families collide
is a Comic Book/Runaways one-shot fanfiction by an account that has since been abandoned, credited as "orphan_account". It can be read on Archive of Our Own.
The A-Force reunites and ask Nico to rejoin. She must decide whether she wants to be a part of the A-Force or keep her life as a Runaway.
families collide provides examples of:
- Affectionate Nickname: As in canon, the A-Force call Singularity "Blue".
- Afraid of Their Own Strength: Nico is scared of what her magic can do. Justified, as one of her biggest fears is turning out like her parents.
- Closet Key: Karolina assumes that Nico realized that she was bisexual while with the A-Force, because what bisexual young woman wouldn't crush on their drop-dead gorgeous teammates? Nico's actual closet key was Karolina.
- Evil Me Scares Me: Justified. Nico is still terrified that she will become evil like her parents.
- Genki Girl: Molly is a preteen that runs everywhere, has no indoor voice, and loves asking people rapid-fire questions at extremely inopportune times.
- Has a Type: Downplayed and played for drama between Nico and Karolina. Karolina briefly believes that the only reason that Nico loves her is because of a "glowing girl fetish", but Nico quickly recognizes she's spiraling and knocks her out of it by convincing her that that's not the case. Nico then turns the tables by responding that Karolina clearly has a thing for alternative girls after she notices Karolina's obvious attraction to Dazzler and Karolina stomps away angrily.
- The One Who Made It Out: She-Hulk admits that one of the reasons they would like Nico to join the A-Force is that despite Nico being homeless and reviled after her serial-killer parents died, she managed to make it out as a well-liked hero. They want to hold her up as a inspiration to the superpowered women that they are training; an example of a woman that went through hell and came back still having faith in humanity.
- That Came Out Wrong: Singularity accidentally implies that Nico had sex with her while trying to tell Nico's girlfriend Karolina about her powers.Singularity: Oh, I'm not actually sure... But Nico was once inside me—Karolina: She was what?!Singularity: Yeah, all of the team was.Nico: It's not what you're thinking. She kind of swallowed, I guess, for the lack of a better word, all of us so that we could teleport away from a giant monster called Antimatter.
- Ultimate Job Security: Downplayed and justified. Nico's boss tolerates her being late to work occasionally and spoiling some merchandise because people come to gawk at the witch from Murderworld working retail, which means that the store gets more customers.
