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A/N: When future decision-making involves time fuckery (not necessarily yours). (II) "-. John Allerdyce .-" "Sparky, you're with me." Quill ordered the moment the portal closed. Fake codenames on, then, the live part of the operation was up next. "Unless we're lucky and she forgets, we've...

A/N: This is not the hydration you're looking for. Chapter 4 – Failing as a Dad Is so Last Universe (I) “-. Glenn Talbot .-“ He was startled awake by a knock on the door. He got up from his chair – he’d fallen asleep at the table? – and went to answer, feeling both bleary and hyperaware...

A/N: Does this count as stealing your son's ex? (V) "My name is Jason Quill. It's very nice to properly meet you." Emma Frost looked astonished at me, a hand on her chest. Clearly she had never imagined I would show my face. I nodded lightly at her. "Welcome to my home." That snapped her...

A/N: The Geneva Convention? What's that? (IV) The occupation of East Timor by Indonesia wasn't slated to become the worst atrocity of the century outside the two world wars, but it would be up there. For twenty-four years, of which only four had gone by so far, the Indonesian government would...

A/N: A personal code of conduct goes a long way. Or the opposite way, when you suspend it. (III) A man's worth in a mortal crisis isn't determined by how readily he dies for his family, but on how effectively he kills for them. A father's worth is determined not just by how well he protects...

A/N: The existence of faster than light speed in a given fictional setting means Einstein was wrong in that fictional setting. How's that for SciFi? (II) Dreamwalking was the most fascinating chore. Fascinating because you never ran into anything you did before, even when you ended up...

A/N: I'm going to start posting my stories in smaller pieces once every one or two days and see what happens. Warring as Emperor Merits the Finest Assets "-. October 31, 1980 .-" When I opened my eyes in my chair back home, I experienced the nearly overpowering desire to go on a murderous...

A/N: Enjoy this last bit of relative peace, because from Chapter 3 it's off to girls in suits and tragic pyromania. Winning as a Man Brooks no Half Measures "-. October 28, 1980 .-" The air broke into glass-like shards as I stepped out of the Mirror Dimension into the midnight darkness...

Being a Granddad Is Most Youthful "-.September 23, 1980 .-" Going from roaring at orange to hearing my newborn son – grandson – screaming outside my sight set off my acute stress response to fight-or-flight-or-freeze. I froze down to my bones, to my marrow, to my brain and then further...

"-. .-" Over the following sessions, Tony Stark turned out to be that very rare kind of patient that's both fully cooperative but somehow also the most difficult case of your career. Shocking, I know. And that's before you factored in the whole him being God thing. Although, contrary to what...

This is a not-so-short plot bunny that I needed to get out so I can focus on Understanding and Unified Theory again. Probably won't be continuing this very fast, if at all, but I wanted it out of my system. Of course, depending on the response, I may yet feel inspired. The main story won't...