon Hills is a strange place, people dissappear, things happen that shouldn't, there's cries in the woods, and creatures on the road. People are drawn together unexpectedly–
Derek doesn't want a newly bitten, fresh fanged wolf to look after while he's still processing that his sister is gone.
Stiles doesn't want his father and best friend, to be caught in a supernatural conflict they're unprepared for, even if that means he has to rush into it himself first.
Scott just doesn't want to feel like a monster, or become one.
With druids, hunters, and hormonal teens, they have a plot to unravel and justice to find in a confusing world where the monsters don't always show their claws before they strike.(Canon Rewrite of s1, friendly for fandom blind readers. Foreshadowing for long time fans. )
(Title, It will come back--Hozier)Series
- Part 1 of Wolves of Beacon Hills
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In which the Scions’ newest recruit hates the Waking Sands, and Thancred tries his best to make it better. It works eventually.
Some OC mentions but can be read standalone.
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- Part 2 of and love them as you love our home
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I come back changed I can feel it in my bones by Graynovember_39
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe
12 Feb 2026
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After six months of being missing Joaquín Torres is finally found. Bob has to help him deal with the effects of experimentation and trauma while Sam and the others find who did it to him.
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I Love You Too Much by moon_pies_fics
Fandoms: Original Work, Tales From Thornridge (Original Work)
07 Dec 2025
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Soft moment shared between Carlos and Anthony after being on the run.
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- Part 3 of Tales From Thornridge
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Four friends go for a walk in the forest, only three friends come back.
A story about Dess' disappearance and the impact it had on the Holiday and Dreemurr families directly after.
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Shane, who has been in the process of unmasking his autism after his very late diagnosis post- retirement, comes across a fun new problem: verbal shutdowns in bed. Ilya helps him calm down and navigate newly discovered terrain.
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Nya is gone
Jay loses his grip on reality
Kai can’t control his emotions
Zane is afraid to feel anything, for fear of feeling everything
Lloyd has an identity crisis
Pixal tries to fix things before they can fall apart
Wu tries to search for answers
Cole takes on more than he can handle by being there for everyone else
None of them are okayOr
After Nya merges with the ocean, the others spend a year mourning for her, all of them falling apart in some way.
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Vox, the Media Overlord. Powerful and cunning as he is, he stepped too far into the ocean and now is drowning in the world he created. Bound and desperate against a chair by the other two Vees, he tries to think of what went wrong. Why he did everything, how.
And most importantly, what will come of his actions.
Will he ever be free? What punishment awaits him? Should he have made different decisions in the past?
Is Heaven going to punish him?
Or the one where Vox is strapped to a chair and is a big crybaby after getting out