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  2. 30

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    Damian al Ghul was four years old when the League taught him that obedience meant survival.

     

    They strapped him to a chair, flooded his nervous system with sonic conditioning, and rewired his mind until pain became instinct and fear became permanent.

     

    By the time Batman finds him, Damian is no longer just traumatized — he is conditioned. Broken apart by sound, by compliance, by years of engineered terror.

     

    Recovery is slow. Painful. Nonlinear.

     

    The Batfamily learns how to care for a child who flinches at every noise, who believes punishment follows mistakes, who doesn't understand kindness because he's never been allowed to have it before.

     

    And just when Damian finally starts believing he's safe—

     

    The League activates the conditioning again.

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    It's hard being the Queen of the Trolls, especially when all Poppy wants to do is spend time with Branch. How will she breach the subject of the next step between them?

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    For as long as Xiao could remember, there had always been one constant in his life: his suffering. Simultaneously punished and fueled by his karmic debt, Xiao lived in a relentless cycle, one of endless duty and torment.

    He thought the cycle was broken when he met the Traveler. Aether is open, patient, and kind–and more importantly, the first one to silence the screaming in his head. Unfortunately, Xiao’s tragic pattern was not fixed, just mutated.

    The voice in his head–Alatus, a bloody reflection of Xiao’s many flaws–screams louder. Xiao finds it harder to ignore him, his demon no longer content to exist only in his shadow. Every moment of peace comes with a cost, and Alatus has no qualms with playing debt-collector.

    Growing dangerously dependent on Aether’s guiding light, the darkness no longer simply encroaches on him. Xiao’s become its prey. His tormentor blurs the line between fiction and reality, leaving Xiao uncertain of which feelings are real, or simply a figment of his imagination.

    Does Xiao have what it takes to overcome the evil in his own mind, or is he destined for a continued life confined to solitude?

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    A collection of all the stories in Traveling Thieves, which is my Dark Fantasy, Hybrid Slavery, super angsty AU that spawned from my Whumptober 2023 prompt fills! Currently in semi-chronological order except for the first fic in the series, which will always be “I see the danger, it’s written there in your eyes” which if anyone does want to read the series in chronological order, I’d like them to start there! ^-^ I also occasionally place some stories in specific locations that I think work best for the reading order that aren't exactly where they'd be timeline-wise!

    WARNING: THIS IS A WHUMP-CENTRIC, ANGST-CENTRIC, HURT/COMFORT (SOMETIMES NO COMFORT) DARK FANTASY AU.

    PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE read the tags before you dive into any stories of this one, this series is intended to be a place for me to try my hand at writing and exploring some darker themes.

    There will be plenty of happy times in this, too, though! It's not all doom and gloom, I promise! I hope you'll enjoy!

    Ask me about the series, world building, future planning, or just come say hi! @amethystfairy1

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  7. 25

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    In which Josh tries to kill himself, and everyone tries to pick up the pieces in the aftermath.

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    Nearly a year after the Farmer helped him through his darkest spiral to date, Shane is trying. Sober-ish and in therapy with a job he actually likes, he sees a future that, for the first time in years, feels worth caring about.

    Ada arrives in Pelican Town to help her cousin run their late grandfather’s farm with a failed marriage, court-ordered community service, and nowhere else to go.

    From the start, she and Shane don’t know what to do with each other. But somewhere between the fighting and the flirting, they make a mess of getting too attached. Now they have to learn the hard way that nobody else can fix you, and sometimes moving forward means looking back.

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    Jason knows he shouldn’t. He shouldn’t do it. An entire month of being clean. And just to throw it away like this? Just because he had a minor inconvenience.

    Or Jason relapsed and someone actually noticed despite him trying to convince himself no one would.

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    “You could see drinking directly from the source akin to drinking wine", Seonghwa explained. "Most will have a glass here and there, some even every weekend, but it is generally frowned upon to overindulge.”

    “And how about you?”

    “Me?”

    Hongjoong swallowed.

    “Are you… fond of a glass of wine?”

     

    Or: Ex-drug addict Hongjoong will do whatever it takes to not let himself or the people he loves fall back into the life they worked hard to escape from.

    Vampire Seonghwa has one rule: he does not drink from humans anymore.

    They are good at breaking down each other's resolves.

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  11. 58

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    After failing to keep a job and falling into debt, Powder refuses to be the screw up everyone expects her to be and takes up a job at a lesbian brothel under the pseudonym Jinx.
    Meanwhile, in an attempt to satisfy her libido in a loving yet celibate relationship, Caitlyn picks out a prostitute that resembles Vi as best as one can under a mask.
    Despite not recognizing each other initially, the two women continue the affair and become entangled in an elaborate web of lies to cover up their betrayal. After an amateur investigation, Caitlyn's dark past causes Jinx's sanity to slip further into madness.
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    "Sometimes flames flicker, going out for a moment before re-igniting. I'm just a tad impatient for that next spark. The secrecy here ensures I don't break her heart in the pursuit of… satisfaction." God, she couldn't get enough of that accent, Jinx's eyes were glued to her mouth peeking out from under the dark mask, waiting to jump on the opportunity to close the distance between them.

    (New explicit artwork in chapter 7)

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    Lexi is tired of being an observer. She’s tired of worrying about everyone else, but doing nothing to intervene. When she realizes that Rue is still using, even after her almost-fatal overdose, she takes matters into her own hands, starting with Rue’s supply source: Fezco.

     

    Season 1 Divergence with a heavy focus on Fezco/Lexi. Some things are different, some are the same.

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    An ache started to settle inside Will's chest, burrowing deep between his heart and ribs.

    Mike let go of the hug, stepping back a few inches and kissing the sobriety chip, "For you. For Nora."

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    Mike and Will navigate married life, struggling through Mike’s sobriety and being on the brink of divorce.

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    Snapshots of six months in Izuku's life, leading up the one-year anniversary of the day he was taken.

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    Dennis ran away a year ago, and he’s been homeless since. Being a student feels impossible like this, and he’s running out of hope. One of these days he’ll freeze to death or drop dead from exhaustion. Someone notices him and wants to help, but they’d like something in exchange. Poor Dennis doesn't know what he's getting into.
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    He is lost. Here is a hand offered to pull him from a pit he could never escape on his own. Here is its condition.

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  17. 30

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    Dabi hated himself.

    He was a fucking cuck. He told himself he wasn't for years but, he definitely was a cuck.

    You two have been married for years and together for most of your adult lives. He hoped you'd agree to explore this kink with him.

    He may or may not have waited until his birthday to bring up this topic in hopes of tilting the scale in his favor.

    *Completed as of Chapter 35.*

    *Main pairings are with Dabi and Keigo. Additional pairing(s) are bonus/one shot content.*

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    One of Connor’s first deviant thoughts had been just how much he enjoyed the sound of Hank’s voice.

    It had come out of nowhere, an abrupt intrusive thought that had interrupted a completely benign conversation with Hank about why this gas station had the best coffee on the block.

    Aside from the fact that Connor knew without question that the dark liquid in the cup had almost nothing to do with coffee aside from the fact the sign had said coffee, he was more interested in the completely unprovoked thought coming to the front of his mind while he had been processing the chemical makeup of the “coffee” in his cup.

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    He stands there for a long time, glaring down at his chewed, uneven fingernails and cuticles torn apart – habits from his childhood that never quite left him. Vague memories of wrapping band-aids around his fingertips so he wouldn’t get blood on his tailored suit, lest he feel his mother’s cold wrath.

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    Four months after Kem's departure and five months since the loss of their baby, Carter struggles to cope and barrels towards the bottom of his downward spiral.

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    When snow falls in Green Hills, the Wachowskis give Shadow a place to stay, getting him out of Sonic’s old, snow-filled cave. Shadow believes this will only be a temporary arrangement, until he slowly grows closer to his former enemies.

    Building trust takes time, healing from the scars of his past takes even longer, but for the first time in decades, he doesn’t need to bear this weight alone.

    His new family will be by his side, every step of the way.

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