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Jaylah survives and learns and makes the Franklin her house.

The more time she spends at the Academy, the more she’s discovering that there are a lot of things she can really do. Her uniform fits better every day. Jaylah, finding her way at Starfleet Academy, with a little help from some friends. ♥

Jaylah collects her things from the Franklin. Oh honey. *sniffle*

Sometimes you cannot win, no matter how good you are, no matter how brave, no matter how much you love your daughter and want to live and live and live for her. Sometimes all you can do is die the best way you know how. *sobs* ♥JAYLAH♥ I love her so much and this is a lovely look at her future.

Fascinating AU where Alderaan is destroyed earlier and Leia ends up a slave on Tatooine and Luke uses local mythology (and Obi-Wan, fitting well into the role of (unwitting in this case) trickster) to free her, and lead the slaves in an uprising.

The Resistance welcomes Rey in various ways. Oh heart.

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Nightingale gets kidnapped and Peter has to help work the case. I enjoyed this.

Really lovely story of Rey finding her way with the Resistance, with her family, and with Poe.

oh alec, everybody's favorite happy go lucky sociopath.

After her father betrayed Harry to the Death Eaters, Luna isn't certain Ron is still her friend. On the day after Fred's funeral, she reaches out anyway. Oh my heart. ♥LUNA♥ and also Ron!

Maria tries to ask Sam out. It doesn't go as planned, so Natasha gets involved. This is hilarious and adorable. (and the original, Sam POV: http://archiveofourown.org/works/4580835 The Moon Don't Hang Quite As High by )

Anakin and Ahsoka try to comfort each other after escaping from Kadavo.

Spyral sends Dick and Tiger out to gather intel about the League of Assassins, and Dick finds someone he never expected to see alive again. His three missions are at odds with one another, but in the end, he makes the only choice he knows how to make, and, much to Tiger's surprise, everything works out in the end. But is it really all that surprising? Oh heart. Dick manages to save at least one formerly dead little brother from the bloodlust of the lazarus pit. #we were the best richard (there are some tense bobbles early on, but not enough to make me stop reading)

In the wake of CACW, Tony gets a visit from an old family friend. Fun Avengers/Agent Carter crossover.

Steve and Bucky go to Wakanda and plan to break their teammates out of the Raft, and also heal Bucky's brain.

How Han ended up staying with the rebellion after destroying the Death Star. Oh heart.

Tony Stark meets Baymax (and Hiro). Adorable.

Rex meets Luke after the Battle of Yavin. Oh heart.

“Why are they always here?” she demanded. She stomped to the basket, tossing in the clothes she’d collected. “They don’t actually live here. Emmeline is staying with us because she doesn’t want to be alone right now.” She began to make the bed, yanking up the sheets. “They aren’t alone. They don’t need to be at my house every fucking day! They don’t need to be a part of my marriage! I’m married to you! I’m not married to them!” He hesitated. “James!” “I mean, you’re a little married to them!” “Well, I’m not having a baby with them!” she yelled. “I’m having a baby with you!” She stared at him, panting. “I’m having a baby, James.” She sank onto the edge of the bed. “I’m having a baby. I’m twenty years old, and fighting in a war, and I’m having a baby.” He sat beside her. “What are we going to do?” she asked, deflated. AU where Lily and Petunia are raised by McGonagall, and Lily and James are childhood BFF before Hogwarts. Really good, long compelling read from Lily's POv that made me laugh and cry. (nb: some Americanisms? Also, some non-canon nicknames that I personally find grating.)

Rey and Poe meet just before TFA starts. Spare and lovely. (given her feelings about sand, Rey is at least an honorary Skywalker though. hee!)

"I can tell you what Finn told me about what he's used to, why he needs to do things this way." Rey shook her head. "I understand, I think. First Order couldn't let Stormtroopers be distracted or suborned by desire, so they trained them to separate sex from affection. You're trying to ease Finn into connecting them again." Poe blinked at that neat summation, which made all his floundering in the last two days seem like a sensible plan. He nodded. "I want to help. I want--" Her shoulders jerked. "I want to be with Finn, I want to be--I want to not be alone." Poe nodded, preparing to assure her that she could take her time, or that it was totally normal to be disappointed that her sex life with their mutual boyfriend was going to be decidedly nonstandard for a while. Before he could say any of that, Rey went on, "I just don't know how." Poe, Finn, and Rey work out how to be together in a way that works for all of them.

When Kevin calls up to the second floor lab to tell them that there is a man with a goat on his face asking for Holtzmann, Erin makes what she thinks is actually a very reasonable assumption and dives for her proton pack. Tony Stark can't, in good concience, welch on a bet. Well, he can, but it at least demands an in person meeting. Quick, fun crossover!

Really lovely melancholy Bucky recovery story from Steve's POV, though it does fumble Peggy.

AU where Leia's raised on Tatooine and Luke on Alderaan. Lovely. And the sequel: http://archiveofourown.org/works/7248439 When the mirror crashed I called you in which Leia finds out who her father is.

AU for Designate This. Manticore stimulates Max's heat to harvest her eggs, and Alec is along for the ride.

Adorable Kirk/McCoy featuring Joanna McCoy. Oh heart.

Spectacularly gorgeous post-TRK story in which Henry Cheng helps Gansey find his purpose while finding his own place with Blue and Gansey and the gang.

When Coach goes into the hospital, Jack rushes to Bitty's side. This is lovely. *sobs*

Dick/Jason fake dating! Hee! Jason is so grumpy about it! (one unfortunate use of 'the older man' but it's short enough that the epithets don't proliferate)