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Once a Dream Did Weave a Shade
Shortly after Zuko joins the Gaang, Katara follows him when he wakes from a bad nightmare. What she discovers is both terrible and beautiful, and it shows her that she has far more in common with her former enemy than she ever would have dreamed. A story about enemies, friends, and the blurry lines that separate us. A story about mothers who loved, and mothers who have been lost.Avatar: Last Airbender, K+, English, Hurt/Comfort & Angst, words: 5k+, favs: 32, follows: 13, 10/10/2022, Zuko, Katara
2 Forget Me Not
During "Sozin's Comet, Part 1," Zuko hits his head much harder than Aang intended. Concussed and confused, Zuko forgets the past few months and thinks that he's still on his quest to hunt the Avatar. Surrounded by "enemies," on the run and desperate to escape, Zuko doesn't make helping him easy - but his new family isn't about to give up on him without a fight.Avatar: Last Airbender, K+, English, Angst & Hurt/Comfort, words: 6k+, favs: 22, follows: 9, 10/8/2022, Aang, Zuko, Katara
2 Unwelcome Home
Zuko's return home doesn't go at all the way he expected. Coming home is all he's ever wanted - so why is he so terrified?Avatar: Last Airbender, K+, English, Angst & Drama, words: 2k+, favs: 8, follows: 2, 10/7/2022, Zuko, Ozai
5 Phoenix Heart
AU of "The Chase," where Azula strikes Zuko with lightning instead of Iroh, with even direr consequences for the banished prince. Thankfully, Team Avatar is willing to set aside their differences to try to save their fallen enemy. No character death!Avatar: Last Airbender, K+, English, Hurt/Comfort & Family, words: 2k+, favs: 43, follows: 18, 10/6/2022, Sokka, Zuko, Iroh, Katara
6 Mother Earth Sucks Literally
"As much as Percy's hand wanted to go limp and slack on his lifeline, as he wanted unconsciousness to release him from the agony of suffocation, he tightened his grip on Hazel's foot and forced himself to recall every single tiny detail of Annabeth's face." Percy's perspective of the muskeg drowning scene in "Son of Neptune," with plenty of added angst and whump.Percy Jackson and the Olympians, K, English, Hurt/Comfort & Friendship, words: 2k+, favs: 18, follows: 8, 10/5/2022, Percy J., Frank Z., Hazel L.
3 Dead Man Talking
AU to "The Western Air Temple," where Zuko is far more injured than he lets on when he joins the Gaang. Everyone must work together to save their newest member, but even that might not be enough.Avatar: Last Airbender, K+, English, Hurt/Comfort & Friendship, words: 4k+, favs: 52, follows: 17, 10/4/2022, Aang, Sokka, Zuko, Katara
2 Fake Psychic Seeking Urgent Rescue: Pretty Blondes Preferred, No Dying
AU of 1x04 "Woman Seeking Dead Husband: Smokers Okay, No Pets" where the situation in the crypt turns into a hostage situation with Shawn in the center. Or, Shawn doesn't cope so well the first time he has a gun to his temple. Part of my "AU that Glitters" collection.Psych, K+, English, Suspense & Friendship, words: 3k+, favs: 20, follows: 7, 10/3/2022, Shawn S., Carlton L., Burton G./Gus, Juliet oH.
2 Agni Die
Pre-Southern Raiders, in which Zuko and Katara are captured by an underground cage-bending ring and forced to fight to the death. Katara is ready to do what is necessary to stall until rescue arrives, but much to her surprise, Zuko refuses to fight. Or, in which Katara is forced to work with Zuko and learns to understand him a little more along the way.Avatar: Last Airbender, K+, English, Suspense & Friendship, words: 5k+, favs: 17, follows: 8, 10/2/2022, Zuko, Katara, Xin Fu
(Family) Ties that Bind
Slight AU to the finale, where Zuko tries to reason with Azula in honor of their mother. Azula wants something entirely different – for Zuko to bow before the new Firelord. When Zuko refuses, Azula proves just how far she's willing to go to get what she wants.Avatar: Last Airbender, K+, English, Hurt/Comfort & Angst, words: 3k+, favs: 10, follows: 8, 10/1/2022, Zuko, Katara, Azula
5The World Turned Upside Down
Thomas never should have let Higgins talk him into taking this case. That's how he'd ended up where he was now: Chained upside down by his ankles, wrists zip-tied behind his back, blindfolded, and getting the shit beaten out of him by a guy who refused to take "I don't know" as an answer.MAGNUM P.I., T, English, Hurt/Comfort & Friendship, words: 2k+, favs: 15, follows: 17, 2/13/2022
6 One of Those Days
There are days when the pain makes it nearly impossible for Thomas Magnum to get out of bed. Today is one of those days.MAGNUM P.I., K, English, Angst & Hurt/Comfort, words: 1k+, favs: 11, follows: 8, 2/11/2022
5 Nothing Gold Can Stay
A worried Rick goes looking for Thomas, only to find that Nuzo's killers got to him first and sent a very clear message - with their fists. But Thomas isn't just bruised and bloody on the outside. Something inside him broke when Nuzo died, and Rick is left to pick up the pieces while still grieving himself. Slight AU/Missing Scene from 1x01 "I Saw the Sun Rise."MAGNUM P.I., K+, English, Hurt/Comfort & Angst, words: 3k+, favs: 16, follows: 5, 2/10/2022
7 Worlds Apart
AU of 3x05 "The Day Danger Walked In." When Ethan tries to play the hero, he isn't the one who gets shot. Thomas is. And when Ethan has to cauterize the wound, Thomas finds himself lost between two worlds where the only common factor is the pain.MAGNUM P.I., K+, English, Hurt/Comfort & Angst, words: 2k+, favs: 25, follows: 8, 2/8/2022
2 Ashes in the Fire
AU of 4x08 "A Fire in the Ashes," where it isn't Eve tied to the chair, waiting for Juliet to interrogate her. It's Thomas.MAGNUM P.I., K+, English, Angst & Hurt/Comfort, words: 4k+, favs: 15, follows: 3, 2/8/2022
3 Fro-Yo? More Like Fro-No!
No matter how angry he was, Gus would never hurt his best friend - not intentionally, at least. But the hard truth was that intentions wouldn't matter if Shawn ended up frozen to death in some ditch in Canada. Either way, it would be Gus's fault. Either way, he would have killed his best friend. AU of 4x01 "Extradition: British Columbia" Part of my whumpy "AU That Glitters" Series.Psych, K+, English, Hurt/Comfort & Friendship, words: 5k+, favs: 22, follows: 4, 2/6/2022, Shawn S., Burton G./Gus
10 Can Opener Plus Barbed Wire »
In which El Noche uses barbed wire, not duct tape, to secure Mac to the chair in 1x07. Whumptober no. 1: bound, barbed wireMacGyver, K+, English, Hurt/Comfort & Angst, chapters: 2, words: 6k+, favs: 54, follows: 20, updated: 2/5/2022 published: 10/4/2021, Jack D., MacGyver
5 A Calculated Risk »
"You are one stubborn son-of-a-bitch, Thomas Magnum," Ivan sneered. "I can honestly say I will take great joy in what happens now." A pause, the air electric. "Okay, Roy. He's all yours. Make him beg." AU of 2x11 "The Day I Met the Devil." CW: fairly graphic depictions of violence, torture, PTSDMAGNUM P.I., M, English, Angst & Hurt/Comfort, chapters: 2, words: 7k+, favs: 15, follows: 7, updated: 2/4/2022 published: 2/3/2022
8 Forced Perspectives
"It was funny how easily one could lose perspective. Bills to pay, an estate to keep up, a business to run… all of that meant nothing without those who meant the most to you." AU of 3x01 "Double Jeopardy." Juliet faces off against time itself as she races her fading partner to the hospital and comes to some rather startling realizations along the way.MAGNUM P.I., T, English, Friendship & Hurt/Comfort, words: 2k+, favs: 15, follows: 8, 2/3/2022
4 (Please Don't) Wake Me Up All Night
"Why'd you tell Higgy that I had a concussion? She woke me up every hour." In which Thomas has a concussion, Higgins looks after him, and they get to know one another a little better in the process. Whumpier tag to 1x10 "Bad Day to Be a Hero."MAGNUM P.I., K+, English, Hurt/Comfort & Friendship, words: 7k+, favs: 16, follows: 5, 2/1/2022
3 Now Ain't That a Kick in the Head (And Everywhere Else)
Shawn learns the hard way that playing the hero isn't always what it's cracked up to be, and that sometimes, when your dad says to lay low and let the cops handle it, you should listen. Unfortunately, "the hard way" involves a hostage situation and a handful of very angry bad guys with a score to settle. AU of 5x07 "Ferry Tale." Part of my whumpier AU series "AU That Glitters."Psych, K+, English, Hurt/Comfort & Family, words: 6k+, favs: 30, follows: 3, 11/22/2021, Shawn S., Burton G./Gus, Henry S.