8 Works by Above_The_Influence
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“You used to have so much to say when we were younger. Before…everything”
“Well then, that’s clearly not a good frame of reference, is it?”
Mike looked up from the bookshelf he’d been perusing (mostly filled with his and Nancy’s childhood books), a little startled at how defensive Will sounded. Why was he being like this?
“Even after you would still talk to me.” Mike could hear the petulance in his own voice, but there was little he could do about it.
“Yeah,” Will scoffed lostilloking at the album even though they were talking right over the lyrics, “and that turned out great for me.”
“What are you talking about?” Mike demanded, crossing his arms and walking to the edge of the air mattress.
Finally, Will set down the album cover and sat up to look at Mike. “I just don't know what you’re upset about when you made it pretty clear you wanted nothing to do with me. You haven’t for the past few years.”
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OR: Two months into the new living arrangements, Mike thought that his and Will's friendship would go back to normal, but things had somehow gotten worse since California. Mike is determined to fix things with his best friend. About 8,700+ words in total. -
Not A Goodbye by Above_The_Influence
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
24 Sep 2025
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On the run after the events of Civil War, Bucky tells Steve that he plans to accept the refuge offered by Wakanda.
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Steve shook his blond head, his eyes stubbornly taking in the ceiling, trying to dislodge a forming idea that could change their reality. But nothing fell into place. “I know, I know. It’s just… Wakanda. It’s so far away, Buck. I just got you back.” Steve didn’t bother to make eye contact, especially at the last sentence, which was softer and quieter than the rest.
Bucky’s mind was made up. After all his years of running without any control over where or why, he was done. Wakanda was a place that granted him asylum. A place that promised to help. Someplace safe. Someplace to rest, someplace to defrost. But Steve’s last few words made his defensiveness melt. They hinted at something deeper that was never said in their time. Maybe it never would be, but…Series
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Maybe Someday by Above_The_Influence
Fandoms: Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars: Ahsoka (TV), Star Wars - All Media Types
25 Jun 2025
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As Jacen grows, the galaxy changes, and so do Ahsoka and Hera.
Ahsoka becoming more comfortable being Snips basically.
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Without a War to Fight by Above_The_Influence
Fandoms: Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi (Cartoon 2022)
28 May 2025
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During season 2 episode 1 Siege of Lothal Part 1, before the spectres leave for Lothal to rescue Minister Tua, Ahsoka talks to Kanan about his fears of joining the greater rebellion.
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The Bitter Taste of New Life by Above_The_Influence
Fandoms: Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars - All Media Types
21 May 2025
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Summary: In the quiet days just after the Liberation of Lothal, the Ghost crew has no distraction from their grief. None experiences the physical side effects of sorrow quite as much as Hera, but it must just be a mix of being grounded and dealing with loss that makes her feel ill…right?
Sample: “For the last time, Chop, grief has physical responses, as soon as we get a real mission I’ll be back to normal,” she said, patting his dome as she stood up to look out over the mountain she had hiked. It was a small trail, but the sunlight and light breeze were something she needed "Or" Chopper warbled "it's what I warned you of when you first brought a male aboard your ship."
“To the Ghost, now.” Hera pointed sternly to her ship. This was not a conversation she was having. She had considered…that as the culprit, but then quickly unconsidered it. There was no way that she was, as Chopper would say, “harboring a mini organic”. She had a brief panic over this before, a few years ago. She had not only given herself an unprecedented amount of stress but had brought the same anxiety to Kanan. Back then she had someone to panic with, there was no way in all sith hells she was going to put herself through the panic on her own. -
Atonement of the Fallen and Fleeing by Above_The_Influence
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types
23 Mar 2025
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A multi-chapter fanfic about Barriss Offee’s recruitment to the Inquisitors, exploring her mixed emotions through multiple points of view and nonlinear flashbacks to her Padawanhood (feat. Ahsoka).
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The Jedi Temple's detention center was cold. Even colder than usual. Had no one bothered to check the regulations since the day prior? Barriss focused her energy on her annoyance at the so-called “compassion” the Jedi claimed to show its captives rather than the sinking feeling in the Force that had consumed her since the night before. Barriss's stomach growled as she shivered, reflexively reaching to pull her cloak around her. She was reaching for nothing. Her long sleeves and hood were replaced with the orange tunic all captives of the Jedi Temple’s detention center had to wear.All… if there were others. Currently, it was just Barriss Offee and a series of abandoned containment stalls.
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Tell Me More by Above_The_Influence
Fandoms: Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: A New Dawn - John Jackson Miller
10 Feb 2025
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Fluffbruary day 7: hand | curls | pattern
Kanan asks about Hera's Lekku Patterns.
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“You're staring,” Hera said softly as she manually scrambled the ghost's signal. They didn’t need to rush out from the last planet, but sooner or later, the empire would notice the missing medical equipment and her crew wouldn’t be there to get caught.“Huh?”
Hera chuckled. It wasn’t often she caught him off guard. He must have been focused.
“Oh sorry,” Kanan said. His smile was sheepish, not the carefully crafted smirk of the cocky silver-tongued flirt he pretended to be. Just oddly smitten. It made Hera's heart speed up and her face feel warm. Too warm.
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The Fight Was For the Boy He Grew Up With by Above_The_Influence
Fandoms: MC2 (Marvel), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Movies), Black Widow (Movie 2021), Iron Man (Movies), Captain America - All Media Types
09 Aug 2024
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Natasha drags Tony to the Captain America exhibit at the Smithsonian to show him why she let Steve Rodgers go.
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“My point, Stark,” Natasha breathed sharply, “is that Steve wasn’t fighting for ‘chaos’ or to ‘ensure his own superiority’ as you think-”
Natasha’s sentence was interrupted by Tony’s whisper-yell, showcasing his pointed intensity without unwanted attention, “Oh no he just was just fighting for the guy who murdered my parents.”“No, he wasn’t. He was fighting to not be used as a weapon. For once, Tony, Shut up for two seconds and just listen to me!” Natasha did not give him time to respond, rather she started hastily on her track into the museum. Tony stayed where he was throwing his arms in the air.
“Natasha! I can’t listen if you're not saying anything!” he shouted before cursing and following behind her yet again.
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