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If this is the price of freedom, forget it— I’ll take the punishment. by dearduke
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics), Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)
15 Sep 2025
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Richard Grayson, or by his old name, “Dick” Grayson, never once thought about finding his lost memories. Lying in a shabby apartment, on a cold bed, the only thing he could do was keep living.
And that’s what he did. He kept living. Drinking, drinking, and drinking. As long as he could forget, drinking as much as he could never felt like a problem to him. Then—
When he was stabbed on a street, he was sure he would die. He was already drunk. And he was definitely dying. Strangely, someone who claimed to be his “brother” came to save him.
Though, he had never seen that person in his life.
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Or rather, “Richard” Grayson was saved by Jason while losing blood on a street.
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Have your bones returned to the soil? by dearduke
Fandoms: Captain America - All Media Types, Iron Man (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel
24 Aug 2025
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It’s hard to tell between the raindrops, but for a moment, Tony saw a man standing across from him—one who looked just like the great, noble Captain America.
Under a black umbrella, at the funeral of Howard and Maria Stark. Ridiculous. Because Captain America had been dead for forty years. Tony knew—because he’d been counting.
For the entire twenty years of his life, he’d had to compete with that man.
And now, just when he’d finally found a moment to breathe, of course Captain America had to come back from the dead.Or— Steve found himself lying on a strange table, right after dying on the courthouse steps. Forty-six years had passed.
But this time, the date wasn’t 2011. It was 1991.
His heart ached. This world was almost the same as the one he'd lost.And Tony… was a 21-year-old man.
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I want to disappear (Please help me) by dearduke
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics)
06 Aug 2025
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Dick Grayson is frayed to the core, cracking under the weight of wounds no one sees. When Jason finds him teetering on the edge, it’s already far too close to a fall.
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A Post-Civil War, Pre-Secret Invasion AU where Steve is dead, Tony's a mess, and everything sucks.
In which Tony deals poorly with Steve's death, falls off the wagon, sees ghosts, and misses a lot.
Oh, and the Skrulls are about to invade.
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- Part 1 of Sins of Omission
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buried deep, these memories by forgetmesunflower
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Criminal Minds (US TV), Grayson (Comics), DCU
28 Dec 2025
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A faint hum, a fuzz of white noise, started in Jason’s brain sometime during the ruckus. Its volume grows now as the lobby clears out and the chatter quiets down.
For a few moments as the spy staggered towards the window, maybe twenty feet away from Jason, the distant side profile of his face looked– familiar.
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It's been four years since the family lowered Dick's coffin into the ground, and Jason finally feels like he’s settling into his new job with the BAU. That is, until two people part of an illusive group called ‘Spyral’ arrive in custody.
aka. Jason works for the BAU and Dick hasn't come back from Spyral.
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idealism sits in prison, chivalry fell on its sword by ambrolleignsgirl for MissHammer
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
25 Jun 2016
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MCU AU Fest Gift
Prison 42, holding his friends captive, sits in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Steve would never have known if it wasn't for Tony. Maybe it can be the new start they so desperately need.
Tony gives Steve the location of Prison 42, to try and bridge the gaping trench between them. But he never imagined his olive branch would burn so quickly.
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Bookmarked by dearduke
07 Sep 2025
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Doom brings Steve back from the dead. Hijinks ensue, some of which might vaugely be considered plot.
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- Part 1 of Resurrection-verse
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Another fix-it fix where Curly takes responsibility (woo!)
~~~~~Closing his eyes shut, he hears the final shot echo around his ears, banging against every crevice of his brain. Jimmy promised him a good ending, to make it seem like he was the hero in this story. Hero. What a joke, not even taking responsibility for his own actions. But neither did Curly and he doesn't get a second chance to do what is right..
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Bookmarked by dearduke
19 Feb 2025