call me darlingЁЯРИтАНтмЫтАв 21+ тАв he/they тАв i like vtubers, tolkien, batfam, danmei, and probably a fifth thing i'm forgetting тАв prone to being nsfw
my first fic for @acorn-and-oakleaves year of bagginshield 2026! (hopefully with 11 more to come *crosses fingers*) i was using the january prompts┬атАШcourting gifts,тАЩ┬атАШaccidental confession,тАЩ (though it turned into not really an accident) and┬атАШdreamsтАЩ! hope you all enjoy <3
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Hobbit - All Media Types, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield, Bilbo Baggins & Bofur, Balin & Thorin Oakenshield
Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield, Bofur (Tolkien), Balin (Tolkien), Bifur (Tolkien), Thorin's Company
Additional Tags: Dreams, Hobbit Culture & Customs, Love Confessions, Angst with a Happy Ending, Gold Sickness (Tolkien), Gold Sick Thorin Oakenshield, Mutual Pining, Not Actually Unrequited Love, Miscommunication, Idiots in Love, Flower Symbolism, Balin is So Done (Tolkien), Balin Ships It (Tolkien), Getting Together, Feelings Realization
Summary:
a dream, a midnight talk, and a series of realizations.
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Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Hobbit (Jackson Movies)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield
Characters: Thorin Oakenshield, ├Уin (Tolkien), Ori (Tolkien), F├нli (Tolkien), K├нli (Tolkien), Dwalin (Tolkien), Gl├│in (Tolkien), ThorinтАЩs Company
Additional Tags: POV Thorin Oakenshield, POV Bilbo Baggins, Emotionally Constipated Thorin Oakenshield, Not Actually Unrequited Love, Feelings Realization, Jealousy, Holding Hands, Quest of Erebor (Tolkien), Mutual Pining, Minor F├нli/Ori (Tolkien), Getting Together, If You Squint - Freeform
Summary:
Thorin believes he has contracted an illness from Bilbo Baggins, meanwhile the rest of the Company is wondering when heтАЩll realize he cares romantically for the Hobbit.
OR: The Company is just staring into an invisible camera, like theyтАЩre on The Office, because both Thorin and Bilbo are ridiculous and oblivious to their requited emotions.
Based off of a Tumblr post by totallynottinsel┬а@totallynottinsel
last minute addition to @batship-winter's 2025 event, using the prompts 'court of owls' and 'de-aging'! this is the first fic ive finished in literal years and took several of my braincells so i hope yall like it! (idk how tumblr or ao3 work someone pls tell me if i fucked smth up)
cross-posted on ao3:
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom:┬аBatman - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kate Kane/Harper Row
Characters: Harper Row, Kate Kane (DCU), a bunch of others are mentioned
Additional Tags: Court of Owls (DCU), Age Regression/De-Aging, i hate that tag, DC Stands for Disregard Canon (DCU), Nonbinary Harper Row, Harper Row Uses They/Them Pronouns, Harper Row-centric, Light Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending
Summary:
it's a talon nest, and almost an hour ago, batwomanтАФkate kane, the bravest, smartest, sexiest woman harper has ever had the pleasure of being madly in love withтАФwent into that building alone and has been mia ever since.
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Organization for Transformative Works
harper lands silently on the roof of the nondescript building, intently listening to see if anyone has noticed their presence. when there's no sound to indicate as much, they let out a slow breath, reaching up to tap their comm.
"bluebird on site," harper murmurs quietly, knowing the bat-tech communicator device will still be able to pick up their voice. "what's the eta on spoiler and black bat?"
"eight minutes out," stephanie's voice buzzes in their ear.
harper grits their teeth and clenches their fists. "i'll meet you guys inside," they say, jumping from the roof of the one-story building and landing in a neat tuck and roll.
"bluebird, do not go in there alone!" barbara's voice crackles from harper's comm. "black bat and spoiler are almost there, just wait for them!"
harper growls under their breath. "batwoman may not have that long, o! i'm going in," they say decisively, tapping harshly at their comm to mute it when barbara continues to gripe at them.
harper pulls out their taser, checking that the charge is enough and readying it at their side. they move to press their back against the concrete wall of the building next to the rusted metal door that leads inside.
they know that despite the mundanity of the place, below it is a labyrinth of tunnels where the court of owls experiments on people and trains them into unstoppable assassins. it's a talon nest, and almost an hour ago, batwomanтАФkate kane, the bravest, smartest, sexiest woman harper has ever had the pleasure of being madly in love withтАФwent into that building alone and has been mia ever since. and harper needs to save her, to make sure she's alright, because if kate dies (or worse) before harper can confess to her, they'll live with that regret for the rest of their life.
harper closes their eyes, breathing out slowly to center themself. "alright, blue. go time."
they open their eyes as they whip around to kick down the door to the nest, sweeping the entrance with their taser primed. they're slightly thrown off when no talons immediately jump to rip their throat out with knives for claws, but keep their guard up, slowly and carefully walking further into the room.
this area is as unremarkable as the outside of the building, the overturned file cabinets and empty desks make it seem like it might've been an office at some point. harper carefully picks around the room until they find it: a painting of an owl on a branch on the far wall, a nest of chicks behind it and its eyes glowing green.
harper can't help but scoff at it. "not exactly being subtle, are they?" they whisper to themself. they approach the painting and feel around the sides of it until their fingers come across a switch. harper flips it and the wall the painting sits on slides back and to the side, revealing a set of stairs spiraling down into the dark.
harper steels themself, raising their taser once more before starting their descent.
--
the space the stairs lead to is a classic court-style entrance hall, complete with white marble columns and creepy owl statues whose eyes seem to follow harper's movements. harper doesn't bother searching this room, it's so big and empty enough that they can tell right away there's nothing and no one here. (of course, they do take a perfunctory glance up to the rafters.)
the entrance hall has a door on each wall, similar to the outside one. harper starts with the door on the right, opening it and sweeping the visible area with their taser raised. the new room is a small laboratory of sorts, strange machines and gadgets of vaguely medical-looking uses strewn about. harper is sure they do not want to know what most of them do.
this room is deserted like the lastтАж except no, it isn't. harper can just barely hear a strange sort of snuffling noise from the corner. keeping their taser poised at the ready, they carefully walk towards the sound, stepping lightly.
harper's brow furrows in confusion when the only thing in the corner is a bundle of clothes on one of the metal lab tables, but it does seem like it's where the noise is coming from. they keep one hand on their raised gun, the other slowly moving towards the clothes. quickly, they yank it off the table to revealтАФ
aтАж baby. a pale, ruddy-faced, now crying baby.
"oh shit," harper curses emphatically, lowering their taser in their surprise. "what the fuck?!"
harper starts to panic as the baby starts crying louder. they look around for something to cover it inтАФher, harper can tell, since she's naked as the day she was born, which very well could have been today, for all harper knows! they settle on the cloth they pulled off her, black and sleek and actually really similar to the texture of the bats' capes.
"wait a fucking minute," harper says, pausing in the middle of attempting to swaddle the baby to feel the texture of the cloth between two gloved fingers. "this is a cape."
and horror mounts in harper's mind as they stare down at the baby. the pale-skinned, fiery-haired, andтАФharper can see when the little thing opens themтАФbright-green-eyed baby.
"you're kidding me," harper deadpans, staring down at who they are now sure is kate kane.
"fuck."
--
harper paces back and forth in the batcave, hands flexing rhythmically at their sides. it's been almost two hours since harper found kate and brought her back to the cave. once he was aware of the situation, bruce contacted the flash. who contacted martian manhunter. who contacted zatanna. and all of them have been cooped up in the medbay with baby kate since.
"you're gonna wear a hole in the ground if you keep doing that," says a voice from harper's left.
they whip their head around to see luke, dressed down in civvies and holding two steaming mugs of tea.
"c'mon," luke says, setting the mugs down on the long table that the bats use for meetings and nodding to the chair across from him. "sit. you look like you're about to combust."
harper scoffs, ignoring him and instead turning back to their pacing. "course i am, kate's a freaking baby!" they turn to glare at the medbay door. "they've been in there with her for a long time, what the fuck's going on?"
luke doesn't immediately respond, tilting his head slightly as he studies harper. "you seem stressed. and maybe a little freaked out."
harper whirls on him throwing their hands out to their sides. "no fucking shit! kate is a baby. she was in that nest for a long time, who knows what the fuck they did to her!"
"besides the obvious," luke responds, not unkindly.
"shut the fuck up," harper growls out, starting to pace once again. "how the hell are you so calm, anyway? that's your friend in there, too."
"true," luke says, taking a sip of his tea, "but i'm not the one in love with her."
harper stops in their tracks, taking an about-face turn to stare at luke in shock, who sips at his tea with comical ease. "what," is all harper manages to force out, the word more of a statement than a question.
luke gives them a deadpan look over the rim of his mug. "did you really think you were being subtle?"
harper is silent, their brain short-circuiting. luke pauses and gives them an incredulous look. "wait a damn minute, you really thought you weren't being completely obvious? seriously?"
harper still doesn't respond, opening and closing their mouth like a fish. luke puts his head in his free hand. "harper, i love you. but that's a little pathetic, even for you."
"hey!" they shout, the insult finally getting something out of them.
luke lets out a loud, single laugh at them before pointing to the tea he'd made for them. "would you sit down and drink your tea before it goes cold? it's lavender, a little birdie told me it's your favorite." harper makes an exasperated noise but complies, taking the seat across from luke.
he pushes the mug closer to them, which they grab with one hand, the other coming up to cover their face. luke watches harper with a small, snarky smile. "if it's any consolation, i'm pretty sure kate hasn't figured it out yet. she's one smart lady, but she can be just as oblivious as you sometimes. shit, even bruce figured it out, and you know how dense he can be about that kinda stuff."
harper groans into their hand, slumping over the table. "you're not helping, but thanks anyway," they say, their words slightly muffled. they move their hand enough to sip their tea, and let out a small, pleased noise. "how did you know exactly how i like it?" they ask, giving luke a curious look.
he smiles at them over his own cup, giving them a knowing look. "told you, a little birdie."
harper snorts and replies, "which one?"
luke chuckles, and his next words are cut off when the medbay door opens. harper immediately shoots up, all trace of amusement gone as they turn to face the other heroes exiting one by one. they meet bruce's eyes as he comes out last. "how is she?" they can't help but ask him.
bruce eyes them for a moment, surely taking in their disheveled state, with their uniform mostly still on save for the gloves, mask, and utility belt. finally, he says, "we managed to return kate to her normal state."
harper doesn't let their guard down just yet, hearing a but coming.
when bruce doesn't immediately continue, it's the flash that steps in. "she's still unconscious for now, but she should make a full recovery," barry says. "we won't know if there'll be any side effects until she wakes up."
harper bites their lip, wringing their hands together in front of them. "can i see her?" they ask bruce softly.
the man is stock-still, and harper can tell that he's also shaken by what's happened to his cousin. bruce lets out a barely-perceptible sigh, and nods once.
harper is immediately rushing past him into the medbay. there's only one occupied bed, and it's where kate lies, her face still and serene in sleep. kate has never been the type to move around a lot, always more keen to slow and meaningful movement. but still, something about the way she laysтАФstock still as if deadтАФunnerves harper.
harper breathes shakily, trying their best to hold back the sudden onslaught of tears obscuring their vision. they move to sit in the chair next to kate's bed, slow and careful as if they could accidentally wake her up from whatever process batman and the others put her through to get her back to normal. they take a moment to look over her slack face, thankfully unmarred. harper knows she always gets a little pissed off whenever an assailant manages to get a hit on her face.
harper's hand is moving forward before they can think better of it, carefully caressing one of kate's smooth, pale cheeks. harper feels a wetness on their face, and as soon as they notice it's as if a dam has broken. they quietly choke through their sobs, scrubbing at their face with their free hand.
"i'mтАФi'm sorry," they force out between their cries. "i should've been there. i'm so sorry, kate."
harper covers their face with both hands, their head falling forward onto the edge of the bed.
it's then, while they're facedown and crying, that they feel a hand in their hair, the touch gentle and hesitant. harper's head shoots up, their blue eyes locking onto kate's green ones.
"kate!" they say, standing to wrap her in a hug.
kate lets out an oomph! as harper scoops her up, laughing weakly and bringing an arm up to hug them back. "it's good to see you, too," she says sardonically.
harper gently lets her go, leaning back to give her some space. "sorry," they say sheepishly, retaking their seat.
"don't be," kate is quick to respond, picking harper's hand up where it rests on the bed and justтАж holding it.
harper can feel their face heat up at the simple touch, something they aren't very used to receiving or seeing her perform. "u-umтАж"
kate's face falls slightly. "oh, i just thoughtтАж never mind," she says, slipping her hand out of harper's.
"no!" they say quickly, grasping her hand. "no, it's okay, i just wasn't expecting it."
kate smiles something small at harper and intertwines their fingers, and harper feels their heart melt a bit.
"finally!" a loud voice from behind interjects, causing kate and harper to jump apart. jason comes sauntering in, wearing his costume sans helmet, and stops to lean on the end of kate's bed. "which one of you decided to fess up? was it kate? please tell me it was, replacement's gonna owe me big time."
kate and harper both blink at jason, turning to look at each other in bewilderment before turning back to jason. he looks between them, and furrows his brow. "what? what are you looking at me like that for?"
the door to the medbay is suddenly thrown open again, and in comes stephanie. "jason, you freaking moron!" she yells, grabbing the man by the back of his leather jacket and bodily hauling him out of the room. "don't mind him, you two continue!" stephanie throws over her shoulder, the door slamming behind her.
harper and kate sit in the silence the disruption leaves for a few moments, staring at the closed door. surprisingly, it's kate who breaks it.
harper turns to her, staring open-mouthed as her twinkling laugh fills the room. "sorry, sorry," she says between giggles, covering her mouth with one hand. "those kids, i swear."
harper blinks at her for a second before starting to chuckle themself. "yeah, no kidding," they say with a shake of their head. "what the hell was he even talking about?"
kate gives harper an amused look. "probably about how we've been dancing around each other for the past few months."
harper tilts their head at her. "what do you mean?"
kate sighs, reaching for their hands again. "i think i need to hold your hand when i say this," she starts, and waits until both of hers are in harper's before continuing. "i've been flirting with you basically constantly for the past four months."
harper thinks they might feel a breaker in their head flip. "huh?" they say, thinking they must surely have heard wrong.
kate sighs exasperatedly. "come here, idiot," she says, and it's all the warning harper gets before her lips are on theirs.
now, harper doesn't have zero experience when it comes to kissing. but there's a very, very stark difference between that one boy in freshman year of high school and kate fucking kane. but harper manages to not make a complete fool of themself, gently kissing kate back, just simple presses of lips.
kate is eventually the one to pull back, and she smiles that small, beautiful smile at harper. "so i'm assuming that means youтАж?"
harper's nodding before she even gets halfway through the sentence, leaning to rest their forehead on hers. "yeah, i've kinda had a crush on you since we met."
kate makes a noise of disbelief. "you've liked me for that long and you never said anything? what the hell!" she responds, her words laced with equal parts exasperation and adoration.
harper shrugs sheepishly. "never thought you'd like me back."
"and how would you know if you never asked?"
harper looks to the side, thoroughly chastised, but kate turns their head back with a finger hooked on their chin. "you're an idiot. but you're my idiot."
harper can feel heat rise to their face. "yeah," they say. "yours."
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