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Peter and Nightingale are called on to assist in a case of modern slavery. Gets Peter's narration just right.

This is a quiet, meditative post-sequels series in which Rey tries to figure out what's next.

Raymond and Kevin spend some time with baby Peralta-Santiago. This is adorable.

Objectively, losing the Bucharest safehouse and its contents was the least of Bucky’s problems. The balding agent he’d seen directing the raid was apparently affiliated with SHIELD, which was a shadowy government agency that made representatives from other shadowy government agencies suddenly remember urgent appointments when Bucky tried to bribe, threaten, and otherwise shake them down for information on what the hell SHIELD might want with a former brainwashed assassin. Dodging SHIELD should be his number one priority. Subjectively, he wanted his fucking cat back. AU where Steve and Bucky don't have any history but they meet when Steve accidentally kidnaps Bucky's cat. This is adorable.

Clint Barton drops in to visit his brother-in-law, Eliot Spencer. This is fun!

“So you’re saying we should go on a fake date and catch a serial killer so that we can have the moral high ground over Bruce,” Jason said. “Just to be clear. That’s what you’re suggesting.” Steph and Jason have fakeout makeouts (that are maybe a little too real) to catch a serial killer and it is ADORABLE.

Mace Windu survives, and begins to put together his own small rebel crew. Oh heart.

What happens when Steve Rogers steps onto the quantum platform to return the Stones? Where does he go? What challenges does he find? Who does he meet? How many lifetimes can one man have? This is a five part series that explores Steve Rogers' travels through the multiverse. Lovely, elegiac series that explores what Steve might have been and done while he was returning the Infinity Stones to their places in the timeline.

Bucky didn't want much. Just to keep his head down, to sell his scavenged flowers in peace, and to stay off Shield's radar. His life would have been a lot easier if his flowers weren't dead and if being a necromancer wasn't illegal, but easy or not, he was getting by. Steve didn't want much, either. He was happy working for Shield, he had good friends, and overall his life was going just about the way he wanted it. Problem was, being happy with your life was generally an invitation for fate to throw a spanner in the works—and in Steve's specific case, it was going to be a spanner named Bucky. This is a really lovely AU.

Ahsoka finds Poe Dameron on Jakku. This is fun.

Adorable meet cute for Luke and Lorelai when Luke attends the first Parents Night after April is enrolled.

Jason helps Damian rescue some puppies. Oh heart.

Nicely hot Dick/Jason. #ooh officer grayson ooh

A really lovely story that focuses on Grace and Frankie's feelings as Frankie quarantines for 14 days before she can be near Grace again. I didn't think I'd be able to read fic about current events but this worked for me.

These podcasts are perfect for those looking to drift off into a good night's sleep.

When Crystal Brown goes into rehab, leaving Stephanie in the sole custody of her father, Steph decides to run away from home, and meets Jason Todd, who decides that she is the best little sister ever. or: "the dark knight is beaten up by children on the anniversary of his parents death... tragic" This is ADORABLE. #even robins

While wrapping up an investigation into a human trafficking ring, Dick stumbles across a brother he thought dead. oh my heart.

The Flash has been turned into a woman, but that's not why he's seeking out Bruce Wayne on the red carpet. This is adorable. I love JL/JLU Flash so much.

Four outcasts from four different houses meet in detention. An AU where MWPP are all in different houses so they meet differently, but some things don't change. Oh heart.

Nearly a decade after the Battle of Hogwarts, Neville lives a quiet life: steady work as a tattoo artist, a wonderful flatmate in Luna Lovegood, and a brown tabby named Demetria. Whereas Draco Malfoy is still an attractive trainwreck, but with a certain tattoo that he needs to have removed. This is a lovely, slow, heartwarming story of how Neville and Draco get together.

After you’ve known Matches Malone long enough, you get used to him telling you about his kids. Not that his kids know about it. Bruce waxes rhapsodic about his kids while undercover as Matches. This is adorable. Silly old Bat.

There had been an accident. It had taken an eternity stuffed into a few seconds to convince Amanda Small that she did have the correct number. Bruce didn’t know Tim had put him down as an emergency contact, but such questions could wait. And the questions he had went unanswered. Oh Bruce.

AU where Talia calls Bruce to help escape the League when Damian is a baby. Oh my heart.

AU where Gimli is a diplomat who arranges a political marriage between Fili and Legolas to seal an alliance between Erebor and Mirkwood, and then proceeds to fall in love with Legolas himself. Oh my heart. This is lovely and full of delicious pining.

“Tim! What’s wrong with him?” “Relax, Goldilocks; he’s sleeping.” “Sleeping?” Dick asked, taking him from Jason. “Tim doesn’t sleep. How is he sleeping?” “I may have drugged him,” Jason revealed Tim and Jason have a very interesting way of being brotherly. I enjoyed this.

Jason has the chickenpox. Dick tries to keep him entertained. Oh heart.

Jason's needs have always been simple. And Alfred's good at simply meeting them. He needs food. Alfred makes food. It works out pretty well for both of them. And maybe they find their way to something more just by sitting at the dinner table. *sobs* oh my heart.

Warm, intimate moment where Selina takes care of Bruce when he's ill.

This is a really lovely look at Damian.