Torture(d) Boys: Echoing Pain
Fics in which characters experience &/or deal with the long-term repercussions of abuse, neglect, torture or imprisonment (&/or self harm). Generally more focused on the mental side of things, but nearly always also deal with physical aspects/consequences, too.
Common Scenarios:
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AtLA/K / B(M)HA / DP / RR(PJ):
- Zuko’s Scar (& Training, etc)
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- Neglectful Midoriya Inko
- Quirk Discrimination
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- Bad Fenton Parents
- Ghost Hunting Scars
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- (Scars from) Monster Attacks &/or Quests
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DC / Marvel:
(- Bad Parent/ Mentor) Bruce Wayne
- Neglectful Drakes
(- Hood's attacks on Tim)
- Jason's Past
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- Bad Parent Howard Stark
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NCIS/Criminal Minds/Numb3rs/H-50/911:
- Senior
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- Spencer's Dad
- Morgan's History
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- Maddie's Husband
- The Buckleys
- Bad Diaz Parenting
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(The) Sentinel / Stargate / TM7:
- Bad Parent William Ellison
(- Bad Parent Naomi Sandburg)
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- Runner Ronon
- Mission Scars
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Other:
(Closed, Moderated)
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Zuko knelt before his father on the day of Ozai's coronation and said, "I am your loyal servant. I do not fear being burned."
Zuko remembers, vividly, bowing before the court, bowing before his father, and wishing he could say something else. Something like, I will honor you, or respect you, or even obey you.
He wishes there was some other way to prove loyalty, some other way to prove love.
He wishes he could have said something true, but he has always, always feared being burned.
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After escaping the Boiling Rock, Zuko and Hakoda have a discussion about duty, loyalty, and love.
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Time Bomb Town by Moxibustion (RyuuzaKochou)
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Talents Series - Anne McCaffrey
31 Dec 2020
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In a world of scientifically proven psychic abilities, the practitioners - the so-called Talents - are called on to serve the public good. This is never more true than in Gotham, where the Wayne Parapsychic Institute works diligently for justice and peace in what is otherwise a mecca of rogue Talents. Bruce Wayne is one of the most powerful Talents on record; a Prime. So are all his children. All, that is, except for Tim Drake; a winged donkey to their high-flying Pegasus. Fed up with the constant reminders that he will never be able to catch up to their flight into the stars and beyond, he leaves.
Trying to put the shattered pieces of his life together, he comes across Jason Todd; former member of the Wayne Parapsychic Institute and a powerhouse in terms of Talent, alive in an asylum years after everyone assumed him dead.
Tim is determined to help Jason find a way back. Jason might end up teaching him a way forward.
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Help I Adopted a Baby Assassin and Now He Won't Stop Eating My Cookies by sunsational96
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
23 Jul 2025
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Okay, so here’s the thing.
Robin doesn't get stalked. Robin's supposed to help people with stalkers, not get stalkers.
Yet here's Jason Peter "Robin" Todd-Wayne with his own personal little shadow.
Halloween is months away, so why's the kid dressed like an assassin?
Sue him, he's curious. He decided to take his stalker home. And now the kid won't stop eating his god damn cookies.- Language:
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Bookmarked by Scribbled_Seconds
06 Nov 2023
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Dick Grayson didn't want to leave, but after dying, after the Spyral, after Bruce went too far and his family wouldn't even let him explain, he left anyway. He just wasn't able to stay.
Years later he was happy at While Collar as Neal Caffrey, or as happy as he could be without his family. His brothers, on the other hand, have learned exactly what happened to their oldest and have been searching since he left. Lucky for them, Tim has a meeting scheduled with Peter Burke. There might also a plan that involves hugs, brotherly backup, and a secret assassin-trained weapon.
Series
- Part 1 of Batfamily Feels
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The One in Which Jason Decides Tim's his Brother Now. Tough Batman. by ThePokeOne
Fandom Batman - All Media Types, DCU, Young Justice (Comics)
10 May 2023
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06 Oct 2023
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"It figured, Tim thought as he trekked through Gotham's streets in one of the worst storms he'd ever seen. He'd been careless. So stupidly careless."
Or:
Tim gets kicked out, and Jason has a change of plans.
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(Two Nickels: Jason & Young Justice)