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DC fic recs: Jason Todd edition

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Dirt in the Sewer (T, 4k) - Arsenal & Red Hood team up with Black Canary & Green Arrow, and a bit more comes out than intended about Jason's relationship with his father.

hearts and (safe)houses (T, 4.5k) - Dick & Jason breaking into each other's apartments. Very soft, 3+1, there are kittens

no nightmares tonight (T, 2.5k) - Dick & Jason fluff

Saturday Family Dinner (T, 4.9k) - Role reversal fic where the Waynes are a mafia family & Jason is trying to live his best life under the radar. They find him despite his best efforts

sunny days mock me (G, 1.2k, Major Character Death) - Rena graduates high school. Jason does not.

DON'T STOP (THINKING ABOUT TOMORROW) (G, 2k) - Some softness for the Todds. They're very sweet 💜

To My Brother (G, 7.7k) - Jason misses his brother during Lost Days and starts anonymously sending Dick postcards from wherever he is in the world.

all my closets of backlogged dreams (and how you left them all to me) (G, 3k) - By all accounts, how UTRH should have gone if Bruce were a parent to Jason instead of Batman

Hearth and Home (G, 1.5k) - Jason gets a minor dose of fear toxin & talks to Dick

Prologue, Redux (T, 4.6k) - At two point in his life, Jason visits Gotham University with Bruce

door, opening (M, 110k, Graphic Depictions of Violence) - the Dick & Jason fic of all time!! If you enjoy them having a horribly complex but also deeply loving relationship, this is the fic. It's so afkskgsfjajf you know?

MISSED TARGETS. (T, 2.3k) - Jason and learning to handle a gun; as Robin and as Red Hood

The Drag of Fate (T, 13.3k) - Jason is Shiva's kid AU where Jason & Cass go on a sibling road trip to get answers

What Eurydice Felt (T, 3k) - Orpheus & Eurydice retelling with Bruce, then Dick, as Orpheus and Jason as Eurydice. Honestly very much a favorite, as is its companion piece that's in my Dick fic list.

Safe Space (G, 4.5k) - Jason & Bruce are not on the same page about who's supposed to be taking care of who in this arrangement

citrusy sweetness (T, 2.7k) - Jason & Dick & peeling oranges as a love language

The Cardboard Box (T, 4.7k) - the story of some of the other contents of Jason's box of papers from DitF. It's also one of my favorite Willis fics of all time

miracle (T, 3k) - Catherine-centric fic about Jason's early years. A very sweet look at the Todd family

inclement weather (T, 5k) - Willis-centric fic about a sliver in time when things weren't too bad yet. Also briefly guest-starring a young Cassandra Cain

Hope is the Thing with Feathers (T, 13k) - In which Jaybin gains time travel powers & Dick is always his destination. Has a really interesting disjointed chronology. One of my all-time favorite Dick & Jason fics 💜

sentimental (T, 2k) - Dick calls Jason while drunk with the Titans and they have a conversation about names & legacy (but like. In a slightly unserious way. Dick is very much plastered. It's sweet though)

To See the Stars (G, 2k) - Jason & stargazing, over the years

Daffodil (T, 8k, Graphic Violence) - Jason gets hanahaki & nearly dies of it

two birds on a wire (T, 6.5k) - Jason gets in trouble at school, Dick picks him up, they (eventually) talk

Parallel lines (T, 15.8k) - follow-up to Batman: The Cult!!! You know that if The Cult fics are out there, I'm gonna find them, this should be expected. Anyway the second chapter is alright but the first chapter is where the The Cult stuff is :)

Take Two (T, 4.2k) - Jason kills the Joker. It works out okay for him.

Flatline (T, 8.9k) - Jason gets injected with a drug that slows his body to the point he appears dead. He has to witness his family being convinced that he's dead, then fighting to save him once they realize he's not.

Back to Back (T, 11.5k) - Dick and Jason carrying each other to safety a lifetime apart. Really sweet brotherly feels & also they're both very injured both times if you're into whump.

wretched little recipes (T, 2.6k) - Jason triggers himself repeatedly searching for a sense of control, because as long as he's hurting himself, no one else can.

Grave Pretender (T, 4k) - Jason forgoes his elaborate revenge scheme in favor of being a petty drama queen, then gives up on even that to just go home.

things that make it warm (T, 4k) - Dick & Jason hang out, and Jason reflects on how much he loves his brother.

Under the Bridge (G, 29.5k) - A minor investigation spirals into something much worse when an enemy from Bruce & Jason's past resurfaces

Ricochet (Or, The Side Effects of Bring a Bibliophile) (Not Rated, 49.6k) - In which Jason joins a book club, lights his life on fire, has to deal with everyone else adding gasoline to his on-fire life, and eventually managing to put it out. Everyone just kinda sucks in this, it's great :)

I will leave the water like someone about to forgive (T, 10k) - Jason gets transported back in time to a few weeks before he died and attempts to save himself. Whatever magic brought him there disagrees with this plan.

Recollect, re-collect (T, 94.4k) - Jason gets hit with a spell gone awry and gets an opportunity to reflect on Robin, legacy, family, and what it all means to him.

Meaning (from the back of my broken hand) (M, 1.7k) - Dick finds Jason at an unexpected grave on Mother's Day

Bats in the Belfry (T, 5.7k) - In a time loop that isn't actually a time loop, Jason picks up the ghost of Dick Grayson hitchhiking on the side of the highway every night

Little Wing and Big Bird (T, 16k) - Jason goes to Dick for help when Bruce & Alfred attempt to kill him (really fun case fic w/ appearances from Kory & Barbara)

jigsaw falling (into place) (T, 7.6k) - Jason hears a rumor that the Bat is out of commission - he's been magically blinded. He decides to scope out the situation himself

The Bruce-mood (T, 47k) - Thanks to a stupid bet with Dick, Jason realizes that he has a secret weapon against Bruce: hugs.

A Better Choice (T, 18k) - A very canon-compliant Jason Lives AU of DitF featuring Dick Grayson hopped up on more Dayquil than is probably healthy

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Bargaining

Faced with an eternity without his brother, Loki strikes a bargain to change the past.

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Lost Opportunities

Aang thought he did the right thing sparing Ozai's life and upholding his airbender ideals. Fire Nation politics disagree. Zuko must use old training to fix this mistake. And weeps in silence on the inside. Iroh wishes the burden never came to his nephew.

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Consequences

Sokka and Master Piandao sit and talk over cups of tea. Sokka gets a revelation too many that makes him rethink his perspective on the Royal Family.

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speeding like a dead comet

Zuko and Azula show up at Boiling Rock to free Mai and Ty Lee. Suki and Hakoda are a bit of a surprise. Especially Hakoda. They haven’t seen each other since, well—since the first time it was Zuko who was the prisoner.

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My baby

Talia presses her wrist against the bridge of her nose, anguish and grief painted across her whole being. “You killed him,” she whispers, breathless. “You slit my son's throat and left him there.” Dick stares at her. Bruce doesn't kill. She knows that. It's part of why they aren't together anymore. She couldn't get him to. “...He's not your son,” Batman protests quietly. Dick's eyes widen. It's not a denial.

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Find me in the maze

At Locke's party, Jude finds Cardan in the hedge maze. A most secret relationship follows.

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Lovely Eyes

Taryn's emotional turmoil spills out and Jude is left to clean it up.

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Lies across my skin

Soulmate AU where Cardan starts getting Jude's lies across his skin.

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Darkness Within

On the fateful night when Ron and Hermione were abducted, the wheels of destiny began to turn. For Harry, the kidnapping of his friends shattered the illusion that the light side could guarantee the safety of his loved ones. An ultimatum was presented, and a decision was made. Now, Harry stands at a crossroads: should he embrace the teachings of darkness or risk losing everything he holds dear? Can he protect those he loves without losing himself in the process?

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The Inherent Dangers of a Parent-Teacher Meeting

Here’s the thing about Gojo Satoru: he doesn’t just fly in the face of expectations. He defies them, he obliterates them, he turns them on their head until the world bends over backwards on its axis, or truly, on any axis necessary to accommodate him. Gojo Satoru is, in everything, an anomaly, and he has achieved tha status at an incredibly young age. Unfortunately for him, he is also not at all who elementary school teachers would expect to show up at Fushiguro Megumi’s parent-teacher meeting.

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Diablerie

Moody reclined in his chair, his prosthetic scratched over the floor. “What year is it, Riddle. ”It wasn’t phrased like a question, maybe that was why Tom finally answered.“September.” Tom clipped out coldly. “1942. You know this.” Harry inhaled so sharply he choked on his spit. He hurriedly turned away, hacking and wheezing as he nearly asphyxiated on his own saliva. “Yeah,” Moody grimaced with a slight disgruntled noise hidden in his tone, “that’s a problem. ” Or Tom Riddle, 15 years old, in the middle of the London Blitz suddenly finds himself in a future with no allies, resources, information, and everyone he knows treats him with enough restraint to not murder him on the spot. It takes a lot to truly ruin a human being, to rot them so thoroughly even fruit flies avoid the stench. Tom doesn't want this bullshit, Tom only wants to- 'Please God, let me live.

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a commoner's throne

It feels like all the air’s been punched out of Megumi’s lungs. He stares at Sukuna, the King of Curses and his accidental heat partner in all his glory—not with reverence, not with resentment, and definitely not with fear—but with disbelief. “You . . . you really don’t want me to die, do you?” Megumi asks, almost breathless. Sukuna rolls his eyes, all four of them, and scoffs, as if the answer is obvious. “Of course I don’t, shaman. You’re mine, and I take care of what’s mine.”

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When Trust Fails

Captured by a dangerous enemy, Bruce does what he does best—he plays the game. But when the dust settles and the team is free, their trust in him is shattered and an injured Batman is left to pick up the pieces of a team that no longer believes in him....

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there where the sinners stand out in the cold

Inspired to find her lost brother, Fuyumi becomes a Pro Hero, Endeavor be damned.

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the devil is not so black as he is painted

While trying to cope with his father's sudden injury, Todoroki is kidnapped by a familiar foe.

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i think we might be the same shoesize

"Is this a fucking joke?" Dabi laughed, hollow. Except, the voice was not Dabis. It was his own voice. Hawks' voice. It was his voice, because Dabi currently seemed to be inhabiting Hawks' body. "I guess that kid had a body swap quirk." Hawks supplied flatly. Except, the voice that spoke was Dabi's. He was in… Dabi's body. Dabi and Hawks are hit by a bodyswap quirk. Literally living a day in your enemy's shoes can teach a guy a thing or two, who'd have thought it.