Lately in fanfic I've read [08-28 October 2021]:
Tentatodd Week Day 4: Alternate Uses for Tentacles by@ajsregrettabledecisions
I mean, look at this beauty:
All that considered, Jason thought his current crusade was perfectly warranted. Red Hood was just one guy, but by God, by the time he was done with Gotham there wouldn’t be anyone with a tentacle fetish left alive.
(Except one. Jason doesn’t know it yet, but he’ll end up allowing just one of them to keep breathing.)
Fic details: jaydick | explicit | 5.2k words
when it rains, it pours by@the-man-moth
The jaydick/batfam/umbrella academy fusion I never knew I needed, seriously go read it.
But in the present, Jason, who doesn’t know any better and even if he did, is desperate for any morsel of love and attention, will fall hook, line, and sinker for Alfred’s lie. He’ll believe Alfred, even though a part of him knows already that Bruce Wayne doesn’t treat him and the others the way a father should treat his children.
Bruce Wayne treats his seven wards like soldiers. Day in and out, Jason and the others are made to undertake the strictest regimen, from learning Homer - in the original Greek, no less - in the mornings to running laps around the Manor in the evenings until their bodies give out on them. They’re only given permission to partake in “fun and games on Saturdays between noon and half past noon.”
And yet it’s nothing compared to the hell Bruce puts them through once they gain their powers.
Fic details: jaydick | teen+ | 10.8k words
Do You Have a Name? by@bitterleafs
Short, sweet, hilarious. If you need a dopamine hit, here you go. I laughed the whole way through.
The whole tableau is just this side of surreal that Jason finds himself standing awkwardly in the shadows watching the whole trainwreck of a robbery happen with morbid fascination. What is he even supposed to do now? Attack? Yell? Take pity on them?
He spends a moment too long considering his options because the thief lurches slightly in his direction and the decision is made for him as he swings in a panic, suddenly remembering that this is Gotham and just because someone is a shoeless idiot doesn’t make them any less dangerous.
“Ow!” feels grossly anticlimactic as a reaction, but it’s the one he gets as his lamp connects with the back of their head.
Fic details: jaydick | teen+ | 800 words
The Ever-Living Ghost of What Once Was by@justtoarguewithyou
There are more chapters to read!! I read the first chapter and was just stunned at how poignant and beautiful and haunting this work is for dealing with zombies.
Dick winds his way down the pathway that will lead him to Jason.
Dick still thinks of him in the present tense, though he really, really, shouldn’t. He takes a swig from the flask in his pocket. He’d never been much of a drinker. But he’s been drunk since the wake.
It’s been three days.
Fic details: jaydick | teen+ | 5.3k words | chapters 5 of ?
What Doesn't Kill Me Makes Me Want You More by kiera_wesley
This fic has everything: reverse robins, identity porn, new vigilante identities...it's just *chef's kiss*
Cardinal gave him a mini salute. “Until next time, Dickie.” Dick gasped as he jumped off the side of the building, then threw out a grapple and swung into the night. Dick would deny it to his dying day, but he ran to the edge and watched the retreating figure until he had long disappeared. He’d said until next time. He wanted to see Dick again. Yup, he was definitely swooning.
Fic details: jaydick | teen+ | 13.2k words | 5/5 chapters
on the way to the coffee shop by@squishychickies
This one's also chock o block full of delicious tropes to savor and digest: no capes, high school, coffee shop au with a healthy smattering of humor and angst.
His aim is true--the disgusting, squishy organs hit their marks and splatter all over, covering each of their faces, shirts, and backpacks like paintballs. Adam and Geoffrey both double over, howling in miserable disgust. “MISS!” shouts one of them, “MISS, HE’S THROWIN’ BRAINS AT ME!”
Fic details: jaydick | teen+ | 38.8k words | chapters 6 of ?
One Jump by@withthekeyisking-writer
This fic has me on the edge of my seat and I'm sending the author good vibes of freely flowing words to keep updating <3
He splashes water on his face, enjoying the shock of cold, taking a few deep breaths. They need...a plan. They need a direction. Dick has a handful of safehouses that are set up for long-term stay, but the only problem is none of them are on Gotham and he doesn't know how he's going to get the pair of them off-planet. The ports are going to be very closely watched, and they'll surely notice Roman Sionis' missing android.
They need help, really. And Dick has people he can turn to, people who owe him favors or will enjoy an I-owe-you from him, but he's hesitant to go to any of them. One pair of loose lips and Jason is right back with that psychopath, and Dick is in prison. This isn't a simple score, this is big, and he has no fucking clue who he can trust with Jason's safety.
Fic details: jaydick, midpollo, jaydickmidpollo | teen+ | 2.3k words | chapter 1 of ?
Lack Thereof by@bitterleafs
This fic is absolutely heartbreaking and gorgeous and ends so satisfying and hopeful.
It’s not like he doesn’t talk about it. He goes to therapy, he sits there and he talks about all of it and sometimes it isn’t so bad, sometimes he’s okay. But sometimes he’s not. And how can he tell Jason that he’s the only thing worth living for? It’s not healthy or fair and he’s trying so hard to do better, be better.
How can he admit that sometimes even that isn’t enough?
Jason pulls him into his arms without another word because he already knows. Dick would hate him, maybe, if he didn’t love him so much.
Fic details: jaydick | mature | 1.4k words
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