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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Now You See Me (Movies) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: J. Daniel Atlas & Lula May & Merritt McKinney & Henley Reeves & Jack Wilder, Bosco Leroy & June McClure & Charlie Vanderberg Characters: J. Daniel Atlas, Lula May, Merritt McKinney, Henley Reeves, Jack Wilder, Bosco Leroy, June McClure, Charlie Vanderberg, The Four Horsemen (Now You See Me), .... there's five now. technicallly eight. it's fine Additional Tags: Team as Family, Found Family, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Anxiety, J. Daniel Atlas Needs A Hug, J. Daniel Atlas-centric, Neurodiversity, aka Something Up With Him and we neither confirm nor deny it but....., Past Relationship(s), The Horsemen as Family (Now You See Me), J. Daniel Atlas and his three horrible children, i will make this a tag before i die, in which daniel spent a decade post-horsemen breakup alone and getting used to a house full of people and noise is. a lot, and he's not nearly as well-adjusted as he wants to think, Emotional Constipation, Guilt, J. Daniel Atlas Is Bad At Feelings, Angst with a Happy Ending, Spoilers For Now You See Me 3, Post-Now You See Me 3 Summary:
He loves the kids, and the Horsemen — he’s wanted them to come back for so long, despite the lingering bitterness that clouds every memory they’ve made, the searing ache of abandonment tainting every thought of his former teammates whenever he thinks of them for too long without the burn of alcohol on his tongue. He hadn’t known how to be alone when they’d left, and he’d spent so long trying to cope with the sudden isolation that he’d started seeking it out, as though to convince him that he’d wanted it in the first place — as though making it a choice could make it hurt less.
He’d have thought he’d be thrilled to suddenly have the team back, all of them — and with the addition of the kids, the team’s never seemed livelier, brighter and closer than before, the three of them bringing an enthusiasm to the team that they haven’t seen in over a decade— and yet, now that he’s here, it’s all entirely too overwhelming to keep track of.
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A house of eight people is— a lot, really, if you spent a decade isolating yourself from the world in silence. There's too many noises, and too many thing happening at once — and unfortunately, J. Daniel Atlas has never been very tactful.
