fix-it

Noun

 * 1)  A fanfic which undoes or changes an element of canon viewed as unfavourable, e.g. a death, break-up, or betrayal.
 * 2) * 2018, Emily E. Roach, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Closet: Queerbaiting, Slash Shipping and The Cursed Child, in Harry Potter and Convergence Culture: Essays on Fandom and the Expanding Potterverse (eds. Amanda Firestone & Leisa A. Clark), page 135:
 * A furious raft of "fix it" fics appeared after the play was released, re-writing scenes and revisiting the end of the play in order to give Albus and Scorpius the ending many fans believed was most fitting and deserved—the one the text had endeavored to build towards and then swerved to avoid at the last moment.
 * A furious raft of "fix it" fics appeared after the play was released, re-writing scenes and revisiting the end of the play in order to give Albus and Scorpius the ending many fans believed was most fitting and deserved—the one the text had endeavored to build towards and then swerved to avoid at the last moment.