Team as Family
A squad, crew, or workplace team that has quietly become each other's family, complete with bickering, traditions, and ferocious protectiveness. The mission matters less than the people running it together.
What is Team as Family in fanfiction?
A squad, crew, or workplace team that has quietly become each other's family, complete with bickering, traditions, and ferocious protectiveness. The mission matters less than the people running it together. With over 55,000 works on Archive of Our Own, Team as Family is one of the most beloved tropes in fanfiction.
Why readers love Team as Family
Found family with a job to do is doubly satisfying — readers get the warmth of belonging plus the proof of it every time the team closes ranks around one of their own.
Examples of Team as Family
A heist crew spending holidays together because none of them has anywhere better to be, or paladins ten thousand light years from Earth realizing home is the castle ship.
Best Team as Family Fanfics
The highest-rated Team as Family stories across all fandoms on AO3.
Batcellanea
Completeby envysparkler
A collection of outtakes, alternate POVs, and missing scenes from my existing work. 222-236. whumptober fills.
In Love With Justice
Completeby PlotsOfCoffee
Batman is notorious for his secretive ways, so when the Justice League meets someone he associates with, they naturally have questions. The questions continue to pile up when it’s clear that Batman is rather. . . close to him. Or the Justice League thinks Batman and Nightwing are dating.
Watch This
Completeby snackbaskets
Hal and Barry are worried about Batman's new partner. Being around the Batman all the time can't be good for a kid, right? Robin insists otherwise, and for $15.36 of betting money, is happy to demonstrate.
Take Care of Business
Completeby TheResurrectionist
Summary: Bruce has a conference call with Wayne Enterprises. Having it at the Manor was, in hindsight, a really shitty idea. “I don’t have your phone!” The two boys began trading hits, yelling at the top of their lungs. Bruce turned back to the webcam just as Damian leapt on top of Tim’s back, a
the bat's nest
Completeby helenabertinellis
The Justice League knew that Batman didn't trust anyone; they also knew that they were probably the closest he got. Aside from them, Batman worked alone.At least... they thought they knew that. Then they met his kids.
Constant Internal [Spider] Screaming: Semi-Connected Scenes from a Graduating Senior’s Life
Completeby isaDanCurtisproduction
When Peter's Teacher announces that his Graduating Class's Senior Trip is going to be to Stark Industries, the place where Peter has an internship, and where he spends so much of his free time, he is... less than enthused. No one believes his Internship is real and frankly, he just doesn't want to d
video message incoming
Completeby helenabertinellis
The League are just wrapping up their meeting when a call comes through the Watchtower servers.It's for Batman.
Leap of Faith
by alighterwood
Peter Parker, like any 14 year old superhero mutant, really wants to catch a break. And yet somehow, he never gets one. He's just a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, nothing special, so what gives? Well, that's only if you don't look at his biology ever since the radioactive spider bite. Or his exte
The Secret Is Out
Completeby Just_here_for_a_laugh
When Batman receives a threatening note, the Justice League prepares for the worst. But the Bat seems to know who it's from, and for some reason he doesn't seem to be worried in the least.Another JLA finds out about the Batfam fic!
of crime lords and literature
Completeby adelfie
Gloved fingers close over Tim’s throat and slowly begin to squeeze.“Jason!” he gasps, choking. “Have you ever read Macbeth?”The Red Hood stares at him like Tim just slapped him with a fish.--With his grades slipping, Tim worries Bruce will take Robin away. So when the Red Hood breaks into his room w
5 Times Tim Spends the Night at Wayne Manor + 1 Time He Comes Home
Completeby motleyfam
Tim is good at galas.No, scratch that—Tim is great at galas. He’s been attending them ever since the age of three, when his parents first stuffed him into his little Gymboree tuxedo and gave him a stern lecture about ‘sitting quietly’ and ‘speaking when spoken to.’ He knows all the rules: what to we
wrong number
Completeby adelfie
There’s a few rings, then the phone picks up.“Wayne Residence.”That’s funny, Tim thinks, Mrs. Mac doesn’t sound like herself.--On a hot July evening while home alone, eight-year-old Tim gets a fever. He means to ask Mrs. Mac for help — but ends up accidentally calling Alfred Pennyworth. Somehow, eve
Popcorn?
Completeby Ididloveyou_once
Jason had turned up at the Tower intent on leaving his replacement beaten and bloody and defeated in his own base. Call it a gift for Bruce to find later. Except Jason’s plans had gone to shit. Because Bruce was already there.Or: Jason arrives at the Tower to find Batman and Robin in the middle of a
Peter the Pizza Guy
by Irisen
Strange’s second spell does not have anything to do with memory. Maybe Peter should have expected it, as the previous one acted in the same way.Instead of erasing the memories of the ones he loves across the world, the incantation plucked him from his universe, erasing all traces of his existence, a
in an empty moral space
Completeby blueh
“Bring Spider-Man to us, Mr. Stark,” High-heels says and rattles off an address. “If that bug isn’t here in the next twenty four hours, then your intern gets it. We are not going to ask a second time.” There’s a pause. Then, “You want Spider-Man?” “In exchange for your intern,” High-heels affirms. “
Second Chance (at happiness)
Completeby SailorChibi
Tony knew better than to play with alien toys. He really did. But there was just something so tempting about other-worldly objects. It turned out that he wasn't the only Tony Stark that felt that way. One explosion later, there's a brand new Tony in town. But there's something not quite right about
Captain Marvel's Adopted?
Completeby Len_suilon_mellon
When Captain Marvel sends out a distress call, the only League member available is Batman. Bruce comes to his aid, but he finds out that Billy is a 10-year-old homeless orphan with black hair and blue eyes. Obviously, he makes the only logical decision and adopts Billy. Because it's Bruce—who's alle
Latchkey
Completeby goldkirk
or, How Tim Drake Found A Family, Became A Photojournalist, Learned To Love Coffee, and Grew Up, not necessarily in that order. Tim Drake is thirteen, runs the famous BatWatch blog that has spiraled hilariously out of control, has absentee parents that suit his purposes just fine, is traini
Send to All
Completeby cairosene
I, ___________________________, hereby acknowledge that this form represents my wishes should I contract phytoaphrodisiac-induced delirium (hereafter referred to as “PAID”) during engagements with or while apprehending Dr. Pamela Lillian Isley (“Poison Ivy”).-The bats have a sex pollen release form.
through the looking-glass
Completeby unluckyolive
Kim Dokja slaps his hands over Yoo Joonghyuk’s mouth without really thinking.“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he says frantically.He feels Yoo Joonghyuk’s lips curve into a frown under his palm, ticklish and hot against that sensitive skin. He ekes out an odd sound and jerks back, yelping a
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