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6Vigil »
The most important skill a masked vigilante can cultivate is how to fall and come right back up. When Nite Owl and Rorschach run into a trigger-happy gang, Nite Owl finds he's able to push that skill to the extreme-even if he has no idea how or why. AKA, the one where Dan just won't stay dead and Rorschach is Freaking Out.Watchmen, K+, English, Hurt/Comfort & Supernatural, chapters: 7, words: 12k+, favs: 11, follows: 11, updated: 12/19/2014 published: 3/28/2014, Walter K./Rorschach, Dan D./Nite Owl, Hollis M.
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Cat's Cradle
When memory runs forwards as well as back, it's called insanity.Moon, K+, English, Sci-Fi, words: 971, favs: 1, 10/8/2013
4 Aunt Gracie's Funeral
A job left only half finished will always come back to bite you. Literally, sometimes. YOU KNOW, LIKE WITH ZOMBIES.Human Target, T, English, Horror & Humor, words: 1k+, favs: 3, 10/8/2013, Chance, Guerrero
1 Unaccountably Peckish
There are a lot of things about the Neath that you do not know yet. Best to learn them quickly. Or: What do the Tomb Colonists like better than Halloween?Fallen London, K+, English, Supernatural & Horror, words: 2k+, favs: 3, 10/8/2013, Player, OC
3 Fracture
A fractured heart has room for only one kind of justice. Rorschach stays in jail, and when 'Nite Owl' is killed, the news spreads like wildfire.Watchmen, T, English, Drama & Angst, words: 2k+, favs: 13, follows: 1, 3/29/2012, Walter K./Rorschach
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Rabbit Holes and Four Winged Pigeons
Watchmen/Inception fusion/AU. Is it really a deathwish when you're just trying to wake up?Watchmen & Inception, K+, English, Suspense & Drama, words: 1k+, favs: 2, follows: 1, 3/29/2012, Walter K./Rorschach
6 Liability
Rorschach claims to have no weakness. Someone proves him wrong by finding one of them.Watchmen, T, English, Drama & Hurt/Comfort, words: 1k+, favs: 31, 3/29/2012, Dan D./Nite Owl, Walter K./Rorschach
8 For Your Own Good
Dan has an accident; Rorschach saves him but thinks it wasn't an accident. And reacts accordingly.Watchmen, T, English, Hurt/Comfort & Friendship, words: 2k+, favs: 49, follows: 3, 3/29/2012, Walter K./Rorschach, Dan D./Nite Owl
86 Between the Brushstrokes »
The future: A human clockwork machine stripped of its spirit, unexpected puppetstrings, hidden resistance, a dissociated and buried brilliance at the helm, two displaced vigilantes and, apparently, there are still Waffle Houses. D/R. Complete.Watchmen, T, English, Suspense & Friendship, chapters: 22, words: 105k+, favs: 88, follows: 57, updated: 10/8/2011 published: 6/21/2009, Dan D./Nite Owl, Walter K./Rorschach
3 Killing Time
A bank robbery interrupted leaves Nite Owl and Rorschach trapped in a bank vault until morning, and with the possibility of concussion looming, Nite Owl must be kept awake. Do shenanigans ensue? Of course they do.Watchmen, T, English, Adventure & Humor, words: 2k+, favs: 25, follows: 1, 10/1/2011, Dan D./Nite Owl, Walter K./Rorschach
1 Columba carnivora
Dan gets a bird named after him, and Rorschach hits a home run. AKA, the one with the zombie pigeons.Watchmen, T, English, Horror & Humor, words: 1k+, favs: 11, follows: 1, 10/1/2011, Walter K./Rorschach, Dan D./Nite Owl
57Neither Wrong Nor Right »
A series of short standalone ficlets that tend to write themselves at odd moments. Ch17 is M, the rest are T. Number 20: Unsinkable. A decade, falling and rising.Watchmen, T, English, chapters: 20, words: 14k+, favs: 26, follows: 17, updated: 8/16/2010 published: 6/14/2009
8Blood and Leaves »
A series of short standalone ficlets set in my zombie!au that were previously part of 'Neither Right Nor Wrong'. Number 11: As Time Goes By. They get on in years and Dan seems to be leaving Rorschach behind, but the city always surprises.Watchmen, M, English, Supernatural, chapters: 11, words: 7k+, favs: 16, follows: 10, updated: 8/15/2010 published: 2/4/2010, Walter K./Rorschach, Dan D./Nite Owl
3 Unfinished Business
There are reasons for many things, and here is one: why Dan had to follow Rorschach out into the snows of Antarctica. Dan/Rorschach, Watchmen/Dead Like Me crossover, which is very weird, I know.Dead Like Me & Watchmen, K+, English, Friendship & Hurt/Comfort, words: 2k+, favs: 8, follows: 1, 8/15/2010, Walter K./Rorschach
3 SaltySweet
Zombie!verse. Simple needs are often the hardest to satisfy, or: Bacon Cupcakes FTW.Watchmen, K+, English, Friendship & Humor, words: 1k+, favs: 20, follows: 2, 8/15/2010, Dan D./Nite Owl, Walter K./Rorschach
4Colliding Worlds »
AU Mashup ficlets, where duplicates abound and reason is scarce. 4: Something from Nothing. Ever get the feeling that somewhere, someone else is living the life you deserve?Watchmen, K+, English, Humor & Supernatural, chapters: 4, words: 4k+, favs: 9, follows: 5, updated: 5/27/2010 published: 3/21/2010, Walter K./Rorschach, Dan D./Nite Owl
3 All Souls
Zombieverse. Is death an end or just a middle? Is the middle a good place to be?Watchmen, K+, English, Friendship, words: 3k+, favs: 6, follows: 2, 4/8/2010, Walter K./Rorschach, Dan D./Nite Owl
6 Shakes
Zombie Physiology 101, or: Why Rorschach drinks decaf.Watchmen, K+, English, Humor & Supernatural, words: 1k+, favs: 22, follows: 2, 3/29/2010, Walter K./Rorschach, Dan D./Nite Owl
13 Visions and Revisions »
Stupid Dan breaks his stupid arm. Laurie has to stand in for him - and work with Rorschach - on a critical mission, and reevaluations are made all around. Zombieverse. Completed.Watchmen, T, English, Adventure & Friendship, chapters: 3, words: 9k+, favs: 25, follows: 8, updated: 3/23/2010 published: 2/4/2010, Walter K./Rorschach, Laurie J./Silk Spectre