Jake grabbed for Amy’s hands. “Babe, you gotta help me here. I am wildly unqualified to salvage Rosa’s Christmas." Adorable! And perfectly in character!
“Bast’s precious ears, Michelle! Why didn’t you tell me he was this easy?” MJ shrugs. “He’s not this bad, usually.” Something occurs to her and she smiles, slow and mischievous. “Must be the combined force of our presence.” “At least he has the sense to be properly overwhelmed.” Adorable Shuri/MJ/Peter.
In which the Dursleys turn baby Harry over to the police and he ends up adopted by a lovely family and things turn out just a little bit better. So warm and wonderful.
Leia gritted her teeth. Was he really going to make her explain that she wanted to stay here? She wanted to wake up in the morning and trade ration packs with Luke. She wanted Han to smirk at her and Chewie to howl and pat her hair. She wanted to know she had one place in the galaxy where she belonged, preferably by the side of people who would survive the war, and to do all that, she had to earn her place. She had to be the opposite of a princess; she had to be useful. Oh, Leia. Oh my heart. *sobs*
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all right. so. this is a Harry Potter AU, in rambly and abbreviated form. this is a version of events where, on the morning of November 1st, 1981, the police are called to a house in Surrey. when they arrive, a large man with a red face and a moustache is waiting for them, brandishing a baby. to be more accurate: he is brandishing a basket. the basket contains a baby. he tells the police that his wife found the basket on their doorstep that morning. “Gave her the shock of her life,” he says, with a chuckle that does not seem the least bit sincere.
Sensing something wrong with young Ben, Leia takes him to visit her exiled bio-dad in the hopes that he can help. Sharp and painful but hopeful at the end.
Long, plotty, highly enjoyable AU where Luke meets Ezra (now an Inquisitor) and Aphra on Vrogas Vas, and goes with Vader when Vader finds him on the planet. I especially enjoyed the scenes where Vader finds out about Leia, and where Luke and Leia team up to do Force things. Plus Rex and Ahsoka and the Ghost crew have small parts to play, too.
"Miss Fisher," Jack said, unable to force the words out past a hoarse whisper. He made the mistake of looking up, and Miss Fisher's unperturbed gaze pinned him like a rabbit under a hawk. "People are beginning to talk." "Oh really?" she said, pulling Jack's tie out of his collar in a slow slither. "What are they saying?" Jack couldn't look away. "That I'm a kept man." Miss Fisher smiled as she fished the tie out of the box and looped it around Jack's neck. "And are you?" Jack's mouth was dry. "If you'll keep me." Phryne likes to buy Jack gifts. Jack likes to wear them. This is super hot even though nothing untoward happens.