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Unspooling by LiterallyThePresident
Fandoms: Dispatch (Video Game), The Magnus Archives (Podcast)
23 Dec 2025
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When facing a strange villain that feeds off fear, that pulls the trauma from people’s throats like a horsehair worm from a wriggling mantis, Robert thinks it’s going to be routine, that Flambae will deal with him and get some free therapy as a bonus, that he’s safe behind his desk where the villain called Archivist won’t even think about him.
He’s wrong.
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Statement of Robert Robertson the Third, regarding his emotionally abusive father, his lack of autonomy, and the absence of personhood.
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03 Feb 2026
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Chase leans towards the baby and squints at her like she's a criminal sitting across an interrogation table. Robert knows he named his daughter right when she matches his expression one-for-one. “At least tell me you didn't follow the stupid family tradition. We're running out of nicknames for Robert that ain’t Bob.”
A weight lifts off of Robert's chest. Some unseen, fractured pattern comes to completion, and the joy of it is pure and simple. “Chase,” he says, not knowing whether to sob or laugh, “she's named after you.”
It didn't quite dawn on him yet, clearly. Chase snorts and scratches Beef's ears. “Yeah, right. First name Track, last name Star?”
Robert hoists the baby up to the full twenty-eight inches of limb and menace. “Chase, meet Chase.”
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Every work day is bring your kid to work day when you're a single parent of a superpowered infant.
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- Part 1 of Dispatch AUs
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02 Feb 2026
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build a bear. stuff it. by laurenshappenstobemyhusband
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
06 Aug 2021
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"Todoroki, I noticed you didn't sign up for any extracurriculars," Aizawa says, handing him a flier of the clubs UA offers. "You're the only one left in the class without one."
"I didn't know it was required," Todoroki blinks, looking over the paper distractedly. "Which one should I join?"
"That's for you to decide." When Todoroki continues to stare blankly, the man sighs. "Bakugou, can you please help him find a club?"
The blond, who had been copying notes at his desk, opens his mouth to argue. Despite Icy Hot and the rest of their class insisting that the two of them are friends, he's still iffy about that point, and he's definitely not the boy's babysitter. Then, looking from the haggard Aizawa to the deer-in-headlights-eyed Todoroki, he shuts his mouth with a huff. "Alright, Icy Hot. Let's find you a personality."
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26 Jan 2026
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we can't say what we've seen (and we're not little children) by fivecenturiesverse
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
17 Jul 2022
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Erica can still feel his hands on her where he'd grabbed her, she doesn't know what to do about it, who to speak to. Everyone seems so okay with everything, like they can't even remember what happened. Steve has those scars, those memories printed on his skin, and he seems perfectly fine. Erica should be fine too, she's not a kid any more, and she doesn't even have scars.
Erica doesn’t know what to do. If she talks to Lucas, he’ll start acting like she’s a kid again and she’s not, she’s older now than when Lucas got involved. She’s old enough not to need help and she’s not going to ask just because she’s a girl and can’t deal with it. Lucas dealt with it, she’ll deal with it.
So she’s just going to watch. Watch Max who almost died but seems fine. Lucas who fought Jason and seems fine. Pretends she doesn’t feel the phantom, nameless hands grabbing her, doesn’t feel the short blades of grass under her fingers as she scrabbled, feel his hot breath on the back of her neck like she was prey. Pretends there’s none of that, because it shouldn’t matter. She’s Erica Sinclair — can’t spell America without Erica — and she’s going to be just fine.
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29 Dec 2025
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Even Damian could admit that his older siblings occasionally had their uses.
__"I need your assistance," Damian said, voice low and tense.
"No," Jason replied, and hung up.
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12 Nov 2025