Stories by nicnac918

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All Might saves Izuku from the slime villain when the boy is only four years old. Things proceed accordingly.

All Might smiles and flashes a thumbs up at the reporter and her cameraman. "I think it's a great idea. Any hero can tell you that a quirk is only as useful and powerful as what you make of it. The same is true for not having a quirk at all! So for anyone quirkless out there, know that as long as you have a strong heart and the drive to succeed, you too can become a hero."

Turns out making it on your own as a seventeen-year-old high school drop-out is a lot harder than it looks. And, you know, it's not exactly like it looked easy or anything. Luckily, Stan manages to get some help from an extremely unlikely source in an awesome yet nerdy coat.

In the end it all came down to a coincidence. It had merely been coincidence that Remus had been in Filius's office with him when Harry walked in with the Missing Rat poster. Granted, all things told it wasn't an especially unlikely coincidence, but there you were. Third in the Honey Bee 'verse.

Placed with the Dursleys, Harry will be safe, but Dumbledore would still like to have someone nearby to keep an eye on him. Someone mild and unassuming and unlikely to upset the Dursleys. Really, there's only one good choice.

Harry's first year at Hogwarts as told by a series of ten meetings in Dumbledore's office over the course of ten months. Second in the Honey Bee 'verse

Pacifica has waited years for the opportunity to thank him. Somehow it goes both worse and better than she expected. Relativity Falls AU

And never let go. Drifting Stars AU

"I'm sorry, but you don't have to be embarrassed. I would never judge you for your oddity," Ford assured it, holding his hand out. The kitten approached more tentatively than it had the first time, but after another sniff of each finger, it rubbed its head up against Ford's hand and began purring once again. So. Ford was adopting the kitten.

There was a lot Ford didn't know about portal potties. Perhaps most importantly, he didn't know that they had a sort of sapience of their own. That if you caught one on the right day when it was in the right mood, it would transport you to the one place in the world that you most needed to be. Another thing Ford didn't know about portal potties: how to tell them from a porta potty.

Winter of 1982, Stan Pines arrives in Gravity Falls after being summoned by his brother Ford. Both of them are in for a big surprise. Or more accurately, two little ones.

Stanford Pines was going to make his legacy by becoming the man who changed the world. Children weren't really part of the plan. At least, they weren't supposed to be.

Ford has had enough of these weird prank calls

Stopping by woods on a snowy evening

When twenty-seven year old Mabel Pines stumbles across a banged-up time tape in the park, she tells herself that she's much too mature and responsible now to use it to go on crazy adventures through time. Hahaha, yeah right. Reverse Timestuck

In the winter of 1982 Stanford Pines fell through a trans-universal portal into the Nightmare Realm. He left behind his twin brother and the one being that cared about him more than anything in the world, and for the very first time in his entire life, Ford was completely and utterly alone. Because Ford fell through the portal. His dæmon didn't.

"Is that why they threw you out? Cause you've got six fingers?" Stan asked. He picked the kitten up, and the thing really was tiny. He could practically fit in the palm of Stan's hand. "That's crazy. Having six fingers ain't a bad thing. I even… I…" The kitten had closed his eyes now and was purring loudly, like he liked that Stan was holding him or something. Like he liked Stan.

This has been, was, is, will be true: Axolotl has existed, existed, exists, will exist beyond time, beyond space for all eternity in every direction. Fourth in ergo sum series.

Selected excerpts from the dream journals of Stanford Filbrick Pines. Third in ergo sum series

Jheselbraum's life happens out of order. Second in ergo sum series.

When five year old Dipper and Mabel are orphaned, Grunkle Stan ends up taking them in. Gravity Falls will never be the same. Elementary Falls AU one-shot collection, sequel to The Small Things

"Alright kitling come here, time to settle down. A bedtime story? Aren't you too old for that? Really, only one? I thought for certain you were at least two decades by now. Time is so much harder to keep track of after your twentieth century. Yes I am old, and you are impertinent. Now be quiet and I'll tell you the story of how the Great Dragon escaped from the Ruthless King."

No matter how big the 'Verse gets, they'll still fall in together like gravity.

You go on. And on. (and on and on and on). First in ergo sum series

Drusilla promised poor William something effulgent, and the evening delivers (though perhaps not in the way she had intended).

Five times Spock found his heritage a disadvantage, and one time it all came together. Twelfth in Many Intersecting Planes

Stan finally got the portal working and saved Ford, and their grand reunion is everything he'd hoped it'd be, more or less. So why can't he just be happy about it?

Mabel wants to show her new Grunkle her scrapbook full of all the fun stuff she and Dipper have done this summer. Like the time they had a memorial services for someone who looked identical to Grunkle Stan. You know, fun stuff like that.

Stan had definitely showed up empty-handed, but he somehow ended up leaving with two five year olds in tow. Eh, he'd been to worse memorial services.

"Stan stared in disbelief when, for the second time in their lives, Ford turned his back on him. Stan should be angry, furious even. Where did Ford get off, treating him like this? Stan had known his brother didn't want him around, Ford had made that very clear the last time they saw each other. But anger took energy, and Stan was so, so tired."

Clex does 'The Peasant's Wise Daughter,' from the collected works of the Brother's Grimm.

On the swing set, a different conversation

Clark is trying to figure himself out, Lex is trying to figure them out, and nobody can help but throw their two cents in as well.

Dipper really wasn't expecting Grunkle Stan's reaction to The Prince of Egypt, but he thinks he knows where it's coming from. (He was only trying to help.)

Mabel had had the right idea all along, she was just being a bit too low-tech about it. But if Fiddleford could invent a gun that erased people's memories, then surely Stanford could invent something that recovered lost memories. He could and he would, and then he would use it to get Stanley's memories back, and then everything would be alright.

Wherein Weirdmageddon doesn't happen, Ford talks a lot, but fails to communicate almost entirely, Stan is neither as old nor as bitter as he likes to pretend to be, and nobody ends up homeless.

Memories or no, Stan Pines remains the world's greatest con man.

Five ways Bill Cipher wasn't thwarted

Grace Dursley is almost eleven years old when she meets Uncle Harry for the first time. Sequel to Cousin Harry

She had been dating Dudley Dursley for almost six months when the topic of Cousin Harry came up the first time.

No, Dumbledore did not use a picture of Severus Snape to teach little two year old Harry to call the man 'Da.' That is a ridiculous accusation and it will not be stood for!

You'd think one of them would have seen it coming. (Or, wherein Jack and Jim are amused and confused by turns, and John is way too old for this shit.) Tenth in Many Intersecting Plans

With apologies to (not)crazy Aunt Swan. Eleventh in Many Intersecting Planes. Please note that I'm tagging this as K/S because that's where the focus of the story lies, but this is pre-slash for them, and Spock is still with Uhura.

Even with the answer written right there in black and white, Jim still manages to make things difficult on himself. And for once, Spock is no help. (Maybe if someone would bother to tell him what was going on.)

Five times Kirk tried to win his soulmate over, and one time Spock succeeded without really trying.

Clark decides that Lex isn't evil anymore and that the two of them should be friends again. Predictably, Lex objects, though he's not doing a very convincing job of of it. Things escalate rather quickly from there.

"I wrote a gay Cinderella story. With Smallville characters." -nicnac918 to her roommate

An old and wise Vulcan imparts some advice on an older, but not always wiser, Time Lord. Ninth in Many Intersecting Planes

Next time someone comes pounding on your door at three am, probably don't answer it. Eighth in Many Intersecting Planes

Of course the crew of the Enterprise knows that John Harrison is more than he appears. Wait. What do you mean dragon? Seventh in Many Intersecting Planes.

Sequel to Old Habits Die Hard. With Lana out of the picture, Clark and Lex might have a chance to have some sort of relationship again. But they're both going to have to learn some new ways of behaving if they expect it to work out better this time. Clex

Wherein the downfall of Frieza is ultimately caused by shoddy record keeping, and Mrs. Briefs hasn't made near enough pancakes.

Sometimes you wake up and realize that the coma may have been the better option.

Jim wants one thing to be absolutely clear. His life is *not* a romantic comedy.

Clark decides to help Lex come up with a friendship plan. This goes about as well as you would expect. Sixth in the Friendship Plan

Spock thinks Jim's mind is dynamic with a great personality. Neither of these things mean what Jim thinks they mean.

Edith Keeler must die. And she knows it.

John is pretty sure other people don't have lives that are nearly this complicated. Sixth in Many Intersecting Planes

Some books, through no fault of their own, are a lot more disturbing to read the second time through. Fourth in Many Intersecting Planes

*John, however, turned to him and said in a completely serious-sounding tone of voice, "Because he's a dragon."* Fifth in Many Intersecting Planes

True Love happens while Destiny is busy making other plans

"King Lestrade had twelve daughters, and it was said that each one was more beautiful than the last, no matter which order you counted them in. That was a bit of rubbish, of course, but the girls did all range from moderately to very attractive, which meant it was hardly the worst lie ever told."

The identity crisis John doesn't realize he's having. Third in the From the Ashes a Fire Shall Be Woken, Third in Many Intersecting Planes

In retrospect, the hand shake hadn't been the best idea...

Smaug, now going by Sherlock, meets the reincarnation of his little thief. Finally, something *interesting*. Second in From the Ashes a Fire Shall Be Woken, Second in Many Intersecting Planes

Gandalf takes care of his new charge. First in the From the Ashes a Fire Shall Be Woken series, First in Many Intersecting Planes

The dangers of texting, hard liquor, and unexpected revelations. (Oh, and sci-fi movies). Clex

Rose has had quite enough of the Doctor making decisions for her and of being left behind at Bad Wolf Bay, and it's not as though she can't keep an eye of the new Doctor just as well from inside the TARDIS. Besides, how bad can two Doctors really be?

Can you imagine the troubles for a little boy no bigger than your thumb? ...Especially when the world appears to be populated by idiots. Clex

Clark doesn't understand Lex's Orwellian mind processes, but he's more than willing to throw his hands up and go along with the crazy. Clex

On the upside, she *is* pretty cute. Fifth in the Friendship Plan

Handsome princes, unfortunate frogs and spoiled princesses all get what they deserve.

Lex has a little problem.

Lex and Clark tell a story. Clex

They don't need a higher power to tell them this is destiny. (But a little confirmation is always appreciated.)

The hazards of raising a child who simultaneously is and isn't old enough to know better. Sequel to Madness (But There's No Method in It)

In which enhanced aging sucks, relationships are hard, and Conner, quite literally, has two dads.

Lex, at something of loose ends since he and Clark became friends again, gets himself a new archnemesis. Fourth in The Friendship Plan

Lex may be missing the point here... repeatedly. Second in The Friendship Plan

Kal-El, heir to the House of El, has fallen in love with Lex Luthor, a human. He has a week to convince Lex to love him back, before he loses him forever.

Arthur keeps Merlin's secret... No, not *that* one.

In which events come to a satisfying conclusion. Sequel to "Boys Can Be Really Stupid" Clex

Poor communication doesn't always kill; sometimes it just keeps you from getting laid. Sequel to "(We Are) More Than You Think You Are" Clex

After the incident with Duncan, Lex is quietly asked to transfer to a different school. Lionel decides to send him to Smallville High as punishment for his misconduct, and Lex is chosen as that year's Scarecrow. Luckily, he's saved by local college student and unofficial town hero, Clark Kent. Pre-Clex

A late night conversation about memories and what it means to be. Also, there's some hot chocolate. Sequel to "Intermission: Hell Hath No Fury (Like a Woman With a Mission)" Clex

Lois has a little talk with Lex. Sequel to "The Way We All Became..."

Conner is opinionated and a little lacking in tact. Things work out. Sequel to In Time, With Much Pie and Cream Cake. Pre-Clex

This is who you really are.

It's official. Sequel to Intermission: And Visions of Sugarplums Dance in His Head Pre-Clex, Post-Clois

Tess leaves Conner a little something in her will. Clex (and a teensy bit of Chollie)

Then what's to stop you from trying? Sequel to "Never a Sane Moment"

Sirius begins to suspect that Harry's new friend might have less than noble intentions regarding him. Siriusly. Sequel to Curses, Foiled Again 3: The Princess' Rondo. Slight slash warning, though nobody is *actually* gay or anything (probably).

Conner's ill-timed nap leaves Clark with things to think about. Sequel to "When It Rains..." Clois, Pre-Clex

Somehow, Lex hadn't expected it to be so literal.

Real life ensues, and things get more (and less) complicated. Sequel to AA: Amnesiacs not so Anonymous Pre-Clex

Because a day in the life wouldn't be complete without death traps, kittens in peril, and a supervillain that's far too confusing - or maybe just confused - for his own good.

In the Luthor family, you're only welcome as long as there's a use for you.

When Clark was in Lex's mind, he promised Alexander that he'd be looking out for him, and that they'd see each other again. Now Clark is going to the mansion to make sure he keeps that promise (only, you know, without being a condescending *** this time).

Voldemort might not even go to this school, but he does have a lot of feelings. Feelings of MURDEROUS RAGE!

Harry might not be at the Dursley's any more, but Voldemort isn't going to let that stop his completely ineffectual murder attempts. He's just going to have to get a little creative is all.

Lex, in Clark's opinion, needs to spend less time worrying about fictional couples and more time thinking about him. Companion to This Isn't A Love Story And You're No Romeo Clex

Lex pontificates on classic literature. Clark runs interference. Clex

Harry Potter and the Not-So-Deadly Summer Holidays

Lex finally gets a clue. But only because Mercy and Clark are willing to share . Third in The Friendship Plan

You'd think a genius, even an evil one, would be able to come up with a better idea than this. First in The Friendship Plan

Having superpowers is totally worth this insanity, right? …Lex will get back to you on that one. Sequel to "I've Got the Half-Kryptonian Cloning Blues"

Brittany can't figure out why Lex Luthor doesn't have gills. Brittana, Clex

Clark doesn't need to see the red dot on the calendar to know what today is. Clex

Kryptonians can only tell the truth.

The story of how the realizations made by one Clark Jerome Kent, a.k.a. Superman, on February 22, 2022 about one Alexander Joseph Luthor, a.k.a. Lex, would irrevocably change Lex's life. Clex

Today, the weight of the world will carry itself.

Well, we can definitely chalk this experiment up as an unqualified success.

In which Clark is *not* trying to break Lana out of jail, Lex is corrupting impressionable teenagers, and Conner thinks someone is owed an apology. Sequel to "One Supervillain, One Superhero, and One Crazy B"

Chloe is going to figure this one out and then really wish she hadn't . Clex, Chollie

When Lana chooses Bizarro over Clark, Clark goes to Lex's to complain. Lex can definitely work with this. Pre-Clex

Or, The Story of How Lex Isn't the Slightest Bit Gay, Nuh-uh, Not at All.

Clex. It's Smallville, but with penguins. What more do you need to know?

Destiny, choices and all the spaces in between. Clex

Lex and Oliver are trapped in an elevator together. Snark ensues.

It's what you don't know that hurts you the most.Clex

"You think we're dancing?" "That's all we've ever done."

The one thing Lex remembers clearly is a man and a women in a truck, and a little boy with a smile like sunshine.

And finally, your weary feet will lead you home. Sequel to "Perceptions"

When memories of then get tangled up in the realities of now. Sequel to "Acceptance"

Today, Clark's going to be honest . A story in six drabbles

An encouraging word can make all the difference. Sequel to "Truths." Drabble. Clex.

It's like being struck by lightning. Sequel to "Amends" Clex

Sometimes the words just don't exist. Double Drabble Sequel to "Faith"

Seriously people, the kissing needs to stop.

Don't worry; Conner is kind of an expert at this. Sequel to "Intermission: If The Love You Get is Equal to the Love You Give" Preclex-ish

It's been a long time coming. Dodecal Sequel to "Atonement"

The road to redemption is littered with broken glass. Sequel to Reactions.

It happens over the course of years, and it happens in the blink of an eye. Double Drabble

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Drabble

They aren't sure how to respond. Sequel to "Forgiveness"

It's not always about what we deserve. Drabble Sequel to "Decisions"

We all have our little fantasies.

It may not be explicit and it may not be absolute, but somehow it has still found a way to exist.

But not into the house he was expecting.

Somehow, between the hate and the anger and the lies, a moment of friendship.

Lex had known there had to be a reason this kid looked so much like him, he just wished it had made a little more sense. Sequel to "Clothing Optional"

The Lex-Conner Team finally manages to pull their act together and take down Lana. Lana, predictably, objects. Sequel to "Operation: Wait, What Were We Supposed to Be Doing?"

Conner and Lex team up to create a plan to stop the evil love inducing Lana! Supposedly. Sequel to "Twenty Minutes with Jerks."

Clark is breaking and Lex is worried. Sequel/Companion to Me, Myself, and I.

Lex has a brilliant idea. Clark disagrees. Sequel to "Muscle Memory."

Clark wants to talk to Lex about his conviction that the two of them have to be enemies, but Lex isn't budging. For, when it comes to superheroes and arch-nemeses, there are no backsies.

That awkward moment when you wake up to find that your soon-to-be-ex-wife has tied you up in a room with your arch-nemesis/ex-best friend and his sidekick/your genetic love child.

Five easy steps to thwarting a hostile Kandorian takeover

Druken Lex was a lot more cunning than anyone gave him credit for.

Clark had one rule to obey above all others. Drabble

Clark finds that, stripped of his memories Lex is, at his core, a good person.

This was not what they intended.

And I wonder, if Superman is his hero persona and Clark Kent is his bumbling reporter persona, what happens to the man beneath the masks? Prequel/Companion to Try to Fix You.

Lex falls. Drabble

You have two fantasies. There is one reality. They go like this.

There's a part of him that never stopped running. Drabble

Being gay is not a choice. At least, not unless you're Superman.

Five times Lex defied his fate and one time Clark did.

Superman was a much better friend than Clark had ever been.

Clark Jerome Kent, age six - almost seven - has a super big secret in his storm cellar.

Lex comes to the obvious conclusion. Post-Series

"You could come up with a million reasons why it occurs to you today." Companion to Inevitable.

"This is how it will happen." Companion to Irreversible.

Much later, you'll attribute the thought to being a good deal drunker than you actually were at the time.

Chloe comes to her own conclusion about why Desiree didn't have any effect on Clark.

In the space between believing and knowing. Season 1 Drabble

This is the way the world ends. Drabble

I'll show you my secrets if you'll tell me yours.

You aren't sure why you say it. Double Drabble

In which Harry's sorting goes a bit awry, but rather better than anyone expected.

But no matter how big the universe gets I will always find you.

Because we don't know what we're going to miss until we're seconds away from losing it.

Just because Lex has forgotten everything, it doesn't mean some part of him doesn't still remember Clark.

In which Clark is in love with his best friend and Chloe finds the whole thing a bit ridiculous, really. Clex

Every morning Lana puts on her necklace. Drabble

Sam goes to Stanford and meets Oz, who he can't help but think is a little off.

At first Lex thinks the guy who saved him is his own age. A realistic, canon-compliant take on S1 CLex. Drabble

During NFA Spike sends Buffy a letter. Drabble

Buffy decides she's cookies and races off to reunite with Angel. But once she gets there she learns she still has some growing up to do.

Spike gets a new job as a pilot and relates to his new crew through stories about his past.

"He was in love with her, of that he was certain." Drabble.

Buffy and Dean trade stories and find that some of them seem strangely familiar.

Bella finds Edward watching an old TV show and learns so not so surprising things about him.

Neville never regrets marrying Hannah. Drabble with a good mix of Neville/Hannah and Neville/Luna.

For Want of a Nail. When a honey bee decides not to sting a little boy it cascades into Severus Snape bringing Harry Potter his Hogwarts letter. From there... First in the Honey Bee 'verse.

"'You do still love me, don't you.' 'Always and forever Gellert.'" Because apparently death is full of fluff.

Crossover with Arthurian Legend. After leaving Middle Earth Gandalf finds his way to Britain where he meets someone interesting.

For a moment, Sam wishes things could be normal.

A Ginny introspective considering how her feels might have grown from hero worship of the Boy-Who-Lived into actual love for Harry.

"Harry Potter doesn't know any more how many people he's killed." An introspective piece if Harry was a little less well adjusted than he let on.

"When the end finally came, and he was leaking secrets and confessions like silver thread and staring into a pair of emerald green eyes, it didn't feel like he was dying." A short and surprisingly morbid character study of Severus Snape.

Musings on what Dumbledore might have been thinking right before he died.

All he knew was that the sound of a soothing voice, the gentle rocking of the chair, and the weight in his arms were the only things that mattered, all that he had left.