Long stories I'd die for
The best long fics to read, 30k words or more (maybe a lot more) all of them finished and worth reading.
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Long Story Short (It Was A Bad Time) Or AIs Don't Forget by peacockgirl
Fandoms: Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Spider-Man - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Man (Movies)
07 Dec 2022
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Turns out magic doesn't affect AIs. Karen is Peter's only link to his old life, and helps him hold on when he gets low.
Meanwhile, in Upstate New York, Tony struggles with the inexplicable certainty that he's lost a kid.Until Peter gets hurt, and Karen tells FRIDAY ...
Set in that wonderful AU world where Tony survives Endgame, and our boy (eventually) gets all the hugs he needs and deserves.
Runner up in the 2022 Iron Dad Creator Awards Fixer-Upper Category
Winner of the 2023 Iron Dad Creator Awards Fixer-Upper CategorySeries
- Part 1 of Finding the Way Home
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Fresh out of the SAS Simon is trying to cope with the reality of being a civilian. While spectacularly failing at it so far, as a last-resort solution he reaches out to a hotline run by vets, for vets.
Little does he know that the man on the other side of the line, John, is about to change the outcome of his life.A story about loss, grief and hopelessness. About trust, acceptance and love.
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- Part 1 of Veteran AU-Hotline
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When Law takes Luffy to Amazon Lily after the war at Marineford, he does not leave as soon as Rayleigh arrives. Instead, he takes his time nursing Luffy back to complete health over a period of two weeks, during which each learns to heal a little through the other.
Or: Luffy brings a sort of warmth that Law thought he'd forgotten back in Flevance and died along with Donquixote Rosinante.
Then he dooms himself by falling in love.
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- Part 1 of Heart
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Bury Me Face Down by historical_allusions
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU, Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)
15 Feb 2025
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After his confrontation with Batman leaves Red Hood bleeding out on a warehouse floor, Jason Todd wakes up back in his teenage body and still trapped in his casket.
When every death leads back to the same starting point, Jason stumbles through attempt after attempt to get things right. But he's not giving up until he's fixed things.
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A short-lived series of private lessons took place after Christmas in Harry Potter's fifth school year, during which Severus Snape attempted to teach Harry the skill of Occlumency. The lessons were ultimately cancelled when Harry was caught prying into Snape's memories, discovering the strangest things: A mysterious prophecy connected Harry's fate with Voldemort's, Harry's dad was an insufferable bully, and Severus Snape had been in love with Harry's mum. Naturally, Harry now has a million questions. Snape would prefer to answer none.
The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes. The same question arises in every soul: "For what, for whom, must I kill and be killed?"
...Or, a classic approach to stubbornness.
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Most visited Snarry story of all time on AO3! Thank you!
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This story now has a Fanlore and a TvTropes page.
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Now fully illustrated!
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Available in English, Russian, Portuguese, Polish, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese & Korean! (see notes for links)
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Magic Gave Me Robin by Cy_kun
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Red Robin (Comics)
15 May 2025
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He opens his eyes, and stares up at the canopy of the four poster bed he's in. It takes a second, his vision is a bit blurry, but it clears up quick enough.
Two seconds.
Three seconds.
Four seconds.
Part of Jason keeps the count going, while the rest of him kind of just...seizes. Because he knows this canopy. He knows the the posts it's attached to. He—fuck—he knows the notch in the bottom left post he'd put in it when he'd stolen one of Bruce's batarangs when he was twelve and thrown it around like the stupid kid he'd been.
This was Jason's room.
Or, the one where Jason gets zapped with magic, wakes up in his teenage body, and decides to let the timeline know exactly how fucked it is. He also becomes the president of the Tim Drake Appreciation Club.
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I'll Stand By You by TaraLaurel
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), DCU, DCU (Comics)
25 Feb 2023
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"I'm not going to ask you why you're out here, kid," Jason nods. "That's your business and you don't know me or Dick to trust us."
Not true. Tim trusts Jason Todd and Dick Grayson with his life. Just not with, the other stuff.
"But," Jason continues, "if you want to tell me what got you here, or you just want to talk about anything, you can, with me. Dick too. He's an annoying ray of sunshine that won't ever shut up most of the time, but he is actually a good listener. I'd know."
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When Tim's parents find out Tim's secret, they kick him out. Now, on Thanksgiving, Tim is living on the streets and is thankful for the two strangers currently saving him from getting his face pounded into the pavement. Wait...those aren't strangers...
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- Part 3 of Tim Joins BatFam AUs
- Part 3 of batfamily vibes
- Part 1 of Still Standing
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“What do you want me to do?” Remus says, tiredly. All he wants is to curl up on his bed. Smoke a pack of cigarettes. Get drunk. He can’t stop looking at Harry.
“Remus...” Dumbledore is gentle. Remus hates when he has that tone. Hates that he knows it will hurt. “There is no one else left.”
A bitter laugh escapes him. “So you’ll curse the poor thing with a werewolf for a guardian?”
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It still took his breath away. The beauty of Simon Riley. The way the light played across his cheekbones like it had traveled all this way just to touch his face. Lightyears of travel, worth it just for a fleeting moment in his presence.
Soap had once thought of Simon as a sculpture, beauty immortalized in stone by passionate hands. But he was wrong.
Simon was the artist. Painting everything around him into pure beauty just by being in his presence. Ever changing, ever growing, lighting up all that came within his radius. Pulled in by the same gravity that had Soap in orbit.
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The one where soulmates leave marks on each other at their first skin on skin contact. Soap joins the 141 hoping to find a home in the form of a team. He finds it in the form of a man instead.
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The Best Laid Plans of Robins by Aleena_Pallaz
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Robin (Comics), Batman: Hush (2019), Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)
30 Jun 2025
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Tim's dad is dead, killed by a boomerang to the chest, and Tim is an orphan now. He knows Bruce would adopt him if needed but he couldn't possibly impose himself on the Wayne's more than he already has. It's okay though, because he has a plan for this, he just needs someone to play the role of his estranged "Uncle Eddie".
Except... the guy he hires is weirdly concerned about his well being and Tim can't figure out why.
Meanwhile, Jason Todd is forced to reevaluate his plans for his debut as Red Hood, because, as it turns out, his replacement is a suicidal idiot who can't be trusted to stay out of trouble.
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Tim Drake fails to recognize Jason Todd, back from the dead, and hires him to be his Uncle Eddie to avoid getting adopted by Batman. Somehow this ruins everyone's plans.
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- Part 1 of The Best Laid Plans