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Gen Freeform exchange just opened. I don't have any fic in this exchange, but here are my favorite fanworks! Remember to check out the rest of the exchange!

my weak and hoping heart (4683 words)
Fandom: Star Wars Original Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Leia Organa & Luke Skywalker & Darth Vader, Leia Organa & Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa & Darth Vader
Characters: Leia Organa, Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Pre-Redemption
Summary:

Princess Leia Organa brings Luke Skywalker, Coruscant Imperal Flight Academy cadet, to a private meeting, and things turn strange.

An Anomaly (3888 words)
Fandom: DCU (Comics)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Damian Wayne, Tim Drake, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Supernatural Elements, Kidnapping, Rescue Missions, Canon-Typical Violence, Adopted Sibling Relationship, POV Damian Wayne
Summary:

Damian has never given much thought to Father's wards until Grandfather takes Timothy Drake prisoner. When he sneaks down to see the prisoner to sate his curiosity, he discovers something most unexpected.

Broken Birds (2630 words)
Fandom: Batman - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Dick Grayson, Cassandra Cain, David Cain, Lincoln March, The Grandmaster (Court of Owls)
Additional Tags: Batkids Age Reversal, Alternate Universe - Role Reversal, Assassin Cassandra Cain, Dick Grayson is a Talon, Muteness, Mute Cassandra Cain, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Torture, Protective Cassandra Cain, Minor Violence, Conditioning, Brainwashing, Found Family, Hurt/Comfort
Summary:

Talon's job today is to guard Master March and the Grandmaster, to protect them when meeting with dangerous people who have the potential to be allies or enemies. His job is to be ready for any violence, and to carry out their will without hesitation when called upon. It's a job he's gotten very used to.

But one of their maybe-allies is a teenage girl who won't stop staring at him like she knows way too much.

What Happens in Cleveland (1811 words)
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Steve Rogers & Natasha Romanov & Sam Wilson
Characters: Sam Wilson (Marvel), Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Steve Rogers
Additional Tags: nightmares and violence and pancakes, oh my
Summary:

The thing about looking for one Bucky Barnes, Sam figured, was that you never really knew what the fuck was going to happen each day.

Once Upon a Time at the End of the World (1781 words)
Fandom: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, Den lille Havfrue | The Little Mermaid - Hans Christian Andersen, Die sechs Schwäne | The Six Swans, 12 Dancing Princesses (Fairy Tale), Fairy Tales & Related Fandoms
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Elrond Peredhel & Maglor | Makalaurë
Characters: Maglor | Makalaurë, Elrond Peredhel
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fairy Tale Fusion
Summary:

Elrond helps Maglor find a way home.

an infusion of bitterness (1671 words)
Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Petunia Evans Dursley & Lily Evans Potter
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - One Major Change, Magical Petunia Evans Dursley, Awkward Conversations, Complicated Relationships, Relationship Study, Jealousy
Summary:

Good things do not often come for ugly little girls.

Nor for ugly young women with too much bitterness in their hearts.

But for Petunia, bitterness is something she swallows down. Jealousy is something she is so terribly capable of, and yet—

And yet, when Petunia is eleven, her Hogwarts letter arrives.

Fractional Family (1200 words)
Fandom: Encanto (2021)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bruno Madrigal & Dolores Madrigal
Additional Tags: Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Pre-Canon, Loyalty, Family
Summary:

Bruno comforts his niece, and ten years later he does it again.