History PromotionToParent / FanWorks

* In ''Fanfiction/TheHungerGamesPrequelCollection'', Terra acts as a parental figure to her younger sister, Iry. The girls' mother [[DeathByChildbirth died when Iry was born]] and their father was killed in a factory accident six months before the Thirty-sixth Hunger Games.

* In ''Fanfiction/TheHungerGamesPrequelCollection, Terra acts as a parental figure to her younger sister, Iry. The girls' mother [[DeathByChildbirth died when Iry was born]] and their father was killed in a factory accident six months before the Thirty-sixth Hunger Games.

* Basically the core of the story in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3703685/1/Family Family]], following Yakko Warner as he tries to raise his siblings before and after their [[ParentalNeglect neglectful parents]] either die from a drug overdose (Mom) or abandon them (Dad).

* "Fanfic/AenrhienVailiuri": Jaleh Khoroushi mentions to the ''Aen'rhien''[='s=] tactical officer that she and her older brother Ehsan ended up as backup parents just from the fact that she was the second of five kids.

* In the ''Fanfic/AftermathOfTheGames'' universe, the human version of Shining Armor and Twilight's parents were killed by a DrunkDriver when the latter was thirteen. Shining, since he was in his mid-twenties during the time of the accident, took custody of his sister. His fiancee, Cadance, decided that she wanted to help raise Twilight, so they both agreed to tie the knot down at the courthouse instead of doing the big wedding they were planning before the tragedy struck so she could adopt Twilight as well. The two of them agreed to hold off on the wedding and having kids of their own until Twilight graduated high school so they can make sure she spends her teen years in an supportive environment.

* In ''Fanfic/TheOutside'', we have this happen three times to Ryuuko in light of father's death and her mother's decade-long absence:

* In ''Fanfic/ToTryForTheSun'', 12-year old Celestia and 8-year old Luna were orphaned in King Platinum's war. Celestia works as a grave-digger to support her family.

* ''Fanfic/RetrogradeMotion'': Because of all the baggage Bruce has with the older Jason, Dick ends up becoming the primary father figure of the younger Jason. Barbara even uses this as a basis for Jason's cover story after he starts going out in public, by making Jason Dick's (probable) lovechild with Artemis. [[spoiler:When it turns out the transformation is irreversible, the promotion becomes permanent, with Bruce electing to become Jason's 'grandpa' instead]].

* ''Fanfic/OneDayAtATime'': In the backstory, an adult Jason Todd was forced to raise his younger sister Helena Wayne after the death of her mother Selina Kyle, with help from his sister Cassandra Cain. This is due to Helena's father Bruce Wayne (Jason's adoptive father) having been dead since before she was even born, with all of Jason's brothers following him five to seven years later. Years later, he also had to raise the orphaned [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond Terry and Matthew McGinnis]] after learning they were also Bruce's biological sons. As Jason was a fully-grown adult when all this happened (being already thirty years old when Helena landed on his doorstep), they're practically his children and he treats them as such. In the first chapter, Helena even expresses disgust at the idea of Jason being her brother, as he's firmly her father in her eyes.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3123443/3/The-Little-Child-to-Lead-Him The Little Child to Lead Him]]'' Harry decides to care for his infant cousin after his aunt [[DeathByChildbirth dies giving birth to her]] and his uncle blames it on the baby.

* In the ''Fanfic/HarmonyAndValor'' universe, the human versions of Twilight Velvet and Night Light died in a semi-truck accident four years ago while on a family road trip. Shining Armor and Cadance have been taking care of Sci-Twi ever since then. During "A Daughter Not His Own," Sci-Twi lets them know on Patents' Day how much she appreciates all that they have done for her and asks if she can call them "Mom and Dad" just for the day, and they pull her into a group hug crying TearsOfJoy. Shining Armor even calls her their "beautiful daughter".

* In ''Fanfic/NoSuchLuckNoSuchLove'', Lori promotes herself to parent of the Loud kids after seeing how incompetent Rita and Lynn Sr. are at parenting, especially when dealing with Lincoln's current issues.

* In ''Fanfic/NoSuchLuckNoSuchLove'', Lori promotes herself to parent of the Loud kids after seeing how incompetent Rita and Lynn Sr. are at parenting, especially when dealing with Lincoln's current issues.
* In ''Fanfic/AnotherRainbowInAnotherSky'', Megan's parents died when she was a child. Megan partially [[PromotionToParent took over as a quasi-parental role]] to her siblings, despite being a kid herself.

* In ''Fanfic/NoSuchLuckNoSuchLove'', Lori promotes herself to parent of the Loud kids after seeing how incompetent Rita and Lynn Sr. are at parenting, especially when dealing with Lincoln's current issues.

* In ''FanFic/ToHellAndBackArrowverse'', a consequence of Kara and Kal travelling in the same ship is that the former becomes her cousin's legal guardian.

* ''Fanfic/OneDayAtATime'': In the backstory, an adult Jason Todd was forced to raise his younger sister Helena Wayne after the death of her mother Selina Kyle, with help from his sister Cassandra Cain. This is due to Helena's father Bruce Wayne (Jason's adoptive father) having been dead since before she was even born, with all of Jason's brothers following him five to seven years later. Years later, he also had to raise the orphaned [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond Terry and Matthew McGinnis]] after learning they were also Bruce's biological sons. As Jason was a fully-grown adult when all this happened (being already thirty years old when Helena landed on his doorstep), they're practically his children and he treats them as such. In the first chapter, Helena even expresses disgust at the idea of Jason being her brother, as he's firmly her father in her eyes.

* ''Fanfic/OneDayAtATime'': In the backstory, an adult Jason Todd was forced to raise his younger sister Helena Wayne after the death of her mother Selina Kyle, with help from his sister Cassandra Cain. This is due to Helena's father Bruce Wayne (Jason's adoptive father) having been dead since before she was even born, with all of Jason's brothers following him five to seven years later. Years later, he also had to raise the orphaned [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond Terry and Matthew McGinnis]] after learning they were also Bruce's biological sons.

* ''Fanfic/ComesAndGoesInWaves'' has Klaus, of all people, stepping into this role for Five after TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. He initially denies it, but it becomes fairly obvious fairly quickly that he's fooling no one. Once Five is an adult, he freely admits Klaus raised him.

** While known as being one of the gruffer and grumper gods his brothers and sisters (even the ones he didn't raise, like Chrysalis) consider him the father of their large and screwed up family due to their mother constantly abandoning them.

* Basically the core of the story in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3703685/1/Family Family]], following Yakko Warner as he tries to raise his siblings.

* ''Fanfic/OneMoreTimeOneMoreChance'' has Satsuki making an effort at this and goes about some parental motions, after getting custody of Ryuuko.

* In ''Fanfic/TheOutside'', we have this happen three times to Ryuuko in light of father's death and her mother's decade-long absence.

* ''Fanfic/HerMax'': At six, Ruby is forced to become her toddler brother's guardian. She doesn't want to be split up from Max, so she gets her grandmother to talk to Social Services for her. Ruby is unofficially left in control of Max. It's very stressful for a six year old and she spends most of her time focusing on her brother. She worries that he'll resent her when he's older, but for now she's his surrogate mother. Due to his young age, Max can't even remember his mother anymore. Ruby is the closest thing he has to a mom.

* In ''[[Fanfic/HowStormerGotHerGrooveBack Painted Blind]]'', it's mentioned that Stormer and Craig's [[DisappearedDad father ran off]] when they were kids Their mother was a StrugglingSingleMother who worked two jobs, leaving Craig practically as his sister's second parent. This explains his [[BigBrotherInstinct overprotective]] [[MySisterIsOffLimits nature]] towards Stormer.

* A popular FandomSpecificPlot in the ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' fandom, affectionately nicknamed "Baby Bones", involves this as a backstory for Sans and Papyrus. It does have some canon evidence to go by--they live with each other and have no other relatives to be seen, they apparently [[TheSpook just showed up in town by themselves one day]] at an unspecified age, and due to Papyrus' [[ManChild immaturity]], Sans still performs parental tasks for him such as nursing his belief in Santa and reading him bedtime stories. In some stories it's PlayedForDrama and used to speculate about their past and the hardships they'd face in such a situation, while in others it's played purely for its [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming sheer adorableness]]

* In the ''Fanfic/AftermathOfTheGames'' universe, the human version of Shining Armor and Twilight's parents were killed by a DrunkDriver when the latter was thirteen. Shining, since he was in his mid-twenties during the time of the accident, took custody of his sister. His fiancee, Cadance, decided that she wanted to help raise Twilight, so they both agreed to tie the knot down at the courthouse instead of doing the big wedding they were planning before the tragedy struck so she could adopt Twilight as well. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming The two of them agreed to hold off on the wedding and having kids of their own until Twilight graduated high school so they can make sure she spends her teen years in an supportive environment.]]

* In ''[[Fanfic/HowStormerGotHerGrooveBack Painted Blind]]'', it's mentioned that Stormer and Craig's father ran off. Their mother was a StrugglingSingleMother who worked two jobs, leaving Craig practically as his sister's second parent. This explains his [[BigBrotherInstinct overprotective]] [[MySisterIsOffLimits nature]] towards Stormer.

* In ''FanFic/ToHellAndBackArrowverse'', a consequence of Kara and Kal travelling in the same ship is that the former becomes her cousin's legal guardian.

* ''Fanfic/LittleFires'': Goosepaw's mother Mousestep gave birth to [[TragicStillbirth several stillbirths]] and then ended up [[DeathByChildbirth dying]] in childbirth after giving birth to her only living kit. With no father to raise her, Goosepaw's adult brother Beechfur took over as her father figure.

* ''Fanfic/LittleFlames'': Goosepaw's mother Mousestep gave birth to [[TragicStillbirth several stillbirths]] and then ended up [[DeathByChildbirth dying]] in childbirth after giving birth to her only living kit. With no father to raise her, Goosepaw's adult brother Beechfur took over as her father figure.

* ''FanFic/ToHellAndBackArrowverse'': After the destruction of Krypton and landing on Lian Yu, Kal-El was initially raised by a makeshift family, with Slade and Shado as the "parents". After Shado's death and Slade's disappearance/presumed death, however, he was then raised by his "siblings", Kara, Barry, and Oliver, with the...''questionable'' help of the League of Assassins.

* In ''Fanfic/ToTryForTheSun'', 12-year old Celestia and 8-year old Luna were orphaned in King Platinum's war. Celestia works as a grave-digger to support her family.