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This is a really lovely, melancholy post-Winter Soldier AU from Peggy's POV, so it's hard to read sometimes (especially if you know someone with Alzheimer's or dementia) but definitely worth it.

Damian tries to get Bruce to adopt Colin. This is adorable.

When Bruce attempts to murder Jason in his sleep, the young Robin goes to his predecessor for help. Nightwing and Robin must work together to find out what happened to the real Bruce Wayne. Dick and Jason, teaming up and being bros. Oh heart.

“The look on his face when you started wheezing,” says Bucky reverently. “I’m gonna remember that all my life.” “Wait, what?” says Howard, glancing back from the tiller. “You had an asthma attack in front of the Red Skull?” “I did not,” says Steve with dignity. “I just got excited, is all.” “You’re always excited when it comes to punching people,” says Bucky. “It’s part of your charm.” AU where the serum is a bust but Steve works with the Ghost Army to make the Nazis believe Captain America is real. A great read.

As the author's notes say: free will! the original sin so nice crowley accidentally inspired it twice. Adorable.

the AU where Steph is taken and trained by the League of Assassins and becomes Damian's bodyguard/babysitter for a while.

Really lovely Astrid/Rachel.

This is a fun Avengers/Leverage crossover.

"Why me, Henderson?" Steve asks. "What did I do to deserve...whatever this is?" "Look, we can't get clothes from Mike's dad or Lucas's. He'd look like an idiot! And Will said that Jonathan's bound to notice anything missing from his closet, plus —" He looks around, makes sure that Max isn't within hearing distance. "We thought about taking Billy's stuff but that seems disrespectful?" "Good call, yeah. But again I ask, why me?" Dustin grins and slaps Steve's arm. "'Cause you're rich and also you dress cool!" "Oh," Steve says, ducking his head a little. "Thanks." Because OF COURSE the Russians kept the Winter Soldier in Hawkins.

Alfred is sick and 8yo Bruce takes care of him. Oh my heart.

Gotham wasn't kind to its girls. Jason would brutalize it until it agreed to be. He only hoped it would spare him long enough to make it so. this is a great look at Jason.

Really good look at how Clark and Lois fall in love and how Clark reveals his secret to her.

Max and El write to each other. Oh my heart. This is exactly what I wanted after season 3.

The one where Ra's tries to assassinate Tim and Damian takes a bullet for him. This is so full of Batfamily feels!

DCEU Batman wakes up in the comicsverse and learns a lot about how much better his life could be. I enjoyed this.

The New York Times ✓ @nytimes · 4h “A Shot in the Dark” remains on our bestseller list for the fourth week in a row! Read our review of @brucewayne’s tell-all memoir here: nyti.ms/3Fs9k2E After his brush with amnesia, Bruce decides to write a memoir in order to get his story straight. His kids decide to help. SO MANY BATFAMILY FEELS.

What Peter was up to during the end of the world. I enjoyed this (though having him call Nightingale "Thomas" throughout seemed off to me).

Aziraphale rejects all of Crowley's nicknames over the years. YES GOOD.

Damian assembles a crack team. With Maps's help. BEST TEAM. This is tiny and adorable, like both Maps and Damian.

Two stories about Selina and her relationship with Bruce and his kids. This is really great - touching and warm and occasionally hilarious, especially in the second story, in which Bruce attends a series of terrible bachelor parties before the wedding.

When Sirius falls through the Veil, he gets offered the chance to do things differently. He just has to figure out which way would work best. I enjoyed this.

"Proofing, also sometimes called final fermentation, is the specific term for allowing dough to rise after it has been shaped and before it is baked." Less than a year has passed since the final battle, and the Ministry is already up to its old tricks. Harry would very much like them to stop ignoring due process, tossing people in Azkaban, controlling the press, and menacing the populace with dementors. He would also like, if at all possible, to bake a passable loaf of bread. A few months after the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry decides to take on another difficult foe - the political establishment. And also yeast bread. I enjoyed this a lot. (There are recipes!)

Anakin Skywalker, back on Tatooine for the first time in a decade and so relieved to see his mother that he is almost shattered. You realize what he must be thinking right now: his dreams always come true but somehow this dream did not come true. You wonder what the repercussions of this will be: perhaps in three years, when Anakin has his first dream about his wife dying in childbirth, he might decide to put his energy into researching better prenatal care instead of trying to unlock the secrets of life and death. Vader follows Ahsoka into the World Between Worlds and decides to make some changes for the better.

lovely dick/jason fanart

And in this story, Bruce knows Tim so well that he can anticipate his every move.

This is super-id-tastic Tim fic where he thinks no one else in the family notices or needs him so he decides to cut all ties cleanly, but he's not really right about any of it (I mean, I feel like this could have more clearly shown that he was wrong, that he was depressed and blinkered by it, but that probably lets some air out of how id-tastic it is).

This time, Bruce swears it will be different. (this time, the kid he adopts is an infant.) Oh heart

AU where Jason's return to Gotham goes slightly differently. Oh heart. #hugs make better heroes

AU where Jason doesn't die so Tim never becomes Robin, but he ends up joining the family in his own way. Oh Tim.

Missing scene showing what happened after they went to Petronius's restaurant to have oysters. Oh heart.