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"Chris can handle the common cold, Leon reminds himself, closing his eyes and forcing his muscles to relax. Normal people survive having colds. Normal people get sick sometimes and that’s fine. They’re fine. He’s fine. Everything’s fine.
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The next morning, Chris has a fever."
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Put Your Ghosts to Rest by crows_and_curses
Fandoms: Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse)
07 Dec 2023
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Piers’ jaw makes an awful, wet, snapping sound as it detaches on one side of his face, hanging limply from the other side. Still, he keeps speaking, repeating the same thing over and over as his body progressively falls apart, decomposing before Chris’ eyes. His skin loses its elasticity, drooping downward like sludge to reveal that even his bones are twisted and mangled out of shape. And still, he keeps speaking without his lips, or tongue, or vocal cords.
“It’s not your fault.”
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Leon gets infected with the latest "bioweapon," but it's not like what he's used to. The sole survivor of those exposed, he's forced to wait out the symptoms and side effects until his body either gives out or gives in. When things start looking bad, Hunnigan calls in the only person she thinks can help: Chris Redfield.
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Chris invites Leon to stay with him immediately following the ending of Vendetta, only to find him unconscious and possibly dying on his couch after Leon tries to kill himself. They spend a couple days together trying to work through the aftermath, as ugly as it might be, and find themselves that much closer after it's all said and done.
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Set shortly after MWII ends, Soap and Ghost end up captured by a rogue group of cartel members and Hassan's old supporters near the border. They don't get rescued until nearly a month later. Suffering from wounds both physical and mental, the two find themselves lost without the military life to guide them. Together, they struggle to navigate life with challenges they've never experienced before, growing closer all the while.
vicissitude: a difficulty or hardship attendant on a way of life, a career, or a course of action and usually beyond one's control
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A little snippet directly following Episode 6 of Volume 9 where Jaune gets to have the breakdown he deserves :)
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Rodolfo takes it upon himself to gently bully Alejandro into taking a break from overworking himself. Alejandro encourages them to take a little more of a break than Rudy was originally planning on, but he isn't one to complain.
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Essentially a re-write of the escape after the "Alone" mission featuring some additional feelings and complications such as Not Realizing You're Hypothermic, Trying to Keep Your Idiot Coworker Alive, and Briefly Trauma Dumping to Explain Your Uncharacteristic Moment of Panic. Rodolfo is kind of just there, but he knows what's up long before either of these idiots do.
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In the finale of V7, Qrow refuses to fight Clover once Tyrian gets involved. This changes things.
sanguine (adjective)
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This is not a happy time! Set after V8, Qrow and Co. make their way to Vacuo only to find out that Team RWBY plus Jaune never came out of the portal. Qrow has lost so many people and dealt with so much grief, but I think losing Ruby and Yang would completely devastate him. Pay attention to the trigger warnings. Like I said, this is not a happy fic.
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*Shows up with an Infinity War fix-it fic several years late with Starbucks*
Loki lives and everyone gets sent back to Earth so Thanos never gets the Space Stone. Majority of the fic is Thor and Loki recovering with some actual plot happening in the background. Lots of hurt/comfort because these guys have some stuff to work through. Begins when Thanos shows up after Ragnarok, and then canon goes out the window.
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Set in V5 in Mistral. Jaune is struggling with Pyrrha's death and ends up getting himself almost killed in his grief. The rest of the team finds him on death's door and patch him up. Ruby has a serious talk with him about loss and tears are shed. Lots of emotions, not a lot of rational thought. Listen, found family is my coping strategy and this show just keeps giving me fuel.
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Because You're My Brother by crows_and_curses
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Nightwing (Comics), Batman and Robin (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
08 Dec 2020
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While Bruce is lost to time, Dick has been taking over his responsibilities. Unfortunately, raising a former assassin, running a company, and being Batman is a full-time job. The stress and exhaustion finally breaks through to him, but it takes Damian to get him to stop and rest after he runs himself into the ground. Told from Damian's point of view.
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If Nightwing Killed Joker by crows_and_curses
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Nightwing (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
17 Nov 2020
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AU where, at the end of Joker: Last Laugh Issue #6, Nightwing kills the Joker, but Batman doesn't get there in time to revive him. Dick has to live with the consequences and he manages alright, until Damian and Jason find out. Some of the issue is directly quoted to give some background if you haven't read the series.
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You fuck with them, you fuck with me by crows_and_curses
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics)
10 Nov 2020
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When Batman's out of the country for Justice League business, it falls on Dick to find his missing brothers. Once he does, however, he nearly loses control fighting their kidnapper. He has to deal with both the mental and physical consequences of that fight while helping his brothers heal. Includes some soft Bruce tending to both of his eldest boys because they need some hugs and they support him in return.
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Just Tired by crows_and_curses
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics), Young Justice (Cartoon), Batman (Comics)
03 Nov 2020
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Dick Grayson is feeling burnt-out, stressed, and generally not good enough. He tries to deal with that by cutting. Rest of the family finds out and everyone gets all lovey-dovey. Probably ooc but I don't care cause this was a vent fic ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Poisonous by crows_and_curses
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Nightwing (Comics)
26 Jul 2020
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After Tarantula and Blockbuster happen, Dick's not holding it together so well. It's only a matter of time before something sets off a chain reaction that spills it all out into the open.
"He heard someone call his name, but it sounded like it he was underwater. The man pulled him back from the wall again and Dick braced for the impact. Instead of hitting the wall, his body was thrown through a window, glass cutting into the less protected parts of his suit. Fighting to stay conscious, he had just enough awareness to realize which side of the warehouse he’d been thrown out of before he hit the water and he blacked out."
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Overwhelmed by crows_and_curses
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV)
11 May 2020
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Initially started as a “Geralt overdoses on potions, Jaskier has to help” and then it turned into “Too many potions, too many injuries, and now he’s sick (and Jaskier has to help).
*“Is that…blood?” Jaskier swallowed hard.
Geralt nodded unsteadily. He tried to speak but started coughing instead. That was when Jaskier noticed the red flecks appearing on Geralt’s gloves, joining some that were already there.
“Fuck,” he breathed. “Geralt…you-you’re coughing up…”
“I know,” Geralt rasped. “I know.”*
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Leo's been working night and day, stressing and worrying about what could come next. Unfortunately, it's the middle of winter, and stress plus cold plus lack of self-care doesn't add up to anything good.
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Smoke by crows_and_curses
Fandoms: The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
01 Jan 2020
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Geralt, being a witcher, is immune to a great many things. Smoke, however, is not one of them.