broken chords can sing a little
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What the Water Gave Me by difficultheart
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Nightwing (Comics), DCU (Comics), DCU
29 Jun 2020
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'cause she's a cruel mistress, and the bargain must be made
but oh, my love don't forget me
when i let the water take me...
You were supposed to be dead. Something lurking in the dark Bludhaven waters had other ideas. Trying to make sense of the new being living inside of you and your slow metamorphosis into something else, you reluctantly team up with Nightwing to take down the Ukrainian mobsters responsible for your death.Series
- Part 1 of broken chords can sing a little
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Mad Dog by difficultheart
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)
09 Aug 2020
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You just wanted to be a normal person with a normal life, working a normal job. Then you met Tim Drake, your younger brother got kidnapped, and your twin was arrested for a murder you know he didn't commit. Forced into a criminal underworld and trying to keep your non-human nature hidden, you work with Tim to find out who is plotting against the supernatural community in Gotham before it's too late.
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- Part 2 of broken chords can sing a little
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Red Sun by difficultheart
Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics)
17 Aug 2020
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Rumor has it that for a low, low price, a pretty girl with ugly scars in Gotham's East Side will take out a faded Tarot deck and tell you your future with eerie accuracy.
Rumor has it that the fallen son is being chased by things he doesn't understand, creatures from nightmares, and is beginning to get a little desperate.
(Or: Jason Todd takes a Prophet on a road trip to kill the demons hunting him before they kill him.)
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- Part 3 of broken chords can sing a little
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Fermata by difficultheart
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics), DCU (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics)
06 Sep 2025
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fermata (n) - a symbol used in sheet music to indicate that a note should be held longer than its standard duration
a collection of side fics and AUs connected to the Broken Chords Can Sing a Little series (What the Water Gave Me, Mad Dog, and Red Sun)
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- Part 4 of broken chords can sing a little
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bewegt (adj) - German for agitated, disturbed; used as a tempo indication in music
the Batman has gone missing and a strange girl has appeared in Gotham with an uncanny ability to see into the future. an exotic dancer who moonlights as an independent journalist, an overworked paramedic, and a member of the Red Hood Gang team up to try and uncover the reason for the vigilante's disappearance and unravel a vast, dark conspiracy that threatens to destroy their city.
[SIDE A: GODS]
[SIDE B: MEN]
[SIDE C: MONSTERS](or: an Absolute universe AU for the broken chords can sing a little series)
[ON INDEFINITE HIATUS]
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- Part 5 of broken chords can sing a little