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Ten years in California, five karaoke nights, and the one girl Shaun fell in love with along the way. really sweet Katy/Shang-Chi.

Katy is just minding her own business, eating her dinner at her favorite Korean barbeque place, when the skies open up above Alcatraz. “SHIT,” Shaun says, already calling the Rings up out of his backpack and onto his arms. “Not these guys again!” This is a lot of fun!

In 2046, Deacon gets a nosebleed, and glimpses both the past and the future as everything changes. In 1491, he and Jennifer find a moment or two to keep for themselves. This is a really lovely look at Deacon.

The problem with having an eidetic memory, Enola discovers, is that she can recall with perfect clarity the sounds Tewkesbury made in that thin, hazy half-dark. The UST is deliciously palpable as Enola tries to figure out what to do about these feelings stirred by what she witness.

The unseen weeks of Eugenides and Irene's engagement as they sneak around the palace and steal moments of privacy for themselves. This is really lovely.

Nice outsider POV on Kamet as he waits for Costis in Roa.

Five times Eugenides and Attolia stole some privacy for themselves and one time they let other people see them. Exactly what it says on the tin. Sweet and hot.

Attolia and Attolis discuss the situation they, and their country, find themselves in. A Conspiracy of Kings missing scene. Really lovely missing scene showing Gen and Irene in private.

“I think it’s in our best interest to stay occupied. Don’t you?” Danny’s gotten them a job; of course he has. What else is Rusty going to do but say yes? “What were you thinking?” Rusty asks, and Danny’s answering grin is sharp. This is a lot of fun.

Really fun coda for the movie.

There's always been one constant in Sally Owens' life - before, during and after everything, there's Gillian. Lovely look at the sisters over the years.

Assorted items from the writings and correspondences of S. Morgenstern, and how I came to find them. This is a lot of fun.

Nightingale has to investigate a murder while Peter is on leave. This is just delightful.

D'avin wants to get himself and his brother off the planet, Johnny rereads an old favorite, and Dutch misses Johnny when he leaves. Nice insights into D'Avin, Johnny, and Dutch via Captain Apex.

Frankie has always had that effect on Grace, even before they liked each other, even before they made a home together: she makes Grace daring—a little too much, sometimes. So it was Grace who pushed back, this time. And Frankie didn’t meet her there. this is really lovely.

A really lovely series of snapshots of live in the Good Place.

This time, it was The Daily Bugle Online that had betrayed him. SPIDER-MAN AND HUMAN TORCH SHARE GROUNDSHAKING MOMENT “Uncle Johnny…” Franklin said. “You’re not dating Spider-Man, right? You would have told us?” “Of course I would have told you,” Johnny assured him. He looked at the picture again. Everyone thinks Spider-Man and Human Torch are dating. Johnny is not handling it well.

Peter is called to a break-in at just about the last place he expects, and soon discovers that the intruder's identity is even less expected. Engaging casefic with perfect voices for everyone.

The Tale of a Tour; featuring mysterious van smells, broken strings, lost merchandise, unexpected teenagers, disaster, triumph, and aunties. Oh, and a Kiss. Lady Parts goes on tour (or, really, "tour") and it goes about as well as you'd expect. I enjoyed this SO MUCH. It's exactly what I was hoping for with my request.

While on a mission, Obi-Wan encounters a mysterious young woman with a secret. Obi-Wan meets time-traveler Leia while on a mission.

AU where Jason goes home at the start of his career as Red Hood, and it changes quite a lot. Long, compelling read.

Five times that Iroh serves Zuko tea, and one time that Zuko serves Iroh tea. this is a really lovely look at how much Iroh loves his nephew.

Roy called Keeley and this time she picked up. "Hey babe!" she said, and Roy wasn't sure he'd ever get used to how it felt to hear her voice and remember her smile and know that she was in love with him. "You having fun?" "Jamie Tartt's out in the garden," Roy said evenly, lying back on the bed. Jamie had started talking about how he needed somewhere with good light to take some pictures for Instagram, just to maintain the brand, yeah?, and Roy had tuned out long before Jamie produced one of those stupid fucking selfie sticks. "Why is Jamie Tartt in the garden of the villa I rented for my first proper holiday in for-fucking-ever?" Jamie joins Roy in Marbella at Keeley's direction. This is hilarious and sweet.

“Now you are suitable – completely untouched. Pure as new snow. All that trapped fire, in more ways than one… The perfect sacrifice.” Johnny’s face had gone bloodless, his mouth hanging open. It took Peter a second for the reason to catch up to him, busy as he was, but then it hit him like the proverbial freight train: he’d said it himself, after all. He made a poor sacrifice because he wasn’t a virgin. Johnny, apparently, was. -- An encounter with some cultists leads Peter to an interesting revelation about Johnny that he can't stop thinking about. Another encounter at Security College gives him something to do about it. Aw, this is a lot of fun.

At some point, it stops being startling to find an immortal warrior in his living room. James does wish they would learn to call ahead, though. That's right, it's the Copley-centric found family fic everyone's been clamoring for! I enjoyed this.

"The bat symbol on his chest was red," Dick continues, as if Jason didn't speak. "He came out of nowhere and I tried to stop him, but it was dark. He was quick and ruthless, and – he moved exactly like Bruce." What happened was this: Years ago, a father and son went to Ethiopia. Only the son came back. Or so they thought. Excellent AU where it's Bruce who dies (OR DOES HE?) in Ethiopia, and Dick and Jason are left to pick up the pieces.

Alfred bonds with each of the Wayne children through baking.

Cass, Damian, and a winter afternoon. A really love slice of life story about them.

Jason calls Bruce when he's in deep trouble and Bruce answers.

“People are saying I’m fake?” Could they really not compare his recent photos to the newsreels and article photos and his films from the war? “They’re saying I was never found and I’m just…some guy wearing a Cap uniform?” Steve discovers modern day conspiracy theories about Captain America. Oh Steve.