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• Driving Toward the Morning Sun by doingmylevelbest

  Fandoms: Twenty One Pilots, Trench - Twenty One Pilots (Album), Clancy - Twenty One Pilots (Album), BLURRYFACE - Twenty One Pilots (Album), DC Universe Online  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  30 Oct 2025

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Clancy & Torchbearer (Twenty One Pilots)
  • Clancy & Keons (Twenty One Pilots)
  • Blurryface | Nicolas Bourbaki & Clancy
  • Josh Dun & Tyler Joseph
  • Clancy (Twenty One Pilots)
  • Torchbearer (Twenty One Pilots)
  • Blurryface | Nicolas Bourbaki
  • Keons (Twenty One Pilots)
  • Nills (Twenty One Pilots)
  • Sacarver (Twenty One Pilots)
  • Andre (Twenty One Pilots)
  • Lisden (Twenty One Pilots)
  • Listo (Twenty One Pilots)
  • Vetomo (Twenty One Pilots)
  • Reisdro (Twenty One Pilots)
  • Banditos (Twenty One Pilots)
  • Harold "Air Wave" Jordan
  • Alternate Universe - Superheroes/Superpowers
  • Alternate Universe
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • i guess
  • also sort of canon compliant
  • Its complicated idk
  • Torchbearer and Clancy are superhero names
  • Nico and the Niners all have powers
  • so do clancy and torch
  • and most of the banditos
  • everyone is a metahuman
  • body horror sort of
  • but not really
  • its really mild and only considered body horror if youre easily squeamish i think
  • but we'll see how the story progresses
  • this is my first fic in years
  • hope its alright
  • Everyone is morally gray
  • For the most part
  • there's a prophecy
  • Friendship
  • complicated familial bonds
  • Inspired by DC Comics
  • and the boys
  • and also half bad: the bastard son & the devil himself
  • clancy has shadow abilities
  • sort of mute torchbearer
  • but again
  • not really - Freeform
  • Platonic Soulmates
  • platonic soulmates are real
  • i know this because I have one
  • do not try to argue with me
  • platonic relationships are the most special thing in the world do not let romantic propaganda fool you
  • Found Family
  • bandito OC
  • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
  • Self-Harm
  • <--not too too graphic
  • I've recently realized that I am bad at summaries
  • if you saw the work summary change no you didn't
  • I have tagged air wave because he is so near and dear to me and more people should know about him
  • he'll show up eventually but in the mean time go read his comics

  Summary

  In a world of heightened crime rates and semi-consistent intergalactic threats, Dema City's defenders, The Niners, must work harder than ever to keep their city safe.

  In a world of heightened crime rates and out-of-touch-government-appointed superheroes, Bandito vigilantes must stay vigilant to keep Dema, and their fellow metahumans, safe.

  A superhero AU of the Dema Story.

  Updates on Thursdays :)

  Series

  • Part 1 of I am the Driver, I am the Shadow, and I am the Hearse

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  20,360

  Chapters:

  6/?

  Comments:

  9

  Kudos:

  9

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  145