20 Works in Harv Being an Asshole (Cars)
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You are in my blood, I am not a lonely man by DoctorMisterMisses
Fandoms: Cars (Pixar Movies)
08 Dec 2024
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Five times Doc learns something about Lightning and one time Lightning learns something about himself.
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He really didn't know what had come over him. It was stupid. (Stupid). But the fact that Doc actually sounded worried, that he sounded concerned, really tipped him over the edge.
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Whumptober 2024, day 17: nowhere else to go
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- Part 17 of Hummus' whumptober 2024
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He doesn't want to feel a thing, no more hell nah. He just wants to sip until everything wears off.
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Lightning's having an awful week.
whumptober day 13: team as a family
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- Part 3 of Homegrown
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Don't look back in anger by memoryhallows
Fandoms: Cars (Pixar Movies), Days of Thunder (1990)
13 Sep 2024
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Twenty year old Lightning McQueen wants to be a Piston Cup star. It's been his dream since he was a young kid to win the Fireball 500 and the Piston Cup Championship. He spent his child and teenage years racing go karts and late model stock cars, and now he's finally got his chance.
Hudson Cooper, known for the most part as Doc, is an ex Piston Cup crew chief, having left only a couple years prior after an accident that ended the life of his driver. He swore he would never be in the racing scene again, but sometimes grudges don't last. He's forced to meet rookie Lightning McQueen, and is paired with him as his new crew chief. Lightning doesn't listen, and Doc thinks he can find a way around that. He's quick to learn of Lightning's familial issues, and fatherly dynamics ensue.
Tragedy cannot stay away from Doc Hudson for long, though.
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To be fair, the kid did warn him.
“They’re like vultures, Doc. They’ll see what you don’t want ‘em to from miles away and they just pick.” He’d said, lounging on top of the small workbench inside the 95’s trailer. “Harv sensors a lot of ‘em but it always gets harder if I’m winnin’.”
Doc laughed, “And we already know you’re planning on going undefeated.”
The grin he got back was blinding. “You know it!” Lightning pulled both legs up onto the bench, sitting criss-cross, “Just let them slide off your back. They all want their soundbites and one liners so they can rile up the veteran’s fan bases and give the commentators somethin’ to yap about.” he waved off the idea before his voice got quieter, softer. “Just…don’t let them see it gets to you.”
Or; Winning means everyone wants a piece of Lightning McQueen. Too bad there's some pieces that are best left alone.
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- Part 5 of Real Tough Kid
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If looks could kill… Well, Doc knew someone would’ve been lying cold on the floor by now.
“Whatever he has to say can either wait till later,” Lightning began, clearly doing his best to keep the irritation at bay, “or can go into voicemail.”
Doc managed to keep his voice casual despite his almost overwhelming curiosity. “Who is it?”
With a quick flick of the wrist, Lightning threw the phone down the short hall and into the back bedroom.
“Harv,” he explained as he joined the group again. “My agent.”
Barely a week after the tiebreaker race, Lightning is whisked off to do post-season interviews and commercials. When Doc joins him in Florida for a televised interview, he begins to see that perhaps the kid’s agent isn’t as good for him as Lightning might think.
(Humanized.)
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- Part 6 of Get Your Kicks (On Route 66)
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Bobby looked at him then, brows furrowed. “But we only talked for, what? Five, ten minutes?”
“Yeah.”
“And that was the best part of your night?”
“Yeah…” He didn’t know why he said it. Maybe it was the alcohol, or maybe it was the understanding calm that radiated off Bobby’s relaxed features. Either way, Lightning sucked in a breath. “Of my whole Christmas that year, actually.”
“So… when you said it wasn’t one of your best Christmases… Man,” Bobby breathed, shaking his head in disbelief, “you really meant it.”
During a party, Lightning finds out that he had unknowingly met Bobby long before they became friends. As he finds himself telling Bobby things he hasn't even told Doc yet, he realizes Bobby is much more than a passing acquaintance.
Or, how Bobby and Lightning actually became friends.
(Humanized.)
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- Part 12 of Get Your Kicks (On Route 66)
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"So… What are you doing for Christmas…?"
The question was simple, but it felt foreign to Lightning as it rolled off his tongue.
He'd never had to ask something like that before. For as long as he could remember, it had always been him and his mom doing their own Christmas thing on their own terms.
But now…
After his mom passes away, a young Lightning finds three new ways to celebrate the Christmas season with very mixed results.
(Humanized)
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- Part 9 of Get Your Kicks (On Route 66)
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“I didn't call you so you could shout at me, okay? Harv, I'm going to miss my flight! I just need you to tell me what I'm supposed to do next, all right? That's all! Just tell me what I have to do."
"I already told you, shove to the front of the line, get through security, and get on that pla—“
Slamming the phone shut, Lightning ended the call with a frustrated growl, one that had the potential to turn into a full-on scream if he let it…
During the early days of his career, a bad experience at the airport turns Lightning off of international flights. This poses a bit of a problem when he accepts an invitation to the World Grand Prix, but this time around, he doesn’t have to go it alone.
(Humanized)
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- Part 32 of Get Your Kicks (On Route 66)
- Part 1 of World Grand Prix: The Post-Race Files
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5 times Lightning doesn’t ask for a hug (but someone gives him one anyway) and 1 time he asks for one.
In the same universe as '1995' but u don't need to read that first :)
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- Part 2 of '95 Collection
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“Lightning, I need you to talk to me. Give me something, kid. Talk to me…”
Doc gave it a full minute before he let the silence scare him. Several drivers were already pulling down their window netting.
But not Lightning. The #95 was a smoking heap of crunched metal.
When Lightning gets into a twenty-seven car pile-up during a race, the repercussions are as unexpected as they are disastrous. This time, Doc isn’t exactly sure how to pick up the pieces—not when he can barely keep the shards of his own fractured heart from coming completely undone.
(Humanized)
Written for the Whumptober 2023 Prompt No. 22: Vehicular Accident/“Watch Out!”, the Alternate Prompt No. 24: Broken, No. 26: “You Look Awful,” and No. 30: Borrowed Clothing.
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- Part 18 of Whumping the Night Away (Whumptober 2023)
- Part 30 of Get Your Kicks (On Route 66)
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It was funny, Harv had been out of his life for years and yet Lightning still felt him controlling the reins from afar. The man’s memory and “advice” would creep into Lightning’s mind when he least expected it.
And, just like when Harv had been around, he felt compelled by some invisible force to listen.
After the events of “Someone to Watch Over Me,” Lightning finds his injury left a permanent scar and vows to find a way to fix it. Along the way, he gets some help from a good friend.
Written for the Whumptober 2023 Prompt No. 27: Scars.
(Humanized)
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- Part 20 of Whumping the Night Away (Whumptober 2023)
- Part 26 of Get Your Kicks (On Route 66)
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At seventeen years old Lightning McQueen was signed to race for the brand new Rusteze Piston Cup team, with the promise that his eighteenth birthday was soon and he was a trusted driver with a lot of skill.
His first race was set to be at the Glen Ellen Raceway in California, and nobody was quite expecting his entrance into the spotlight to be coming in his first time on a real track with other real racers.. Of course, sometimes you can't expect the unexpected, and he certainly makes a bang.
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- Part 4 of Adventures from Radiator Springs
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New Friends (Thinkin’ Maybe I Could Use Some) by HarpforHim
Fandoms: Cars (Pixar Movies)
04 Jul 2023
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“Usually when two people go through something like this together, they become friends. At least, that's how it is in the movies."
Now it was Lightning's turn to let out a hesitant chuckle. "We don't even know each other's names yet. Besides, I don't really do on-track friends..."
Or, a take on how Lightning first met Cal. Featuring getting trapped in a dark trailer, cuts, bruises, and a few unexpected heart talks along the way.
(Humanized)
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- Part 11 of Get Your Kicks (On Route 66)
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Lightnings agent Harv is not a good person. He's harming the kid and others can see it. Lightning feels stuck, he can't get out. Luckily he has people willing ti help him out
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My (Little) Brother’s Keeper by HarpforHim for Luv2write, Luna_Rec28
Fandoms: Cars (Pixar Movies)
24 Apr 2023
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He had watched Harv corrupt the kid. In the grand scheme of things, it hadn’t taken very long, and that’s what had concerned him the most.
But with Harv taking the reins, there hadn’t been much Mack could do about it except just be there for the kid.
After finding Lightning in Radiator Springs, Mack reflects on how much things had changed since he first met the kid—and who was responsible for it all.
Or, somewhat of an extended/missing scene set after Mack and the press arrive in Radiator Springs.
(Humanized.)
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- Part 3 of Get Your Kicks (On Route 66)
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Racing, old and new had rivalries. Some rivalries were all in good fun while others were toxic and dangerous. And Doc, all these years later, now understands why Smokey always got so protective over him when it came to the older racers talking down to him.
Who wouldn't get protective over some dumb rookie kid that could change the world if they wanted? Especially when they faced unnecessary cruelty and taunts from other, mature racers?
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The story where The Fabulous Hudson Hornet solidifies his comeback to the public eye by punching the tie breaker's winner.
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- Part 6 of Cars Universe
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Lightning seriously wrecks the 95 in a race for the first time. Luckily his new crew chief is there to help. -Human Au
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“You’re brilliant on the racetrack, kid, but you’re stupid everywhere else. I can’t believe you went out there in this condition!”
“What? I couldn’t just throw the race!” He jabbed a finger at Doc. “You told me to give you my best and I did. If I don’t race, my sponsors will drop me. That’s the way it works!”
Lightning races sick, causing his mentor no small amount of worry. As Doc probes the situation further, he realizes there’s more to the kid’s behavior than a simple cold.
(Humanized)
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- Part 14 of Get Your Kicks (On Route 66)
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Harv yells at McQueen, Strip is there to help.
Set before the first movie.