Masterpost, The Fourth
Baywatch
Beggars and Choosers Mitch has never begged before in his life, not once. As it turns out, begging is easy. When you finally have something you don’t want to lose.
Belonging and Separation All those times Brody picked hell. Maybe there’s still time to pick heaven.
Burnt Out Rainbows Brody has a family emergency. The implications are not what he expects.
Do You Hear What I Hear? So this is that story where Brody loses his hearing to finally start listening.
Family Matters When Brody wakes up one sunny California morning, he is sure that he’s sick.
The Final Countdown It’s a good thing that Baywatch is the best thing that’s ever happened to him. Because, consequently, it may also be the worst thing.
Five Times Mitch Saved Brody “I’ve saved your ass six times in the last six months,” Mitch announced, as though he’d known this all along. He gave a smug nod, looking down his nose at Brody. “Let’s not make it seven.”
Following the Rules The rules never play in Brody’s favor. So he’s never learned to favor them, either.
(And I Believe It's Easier) For You to Let Me Go Matt Brody is Mitch’s hardest save. (In other words, Matt Brody is a stupid asshole who needs to be saved more than anyone else Mitch has ever met)
A Hazy Shade of Family “Like an initiation ritual,” he says. “All the new guards on the team go through it.”
The Importance of Backup Maybe this won’t turn out badly. Maybe these crazy, murderous people won’t pose a threat. Maybe this will be the one case that doesn’t turnout to be completely crazy.
Just Lifeguards We’re lifeguards. Firearm training isn’t covered in the handbook.
Last Resorts All his years of swimming, he’s never met anything like a jellyfish before.
Like the Ocean Tide Mitch has no idea what to do with Brody most of the time. Then, Brody turns into an eight-year-old, and things get a little harder.
One Month and Counting Because it’s only been a month. Brody still has plenty of time to screw crap up.
People Persons Because Mitch had always been a people person, but he hadn’t really been a best friend type. And then there was Brody.
Rocks and Hard Places Mitch doesn’t love anything more than the ocean. Except maybe he does.
Staying Power Figures, the moment he chooses to stay is the moment he no longer has a choice.
Time to Panic Panic is only an option when all other options have been exhausted.
Where My Demons Hide Brody has a lot of demons. What the hell does it matter if he has one more?
Crossovers with Animal Kingdom
Integrity So when the call came in, Brody had no qualms. He probably should have.
Extenuating Circumstances Mitch knows everyone on the beach, even gun-toting psychopaths.
The Gold Medal Verse
Family Issues: A failure to trust, a fear of abandonment: you could call it anything you wanted, but right now, Mitch just had to figure out a way to put it to rest before Brody’s panic killed both of them.
Arrested Development: Brody lacks all coping mechanisms.
Devastation and Reform: Brody's determined to make things right at any cost -- and possibly every cost.
No Comment: A year ago, Brody had been a different person with different plans. Mitch knew for sure that Brody had changed as a person, but did he know for sure that his plans had changed?
On the Road Again: All the progress Brody had made over the last year, it had crumbled without accountability. It was a sign of character weakness, sure. But it was also just a sign that Brody was still the dumb ass kid with abandonment issues who’d been set out on his own far, far too early.
Leaning to Breathe: Brody’s aggressive competition schedule starts to take its toll.
The Last Leg: Mitch knows that Brody has to finish what he's started; he just never realized he had to finish his journey, too.
The Umbrella Academy
The Best Version of Self Klaus discovers the full range of his powers after getting sober. It goes about as well as you expect.
Changing All the Scenery Five has killed a lot of people. One of those victims matters more than the rest.
Childish Things Five is kidnapped for ransom. It doesn’t go quite the way anyone expects.
The End of Something Five stands at the end of humanity. And he has to find a way -- some way, against the odds he’s badly miscalculated -- to start again.
The First Cut Is the Deepest Luther can see what they could be together. They just need someone to keep them together long enough to get there. They just need their Number One.
Five Distinct Way Five Absolutely, 100 Percent Does Not Ask for Help The Umbrella Academy is a natural calling for Five, and he is inclined to pursue it. He’s just not sure how.
Five Times Five Cuddled (Mostly) Against His Will Cuddling, it appeared, could be a pragmatic solution in extreme situations.
Five Times Five Didn't Tell Vanya His Feelings It’s not a love fulfilled, when you get right down to it. But the thing is, it’s not a love unrequited, either.
Hunger Pains Allison has no way to fix things with her daughter. Therefore, she puts all her effort into fixing Five, much to Five’s chagrin.
Minor Wounds and Big Deals Five’s definitely dealt with worse.
One Step At a Time Five loses a leg. Diego loses a lot more.
Reflex Memory Five is the best agent the Commission has. But his next mission has unintended consequences.
Room for Error His father’s face darkened, bemusement gone. It was not quite an expression of anger, but it was grave nonetheless. “You know what I have to do, Number Five.”
Somewhere in Time and Space Time travel, Five learns at a very young age, is not without side effects.
The Start of the Story Two weeks. That’s how long it takes the Commission to find him. That’s how long it takes before the timeline is in jeopardy again. That’s how long it takes for Five to realize the Umbrella Academy needs a new plan.
Teenagers The family decides, for practical reasons, that Five needs to relive his lost childhood. Five decides, for sentimental reasons, that reliving his lost childhood is a vehicle to let the others relive theirs instead.
Thicker Than Blood Diego isn’t totally sure he’s ready to be a Hargreeves after all.
The Unsolved Equation The team travels to the past and meets their father, who may just know the future better than any of them.
We Are Such Stuff As Dreams Klaus can channel the dead. No one has more victims than Five. That goes as well as you might as expect.
Chicago Med
All in the Family Will crashes at Jay’s place. Jay’s place crashes Will right back.
Blindsided Will breaks up with Hannah. Hannah takes it hard. Will, inadvertently, takes it harder.
Burying the Past Will and Jay try to bury their dad. They end up unearthing some of their own issues instead.
Caged Emotion Do you know what you’d do for the people you care about, though? Do you really?
Cold as Fear Jay and Will carpool to work. It doesn’t go very well.
The Ends and Means Jay goes undercover, and Will pays the price for his ruse.
Faith Enough The three minutes of Will’s short death are the most excruciating three minutes of Jay’s long life.
Five Times Will Didn't Want to be Bonded to Jay Will can see every reckless thing his brother has ever done, and he sees the lifetime he’ll spend trying to keep up. He sees how everything Jay wants will leave Will scrambling to keep up.
In for a Penny, In for a Pound Will had never been able to keep up. This time he wanted to.
Learning by Rote Will has made mistakes, and absolution can be a suffocating goal.
The Longest Day Will has a long day. Jay has a longer one.
Mercy The quest to rebuild Will’s reputation could cost him - and the hospital - everything.
On the Run With no job, no girlfriend, and no other ties to Chicago, Will’s just a flight risk.
Together If Jay’s alive, then there’s a chance Will is, too.
Weak Spots Jay knows his weak spots, you see. He’s never once counted his brother among them.
Working out the Kinks Will’s got some issues. Stevie’s got the solutions.
Suckerpunched series
Suckerpunched He lost control, for a second, just for a second, and it wasn’t supposed to happen. One punch -- the most unlucky damn punch in the entire world.
Sheared Away That’s what they keep telling him: he’s okay now.
Stuck in the Moment Now, Will’s stuck here. There’s no running. There’s no staying. There’s just Will with brain damage, trying to hold onto the moment.
Restitution Series, Post 6 AU
Restitution Will’s time at Med ends. A whole different journey begins.
Resolution Will continues to figures out who he is, what he wants, and who he can be.
Redemption Will fell apart on his own. It takes a whole group to put him back together.
In a Heartbeat Series
In a Heartbeat Will’s so worried about getting his head in order that he completely overlooks the heart of the matter.
How the Day Sounds Having to accept his heart condition had been hard enough for him. The idea that he might not regain his normal life? Was just untenable.
Closure Now aware of his physical and psychological limitations, Will was faced with the daunting task of moving forward.