The Great War woke a devil in Matt Murdock. This is why he bare knuckle boxes. This is also why he cannot love Claire Temple. But when she runs afoul of some gangsters, Matt must involve himself or risk losing her entirely. Dancing around his feelings was far easier when death, his friends' well-placed meddling, and a corruption scandal weren't involved. (1920s/non-powered au)

Sometimes endings aren't as simple as they seem. Some cycles don't end. They just change and change and change.

Nina pushed back the cold of death. She pushed back the torn and dying cells in Matthias's stomach. And then she reached the great, black center that lay at the very depths of her cold river. She pushed back death itself.

As Eugene runs, Gothel escapes unscathed with her flower. Eugene becomes Flynn when a frantic search in the tower turns up empty, and he begins a journey to find his fading flower. - Alternate Ending, if Flynn hadn't arrived in time.

In another life, this could've been an epic romance. Maybe it still is. Rated for language and adult situations.

('till the score is paid.) Are you a killer, or a murderer? You find that you don't care. (crossposted on AO3.)

Inspired by the China Mieville's "Perdido Street Station," I decided to try my hand at crafting a story about a husband and wife who struggle to uncover an alien presence in their city. Comments and criticisms are much appreciated. Updates WHENEVER.

She's never hit him before. Never honest to god knocked the fucking shit out of him. / bakugou family. spoilers for 80

Kaito gets Kei high. Tags: recreational drug use

Jim hates morning shifts with the passion of a thousand burning suns. Much to his disgust, Ariel's smile makes every second worth it. [[jariel coffee shop au, oneshot]]

It starts like this: a blonde, a brunette, and a box of 120 crayons that Billy Ross rips the sharpener out of. But, she supposes, all great rivalries have some sort of wild origin story to explain the bitter air that surrounds them - what would make her and Missy's any different?

Injured and in the hospital, Izuku gets visited by one friend who wants to be closer and another close friend who is afraid to lose ground to another. Longing and jealousy play equal parts in the lives of those around Izuku and he, mildly drifting through it all on painkillers and an over observant brain that just wont shut up, endures it all with a smile. BakuDeku

How much can a line be blurred until it is erased? Or broken? How long would it take for one to realize that there had been a line in the first place? Why don't we find out... Rated for violence and potential adult situations. Rating may be subject to change.

The smell of spilled blood lingered in the icy air, coppery and bittersweet, while the cold concrete walls radiated an overwhelmingly icy dampness. One thing was for sure. Ganta never liked the dungeons.

Two years down the line, Mal learns the hard way that things are the most beautiful right before they fall apart.

But I don't think anyone has ever fallen in love with my smile the way I have fallen in love with hers. ;Evie/Mal;

It's two words, and really, it shouldn't be a big deal. Somehow, it still is. Or, Carlos learns that there is more than one connotation to the phrase good boy. ;Ben/Carlos;

And somewhere deep in the dark, a howling beast hears us talk.

"I've got a secret you wouldn't want anyone else to know," she wags her phone in his face mockingly, gray blue eyes reflecting the stormy weather outside. "So bend down and carry my bag, Kiddo."

Welcome my friends to my drabble series...Here you will find angst, family fun, dark secrets, and problems that send our poor heroes onto the edges of sanity! Of course this is all just a by product of my twisted mind...ENJOY!

Being punished with Christmas decorations isn't really a punishment. [CroMa, male-pronoun!Crona. Fluffy ficlet.]

Cuddling to fend off the cold sometimes isn't enough. [CroMa. Ambiguous gender Crona; pwp oneshot.]

In which Hiro and Abigail become student and TA, then genius and adviser, then friends surpassing dimensions. AU, sequel to Jazz Elective Antipathy, connected to Five Alarm Death March; Abigail/Hiro friendship, onesided crack!Abigail/Gogo and implied onesided Tadashi/Honey SPOILERS FOR BIG HERO 6

Abigail Callaghan walks with murder in her heels, and sways a new dimension in her hips. Canon compliant, experimental in style, Abigail-centric. SPOILERS FOR BIG HERO 6

Because despite Tadashi being a good person, Hiro is his baby brother, his otouto, and grief can do savage things to the gentle mind. Dark AU, multiple character deaths, implicit gore. SPOILERS FROM BIG HERO 6

All his life, Black Star has been surrounded by the Club . Now, with his father threatening everything around him, Black Star isn't sure what to do or who to trust. The only thing he's sure of is Tsubaki, but being with her means going against his family, and staying by their side means going against the police and a rival gang, putting himself and everyone around him in danger.

A monster who feeds on immortality appears, and Jack becomes his unfortunate victim. Now Jack, with all his immortality gone, is forced to live a drama-filled life as a normal 18-year-old boy named Jack Overland, all the while trying to find a way to become Jack Frost once again. Cover art by MaddieSeth on deviantArt.

Five Black Stars that never were.

Drabble. Rin is a dismantled collection of almosts and try harders.

When Princess Ariel saves the life of Jim Hawkins, a young man she finds bleeding out on the beach, she never expected to fall for him. Especially since she's already married to the man of her dreams, Prince Eric. In the face of love, loneliness, and a ruthless alien assassin bent on getting to Jim at any cost, Ariel's courage is put to a brutal test. JimXAriel

-Gothel, The Queen- Two women under an awning while the rain falls on Corona.

the prodigal son returns. — mikado, masaomi

"He pressed their brows together and buried his fingers in her golden hair, smiling broadly all the while." Part IV of Horizons, a character study in IV parts.

"The boy did not stir in his sleep as she would have liked, but his fingers did twitch slightly, a sign that his soul still resided within." Part III of Horizons, a character study in IV parts.

"So he is getting worse then…" Part II of Horizons, a character study in IV parts

"The shriek that echoed through the night was terrifying." Part I of Horizons, a character study in IV parts.

Nobodies, throughout their existence, strive to obtain hearts. But can they really handle the pressure of having one? Character Study.

Five short stories that never happened to Aang.