That_Thing_In_A_Corner
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Alastor’s mother is dead. With his life in shambles and a career in radio out of reach, he finds himself desperate enough to strike a deal with the devil: the keys to his future, in exchange for his soul.
Years later, when the father who never acknowledged him dies, Alastor introduces himself to the legitimate family—the charming stranger, bringing ruin with a smile. And every step of the way, Lucifer is there with an open hand, offering things Alastor never knew he wanted.
But choices have consequences, and some choices change everything.
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The first time he meets the devil, Alastor is twenty-one years old.
It is not the last time, though it does set the course for everything that follows.
It is where it all begins.
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- Part 1 of All changed, changed utterly
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“Potter…why is a horcrux of the Dark Lord sitting in your living room in muggle Surrey?” Severus Snape slowly and calmly asked as if he was holding onto his last thread of sanity while waiting for the answer.
“Well, we met back in my second year at school, became friends since I didn’t know who his future self was, he tried to kill me, I killed him, and then he floated around the aether for a couple years,” Harry sighed. It was all so very complex.
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Everyone has had a summer from hell after what happened with the Triwizard Tournament. Literally everyone, even the part of Voldemort's soul that he thought he'd gotten rid of so very long ago. When Harry Potter's worst enemy asks for his help though...well, that pesky saving people thing just really gets in the way.
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26 Sep 2025
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Avenging an Avenger by NinjaPandaScholar
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Marvel Cinematic Universe
14 Mar 2025
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Harry Potter was very lonely. Yes, he had friends, a good job, and just finished his mastery in defense, but it was usually just him and his son all alone at night when everyone else had families and lives apart from them. When he learned by chance that he may actually have some living family, it should have been an easy decision to reach out to them. Unfortunately, nothing comes easily to Harry. Harry's biological father just had to be the most difficult person in the world to get a meeting to see, and the absolutely most suspicious when confronted with a paternity claim.
Tony Stark was very lonely. He and Pepper had recently broken up. His friends had betrayed him, and he was now forced to live with the very same people who had hurt him. He didn't think he could take one more blow and stay standing under it. Tony didn't have family; he didn't know what to do with family; too bad Tony's family wasn't sure what to do with him either, but they were going to give it a hell of a try anyway.
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After two years of murder attempts and terrible summers, ominous letters from the Ministry and adults who act like they care but never actually do anything, Harry decides to grab the basilisk by the horns. In the few weeks he has before school begins, Harry learns more about himself, his family, and his role in the magical world. When third year starts, he just hopes he's ready.
[A canon retelling starting in PoA through DH, with a Harry that's just a bit more perceptive, a Sirius with changed priorities, and a caring Theo]
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