Sloth in Wonderland

"Nous n'étions pas vivants. Nous n'étions pas morts.”

2020-09-06T18:05:09Z

Prompt: "Nous n'étions pas vivants. Nous n'étions pas morts.”
Fandom: The Expanse
Tags: post canon (sorta)

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"What does dead mean to a protomolecule, right?"

They were not what they used to be. Yet both Joe and Julie were still who they used to be. A strange improbability that seemed to be the foundation of what they were now, a part of something that could have consumed them, but somehow got contaminated with them as much as it had contaminated them. Joe was still Joe, just as he also was the Investigator, gone sometimes, away from Julie’s reach in a way that she never liked. He was hers yet he was gone and she loathed the feelings that came with his absence. Even knowing he would be back felt empty in the void left by his absence. Julie felt scattered, pieces of her spread through what they were now, almost too thin sometimes for her to even be without Joe to balance her. He wasn’t what he had been the first time she saw him either, in the doorway of her dingy room in the Blue Falcon, with her necklace and their bird fluttering in the space around him. But he was still hers just like she was his. The foundation of them, their souls if they felt so romantically inclined, was still here among the alien molecules that now made up what they were.

“What should we do now?” she asked, the brush of his mind against hers like warm embrace as he came back.

“Anything you want.” He told her, his awe always there when he came back, as if finding her was still a miracle each time they came back together, as if he came back to himself when he came back to her. “We can go anywhere you want.”

“Except for Earth” she retorted, a bit of tease in her tone, though she wasn’t sad about it anymore. Not really, not when she had him.

“Except for Earth.” He acquiesced softly, a smile on the edge of his lips, melting in her embrace as she chuckled, the echoes of it floating through the molecules around them as they moved again. It was a big universe, and they had all the time in the world now.

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"I listen to our blood run side by side / I throw my hands to you"

2020-09-06T17:20:48Z

Prompt: "I listen to our blood run side by side / I throw my hands to you"
Fandom: The Maze Runner
Ship: vaguely Thomas/Newt

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It was harder than it looked to be alive - or at least to stay alive. Newt would know: he felt like he wasn’t alive most of the times and he was pretty sure he hadn’t been alive for a while. Life was… It was hunger, pain, sleep, rinse up and repeat all over again. It was the grinding of work in face of the uselessness of it all. It was the fleeting feelings of connection, the love, care, yearning and craving, up until it was all gone. Newt closed his eyes, the burning sun blurring his vision, the lack of water making his throat feel like sandpaper, where swallowing was an experience in agony. Pain was something familiar at this point, a lone companion he carried with him everywhere he went to the point where it absence was stanger than it presence. Lizzie’s voice pierce through the fogginess, clear like a bell, sharp like a knife.

“For fuck sake Thomas just stop freaking out and get your ass here!”

Harriet. Calm like a frozen lake in this storm. There was something like pride in Newt’s mind for even recognizing her. He felt it for the first time, his blood flowing out of his side. Strange, how he didn’t even feel scared. He died once already, maybe that was why he couldn’t bother to be scared this time around. They were hands around him, his sister’s voice was higher than usual, calling out his name, frantic hands around his face, trying to catch his gaze. Thomas hands were on the wound, trembling, and Harriet was pushing Thomas away, or trying to at least. The shank wasn’t moving.

“I’m fine.” He tried to say, choking on his own blood as he opened his mouth, gathering a bunch of glare in his direction as he tried.

Thomas shook himself out of his trance, wide eyed and frantically raising his sleeve has Val was coming in fast, her black, black eyes on him with only a little bit of worry in them. Probably good. If she wasn’t panicking he would likely make it. At least that was the hope.

“Newt please…” someone whispered, but he couldn’t tell if it was Liz, Thomas or Minho, too lost in the dissociation of it all. Pain was distant now, and he knew too much to kid himself into thinking it was a good thing. Thomas swore briefly as a needle went through his arm, and Newt eyes zeroed in on it immediately, as if the simple sound of pain out of Thomas’s mouth was something he was genetically engineered to notice. But Thomas didn’t seem to even care, his entire focus on Newt as another needle pierced through Newt’s arm, the sting barely noticeable.

“You’re going to be fine.” Someone said. It sounded like Lizzie. Newt felt the ghost of lips on his hand, Thomas’s fingers intertwining with his and the push of something in his veins that felt like fire.

Then someone started to stitch up his side and he blissfully blacked out.

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« Il y a des rêves qui ne meurent pas » [The Expanse - Joe/Julie]

2020-09-06T15:55:31Z

Prompt: « Il y a des rêves qui ne meurent pas »
Fandom: The Expanse
Ship: Joe/Julie

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He dreamt about her still. The cadence of her voice was familiar now in a way it shouldn’t be, comforting, almost intimate, as crazy as it sounded. All he ever heard of her was recordings, but the voice in his dreams sound real, as if it was more than a patchwork of recoded sounds in his brain metamorphosing into a fantasy. He didn’t know her, he hadn’t even met her (not in a way that mattered, not the way he wanted) and yet here he was, half in love and likely half insane, dreaming of Julie. “You’re here.” She says, the lit of her sweet voice more aware somehow that it often is. She is looking at him. She is looking at him as if she was seeing him. “You’re here.”

“I’m here.” He croaked, even though he wasn’t sure he was. His voice sounded strange to his own hear, but Julie eyes were still on him, dark, beautiful, with an eerie blue glow that sent a unpleasant shiver down his spine.

She is dead.

He knew he was dreaming. Even if he felt like he was dreaming when he was awake sometimes Joe could still tell the difference.

“I thought I dreamt you up.” Julie said softly, looking at him like she was seeing him and Joe could have drowned into her, would have without hesitation if he could. (“Half in love my ass” a voice that sounded like Semi pipped in. “You’re all the way gone beratna.”)

“I dream about you all the time.” He said before he could stop himself.

She reached out, Joe meeting her halfway, her hand feeling both cold and burning hot on his skin on his face, inhuman, otherworldly. He should have been scared but he wasn’t. Fear had felt him with Julie broken body, twisted by crystal and glowing “I saw you. You and the bird.” She whispered. “You were looking for me.”

“I am looking for you.” He told her, because he still was, even now. Because he always would be.

She smiled, her eyes locked with his, a second of bliss before her eyes glazed over again, blue, blue, blue everywhere, beautiful and alien all at once. Going, going, gone.

“Can’t take the razorback…” she hummed, distant, out of reach again, eyes unseeing. She couldn’t see him anymore; their moment was gone. “Catch me if you can…”

Joe woke up. Above him, Julie’s face was frozen on the flimsy photograph, elusive, out of reach, and the sleek, pristine lines of the Rocinante cabin he was blinding in it unfamiliarity.

For a second, Joe though he could see the fluttering wings in the corner of his eyes, but if was gone in a blink.

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You’re not really missing if no one is looking for you... [Hedge Witches AU series]

2020-05-02T19:25:11Z

"I'm looking for you in the woods tonight, I'm looking, looking for you with my flashlight, I'm searching"
Fandom: The Magicians

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Quentin didn’t know where he was.

He was laying on his back, the diffuse earthy scent of wet clay and the cool, humid soil under him carrying little familiarity, if a vague distant feeling of nostalgia that felt somewhat alien. As if it was someone else feeling rather than his own. If anything, this wasn’t the weirdest thing to ever happen to him, especially not in the last year. At least there were no dead bodies, so there was that. But he knew it wasn’t a good place to be either. Quentin Coldwater, after all, was a name known in places he’d rather wish it wasn’t. But he wasn’t in pain, so that was good and he didn’t seem to be in immediate danger, which, also good. On another hand though, he couldn’t remember how he’d got here, of where here was. And that was probably bad. He had to swallow down his first instinct, to call for Julia, something old and deep always reaching out for her first even when it was pretty obvious it wouldn’t help. Maybe Julia was here too, but he couldn’t feel her and it was too big a risk – after all, making noises wasn’t wise when one didn’t know where he was. If she was here, Jules would tell him to shut the fuck up anyway, for both their sakes and she would probably get off her ass. Quentin slowly got himself off the ground and back on his feet, his head spinning as he got up, swaying a little bit before his hand found a tree to secure himself until the feeling passed. So the trees were real. That was something. Probably. Hopefully.

He didn’t feel scared, but that could be good just like it could be bad. Maybe this was where he was supposed to be. Maybe something he did, something he didn’t do. He couldn’t remember, right? So it could be anything.

(“Maybe you deserve this.”)

“Whatever.” He whispered, ignoring the stupid thought in the back of his head.

It wasn’t the first time this thought came, and it wouldn’t be the last. Quentin wasn’t going to let it fuck with him here. He had to make it home somehow, someway, and listening to this shit wasn’t going to help.

(“Not like anything you do ever help really…”)

He sighed, looking around, finally paying attention to the place. The umbrage of the trees gave a shadowy aspect to his surrounding, despite the light gleaming through some sparse gaps between the leaves. I was hard to tell where the light came from, ethereal and barely enough to leave him in complete obscurity amongst the trees. The slight wind made the bits of light dance on the ground as the branches moved slowly, and Quentin breathed in and out with the movements, trying to focus. His mind was scattered, but he could feel himself more anchored as he breathed.

Alice would be proud. Maybe. Or she wouldn’t care, Quentin had a hard time telling which it was sometimes.

(“You’re not really missing if no one is looking for you.”) It sneered again in the back of his mind, familiar, smothering thoughts he pushed away again.

He was forgetting something. He wasn’t sure what (who?) but he could feel the missing spots in his mind. Quentin knew he had to do something but he wasn’t sure what, not until a tingle in his left hand, pin and needles, warm, uncomfortable but not painful.

“Oh.” He breathed as he watched the lines around his fingers, around his wrist and suddenly the prickling sensation spread to his entire arm, following the cluster of lines he remembered were there, like an intriguing network. Some of the usually black ink was golden, almost shining.

“This is new.” He said circumspectly, but there was growing elation underneath the fading daze.

He could feel it now, the link thrumming lightly under his skin like almost like another heartbeat. He had to reach back, he knew the signs, though it felt clumsy to be on this end of it when it was usually the other way around. Quentin was almost glad Penny wasn’t physically here to see it (yet) because the tall little shit would have a field day with how badly he was fucking it up right now. Which, joke on him anyway because who was looking for Quentin? So which one of them was the bigger fool here?

(Probably both of them, Kady would say, but Quentin wasn’t about to ask her.)

The haziness of his mind wasn’t going away completely – whether it was from a spell or the forest itself he couldn’t say – but he had to try twice has hard to not forget what he was doing and why. Penny. He had to remember. Penny was reaching out, and he had to reach back. He was going to ace this fucking sign if it was the last thing he was doing.

Things were slipping away but he wouldn't let go. People were easier to hold onto. Julia, and ironically Penny the brightest ones, so very real in the mist of confusion. Maybe that what it meant, when people said there was a before and after with certain people in your life. A before Julia, a before magic.

A before Penny too.

An anomaly maybe, this strange bond with Penny. So many other timelines, other loops, where Penny and him probably didn’t really connect – maybe more of those than of this, considering neither of them were good at connecting with anyone – but this was not one of those.

He could almost hear the worried disgruntlement in his mind the moment the Traveler's mind found his.

He hadn’t been the one searching, but he was found all the same.

oximore @ 2020-04-18T22:00:00

2020-04-18T20:00:37Z

"I couldn't utter my love when it counted" Hozier's Shrike

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Some of Newt’s things had been left behind in the berg. Left there before they left on their mad plan to get Minho back. It was a small bag that Thomas recognized the moment he’d step back into the ship, a few days after waking up for the first time, the pain still there every time he moved. It was hidden away in the same place Newt had always used, untouched. Thomas took it, hording it without telling the others, taking it back to the hut that had become his, adding it to the coat, Newt’s favorite, one that he had stumbled upon early and took without knowing how it had made it to Safe Haven. He couldn't explain why he felt the need keep those, even building a chest to store it safely away from changing weather and dirt ground of his new home. He couldn't even bring himself to open the bag for weeks, not until he woke up one night, drenched in cold sweat, the ghost of a scream in the back of his throat and ran to the chest without thinking, hands finding a familiar red scarf and hiding his face against the fabric until his hands finally stopped shaking.

He slept with it more often than not after that night.

They had spent so much time together back in the Scorch, sleeping close to each other, the weight and warmth of their body comforting, and Newt scent had become familiar and calming for Thomas somewhere along the way.

And it didn't matter that most of those where smelling less and less like Newt and more and more like him as time went by, they never became his.

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“I’m sorry,” Minho said, drunk and fumbling with his word, the expression on his face in odd place between bitterness and kindness, “I know you and her well… you two… you loved her and I saw how she died… I shouldn't have…”

A pathetic choked up noise was all Thomas managed to say, his brain still stuck on what Minho had just said. Loved. That he had loved her. Tereza. His friend paused and looked at Thomas, drunk yet suddenly realizing this wasn't quite the reaction he was expecting. Neither of them said anything for a while, then Minho spoke up again. “You didn't even think about it.” it wasn't a question but Thomas shook his head. “I did.” he said, because he had, but he wasn't sure it was in the way Minho meant. Thomas had carefully tried not think about it since waking up on the island… just thinking about his feelings toward Tereza had been confusing and painful for reason he still wasn't quite sure he wanted to touch. Too many things unsolved, too many memories he never got back, too many things that were missing in the space between them. He carefully avoided thinking about why he never wanted to ponder on it all storing it all in a box in his mind.

He wasn’t going there. There was no point in thinking about it now.

“Sorry,” he muttered, standing up to leave because he suddenly couldn't stay there, not with Minho gaze looking at him intently, clearly trying to figure something out, “gotta… go…” Thomas continued before running away from the conversation.

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Teresa, Thomas realized, had thought that it all went wrong because Thomas didn’t believe in WCKD, because he betrayed them. Even worse, because he had wanted to go against them from the start.

Thomas had more and more dreams lately, except, just like the ones in the Glades, they weren’t just dreams, but old half-forgotten memories of Before. It was ironic in a way, how he understood Tereza more now than he had when she was alive. She’d likely believed that if he hadn’t gone against WCKD, everything would eventually work out - at least up until she went against Janson to save him – though really, only she would ever know if she’d changed her mind in the end.

Perhaps it was where their core difference had always been. That she believed in WCKD, in what they were doing, when Thomas couldn’t recall ever having this kind faith in them. All he remembered was the constant feeling of doubt, the guilt each time he looked at the boys in the maze, the growing regrets. How he was kept in him check by the something he still couldn’t quite remember but stopped him each time his mind would go down the “WCKD isn’t good” road again.

They had been on different roads long before Thomas got himself sent in the maze but at least, Tereza succeeded. She had found a cure.

Most of what Thomas had wanted to save was dead.

"I have two eyes that are open. Open to the void."

2020-04-18T19:15:19Z

for the prompt: "Sentir son regard à chaque mouvement"

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“I didn’t know you had hills in your blood Raylan.” Boyd said and Raylan wonder if it was just another lie or if Boyd really meant it. He couldn’t tell. There were many things he couldn’t tell with Boyd. Like if he wanted to punch Boyd in the face or drag him into a kiss him, although he already knew he would do neither.

He wondered if Boyd knew what he was talking about, if he could see right through Raylan, through all Raylan’s half memories and dreams, if he could feel the jolts on the tip of Raylan fingertips, the power begging for release. If Boyd ever wondered why they had made it out of the mine when they should have both been dead, dead, dead… but neither of them died that night (or maybe they both did, Raylan wasn’t sure sometimes).

Raylan wasn’t sure he ever knew how to read Boyd. He wasn’t sure he knew back when they were kids, even less when they were nineteen and he certainly did not know how now. The years hadn’t made much difference it seemed. He felt exposed under those eyes, nineteen again and ready to run.

Oh, he understood some things about Boyd. He knew how to read some parts him, the easier ones, the violence, the nerves, but those were only some part of him and Raylan knew better than most that Boyd was a lot more than what he allowed people to believe. There was something else in Boyd’s eyes, in the way he looked at Raylan. That was hardly new. There had always been too much in Boyd gaze, too much Raylan wanted to avoid, too many things he gladly forgot, too many things he was running from.It was supposed to get easier, with growing up, with Winona and Ava between them and yet it wasn’t, not really.

He didn’t known what it said about him, that of all the things Raylan ran from when he left Harlan at nineteen, Boyd may have been both one of the most terrifying.

He felt the heaviness of Boyd gaze as we were walking out of the hills, just as well as he felt the power oozing from Mary, an old and familiar thing that Raylan had long pretended not to feel. He wondered if Boyd could hear the voices of the trees in the Hills too. Or if he was something else altogether.

He could never tell with Boyd, and maybe there was something to say about that too.

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2019-01-19T14:59:17Z

so my tumblr has been suspended wow...

Thomas/Newt fics rec [PART II]

2018-06-29T10:54:15Z

contination of rec collection for Thomas/Newt

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[[PART I]]

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THE "NEWT LIVES" ENDINGS WE DESERVE:

The Wolves Are Out Calling (3076 words) by Naiesu
Additional Tags: 5 + 1 Things, It's more like 6 + 1, Angst with a Happy Ending, lil bit of smoochin in there, nothing happens that didn't already happen in the books
Summary: “It won’t come to that,” Newt says softly, but the way he clings to Thomas belies his worry, and they both know he is lying.
> five ways Newt dies and one way he survives because they are so many paths

You'll feel better when you Wake Up (2366 words) by hannahwrites
Additional Tags: The Death Cure Spoilers, The Death Cure was my Death, send help
Summary: “So whatd’ya say? Cure, Minho, Safe Haven, sound good to you?” “I might still die, you know?” Newt argued. “Yeah, but you might also not, you know that?” - - - - - - - - - Set during TDC (movie) and based on that post going around about "What if Newt wrote The Letter before they went looking for Minho?"
> open ending so not explicitly a Newt!lives AU but I sure decided it was one since Thomas prime focus shift to the cure (he will get Teresa to make it happen)

Anywhere (2151 words) by N_Smith
Additional Tags: Fix-It
Summary: “They would follow you anywhere.” That’s what Newt had said that night to Thomas in the Scorch. What Newt didn’t know was that that same sentiment was true for Thomas; he’d follow Newt anywhere.

actions rather than words (2000 words) by littlehellions
Additional Tags: Fix-It, Safe Haven, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, First Kiss, Morning Cuddles, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Thomas is So Whipped, Everything is Beautiful and Nothing Hurts
Summary: “G’morning,” Thomas said, voice barely above a whisper. Newt didn’t reply, just grinned lazily and tightened his grip on Thomas, snuggling in closer and tangling their legs together. /// (a sleepy morning in paradise)

We live through scars now (26622 words) by lumoon33
Additional Tags: The Death Cure, The Death Cure Spoilers, Post-The Death Cure, Fix-It, Friends to Lovers, Friendship/Love, Boys In Love, Hand Jobs, Boys Kissing, Hurt/Comfort, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Nightmares, Panic Attacks, Anxiety, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Fluff and Angst, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Twisted and Fluffy Feelings, Canon Divergence, thominewt (friendship), it's mainly based on the movie, but there are some book references, Newt Lives, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Smut, a lil bit, minho/brenda (friendship), Guilt, basically what happens after thomas wakes up in paradise
Summary: Thomas was so focused on trying to keep on breathing without Newt, that he's never wondered why it a was so difficult to breathe without him in the first place.

You're Right By My Side (Whenever I Need You) (448 words) by dxshxta
Additional Tags: Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Teresa and Gally are only mentioned, and Minho is barely there
Summary: au where Newt and Teresa live

whose turn is it anyway? (695 words) by FaiaSakura
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Implied Sexual Content, Humor, Fluff, Happy Ending, Newtrition
Summary: If left to their own devices, Newt and Thomas will spend the entire rest day sleeping. Their friends have to take turns dragging them out for breakfast. -- Unconnected stories set in an AU where everyone (except WCKD) lives and makes it to Safe Have/Paradise. Everyone.

What Happens with Delusions and Dreams (3751 words) by niconexus
Additional Tags: Fix-It, Vauge but canon typical violence, Newt Lives, Newt has terrible aim, Best bros gladers, i will die upholding Newt’s birth name being Sam, Sonya remembers, Newt remembers, happy end, low key gay until the end, Dreamy style of writing
Summary: Thomas realized at the crank party just how much Newt ment to him. How he’d always have part of his soul with him. Newt remembers a few things from before. As does Sonya. Minho has his own path of rage to follow until it’s stomped out by a beating heart. They would do anything for each other, screaming in the dark, to say “I’m here.” Gladers don’t give up. Aka- How Sonya keeps Newt alive

about time (3206 words) by littlehellions
Additional Tags: 5+1 Things, Fix-It of Sorts, Dorks in Love, Newt (Maze Runner) Has a Crush, that's a tag i'm crying, Everything is Beautiful and Nothing Hurts, Boys Kissing
Summary: Relaxing in the other boy’s hold, his arms left where they were hugging his knees in favour of attaching himself to Newt, clinging to him as a lifeline. /// (five accidental kisses and one that was Very Much Intentional)

The Flare and The Freeze (18952 words) by Pavlovs_Birdcage
Chapters: 5/6
Additional Tags: References to Depression, Illnesses, Hurt/Comfort, Eventual Happy Ending, Angst, Safe Haven
Summary: After surviving the Flare and making it to the Safe Haven, Newt starts experiencing symptoms of another disease. Even when things seem hopeless, Thomas isn’t giving up on his friend. --- The touch on his skin was like coming home. The warmth on his hand spreading with immediate effect and causing a faint thawing of his frozen heart. It was then he realized, that the one thing he could never be worthy of, was the one thing that could save him… “Well, damn."
> Newt dealing with a side effect sickness from curing the Flare that is lowkey similar to pon farr as far as healing goes...

I'll be the prettiest damn wreck you've ever seen (1462 words) by hollahnders
Relationships: Aris Jones/Minho (Maze Runner), Minor or Background Relationship(s), Background Newt/Thomas (Maze Runner), Background Teresa Agnes/Brenda (Maze Runner), Background Sonya/Harriet (Maze Runner)
Characters: Minho (Maze Runner), Aris Jones, Thomas (Maze Runner), Newt (Maze Runner), Teresa Agnes, Brenda (Maze Runner), Sonya (Maze Runner), Harriet (Maze Runner)
Summary: TMRVDay 2018 Day Two: Rare pair appreciation day. Minho tries to ask out Aris. It does not go well.
> Thomas and Newt are only a side ship but still worth it. Timelines are blurry here but since it takes place in the canon universe it only make sense in a Safe Haven where everybody (both Newt and Tereza) lived

Haven of Paradise (54469 words) by Rutaaa
Additional Tags: Paradise, Safe Haven, Fix-it fic, Newt Lives, heavy original characters, Angst, So much angst, Post - The Death Cure, Elements from Book & Movie, Science Jargon, Like alotta science, tagging as chapters come out, Medical Terms, Suicidal Thoughts, Suicide reference, Amnesia, Memories, Harmful memories, The Flare Virus, Explanations, Hawaii is Paradise, Eventual Happiness, I have so many characters, Suicide Attempt, Depressed Minho, sorry about this, chuck - Freeform, Chuck was eaten, Chuck is dead, graphic novels, Frypan feels, i love frypan, Dreams, Nightmares, a look into the mind, The Flare, Scorch Trials mention, Graphic Description of Corpses, Graphic depictions of violence - Freeform, gun shooting, mentioning of homicide, mentioning of killing kids, mentioning of killing normal people, there is a lot of killing this chapter, im so sorry but not everyone is getting out alive, its your guess as to who it is, Character Death, Blood, Goodbyes, im sorry, dont hate vince, hes protecting thomas and minho and frypan and gally, hes tryna keep them safe and away from WCKD's manipulations, someone help vince, he didnt ask to be the leader, reunited, the triple threat are united once more, Reunions, minewt reunion, newtmas reunion, brenda gally and frypan reunion, everybody gets to know hes ALIVE, newt realizes what love is
Summary: The Flare is a manmade epidemic that was spread to control population growth and to enhance the chances of survival by the ones best fit for it. Except nothing ever goes according to plan. The Flare reigned across the earth and wiped civilizations out... but it also brought them back. Brought them back in the worst way possible. Now the survivors had more than just a dwindling planet to watch out for. Except. The Flare is a parasitic disease. It needs a host to live. So what really happens when a Crank dies? No one ever sticks around long enough to find out. But what if... someone did?

Any Chance At All (7321 words) by anecdotalist
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Fix-It, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Newt POV, Angst with a Happy Ending, Suicide Attempt, (that scene in the movie), Post-The Death Cure, The Death Cure Spoilers, Stream of Consciousness, Unreliable Narrator, Not Beta Read, Hurt/Comfort, excessive use of 'tommy', because i like to think that newt not only calls him that but thinks of him as tommy :)
Summary: Newt wasn’t immune. He wasn’t immune and the proof of it was glaringly obvious in the ugly mark on his arm, the black spreading through his veins, and the burning pain of infection. He wasn’t immune but it didn’t matter, because they had a chance to save Minho now and he wasn’t going to jeopardize the mission. He wasn’t going to not follow Tommy straight into hell.

your heart fits like a key (4631 words) by paperlions
Chapters: 5/?
Additional Tags: Angst, Flashbacks, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Visions, Angst with a Happy Ending, sort of, POV Switches, slight Thomas/Teresa, tdc fixit
Summary: [ Set in the post movie-verse Death Cure ] With a snarl, Newt was on him, and they tumbled to the pavement. The strength with which the lean boy pinned him down was unfamiliar, but Thomas couldn’t bring himself to throw him off, not when every time he blinked, a vision appeared of a healthy, golden and laughing Newt looking fondly at him from the pebbly ship dock, giddy with excitement that they were headed for paradise. It was only months ago that Thomas had let himself believe that this boy, eye-crinkling smile and all, was worth every test and reckless plan just for the chance that they could survive. And there was still a chance, Thomas knew that, but as Newt cocked the pistol and lifted it to his own head... [ note: mostly centered around the films, though elements were taken from the books ]

We Won't Run (2554 words) by Jikookiejar
Additional Tags: Fix-It, Newt Lives, Fluff, soft, very soft, tdc, The Death Cure, Safe Haven, Gratuitous comma usage, References to Depression, References to attempted suicide, the tiniest bit of angst, i'm a sap, Newt and Alby get some closure because I need it
Summary: “Why d’ya care so much? And besides, why does it matter? I’m dead, remember?” Bitter, Newt was so bitter he could taste it in his mouth. “Dying, Newt. And you have a choice to make.” Newt looked at Alby, confusion written on his face. “What choice?” Or, after some words of wisdom from Alby, Newt returns to the land of the living to live the life he deserves.

CANON VERSE / COULD BE CANON:

I can feel the warning signs running around my mind (3107 words) by The_Otter_Knight
Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Teresa POV, Telepathic Bond, Mental Link, Empathic Bond, Thomas likes both Teresa and Newt, But he likes Newt more, Why Did I Write This?
Summary: Newt looks up sharply, startling Teresa so badly that she has to look at him. His eyes are brightening with respect - it's warm and bright and so reassuring that something warms in her gut without prompting from Thomas' embarassed duck of his head. "Just bloody keep cutting, I think I know where he is going with this." Then a smile, something soft and genuine that eases his usual stoic expression, "Good job, Tommy." Then there were the twinges of relief flooding along their telepathic connection, hints of something subtle along it that makes her feel joy just because Thomas was. For a moment, she was blinded by her own wariness - something inside of her shifts, curdling with unease because hadn't she figured it out too? Then comes the "Don't worry, Tommy. Your girlfriend will be fine." There's Thomas' embarassment, red-hot against her thoughts and all she can think is: Oh. Oh, that's why. Because even when they remain oblivious, she figures it out. Chapter 42 rewrite from Teresa's POV.

Unwavering (6507 words) by verynotconcise
Additional Tags: Mentions of other characters - Freeform, Angst, Spoilers for The Death Cure, Canon Compliant
Summary: It's in the six months between the scorch and the end that Newt realises his fatal flaw wasn't the limp in his leg, but his unwavering faith in Thomas.

labels (3893 words) by verynotconcise
Additional Tags: Spoilers, Canon Compliant, reference to page 250, mentions of teresa and gally, can be taken as platonic but written with newt/thomas in mind, Hurt/Comfort, i think, Angst, i also think it is
Summary: "It's okay, we're only human." Thomas reached out to clasp his hand over Newt's, giving it a light squeeze. "Human." Newt echoed, staring through Thomas. Thomas nodded curtly. "If we're not human, then what does that make us?" where Thomas finds himself wondering what they are at different stages

come hell or high water (1131 words) by Please_Tommy_Please
Additional Tags: Thomas is insensitive without realizing it, minho is so protective of newt, BFFs, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Emotions™, The Scorch Trials Spoilers, Thomas's coping mechanism is trying to come up with a way to fix everything
Summary: Winston was dying. There was nothing they could do. That wouldn't stop Thomas from trying. Would never stop Thomas from trying. Come hell or high water.

imagine it's a warning sign (1932 words) by nowayout
Additional Tags: The Scorch Trials Spoilers, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Foreshadowing, so much foreshadowing, Angst, Thomas's Everest-sized guilt complex, Holding Hands, Pre-Slash
Summary: “That’s enough, Tommy.” Yeah, Thomas thinks. It really is. [aka my take on the bonfire scene 2.0]

burning cities and napalm skies (1059 words) by mosaicofhearts
Additional Tags: Implied/Referenced Character Death, referenced past suicide attempt, Angst, One-Sided Relationship, Newt Feels, literally just feelings newt has, No Dialogue, Drabble
Summary: Somehow, Newt realises that he's going to follow this boy blindly into the unknown, into whatever and wherever the hell their path will lead them, and it feels something like a sucker punch to the gut.

Crumpled Papers (2566 words) by KathSilver
Additional Tags: Newt writes a letter, Canon Compliant, Canonical Character Death, The Death Cure Spoilers, this is sad, SO SAD, Bring tissues, I swear it, Love, Angst, Misery, he writes a lot of them actually, i fix nothing, saying goodbye, 11!Verse
Summary: When Newt discovers he has the Flare, he has a long road to battle within himself before he goes. The hardest of which is deciding how to say goodbye. **Prequel to Burned Pages

Melody (1270 words) by SeptemberCrypt
Additional Tags: tdc, not really any spoilers, kind of newtmas, A little angst, but you know me, sad boys, i feel so bad for them throughout the whole series, poor Newt
Summary: Newt doesn't like finding broken toys in the Scorch.

Don't Think About It (1639 words) by SeptemberCrypt
Additional Tags: worried bean, Overthinking, idiot who doesnt realize hes totally in love with his best friend, but brenda knows, not really much angst in this one, Shocking I know, but not really, a little bit
Summary: Newt and Brenda have a heart-to-heart.

POST CANON:

mourn with the moon and the stars up above (3171 words) by teenagewaste
Additional Tags: Angst, This is really just...sad, Thomas is sad, tdc movie compliant
Summary: Time doesn’t heal anything. Time makes you forget, and everyone thinks that forgetting is healing.

Fraternal (Identical) (455 words) by ardett
Additional Tags: The Death Cure Spoilers, Post-The Death Cure, Grief/Mourning, The Scorch Trials Spoilers
Summary: Thomas thinks it might be the flowers that have to go (or maybe it's him that should be the one to go).

Don’t go to sleep. Stay with me. (1445 words) by spookypml
Additional Tags: Angst(i guess), it doesn't have a happy ending, sorry - Freeform, idk what's this, Thomas cries a lot, I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping, I Tried, How Do I Tag, I'm Bad At Tagging, Sorry again, i hope you enjoy, bye
Summary: “I missed you, I missed you so much.” He managed to say when he was finally able to find a comfortable position in the floor without having to release the blond from his grip. “I know, Tommy. I miss you too.” ------- or the one where Thomas can't get over Newt's death, so he hallucinates with him, and prays him not to fall asleep.

SET IN CANON WITH DIVERGENCES & GETTING TOGETHER DURING THE BOOKS/MOVIES:

tonight, tomorrow, tonight (6539 words) by rosekings
Chapters: 3/4
Additional Tags: it’s a confession fic yall, and it’s basically canon compliant if you think the way i do, scenes/missing scenes from tdc
Summary: "You're fidgeting," Newt notes. Thomas looks down - his toes are curling and uncurling in the sand and his fingers are twisted around each other. "Nervous?" Thomas shrugs. After a few moments of silence, he voices the fear that's been racketing around his mind ever since they agreed on this madness. "What if we don't get him?"

A Cruel Twist of Fate (12519 words) by Henry_Sturges_to_Henry_Lincoln
Warnings: Major Character Death
Additional Tags: Dystopia, Star-crossed, Post-Apocalypse, Immune Thomas, Infected Newt, Sad Ending, Tragic Romance
Summary: After the Flare took hold of the population, not even WICKED could get it back under control. The virus spread fast and any form of government and civilization crumbled away with the majority of the world's population's sanity. Some are immune to the virus, like Thomas and his group of survivors. They scavenge and are always moving, doing anything to survive in a world determined to kill them. One day, Thomas' group stumbles upon a group of Cranks. Usually, they let them be, or put them out of their misery if they're too far past the Gone, but this time it's different. This time, there's one so sane Thomas can't bear to just leave him with the other Cranks. In Thomas' attempts to keep an eye out for the boy's safety, he finds himself caring more than he should. And the boy is just as inexplicably drawn to Thomas. They grow close, too close, despite knowing only one of them is Immune, and the other's life is doomed to end. Because, by some cruel twist of fate, they fell for each other. /// AU where, as the summary says, even WICKED fell apart after the Flare took hold of the population, and spread way too fast to be controlled. Sort of a post-apocalyptic sort of deal! (It's gonna be sad, you've been warned)
> somehow manage to make the actual canon seem less depressing so, a good read but really not a happy one as there isn't even the hope of a cure or any treatment in any shape or form in this universe

Hands Remember (3153 words) by sleeprettydarling
Additional Tags: Fluff and Angst, Death Cure Spoilers
Summary: "Do you think we could have known each other? You know. Before."

Sound Good? (2163 words) by weallfalldowneventually
Additional Tags: I'm Sorry, How Do I Tag, Everyone Is Gay, Everything Hurts, Sad Ending, The best kind of ending
Summary: "How about we don't go back? Sound good? I think it sounds pretty good." Newt says, breathlessly, eyes frantically looking for a way out.
> once again somehow you can always find ways to make canon more sad

You're Real? (1093 words) by LeCirqueDesReves
Additional Tags: Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, The death cure fix, Slight spoilers if you havent read/seen tdc, Its sloppy
Summary: Newt gets his mark when theyre back in the glade, he waits hopeful that Thomas will get his sooner than later but fate has a twisted sense of humor.
> Newt!lives ending

One Night (1282 words) by SeptemberCrypt
Additional Tags: The Maze Runner - Freeform, tdc, tdc spoilers, I'm feeling depressed about this, this movie literally killed me, Im so upset, Fluff, kind of, And angst, i wouldn't have written it if there wasnt angst what did you expect, im a sadist
Summary: Thomas and Newt share a moment

there’s a light that you give me when I’m in shadow (2608 words) by gabgee
Additional Tags: First Kiss, Fluff, Mid-Canon, Friends to Lovers, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, sad Thomas, Restless Newt, Cuddling
Summary: Neither one of them needed to explain what was hurting them, for the other already knew. The pain they harboured was shared. The thought was comforting to Newt; he hoped Thomas understood this too. (or: Newt struggles to get to sleep on the first night out of the Maze. As it turns out, he's not the only one.)

you said you'd grow old with me (2839 words) by thephanlock
Warnings: Major Character Death
Additional Tags: i tried to do an alternative ending, but i literally couldn't, i don't know if i made it even more angsty tbh, The Death Cure Spoilers
Summary: “If we get out of here,” Thomas began and he felt his heart ache already, getting caught up on the ‘if’, the constant reminder that their safety was not guaranteed, they could die. “Promise me we can still be friends; promise you’ll never leave me.” “Bloody hell, Tommy.” Newt chuckled and Thomas couldn’t help but let a small smile make an appearance on his lips; he’s always known Newt’s laugh to be contagious. “Really think you can get rid of me that easy? Sorry, you’re stuck with me until we’re in rocking chairs complaining about shuckin’ aches and pains and the good ol’ days.”
> in which they both die (despite the cure being so close - but they don't know it)

Minho (1860 words) by HisHighnessCat
Additional Tags: onesided Minnewt, newtmas - Freeform, sad/hopeful, Short Story, Minho POV, Guilt, Running, Safe Haven, Minho alone
Summary: One shots from Minho's POV Ch.1: Minho reflects over his relationship with Newt. (Onesided Minnewt, Newtmas) Ch.2: Minho running Ch.3 Thomas dies too, and Minho is left alone
> in which both Newt and Thomas die and Minho was in love with Newt too (because of course let's make it all even more painful)

Scorching heat. (4783 words) by Mazelike
Additional Tags: Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Caretaking, No wild sex or anything, Mating Cycles/In Heat
Summary: Being an Omega in the Maze was not the funniest thing ever, but Newt handled it on his own pretty well. He hated being what he was, but at least, he was safe. But as they start to face the Scorch, Newt goes into heat.
> I don't like that many ABO but this one has great dynamics (and no sleazy automatic acceptance of bad behavior)
* Followed by Omega Trial. (6198 words) by Mazelike Summary: Newt thought he had already gone through Hell. He had gone into heat in the middle of the Scorch, he thought he couldn't do worst. He should have known better. Now locked up in a room, curled up into a ball on the floor, Newt realizes how wrong he's been. Because WICKED is forcing his body to go into heat. And there's absolutely nothing he can do.

Settle Down With Me (4423 words) by newtntommy
Additional Tags: Fluff, Boys Kissing, Cuddling & Snuggling, Boys In Love, Jealousy
Summary: 5 times Newt and Thomas get caught cuddling, and 1 time Newt and Thomas are caught not cuddling...
> could be Newt!lives - open ending

i think i was meant to keep you warm (1854 words) by voidoceans
Additional Tags: the good stuff, that trailer killed me and rebirthed me as a newtmas stan, pretty boys sorta kinda talking about feelings, Throat Kisses, candlelit ambience
Summary: "I'm here for you," Newt says carefully. And he meant it. He would have not gone this far if it hadn't been for Thomas and the hope he had instilled in Newt; a hope for rescuing Minho, a hope for destroying WCKD, and a hope for a new beginning, a new life...together. Thomas' eyes, twinkling from the candle's flickering flame and watery from holding back tears, focus on Newt's face. It's the first time he's looked at him for days. Newt could practically feel his loss of breath as he took in the sight before him. It's a nice sight to look at, Thomas' face, even when he's bedraggled and about to cry, he's still very handsome. Newt is so entranced he doesn't even notice Thomas reaching over, until he feels icy, callous skin on his hand. He's in shock as Thomas laces their fingers together. "I'm cold," Thomas whispers.

Sun (2337 words) by Newtgitsune
Additional Tags: Angst, like serious angst oh my god, Role Reversal, newt is immune, thomas is infected, Breaking down, chuck's figurine, the boat, The sun - Freeform, Fire, im sorry once again, The Death Cure
Summary: And no matter how much Newt loved the stars, no star could ever replace the sun. Alternative title: Same Disease, Another Victim
> role reversal - Newt is immune but Thomas isn't

ALTERNATE UNIVERSE / COMPLETE DEPARTURE FROM CANON:

what's real we have to squint to see by sungyeowl
Summary: “We should get going,” the statement is soft, breathy and Newt closes his eyes for a moment, his brows furrowing because he knows the younger man is right. Thomas doesn’t move, though. Newt’s sure he won’t be able to be the first to break this some kind of a trance they’ve fallen into. “Otherwise they’ll lock us here.” ♣♣♣ In which Newt works at the museum, Minho is the not-so-subtle best friend and Thomas appears with a bang and makes everything bloody strange. Basically.

Bruises by Tattered_Dreams
Summary: Thomas has shown up when Newt's studying at the recording studio before, but not quite like this.

Strings (88235 words) by lokidiabolus
Summary: Thomas is a faithful, reliable guy. Maybe also too predictable, but his life always made sense, all lined up. That all changes when his friends think the best birthday gift is a meeting with a stranger for a one night stand. After that everything Thomas knew until now shatters to pieces.

Can You Hear My Heart (12424 words) by rednights
Additional Tags: deaf!newt, Alternate Universe - College/University, extreme fluffy grossness, this fic is trash sorry, Oh also, Grinding, heh
Summary: Based on a prompt from newtmos on tumblr: "au where your otp meets for the first time and person a is trying to talk with person b but person a realizes that person b has been staring at their lips for a while and person a thinks person b wants to kiss them when really person b is deaf and is trying to make out the words coming out of person a’s mouth"

I have read the complete works of Montague Summers as well as Vampires: Burial, and Death and would just like to say the Penny Dreadful's are horribly inaccurate (10091 words) by singtome
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Supernatural, Fluff, Pining, Mutual Pining, cuddle buddies, Thomas is oblivious but what else is new, Hurt/Comfort, Newt is struggling with monsterhood, Minor angst but not really, Jealousy
Series: Part 1 of Monster Mash
Summary: “Hey, man,” Minho’s voice comes through in a low drone, accompanied by the type of static where the person on the other end is sighing into the receiver. “There’s no easy way to say this, but uh. Newt kind of died.” Thomas stops in his tracks, heart seizing. “What?” he gasps. “I mean,” Minho says, “It was bound to happen eventually.”

It's Summer Vacation (13475 words) by lugubrious
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Road Trip, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - summer holidays, Fluff, Physical Abuse, Drug Use, Depression, Unrequited Love, Implied Suicide Attempt
Summary: The phone rang at 12:03am. Thomas turned over on his mattress, yawning, and fumbled for it. “Hello?” He spoke with a tongue coated in sleep. “Hey.” “Who’s this?” “Uh. Name’s Newt. I was in your biology class one year.” “Oh. Right.” Thomas stifled another yawn. There was a pause. Thomas frowned. “So… why’d you call me?” “Yeah. Sorry. I know it’s a bit of an odd hour, but I was wondering if you wanted to come on a road trip with me.” “Mmm…” Thomas ran a hand over his face and sighed. “Um. When? Couldn’t you at least wait ‘til like 8am to call and ask or something?” “Well, I was thinking… now?”

The College Experience (7806 words) by Wolfheart
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - College/University, Pining, Mutual Pining, Crushes, Jealousy, Recreational Drug Use, Underage Drinking, Anal Sex, Fluff, Fluff and Angst, Domestic, Humor, as in my lame attempt at humor, and how you'll laugh at the cliches, aw yea
Summary: If you were to ask Thomas how he pictured his Freshman year, he definitely wouldn't have said he'd be riding shotgun to sex personified and watching in awe and horror as the person who would become one of his best friends balance himself on the back of a motorcycle like he was riding a surfboard.

Drawing It Out (12379 words) by therealamphibiousnewt
Chapters: 2/3
Additional Tags: tattoo artist newt, soldier thomas, Depression warning, Slow Build, Rating May Change, it's not set in stone yet
Summary: The unexpected, early morning customer is about Newt’s age, too old to be a defiant college freshman from the campus across town, and too young to be a suburbanite hungry for a mid-life crisis piece. He’s looking around the shop like it’s an alien planet, his expression of the all too familiar ‘it’s my first tattoo, but I’m not scared’ variety. He’s handsome in a way Newt can’t help but notice and suntanned in a way that’s out of place in the middle of winter.

But my Heart is where I'm going (14291 words) by berrycasino
Characters: Thomas (Maze Runner), Newt (Maze Runner), Minho (Maze Runner), Chuck (Maze Runner), Teresa Agnes
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Post-Apocalypse, Kinda, Mention Of Suicide Attempt, well it's off-screen and could be read as depression only
Summary: Newt didn't really care about anyone who wasn't part of his make-shift family, the Gladers. He didn't want to care about anyone else, either. Then he met Thomas and realized that maybe, he didn't really have a say in that matter.

It's an e-pal, Shuckface (15083 words) by StarNightingle
Summary: Thomas and Newt are employees of Maze Co. Newt is being forced to participate in a company e-pal initiative and Thomas is joining up with excitement to spare. While they don't get on at first TheGlue and Padawan become close friends while Newt and Thomas share a blossoming friendship in the real world.

Sunshine he's here, you can take a break (2442 words) by Madelasha
Additional Tags: Halloween, Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés, Alternate Universe, um i don't know what this is sorry
Summary: For this prompt: Deep conversations and wow i wonder what you look like under that scary mask Halloween AU. Basically Newt and Thomas meet in a party while wearing masks, and then everything goes to shit, but works out anyway.

Voicemail (467 words) by HisHighnessCat
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, mention of suicide, sad stuff
Summary: Thomas calls Newt and is greeted by his voicemail.

Seems to Be Our Only Way (22371 words) by RurouniHime
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Past Relationship(s), Friends With Benefits, Graysexual Newt, Pining, Explicit Sexual Content, Architects, urban planning, Bars and Pubs, Angst and Humor, Epic Friendship, Sharing a Bed, Post-Break Up, Texting, Misunderstandings, Minho's about to smack someone
Series: Part 1 of Urban Architecture
Summary: Look, Newt's got a presentation to give, a conference to avoid, and design edits up to his eyeballs; it would really help if he could stay out of Tommy's pants for five minutes. (Wherein Thomas comes back to town and Newt discovers just how hard it is to keep to The Rules.)
> followed by Got No Plans to Make it Stop (8179 words) by RurouniHime Additional Tags: Misunderstandings, Established Relationship, Living Together, Childhood Friends, Sexuality, Explicit Sexual Content, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Confessions, Protective Minho, Drinking to Cope, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Explanations, Graysexual Newt, Sequel
Summary: Sunday is their day, and Newt's looking forward to it. Except that this weekend went off the rails about five minutes ago. (In which truths come to light and people get hurt.) & Starting From Zero Got Nothing to Lose (3217 words) by RurouniHime Summary: No big deal; it's just a trip down memory lane. (In which cars are swapped for the evening. Because of reasons.)

whatever I lack, you make up (22427 words) by gabgee
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - College/University, Friends to Lovers, Pining, Fluff, Oblivious Thomas, Oblivious Newt, not for long, Drinking, i'll add more tags later idk, Feelings Realization, minho and newt are roommates/childhood besties, newt loves reading and drawing, thomas loves science and running, teresa is the best friend ever, Minho Ships It, everyone ships it
Series: Part 1 of college au
Summary: Newt realises he might be a little bit in love with one of his best friends.
> followed by I'm falling for your eyes, but they don't know me yet (8440 words) Additional Tags: First Meetings, Unrequited Crush, Drinking, Fluff, Pining, Jealousy - Summary: A look at the first couple of times Newt and Thomas meet. & tongue tied over three words (3216 words) - Summary: An insight into Newt and Thomas' relationship one month after it begins.

painless with a great closeness (5919 words) by mosaicofhearts
Additional Tags: Fluff and Angst, Pining, Humor, i think ??, tbh more angsty than anticipated but, newt pines, Magic, AU, Alternate Universe - College/University, thomas is a terrible warlock, Mildly Dubious Consent, Like, kinda i guess
Summary: “Yeah, mate, 'course I'll help you,” he bites back a second long-suffering sigh, knowing deep down that this will be another decision that he'll come to regret (because lord does Thomas ever make him rue helping him out with this magic stuff). “Just, please – please don't burn anything this time.” The sheepish expression on Thomas' face lasts only a few seconds more before he's whooping and tugging Newt into a one armed hug and – yeah, okay, maybe it won't be so bad after all. ---- Or: The one where Thomas is really bad at the magic and everything goes wrong.

look at us now (7782 words) by rosekings
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - High School, Alternate Universe - College/University, i have no idea how to tag this, it's so different from anything i've ever written, i just couldn't stop with this idea so here we are, a sizable amount of fluff, minho's a fantastic friend, thomas hits newt with a door, soft christmas dancing, cliche closet kissing
Summary: Newt’s introduction to Thomas comes with a near-concussion and a lot of swearing. // the first three years of Thomas and Newt's love story

Better Than Coffee (3970 words) by Bookara
Additional Tags: coffee shop AU, Barista Thomas, Customer Newt, Minho is a Little Shit, Teresa Ships It
Summary: Newt comes into the Barnes and Nobles Starbucks several times a week to study. Thomas is a new barista with a face that Newt just can't forget.

maybe you were my shooting star, my wish come true (3315 words) by tommyglued
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Soulmates, alternate universe - dreams as parallel worlds, make it a legit tag u cowards, Misunderstandings, Memory Loss, Pining, Light Angst, Fluff
Summary: "What could a lonely boy do in a world he didn't know? Absolutely anything. Thomas let his feet carry him into the unknown." --- or, every day they wake up in another dream, but they dont know if they'll remember or meet each other again.

Housemates (26200 words) by sandersonsister
Additional Tags: AU, Roommates, Alternate Universe - Roommates/Housemates
Summary: Thomas shouldn't have let Teresa talk him into moving into a house with a bunch of people he didn't know. Of course there's someone he's attracted to living here. Because that's the way his life works. He shouldn't have listened to Teresa.

et les étoiles, je vois comme les rêves (13168 words) by thatdragonchic, rxtrogression
Additional Tags: Based on Comet (2014), newtmas - Freeform, minewt, Implied/Referenced Cheating, Falling In Love, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Some Humor, Upset Newt (Maze Runner), Multiple Settings, Newt and Thomas fall in love, Fate & Destiny, Or mayyyybe not, On-Again/Off-Again Relationship, Break Up, Getting Back Together, Everybody Lives
Summary: Have you ever felt like someone was your destiny? You meet them and they're everything to you. Your world changes... your life changes. Have you ever felt in love with someone, when you had never truly loved before? Thomas has a theory: Love doesn't exist. It's all a Hollywood scam to give people some false ideology on human copulation and dynamics. But when he meets Newt, a blond with his head in the clouds, he falls faster then he ever thought possible. "What did you want me to say Thomas? 'I'm going to fall in love with you too?'"

So bittersweet (the way you're killing me). (10077 words) by lumoon33
Additional Tags: Angst and Fluff and Smut, Strangers to Lovers, kind of friends with benefits even tho they aren't really friends, Twisted and Fluffy Feelings, Falling In Love, Alternate Universe - Bar/Pub, I don't know how to tag this, i never know how to tag things, I'm Bad At Tagging, sorry - Freeform, top!newt, bottom!Thomas, minor minewt and thominho
Summary: Thomas loves London, and pubs, and pretty English boys.
> bittersweet all the way & unhappy to the end yet beautiful to read

(Don't) Let Me Down Easy (2097 words) by OldeShoestrings
Additional Tags: Violinist Newt, actor thomas, Playboy Thomas, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Kinda Lust at First Sight
Summary: In his defense, Thomas only wants to find a proper distraction or a place to hide, not to stumble upon a sullen violinist. Good thing the blond’s beautiful though (And Thomas is planning to charm him).

The words that bind us (2552 words) by HisHighnessCat
Additional Tags: AU, Short, drabble turned one shot, fae, High School
Summary: Weird things has been happening to Thomas, and Newt suspects there might be more to it than just some simple pranks.

r u mine? (5515 words) by orphan_account
Summary: Teresa smacks him across the top of his head. “Thomas, I love you, but you can be so fucking clueless sometimes.” “Hey!” Thomas protests, trying to shield the rest of his face from her hands. “I already have amnesia, can we please refrain from injuring me even more?" “I can’t help it,” Teresa replies, thoroughly exasperated. “You lost your memory and the only possible conclusion your mind jumped to is that you’re in love with Newt. Tell me that doesn’t mean something.”

Inflorescence (Newt/Thomas) (59031 words) by veryintimate
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - College/University, Depressed Newt, Alternate Universe - Flower Shop & Tattoo Parlor, Suicidal Newt, Jock Thomas, Tattoo Thomas, lots of fluff, lots of pining, newtmas - Freeform, Newmas - Freeform, Slow Burn, Friends to Lovers, Oblivious Thomas, Oblivious Newt, Fluff and Smut
Summary: (College AU) In his second year at Maze Uni, Newt, who loves flowers and plants, expects to stay in his comfort zone and spend most of his time either (a) with his best friend Minho, or (b) alone in the greenhouse (the Glade). He's perfectly content with sticking with his routine because of his past, but when tattooed, artistic, charismatic Thomas shows up, he can't help himself -- he suddenly wants to do all the things that he's never done before, and feel things that he never knew possible. Will he be able to heal from his past and get the guy, or is he destined to remain perpetually in his comfort zone with a one-sided pining for Thomas?

Flowers and morning jogs (4430 words) by Newtmassangster
Additional Tags: Fluff, Cute, First Meetings, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Gardens & Gardening, garedener!Newt, runner!thomas, Minho and Newt are best friends, Teresa and Thomas are best friends too, Thomas is being insanely awkward, Awkward Crush, Bold! Newt, Newt makes the first step and thank GOD because thomas really is awkward
Summary: Newt owns a garden on a balcony in town, and Thomas passes before it every morning as he goes for a jog. In absolute awe with the cute blonde boy who takes so much care of his garden every morning, Thomas decides to approach him, but, being the awkward, shy person that he is, his approach is very original, to say the least.

Same old bump and grind (5351 words) by newtmasdoesthedo
Additional Tags: Very bad pick-up lines, just tagged T to be sure, mostly Thomas just thinks really weird and sorta pervy things to himself, nothing graphic at all
Summary: For a couple of seconds a staring-contest ensued until the guy finally smiled and looked down into his book again. “You’re very hard to flirt with, d’ya know that?” Thomas asked, making the guy look up again. “I haven’t had my coffee, mate, I’ll get there. Aren’t you supposed to make more coffee?” he asked, seemingly a weird mix of shy and cocky. It was really attractive knowing that he could battle Thomas’ quick tongue but also the way he looked down was sort of endearing. Thomas wanted to kiss him very, very bad, and he wasn’t entirely sure he understood how fast and hard this had hit him. The guy was just the perfect mix of sassy and shy, and Thomas’ mouth was a little dry.

Hiding? No, He's Just Oblivious. (5462 words) by orphan_account
Summary: Thomas should have stuck to drumming. Writing the lyrics was a really dumb idea - especially with his giant crush on their bassist.

And only when I finally realized (did I really see your smile) (1847 words) by shhgreenie
Additional Tags: newtmas - Freeform, Newmas - Freeform, childhood newtmas, blah blah blah, cheesy as fuck, um suicide attempt too, im so sorry?, i tried meh
Summary: Everyone rises up in their seats and starts screaming and cheering, and the team is rushing towards Thomas, throwing him up in the air, yelling his name hoarsely. And Thomas – Thomas is grinning widely, his eyes slightly wide in disbelief, but he whoops and cheers with the rest of them, and Newt just stands there, at the sidelines, beaming with pride as he watches his best friend – and then, bam! it hits him, so hard and sudden it was as if someone punched him in the chest. So this is how it feels like. How could he have missed it for so long?

The Quiet (2056 words) by bridzyeeet
Warnings: Major Character Death
Additional Tags: maze runner - Freeform, The Maze Runner - Freeform, tmr - Freeform, maz runner series, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Fantasy, kingdom universe
Summary: Being a king is no ordinary job. One has to have a steel heart that would do what is best for their people. But for Thomas, the position of power took more than what he gave, namely a blond boy who he had once loved.
> tragic & unhappy ending

Do you believe in Fate? (2835 words) by graveltotempo
Additional Tags: do you believe in fate?, Fate & Destiny, Destiny
Summary: Thomas had never believed in fate or destiny. This is the story of how he started to.

she'll never love you like me (2323 words) by heroicgay
Additional Tags: Angst, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Tension, Songfic, kind of but not really, Cheating, Secret Relationship, Heartbreak, the summary is Trash because i didn't know what to put, but i promise the fic is good or at least i hope
Summary: Whenever Thomas found himself tangled up in Newt's sheets, he'd say that would be the last time. Until now, it was always a lie.

The Mirror (1664 words) by nwtons
Additional Tags: Harry Potter AU, Alternate Universe - Harry Potter Setting, Harry Potter References, Mirror of Erised
Summary: Thomas and Newt are wandering around the castle, exploring, when they stumble upon a forbidden room where they find the Mirror of Erised!

Wicked games (1676 words) by Comade
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Gang World, The Gladers is a gang, Gally's a babysitter and he's pissed, Thomas' a gang leader, Newt was the founder, Jealousy, Clubbing, barely noticeable mention of alcohol, badass newt, Jealous Thomas, possessive thomas
Summary: Newt was nothing but a burden. He was always occupying the leader's thoughts, always drawing his attention to him. When he wasn't sitting on his laps at their club where every single transaction took place, he was on the dance floor in the middle of the crowd, far from them, and yet, still the main preoccupation on Thomas' mind.

THE MOSTLY SMUT ONES:

Soft Sounds (1641 words) by sesquipedalia
Additional Tags: Body Worship, Caretaking, Fluff and Smut, Domspace, Oral Sex, Overstimulation, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, top Thomas, Bottom Newt
Summary: Thomas loves taking care of Newt

Yours Only (1367 words) by Sam_the_Writer02
Additional Tags: Newtmas - Relationship, Top Newt, Bottom Thomas, Come Eating, Come Shot, Thomas is a slut, Anal Sex, Dom/sub Undertones, Dom Newt, Sub Thomas, Slut Shaming, Oral Sex, Blow Jobs, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot
Summary: He works strategically, only stroking Thomas's prostrate once every six or seven thrusts, and it's enough to have the younger boy's cock dribbling precum all the way down to his balls, making him look absolutely sinful.

The Way He Looked (1701 words) by stonednewt
Additional Tags: Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Established Relationship, Rimming, Oral Sex, Anal Sex, Anal Fingering, newtmas - Freeform
Summary: The way Newt looked drove Thomas insane.

Up and coming like I'm fucking in an elevator. (3312 words) by newtmasdoesthedo
Additional Tags: Thomas is a horny little bugger, Anal Sex, Hand Jobs, Public Sex, sort of, Workplace Sex, PWP, in a big way, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Smut
Summary: He almost started laughing when a distant voice was heard that definitely didn’t belong here. “Anyone down there? You okay? We called the repair company, they don’t know what’s wrong, but I think you’re safe. It’s gonna be a while before they can get there.” He left it up to Newt to answer, rising to his knees and freeing him of his boxers while raining kisses up and down his thighs and abdomen, only returning to his cock when Newt opened his mouth. A loud squeak left him that pleased Thomas way, way more than it should have, and he kept is ministrations up, relishing in being able to reduce his usually very articulate boyfriend to a blubbering mess this quickly. “Yes,” Newt started, clearing his throat and bringing his voice down an octave to its usual level, “We’re fine, it’s just me and Thomas. We’re fine, I just had lunch, and,” a small pause as he sent Thomas a stern look, earning himself only a wink and a happy humming as answer, “And Thomas has his mouth full. We’re set down here, don’t worry a-“ to Newt’s credit he almost managed to quench the moan. If you weren’t Thomas and knew he was getting his dick sucked, you’d probably just think he was a bit scared, “Aah-bout it.”

You've Got a Mind That is So Hell Bent on Fixing Me Up Before I Get My Coat Off (4193 words) by antichrist
Additional Tags: Anal Sex, Fingering, Frotting, Friends With Benefits, idiots who are fond of each other, Riding, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - High School, Premature Ejaculation, although definitely self-inflicted, Top Newt, Bottom Thomas, Topping from the Bottom
Summary: Newt has been in England during summer vacation, and Thomas has been going crazy. He's a teenager with a high sex-drive, what more can he say? Today, though, Newt is finally coming home, and coming over, and Thomas is more than ready. Maybe too ready.

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Thomas/Newt fics rec

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a collection of my favorite fics for Thomas/Newt (because I like to find them easily)... some are works in progress other are complete

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PERSONAL FAVES & MUST READ:

Bargain by Tattered_Dreams
Summary: Major TDC Spoilers. In which everything is the same but Newt survives - Canon up until the moment Newt confesses he's infected. “Don’t worry about me. This is about Minho, and now he needs us, so if there is even the slightest chance that we can save him, that we can get him out of there, we have to take that… no matter what the cost.” “Okay, I hear you,” Thomas murmurs. Because he does. He just has no intention of letting it come to that.
Followed by Trade by Tattered_Dreams
Summary: Major TDC Spoilers. In which everything is the same but Newt survives - Canon up until the moment Teresa is Interrogated. “But that was months ago,” she says, her mind at a complete standstill. Thomas just looks back at her. “Thomas, she should have turned by now.” He doesn’t even touch the statement. “You know how to get the serum, don’t you?”
- A look into Teresa's seriously complicated mind -
> One of the very best read and favorite universe because it makes so much sense - its makes even more sense than the actual book/movie for me tbh and also a great look into team dynamics and the complexity of Teresa

Call My Name series by KathSilver
Summary: The “Call My Name” series is me trying like hell to right the wrongs that happened in the Maze Runner series without ruining the integrity of the story itself. Starting with:
Where You Lead (54952 words) by KathSilver
Additional Tags: Fix-It, Lightning does a thing, And the boys are idiots but it's okay, back in time, Slow Burn, I'm not only combining the books and movies but i'm fixing everything, and then changing plot, if all goes well this will become a series, Newt deserved better, they all did, move over james, the characters belong to me, you're fired, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, POV Thomas, POV Newt, Angst, Fluff and Angst, this won't be all sunshine and roses, but it'll be a damn sight better than the original version, thomas cries over underwear, Canon-Typical Violence, Blood, Minor Character Death, The Fever Code Spoilers, 11!Verse, look at me, i make the canon now
Series: Part 1 of Call My Name
Summary: After Newt's death, Thomas can't settle at the Safe Haven. He goes out during a storm and is struck by lightning- only to find that he has been sent a year into the past, it’s his first day in the Glade, and he can remember EVERYTHING. And, because Thomas still had some of Newts blood on him somewhere, so can Newt. Cue the boys falling in love and trying to rewrite history.
**A mixture of the books and movies, rewritten together into something more. This is the equivalent of me saying "Hold my beer." to James and Wes, because if you want something done right you've got to do it yourself.
> Basically Newt & Thomas travel back in time after the end of it all and they remember everything, which in turn is going to change everything

The Second Kingdom (9150 words) by RurouniHime
Additional Tags: The Scorch, Fix-It, Major Character Injury, Angst, Guilt, Zombies, The Death Cure Spoilers, The Maze Runner Spoilers, Crank Newt, Survival, Blood and Injury, Injury Recovery, The Flare, Graphic Description, Graphic Depictions of Illness, Thomas may be going crazy, but Newt's already there, Animal Death, Hallucinations
Summary: They’re outside in the waste again, he and once-Newt, where the desert is devouring the fringe buildings, and this is worse. But he swore, somewhere back in the doped up haze: he’s not done. When it’s time, he’s still going to bury Newt.

The Shape of Grief by Tattered_Dreams
Summary: Newt was the one who told Thomas, so long ago, that there was a place out there for them, somewhere safe. Newt is the one who never made it and Thomas can't stay there without him.
> Favorite unhappy ending fic - no fixing anything, only Thomas trying to deal with an empty "paradise", and failing to move on, and falling apart piece by piece in a world he doesn't know how to exist in

Ivy Growing Downward (65549 words) by singtome
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Flower Shop, But with poisonous plants, Fluff, Mutual Pining, Angst, Fade to Black, Minor Violence, Mentions of Suicide, soulmate tropes, Background Relationships, background brenda/teresa
Summary: No one ever tells you that when the world is ending, it happens in slow motion. (Or: Newt is the owner of a flower shop sitting on the busy streets of Manhattan Island. One day Thomas walks in, and everything changes.)
> A fantastic Alternate Universe - still in science-fiction/dystopia (bordering on magical realism at times) - except less depressing and the writing & dynamics between Thomas and Newt and all the other is brilliant

THE "NEWT LIVES" ENDINGS WE DESERVE:

Run the Gauntlet (10751 words) by the_tragedist
Chapters: 8/?
Additional Tags: Fix-It, Newt (Maze Runner) Lives, Post-The Death Cure, Post-Canon, Post-Canon Fix-It, newt is alive and takes no shit, Everyone is Badass, there's sadness in paradise, it's angsty but theres humor, lots of cranks, cranks everywhere, more relevant tags to come later, bullshit medical procedures abound, because otherwise none of this would work, the last city is such a shit show and newt has to deal with it, underage drinking in later chapters, but really that's the least dangerous thing done in this fic and they could use a stiff drink
Summary: Two days after the fall of the Last City, Newt awakens beneath a pile of rubber: bruised, battered, but alive. It comes as a bitter irony, he's regained himself but the Gladers are long gone. With no hope of rescue he must find away to survive in the crank-infested ruins and make it back to his friends.
> a "in progress" fics that focus on a Newt that survived the Flare but still bears the marks of it and a futur in "Paradise" that seems a lot less paradisiac that it seemed at first glance, I can't wait to see more

here, now (7611 words) by gabgee
Additional Tags: The Death Cure Spoilers, Friends to Lovers, Nightmares, Post-Canon Fix-It, Character Death Fix, Fix-It, First Kiss
Summary: It had always been there, Thomas supposed. It was just that he’d never had the time or the room in his brain to process it until now. They’d spent so much time planning, running, fighting; even the months they’d spent at the camp, preparing to rescue Minho and the others, were filled with too much tension to think of his own feelings. Now he’d stopped still and it had hit him full force. He knew he should be grieving their losses, and he was, but he also felt that there was so much to gain now that they had all the time in the world.

you knew what it was (he is in love) (2743 words) by zapfinoo
Summary: “Alright, come on,” Thomas murmurs, and Teresa can see that he’s actually relieved that Newt wants to come with him. Thomas needs him like he needs oxygen. It’s so completely and utterly obvious—but not to them, of course. Never to them.

Through another's eyes (2959 words) by Notquiteright
Relationships: Newt/Thomas (Maze Runner), OC/OC
Additional Tags: newtmas - Freeform, POV Outsider, POV Original Character, pre-tdc, Post-TDC, (and like twelve seconds during tdc), Newt Lives, OC lowkey shipping Newtmas, OCs from another maze
Series: Part 1 of It's a matter of perspective
Summary: “Where’d you leave your boyfriend?” "My what?” his brows furrow and okay, yes Alicia is having too much fun, but sue her. “Your boyfriend” she grins. “You know, tall, blonde, hot, looks like the personification of an angel, and is literally glued to your side 24/7?” “Newt is not my boyfriend” he answers, looking more confused than ever. She rolls her eyes, but there is a fondness there too. Sweet oblivious little thing. “Sadly I believe you”
& Same time, different place (2075 words) by Notquiteright
Additional Tags: Post-TDC, Newt Lives, and he also doesn't, Parallel shots of the same situations, Fluff and Angst, Alternate Timelines, Thomas & OC friendship, Background Sonya/Harriet - Freeform, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
Series: Part 2 of It's a matter of perspective
Summary: The butterfly effect is a curious thing. In one timeline a girl died before he could save a boy. In another they lived. (Or a parallel shots of the same events in a world where Newt lived, versus one where he didn't) Set directly after Through another's eyes
> an interesting piece from an OC point of view that goes on two parallel roads: one where Newt dies and another where he lives...

harlem (4079 words) by espinosas
Relationships: Newt/Thomas (Maze Runner), Gally/Minho (Maze Runner)
Additional Tags: Fluff, smut but not quite, And nail-painting, And Thomas has a thing for his hair being pulled, Oops
Summary: Time, it's a funny thing. Or, Newt lives to the end and experiences Paradise with Thomas.

i'm willing to stay, fade away and ride along (3716 words) by teenagewaste
Additional Tags: Fluff, This is pure fluff, I suck at tagging sorry, Excessive talk of flowers, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Newt Lives, AU, Safe Haven, Nightmares, kind of, Mentions of Nightmares, Alternate Universe, Mentions of PTSD
Summary: "Just like you protect Newt?" "Yeah-yeah, just like I protect Newt. I swear."

An Abundance of Time (3525 words) by matchstick_milk
Additional Tags: Newt Lives, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Safe Haven, newtmas - Freeform, Driving, Mountains, Fluff, i just wanted to write something chill, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Kissing, Awkward Flirting, teen shenanigans, everyone likes to pick on gally, Canon Disabled Character
Summary: [AU where Newt Lives because I'm in denial] Newt and Thomas get to live together, though adjusting is sometimes hard after all they've been through. Newt does something nice for the both of them.

something to live for (3068 words) by iwantacorgisobad
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Newt (Maze Runner) Lives, Post-The Death Cure, Safe Haven, Angst and Humor, Eventual Fluff, the original idea was humor so naturally it became angst, and then it ended with humor anyway, First Kiss, stupid boys in love, I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping, it's really stupid but i hope you'll like it, warning: explicit mentions of Newt's letter
Summary: When Thomas played with the thought of Newt surviving he always imagined a joyful, relieved, smiling boy. The Newt who had survived was the exact opposite, though, and Thomas soon realized he had to do something about it - and if that 'something' meant reading his goodbye letter and crying with him, then so be it.

While I Still Have Breath to Give (28538 words) by Jadedphase
Chapters: 10/?
Additional Tags: mention of other characters, Post Movie, spoilers for the book and movie, Angst, Drama, minho and thomas are like brothers, Supportive Minho, Gally is involved in this mess, but he's really not a horrible guy, also Brenda, mention of medical horror, Post movie AU, recovery themes, mentions of suicide referenced, mentions of trauma, not a 'Newt survived the city' AU, Dr. Alison Ellory (OC), Dr. Issac Granger (OC), PTSD, not exact to movie or book timeline
Summary: Three years after the last city burned the world has begun to live once more. Thomas has seen it thrive around him, has held the cure in his hands and given the world all he can. But the ghosts still haunt him and even now, with eyes upon the life they are all building, his thoughts are plagued by a possibility born of a wounded heart. He's always taken wild risks to save those around him, but one last chance to save the person who he cannot allow to fade quietly in the night is all he truly wants.
> a really nice fic in progress

Splinter (16029 words) by KathSilver, Tattered_Dreams
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Fix-It of Sorts, Newt Lives, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, post tdc, Safe Haven, Smut, Fluff, Too much sand, top!newt, hints of Gally/Brenda, Frypan is the best wingman, almond oil, someone get these boys a bed, for the splinters that never got to touch dat ass
Summary: In the aftermath of a burning city, survivors are starting to rebuild, to learn to live in Safe Haven. For Thomas and Newt...the only way they're looking to live is together, and all it takes is one moment to start the lives they never thought they'd get. Or in other words: Newt can't handle watching Thomas just...swallowing. And when he snaps, their lives fall into place and they fall into each other right after.

Running It By You (2026 words) by astralpenguin
Additional Tags: Newt (Maze Runner) Lives, Safe Haven, Established Newt/Thomas, but minho doesn't know that, Misunderstandings, Friendship, First Kiss, Minho Will Never Live It Down, Post-Canon, almond oil, yes i'm tagging that
Summary: Now that Minho had finally gotten a chance to breathe, and could actually talk to this girl, and spend time with her, he’d found that he really did like her. But Thomas clearly liked Brenda too, and Minho didn’t want to hurt his friend like that.

BITE (2456 words) by niconexus
Additional Tags: Fix-It, Newt Lives, low key gay until the end, Flare makes you remember, newt is sam, Now that they aren’t running for their lives they can fall in love, Happy, No Angst, That’s a lie the beginning is a little angsty, Newt feels guilty, for hurting thomas
Summary: Thomas’ blood can save him. The struggling boy straddling him. Thomas, ever the impulsive one of the Three Impulsive Guys, gets a plan. He’s gonna let Newt give in, he’s going to let Newt bite him. Aka- How Thomas keeps Newt alive

keep dreaming on (never let go, never let go) (2434 words) by mischiefmanaged95
Additional Tags: Past Relationship(s), Past Teresa Anges/Thomas, Post-The Death Cure, The Death Cure Spoilers, Canon Compliant, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Post-Canon, Fix-It, Character Death Fix, Canonical Character Death, Angst with a Happy Ending, Eventual Romance, Fluff and Angst, Romance, Friends to Lovers, Ending Fix, Love Confessions, Declarations Of Love, Newt Lives, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Kinda?, Falling In Love, Love, Aged-Up Character(s), Think Early Twenties For Newt Thomas Minho and the Others, Film Versions of Characters, Happy Ending, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, First Kiss, Kissing
Summary: “Please Tommy.” The darkness of the cold night made Newt’s brown eyes seem rabid with fear. His face so wide and open, vulnerable and crawling with anger. There was something dark in is eyes, something uncontrollable, something vicious and seething. Thomas hated seeing that pain in his eyes. Newt, his friend, who had always been brighter than the sun. Who had always been kind and smart and charismatic, who had always been fiercely loyal and protective. Where had he gone? He was lost, being pulled away from Thomas, being dragged back into the depths of his mind, where he didn’t know himself, or those that cared for him. In the void, that hellish place behind those haunted eyes. And Thomas was not going to lose him to it.

the more it heals the worse it hurts (2053 words) by fairytalelights
Additional Tags: Fix-It, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Nightmares
Summary: “You're okay,” Thomas starts sobbing, even though Newt's unconscious and can't hear him. “You're okay, you're going to be fine, I promise.” “Do you want me to take him to the others? You know, just in case you wanna-” Brenda asks, looking warily up at the building looming over them. Thomas stares down at Newt. He's never been more sure of an answer in his life. “No,” he says. “I'm gonna bring him home.” or, Newt lives. They try to figure it out.

Their Paradise (9885 words) by Writer_Markilyn
Characters: Thomas (Maze Runner), Newt (Maze Runner), Minho (Maze Runner), Frypan (Maze Runner), Brenda (Maze Runner), Gally (Maze Runner)
Additional Tags: Fluff, I refuse to let Newt Die, Newt Lives, but im super sorry the other characters do bite the bullet, The Death Cure Spoilers, Minho Ships It, Newt is a little oblivious, Thomas is so shy with his feelings, Newt is conflicted with his feelings, They go to Paradise together, Slight slow burn Newt/Thomas, Protective!Thomas, Light Angst, Not Canon Compliant, I'm Bad At Tagging, what do, The letter is of course mentioned fam, Clingy!Thomas, Brenda and Thomas are bros
Series: Part 1 of Their Paradise
Summary: Thomas' version of his Paradise stood before him, staring at him with blackened eyes and begging him to kill it, to end its suffering. His Paradise had always been with him every step of the way, through all the losses and betrayals, even the times when it seemed all hope was lost; his reason for happiness stood there by his side, and Thomas would fight with his last breath to keep his said happiness by him always. The one of many fics where Newt didn't deserve the fate he got, and he and Thomas and their friends head to a tropical island to start their new lives away from all the death and destruction and are all happy for once in their lives.

Meet In The Middle (28050 words) by Fairylights4672
Additional Tags: post tdc, Fix-it fic, If you want something done right may as well do it yourself, I just want them to be happy :'), Chucks an absolute bean, Thomas is lonely, Newt will not take your shit, But deep down he just needs a hug, Slow Burn, I have no idea where this is gonna go, It's gonna be wild ya'll
Summary: Newt remembers it. He remembers the sleek metal of the knife easily sliding into his flesh. He remembers the sickly black views running up his arms, making him crazed and delirious. He remembers dying. Which only makes him confused when he wakes up, cured and healed. What's even more confusing is when he wakes up, only to see dead people staring back at him. Thomas still feels the hilt in his hand. He feels the weight as Newt sank to the ground underneath him. He feels the last soft breath Newt let out. He remembers Newt dying. But he can't sit still. Not when danger is calling him. Thomas has never been able to resist the pull of danger.

Finite Quantity (4477 words) by d_aia
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Fix-It, POV Outsider, POV Jorge, During The Death Cure
Summary: “Newt has it, doesn’t he?” Jorge looks in the direction Newt and Thomas disappeared to for a moment, then turns to Brenda. “Yes,” he answers. Maybe in another world, he would have said, ‘Probably.’ * Brenda realizes what's going on with Newt and it changes things.
> Brenda & Jorge realising what is going on with Newt and doing something about it somehow makes lot more sense than what canon gave us

Time and Time Again (4087 words) by Evekle
Additional Tags: Time Travel, Homura style, Everyone Needs A Hug, Fluff and Angst, really angsty, Trains are not good, Cranks are smarter than you think, Water isn't nice, Thomas is starting to give up, Victory is hard won, Thomas is free
Summary: It's a time traveller Thomas AU from tmr discord chat. In this work, Thomas is given the ability to go back a repeat the same events over and over again until he saves everyone. Drawing inspiration from Homura's ability in PMMM and what it could do to a character.

Faux Pas (1323 words) by asyouwishdarling
Relationships: Aris Jones/Newt (Maze Runner), Minho/Newt (Maze Runner), Gally/Newt (Maze Runner), Brenda/Newt (Maze Runner), Newt/Thomas (Maze Runner)
Summary: newt is very friendly. with boys and girls alike. thomas decides he doesn't like it. for whatever reason.
> not tagged or clearly written as a "Newt Lives" post canon but I'm gonna say it is (would make sense for it to happen when they're safe)

CANON VERSE / COULD BE CANON:

i finally worked it out, i worked it out (1059 words) by nowayout
Additional Tags: Sharing Clothes, Pre-Slash, Canon Compliant, Missing Scene, Friendship/Love
Summary: “Newt, is that – are you wearing my shirt?"

Campfire Choices by Tattered_Dreams
Summary: Just a little bit of casual intimacy while the boys struggle through the Scorch. Canon compliant.

and this is the map of my heart (4294 words) by nowayout
Additional Tags: Canonical Character Death, Death Cure Spoilers, Suicide Attempt
Summary: He’s Thomas, Greenie, Greenbean. For Newt, he’s Tommy.

The After (2040 words) by twinyards
Additional Tags: rifp me for even writing this i highkey hate myself, Angst, newtmas - Freeform
Summary: You could categorize your life into two segments. There was The Before. Where everything was in splintering color, every taste vibrant on your tongue, every breathe so cold and fresh and real. Where everything felt right, where even when you were struggling for breath, you still knew your world was spinning on the right axis and there was fight left in you. Where you didn’t realize you were going to be irreparably changed. And then something would happen. Something to shift your world into twisted, warped shades of gray, to make every taste like ash on your tongue, every breathe heavy and dank with wrongness. Something to change your whole view of the world, your whole essence of self. And then there was The After.

touch (760 words) by sebbykurt
Additional Tags: Fluffy as hell, newt is a little drunk and thomas is tipsy so if alcohol isn't your thing!!! avoid this fic, Underage Drinking, thanks to the lovely anon who prompted this!, love ya, tickling because why not??
Summary: Thomas is suddenly closer, eyebrows furrowed as he watches Newt with an almost uncomfortable intensity. “You still look sad.” “Listen, Greenie, I –“ He’s cut off by Thomas’ fingers curling into his sides.

you set me on fire (i've never felt so alive) (5012 words) by abyssith
Additional Tags: The Death Cure, Heavy Angst, No Fluff, Not Actually Unrequited Love, Canon Compliant, Sickness, Angst and Feels, Canon Rewrite, this is rEALLY fuckin sad, minor language
Summary: Oh, how wonderful it feels to be on fire. How tempting it is to lose control, surrender the reins of his soul to the demon promising to treat him well. How he wishes he could rip out this love still refusing to give up its place in his heart so he doesn’t have to fight anymore.

make this chaos count (1647 words) by superstarrgirl
Additional Tags: Spoilers for The Death Cure, and pretty obvious newmas i really didn't try to hide it, i obviously didn't handle the death cure too well, Angst, crank!newt, Suicide Attempt
Summary: (how rare and beautiful it is to even exist) -- falling feels like flying until you hit the ground

Do One More Thing For Me (2165 words) by newtntommy
Summary: Newt is slowly losing his mind, and the only thing that seems to help is holding Thomas's hand.

if not now, when? (2412 words) by gabgee
Additional Tags: The Death Cure Spoilers, Mid-Canon, Flirting, Sad Ending, Rough Kissing
Summary: "We'll get you better, Newt," Thomas said suddenly, completely transforming the atmosphere into a serious one. "We'll get the serum and we'll get outta here." (or: Reminiscing about previous kisses, Newt, whose flare virus is worsening, cherishes some of the last alone time he'd get with Thomas.)

if you love me let me go (1284 words) by abyssith
Additional Tags: POV First Person, POV Newt, The Death Cure, Spoilers, book canon, Death, Drabble and a Half, I'm Sorry, Why do I do this to myself, newtmas - Freeform, Angst, Implied/Referenced Suicide
Summary: Sanity is a strange thing. One second, it's there. The next second, it's gone, like someone pinching out a flame.

i'll be with you from dusk till dawn (2218 words) by abyssith
Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, takes place in movie, The Scorch Trials - Freeform, Spoilers, i guess, Angst, Fluff and Angst, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Sleepy Cuddles, Affection, Foreshadowing, that horrible horrible foresahdowing
Summary: Newt hugs Thomas tighter. “I swear to bloody hell, they’ll have to kill me to make me leave.”

The Darkness of Ephemeral Things (2252 words) by twinyards
Additional Tags: another sad newtmas fic because idk what self love it what up friends
Summary: “Do you ever think about it?” Minho’s question startled him, mostly because it was seemingly out of nowhere and Thomas had no idea what he meant. “Think about what?” “What would have happened, how you would feel, if Newt hadn’t died.”

When you go, turn down the light (462 words) by Madelasha
Additional Tags: it's sad but also kind of happy???, i don't even know i hate these books, oh yeah spoilers for the death cure, OBVIOUS CHARACTER DEATH, in the past though
Summary: Thomas has been in paradise for fifty moons when he starts planting sunflowers

silence must be heard (1864 words) by wardolope
Additional Tags: Past Character Death, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
Summary: “I loved you.” Thomas clenches his eyes shut, rolling over to the other side of the bed. He sucks in a breath, hoping his inattention will make Newt go away. “I don’t suppose I ever told you.” Newt sounds distant, like he’s thinking of somewhere else. Or the one where the tentative hold Thomas has on his sanity isn't going to hold forever.

SET IN CANON WITH SOME DIVERGENCES & GETTING TOGETHER DURING THE BOOKS/MOVIES:

i know i don't know you (but there's somewhere i've seen you before) (9607 words) by nowayout
Additional Tags: Pre-Series, Angst, Sexual Confusion, Internalized Homophobia
Summary: Thomas is ten when he meets Newt for the first time. He's sixteen when they meet for the first time once again.

One last dance (2510 words) by KFlynn
Additional Tags: Feels, Sad, Sappy, two boys in love, Kissing, last night - Freeform, dance
Summary: Tomorrow they would go, together, and they would save their friend. That, and this moment between them, was all that mattered anymore ~~~ It's their last evening before they head out to save Minho and Newt finds himself being asked for one last dance.

your lips, my lips; apocalypse (8557 words) by zapfinoo
Summary: Would they even be friends if they lived in a world without solar flares and infection? Or are they just friends now because they were forced to be, because they were put in the same experiment? Thomas likes the idea of them being together in another universe, a universe where the world isn’t ending. Maybe he tells him there.
or what happened in the six months we didn't see

Talk Me Home (156684 words) by comebacknow
Chapters: 28/?
Summary: Minho was just taken by WCKD a week ago. Thomas is still reeling from Teresa's abrupt betrayal, but he's got a plan to get his friend back - to get all of them back. If all goes well, they'll be in the Safe Haven in two weeks. *** All does not go well, they are not in the Safe Haven in two weeks, and Thomas' head is more clouded than ever. With help from old and new friends, stolen moments that last a lifetime but are over too quickly, and the support from a full team-- Thomas' life begins to unravel in ways he never could have planned for, no matter how many maps he's poured over.
> in progress fic that goes into very interesting places and the writing of both thomas and newt and their dynamics is perfectly in character & beautiful

we were always meant to say goodbye (1057 words) by zapfinoo
Additional Tags: Angst, Missing Scene, Unhappy Ending, I hate myself, Boys In Love, They deserved better, The Death Cure
Summary: Thomas approaches Newt slowly, like he’s afraid that he’s going to snap at him again. He isn't, he trusts Newt with his life, but something has definitely changed. Thomas knows, deep down, what’s happening with the boy in front of him. He has seen the symptoms a million times.

splitting colors (3625 words) by orphan_account
Summary: Thomas feels the air disappear from his lungs, and he clenches the gun in his right hand even tighter, trying to keep himself from breaking down completely. He wishes, with a ferocity that surprises even himself, that he and Newt had met in another place, in another time, where they could have been brought together by lightness and laughter rather than the mutual need to survive. In a world where Thomas had the luxury of time, time to properly sort out his feelings, time for Newt to love him back. More than anything, he wishes he had the words to explain just why he can’t do what Newt wants. But he doesn’t. So Thomas kisses him.
> soulmate twist with no happy ending

every time. (3245 words) by rxtrogression
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Time Travel, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Time Travel, newtmas - Freeform, thomas is a time traveler, Angst
Summary: So this is how they end; much like how they begin.

follow you anywhere (7145 words) by gabgee
Summary: There had been so little time to merely exist in this crumbling world that now, sitting at Newt’s side, Thomas felt himself relax and absorb what was happening in the moment for the first time in months. Or maybe he was just drunk. (or: Thomas is upset by Newt's nonchalant attitude to their drunken kiss because he assumes it means he doesn't feel anything for him)

Sound of my Heartbeat (2075 words) by The_Otter_Knight
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, The Scorch Trials Spoilers, Deaf Thomas, Noise-induced Hearing Loss, Medical Inaccuracies, probably, Telepathy, Panic Attacks, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Love Confessions, kind of?, it's indirect
Summary: At the moment, all he worried about was dragging Minho to the first building, avoiding the strikes of lightning as best as he could. He ignores the ringing in his ears when explosions ring off to his left and right. At first, he wasn't worried that he didn't hear the rainfall. But it was hard to deny that something was really, really wrong.

Yeah, I Reckon I Know (2820 words) by MiaGhost
Additional Tags: Re-writes, Spoilers, newtmas - Freeform, Short, Grief, Hurt, Comfort, Cuddling, touches, Kisses, Memory, Love
Series: Part 13 of Missed Opportunities
Summary: Newt's bunk is close enough that Thomas could reach out and touch him. It just isn't enough. End of Chapter 62.

can't do without you (4916 words) by whispersinthedark
Additional Tags: not an au, but Canon Divergent, the crank party scene but Better, tommy kisses newt instead of brenda, like kisses him......a lot, and maybe a little more, newt is desperately in love as per usual, basically angst with some smutty bits tossed in for good measure
Summary: For one brief instant Newt thinks, wildly, that Tommy must've gotten infected somehow, that's he's Cranking out and lunging forward to take a big juicy bite out of Newt's neck - but that thought evaporates as quickly as it had come as soon as he feels Tommy's lips press hot against his skin. in which Newt crashes the Crank party with the intention of executing a rescue mission, but Tommy - as usual - makes things...difficult.

Happily Ever After (743 words) by acornsandarrows
Additional Tags: cannibalism implied, Mild Gore, Blood, Implied Sexual Content
Series: Part 1 of Thomas and Newt are cranks and it's wonderful
Summary: au where Thomas has the flare as well as Newt, and Newt doesn't die.
Followed by Burning (842 words) by acornsandarrows
Additional Tags: Here we go, Gore warning, nsfw implied, blood warning, death warning, horror warning, kind of, animal death warning, Drug Use, Hallucinations, cannibalism implied, Memory Loss, Self Harm, injuries
Summary: They're still cranks, and it's still great (until it isn't)
> Obviously pretty dark hence the tags

Déjà vu (1298 words) by acornsandarrows
Warnings: Major Character Death
Additional Tags: set in the canon world kind of, spoilers for death cure, also, Suicide Attempt
Summary: I’ll find you, he promises, softly at first, then louder and louder, I’ll find you, Newt. I promise. Newt’s eyes flash with steel. If you break that promise, his voice cracks, I’ll never bloody forgive you.

Marrow and Bone (2390 words) by twinyards
Additional Tags: newtmas - Freeform, something almost happy?, i know i'm shocked too
Summary: Newt’s voice shook slightly as he spoke. “Do you still love her?” Thomas didn’t have to ask who Newt meant. Teresa. Of course he would ask about Teresa. Only, the answer was simple. And easy. The only easy thing about this situation. “No,” Thomas breathed, closing his eyes for fear of what emotions he might see cross Newt’s face. “Maybe the Thomas I was before loved her, but.. But the Thomas that woke up in the Maze, he’s always wanted someone else.” Silence cleaved the world. Neither of them were breathing. And Thomas could have sworn even the cranks out in the night were holding their breath, waiting to see what might happen next. Anxiety was a current beneath his skin; moving swift and clear and with a power that suggested it could not be stopped. He was holding his head above the water but soon enough he’d be drowning in it.

ALTERNATE UNIVERSE / COMPLETE DEPARTURE FROM CANON:

Secrets by Tattered_Dreams
Summary: In which the kids of Maze University play Spin the Bottle at one of Minho's parties.

Maybe if I tell myself enough (3616 words) by dreamscomeslow
Additional Tags: Five Times, Angst, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, no happy ending
Summary: Five times Newt almost confessed his feelings to his best friend and one time Thomas did.
> beautiful but unhappy ending

cake by the ocean (5760 words) by orphan_account
Summary: Thomas hears footsteps make their way into the living room, and Minho’s roommate slowly walks into view. “Hi, nice to finally meet...” He sees Thomas standing there in shock and his greeting trails off. “Oh, bloody hell.” “What the fuck?” All in all, Thomas has no idea why he’s so surprised, considering how much of a joke his life has been recently. “Your name is Newt?” he demands, eyes locked on Hot Blonde Guy. “What kind of name is that?”

heaven's on fire (5655 words) by orphan_account
Summary: “Tell me if I’ve got this right.” Teresa sounds like she’s struggling to hold back laughter. Thomas hates her. “You spent most of your six-hour flight flirting with a hot stranger, only to find out he’s actually the author whose press conference you were meant to be covering.” “And I told him I had no interest in reading any of his books,” Thomas adds, because what the hell. He may as well lay all the facts out. “I also might have told him that we used to date.”

no control (1980 words) by orphan_account
Summary: “Oh my God,” Thomas says, tone laced with awe. “You’re British.” Newt blinks at him, frown deepening. “And?” “I mean,” Thomas hurriedly backpedals, suddenly aware of how creepy he must have sounded. “Not that it matters. Or makes you more attractive to me in any way, pfft.” At Newt’s confused look, he adds, “Not that I think you’re attractive at all! In fact, I just came over here to tell you how totally not attracted I am to you.”

saw you in colors last night, and you didn't even have to get undressed. (3920 words) by uksangster
Summary: “I’m guessing that you’re wearing a blue shirt today.” “Wrong.” and Newt was always wrong. or the one au where you go colorblind after age seven until you kiss your soulmate, and two best friends have been trying to guess each other’s colors for decades.

Brighter Than Fireworks (5991 words) by Please_Tommy_Please
Additional Tags: Fourth of July, Fluff, Mutual Pining, Friends to Lovers, Gally's secret brew, Fireworks, Sexual Tension, WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED, Overuse of italics, Sonya's middle name is Elizabeth and Newt calls her Lizzy, I have no idea how old everyone is, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
Series: Part 1 of Brighter Than Fireworks
Summary: Alby's annual Fourth of July party doesn't go as planned. Thomas isn't complaining. Neither is Newt, for that matter.

Groundhog Day (13043 words) by ShippingLikeAPackage
Chapters: 5/6
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Groundhog Day, Frustrated Newt, Poor kid has to repeat the day, cute newt/sonya, thomesa besties
Summary: Newt had heard the stories, knew them like the back of his hand: everybody has a soulmate in this world, one person made just for them, blah, blah, blah. Their initials were inscribed on everybody’s chest, just to the left of the sternum, directly over the heart. That he was fine with. The problem for him, personally, lay within the other condition: that if you came within close proximity of your soulmate, but failed to meet them, you would have to relive the day until you succeeded. Which, in theory, seems like a good idea, but that's because most people didn't fuck up this badly.

Fix your tie (1814 words) by ReadInTheNight
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Hogwarts, Thomas and Teresa are brother and sister, Slytherin!Newt, Slytherin!Brenda, Gryffindor!Thomas, Gryffindor!Teresa, Not my fic, It's a friends, Fluff, Maybe a bit Angst, Pining, Mutual Pining, Idiots in Love, everyone ships it, Newt is ex-seeker, Quidditch
Summary: Thomas is in love with a certain Slytherin friend. They were supposed to meet up after the Quidditch game, however, Newt has something to say to Thomas in private. Is Newt gonna say the thing Thomas fears the most? That they can't be friends because of their different house?
> Newt is 100% a Slytherin and this is adorable

hello, goodbye (1065 words) by orphan_account
Summary: The guy standing on the other side is decidedly not Teresa. He’s definitely the hottest guy Thomas has ever seen, all pale skin and messy blonde hair. He’s also half-naked, a towel wrapped around his waist, beads of water sliding down his body. Thomas watches one disappear underneath the white cloth and feels his mouth go dry due to a whole new kind of thirst. “You’re not Teresa,” he says dumbly.

you are my dirty little secret (3879 words) by Professor_David
Series: Part 1 of the one with the secret
Summary: “He probably thinks now that something is up,” the dark haired boy muttered unhappily. “He definitely will suspect something.” “Oh please,” Newt chuckled, “it’s Minho we are talking about. He’ll forget everything the moment he sees Teresa.” “But what if he’ll not?” Thomas asked stubbornly. “So what? Nothing’s really gonna change, you know,” Newt exclaimed, throwing his hands in the air. “Yeah, you won’t be the one Minho will kill,” the other boy muttered, frowning. “No, we both know how he’s overprotective over you. It doesn’t matter that you aren’t brothers by blood, he still thinks about you as his younger brother. What do you think he would think when he found out that his best friend was-,” there was a little pause as Thomas tried to pick the right word, “- banging his little brother behind his back?” Or: Thomas and Newt are in relationships no one knows about.

Staying Up (60115 words) by lokidiabolus
Additional Tags: writer x editor, AU, another silly thing, and another series, Newt is a bit snappy in here, may get angsty as well
Series: Part 1 of Staying Up
Summary: Newt is a professional. He always takes his work seriously, mainly because the fact he really enjoys reading and being, even a little, part of the creation. Apart from his deadly honesty occasionally clashing with people around him he also prefers staying alone. It all changes when a random stranger offers him a scarf on the street, and the domino effect threatens to take him along with the tumble.

saw a shooting star and thought of you (2698 words) by tsukishimas
Additional Tags: community theater au, Alternate Universe - Theatre
Summary: thomas really wants this part. has also really wants to kiss the guy he's up against. (or: a mondern day au in which thomas and newt meet because they're auditioning for the same role in a community theater, alby and minho are directors, and gally is the supportive friend.)

Kiss me (3126 words) by whatxever426
Additional Tags: Party, Strangers, Making Out, I really can't think of anything else, i don't know how to tag, I'm Sorry, Thomas is just really cute, Minho the matchmaker, newt and minho are besties, minho and thomas become friends, their kiss is really intense
Summary: Thomas really wants to make out with the hot guy in the corner and Newt thinks this stranger coming up to him is kinda cute so he just goes for it.

The Blue Top (9977 words) by BlackWingBecci
Summary: It was just a blue top. But it spelled trouble for Thomas. He could loose Teresa - his best friend, his person - and he sure as hell needed her around to help him deal with his complicated life. His friends with benefits situation with Newt was a mess and Thomas couldn't get a hold of his feelings. He was struggling to find himself after growing up from who he was back at home. He needed Teresa, but he wasn't going to hold her back either.

Drunken Misunderstanding (1563 words) by Sammy_Holland
Additional Tags: Underage Drinking, Flirting, Drunken Flirting, thomas is drunk, Thomas is an Idiot, he gets hurt, Minho has to comfort him, Happy Ending
Summary: Thomas is so drunk he forgets Newt is his boyfriend and he decides to flirt with him but it doesn’t go as planned.

That Weird Facial Mask (3232 words) by serenesavagery
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Percy Jackson Fusion, Camp Half-Blood (Percy Jackson), Percy Jackson References, Fluff and Humor, Pre-Slash, Pre-Relationship
Summary: Thomas can't sleep alone in the Hades cabin and bumps into Newt. Not literally though. Newt's got a solution to the problem. But then there's Newt's facial mask. Very creepy facial mask, Thomas might add.

POST CANON:

in wildest dreams (i never dreamed of this) (2043 words) by CerinityKS
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Reincarnation, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Fluff and Angst, Death Cure Spoilers
Summary: Neither of them could figure it out, how it worked. How they could possibly be there, on an Earth that was healthy and whole. In the end they agreed that it wasn’t important, because they were there and they were alive again. And most importantly, they were together. Newt still remembers seeing Alby die, how it felt like he’d died with him. He had been positive that he’d never be able to move on. (but he did and then he’d lost him too and it was so much harder the second time around) But it was strange, just being the two of them. So they decided if they remembered, and they where there, surely everyone else was there and remembered too… right - In which the gladers are reincarnated and given second chances, and Newt just wants to have his Tommy back.
> only if you got an ao3 account

Grab An End (pull hard and make a wish...) (1116 words) by Nevcolleil
Additional Tags: Fix-It of Sorts, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Summary: It didn't begin with Newt the way it began with Teresa. It was too... quiet to question. No. Quiet isn't the word. It was too... natural. He felt it too easily. And then, like it had been with remembering his name during his fight with Gally (one moment Thomas was just 'Greenie', and the next he became 'Thomas')... one day Thomas loved Newt. And the next day he loved him.

you could rattle the stars (3018 words) by ourlovelybones
Additional Tags: Fluff, Romance, Drama, based off of a tweet, I love u, Spoilers!, Happy Ending
Summary: "sometimes i think that maybe newt visits thomas in his dreams and they get drunk and go on adventures together like the good old days" - villainousnewt (twitter)
> could be read as darker as it put in question Thomas' mental health

Chimera (1019 words) by alice_wonderland_hatter
Summary: The slick movement of their lips only grow more ferocious; they’re dancing a waltz, maybe a tango, and he has no idea how his partner, his lover, knows such beautifully complicated ways to move and match their tongues. He’s being attacked. His lover’s tongue streams stunningly against his fair teeth. “Please, Tommy, please.”

CUTE & FLUFFY:

Complicated (493 words) by orphan_account
Additional Tags: Fluff, Bit of cuddling, Bit of kissing, Oh and there are some emotions in there too
Summary: Newt doesn't really know what his relationship with Tommy is.

Florets Tale (1511 words) by OldeShoestrings
Summary: Newt is covered in flowers and Thomas doesn't understand why. Well, at least he looks cute though so there's that.

Existing Together (440 words) by SarahJayne
Additional Tags: Fluff, Cuddling, sort of spoilers for the death cure, very soft fic tbh
Summary: Thomas loves waking up next to Newt

THE MOSTLY SMUT ONES:

Combat Training (4998 words) by Smontheye
Additional Tags: Explicit Sexual Content, Kinda AU, Outdoor Sex, Wet Dream, Training, Anal Sex, Spoilers for The Maze Runner, top Thomas, Bottom Newt, Pining, Love Bites, Barebacking, Protectiveness, A little angst
Summary: "So," Minho continued, tone suggesting he thought the answer was obvious, "I need to give you some combat training, if you're gonna go out and be a Runner." He pulled two long, slate gray knives out of his pack and handed one handle-first to Thomas. He took it, noting upon closer inspection the blade was dull. "Can't have our future Keeper of the Runners unable to defend himself from some scrawny shuck going through a bad Changing." (In which Thomas has a crush on Newt and acts on it.)

Introductions (2032 words) by therealamphibiousnewt
Additional Tags: That's it, because this is essentially porn without plot, Mutual Masturbation, First Time, ish?, first time in living memory, i guess, seriously though, it's just porn
Summary: "Too pent up to sleep," Newt says it like he worries about Thomas's intelligence, "and it turns out the open air and all these shanks sleeping everywhere makes it a bit hard to concentrate." Again, vague embarrassment. Heat in his cheeks he can't explain. His eyes flick down at Newt's chest, the way his shirt is see through in the yellow light of the fire. "Maybe I can help you concentrate." "Do you know what you're offering, Tommy?" Newt laughs again, but there's such fondness in the nickname that a foreign heat furls from the anxious ball in Thomas's chest. He remembers a vague idea of attraction, and honestly? It felt a whole lot like this.

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Ragnar Lothbrok/Athelstan fics rec

2017-11-04T18:43:29Z

a list of my favorite fics for those two

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ABSOLUTE PERSONAL ALL TIME FAVORITES & MUST READ:

Draugr (4158 words) by oneiriad
Warnings: Major Character Death
Additional Tags: Ghosts
Summary: "You are dead." At least Athelstan has the good grace to look embarrassed about it. "Well - well, yes. I suppose I am."

set the ocean free (1005 words) by thesetemplebones
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Graphic Description, Suicidal Thoughts, Drabble
Summary: Athelstan sat, his legs dangling off the edge, when before he would have cringed at being near the edge of the cliff.

stigmata (2660 words) by seditonem
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: there was some pointless porn? i think? i haven't written anything in a while.
Summary: There’s no point looking back to see if Ragnar is following – Athelstan learned long ago that Ragnar will come along as he pleases, lithe and cunning like some great cat. (aka, post 2x09 fic.)

He Will Take You If You Run (Because He Is The Lord) (1447 words) by th_esaurus
Additional Tags: dub con, Slavery
Summary: “I cannot take this,” Athelstan murmured, his head hung. “Why so?” His feet shifted against the ground, nuzzling pebbles against one another. “Because it means nothing to you.” Ragnar tied a cord around the cross and put it around Athelstan’s neck, tousled his longish hair. It hung stiffly at his collarbone. “It means enough to you for the two of us, and that is good enough for me.”

Fearless (294 words) by peacefrog
Warnings: Major Character Death
Additional Tags: Angst, Grief/Mourning
Summary: Fearless, but by his side you were softer than the water that flows beneath the hull of your ship.

SET IN MAIN CANON:

The History Books Forgot About Us (5258 words) by pendragonness
Additional Tags: First Kiss, Religious Conflict, Fluff, only vague plot tbh
Summary: And the bible didn't mention us... Ragnar and Athelstan are closer than either of them could have forseen, and whereas Ragnar finds an ease in his feelings toward the young priest, Athelstan struggles. Whether his feelings are returned or not, Ragnar will always be there.

wherever you go (1872 words) by apolliades
Additional Tags: Slice of Life, Drunk Sex, Developing Relationship
Summary: “Why didn’t you choose to take treasure?" “I did. You are my treasure.” - a handful of moments in their lives.

A story of morning cuddles and serious talks (1159 words) by Lesatha
Summary: “Now, we can have a serious talk,” Ragnar says. “Tell me about Paris.” Athelstan props himself on one elbow, casting him a disbelieving stare. “Paris isn't a serious talk. It's your bedtime story.” “Please.”

Homecoming (787 words) by zelda_zee
Summary: It is not until years of knowing each other have passed and they are no longer young men that Ragnar first takes him to bed.

La Petite Mort by PlaneJane
Summary: Athelstan and Ragnar discuss religion, and take their friendship to a new level, while the impending threat on Athelstan's life hangs over them like a dark cloud: They sat for a time. Close as brothers. Close as lovers. The shadow of a soaring bird crossed the ground at their feet. When Athelstan searched for the bird in the sky, it had already gone, like the very last cloud disappearing distantly over the fjord. Into that vast blue, Ragnar spoke softly. “I want to have sex with you. I want to be your slave.”

For Your Eyes to See (4071 words) by iamee
Additional Tags: Religious Conflict, Dubious Consent, Hand Jobs, Kissing, Temptation, First Time, Bathing/Washing, Light Dom/sub
Summary: Athelstan learns the hard way that you don't leave your clothes out of sight while swimming. At least not when you're living with Vikings who apparently can't take 'no' for an answer.

The Best Defense (1090 words) by Gigi_Sinclair
Relationships: Athelstan/Ragnar Lothbrok, Lagertha/Ragnar Lothbrok
Summary: Lagertha ponders the dangers of her new position. Spoilers for episode 1.06.

Breaking The Fast (2877 words) by DisasterShipBlonde
Additional Tags: First Kiss, Belly Rubs, Feeding, Hurt/Comfort, Master/Slave, Heavy Petting, Praise Kink
Summary: He allowed the flat of his hand to circle slowly. It was only petting. And Athelstan liked it. He couldn’t hide it. The inevitable corny first kiss shtick. Athelstan tries to keep up his habits from the monastery. Ragnar is having none of it. Set in S1, when the kids are still kids and Athelstan is a relatively newly-captured slave.

Ganga undir Jarðarmen (3832 words) by oneiriad
Additional Tags: Families of Choice
Summary: Will you walk with me, Athelstan?

The Peaceful Sanctuary (5197 words) by QuietLula
Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Angst, Fluff
Summary: The first time Ragnar and Athelstan share a bed.

Acclimatising (1494 words) by bubblewrapstargirl
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Infidelity, Jealousy, Episode: s02e01 Brother's War
Summary: Aslaug doesn't understand Athelstan's place in the household. Ragnar sets her straight.

Dragons of the North (5988 words) by gentlezombie
Additional Tags: Canon-Typical Violence, Polyamory, Background Relationships, Crisis of Faith
Summary: In this year fierce, foreboding omens came over the land of the Northumbrians, and the wretched people shook; there were excessive whirlwinds, lightning, and fiery dragons were seen flying in the sky. - The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Athelstan's journey from the monastery of Lindisfarne to a strange northern land and beyond. The longest journey takes place in his soul.

Soul (680 words) by arthureames
Summary: “Are you in Heaven? Or in Valhalla?” Ragnar asks. “Neither.” Athelstan replies. “I am with you.”

Völva (100 words) by amoama
Relationships: Aslaug/Ragnar Lothbrok, Athelstan/Ragnar Lothbrok
Summary: Aslaug's alone and dreaming.

The gift of art (4404 words) by Marium
Additional Tags: Developing Relationship, Athelstan's journal, Athelstan draws things and Ragnar is interested in it, various scenes, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Fluff
Summary: Ragnar brings a gift for Athelstan from England, and through the years Athelstan uses it to express his changing feelings about the world that surrounds him and the man who changed his life.

Interesting (5588 words) by Write_like_an_American
Rating: Explicit
Relationships: Floki/Ragnar Lothbrok, Athelstan/Ragnar Lothbrok, Lagertha/Ragnar Lothbrok, Athelstan/Lagertha/Ragnar Lothbrok, Floki/Helga (Vikings)
Additional Tags: Most of the pairings listed above are wishful thinking on Ragnar's part, the Floki/Helga is in the background, Ragnar likes to fuck interesting people, Athelstan is an interesting person, Athelstan is also asexual, Ragnar doesn't know this (neither does Athelstan), So Ragnar fucks Floki instead, I had to write some unrequited love stuff after the latest episode, And I have plenty more to come, Accidental Voyeurism
Summary: Floki wants Ragnar. Ragnar wants the priest. The priest doesn't particularly want anyone, and can't work out why being a virgin is a crime.

No desire, but love (1851 words) by solenskiner
Additional Tags: Asexual Athelstan, Fluff, Romance, Established Relationship
Summary: Maintaining celibacy has never been a hardship for a young Athelstan. He didn't think further about it and was grateful to not suffer from the sin of flesh, like some of the other brothers. But when he is taken to Kattegat by a Viking and learns the pagan ways, he realizes that sex is something people normally desire. When Athelstan realizes he is in love with Ragnar, he shuts down his feelings and buries them. After all, what should a man like Ragnar do with someone that doesn't want to feel or give desire?

A Sort Of Homecoming (3887 words) by Ashtray_Heart
Additional Tags: Fluff and Angst, Canon Compliant, Gap Filler, Cuddling & Snuggling, Lots of kissing and talking, Established Relationship, Nothing whatsoever happens, Athelstan topping
Summary: After Ragnar's fight with his wife, Athelstan tries to make him understand Aslaug's perspective. It's basically just the two of them on their first night back in Kattegat (S03E05), talking about marriage, relationships and women.

The Heart Of Slavery (5053 words) by QuietLula
Additional Tags: Slavery, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Minor Violence, Canon Compliant
Summary: Athelstan comes to terms with the fact that there are some things he will always be a slave to.

ALTERNATE REALITIES: FUSION/POWERS/SOULMATES/TIMEY WIMEY/MYTHS WITH CANON BASIS:

through the air and winding snow (1831 words) by sassafrasx
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, References to Norse Religion & Lore, Quests, Underworld, Mythic Heroes on Epic Quests for Love, Friendship/Love, First Kiss
Summary: If Athelstan is in pain, if he does not have the afterlife he deserves, Ragnar will follow.

What the Raven Stole (1266 words) by hedgerowhag
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Mythology, Alternate Universe, i have no idea how to tag this AU, References to Norse Religion & Lore
Summary: The Raven grinned, sly and joyous in one expression, and offered the young man a hand as cold and rough as driftwood.

in you everything sank. (1104 words) by CallicoKitten
Additional Tags: Daemons, Alternate Universe - Daemons, idk this is mostly gen, with implied relationships, ragnar loves everybody and i ship everybody, fucking vikings
Summary: Ragnar has a thing for interesting people.

Boundary-Walkers (3111 words) by parabolica
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Dragons, Religious Imagery & Symbolism
Summary: Dragons represent the unknown, the untested, the outer limits of human control. It is why they are reserved for marginalia.

The Treasure of Lindisfarne (1921 words) by oneiriad
Characters: Athelstan (Vikings), Ragnar Lothbrok, King Aelle (Vikings), Lord Aethelwulf (Vikings), Rollo (Vikings), Floki (Vikings)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fairy Tale, Pre-Slash
Summary: Once upon a time, there was a young monk who lived alone in a monastery - alone, because a terrible dragon had curled itself around it one day when all the other monks had gone down to the sea to collect clams.

Birds Of A Feather (601 words) by oneiriad
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Soulmates
Summary: It was because of the raven.

From the Beggar's Cloak (2403 words) by hedgerowhag
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fairy Tale, References to Norse Religion & Lore, Alternate Universe, i genuinely have no idea how to tag this au
Summary: A Saxon traveller came to befriend a Queen from the northern lands who invited him to spend the festival of Lithasblot in her hall. When the feast began, in the hall the traveller meet a blind beggar who spoke of the Gods and their ploys.

Ex Nihilo (6664 words) by Gnilnim27
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, omega!athelstan, alpha!ragnar, BAMF Lagertha, First Time, Alternate Universe
Summary: An alpha/omega verse AU where omega Athelstan is gifted to King Ragnar as tribute. The sound of heavy boots making their way across the stone floor made Athelstan jump. A finger slid under his chin, tilting his face up, forcing Athelstan to meet the gaze of the man - no, the alpha before him. “What is your name?”

ALTERNATE UNIVERSE / COMPLETE DEPARTURE FROM CANON (& SOME COULD BE REINCARNATION):

Like the sun (4115 words) by Morethancupcake
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Writer Althelstan, First Meetings, Friends to Lovers, Internalized Homophobia, Fluff and Angst, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Jealousy, Infidelity, Canon-Typical Violence, except it's pretty tame compared to the actual show, mention of other characters, Past Abuse, Misunderstandings
Summary: They meet during Summer, in a a town too small for them. Ragnar is like the sun, scorching, burning, and Athelstan isn't sure he will survive.

Head in the Clouds (2563 words) by craple
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - College/University, Pining, Oblivious, Courtship, floki is a terrible friend, lagertha is a hannibal-lecter-come-again, Fluff
Summary: Day #017 – Ragnar Lothbrok is still staring at Athel’s cute perky arse.

of unknown first dates (422 words) by lowsywriter
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés, Alternate Universe - College/University, oblivious Athelstan, Pining Ragnar
Summary: from the prompt: "caaan i haaave athelnar + i'm trying to impress you with my skills (cooking, athletic, idk i scream for college au)" Ragnar is a barista at Athelstan's favorite café. A love story written in milk foam.

The Galaxy Beneath Us (805 words) by j_gabrielle
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Age Difference, Car Sex, PWP, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Marking, Barebacking, Barely Legal, Teacher/Student, Confident!Athelstan, Established Relationship, Secret Relationship
Summary: Ragnar’s car shakes with each thrust, and there is no doubt that the fishermen coming in from sea would know what they are doing in there.

Truth In Triggered Words (3469 words) by FunkyinFishnet
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Game of Thrones Fusion, Character of Faith, Religion, First Meetings, Alliances
Summary: Dothraki have appeared in the Vale. A young septon who speaks Dothraki, Athelstan, is sent to meet with them, to speak with their khal and gain an alliance for the Vale.

THE MOSTLY SMUTTY & SOME FEELS ONES:

To speak a word with you (1040 words) by agnesanutter
Additional Tags: Fluff, Love Confessions
Summary: Ragnar and Athelstan share a bed after Ragnar tells Athelstan his truth.

Stars When You Shine (2017 words) by craple
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: 5+1 Things, Semi-Public Sex, Accidental Voyeurism
Summary: Ragnar is a good friend, after all. Surely he will share the priest, his sweet priest with a friend, will he not? Or 5 times people randomly catch Ragnar/Athelstan having sex +1 time Ragnar allows Floki to watch.

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Matt Murdock/Foggy Nelson fics rec

2017-10-03T01:44:04Z

Just a list of fics for those two that I really love and are pretty much my faves...

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ABSOLUTE PERSONAL ALL TIME FAVORITES & MUST READ:

Devil's Advocate (11638 words) by ChuckleVoodoos
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Crimes & Criminals, Lawyers, Not-Quite-Crooked Lawyer Foggy, Not-Quite-Sane Vigilante Matt, but that's hardly news, Fluff and Angst, So Your Boss Is a Mob Boss
Summary: "Devil’s advocate (noun): a person who expresses a contentious opinion in order to provoke debate or test the strength of the opposing arguments." Foggy keeps playing devil's advocate, and he keeps winning. The other devil in Hell's Kitchen is not happy about this.

lips sealed (eyes open) (13266 words) by Tokyo_the_Glaive
Additional Tags: Mild Gore, Stalking, Angst, Fluff, First Kiss, Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting
Summary: Foggy met the Devil on a Tuesday. He's since taken a vow of silence with the hope that the Devil will leave him alone and his life can go back to normal. He's tenacious enough to follow through with it, too. (Too bad the Devil's even more dedicated to making sure Foggy stays safe and close.)

hurry up now (it's only getting colder) (2326 words) by returnsandreturns
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting, Hook-Up, Gay Bar, Flirting, Fluff and Smut
Summary: “Matt,” Foggy repeats. “Thanks for the help, Matt, and I hate to say this because you seem really cool, but you’re way too hot and nobody’s gonna hit on me if you’re talking to me. “Oh, uhm—I was hitting on you?” Matt says, smiling awkwardly. “Or trying, at least. I don’t do this very often.”

ALTERNATE REALITIES/ SET IN A SIMILAR UNIVERSES WITH SOME BIG CHANGES:

Prayer Beads (14447 words) by ChuckleVoodoos
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Priests, Sins, Confessional
Summary: Matt doesn't know if love or lust is the deadlier sin. Either way, he's going to hell.

Private Property (14382 words) by poisonivory
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Prostitution, Alternate Universe - Sex Slave, It's really sort of halfway between hookerfic and sex slave AUs, We've got us a Goldilocks situation here
Summary: Technically speaking, Foggy doesn't own Matt; it's more like indentured servitude. Still, the rules of the Program mean that Foggy can have whatever he wants from Matt. So why isn't he taking it?

Sweet Tooth (13784 words) by ChuckleVoodoos
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Landman and Zack, Interns & Internships, Dating, Origin Story
Summary: Matt needs excitement, raw lust and feverish feelings. Matt doesn’t need sweet.

Gazelle, Lion, Gun (22731 words) by ChuckleVoodoos
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Superheroes, Vigilante!Foggy, Vigilante!Matt, Partnership
Summary: The Devil of Hell's Kitchen has got some competition. Sassy sharpshooters do not make good crime-fighting partners, except that they really do.

You should see the other guy (20203 words) by GreenQueenofClubs
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Harvard!AU, Foggy went to Harvard, Not Columbia, Slow Build, Foggy is too good for his own well being, Matt needs a hug, or five
Summary: If Foggy Nelson was to be honest with himself, despite all the super heroes running around for years now, he never really thought that he would become best friend with a masked vigilante when he came back to New York, his Harvard Law diploma still fresh from the press.

The Lawyer All the Wickedness (11611 words) by poisonivory
Fandom: Daredevil (Comics), Spider-Gwen (Comics), Marvel (Comics)
Rating: Explicit
Series: Part 1 of The Lawyer All the Wickedness
Summary: Matt Murdock is the Kingpin's right-hand man and a stain on New York City's legal system. Whatever he wants from Foggy, it can't be anything good. So why can't Foggy stay away?
[EARTH 65 setting - set in an the universe in which Gwen Stacy became spiderwoman instead of Peter Parker and Matt Murdock works for Fisk instead of against him, as a lawyer/assassin while Foggy is still Foggy]

give up on trying to save us (786 words) by returnsandreturns
Fandom: Daredevil (TV), Spider-Gwen (Comics)
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Ficlet, Tumblr Prompt, Hate Sex, ALLEGEDLY, Praise Kink, Oral Sex
Summary: “This is the last time,” Foggy says, and he means it. He does. The fact that he says it while Murdock’s got him pinned up against his desk with his hand down Foggy’s pants is—immaterial, frankly.
[EARTH 65 setting - set in the universe in which Gwen Stacy became spiderwoman instead of Peter Parker and Matt Murdock works for Fisk instead of against him, as a lawyer/assassin while Foggy is still Foggy]

put away your labor // and your leisure, too (6098 words) by themikeymonster
Additional Tags: Pain, Blood and Injury, Twisted and Fluffy Feelings, Probably Developing Feelings For Death is Bad, well not THE death but A death, Not a Happy Story, The Pitfalls of Feeling Things for Something Inhuman
Summary: The thing says, "You're absolutely refusing to go quietly into the night, you know. Could make my job a little easier, here." Matt's ribs creak, crackle and splinter, and there is blood bubbling at the back of his throat and yet, dizzy, what comes out is half-groan, half huffing laugh. "Why should I?"

Devil's Food (15428 words) by ChuckleVoodoos
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Professors, Law School, Pining, Fluff and Angst, Not Dubious Consent, I promise
Summary: Foggy Nelson is Matt's best and brightest student. Matt falls in love with him anyway.

Sidewalk Angels Echo Hallelujah (7727 words) by Waynesgrayson
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Stalking, Blood and Gore, Mild Gore, Canon-Typical Violence, Angst, Fluff, First Kiss, Christmas, Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Journalist!Foggy, Journalist!Karen, Dark!Matt
Summary: Then the Devil raises an arm above their heads, and curious, Foggy follows the movement. He lets out a startled laugh when he looks up and sees what the Devil is holding. “Mistletoe.”

Invisible Ink (16315 words) by ctimene
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Tattoo Parlor, Human Disaster Matt Murdock, Slow Build, Tattoos
Summary: “Hello, welcome to Josie’s, I’m Foggy, what are you looking for?” “Uh, nothing,” the guy replies, and Foggy is nonplussed for the nanosecond it takes to put together glasses, cane, and the way Hottie McHotFace is gazing absently over his shoulder. “Oh, oh, you’re blind, dude, sorry. But, uh, this is a tattoo parlour?” “I know.” The guy sighs. “I lost a bet?” Or: The One Where Foggy Is A Tattoo Artist And Matt Is The Worst

We Just Lost the Beat (19334 words) by knight_tracer, lady_ragnell
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Radio, Identity Porn, Podfic, Audio Format: MP3, Audio Format: Streaming, Podfic Length: 1.5-2 Hours
Summary: Matt hears a lot in the city at night, sirens and crime--and the late-night radio show Foggy With a Chance, which sometimes runs a Daredevil Watch if he's been particularly active, but which mostly plays music. He probably shouldn't call in and request a song, but he does it anyway.

I Know the Lord My Soul Won't Take (8486 words) by Waynesgrayson
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Blood and Gore, Blood and Violence, Gore, Canon-Typical Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Angst, Dark!Matt, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting, First Kiss, Fluff, Love Confessions, Implied Sexual Content, Sexual Tension
Summary: “Oh Foggy. You really need to keep yourself out of these situations.” The Devils says with a fondness usually reserved for a child. He's walking towards Foggy and unlike the way he moved after those men, he's taking his time. Walking as if he has all the time in the world.

Knock Three Times (On the Ceiling If You Want Me) (16884 words) by poisonivory
Summary: Matt's downstairs neighbor sings showtunes (badly) at all hours, eats weird-smelling food, and never stops talking. Matt falls in love long before they actually meet.

Red Cross (12455 words) by ChuckleVoodoos
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Doctors & Physicians, Fluff
Summary: Foggy is perfectly happy being a law-abiding physician with a weakness for cupcakes. No one else seems to understand this.

I'll Most Likely Kill You in the Morning (49459 words) by inkfingers_mcgee
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon, Canon-Typical Violence, Slow Burn, Secret Identity, Season/Series 01, Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting, Sensory Overload, Identity Reveal, face touching, Resolved Sexual Tension, Identity Porn
Summary: Foggy and Matt never met at school. They cross paths for the first time while working opposite sides of a case, and Matt doesn't leave an impression beyond the superficial: a blind, pro-bono crusader who Foggy will feel really guilty about having to oppose in court one of these days. Seemed like a nice guy, but no one Foggy will worry about a week later. He has more important things on his mind, like the masked vigilante who keeps cornering him in dark alleys to threaten him for information.

Stay In My Arms (If You Dare) (33765 words) by poisonivory
Fandom: Daredevil (TV), Jessica Jones (TV), The Defenders (Marvel TV)
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Bodyguard, Human Disaster Matt Murdock
Summary: The Defenders are the most elite bodyguard agency in the world. When Wilson Fisk's personal attorney Foggy Nelson walks in looking for protection from a mysterious man in black, Matt Murdock is more than happy to take Mr. Nelson's safety in hand. But Nelson's guilt is hard to prove, and Matt may have gotten himself in too deep - especially once someone besides the man in black starts gunning for his client.

Baby, it's cold outside (15228 words) by Waynesgrayson
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Gore, Blood, Gore and Blood, explicit violence, Mentions of Rape, Dismemberment, Poisoning, Torture, Kidnapping, Stalking, Harassment, Murder, Angst, Bad Decisions, Dubious Consent, Language, Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Fluff, First Kiss, Christmas, Dark!Matt
Summary: It's quiet for a while and Foggy starts to think that maybe the Devil has left, but then he gets his response. “Evening, darling.”

Daredevils Don't Drink Decaf (20553 words) by ChuckleVoodoos
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés, All People Who Pass the Bar Are Destined to Become "Bar"-istas, Vigilantism, Matt has issues, Kidnapping, The Dangers of Dating the Daredevil, The Chaste, Torture, And Yet Somehow Still Fluffy
Summary: “I really, really want to make a joke about bats and blindness. Will you punch me if I make a joke about bats and blindness?” Matt shakes his head, grinning. “Okay, so we’re Superspud and Blind-As-A-Batman.” In which Foggy uses his law degree to peddle coffee to unsuspecting caffeine junkies, and Matt is his favorite customer. Who may or may not be Batman.

Up, Up, and Away (8316 words) by enid_salt
Additional Tags: Meet-Cute, AU
Summary: Foggy Nelson is immune to the charms of the so-called Devil of Hell's Kitchen. Not so much to those of Matt Murdock. (Meet-Cute AU: "I accidentally picked up your luggage by mistake", a classic in it's own right)

A Dance with the Devil (1544 words) by Waynesgrayson
Additional Tags: Minor Violence, Mild Gore, Mild Blood, Fluff, Slow Dancing, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Dark!Matt
Summary: Foggy looks up at him, expecting him to disappear into the night like he always does, but this time he reaches a hand out to him. “May I have this dance?”

Nobody Said It Was Easy (22169 words) by Amaria_Anna_D
Additional Tags: Kid Fic, Alternate Universe, Minor other pairings
Summary: Foggy Nelson isn't exactly thrilled when his mother volunteers him to watch Jack Murdock's son, Matt, but after meeting the kid, he knows that he's made a friend for life. As the boys grow up, feelings and bonds change. Foggy begins to wonder if maybe he has a chance for more. Based on Iraya's amazing comic Baby Crush.
[also contains Matt/Elektra & Sam Wilson/Foggy Nelson!]

through the bookcase, imagining a scene (5145 words) by returnsandreturns
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Library, librarian!Foggy, librarian!Karen, mostly canon Matt, Fluff, Take Your Fandom to Work Day
Summary: “He’s back,” Karen says, making Foggy jump and drop his armful of books. She winces and drops down immediately to help him pick them up. “Matt?” Foggy asks. It’s an optimistic guess—there are a lot of guys who could be back, like the guy who sits in a study carrel and eats peanut butter out of a jar with his hands and Uncomfortable Religious Missionary Guy, who is actually three different guys. “Yep,” she replies, nodding and widening her eyes when she grins. “He’s flirting with the circulation ladies, which means you’ve got just enough time to steal my shift at the reference desk before he gets there.”

A Wizard Did It (7884 words) by ctimene
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Fluff and Crack, First Time, Alternate Universe - Supernatural Elements, this started off as a joke and ended up, Fuck Or Die, (it's okay they want to), foggy has powers, Matt has issues, Author Is Sleep Deprived
Summary: “You want to name yourself after weather?” “I have been a sentient statue on top of various churches for six centuries, I am all in for weather.”

Insert Cheesy Elvis Lyric Here (11110 words) by keepitdreamin
Additional Tags: Fake/Pretend Relationship, Fake Marriage, Alternate Universe
Summary: After Matt and Foggy get married “platonically” for the married student housing benefits, Foggy’d assumed there were no more secrets between them. After all, he’s told Matt all of his and Matt’s told him about his father and even taken him to Fogwell’s so… why don’t they have their rings yet?
{Inspired by a writing-prompts-s post: All newlyweds are given a rock which breaks apart to reveal their wedding rings once the couple knows every secret about each other. Most couples typically get their rings on their wedding night. Five years later, you still don’t have them. What could be holding you back from getting them?}

Loving You's A Bloodsport (1849 words) by Waynesgrayson
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Blood and Gore, Gore, Violence, Organs, Implied Sexual Content, Angst, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Dark!Matt
Summary: In the history books, when people are afraid, they use fire. Foggy wishes that they figured out you can't burn that of which was born in flames.

SET IN MAIN CANON (GETTING TOGETHER SITUATIONS) MOSTLY CODA SEASON 1 OR 2:

A blessing (4516 words) by NohaIjiachi
Summary: “I can’t wait until we are not-broke enough to afford air conditioning…” He sighed to himself, voice low. “The day we get one, I’ll dance naked in the office, I don’t even care.” It was a empty promise made to himself, but as he pondered if he should go and beg Matt and Karen with the promise of a lovely naked dance, he caught a movement over the glass separating his office from the other rooms with the corner of his eye. Matt, sitting in office with his shirt half open and dark hair sticking to his forehead, was chuckling.

Just to Listen to Your Breath (9480 words) by poisonivory
Additional Tags: Post-Season/Series 02, Fix-It, Feral Tomcat Matt Murdock, Not literally
Summary: After the events of Season 2, Matt and Foggy aren't speaking. But that doesn't mean Matt's not hanging around.

Fitter. Happier. More Productive. (6325 words) by what_alchemy
Additional Tags: Season/Series 02 Spoilers, Canon-Typical Violence, putting the avocado back together
Summary: Matt tries to let go. He's not too good at it.

Look Around, It's You I Can't Replace (12123 words) by Fickle_Obsessions
Fandom: Daredevil (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Stalking, Pining, Light Angst, Light Hair Pulling, Epic Friendship, light humor, Love Confessions, but light well meant stalking, Fix-It
Summary: Matt handles his separation from Foggy after the breakup of Nelson and Murdock a bit less well than he anticipated. As in he doesn't really handle it at all.

(Smile) Like You Mean It (2323 words) by anonymousdaredevils
Additional Tags: Pining, Mutual Pining, Fluff, Fluff and Angst, Happy Ending, I promise
Summary: (Foggy is always worried about Matt, nowadays.) For a prompt on the Daredevil kink meme: So Foggy tells Matt he loves him a lot, because they are that kind of friends, and Matt is used to Foggy's heart being totally steady and honest when he says it. Which is why, sometime after the Daredevil reveal, it breaks his heart when Foggy suddenly starts sounding like he's lying when he says it. (Full prompt in the preliminary note.)

your mask may as well be cellophane if you're trying to hide from me (12511 words) by AppleJuiz
Additional Tags: season 1 AU, Not Season 2 Complaint, Cuddling & Snuggling, Foggy Dates Daredevil, Light Angst, Matt Murdock Needs a Hug, Miscommunication
Summary: “Hey Karen,” he whispers, because Matt is in the other room, and he doesn't really want to share this with Matt yet. So many years of pining over Matt and it still feels like he's cheating ever time he's interested in someone else. “Can I ask you something a little… weird?” “Sure,” Karen says, sitting up a little straighter. “Is something wrong?” “No, no, nothing wrong,” he assures her. “Just… When you got rescued by the man in the mask, did he... flirt with you?” - In which the Devil of Hell's Kitchen gets a boyfriend and Foggy is not an idiot.

Alibi Anthem (14851 words) by ChuckleVoodoos
Additional Tags: Lies, Matt Murdock Character Study, Episode Related, Fluff and Angst, Canon Compliant
Summary: All it takes, Matt thinks, is a little lie. If he tells the truth, Foggy will be angry. He’ll yell and cry and kick Matt right out into the cold. But if Matt says ‘accident’, he gets warm meals and warm blankets and warm Foggys. If Matt lies, he gets everything he wants. Is that really so awful? No, no it’s not. There are worse things than a little white lie, one that makes everybody happier than the truth ever could. One more lie can’t hurt.

a house you grew up in (3839 words) by LadyMerlin
Additional Tags: Eating Disorders, Angst, Hopeful Ending, Pre-Slash, Friendship, Not Actually Unrequited Love, miscommunications, Misunderstandings, Strained Friendships, hints of depression, Climate of Fear, Identity Reveal(ed), Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, trigger warning, Loss of Control, Podfic Available
Summary: It starts when Foggy loses control of his life. It starts when Foggy wakes up in a hospital bed after the fourth kidnapping.

if ever joy surrounds you (you have to let it) (9323 words) by KiaraSayre
Additional Tags: Matt's Terrible Coping Mechanisms, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Drunkenness, Addressing the Boner Issue, Friends to Lovers
Summary: "I mean, I did think that maybe vigilantism is actually good for you in terms of, like, self-actualization or whatever, but - have you been seeing a therapist or something? Good talks with your priest?" (Or, it's weird how weird things aren't between Matt and Foggy. Particularly when they're talking about boners.)

De Nile (11219 words) by ChuckleVoodoos
Additional Tags: Denial, Oblivious, Not Actually Unrequited Love, Enhanced Senses
Summary: Matt hates listening to Foggy's heartbeat. Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.

Call You Back (679 words) by poisonivory
Additional Tags: Post-Season/Series 02, Epistolary, Voicemail, Phone Calls & Telephones
Summary: Matt and Foggy aren't talking to each other, but they're listening.

Appellate (2181 words) by smilebackwards
Additional Tags: divorce court, Arguing, Angry Sex, Past Relationship(s), Forgiveness, Semi-Public Sex
Summary: Mr. Murdock. It sounds awkward and awful on Foggy’s tongue. Matt can feel his heart recoil, but he has ten stitches beneath his suit; Matt knows how to hide a wince.

My back has been breaking from this heavy heart (3880 words) by shinykari
Additional Tags: In Vino Veritas, Post-Season/Series 02, Love Confessions, Making Up, and making out, Matt Mudock's Martyr Complex, (it's practically a character in the show let's not play)
Summary: Neither of them seem to know how to fill the silence that stretches between them. Foggy has never been at a loss for words around Matt Murdock; since he walked into Foggy's life all those years ago with his stupid fluffy hair and Thurgood Marshall quotes, it's all Foggy can do to keep the words in. For a second he thinks that maybe Matt hung up, but he can still hear his breathing on the other end of the line. Maybe this was a bad idea.

Eres Mi Grande Avocado (20843 words) by ChuckleVoodoos
Additional Tags: Fluff, Language Kink, Bad Spanish, Mutual Pining, Oblivious
Summary: Matt's got this way of speaking in Spanish that's just a little different than his way of speaking in English. In English, all of Matt's words are carefully weighed and measured and cut like crystal. They're precious but planned. With Spanish, the words seem to fall like drops of liquid gold, hot and rich and wild, and it makes Foggy want to gather them to himself and finally be warm.

The Nelson Wedding (14592 words) by fabella
Additional Tags: Weddings, Romance, Suspense, Action, Angst, Humor, Revenge, Pining, Meet The Nelsons, Season/Series 02, Near Future, Canon-Typical Violence, Foggy POV, Making Up, Stubborn Foggy, Attempted Murder, Attempted Kidnapping, Hostage Situations, Friends to Lovers
Summary: Fisk seeks revenge on an unsuspecting Foggy.

(though you are asleep) red rings 'round my heart (6726 words) by themikeymonster
Additional Tags: Kind of a character study, Matt Being Matt, Creeper Matt Murdock, what is normal romance anyway, Someone gets kissed while unconcious and uninformed, hospital room get together, the boundary lines for superheros' love interests are weird sorry I don't make the rules
Summary: And the City is heavy - millions of tons of concrete and steel and the people who live there, all beating down on the discs between Matt's bones and bowing his neck over his bloodied hands. He spills its blood and it spills his, and he takes his pound of flesh from it and it carves scars into his skin and lays claim to him. This is the altar at which he prays with busted knuckles and it's never enough. -- The mouth-to-mouth resuscitation of Matt Murdock's heart takes a few years, but they get there. Eventually.

It's affection, always (1734 words) by elliceluella
Additional Tags: domestic fluff - kinda, look at these dorky avocados, also a tiny peek into Foggy's varied sighs, and Matt 'friend-blocker' Murdock, it's totally cool for law partners to go grocery shopping together
Summary: “Oh my god,” Foggy hisses and points an accusing finger at Matt. “You’ve been friend-blocking me all these years! No wonder Mark and Jenny gave me funny looks when I asked if they wanted to join our study group again!” “I heard them planning to poach you! They wanted you in their group,” Matt insists, brows arched high but managing to tuck everything else he wants to say into the neat creases that rest between them. In Matt's defense though, Foggy's a great guy.

revelation (1523 words) by Cloudnine101
Additional Tags: Religious Imagery & Symbolism, Dark, Romance
Summary: "Is this the part where you sweep me off my feet? Because I'm pretty sure that's not how this is going to work."

(just find who you love through) true love's kiss (4558 words) by Katbelle
Relationships: Matt Murdock/Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson/Karen Page, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson/Others, Matt Murdock & Franklin "Foggy" Nelson
Additional Tags: True Love's Kiss, True Love, Alien Technology, Magic, Crack, Crack Treated Seriously
Series: Part 1 of enchanted
Summary: Foggy gets stuck with a magical bracelet - though it might be alien, we just don't know, or maybe it's both? - that's supposed to help him find his True Love by not getting off until he finds it. It's very inconvenient and all fault of Matt's. Somehow. Most certainly. Thank God the bracelet's pretty, at the least. "A metal bracelet will tell him that." Jessica's voice is full of disdain, it's music to Foggy's ears. "And how exactly is he supposed to go checking, hmm?" "True Love's Kiss," Luke says suddenly. Four heads turn to him and one only slightly in his direction. "True Love's Kiss can break any curse, or that's what Once tells me."

POST THE DEFENDERS & VAGUE FUTURFICS:

That Spin I'm In (8871 words) by poisonivory, Werelibrarian
Additional Tags: Round Robin, Love Potion/Spell
Summary: "What does that mean?" Matt asks Strange. "Well, that depends," Strange says, unfolding his legs and letting his feet touch the floor again. Matt gets the distinct impression Strange is hedging. "Are you currently suffering heartbreak?" Matt very carefully doesn't think about Elektra. Or Karen. Or Foggy. "Let's leave my personal life out of this." Strange clears his throat. "Yes, well, that option may no longer be on the table." Matt really hates magic.

These Things Take Forever (2622 words) by ShowMeAHero
Additional Tags: Post-Defenders, Light Angst, Fix-It, Humor, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Reunions, Established Relationship, Attempt at Humor
Summary: It's been months. Foggy gets a call.

The Lucky Dinosaur (1649 words) by sammysouffle
Additional Tags: Fluff, Friendship, Jealous Matt Murdock, Oblivious Danny Rand, Amused Luke and Jess, Humor, Crack-ish, First Kiss
Summary: Matt's teammates catch him "stalking" someone at HCB. And no, he wasn't stalking. He was merely checking up on an old friend.

ALTERNATE REALITIES: FUSION/POWERS/SOULMATES/TIMEY WIMEY & NON-HUMANS WITH CANON BASIS:

Secrets That You Keep (8167 words) by Tokyo_the_Glaive
Additional Tags: Hell's Kitchen, Alternate Universe - Magic, Canon Compliant
Summary: Foggy always said that his mother wanted him to be a butcher. (Or, that's what he told Matt. The truth is a little more complicated, and definitely unbelievable.) He planned on keeping it a secret forever, buried along with his affections for Matt, but Hell's Kitchen has other plans.

Rocky Horror Pancake Show (19596 words) by ChuckleVoodoos
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Groundhog Day, Time Loop, Fluff
Summary: Foggy falls asleep at exactly 12:00 AM, and he’s making a wish. He wakes up at 12:00 AM too—twenty-four hours before he fell asleep. "Let's do the time warp again!"

Devil In The Details (11329 words) by ChuckleVoodoos
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Fluff, Angst, Mutual Pining, Dorks in Love, Secret Identities Are Not Conducive To Romance
Summary: Franklin Philip Nelson is born with a bright smile and the word Devil burned over his heart.

Let's swap chests today (18609 words) by ctimene
Additional Tags: Mutant Powers, Empath, but for pain not emotions, so that there can be, Mutual Pining, Misunderstandings, And I guess, Hurt/Comfort, Friends to Lovers
Summary: “I would not be surprised if it was love that brought on these developments. You feel very deeply, Foggy; it is entirely possible that it has opened your power to deeper perception,” Professor X says. How very Hallmark. But Foggy hasn’t fallen in love with anyone new since high school. Definitely not in the last year. Definitely not in his dorm room. Mutant AU In which Empath!Foggy is super open about his not-so-superpowers, and Matt is not. Dumbass.

When The Day Met The Night (6182 words) by goldstandard
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: What Have I Done, Alternate Universe, Groundhog Day
Summary: This is your typical, average, Groundhog Day AU where Foggy has to re-live the day he discovers who the Devil of Hell's Kitchen really is.

I Would Know You by Touch Alone (8523 words) by unnecessary
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Pining, Angst with a Happy Ending, Blood and Injury, no spoilers for season 2 because I haven't started watching it yet!
Summary: It doesn’t matter if Matt has a soulmate, because if he does, it’s not Foggy. Written for this prompt on the kink meme: “Foggy’s soulmate mark is raised birthmarks that read ‘Matt’ in Braille.”

Hieroglyphics (or you are under arrest for being attractive & ruining my life) (4401 words) by The_Readers_Muse
Additional Tags: Foggy is an accidental superhero, he is not amused, au view of how Foggy finds out, Adult Content, Adult Language, Angst, Drama, Humor, Mild Gore, Canon-Typical Violence, Mild Sexual Content, Kink Meme, Frottage
Summary: As far as randomly acquired superhero powers go, he is going to admit right now that his are kind of lame. Okay, lots lame. Sort of. But considering Matt is a complete and utter dingus with about the same self-preservation instincts as a mosquito flying full tilt into a bug zapper, he figures an extra edge - as fucking weird and annoying as it is – is probably worth the headache.

Arrhythmia (5557 words) by samyazaz
Additional Tags: Soul Bond, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Kissing, First Kiss
Summary: Matt's heart skips a beat when he meets Foggy Nelson. A soulmate AU

Down to the Bone (4572 words) by SpiritsFlame
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Daemons
Summary: Everyone always wants to know why his daemon isn't a bat. As though being blind is all that there is to him, the center point of his character.

some unreadable fate (1644 words) by Val Mora
Relationships: Matt Murdock/Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson/Marci Stahl
Additional Tags: Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Misunderstandings
Summary: Foggy supports his dick with one palm and tilts the hand mirror, trying to see. He gets a great view of his thumb. Tilts a little more – nope, that's his stomach. He can sort of feel the bumps, but they're definitely not ribbing or anything, no matter what Marci says. Maybe bigger than the bumps on other dicks he's seen, but it's probably definitely not herpes; he doesn't have any of the symptoms.

the actual half of myself (10638 words) by cosmicocean
Relationships: Matt Murdock/Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Matt Murdock/Elektra Natchios (past), Elektra Natchios/Karen Page
Additional Tags: Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Fluff and Angst, Angst, Fluff, Foggy's Moms Are Awesome
Summary: Where soulmates have little identifying illustrations and initials somewhere on their bodies and Matt and Foggy can't get out of their own way.
[also fit in the Cute & Fluffy category]

A Secret Chord (11467 words) by joidianne4eva
Additional Tags: Sirens, Alternate Universe - Supernatural Elements, Homophobia, Homophobic Language
Summary: Foggy could vaguely remember a time when he’d dreamed of the things any of their kind should. He dreamt of the trucks his dad would make for him, dragging their essence out of thin air only to laugh when Foggy gaped at him, like he always did. But that would only happen if Foggy didn’t steal cookies and get in trouble at school. Foggy dreamt of the melodies that wove their way through his very being. The soft, husky timbre of his mother’s voice coaxing his own into something that felt almost right even if it wasn’t as powerful as the tune that his mom carried with her. Then one day Foggy’s dreams caught fire and the world burned with it.

This Is How I Show My Love (9838 words) by Waynesgrayson
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Explicit Gore, Graphic Violence, Blood and Gore, Violence, Blood, Organs, Murder, Disturbing Themes, Body Horror, self inflicted harm, Stalking, Mild Language, Angst, Sexual Tension, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting, Dark!Matt, Devil!Matt
Summary: “I feel, Foggy.” and suddenly the man is behind him, and, just like always, is pressing up against him as if trying to merge their bodies as one.

Gonna Make Love To The Dark (2707 words) by Waynesgrayson
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Sexual Content, Implied Sexual Content, Angst, Fluff, First Kiss, Alternate Universe - Vampire, Vampire!Matt, Vampire Laws
Summary: He knows that if anyone found out about this, that they would punish him, but kill Foggy. Destroy the source of his disobedience.

Illumination (1715 words) by keilson
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Alternate Universe - Canon, monochromatic life, Schmoop
Summary: When Foggy meets his very adorable, geeky new roommate, nothing changes. That's not true. When Foggy meets Matt, everything changes. It just doesn't include an understanding of red, or blue, or yellow. He still can't see a rainbow, he can't paint by numbers, and he'll never appreciate the supposed almost-red of his hair. (a reflection on life without color, bringing a new meaning to the phrase love is blind.)

I Slithered Here From Eden (6613 words) by pocketclocked
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Angels & Demons, Angel!Matt, Demon!Foggy, Basically what would happen if Aziraphale and Crowley started a law firm together
Summary: (Just to Sit Outside Your Door) Foggy had a soft spot for musicals and cheese-flavored snacks, and was, quite possibly, one of the worst demons that Hell had ever spat out. And Matt… well. Matt was one of those Avenging Angel types, and he was really good at his job.

Of Scent and Sound (1795 words) by Prentice
Additional Tags: Merry Month of Masturbation Challenge, Merry Month of Masturbation Challenge 2015, Pre-Slash, Voyeurism, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Realization, Guilt, Possessive Behavior
Summary: After that first time, Matt couldn’t help but feel guilty.

PRE SHOW & COLLEGE TIME GETTING TOGETHER:

Independent Study (9288 words) by poisonivory
Additional Tags: College, Homophobia, Internalized Homophobia, Biphobia, But Like Not Actually, Matt's Just Figuring Some Stuff Out
Summary: Matt doesn't have a problem with his new roommate being bi - until Foggy starts bringing boys home.

According to Reports (2796 words) by barnesy
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Foggy's beautiful princess hair, College era
Summary: "You cut your hair." Foggy winces at Matt's words, shrugging guiltily. "Marci wants me to take her to her cousin's wedding next weekend and she told me that she refused to be seen in public with someone who looked like they had all the good weed hook-ups," he says, as if that's some kind of explanation. Matt slumps back against the wall. "You cut your hair," he repeats, hissing it like a curse, "because Marci told you to?"

drink to your health (and you'll drink to mine) (1585 words) by returnsandreturns
Additional Tags: Fluff, betting pools, POV Outsider, Marci is a goddess who none of us deserve honestly, this is one of those "everybody else knows they should be dating but them" fics, Law School
Summary: Halfway through the night, after Foggy’s dragged Marci to Hell’s Kitchen to get cheap ass drunk on liquor that’s not even labeled, Matt’s the one who ends up wearing Foggy’s jacket—which is…okay. You know, it’s not like they’re dating, Foggy and her. They did, briefly, a weird spat of monogamy and dorm room domesticity that didn’t sit right with either of them. Now, they just mostly fuck each other and hang out and study, which is better. Feelings are messy and Marci’s not great at them—and, frankly, she doesn’t like not being great at things. At this point, though, she really just wants to know when these small dumb children who keep following her around are finally going to get their own shit together.

Rosemary and Mint (5545 words) by themikeymonster
Additional Tags: The College Years, Matt/Hair tbh, Somewhat Frivolous Approach To Matt's Religion, References to Foggy/Marci, Jealous!Matthew Murdock, Matt's Not In Denial He's Just Stubborn, Drunken Hair Fondling, Lots Of Drinking Really, Fluff and Humor
Summary: Matt's going to Hell in a handbasket and he doesn't particularly need a checkered blanket, he's not going to have a picnic, Foggy, but thanks for the thought, anyway.

CUTE & FLUFFY:

My Boyfriend's A Superhero And All I Got Was This Lousy ER Trip (2013 words) by paperclipbitch
Additional Tags: Community: trope_bingo, Trope Bingo Round 5, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Hospital, Pre-Femslash
Summary: “I walked into a file cabinet,” Murdock says loudly, when Claire reaches for his face, tilts it toward the light so she can check that nasty-looking cut on his cheekbone a little better. “Oh my God,” Karen murmurs; in her peripheral vision, Claire sees her press her face into her hands. “I thought we were going to come up with a better-” Nelson begins, visibly stops himself, and continues: “-explanation of that thing that definitely happened.”

rearrange the alphabet (u & i) (4674 words) by spacenarwhal
Additional Tags: 5 Times, Pining, Mutual Pining, oblivious Foggy, Fluff, Non-Graphic Violence
Summary: "Are you wooing me with Thurgood Marshall?" Or: The one where stories of Matt's romantic prowess have been greatly exaggerated.

Will You (3845 words) by poisonivory
Additional Tags: Marriage Proposal, Fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, seriously
Summary: Foggy's always joking when he asks Matt to marry him. Matt's always serious when he says yes. - OR - Five proposals Foggy forgot, and one Matt makes sure he'll remember.
[also sorta fit in Pining category]

mr houdini you're a freakshow (21087 words) by themikeymonster
Additional Tags: Got Drunk-Married in Vegas, Blame Karen Page, Temporarily Platonic Marriage, Very Light Pining Angst, Matt takes a while to get with the program, This Fic is Mostly Harmless, Featuring Karen and Matt and Foggy being bros, pointless domestic fluff, Fluff and Crack
Summary: "Shut up," Foggy says, embarrassed for himself and also Foggy-in-the-video, holy shit. Oh, and there goes a return kiss. On the cheek, thank God, so that's something - that means Foggy can still control himself a little bit no matter how falling down drunk he is. Stupid enough to get married to his best friend, not stupid enough to actually try making out with said best friend. That. That's way too wet for a kiss on the cheek, for all that Matt-in-the-video is cackling with apparent glee. -- You can't plea bargain out of marriage, Foggy. Consider yourself guilty as charged.

I Won't Send Roses (8352 words) by lady_ragnell
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Conversations, Courtship, Inept Courtship, Friends to Lovers
Summary: Matt and Foggy's timing has always been wrong, but now that Foggy knows about everything, Matt wants to try and find out everything he and Foggy can be together.

heart like a kick drum (3784 words) by returnsandreturns
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: College, Sharing a Bed, First Dates, Makeover, Matt has a sex t-shirt, bottom Foggy, Mutual Pining, Fluff and Smut
Summary: “You want to get dinner later?” he asks. “Sure,” Foggy says. “Want to try that Indian place?” “Definitely,” Matt says. “It's a date.” He freezes after he says that, and Foggy gapes at him. “Okay, bye,” Matt says, quickly, shutting the door behind him when he leaves.

You Put the Devil in Me (3853 words) by WhatIsAir
Additional Tags: 5+1 Things, Pre-Canon, Avocados in College, Fluff, and crack, But mostly fluff, there is a lot of touching, and a lot of Feelings, avocados in love, Unresolved Sexual Tension, seriously these two are clueless
Summary: Matt snorts. “I actually crawled into your bed once. Is that normal platonic behavior, Franklin?” “Oh my god, don’t call me that,” Foggy groans. “Please, Matt, do not call me that.” Or, 5 times Matt keeps finding excuses to touch Foggy, and the 1 time he doesn't have to anymore.

those powers not delegated (2687 words) by Val Mora
Additional Tags: thinly veiled fictionalizations, do not write rps about people you actually know, Legal Drama, romance novels, publishing, Everyone is Bisexual, matt making jokes about his disability
Summary: Foggy turns the paperback over. "After his best friend talks Del Cash into giving up a prestigious position at a high-ranking legal firm in favor of what amounts to public defense... Is someone seriously writing bad legal thrillers about us going after Fisk?" "Yes," Matt says. "You should read it."

Say Yes, Say Yes (well I would if you asked) (7994 words) by Werelibrarian, shinykari
Additional Tags: Mutual Pining, Marriage Proposal, Misunderstandings, Jealousy, Declarations Of Love, Round Robin
Summary: Foggy has a weird habit of saying “marry me” instead of “thank you”. Bring him food, flop a blanket over him when he’s half asleep, put a coffee down on the desk, save him from an awkward situation, you’ll get proposed to. But not Matt. Oh no, he gets a “hey, thanks!” or “you’re the best, Matty!” or “my hero.” Which are all…fine. But they’re not the same.

cause baby you're a firework (6032 words) by WhatIsAir
Additional Tags: Fake/Pretend Relationship, Slight homophobic language, Fluff, Crack, classic fake it til you make it, matt murdock needs help with feelings, Pining
Summary: “Okay, let me rephrase,” says Foggy, pinching the bridge of his nose and praying to the boner gods for strength, “Why are you kissing my neck?” “It’s our anniversary,” Matt says, like that explains everything, and tries to re-attach his mouth to Foggy’s neck.

I'll Tell You That I Love You (With My Fingers On You Skin) (5388 words) by joidianne4eva
Additional Tags: Way Too Much Crying, I'm not sorry, Angst, Happy Ending, dramatic confessions
Summary: “Do you want to tell us what all of this is about?” Foggy’s mom tried and Foggy shook his head. “Right, let me rephrase that. Tell me what all of this is about,” she muttered and Foggy sighed as he picked at the cushions because he’d never been good at lying to his family. “I think I’m in love,” he responded finally. There was dead silence for a moment before his mother rose to her feet. “Where are you going?” Foggy gaped after her. “For more alcohol, I’ve got a feeling we’re going to need it,” she called back.

100% About the Ladies, Aromantic, a Witch, or in Love With Someone Else (3295 words) by Prim_the_Amazing
Additional Tags: Love Potion/Spell, brett/karen is a thing here but it's not really the focus of the story, because the focus here is, Pining, and, Mutual Pining, hahaha, Not Season/Series 02 Compliant, POV Foggy
Summary: "Fuck!" Mrs. Wick curses, and Foggy blinks, startled. He hears Beatrice cackling in the background, and Mrs. Wick starts cursing at her too. "Okay. Okay! So. That was not tea for luck and prosperity I gave you." Foggy makes a neutral humming sound, playing along, humoring her. Mrs. Wick seems to be taking this seriously. "I seem to have instead given you... Love Potion Number Nine." - In which everyone around Foggy starts acting differently, except for Matt. Who knows why?

Inside this place is warm (2621 words) by elliceluella
Additional Tags: Matt has a weakness for things that smell like home, which conveniently happens to be all of Foggy's clothes, Fluff, Post Season 1, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Summary: Foggy’s a good guy. The best, actually; but that’s never been in contention. What is though, is whether Matt deserves to have someone like Foggy in his life (knowing the answer does nothing when he’s a fan of rehashing old turmoils). In which Matt tries his best to hide his sad, ducky feelings (it's not his fault Foggy- and his things- always smells like home). Based on this prompt about Foggy and his coat lending habits.

ALTERNATE UNIVERSE / COMPLETE DEPARTURE FROM CANON:

Bite Me (13596 words) by ChuckleVoodoos
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Vampire, Vampire Slayer(s), Slayer-Watcher Relationship, Fluff and Angst
Summary: “I am constantly amazed by how much you suck at being a vampire slayer.”

As Meat Loves Salt (3119 words) by poisonivory
Summary: "My mom wanted me to be a butcher." And in this universe, he is.
[also fit in the cute & fluffy category]

Me and You (At Best, At Best) (4062 words) by ShowMeAHero
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés, Fluff, Slow Build, kind of, not that slow, Romance, Happy Ending, Alternate Universe - No Powers
Summary: The first time Matt walked into Bulletin Coffee, he had every intention of just getting his coffee and getting out of there. Looks like his life's got other plans.

THE MOSTLY SMUTTY ONES:

Show Me (And I'm All Yours) (4732 words) by joidianne4eva
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: PWP, Rimming, Praise Kink, Just filth, Possessive Behavior
Summary: “I’m not letting Marci think she’s better at sex than I am,” Matt muttered and Foggy rolled his eyes so hard his head hurt. “She’s not better at sex than you are,” he shot back and it was just his luck that Marci decided that that was when she wanted to answer her phone. “Lies and slander, Foggy-bear. Remember that time I made you pass out?” she greeted and Foggy winced when Matt narrowed his eyes, his head cocked in the way that said he’d definitely heard what Marci had said.

Marks I Can Feel Glow For You (1454 words) by Moonbeam
Additional Tags: possessive kink, Marking, Hickeys, Talking During Sex, Matt has no idea what his kinks are, Foggy loves him regardless
Summary: The first time it had happened Foggy thought it must have been an accident. Matt was blind and the love bite was almost entirely hidden by his shirt collar. The second time he didn't even notice because he dressed at Matt's place and the man didn't own a mirror – unsurprisingly. This time he can't resist saying something.

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John Sheppard/Rodney McKay fics rec [PART IV]

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Continuation of the huge listing of my favorite mcshep fics I started in Part I & Part II & Part III

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ABSOLUTE PERSONAL ALL TIME FAVORITES & MUST READ:

Liberty (39657 words) by Ladycat
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis, Angel: the Series
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: First Time, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Porn
Summary: John and Rodney wake up by the ocean, which isn't all that unusual - except that it's not their ocean, not their planet, not their galaxy. And, as much as being on Earth sounds great, they had a bit of a war going on back home that might need their attention. Will Rodney freak out? Will John remain calm and cool? Will they ever manage to relax, even for a second?

exceptionally vivid (8337 words) by etben
Summary: Grace, under rocks.
[coda/reference to Grace Under Pressure]

Symptomology (3986 words) by Kass
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Flash Fic, Fight or Flight Challenge
Summary: "For many individuals in high-risk situations, war zones being the most common example, the physiological impact of constant low-grade danger activates a fight or flight pattern called General Arousal Syndrome."

Seven Days (1520 words) by sheafrotherdon, Siria
Rating: Explicit
Summary: Rodney's been off-world for seven days – a span of time that's been stretched at least one day too long, if the way John's pressed up against him is anything to go by. John's been stretched too thin by absence, by the nagging weight of not knowing – Rodney can feel each unsaid word in the tremors racing over John's skin.

ALTERNATE REALITIES/ SET IN A SIMILAR UNIVERSES WITH SOME BIG CHANGES & PRE SHOW FIRST MEETING:

Switch by f0rcryin0utl0ud
Summary: “Go, shoo, Sheppard is yours for as long as it takes him to kill you.”
[only with ao3 account]

Chance of a lifetime (16854 words) by ca_pierson
Additional Tags: Angst, Sci-Fi, AU
Summary: Being sent to recruit someone for the Atlantis expedition wasn’t Rodney’s idea of a good time.
[only with ao3 account]

Amadeus Knows Best (2487 words) by respoftw
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Meet-Cute, Cats
Summary: Rodney McKay chases his cat into his downstairs neighbour's apartment and life will never be the same again.

Of All the Gin Joints in All the World (Rubato Encore Remix) (1123 words) by MelayneSeahawk
Rating: Explicit
Summary: The last thing John expects to see is Rodney--the one night stand he couldn't forget.

Hostage (9865 words) by dvs
Summary: Physicist Rodney McKay is injured while on the run and ends up taking refuge in a secluded beach house as well as taking ex-Air Force pilot John Sheppard as his hostage.

Second Chance (59257 words) by sgamadison
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Disability, Alternate Canon, Hurt/Comfort
Summary: Major John Sheppard always wondered what his life would have been like if he had gone on the Atlantis Expedition.

Contractual Obligations (998 words) by ami_ven
Additional Tags: Community: mcsheplets, Stargate: Continuum, Alternate Timelines
Summary: “We’ve got to get out of here.”
[could be related to SG1: The Road Not Taken tho it's not sure and not mentioned as such]

Lure of the Deep (6095 words) by melagan
Summary: When an alien sea pod follows him home, John Sheppard wonders if he's in over his head. When he meets Rodney McKay, he knows he's in too deep.

Evil Overlord Sheppard (6241 words) by graceandfire
Rating: Explicit
Series: Part 1 of Evil Overlord Sheppard
Summary: John Sheppard is High Lord of the Planet Leiath in the Pegasus Galaxy. Rodney's away team gets captured by John's soldiers. Started out as an attempt to write EVIL John Sheppard but it came out more like completely non-evil, but snarky, John Sheppard.
& the sequel: Evil Overlord Sheppard Visits Atlantis (8473 words) by graceandfire (Explicit)
[kinda also works for cute & fluffy tbh]

SET IN MAIN CANON / GETTING TOGETHER & ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP SITUATIONS VAGUE CODA SEASON 1/4:

A Thousand Dancing Bears (4315 words) by Chandri
Summary: What Rodney did yesterday, John's not sure he could have done. But that's not new, not really.

Operation Play Time for Rodney (4817 words) by Mikey
Additional Tags: Humor, First Time, Community: mcshep_match, Team Play
Summary: John just wants to help. Really.

The Most Annoying Person in the Galaxy... (13162 words) by karenmcfadyyon
Summary: ...might actually not be the one you're thinking of

Consider the Great Wall of China (5594 words) by paradisecity
Summary: Rodney channels his inner Vizzini, John eschews capitalization, and Chuck's name really isn't Chuck.

Illumination (4662 words) by melagan
Additional Tags: Romance, Humor, McShep Match Challenge 2012
Summary: John's been clueless a long, long time. It's not until he and Rodney work together on a birthday surprise for Ronon that the light dawns.

Maybe Endearing Isn't So Terrible After All (5688 words) by krabapple
Summary: Rodney's surprisingly good with children. No one's more surprised than he is. Except for John.
[spoilers for McKay and Mrs. Miller]

Still (1293 words) by Tex
Rating: Explicit
Summary: John figures it out; he just needed to be still for a while.

The Thought That Counts (7123 words) by Kass
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: First Time, Flash Fic, Strange New Worlds Challenge, Telepathy
Summary: That was when the jumper hit the invisible wall and started to plummet. Fast.

Blonds Have More Fun (4675 words) by Mad_Maudlin
Summary: John has a little accident off-world. Rodney has a bit of a problem.

Casual (960 words) by Punk
Additional Tags: Humor, First Time, That Particular Month, Sharing Clothes
Summary: Rodney's sweatshirt is soft and worn.

Hands and High Mountains by Neery
Summary: "Easy. Right. At this point I'm willing to believe that if the Ancients placed an outpost in a place that's this incredibly hard to reach, maybe they had a damn good reason. I mean, hello, mountain top? Ten thousand year old bridge without a railing? Scary native legends about the gods protecting this place? You've never seen any Indiana Jones movies, have you. This can't possibly end well."

Making Right (1019 words) by sheafrotherdon
Additional Tags: Community: sga_santa
Summary: . . . and since introspection's for the fucking birds, for the shrinks, for Nancy's friends, for that one guy who liked quoting poetry during sex, it's not surprising he stumbled over this without really knowing he wanted it, without acknowledging he'd been pulling Rodney's pigtails for four goddamn years.

Souvenirs (4723 words) by misspamela
Rating: Explicit
Summary: John gritted his teeth. "Fine. I'll feed your cat." Rodney was already halfway across the room, studying some piece of machinery. "I'll leave detailed instructions." He held up his hand in an aborted wave, which John took as his cue to leave.

How It's Always Worked (1681 words) by Luthien
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Angst
Summary: They were never not going to end up in the same room together this last night. They both knew it. Nothing needed to be said. That's how they both like it. That's how it's always worked.

Defining Gerunds (4965 words) by StarryDiadem
Summary: Ronon watches his new team.
[only with ao3 account]

ALTERNATE REALITIES: FUSION/POWERS/SOULMATES/TIMEY WIMEY & REALITIES TRAVELS WITH CANON BASIS:

Interface 1 (769 words) by Resonant
Additional Tags: Romance, First Time, Telepathy, Community: sga_flashfic
Series: Part 1 of Interface
Summary: The inside of McKay's brain was worse than TV news.
Interface 2 (672 words) by Resonant
Additional Tags: Romance, First Time, Telepathy, Community: sga_flashfic
Series: Part 2 of Interface
Summary: Rodney might have said a time or two that if you walked through Sheppard's head you'd hear an echo, but he'd never expected it to be literally true.
Interface 3 (1987 words) by Resonant
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Romance, First Time, Telepathy, Community: sga_flashfic
Series: Part 3 of Interface
Summary: "I'm just as much here as I always am."

Three's Company (5188 words) by respoftw
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Sentinels & Guides, Canon Universe, season one
Summary: Radek is Rodney's Guide. Their bond is no less real because of its platonic nature. How does John fit into that?

I've Been Here Before (1516 words) by nagi_schwarz
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Time Travel, Alternate Universe - Magical Realism
Summary: Written for the comment_fic prompt: "any, any, knowing the future and defying it." Ten-year-old Johnny Sheppard gets a visit from his future self, twenty-odd-years from tonight. He has a favor to ask.

A Road Traveled, More or Less (18715 words) by Shaddyr
Summary: There are many roads, and most of them are taken, more or less. Sometimes, those roads intersect.
[travel between realities & time travel]

Variations on a Theme of John Sheppard (8292 words) by kisahawklin
Warnings: Major Character Death, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Series: Part 1 of Variations
Summary: A Rodney McKay who's lost his Sheppard finds an alternate reality drive. We meet him in Vegas!AU and follow his search for other John Sheppards.
[Specific Warnings: One of the AU!Johns is dead, and another is a serial killer that tortures and murders children.]
* Part I of the Variations series
Summary: AU!Rodney's Sheppard dies; he finds the dimension-hopping drive and starts looking for... something.
[aka following an Alternate!Rodney accross hundred of universe because his own John died and meeting another along the way - on top of many other people with various circumstances]

Kashmir (26654 words) by kariye
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Fisting
Summary: Malfunctioning Ancient device, alternate realities, you know the drill, and suddenly there’s another Colonel Sheppard on Atlantis. He looks like Rodney’s best friend – spars with Teyla and runs with Ronon, and to Rodney he says things like, “Don’t worry, I won’t do anything you don’t want me to.”
[difficult one to place: DARK, dwelling with parallele universe & alternate Atlantis were Carson never dies and Carter stay on Atlantis - warning for a very twisted and fucked up alternative John messing with Rodney & John + emotional constipation]

Name That Tune (2884 words) by Maverick
Summary: “So you want me to use my powers for evil?” John cocked an eyebrow. “Because you’ve been using them for good up until now?”

Second Sight (20546 words) by sgamadison
Rating: Explicit
Summary: He never saw this sort of thing coming...
[An Alternate!John is made to see alternate versions of himself accross realities & get something out of it]

AMNESIA & MEMORY LOSS:

Opportunity Knocks (10004 words) by Quasar
Summary: A disgruntled minion hands Rodney an opportunity in disguise.

PINING, UST (& PRE-SLASH & EVENTUAL RESOLUTION):

How Many Astrophysicists... (8230 words) by Darsynia
Additional Tags: Ancient Technology, First Kiss
Summary: I really should have been paying attention, John told himself as he sat on a cracked Ancient console, gun on his lap, watching the foot-high water lap at the soles of his boots.

The Sixth Day (3907 words) by chellefic
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: First Time
Summary: It all started with Rodney's nipples.

let lips do what hands do (2303 words) by Siria
Summary: Ahead of them, John can hear Zelenka shouting, voice loud over the screech of strained metal.
[also fit in the CANON/could be canon category]

Perfect Timing (2804 words) by lamardeuse
Summary: John gets tired of waiting for perfection.

Marry Me (514 words) by elandrialore
Additional Tags: First Kiss, April Showers Challenge, Marriage Proposal
Summary: "Marry me," Rodney sighs, breathing in the heady scent of real coffee. John's pretty sure he's talking to the coffee and not John, even though John had been the one to bring it to him (along with two chocolate bars and a stack of science magazines from the Daedalus), but it doesn't stop John's face from heating or his feet from going clumsy as he half-trips out the door.
[with ao3 account only]

Distraction (1625 words) by miasnape
Additional Tags: Grey Hair is Sexy, Slow Build, Requited Love, Community: mcsmooch
Summary: Rodney keeps... noticing things.
[also could fit in the CANON/could be canon category]

The Dating Game (3331 words) by blackchaps
Summary: Rodney really is bad at dating. John is really bad at talking.

Moron (2299 words) by Chandri
Summary: "This is stupid," Rodney mutters, mostly to himself.

Loosing MckAy by Tali
Pairings: McShep; mention of Rodney/Katie Brown and Rodney/Carter
Summary: It never occurred to him that Rodney didn't reciprocate. That Rodney, the open-minded scientist, genius, and Canadian wouldn't get it.
& the sequel There Was No Plan A
[also fit the cute/fluffy category tbh]

NEAR MISS/DEATH & BREAKDOWNS:

Too Hot to Handle (2070 words) by enigmaticblue
Additional Tags: Pre-Slash
Summary: Rodney is pretty sure he’s suffering from heat stroke, and it’s no laughing matter.
[also fit the team/found families categories]

In decision (1256 words) by torch
Rating: Explicit
Summary: No one's hurt, and it's just another day.
[could fit the pining trope & John is very bad at feelings]

Better With the Lights On (5825 words) by AnneZo
Summary: John & Rodney wake up in the dark. Scientist-hysteria, epi-pens, and stupidity. (Nothing explicit.)

Consistently Weird (Roboclaw) (22544 words) by waxjism
Additional Tags: roboclaw
Summary: Dying, John Sheppard thinks, is far more mundane than popular fiction would have him believe. He's done his fair share of it, come close enough to see its bloodshot eyes and smell its morning breath--Iratus bugs, nuclear weapons, gunshot wounds, cranky dinosaurs, Wraith, Rodney McKay--but he remembers no light, no tunnel, no friendly angels guiding him. His life never once passed before his eyes.
[breakdown, amputation/loss of an arm, something akin to body dysphoria/dissociation/psychologial struggle with dealing with prothesis, emotionally inept boys, Rodney attraction to high tech technology & to John "Bucky Barnes" situation]

Worst-case Scenario (7523 words) by Isis
Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Podfic Available, Action/Adventure
Summary: Nobody likes seeing their friends get hurt.
[also sorta fit with team/found families]

No Sunday School Picnic (8520 words) by gottalovev
Additional Tags: Pining, Zombies, Team, First Kiss
Summary: A planet kept secret by the Ancients, a promising energy signature... Being stuck on the planet because of a busted DHD should not be so bad, right? They'll find the Ancient ruins and get some crystals to fix it, that's all. Or so they think until they are warned not to go into the forest, especially not after nightfall.
[also fit in the Pining category]

Hands by mific
Summary: John had always liked watching Rodney’s hands.
[also fit in the Pining/UST category]

THE ASCENSION ONES:

a hub for the wheel'd universe (1571 words) by busaikko
Additional Tags: Ascension, Trapped, Injury, Radio, Character Death, Kissing, Community: mcsmooch
Series: Part 1 of A is for --
Summary: John's trapped under tons of rubble, his only lifeline Rondey's voice on his radio. This can't end well. And yet, any yet....

Thirty Years (527 words) by Tarlan
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Additional Tags: Afterlife, Angst
Summary: Atlantis was their home - now and forever.

EPISODE RELATED:

Taking Stock (the Puppy Fat Remix) (3136 words) by skoosiepants
Summary: If Rodney concentrated very hard on the man's ass, he occasionally forgot that they were stuck on what was essentially an enormous free-range chicken farm for the Wraith with a limited supply of coffee and pudding.
[Ep:Rising & Hide and Seek - also fit in the CANON/could be canon category]

The Proof of This is Left as an Exercise for the Reader (1643 words) by kageygirl
Additional Tags: Episode Tag
Summary: "I'm starting to think that you don't trust me with your safety, McKay."
[Ep: Underground]

Ache (2211 words) by esteefee
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Hurt/Comfort, Episode Related
Summary: These hands can also heal.
[Ep:The Eye & The Storm]

Restitution (2679 words) by Perfica
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: 1000-3000 words, Angst, Drama, First Time, Episode Related
Summary: Everyone suffers from feelings of inadequacy at one point or another.
[Ep:Trinity]

The Rodney Multiplex (6163 words) by nessalynna
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Telepathy, Flash Fic, Fanart, PreSlashish but there is some frottage with clothes on
Summary: John can read minds and it turns out, unsurprisingly, he finds Rodney's mind the most interesting mind of all. Written for the superpower challenge on sga flashfic.
[Ep:Trinity & Conversion]

Shed Your Skin (The Sledgehammer Remix) (4743 words) by Kass
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Remix, remix08, post-Conversion, First Time, Episode Related
Summary: John had to know that pushing Rodney away was only going to make him find a way to break in. There's nothing like a barrier to make him want to push through.
[Ep:Conversion]

Things That Nobody Told Her (1478 words) by respoftw
Additional Tags: Pre-Slash, Mutual Pining, s02e11 The Hive, Episode Related, POV Outsider
Summary: There were a lot of things that nobody told Elizabeth about before she agreed to lead Atlantis.
[Ep:The Hive]

Clothed in Sealace (5803 words) by Ladycat
Additional Tags: Episode: s02e14 Grace Under Pressure, Character Study, Angst
Summary: The ocean didn't think or feel or want to reach out for what she'd lost.
[Ep:Grace Under Pressure]

Payback Is an Unpredictable Bitch (2803 words) by Lenore
Additional Tags: Sex Pollen, Episode Tag, First Time
Summary: Tag for Irresistible. Rodney uses the do-my-bidding weed on John. It goes awry.
[Ep:Irresistible]

Resistant by indigorhapsody
Summary: Rodney should have expected something like this to happen.
[Ep:Irresistible]

Not Missing You So Much (582 words) by Lyrstzha
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Missing Scene, Comment Fic, Flash Fic, Snark
Summary: John is just a bit snitty about Rodney's claiming not to miss him so much during their telephone conversation.
[Ep:The Return]

John Sheppard and the Pegasus Kid (11973 words) by riani1
Additional Tags: stuck on earth, Exile, Episode: s03e10-e11 The Return
Summary: Bored geniuses should be distracted before things get out of control.
[Ep:The Return]

Dying, dying, young by Lilas
Summary: He’d tried, god knew he’d tried, but every time he closed his eyes he was back in the cell old and shriveled and dying and he woke up in a cold sweat, lights blazing to life as he sprang out of his bed and ran to the bathroom to check his reflection. Still young, still unharmed, still breathing, still living.
[Ep:Common Ground]

Cage for Gods (63905 words) by Zaganthi, perryvic
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Alternate Universe, First Time, Drama
Summary: It was meant to be a quick ascension, turn around and come back, don't let the revolving ascended plane door hit him on the ass on the way home. But maybe he got distracted or...something, because hours had become days, days had become weeks and Rodney hadn't come back.
[Ep:Tao of Rodney - AU where Rodney ascended and neither John nor Carson deal well, not that Rodney is having fun being ascended]

No Hard Feelings by pocky_slash
Summary: "I just wanted you to know there are no hard feelings. That's what the, you know, fruit basket is for. To welcome you and to tell you there're no hard feelings."

Redux (2491 words) by lunabee34
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Episode: s04e10 This Mortal Coil, Replicators, Angst, Rape/Non-con Elements
Summary: After watching "This Mortal Coil," I had a terrible thought. Just how many times has the Team had its memories wiped?
[Ep:This Mortal Coil]

Grab Hold of Something (2294 words) by Isagel
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Episode Tag, Episode Related, Episode: s04e16 Trio, Hurt/Comfort, Bruises
Summary: It’s night when he wakes up, nowhere near morning, and Sheppard is sitting in his desk chair.
[Ep:Trio]

Chicks Dig Scars (1283 words) by Argosy
Additional Tags: Jealousy, Humor, Episode Tag
Summary: Jennifer and Rodney get that beer. John is displeased. Episode tag for "Trio".
[Ep:Trio]

Coda (977 words) by callmeri
Summary: According to Rodney, his greatest accomplishment was reaching 40,000 years into the future and bringing John Sheppard home.
[Ep:The Last Man]

Proof (2014 words) by pollitt, Maverick
Summary: John sends Rodney a love letter of sorts...
[Ep:The Last Man]

The Bird Watcher (10313 words) by kariye
Summary: Rodney’s standing in the middle of the woods, face turned to the sky, with a pair of binoculars mashed against his eyeballs when some idiot runner mows him down. “Hey,” the man drawls from above him, all loose limbs and tanned skin. “Did you know people use this path to run?” and Rodney snaps back, “Excuse me? That was a black-throated blue warbler. Do you have any idea how rare that bird is here?” and Atlantis helpfully supplies: data: dendroica caerulescens; data: subset: probability of extinction: 99.3%
[Ep:The Last Man]

Sacrifice (4031 words) by ca_pierson
Additional Tags: Community: cliche_bingo, Episode Tag, Episode: s05e06 The Shrine, Tight Spaces, Pre-Slash
Summary: Nobody wants to tell Rodney anything.
[Ep:The Shrine + also fit the CANON/could be canon post season 5 for the ending]

MAINLY CANON VERSE & COULD ALMOST BE CANON & SOME POST SEASON 5:

Rebound (7555 words) by RosiePaw
Summary: John was sixteen when he discovered the merits of being in the right place at the right time with regard to break-ups.
[also fit in the Pining category]

There Was, There Is, There Will Be (12586 words) by moodymuse19
Summary: Then again, maybe it isn’t so surprising they ended up together.

Antediluvian (15435 words) by threnodyjones
Additional Tags: Wordcount: 10.000-30.000, First Time, Aliens
Summary: It was a cube. A big black cube.

Not quite a regular day (5807 words) by Bluespirit
Additional Tags: Action/Adventure, First Time
Summary: It had started out like any other day but then events happened that would change Rodney's life forever.

Pieces (813 words) by elandrialore
Additional Tags: April Showers Challenge, First Kiss, Pining
Summary: John knows he should turn away. Knows he should take all the little bits of Rodney that he’s gathered up over the years and keep them safe and close and private, but John doesn’t want just pieces anymore.
[also fit in the Pining category & only with ao3 account]

no prize (306 words) by sheafrotherdon
Summary: John isn't sure what's done it, what slip he's made.

California Oranges (1191 words) by mattygroves
Additional Tags: citrus, Future Fic, Episode Tag, Episode: s05e06 The Shrine
Summary: Rodney let out a frustrated sound that brought the meeting to a grinding halt as everyone turned to stare at him, and Sheppard had the nerve to look up innocently through his lashes.

Through A Door Left Open (3058 words) by danceswithgary
Additional Tags: First Time, Romance, Pining
Summary: Rodney figures out that he hadn't given up on being happy after all.
[also fit in the Pining category]

Crime and Punishment (2604 words) by anyanka_eg
Additional Tags: Angst, Pre-Slash
Summary: Rodney has finally had enough

Stopgap (5065 words) by irrelevant
Additional Tags: Real Men Don't Do Touchy-Feely, John Sheppard's Issues, Angst and Humor
Summary: Things change when you’re looking, when you’re not looking, and when you wouldn’t know where to look if someone turned you in the right direction and pointed.

First Base (952 words) by Tarlan
Additional Tags: Fluff and Angst, Community: mcsheplets, Trope Bingo Round 3, First Kiss
Summary: Telling John he loved him was such a stupid thing to do.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place (1640 words) by omg_wtf_yeah
Additional Tags: Post-Series
Summary: On the run from angry aliens with golfcarts, John and Rodney hide in the husk of a large tree and something arises that confuses Rodney and embarrasses John. (Past tense Keller/McKay.)

The Matter of Marriage (1346 words) by RosiePaw
Summary: Headwoman Ruara gives the girl a stern look. "Colonel Sheppard," the headwoman says, "I do not know your people’s customs in the matter of marriage." John chokes on his tea. Even Teyla displays a brief flash of alarm, although you’d have to know her well to catch it.

Ancient History (1997 words) by all_my_fandoms
Summary: "History is full of the dead weight of things which have escaped the control of the mind, yet drive man on with a blind force."
[John centric]

Can't You See (2340 words) by lilyleia78
Additional Tags: Crossover, Jealousy, Slash, First Time, SGA Secret Santa 2011
Summary: SG-1 visits Atlantis, and John is decidedly not pleased with the friendship Daniel's trying to strike up with Rodney.
[also fit in the cute & fluffy category]

Turn the world all which a way (2881 words) by Bluespirit
Additional Tags: Angst, First Time
Summary: John doesn’t want to hear what Rodney has to say, and so he makes a strategic retreat… Okay, he runs away.

The piano (1007 words) by Melime
Additional Tags: First Kiss, Post-Canon, SGA Reverse Big Bang Challenge 2017
Summary: The last thing he needed was someone judging him for not being good enough again. He wasn’t a musician, an artist, he just enjoyed playing the occasional song.

Under the Influence (4622 words) by Rustler
Summary: Rodney darted his eyes around the room even though there was no one else present to witness this new level of peculiar behavior. He’d only ever had Sheppard pressed against him like this semi-conscious and bleeding from a gunshot wound. Even after a few beers, hell, even after more than a few beers, Sheppard wasn’t... snuggly.

Sitting on the Dock of the Bay (2284 words) by sharkie335
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Intercrural Sex, First Time
Summary: John angsts. Rodney is brave.

Into Each Life (3423 words) by Chelle1117
Additional Tags: First Time
Summary: "Are you planning on doing something you don't want to blame on alcohol?" There's no smile on John's face, no touch of humor in his eyes. He softly whispers, "Yes."

Journey to Be (5803 words) by mezzo_cammin
Summary: Set post series. Atlantis is finally going back to the Pegasus Galaxy, come hell or high water. First, though, Rodney McKay has to figure a few things out. Lucky for him, he has a little help along the way.

Learning Experience (2469 words) by resqueln
Additional Tags: First Time, Post-Canon
Summary: Written for the mcsheplet's prompt 'jealousy'.

ALTERNATE UNIVERSE / COMPLETE DEPARTURE FROM CANON:

I’ll See It Through (The Texas Two-Step Mix) (7692 words) by Dee_Laundry
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Vampire, Asperger Syndrome, First Time, Consent Issues, Autistic Character(s)
Summary: Vampires: Sexy, mysterious, dashing. Right?

Be My Yoko Ono (8982 words) by kashmir
Rating: Explicit
Summary: The one where John's a bike messenger and Rodney's an office drone.

Heat (45197 words) by dvs
Summary: Rodney McKay is desperately trying to get out of Peru. John Sheppard is a pilot who might be able to help. Or get him into more trouble.

Step Through (10220 words) by snarkydame
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis, Labyrinth (1986)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fusion
Summary: Rodney didn't actually intend to get his sister stolen by goblins. She was just interrupting his work on his dissertation.

Contractual Obligations (4421 words) by velocitygrass
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Porn, First Time
Summary: "Get a condom for Rodney and something to prepare John," he heard the director's voice coming from somewhere. He slowly looked up, and it suddenly dawned on him what that meant.
[PORN AU - enough said]

Fight Fire With (2227 words) by elandrialore
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, First Time
Summary: "Your water pressure sucks," McKay said from underneath a towel and John rolled his eyes, though it was mostly at himself because he couldn't fathom why he'd imagined a thank you. "And-wait, are you blow drying my cat?"
[only with ao3]

Whatever You Wish For (11992 words) by skoosiepants
Summary: John wasn’t very good at following the text.

An Eleven-Step Guide to Survival by Prince Meredith (ed. John Sheppard) (8507 words) by theravenwrites
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis, Old Kingdom - Garth Nix
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Summary: A fusion between Stargate: Atlantis and Garth Nix's Abhorsen trilogy - Rodney is the brother of the future Abhorsen, Teyla, and the heir to the throne, Jeannie. He's at a bit of a loss as to what he wants to do for the rest of his life when he meets John, a pilot who's plane crash-landed in the Old Kingdom.

TRAPPED TO EARTH / BACK TO EARTH / CUT FROM ATLANTIS:

Tonight and the Rest of My Life (14835 words) by velocitygrass
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Allergies, Back to Earth
Summary: He didn't need or want a tearful goodbye, but he wanted something, something that acknowledged their relationship—their friendship—and the fact that they might never see each other again.

CUTE & FLUFFY:

Be Cool (1115 words) by unamaga
Additional Tags: Fluff, Schmoop, John Sheppard is awkward
Summary: Nothing between his teeth: check. Mood lighting: check. John puts his hands on his hips and does one last sweep of the room. Everything looks good. No dirty socks are hanging out of the hamper, the curtains are closed half-way to let in just enough sunshine, and the laptop is casually positioned on the end of the bed like an invitation. His feet and arms are bare for the same reason, even though it’s a little chilly and his toes are getting cold.
[could also fits the canon/could be canon category]

Keep Me Closer (2658 words) by dammitspawk
Additional Tags: Atlantis is still full of surprises, First Kiss
Summary: “John I have something you have to see, are you busy?” Rodney sounded excited. The kind of excited he got when he figured out a new equation for maximizing shield output or the coordinates for a new ZPM. Whatever it was John wasn’t going to miss it for some lame paperwork that he’d been sitting here for an hour doing nothing but staring at.

Best Laid Plans (1621 words) by Argosy
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Minor Rodney McKay/Sam Carter
Additional Tags: Humor
Summary: John didn't really believe the date was going to happen--Carter would come to her senses, or Rodney would chicken out, or--if worse came to worse--Atlantis itself would recognize it for the abomination it was and sink into the ocean.

Cross My Heart and Hope To Die (3898 words) by Tarlan
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Romantic Comedy
Summary: Rodney makes a promise to a very drunk John Sheppard... who remembers it the following morning.

Those Three Words (5745 words) by Argosy
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Humor, Angsty Schmoop
Summary: John has something he wants to say, but it won't be easy.

Wallflower (3230 words) by lamardeuse
Summary: What annoyed Rodney more than anything was that it was beginning to look like he'd saved Atlantis so that it could provide shelter for ladies' poker and Monday night football.

Bootylicious (2728 words) by kashmir, unamaga
Rating: Explicit
Summary: Rodney McKay's ass drives John Sheppard to distraction.

Sleeping Atlantis (1453 words) by Lenore
Additional Tags: Fairy Tales, Romance, Humor, First Kiss
Summary: Rodney rescues himself and everyone in the city.

The AR-1 Cross-Disciplinary Education Program (3022 words) by respoftw
Additional Tags: Team Bonding, oblivious boys in love
Summary: Rodney wants to learn how to shoot and John realises that they could all do with expanding their horizons a little bit.

How To Woo Your Scientist In 100 Cookies or Less [G] (1816 words) by rock_mafia
Additional Tags: First Time, Oblivious Rodney
Summary: Rodney has a secret admirer. Prompt fic.

Committed and Monogamous (700 words) by ami_ven
Additional Tags: Community: mcsheplets, Established Relationship, Engagement
Summary: John and Rodney don’t talk about marriage— until they do.

In Love and War (723 words) by out_there
Summary: John figured he should feel a little guilty. But Rodney deserved better than some ditzy alien - someone who could integrate in his head and understand Monty Python jokes. Someone like John. Rodney would catch on. Eventually.

Inked (500 words) by Brumeier
Additional Tags: Prompt Fill, Tattoos, Established Relationship
Summary: LJ Comment Fic Tattoo prompt: Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, John gets a tattoo in Pegasus, which because of his ATA gene does some interesting things to his skin.

Weird (424 words) by Azilver
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Daniel Jackson/Jack O'Neill
Additional Tags: Humor
Summary: “So....” Jack drawls, rocking back on his heels. “What number is this?”
[also fit the CANON/could be canon category]

Besele (556 words) by Ladycat
Additional Tags: Kissing
Summary: “Don’t need to see Carson.” Mm. Soft pillow. Nice, warm pillow that smelled like salt and musk and all the things Rodney refused to label ‘John’, even if they were. “S’just a bruise. S’fine. G’sleep now.”

Green-Eyed Monster (756 words) by helens78
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Daniel Jackson/Rodney McKay
Additional Tags: Jealousy
Summary: Is it possible all of Rodney's talk about Sam was just to cover up something else? And just how seriously does John take that talk, anyway?

I Am Kirk, Deal With It! by Kodiak_bear
Summary: “I’m breaking up with you,” snarls Rodney. “Because if I don’t, I’m going to shoot you.”

The Language of Candy by lillian78
Summary: Rodney believes that attaining a Nobel Prize is the most important thing in the world to him but, as usual, he’s wrong.

THE GOOD OLD "FOR SOME OBSCURE REASONS LOT OF SEX IS HAPPENING" & THE MOSTLY SMUTTY ONES:

Experiment #24 (3156 words) by chellefic
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Fingerfucking
Summary: John is half-convinced Rodney thinks their sex life is a series of experiments.

One For Sorrow (1956 words) by Ladycat
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Porn
Summary: Rodney wakes up alone for the first time in months and thinks: Finally, a sign I can read. Then he is spectacularly sick in the bathroom and spends most of the day screaming at scientists who are no stupider than they were yesterday, but now suddenly a whole lot more scared.

Acceptance (1529 words) by chellefic
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Anal Sex
Summary: John asks Rodney for something new.

Your Kisses Are All I Think About (6835 words) by sharkie335
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Rimming, First Time
Summary: He still couldn't believe that he'd actually taken his courage in both hands and kissed John.

Asleep (804 words) by Kass
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: kink_bingo, sleepy/unconscious
Summary: Even if John knew intellectually that Rodney was pretty much down for the count, his dick didn't seem to care.

Pieces of You (1431 words) by Brumeier
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Porn with Feelings, Masturbation, Merry Month of Masturbation Challenge 2015
Summary: John pulls his fantasies from everyday life, particularly his interactions with the smartest man in two galaxies.

There, There (1037 words) by thegrrrl2002
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Humor, Romance, Plot What Plot
Summary: "Could you be any lazier?" Rodney asked.

Things Left Unsaid (1810 words) by elandrialore
Additional Tags: First Kiss
Summary: Because there's a difference between John freaking out and giving him a rough hand job against a wall, and John deep-throating him like he's been waiting for it all his life.
[with ao3 account only]

A Place to Stand (3366 words) by chellefic
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Porn
Summary: Rodney wants to know what comes after incredible.

A Celebration by The Grrrl
Summary: A celebration of manhood, they called it. Rodney called it porn.

A Skewed Universe by The Grrrl
Summary: Rodney's not sure what to make of this.

A Bit Twisted by Kueble
Summary: John has a thing for Rodney's hands. (But really...who doesn't?)

Dangerous by rebecca
Summary: There was something there. Something Rodney needed to know.

Charis (2521 words) by Ladycat
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Porn, Blow Jobs
Summary: This is something private, intimate, for all they're grunting and hissing out insults as if it weren't.

DEATHFICS & COULD BE DEATH & LOSS & OPEN ENDING:

So Happy I Could Die (11572 words) by Reddwarfer
Rating: Explicit
Summary: Rodney works very hard to make sure John gets everything he needs, everything he's ever wanted. But John is still hungry for more. And Rodney never does anything halfway.
[NEITHER JOHN NOR RODNEY TECHNICALLY DIE but bittersweet, open ending & potentially definitive loss of life as they knew it]

APOCALYPSE & END OF THE WORLD(S):

Zombie Apocalypse (697 words) by Tarlan
Additional Tags: Blood and Gore, Zombie Apocalypse, Zombies, Trope Bingo Round 4, Community: mcsheplets
Summary: An emergency dial in from Earth almost unleashes a deadly plague on Atlantis.

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John Sheppard/Rodney McKay fics rec [PART III]

2017-09-05T14:33:12Z

Continuation of the huge listing of my favorite mcshep fics I started in Part I & Part II

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ABSOLUTE PERSONAL ALL TIME FAVORITES & MUST READ:

Unaccepted (5369 words) by Xparrot
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan/Kanaan
Additional Tags: Episode Tag, Episode: s05e06 The Shrine, Team, Community: sga_flashfic, Podfic Available
Summary: Sometime it's frightening, how easily these people from Earth face down nightmares and conquer them.
[Ep:The Shrine]

Of Two Hours (1651 words) by tigs
Summary: Most days, Radek appreciates it, how he and Rodney can communicate in half sentences.
[Radek centric - fics focusing on Radek & Rodney's relationship are gold]

Where I Lay My Head (4212 words) by seperis
Summary: John's tired.

As the Stars Fade Out (7734 words) by Cottontail
Additional Tags: Crossover, First Time
Summary: SG-1 drags the Atlantis team out to a Wraith infested planet in the Pegasus galaxy in hopes of tracking down some Ancient text to help in the war against the Ori. Everything goes wrong from the start and Rodney discovers something he should have always known.
[excellent characterization of both team - also fit the team/found families trope]

Multiply by Four (And You'll Get One) (4181 words) by Epiphanyx7
Additional Tags: accidental duplication, Action/Adventure, Hurt John Sheppard, Death
Summary: P2R-711 had been so calm, so peaceful, right up until the time the natives had accidentally duplicated Sheppard, handing the results all over to Rodney and apologizing profusely, because even Ronon could count to four and realize that four was three too many Sheppards.

ALTERNATE REALITIES/ SET IN A SIMILAR UNIVERSES WITH SOME BIG CHANGES & PRE SHOW FIRST MEETING:

Division 52 (18644 words) by popkin16
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis, Men in Black
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Crossover, Romance, First Time, Conspiracy Challenge, Alternate Universe, The MiB is a sub-section of the SGC, cop John
Summary: John never expected aliens.

lies we tell ourselves (1278 words) by writerdragonfly
Additional Tags: Prompt Fic, Angst with a Happy Ending, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Pre-Series
Summary: Rodney lies to himself about his relationship with John.

mountains that refuse to move (414 words) by busaikko
Additional Tags: Alternate Reality, Doppelganger, Plotbunnies
Summary: You're not our John, Rodney says, and John doesn't even consider lying, because this is Rodney, and Rodney has always been able to read him like a book.
[Darkish grief ridden alt!John & universes crossing]

Home (5323 words) by mattygroves
Additional Tags: Kid!John, Kid!Rodney, Ancient!Rodney, AU-E.T., You heard me, 80s nostalgia, First Kiss, Tooth-Rotting Fluff
Summary: "John wasn’t all that surprised when the Air Force finally admitted to the existence of aliens. He’d known about them for a long time." Or, the one where John and Rodney meet as kids when Rodney crash lands his ship in John's backyard. Basically.

The Days of Miracle and Wonder (4619 words) by sabinelagrande
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Writing, Break Up
Summary: John Sheppard just wants to write something that makes somebody cry.

Synthesis (1065 words) by thingswithwings
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Cyborgs, Rebirth
Summary: Because they have the technology, Rodney's rebuilding him.

Second Best (29302 words) by sgamadison
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Alternate Canon
Summary: Rodney knows...he's done the math. Atlantis *needs* a John Sheppard.
Followed by Second to None

SET IN MAIN CANON / GETTING TOGETHER & ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP SITUATIONS VAGUE CODA SEASON 1/4:

Tongue Tied and Throat Closed (21168 words) by coffee_mage
Additional Tags: Badass nurses, ATA gene handwaves all, DADT is still a thing
Summary: Talking about his feelings has always been uncomfortable, but when John tries to have an important conversation with Rodney, that goes to a whole new level. Discomfort becomes the threat of death and Rodney doesn't know what to do. (Or, the one in which saying 'I love you' almost kills John but he finds a way to do it anyway)
[John centric & a good representation of how abysmal he is with feelings]

Blind (10035 words) by FabulaRasa
Summary: Rodney's hearing is really very acute, all things considered.
[Rodney centric - could fit the pining trope for John]

The House by the Beach (1748 words) by sabinelagrande
Additional Tags: Illness, Mindfuck, One of My Favorites
Summary: "The lights in the hallway get brighter when John walks past them. He keeps meaning to mention it to Rodney, but he's almost certain he's just imagining things."

Existence As Interesting As Possible (10742 words) by waxjism
Summary: "FUBAR, is that the technical term?" "It's the technical term for oh god, we're going to die here." McKay's voice now had the edge of nascent hysteria. Then again, he was always quick to work himself into a state over minor things. "It's covered in lava. It's melted clean through."

Those Three Words (1854 words) by melonbutterfly
Additional Tags: Established Relationship
Summary: John really is a lot more of a coward than most people know - but he knows how to bypass that problem, and when he has something important to say, he will.

Crash (2783 words) by busaikko
Summary: Any landing you walk away from is a good one.

Consider the Hand (3287 words) by Chandri
Summary: The low-grade headache he's been ignoring all day is now slowly making itself known, coiling at the base of his skull, the back of his neck.

Clear Daylight (9580 words) by Nym
Rating: Explicit
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Jeannie Miller, Carson Beckett
Summary: John and Rodney. Their relationship is a work in progress.

ALTERNATE REALITIES: FUSION/POWERS/SOULMATES/TIMEY WIMEY WITH CANON BASIS:

Pegasus By The Dashboard Light (2707 words) by respoftw
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Sentinels & Guides, Bonding, First Meetings
Summary: An alternate take on canon where Rodney can't get to Atlantis unless he finds a Sentinel to bond with. Or; an alternate universe where Rodney is a really big Meatloaf fan.

Til Tuesday (3322 words) by Kass
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: First Time, Time Loop, Flash Fic, Second Verse Challenge
Summary: "If we were in a time loop," John said, "how would we break out of it?"

Opportunistic (835 words) by gladdecease
Additional Tags: Time Loop
Summary: John gets fed up with the whole looping thing.

Nowhere Land (2958 words) by ca_pierson, TheShadowPanther
Additional Tags: Telepathy, Mild Language, Minor Violence
Summary: About to be ripped apart by the psychic attack of a Wraith Queen, Telepath Rodney McKay does something no-one has ever done before: he reaches out.
[telepath!Rodney - only with ao3 account]

String Theory (740 words) by popkin16
Additional Tags: Romance, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Unbeta'd
Summary: According to myth, the gods connect two people destined to meet via an invisible red cord. They are destined lovers, regardless of place, time, or circumstances. John can see the red cord that ties people together.

PINING, UST (& PRE-SLASH & EVENTUAL RESOLUTION):

Whither (14914 words) by Daephraelle
Additional Tags: Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Internalized Homophobia, Pining, Alternate Universe - Canon, Rejection, Hurt
Summary: John learns that he can't live without Rodney, but does that mean that he can live with what Rodney wants from him? As he and Rodney drift further apart, can John find his way back to his best friend, and will friendship really be enough for either of them in the end?

Breathe in two countries (3689 words) by randomalia
Additional Tags: Homophobia
Summary: They're killing time between galaxies when Rodney, seemingly busy with his work, says, "So, apparently Dave thinks I'm your boyfriend," just like that.

Stronger in the Contrast (3009 words) by Ladycat
Additional Tags: Pining John Sheppard, BAMF Rodney
Summary: It’s just—this is John’s job. He’s the one who does the derring-do, who rescues the damsels—and Rodney, who pretty much qualifies as a damsel, according to Atlantis’ personnel—who is expected to act like a pretty Prince Charming, sacrificing himself so that everyone else is safe.

Five Lessons in the Art of Body Language (3250 words) by silverraven
Summary: Rodney unceremoniously marched into Sheppard's quarters. "I need to know how you do it." Sheppard was sprawled on his narrow bed, leafing through an old Iron Man comic. "Do what?" he asked, not even looking up. "You know…" Rodney's hands waved up and down in a gesture that encompassed Sheppard's entire body. "The Kirk thing."

Trying to Pull on Braxa by 30toseoul
Summary: People often accused him of lacking a filter between his brain and his mouth. Those people were just idiots who didn't like hearing the truth about themselves. Rodney was absolutely not going to yell, Colonel Sheppard's cockblocking me! in front of everyone on the senior staff.

Situation Normal (1883 words) by lamardeuse
Summary: Rodney figures it out.

The Rules of Engagement (4832 words) by iamtheenemy
Additional Tags: Hand & Finger Kink, Seduction, First Time, Oblivious Rodney
Summary: The only thing that kept Rodney from feeling completely pathetic was that his hand fascination wasn’t Sheppard-specific. (Written in 2006)
[can only be read with ao3 account]

Book Of Rodney (5847 words) by Selenic
Additional Tags: First Kiss, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Light Angst
Summary: No-one hates an unsolved mystery like Rodney McKay, especially if it somehow involves John Sheppard.

Flowbee (2948 words) by Pares
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Grooming, The Back of Rodney McKay's Neck
Summary: "You and your hair are ashamed to be seen with me, just admit it."

Fake (948 words) by entanglednow
Summary: In which Sheppard is the last to know everything.

The Kissing Game (1370 words) by elandrialore
Additional Tags: First Kiss, April Showers Challenge, Aliens Make Them Do It
Summary: Rodney was a ridiculously good kisser.
[can only be read with ao3 account]

A Man of Action (1373 words) by velocitygrass
Additional Tags: Pining John Sheppard
Summary: John Sheppard is a man of action. Except when he isn't.

Misperception (3946 words) by janne_d
Summary: Rodney gets things wrong. A lot. Sheppard pines.

AMNESIA & MEMORY LOSS:

What You Don't Recall (3802 words) by Anonymous
Additional Tags: Temporary Amnesia, Nanites, Dreamlike
Summary: John doesn't remember what happened, but Rodney's aiming his weapon at him, so it must not have been good.
[only with ao3 account]

NEAR MISS/DEATH & BREAKDOWNS:

Blanket Permission (1351 words) by elementalv
Additional Tags: Pre-Slash
Summary: The first time Sheppard all but shoved Rodney out of his own bed to make room, Rodney woke up only enough to slur, "The fuck?"

Serpentine Curves (11326 words) by Signe
Rating: Explicit
Relationships: Sheppard/McKay, hint of Dex/Emmagan
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan, Elizabeth Weir, Carson Beckett, Radek Zelenka, Peter Kavanagh
Additional Tags: Fake Science, Peril
Summary: Something is wrong, if only he can pin it down. He can taste the wrongness on the back of his tongue, a bitterness that shouldn't be there. Like lemon in a chocolate cake.

Broadcast Signal (21263 words) by sgamadison
Rating: Explicit
Summary: Oh great. Now he was destined to see dead people.
[also kinda fit the Team/Family trope]

Shattered/Mending (1356 words) by Bead
Additional Tags: Post Mission, Epiphanies
Summary: In the aftermath of a mission gone wrong, John's left with a question. Originally published November 2008

Here Every Language Is Silent (6970 words) by enigmaticblue
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Jennifer Keller/Rodney McKay
Summary: Sometimes, you don't know what you've had until it's gone.
[also fit the coda post season 5]

Mostly Dead (1540 words) by thingswithwings
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Repression, Porn Magazines, Temporary Character Death
Summary: "Okay, so, is this because I died?"

And Sometimes, You Just Go Snap by lavvyan
Summary: In 2012, Rodney died four times.

Nothing New (4558 words) by unadrift
Additional Tags: sga_flashfic, Romance, First Kiss
Summary: City exploration was one giant waste of time.

Dyssomnia (7973 words) by brinnanza
Additional Tags: Ancient Tech Gone Awry, First Kiss
Summary: McKay waves him off. The answer is in here somewhere. Just because no one has found it yet doesn’t mean it’s not there. He just hasn’t stumbled on the right combination of search terms yet, but it’s only a matter of time. He’ll get it. There’s a long moment of silence, long enough that McKay thinks maybe Zelenka has given up and decided to leave him alone, but then Zelenka says, “Colonel Sheppard is stable for the time being. Nothing will happen to him in the next eight hours.” But it’s already been days, McKay doesn’t say.

EPISODE RELATED:

Steal In (2356 words) by aadarshinah
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Sam Carter/Rodney McKay
Additional Tags: Episode: s10e13 The Road Not Taken, Alternate Reality, Alternate Universe - Canon, Canonical Character Death
Summary: Then he meets Doctor M. Rodney McKay and he falls in love instantly.
[SG1: The Road Not Taken - take place in the alternate universe Sam Carter got temporarily trapped into where Rodney was her ex-husband and rich businessman/genius]

Off the Map (3205 words) by kageygirl
Summary: Rodney had probably done more for the man than he could imagine.
[Ep: The Defiant One]

The Pegasus Society (5858 words) by Sab
Additional Tags: imaginary threesomes, Animate Object, math!porn, 3000-7500 words
Summary: "Sally likes 225 but not 224," says Dr. Zelenka, the Czech. "She likes 900 but not 800, she likes 144 --"
[Ep: The Brotherhood & pre The Siege]

Casual Easy Thing (3003 words) by lamardeuse
Summary: John contemplates the possibilities.
[Ep: McKay and Mrs. Miller]

The Minstrel Boy (18846 words) by busaikko
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Episode: s03e08 McKay and Mrs. Miller, Episode: s03e07 Common Ground, Community: sga_santa, Alternate Universe - Canon, Alternate Universe - Mensa, Impaired Vision
Summary: Mensa-verse crossover. It warmed Rod's heart to know that the whole leave no man behind thing extended all the way to include alternate realities.
[Ep: McKay and Mrs. Miller]

Five Ways That Sheppard Says "I Love You" (3040 words) by Lenore
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: 5 Things, First Time, Episode Related
Summary: The title says it all.
[Ep: Trinity & The Return]

Inviting Catastrophe (3379 words) by esteefee
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: First Time, Episode: s03e10 The Return Part 1
Summary: Their first week back on Earth, Rodney could hardly bear the sound of the generator at Area 51, the constant hum that wasn't Atlantis, that wasn't the ocean or her power conduits singing the sweet music of systems in harmony. Set during The Return Part 1.
[Ep: The Return]

Six Weeks by justbreathe80
Summary: "Hey. Miss me?" Yeah, I've missed you since the day we came back to this stupid fucking planet and my whole life went to shit. I miss you so much I can't even think straight, he thought.
[Ep: The Return]

Overture (3480 words) by Maverick
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Radek Zelenka, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan
Summary: Sonata de Rodney
[Ep: The Return & Tao of Rodney]

Like This (4941 words) by Aria
Additional Tags: Episode Tag, First Time
Summary: John Sheppard doesn't need anyone. He never really has, either. It's a thing.
[Ep:Sanctuary & Grace Under Pressure & Tao of Rodney & Sunday and a few other episode but set somewhere around Sunday - John centric]

Of Duct Tape and Prayer by wishingwell
Summary: "What Rodney wants to tell him: in fact, he left the Control Room of his own freewill. He couldn’t stand the pitying looks that Sam kept giving him; the concern Radek couldn’t keep out of his voice; the overall “you’ve made me an orphan puppy” vibe that was coming off of Chuck in waves.
Plus, if he didn’t leave he was bound to stab Bill Lee in the eye with a screw-driver eventually, kids and wife be damned, and that probably wasn’t the nicest way of saying “thank you” to a man that had just helped save him and his city."
[Ep:Lifeline]

Compromise (370 words) by velocitygrass
Additional Tags: Episode Related, Pre-Slash, Dark
Summary: With every passing night the certainty that this was the nightmare and his dream reality grew.
[Ep:Doppelganger]

What Price? (408 words) by DesireeArmfeldt
Additional Tags: my first fic in this fandom, Episode Tag, Episode: s04e09 Miller's Crossing, POV Third Person, Pining, Guilt, Angst
Summary: Episode tag for "Miller's Crossing."
[Ep:Miller's Crossing + also fit the CANON/could be canon category]

Coffee Klatch (1335 words) by Ladycat
Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Episode: s04e09 Miller's Crossing
Summary: I just wanted you to know that I get it," Sam says suddenly. "I don't know that I would've handled it that way, but I get it. You made the right choice, John."
[Ep:Miller's Crossing]

Responsible (7236 words) by erda
Additional Tags: Episode Tag, Miller's Crossing - Freeform
Summary: After Miller's Crossing, John struggles with his feelings of responsibility for Wallace, Todd, Rodney, and Atlantis in general.
[Ep:Miller's Crossing]

Indispensable (819 words) by lunabee34
Additional Tags: Episode: s04e09 Miller's Crossing, Angst, Murder
Summary: Episode tag for "Miller's Crossing." - “You’re never leaving this mountain,” John says. “You’re already dead. Might as well make that mean something.”
[Ep:Miller's Crossing]

Forbidden Paths (4026 words) by KagekaNecavi
Additional Tags: Character Death, Wraith Feeding, Pre-Slash, Episode Tag, Episode: s04e09 Miller's Crossing
Summary: Rodney knew John better than anyone. Thanks to chess and video games that weren’t really video games, he knew the way John strategized better than anybody, too. If he was gonna do this, now that John had said no, he needed to do it fast.
[Ep:Miller's Crossing]

Shortest Distance Between Two Points (1492 words) by KagekaNecavi
Additional Tags: Character Death, Pre-Slash, Episode: s04e09 Miller's Crossing, Episode Tag, Wraith Feeding
Summary: John expected Rodney to volunteer to be the one to sate Todd’s hunger. He’s vaguely suspicious when Rodney doesn’t, when Rodney leaves after delivering the news that Todd is going to die and that means Jeanie will, too, just like Wallace’s daughter, but maybe Rodney knew that John would say no. Maybe he’d thought through that argument already and come to the conclusion that John would refuse. Not that a ‘no’ has ever stopped Rodney before.
[Ep:Miller's Crossing + Deathfic]

Best Somethings (2603 words) by shrift
Additional Tags: Humor, Episode Related, Episode Tag
Summary: In which John and Rodney are idiots, although perhaps not more so than usual.
[Ep:Quarantine]

In Harmony (13860 words) by respoftw
Additional Tags: Fake Marriage, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Mutual Pining, one sided Keras/John
Summary: It was quite a surprise for Rodney to find out that he had been betrothed to Harmony ever since that first visit. It was an even a bigger surprise for him to find out that he couldn't follow through on the marriage because he was already married to John. A fake marriage/pretend relationship fic because, why not?
[Ep:Harmony]

At Least In This (5342 words) by Chandri
Summary: It's funny, because he can imagine Rodney's outrage when he realised that of all things, the soul was the one thing that couldn't be measured.
[Ep:The Last Man - also fit into the 'absolute personal all times faves']

The Same River Twice (3571 words) by DragoJustine
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Episode: s04e20 The Last Man
Summary: John comes back from 48,000 years in the future, and has to figure out how *this* Rodney could ever have become *that* Rodney.
[Ep:The Last Man]

Dream a Little Dream by tzzzz
Summary: Rodney asked Carson if he wanted to dream. He didn't bother to ask John.
[Ep:The Last Man]

Simulacrum (677 words) by thingswithwings
Additional Tags: holograms, Ghosts, Community: mcsmooch, Episode Tag
Summary: Tag for The Last Man. John doesn't dream.
[Ep:The Last Man]

Sandcastles (1052 words) by kisahawklin
Additional Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality
Summary: Prequel to Castles in the Air by , who had a lovely idea and let me play in her sandbox. Missing... erm, well, scene... from 4.20, Last Man.
[Ep:The Last Man]

Immanence (3536 words) by randomalia
Warnings: Major Character Death
Additional Tags: Episode Related, Canon Compliant, Growing Old, emotionally repressed space explorers in love, Implied Relationships, Hologram Rodney, Episode: s04e20 The Last Man
Summary: In forty-eight thousand years -- give or take, he can't be precise at this stage -- John Sheppard is going to step out of the gate into an Atlantis that doesn't know him. The city, if it survives into the future, should be the same but there's no telling who will be living in it and if they're going to be the sort of people who will understand they owe their home to Sheppard (and Elizabeth, and maybe Zelenka for that one time but no need to get carried away), and understand, too, how important it is to send John back where he's supposed to be.
[Ep:The Last Man]

On The Pier by hestia_lacey
Summary: Jeannie talks to John.

In the Infirmary by hestia_lacey
Summary: The discarded sheet flutters to rest on the mess of covers Rodney has pressed to the bottom of the bed and John’s breath catches. (Follows On the Pier)

Revelation by hestia_lacey
Summary: The hands twisted into the fabric of Rodney’s hospital gown make knots that tether them close together, and John covers his face in Rodney’s neck as though it were made of glass and he’s afraid that it might shatter if it’s not hidden safely away, closed over like windows in a gale. (Follows In the Infirmary)
[Ep: The Shrine - series following the post episode - John centric - fit into the near miss/breakdown category too]

building a new deck off the back of your house (6017 words) by MontanaHarper
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Episode: s05e06 The Shrine, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, First Kiss, First Time
Summary: "Are you saying you missed my singular personality and matchless people skills, Colonel?"
[Ep: The Shrine]

Having (855 words) by unamaga
Additional Tags: Episode Tag, Episode: s05e06 The Shrine
Summary: Rodney bears the team’s hovering and constant check-ins remarkably well for the first few days after he’s released from the infirmary.
[Ep: The Shrine]

Tell Me What You See (2273 words) by unadrift
Summary: "So, you're McKay," Dusty says and places her tray opposite his on the table.
[Ep: Whispers + also fit the Team/Found Families tropes & the CANON category - not really openly mchsep but you can still read it that way]

Rodney McKay and the Predictable Outcome: A parable for slightly neurotic children (2552 words) by that_which
Additional Tags: Episode Related
Summary: Daedalus, just like Rodney, was an engineer who made brilliant traps for monsters. What Daedalus was most famous for, though, was being a genius who figured out how to make wings so he and his son, Icarus, could fly. Icarus, history’s first dumbass risk-taking pilot, took dumbass risks on his first flight and died. The wings were a total loss. Rodney wasn’t sure whether it was the rightest name anyone ever gave a ship, the wrongest name anyone ever gave a ship, or just a sign that “the Heap of Smoking Rubble” and “the Radioactive Space Debris” were already taken.
[Ep: The Daedalus Variations & Remnants - also fit the Canon/Could be canon]

Calamity of So Long Life (1896 words) by busaikko
Additional Tags: Community: sga_santa, Alternate Universe - Canon, Alternate Universe - Daedalus Variations, Episode: s05e04 The Daedalus Variations, Episode: s04e10 This Mortal Coil, Replicators
Summary: Daedalus Variations alternate reality fic; AU of Mortal Coil. It had seemed like a really good idea. A lot of his good ideas, in retrospect, sucked.
[Ep: The Daedalus Variations]

The Pleasure Of Your Company (8149 words) by unadrift
Additional Tags: Episode Related, Alternate Universe - Canon
Summary: "What? No, this isn't even remotely like a date, which is why I can't ask her, which is why I'm asking you."
[Ep: Brain Storm AU - Rodney brings John rather than Jennifer]

Lifted / Alight (3902 words) by unadrift
Relationships: Jennifer Keller/Rodney McKay, Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Additional Tags: Episode Related, Unrequited Love, Romance
Summary: John decides that he's had enough.
[Ep: Infection]

The One Who Walks In (3339 words) by unadrift
Additional Tags: Episode Related, Alternate Universe - Canon
Summary: In which John isn't dead. Much.
[Ep: Vegas]

TEAM FOCUSED, FOUND FAMILIES ORIENTED & TEAM DYNAMICS:

Got Your Back (3720 words) by LdyAnne
Additional Tags: Action/Adventure, Humor, Hurt/Comfort
Summary: Rodney and Ronon running for their lives. Just another day in Pegasus.

All's Not Fair in Love (2520 words) by neevebrody
Additional Tags: Team, Hurt/Comfort, Community: mcsheplets
Summary: He watches McKay struggle to raise his hand. Sheppard reaches out and takes it and suddenly Ronon realizes he's witnessing something private, so much so he wants to turn away, but something about the scene makes it impossible.

Tiny Pieces of Fear (8486 words) by gottalovev
Additional Tags: First Kiss, Pining, Team Dynamics
Summary: The Team has to prove that they are suitable potential allies (it must be Tuesday).

Forbidden Planet (6722 words) by Martha
Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort
Summary: Richard Woolsey breaks a dinner reservation.

Not Waving but Drowning (6183 words) by mific
Additional Tags: Depression, Hurt/Comfort, Team, SGA Secret Santa 2010, Fanfiction
Summary: They got Rodney out of the sea, but they couldn’t get the sea out of Rodney.
[Ep: Grace Under Pressure]

MAINLY CANON VERSE & COULD ALMOST BE CANON & SOME POST SEASON 5:

Stargazing (1107 words) by Choosing_Sarah
Additional Tags: Romance, First Kiss, Post-Series
Summary: Post-Finale: The city’s back in Pegasus, and John and Rodney have been watching the stars together for months when Rodney floors John with a simple observation.

gonna try, with a little / sing out of tune (1311 words) by mayachain
Additional Tags: Earth, Community: mcsmooch, POV Outsider
Summary: It's not that Kaleb Miller dislikes John Sheppard. And Samantha Carter most certainly is not worried about him.

Misconceptions (643 words) by elandrialore
Additional Tags: Future Fic, First Time
Summary: Rodney and Jennifer don't break up all at once, and on the whole John expects Rodney to treat it like he did the break up with Katie, by which he means not talk about it and ignore everyone else until they stop talking about it too. It doesn't exactly go like that.
[only with ao3 account]

Heroes With A Plan (11485 words) by monanotlisa
Rating: Explicit
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Season Five canon pairings
Additional Tags: Drama, Humor, Romance, Post-Canon, Episode Tag, Bisexuality, Team, First Time, Season/Series 05
Summary: The present was yesterday.
[Also fit the pining trope with pining!John]

Closer (10172 words) by omg_wtf_yeah
Rating: Explicit
Summary: John and Rodney are trapped in an Ancient time dilation field. Luckily, it's on a beautiful beach.
[Also fit the pining trope with pining!John & getting together]

Unfinished Business (17420 words) by sgamadison
Additional Tags: Temporary Character Death
Summary: Like Schrodinger's Cat, John is both dead and alive. Rodney will not accept 'dead' as an answer, however.

Nobel Deeds (5032 words) by lavvyan
Additional Tags: Angst, Secret Santa
Summary: "McKay." Sheppard gives him a short nod, like it hasn't been months since they last saw each other. Like Sheppard didn't tell him to go to hell.

Homecoming (26715 words) by sgamadison
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: earthside
Summary: Rodney thought it would be nice if they took a vacation where no one was shooting at them. Spoilers thru season 5.
[Also fit the pining trope]

Embarrassingly Complimentary (2140 words) by puddlejumper38
Additional Tags: Friends to Lovers, Fluff, Post-Series
Summary: ‘Rodney,’ John drawled, ‘are you asking me out?’

Undefined (2522 words) by ZedElla
Additional Tags: Autism Spectrum, Implied Sam Wilson/Riley - Freeform, Non-Chronological, Season/Series 01, Pre-Series, Sheppard is secretly a mathlete, Non-Linear Narrative
Summary: Flying, it turned out, was the only thing that made more sense to him than math.

Own It (1701 words) by pir8fancier
Series: Part 3 of Do I or Don't I?
Summary: Part III of the "Do I or Don't I?" series. John tries and utterly fails to sabotage his relationship with Rodney.

Charm is Mrahc Spelled Backwards by pir8fancier
Part 4 of the Do I or Don't I?
Summary: "Rodney’s head didn’t even hit the floor John moved so fast. “Did you fucking eat this morning, McKay?” he muttered, even though he’d personally watched Rodney wolf down enough breakfast for three people and enough coffee for five. He shoved two fingers against Rodney’s neck. No pulse. No goddamn pulse. He pressed harder. Nothing."
[also fit the Near Miss trope + John!focus - the whole series is a good read]

Transporter (2212 words) by rentgirl2
Additional Tags: First Kiss, Romance, Pining John, McShep - Freeform, Angst
Summary: Rodney wonders if he's always meant to be alone and John comes clean.

Growing Old Together (1911 words) by velocitygrass
Summary: Rodney knows that breaking up with Jennifer was the right thing to do, but he's still not happy.

What Kind of Voodoo Do They Teach in Medical School? (4287 words) by RosiePaw
Summary: Keller smiled at him as she seated herself gracefully. “You can call me Jennifer, you know.” John smiled right back and then took another bite of his sandwich. He knew he was supposed to respond by inviting her to call him John. He didn’t want her calling him John. He was going to have to be the groom’s best man at her wedding some day, and he’d do that and survive it, but he damn well wasn’t going to give her any extras.

ALTERNATE UNIVERSE / COMPLETE DEPARTURE FROM CANON:

Socks and Keys and Stuff (and John) (1502 words) by lavvyan
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Fairy Tales, First Time
Summary: Rodney McKay was a collector. A collector of lost things.

Incipere (5682 words) by TheWickedWitchofDammitJim
Additional Tags: Fluff, Schmoop, SGA Secret Santa Fic Exchange
Summary: After being shipped home with a missing arm and a scarred face, John Sheppard goes back to his other great love: Mathematics. Rodney McKay bribes him to become his TA. It's all downhill from there really.

Prenuptial Agreement (2656 words) by velocitygrass
Relationships: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Rodney McKay/Original Female Character(s)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Lawyers
Summary: Rodney has made the rational decision to marry his girlfriend. The lawyer Sam recommends to him for the prenups is not what he expected.

It Takes a Week to Form an Ulcer (11009 words) by gluecklich
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Katie Brown/Rodney McKay
Additional Tags: AU, couples therapy, rodney is terrible at relationships, john is a therapist, that owns a truck, Comedy, Infidelity
Summary: Rodney McKay has never been good with relationships, so when his current 'significant other' Katie Brown forces him into Couples Therapy he thinks things can't get much worse - until he meets his therapist: Dr. John Sheppard.

Magical (1796 words) by velocitygrass
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Wizards
Summary: Being a wizard among humans has its limitations, but it's not a problem for Rodney—until he meets John.

The Ways of Earthlings (1189 words) by lamardeuse
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fusion
Summary: As man-eating lizards go, John's not bad.

Stargazing (4070 words) by lavvyan
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Robots, First Kiss
Summary: This smooth-skinned machine had gotten to fly an X-307 when all John had gotten was blue skin and weird eyes and to watch his friends die in fire. He'd just leave the thing to fend for itself.

You're All I Ever Wanted (But I'm Terrified of You) (1502 words) by sabinelagrande
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Vampire, Community: sga_santa, Previously Remixed
Summary: Rodney can't help it if he's become set in his ways. He's had a lot of time to, okay?

Executive Decision (1226 words) by Siria
Summary: The door flew open, and Rodney marched in.

Signs From The Universe (8918 words) by popkin16
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, 5+1 Things, First Time, Fandom Stocking 2016, Meet-Cute
Summary: Five times John and Rodney 'meet cute', and the one time they finally end up together. AKA a string of connected meet cutes.

CUTE & FLUFFY:

Points of Reference (931 words) by lamardeuse
Summary: John loved hanging out at the geek parties.

Four Times John Almost got Married and One Time it Stuck. (2670 words) by melagan
Summary: Exactly what is says in the title.

A Significant Obsession (1353 words) by chellefic
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Humor, Romance
Summary: Set pre-Doppelganger. Rodney notices something about John.

Kissy Kissy (998 words) by chaya
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Ronon Dex/Rodney McKay
Summary: The first time Teyla saw it happen, she took only a few moments to blink before acting as if everything was normal.
[slightly more Ronon/Rodney than John/Rodney]

Trade Goods (2835 words) by RosiePaw
Summary: Rodney’s always been at a disadvantage when it comes to bartering.

Dayglow (4294 words) by pipisafoat
Summary: The people of Atlantis begin to glow.

What You Might Call Obvious (3282 words) by Giddygeek
Summary: "Just so you know, you've ruined your chances of ever getting me to sleep with you," Rodney said, standing in John's doorway with his arms crossed over his chest and his crooked mouth set so firmly it was almost straight. John blinked at him. "Okay?"

Five People John and Rodney Really Are Fooling (2104 words) by miasnape
Additional Tags: 5 Things, Established Relationship, POV Outsider, Comment Fic, Humor, Fluff
Summary: Five People John and Rodney Really Are Fooling - the title says it all.

Who Can Turn The World On With Her Smile? (4033 words) by Argosy
Relationships: McKay/Sheppard, Jeannie/OMC
Additional Tags: Humor
Summary: Jeannie comes to Atlantis.

One Time Ronon Nearly Lost It (And No Wraith Were Even Involved) (4525 words) by Tex
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Blow Jobs, First Time
Summary: John could see in his peripheral vision that Rodney had snapped his head up. “No. It wasn’t me. I didn’t do anything. This time, he has to apologize.” It made John see red, to hear Rodney’s righteous fury. Apologize? Well, he’d be goddamned if he’d do that. “Go to hell, McKay,” John snarled. “No, you go to hell.”

Whisper (1113 words) by Tarlan
Additional Tags: Romance, Accidental Marriage, Community: mcsheplets, Community: trope_bingo
Summary: It started as a whisper at the back of his mind.

The Really Good Boyfriend (2792 words) by chellefic
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: First Time, Humor
Summary: Madison wants to know if John is Rodney's boyfriend.

Color Me Surprised (4554 words) by unadrift
Additional Tags: Episode Related, Humor, Crack
Summary: "Oh my god," Rodney said. "This is Barbie World."
[coda: Outsiders]

Something You Don't Know (1774 words) by unadrift
Additional Tags: Episode Related, Humor
Summary: And John had been so sure that his school days were over.
[coda: The Lost Tribe]

Three's A Pattern (1911 words) by respoftw
Additional Tags: Dubious Science, Getting Together, Ridiculousness
Summary: One's an incident, two's a coincedence and three's a pattern. In which there is sleepy Rodney, naked Rodney, injured Rodney and lots of unexpected John.

Mutually Exclusive (943 words) by thingswithwings
Additional Tags: Monogamy, Alien Planet, Jealousy, character considers intimate partner violence
Summary: We're in the middle of a mission on another planet, and you're asking me about monogamy?" John grits out, his voice measured and even.

THE GOOD OLD "FOR SOME OBSCURE REASONS LOT OF SEX IS HAPPENING" & THE MOSTLY SMUTTY ONES:

That Pon Farr Thing (15867 words) by chellefic
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: First Time, Anal Sex
Summary: John is having seizures. Rodney's touch stops them.

Up Against the Ropes Again (12261 words) by sharkie335, Ladycat
Rating: Explicit
Summary: Yes. Yes. He wanted all of that, and whatever else Rodney could dredge up to give him.
[John centric - some dom/sub dynamics + implies pining + John inability to deal with feelings]

Negotiations (6741 words) by laceymcbain
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Aliens Make Them Do It, First Kiss, First Time, Angst and Humor, Season/Series 02, Makeup Sex
Summary: Aliens made them do it … but they didn’t have to try very hard.

Industrial Arts (1032 words) by Punk
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: That Particular Month, First Time, Humor
Summary: The important thing is that Rodney has a wrench and John's lurking in the doorway, staring at his ass.

Abandon (2708 words) by Zinnith
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Drugs, Aliens Make Them Do It, Drugged Sex, Marathon Sex, Blow Jobs, Anal Sex, Masturbation, Dirty Talk
Summary: "If you come inside now, I won't be able to help myself." Rodney on alien Viagra.

Knowing (645 words) by Resonant
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Smutlet, First Time, Romance
Summary: Rodney never stops talking, just the way John imagined.

Drip by Crownglass39
Summary: Post sex, John is fascinated by some of the strangest things. Rodney is happy to be a focus of that fascination.
[only with ao3 account]

Performance Review (3595 words) by esteefee
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Porn With Plot
Summary: All systems can benefit from a little peer review.

DEATHFICS & COULD BE DEATH & LOSS & OPEN ENDING:

Things You Never Did (1981 words) by godofwine
Warnings: Major Character Death
Summary: Now is the time for regrets.
[dark & almost slash but not quite]

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John Sheppard/Rodney McKay fics rec [PART II]

2017-08-21T14:41:05Z

Continuation of the huge listing of my favorite mcshep fics I started in Part I...

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ABSOLUTE PERSONAL ALL TIME FAVORITES & MUST READ:

Sheppard's Law (34555 words) by Speranza
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Time Travel, Alternate Reality, Action/Adventure, Age Regression/De-Aging, First Time, Near Death Experience, Science Fiction
Summary: "Weird? You don't know what weird is. Weird is being in a-- with the-- and the crazy alien--" He stopped, incoherent, hands flailing. "And then your best friend is twelve, and you're his piano teacher. That--now, you're talking weird!"

Aegis (90760 words) by springwoof, Leah
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Canon, Alternate Universe - Canon, Superpowers, Series, Angst, Drama, Action/Adventure, Episode Related, First Time, Stargate Atlantis Big Bang Challenge, Season/Series 01
Series: Part 1 of Gifts
Summary: The Ancients' genes didn't just confer the power to activate their technology. For ten percent of Earth's population, like John Sheppard, the ATA gene also gave them Gifts: special abilities that made them admired, envied, and feared. Sheppard was a Charmer, one of the feared ones, whose particular Gift let him create faith whenever he needed to be trusted or believed. But Sheppard didn't trust himself not to destroy what he loved most. And somewhere along the line, amid the terror and chaos of the Expedition's first year in the Pegasus Galaxy, what Sheppard loved most had become Rodney McKay. McKay didn't trust anyone. As soon as you started trusting people, you started counting on them, depending on them, and that was when you became vulnerable. And vulnerable things didn't survive. So just when, exactly, had he started trusting Sheppard? And what was going to happen, now that he did?

The Labeling Approach (3443 words) by unadrift
Summary: When they reached the lab, they found a yellow post-it note stuck to the door. It read 'door' in capital letters, and Rodney knew his day had just gotten worse.

Three Times Rodney McKay had a Superpower; One Time He Was Just a Hero by smiley zonezine
Relationships: John/Rodney, some implied Ronon/Weir, Carson/Teyla
Summary: What it all adds up to is four times John thought he was going to lose Rodney.
[with pining!John, near miss & some of my all times fav ships & dynamics for the whole team]

Ascending Order (13294 words) by Argosy
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon, McShep Match Challenge 2007
Summary: "Why build something that, you know, kills you if you can't Ascend? Seems like a pretty big design flaw." AU from "Tao of Rodney."
[Ep: Tao of RodneyAU + also fit the near miss/breakdown trope]

No Good Deed (18209 words) by blackchaps
Summary: Rodney makes a plan and waiting is the hard part. Other than John.

The Scientific Method (6169 words) by cupidsbow
Additional Tags: cupidsbow, Action, Snark, god:box
Summary: Hey, did you remember John's got the Ancient gene?

Aspects of Divinity (the world is my oyster) (13246 words) by kariye
Rating: Explicit
Summary: The summer John is eighteen, he drives an ice cream truck. He hasn’t yet learned there are things he can’t do just because he wants to badly enough. Or, a fic about seeing the map of the world.
[Pre-show first meeting]

Touch and the Inner Hominid (9152 words) by RosiePaw
Summary: “I meant that you weren’t the one who’d taken the worst damage. Look, he just needs more time.”
“He’s had two weeks! He won’t talk to me, he won’t look at me, he stays as far away from me as possible if we absolutely have to be in the same room and then he leaves as soon as he can! How are we supposedly to function on the same team like this? There’s obviously something going on with Sheppard, maybe if you ran some more scans...”

Catalyst by lillyjk
Summary: Quinn was like a younger less jaded version of John, only with freckles and more defined biceps and John wanted nothing more than to beat him bloody -- Written for kinkathon challenge on lj, features Jealous!John
[JONAS QUINN IN ATLANTIS (aka everything I ever wanted) with past Jonas/Rodney & pining!John & thankfully no Jonas bashing]
THX TO WHOEVER SAVED IT IN WAYBACK MACHINE HERE IT IS FOR ANYONE WANTING TO READ IT

ALTERNATE REALITIES/ SET IN A SIMILAR UNIVERSES WITH SOME BIG CHANGES & PRE SHOW FIRST MEETING:

You Might (14913 words) by unadrift
Rating: Explicit
Summary: Rodney pored over the files he'd printed out. With every page he turned, this trip felt less and less like a sensible idea. Rodney had no trouble imagining the response he would get when he walked up to Sheppard, a millionaire, and suggested, 'Hey, how about you drop everything, leave your business and your huge mansion, and come with us to another galaxy, where you're probably going to die within a month or two? Are you in?"

Postcard Series by kellifer_fic
In Passing
Summary: Rodney stared openly as John turned back in his direction, leaned out a long, tanned arm and snagged some of Rodney’s fries. He dropped them into his mouth when he leaned back, exposing a long line of throat that Rodney suddenly found very compelling. Rodney even forgot to protest about the theft of his food.

In Flux
Summary: John pushed forward gently and Rodney was pressed against his door. It was so reminiscent of the first time they had come together as more than friends that Rodney forgot why he was supposed to be mad.

At Rest
Summary: John was trailing fingers across Rodney’s bicep and down, gooseflesh chasing the path his fingers were taking. “Maybe I’ll ask you if you stay around long enough,” Rodney finally said, regretting the words almost immediately. John’s hand stilled and the temperature in the room seemed to drop. He knew John deserved that and possibly more, but he wished he could take it back all the same.
[Pre-show first meetings in three parts]

The Last Hail Mary You'll Ever Need (9335 words) by chase_acow
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Space Pirates
Summary: Shep, the intrepid captain of the Hail Mary, gets more surprise than he bargained for in his new passenger.

And Hope (29562 words) by Sihaya Black
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: McKay/Sheppard - Freeform, Alternate Universe, Romance
Summary: While on a mission, John Sheppard discovers a device, but he doesn't expect what's inside.

The Atlantis Project by seperis:
Arizona (12743 words) by seperis
Rating: Explicit
Series: Part 1 of The Atlantis Project
Summary: Maybe it's just the movies that have given him an unrealistic expectation of assassins, but unless this guy's the most incompetent assassin *ever*--and considering who Rodney McKay is, they wouldn't hire someone *dumb* would they?--really, Rodney should be dead.
[DARK & with character death but happy ending for this part]

Borderlands (1062 words) by seperis
Rating: Explicit
Series: Part 2 of The Atlantis Project
Summary: Interlude while on the run.
[still set in a darker universe but no death there on this one]

Puerto Vallarta (6456 words) by seperis
Rating: Explicit
Series: Part 3 of The Atlantis Project
Summary: Rodney wonders if he's going to come out of this with a strong inclination toward a life of crime, because John just makes this stuff looking *amazing*.
[still set in a darker universe but no death there on this one]

Mexico City (10294 words) by seperis
Rating: Explicit
Series: Part 4 of The Atlantis Project
Summary: This is why John should be supervised when playing with other former military boys. Next thing Rodney knows, he'll wake up and John will have bazookas and crates of grenades and God help them all, nuclear weaponry stacked around him, and then Rodney will have to exile him to the floor, which will suck for their sex life so much.
[VERY DARK & unhappy ending to the series with open ending implying death so stick with the first 3 only if you prefer an happy ending]

Small Primes and Square Roots (12533 words) by Liviapenn
Additional Tags: Kidfic, Podfic Available, Alternate Universe - Parents, Parent Rodney McKay, Community: harlequin_sga, Epistolary, Pining John Sheppard
Summary: "I hope you picked someone really intelligent, otherwise it seems like it would be kind of a waste. Of incubation time, if nothing else."

Class 6 (5940 words) by ladyflowdi
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Anal Sex, First Time, Developing Relationship, Pre-Series, One Night Stands, except not, Cause it's Lurve
Summary: A chance meeting before John and Rodney ever met in Rising.

Close Encounter (5753 words) by Brumeier
Additional Tags: First Meetings, First Kiss, Alien Abduction, amputee John, Alternate Universe - Canon, Dysfunctional Family, Community: romancingmcshep
Summary: John's friends can't stop talking about alien abductions, but he knows better: ain't no such thing. At least until he gets beamed aboard a space ship and offered the opportunity of a lifetime.

Hypnagogic by danceswithgary
Summary: They were just dreams until Rodney walked through the stargate to Atlantis.

The Sheppard Equation (22857 words) by jenny_wren
Summary: Rodney needs to solve the Sheppard Equation before his world falls apart

Beauty (3820 words) by leah k
Summary: Jeannie makes a little snuffling noise and Rodney looks up at his mother, at the sharps lines at the corners of her mouth, around the corners of her eyes. She cinches her robe tighter and tighter around her waist, tying and untying the terrycloth belt with bone-white knuckles, until she pulls in a breath and manages to say, "it's - it's an honor," before her voice breaks off. Rodney snorts and says, "yeah, it's great, that's why no one ever comes back!" and Jeanie flinches.

What It Gives (16787 words) by chellefic
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: First Time, Alternate Universe
Summary: About to ship out, John goes looking for sex. He finds Rodney. Alternative first meeting.

All The Way To The Bone (13456 words) by respoftw
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Tattoo Parlor, Tattoos, First Meetings, Getting Together, Tattoo Artist Rodney, Ex-Military John, Romance, Fluff, Light Angst
Summary: John is ready for a new beginning and he wants the tattoo to commemorate it. Too bad the address that Ronon sent him to looks more like an accountants office than a tattoo parlour.

SET IN MAIN CANON / GETTING TOGETHER & ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP SITUATIONS VAGUE CODA SEASON 1/4:

Coping Mechanisms (23033 words) by amireal
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, First Time, Hurt/Comfort
Summary: "Just because the universe is headed towards entropy is no reason to think that it won't get better."

Clear Blue Skies (7152 words) by lamardeuse
Rating: Explicit
Summary: There might not be any marshmallows or drinks with umbrellas, but this was already turning out to be one of John's favorite vacations.

In This Era of Liberty (35517 words) by Chandri
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagen, Ronon Dex, Samantha Carter, Evan Lorne, Radek Zelenka, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Humour, Alternate Canon, Romance
Summary: They lose the Daedelus at the beginning of the fifth year. That's the first night John crawls into bed with him.

Misinterpreting Data (6400 words) by Seaward
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Geeky, Math Kink, First Time
Summary: When John pulled back a few inches and lowered his hand, Rodney felt something very close to despair, and he had no idea how a few minutes of touch could do that to him. He wondered if John would want to do it again and what else Rodney might have been missing through flawed data collection.

Checklist (4542 words) by mercuriosity
Rating: Explicit
Summary: John never sees it coming.

Things To Be Said (1423 words) by Mira
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Daniel Jackson/Jack O'Neill
Summary: "Thank you, Daniel," Woolsey said. "Sorry. Meetings don't usually take this long but the opportunity to spend time with the Trhaians doesn't come often. They are a private people. Fortunately, they took to Colonel Sheppard and his team during the initial visit."

The Golden Rule (3271 words) by respoftw
Additional Tags: Implied Relationships, Protective John, Kidnapping, Allergies, Sacrifice, POV Outsider, Spoilers for Episode: s04e09 Millers Crossing
Series: Part 1 of Tumblr Prompts - McShep edition
Summary: Atlantis has one golden rule: Do not, under any circumstances, let anything bad happen to McKay [UPDATED with second chapter 20th July 2016`]

Learn Something New (5022 words) by Speranza
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Vacation, Back to Earth, Surfing, First Time, Slash, Romance, Road Trips
Summary: "This isn't a vacation!" Rodney shouted. "This is about declassifying research that's going to change the course of physics!"

Heart of glass (19574 words) by torch
Rating: Explicit
Summary: John and Rodney get tangled up in an Ancient story.

However Improbable (6430 words) by Zoe Rayne
Summary: In which John is injured and Rodney lies for the greater good.

Little Thing (13209 words) by ladyflowdi
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Anal Sex, Loss of Virginity, Virginity, Boys In Love, Internalized Homophobia, Homophobia, Homophobic Language
Summary: It wasn’t that John had a problem with his ass, per se.

ALTERNATE REALITIES: POWERS/SOULMATES/SENTINELS/TIMEY WIMEY/NON HUMAN & CO WITH CANON BASIS:

Day Break (11728 words) by Giddygeek
Additional Tags: Groundhog Day, Imported
Summary: "Today is still yesterday," Sheppard said, and then he shook his head. "Or yesterday was today. I haven't decided which yet."

Perchance to Dream by Madison (18184 words) by sgamadison
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Canon Temporary Character Death
Summary: This could not possibly be happening. Not *again*.
[Groundhog Day]

I'm Taking This Loop Off (1579 words) by toomuchplor
Additional Tags: Humor, Farce, Time Loop
Series: Part 1 of Taking This Loop Off
Summary: "I’m almost positive that this crap never happened to General O’Neill.”

Tying the Gordian Knot (2032 words) by toomuchplor
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Time Loop, Porn, Humor
Series: Part 2 of Taking This Loop Off
Summary: John bends the space-time continuum in order to have an important talk with Rodney. Or at least, that's totally the plan.

Faster Than Light by kodiak_bear
Summary: “I really didn’t,” insisted John. “In case you didn’t notice, my attention span consists of objects that tend to move faster than the speed of light.” “I can move faster than the speed of light,” huffed McKay.
[Time Travel]

High-Water (1607 words) by lavvyan
Additional Tags: Fairy Tales
Summary: After weeks of trying to find the boy's parents (he told them that his mother was Ontario and his father Salmon River, but nobody believed him) or any other relatives, the authorities declared Meredith an orphan.

Infinite Probability (Has Beens, Would Bes and Never Weres) (5798 words) by torakowalski
Summary: So far, the only people who had disappeared were ones Rodney didn’t particularly care about and so he had put their absence down to their own incompetence. It wasn’t until Zelenka disappeared that he realised something more than stupidity was at work here. If he were someone other than himself, he might feel bad about his priorities.

We Are (1495 words) by nagi_schwarz
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Sentinels & Guides
Summary: Written for the comment_fic prompt: "Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, not all Sentinels are warriors and not all Guides are touchy-feely." Elizabeth Weir observes a Sentinel and a Guide on the first year of the Atlantis Expedition.

A Contemporary Re-Examination of Sentinels and Guides Pair Bonding in North America (3551 words) by Creed Cascade
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Sentinels and Guides Are Known, Sentinel/Guide Bonding, Sentinel Senses, Sentinel/Guide, Alternate Universe - Teenagers
Series: Part 1 of SGA Juvenile Pair Bond Verse
Summary: Sentinels and Guides form a juvenile pair bond in childhood in order for Sentinels to survive. Neither John or Rodney formed that bond until they were older, which shocked both their parents, the academic community, and their governments.

What We Are Now (2464 words) by esteefee
Additional Tags: Episode: s03e11 The Return Part 2, Alternate Universe - Sentinels & Guides
Summary: John and Rodney are a platonic pairing. They're fine that way. Look, they just recaptured the City of the Ancestors from the Replicators, so they must be doing something right.

Should've Been My Girlfriend (35711 words) by crysothemis
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Genderswitch, Jealousy, Obliviousness
Summary: Seriously, Rodney would make the perfect girlfriend
[Temporary genderswitch thx to ancient tech & a lot of pining]

Bloodlust (52154 words) by Chaps1870
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Vampire
Summary: John and Rodney are stranded on a planet and John discovers Rodney isn't all he seems.

Soul-Name (3764 words) by ami_ven
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Elizabeth Weir/Radek Zelenka, Carson Beckett/Laura Cadman, Jeannie Miller/Kaleb Miller
Series: Part 1 of Soul-Name
Summary: Every person is born with a name on their wrist, but that doesn’t guarantee they’ll ever find their soul-mate.

For the Good of All Mankind (5920 words) by apple_pi
Rating: Explicit
Summary: "My head hurts,” Rodney said loudly, opening his eyes. “And my thigh hurts. Christ, what did you people do to me?” He wrinkled his nose. “And everything stinks, too."

Opportunity by dk_valentine
Summary: Rodney's stuck in a time loop.

How To Jump (3212 words) by leah k
Summary: "I've suddenly got superpowers and all this guy's thinking about is his grandmother's china."

Stand on Guard by eternallycait
Summary: "Lorne is a gimp, and someone tried to kill Elizabeth and Canada is all behind it! This is the worst future I could possibly imagine.”
[Time Dilatation: Rodney is in the time dilatation a few hours, when he get out ten years have passed - bittersweet & distopia]

Catch Me a Catch (1201 words) by ami_ven
Additional Tags: Community: mcsheplets, Soul Bond
Summary: There’s no such thing as soul-mates… right?

Blue Eyes and a Smart Mouth (5618 words) by nagi_schwarz
Additional Tags: Mild sexytimes between John and Nancy, Character Death, Soulmate-Identifying Marks
Series: Part 1 of Marks
Summary: Not quite a soulmark AU. John Sheppard really was just like everyone else. Really. He totally had a Compatibility Mark. Sometimes. John Sheppard's compatibility Mark forms to match the Mark of whoever he's in love with (and fades if he falls out of love with them or they fall out of love with him). Everyone on the Atlantis Expedition has rare Mark Types. John, whose Mark faded after Nancy fell out of love with him, starts to develop a new Mark, and it belongs to a certain scientist with blue eyes and a smart mouth. Written for the Love Springs Forth challenge. Prompt here, basically the seeds of romance are planted.

The Weight of Your Words (2811 words) by Brumeier
Additional Tags: Prompt Fill, Synesthesia, Friends to Lovers, Rescue Missions, First Kiss
Summary: LJ Comment Fic for 5 Senses prompt: Any, any, synesthesia. In which an Ancient device gives words actual weight, and it's the only thing that can save John's life.

Standard Deviations (13063 words) by Rustler
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Time Travel, AU Character Death, First Time
Summary: He's always John Sheppard. That's not the problem.

PINING, UST (& EVENTUAL RESOLUTION):

What You Trust (14430 words) by Tex
Rating: Explicit
Summary: He's never been good at asking for what he wants. Well, not politely. And especially not when it's something personal. "Come on, let's snuggle," or "I need a hug" are words that have never passed his lips.

We Cannot Live Within (9656 words) by laureltreedaphne
Rating: Explicit
Summary: John grinned. "So McKay's attractive to everyone?"

The Bracelet (9159 words) by neevebrody
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: First Time
Summary: "Rodney McKay wearing jewelry… now there's something you don't see every day."

Operation: All's Fair in Love & War (4700 words) by kho
Additional Tags: Jealousy, Oblivious
Summary: Rodney puts three small velvet black boxes in front of John and says, “I’m going to ask Jennifer to marry me, I need your help.”

The Principle Business of Life (6323 words) by Ladycat
Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Illnesses, Fluff
Summary: Sheppard’s head tilted back thoughtfully. “So I see you two have bonded.”

Just Breathe (The Artifact of Vision Remix) (5120 words) by crysothemis
Summary: John's lips were icy against Rodney's, but at least he'd remembered to straighten John's head and pinch his nose shut.

Green Eyed Monster (12876 words) by jay_linden, ashinae
Rating: Explicit
Summary: John didn't like it. Not one bit. And nobody could make him.

Incredibly bad at this (but still making it work in just over six years) (1383 words) by velocitygrass
Summary: There has got to be a way to ask Rodney out on a date—without actually using that word.

Up to and Including the Blue Moon Ball (8076 words) by torakowalski
Additional Tags: First Time
Summary: "You are being ridiculous," Teyla said sternly. "The Blue Moon Ball is a wonderful opportunity to be reunited with old friends and to celebrate our continued survival against the Wraith." "Yes," Rodney said under his breath. "Not being dead: an excellent reason to make ourselves wish we were."

Chaos Theory (34254 words) by sgamadison, the_cephalopod
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: First Time, Romance, Episode Related
Summary: Faint little alarm bells sounded in John's head. Rodney's speech had overtones of 'It's not you, it's me' to it and John had not yet steeled himself to say anything.

Call of the Wild (6276 words) by brinnanza
Additional Tags: Animal Transformation, First Kiss, Humor
Summary: Damn it, Sheppard’s tired of wanting. His best friend is a god damn wolf, and that’s not even the strangest thing that will happen this week. Their whole fucking lives are weird; is it really so strange that he should fall for McKay, that McKay might even feel the same way?

A Calculated Risk by Madison (9380 words) by sgamadison
Additional Tags: First Time, Drama, Action/Adventure
Summary: He was an idiot. Maybe the biggest idiot of them all. Spoilers through S5. Mention of Rodney/Katie and Rodney/Jennifer.

Sensitivity. And Stuff. (4620 words) by tropes
Summary: A love story. John sighed and turned to sit on the couch. "You ever hear me talk about women like that?" Rodney was quiet for a long moment. Then, "No. You never talk about them at all."

No Big Deal (1046 words) by ca_pierson
Additional Tags: Pre-Slash, Community: cliche_bingo, Fake Marriage
Summary: "Why don't the natives never think I'm married to Teyla? No, it's always you!"
[only with ao3 account]

Cases of Mistaken Identity by smiley zonezine
Summary: He'd really expected them to believe him when he explained that he wasn't Rodney McKay, and that in fact, being accused of being Rodney McKay was one of the most ridiculous things he'd ever heard. They hadn't. But he'd expected them to.

Unthought of, Unlooked for (7149 words) by RosiePaw
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Rodney McKay/OMC (temp)
Summary: In which the Daedalus brings new personnel, John tries to do the right thing and all ends well.

Re:Re: by omg_wtf_yeah
Summary: Rodney and Jeannie try to iron out a misunderstanding via e-mail.
[epistolary story]

AMNESIA & MEMORY LOSS:

Midnight Shakes the Memory by foxxcub
Summary: Sheppard doesn't remember who he is, but he remembers Rodney.

It's a Small World After All (23930 words) by pir8fancier
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Jennifer Keller, Radek Zelenka
Summary: FUBAR happens on Atlantis, John disappears, two years later Rodney takes a vacation to Disneyland, and who do you think is working at Soaring Over California?

The Gamers of Ardann by scribblinlenore
Summary: He'd tried to feel the gratitude she obviously expected, and felt guilty when that failed. But the past was a dark moon of memory, as if he'd appeared out of thin air, and there was nothing to measure anything against.

Undoing (4711 words) by Resonant
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Romance, First Time, Amnesia, Pining
Summary: The risk, the lying, the inevitable discovery: he'd just been handed a chance to undo it all.

NEAR MISS/DEATH & BREAKDOWNS:

Motionless Wheel (12690 words) by Ladycat
Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Serious Injuries, Injury Recovery, Communication Failure, Coma, Developing Relationship, Shaving
Summary: “What do you mean, he’s not here?” John stared at Woolsey like he’d suddenly broken out in Mandarin.

Don't Go Without Me (4641 words) by Brumeier
Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Kidnapping, Implied/Referenced Torture, Rescue Missions, Best Friends, Friends to Lovers
Summary: When one of their own is taken Team Sheppard organizes a rescue...or will it become a mission of vengeance?

Missing in Action (1705 words) by ami_ven
Additional Tags: Community: mcsheplets, Established Relationship, Not Really Character Death
Summary: When Jeannie Miller opened her front door, it took her a moment to recognize the man on the other side.

Unanticipated Outcomes (15791 words) by thegrrrl2002
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: First Time, Romance
Summary: Rodney was exactly where he belonged. It was the last place he ever expected to find himself.

a long gold sliding into dawn (11763 words) by synecdochic
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Imported, Jossed
Summary: Rodney breathes out, rough and exasperated. John thinks he might be the only one in the universe who can hear the tenderness contained in Rodney's murmured "you are so fucked in the head". A series of ways in which two people learn how to trust what's not being said.

TEAM FOCUSED, FOUND FAMILIES ORIENTED & TEAM DYNAMICS:

Out in the Open (21775 words) by Xparrot
Additional Tags: Action/Adventure, Team, Coming Out, Hurt/Comfort, Avalanches, Community: sga_santa, Post Season 5, Podfic Available
Summary: It's Situation Normal for the team when they're caught in an avalanche, but digging themselves out uncovers more than they counted on.

EPISODE RELATED:

Bugboy (1002 words) by Tarlan
Additional Tags: Light Angst, Iratus-mutated Sheppard, Episode: s02e08 Conversion, Community: mcsheplets, Community: hc_bingo, Community: trope_bingo, Trope Bingo Round 5
Summary: Carson's retrovirus never returned him to fully human after the Iratus incident.
[Ep: Conversion]

Mend (4969 words) by Kass
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: First Time, Grace Under Pressure, Episode Related
Series: Part 38 of Stargate Atlantis fanworks
Summary: 'Better drugs,' Rodney said, 'there have got to be better drugs.'
[Ep: Grace Under Pressure]

Uncomfortable Territory (16843 words) by ras_elased
Relationships: McShep, McKay/Sheppard, McKay/Mitchell
Summary: "I keep one with me at all times. It's just a comfort to know it's there."
[Ep:The Pegasus Project - pining & jealousy]

"Are You There? It's Me. John." (1568 words) by Brumeier
Additional Tags: Prompt Fill, Ascension, Episode: s03e14 Tao of Rodney, Episode Related, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, First Kiss, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Hurt/Comfort
Summary: LJ Comment Fic for “What If?” Scenarios prompt: Stargate Atlantis: John Sheppard + Rodney McKay. Rodney did Ascend during The Tao of Rodney. In which John has a hard time letting go, but then so does Rodney.

Five Ways Tao of Rodney Could Have Ended (2426 words) by ras_elased
Relationships: McShep, McKay/Sheppard
Author's notes: So I watched ToR (finally!) yesterday morning, and I had so many fic bunnies spring up that I couldn't possibly get them all done. This was an attempt to exorcise them so I could get some real work done. Unbeta'd, so please point out any mistakes in the comments and I'll fix them.
[Ep:Tao of Rodney]

The Other's Each (8378 words) by Ladycat
Additional Tags: Kid Fic, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Episode: s04e09 Miller's Crossing, Episode: s04e15 Outcast, Family
Summary: John was aware that he stood awkwardly in the middle of someone else’s living room, cast in beleaguered grays, a remnant from another place and time. Madison was a sharp contrast, standing in the doorway leading towards the kitchen, thumb-prints smudged on clean white paint. She thrummed with life.
[Ep: Miller's Crossing & Outcast]

Forty-Two (5955 words) by cathalin
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: First Time
Summary: Maybe John has been paying more attention to Rodney than he's realized. Rodney does some thinking, and then tests a hypothesis.
[Ep: sorta coda Quarantine]

And this the life I gave for you (3615 words) by lunabee34
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Jennifer Keller/Rodney McKay
Additional Tags: Episode: s04e20 The Last Man, Angst, Canon Compliant, Canonical Character Death
Summary: Pretty much the shippiest "their epic love lasts for 48000 years and defeats the space-time continuum" fic ever.
[Ep: The Last Man - AI]

Gravity (7000 words) by Rheanna
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Episode Related, Episode: s04e20 The Last Man, Wordcount: 5.000-10.000
Summary: Seventeen years, eight months and nine days after Sheppard closed himself into the stasis chamber, Rodney has an idea.
[Ep: The Last Man - AI]

That Comfort Thing (3150 words) by lavvyan
Additional Tags: Episode Related, Hurt/Comfort, Secret Santa
Summary: John wants something he doesn't think he can have.
[Ep: Search and Rescue]

At The End Of The Pier (2649 words) by Speranza
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Episode Tag, Episode: s05e06 The Shrine, First Time
Summary: "I mean, it was the pier, of course, and me nearly dying, and what's a little brain surgery among friends?"
[Ep: The Shrine]

Five Deleted Scenes from 'The Shrine' by silverraven
Summary: Rodney stares at the camera but doesn't really see it. He's not happy with Jennifer, with whoever's stupid idea this was, with the world. But mostly he's upset with himself; at his brain, which has never failed him before. This is stuff he should know. "I, uh. I..."
“That was good, Rodney,” Jennifer says encouragingly as she turns off the camera. Her tone is supposed to be soothing, Rodney knows that, but it only frustrates him more. “No, it’s not.” He can only recall pi to six decimals. He can barely remember his own name for god’s sake!
[Ep: The Shrine]

MAINLY CANON VERSE & COULD ALMOST BE CANON & SOME POST SEASON 5:

Harsh Continent by 30toseoul
Summary: The top secret base (or Tyler, as Sheppard starts calling it in his head) is a hundred and twenty-nine miles away, tucked into a valley in the Transantarctics, and it makes him blink the first time he sees it.
[pre-show & pre-slash focusing on John]

Five People Who Know (4060 words) by hestia_lacey
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Unrequited Love
Summary: Five people who know exactly how John Sheppard feels about Rodney McKay.

Interstitial (1247 words) by lunabee34
Additional Tags: Post-Canon
Summary: Rodney's always lived in the spaces between.

Loop the Loop (9492 words) by alsaurusrex
Additional Tags: McShep Match Challenge 2012, Fluff, Vacation, Pining, Earth, Post-Series, Slow Build, Schmoop, Past Relationship(s), Character Study, Romance, Introspection
Summary: "Rodney's broken heart brought out about a hundred different emotions in John, but the most powerful reaction seemed to be the need to feed his friend the most delicious, fattening, cholesterol nightmare of a cheeseburger that he had ever tasted." One man's quest to comfort a friend. And maybe himself, just a little. (AKA the one where John takes Rodney out on a million dates without realizing it.)

Running Tally (9321 words) by Chandri
Additional Tags: Community: mcshep_match, Team, Friendship, Earth
Summary: Atlantis is stuck on Earth, waiting for the IOA's decision. Rodney just broke up with his girlfriend. But John Sheppard is in a weirdly good mood, and Rodney wants to know why.

Gender Immaterial (1252 words) by Tarlan
Additional Tags: Community: mcsheplets, DADT Repeal, Romance
Summary: It takes seeing an openly gay marine on Atlantis for all the clues to slot into place for Rodney.

Nash Equilibria Are For Losers (1558 words) by Persiflager
Additional Tags: Gay Chicken, Post-Canon
Summary: This was Rodney’s life now - reduced to the cable repair guy, surrounded by people who unironically fist-bumped, and doomed to die alone and get eaten by cats.

The Known World (4464 words) by vanitashaze
Additional Tags: Closeted Character, DADT, Established Relationship, Mathematics, Science
Summary: There's a joke going around Atlantis.

Every Little Thing (3152 words) by Cesare
Additional Tags: Holidays, Christmas, New Years, Community: mcsmooch, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Past Relationship(s)
Summary: John anticipated a lot of possibilities for disaster when Rodney invited John to his sister's place for his first Christmas after the breakup with Jennifer. Getting drafted into playing a plastic guitar wasn't one of them.

ALTERNATE UNIVERSE / COMPLETE DEPARTURE FROM CANON:

Take My Love (8786 words) by ami_ven
Additional Tags: Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, No Sex, (sorry)
Summary: Rodney’s job is stressing him out, so he hires a Companion named John. It’s strictly a business arrangement…right up until it isn’t.

Mail Myself to You (4947 words) by sheafrotherdon, dogeared, aesc
Summary: Doctor Rodney McKay, Ph.D., Ph.D., compulsively orders books on astrophysics and the like just for the sheer pleasure of writing insulting comments in the margins.

Delivery Fee (4723 words) by popkin16
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Schmoop, Romance, Alternate Universe - College/University, First Time, Humor
Summary: Rodney's life is not a bad porno, but the ridiculously attractive pizza guy that knocks on his door one night kind of makes him wish it was.

Ring Out, Wild Bells (6404 words) by skoosiepants
Additional Tags: Atlernate Universe
Summary: "This is the part where you thank me, apologize for not giving me an equally fantastic gift, and then go away," Rodney prompted.

Fade to Black (25256 words) by whizzy
Warnings: Major Character Death
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Paranormal
Summary: There was an entire pantheon of things Rodney was willing to concede could exist, even though he'd never personally witnessed evidence thereof. Time travel, for starters. Space aliens. The perfect man. But he absolutely, positively could not accept that he'd been dreaming of a guy he'd never seen before in his life, who turned out to be real.
[Dark & twisted and excellent]

Fairy Tale Dynamics by icantfollow
Summary: He says his name is John and he's a prince. Rodney, born to anti-establishment parents and raised by a witch with plans for world domination, takes his word for it.

Not A Porn Star by melonbutterfly
Summary: In which John is an actor and Rodney is a scientist who doesn't get what the big deal is.

Something Borrowed (13334 words) by Brumeier
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Movie Fusion, First Meetings, Weddings, Dysfunctional Family, Family Drama, First Kiss, First Time, Emotional Hurt/Comfort
Series: Part 5 of At The Movies
Summary: Movie Fusion: The Wedding Date. Rodney just wanted a date to his sister's wedding, so he wouldn't have to admit being a failure at relationships. But what he got was so much more.

THE GOOD OLD "FOR SOME OBSCURE REASONS LOT OF SEX IS HAPPENING" & THE MOSTLY SMUTTY ONES:

Synchonicity (10196 words) by seperis, amireal
Rating: Explicit
Summary: "How long have we been walking?"

Superman Never Dealt With This Shit (7200 words) by amireal
Additional Tags: Imported, Superpowers, suprise!superpowers, Forced Orgasm, John Sheppard never gets the cool superpower, magical sex, magical orgasm, Sexual Humor, Humor, Hurt/Comfort
Summary: In which John Sheppard gains super powers and a very unique perspective into the caped crusader mindset. Also, this is Atlantis, so it's all kind of creepy. And embarrassing. And really not at all helpful.
OR: He'd possibly freaked out a little, okay maybe more than a little, because Rodney was the calm and cool voice offering reasonable statistics about radiation and there was something really fucked up about that.

Blush (2540 words) by Helenish
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: oh john sheppard
Summary: It's not a bug, it's a feature.

The Hold-Out (1307 words) by toomuchplor
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Porn
Summary: John had totally, totally, been holding out on Rodney.

Awkward (2417 words) by velocitygrass
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Gay Bar, First Time
Summary: Rodney's at a gay bar, looking for some rebound sex, when he runs into someone unexpected.

The One Where John is Naked (2716 words) by sheafrotherdon, Siria
Rating: Explicit
Summary: The title says it all.

CUTE & FLUFFY:

Bad Hair Day by almostnever
Summary: Rodney never even noticed Sheppard's hair until it was already some kind of bizarre running joke on Atlantis. He certainly never thought he'd care if it changed.

Six Improbable Weddings (and one that was even more improbable) (4472 words) by mayachain
Additional Tags: Weddings, Established Relationship, Alien Culture, Fluff
Summary: Seven years into the expedition, John becomes mildly obsessed about weddings.

Rodney's Emo Cat (3707 words) by Argosy
Additional Tags: Pining, Humor, First Time
Summary: Pet ownership is a serious responsibility.

Magnetic Properties of Orange Fleece (1741 words) by popkin16
Additional Tags: First Time, orange fleece, Romance, Silly John Sheppard
Summary: Atlantis' return to the Pegasus Galaxy lands them on a cold planet. Rodney brings out the fleece. John is captivated.

All Places Are Alike To Me (2823 words) by 20thcenturyvole
Additional Tags: Crack, Animal Transformation
Summary: Ronon needs Rodney's help. Or, Sure, it was Sheppard, but he was all cute and fuzzy now.

Upgrades (3098 words) by reeby10
Additional Tags: Mistaken for Being in a Relationship, Getting Together, Post-Series, First Kiss
Summary: On Earth leave, people keep mistaking John and Rodney for a couple. John doesn't really mind, but it seems Rodney's not too happy about it.

TRAPPED TO EARTH / BACK TO EARTH / CUT FROM ATLANTIS:

Scars (1419 words) by Speranza
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: First Time, Future Fic, Angst, Domestic, Back to Earth, Retirement
Summary: Rodney opened the door and didn't ask any stupid questions.

DEATHFICS & COULD BE DEATH & LOSS & OPEN ENDING:

All These Places We Have Met (9898 words) by Toft
Additional Tags: Alternate Reality, Angst
Summary: "You take me to the nicest places, McKay."

When Stars Fall (1351 words) by mickeym
Warnings: Major Character Death
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Future Fic, Post-Canon
Summary: John isn't insane. He just needs to say goodbye.

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[PART III]

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Leonard Snart/Barry Allen Fics Rec [PART I]

2017-07-06T23:24:20Z

here is the fics rec of some of my faves coldflash fics out there... this turned out a lot longer than I thought it would be...

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ABSOLUTE FAVES & MUST READ:

Life, or Something Like It. (6372 words) by DouniSully
Characters: Barry Allen, Leonard Snart, Captain Cold, The Flash - Character
Additional Tags: Time Travel, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
Summary: A man keeps showing up in Len's life. Len wants to know why.

Twelve Step Plan (1329 words) by DoreyG
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Series: Part 1 of Steps
Summary: Step One: kill somebody.

Ten Step Programme (885 words) by DoreyG
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Series: Part 2 of Steps
Summary: Step One: Pretend that you hate each other.

ditched at the heist (3585 words) by Honora
Characters: Barry Allen, Leonard Snart, Cisco Ramon, Caitlin Snow, Beatriz da Costa, Ralph Dibny, Joe West, Oliver Queen
Additional Tags: I don't know, an idea of what could happen with new meta-humans on the team, sort of jealous!Len if you squint, small one-sided Mick/Bea, because she literally catches fire, if that's not his type i don't know what is
Series: Part 1 of i need a hero (but not that one)
Summary: Crime fighting isn’t a company, and Barry isn’t anyone’s boss, but it’s possible he’s letting the interns do some of his work for him. In which Barry Allen outsources his heroic activities (and interpersonal commitments) and ~~feelings get hurt~~ dignities are offended.

he's my latest accessory (wanna carry him 'round all over town) (5864 words) by Swing Set in December, RedHead
Additional Tags: barry allen becomes an accessory to all the rogues heists, he does not plan this, it just happens, it's hijinks city up in here
Summary: Having a dual identity has never been so frustrating.

Catch Me if You Can (12755 words) by DoreyG
Additional Tags: Community: comment_fic, Community: trope_bingo, Alternate Universe - Role Reversal, Alternate Universe - Superheroes/Superpowers, Brother-Sister Relationships, Corruption, Case Fic, Robin Hood - Freeform, Antagonism, Crimes & Criminals, dangerous driving, Past Abuse, Past Child Abuse, Past Domestic Violence, Friendship, Coma, Journalism, Harrison Wells is Eeeeevil, (And I Sort of Like it Shhhhhhh)
Summary: “His name is Barry Allen,” Eddie informs him, spreading the portfolio across his desk with pride – a justified amount of pride, perhaps. His partner has worked damn hard to bring all this to light, “twenty four, born in Central City and never left. His father murdered his mother in front of him when he was eleven years old, and after that we’ve no record of him until-“
Until three days ago. When Barry Allen, he of the ruffled hair and red lips, walked into a bank and walked out again with about a million in cash before the guards on the building could do more than give a confused yell.

ALTERNATE REALITY AKA SIMILAR TO CANON WITH SOME DIVERGENCES:

Surrender (7559 words) by ladyofpride, cocoa_the_maniac
Rating: Explicit
Relationships: Barry Allen/Leonard Snart, Captain Cold/The Flash, Cisco Ramon/Lisa Snart
Summary: “There are no negotiations for an ‘unconditional’ surrender, Barry. It’s either a yes or a no.” Barry hums a little under his breath, contemplating his options. “You would get off on catching the fastest man alive, wouldn’t you…”

The Saloon (9895 words) by Enina
Additional Tags: Humor, starting romantic feelings, Unexpected Meeting, this takes place in the past, Barry is a teenager, the future Rogues are not, Len looks hot, Barry notices, Underage Drinking, Barry's schoolmates are assholes
Summary: Barry is abandoned in a shady bar somewhere in the Keys after he and Iris went out to celebrate their graduation from high school with some of her friends. He makes some unusual acquaintances while being there.
[pre show first meeting]

Apodyopis (599 words) by mthrfkrgdhrwego
Additional Tags: Flirting, once again, thats all this is, theres a theme with my coldflash, Implied Sexual Content, i watched and rewatched the fuckin s&s scene so many times to get the details down, this is totally what was going through len's head during rogue air btw, Episode: s01e22 Rogue Air, also, @The Flash Writers, TELL ME WHAT WAS ON THE NOTE LEN WROTE YOU FUCKINGG COWARDS, it was probably gay as hell knowing went, they probably told him to write something down and he wrote like, 'give me head' or smth
Summary: Apodyopis- (n) The act of undressing someone with one's eyes

Mutually Good Enough (2812 words) by saruma_aki
Additional Tags: Fluff, Angst, Fluff and Angst, Emotional Hurt, Attempt at Humor, I'm Bad At Tagging, Awkward Barry, Didn't Know They Were Dating, Hurt Leonard Snart, First Dates, Boys In Love, Idiots in Love, First Kiss, Boys Kissing, coldflash - Freeform, Tumblr: coldflashweek, Coldflash Week 2017, coldflashweek2017a, Corny, so fluffy ohmygod, I mean, there's angst, but it ended up so cheesy, Romance
Summary: Barry didn't know how he hadn't noticed. Leonard didn't really know either. But it was what it was and neither one of them would change a thing.

To Catch a Thief (11760 words) by Error401
Fandom: The Flash (TV 2014), Arrow (TV 2012)
Summary: “Ugh, hi,” Barry said, staring up at the man in the parka.
“Hi…” the man said slowly, staring at Barry in turn.
“You’re not Garcia from the bank robbery task force, are you,” Barry said. It wasn’t a question.
The man in the parka smirked and leveled a gun at Barry’s chest. “Stay cool, kid, and I’ll be on my way in no time."
[doesn't seem finished? but really interesting twitst to the story if Barry wasn't turned into the Flash]

Tastes Better When It's Stolen (4876 words) by asimaiyat
Additional Tags: irresponsible use of time travel, romantic smut, Body Worship, pre-lighting Barry, Established Relationship, Oral Sex, Anal Sex, Casual Sex, potential consent issues, to be explained in AN, mild background angst
Summary: Central City, 2013. This was such a bad idea, but on the other hand, it could turn out to be such a good idea. A fantasy that Barry had muttered, half-embarrassed but mostly shameless, against his neck in bed back in 2016. Len borrows the Jumpship and stops by the recent past with a plan to absolutely rock the world of a Barry Allen who had yet to become the Flash. He didn't count on having nearly so many feelings about this.

Silhouette (12839 words) by Crimson1
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: First Time, First Kiss, Secret Identity, Secret Identity Fail, Costume Kink, ColdFlash Secret Santa
Summary: Barry takes advice from Iris and Cisco to defeat Cold in a whole new way - by being a better thief. Donning a new persona and costume, Barry becomes Silhouette, the best thief in Central, who consistently beats Captain Cold to his heists, stealing the loot out from under him (while secretly having made a deal with the proprietors, and returning the loot later). Cold isn't sure if he's upset by this new player targeting him...or intrigued. Eventually, the truth comes out.

Newfound Sympathy (2371 words) by Corpium
Additional Tags: Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Pre-Slash, Episode: s02e03 Family of Rogues, happy-ish ending, Lewis Snart's A+ Parenting
Summary: The Friday before Lisa Snart tells them her brother’s been kidnapped, CCPD discovers the bodies of two children in a storage unit.

Consummating a Marriage of Convenience (5670 words) by RedHead
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Conjugal Visit, which is poorly researched and unfactual as to what an actual conjugal visit is set up as, PWP, Smut, minor biting kink, minor hair-pulling kink, Anal Sex, Rushed Sex, and some hand-holding fluff as per a request, tbh it's a little fluffy all throughout
Summary: Stuck in Iron Heights, when Len gets told it’s time for his conjugal visit, he can’t help but be surprised because the last he checked, he wasn’t married. But then, Barry Allen always manages to surprise him.

with the (poisoned) wind (8080 words) by Liu
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Additional Tags: Fake/Pretend Relationship, Pre-Slash, First Kiss
Summary: Barry needs to get to a crime family's house to look for clues. Pretending to date Leonard Snart is his only ticket.

Chutes and Ladders (862 words) by Error401
Fandom: The Flash (TV 2014), Arrow (TV 2012)
Relationships: Barry Allen/Leonard Snart, Barry Allen/Oliver Queen
Additional Tags: Jealousy, Possessive Behavior, Len literally destroys Starling City in a tantrum, Oliver swears a lot, Barry is done, Crack
Summary: Tumblr anon prompted: Oliver/Barry vs Len/Barry, where Barry is confused because he was JOKING about implying that Oliver wanted him, except the Arrow is THREATENING CAPTAIN COLD, and he has his hand on Barry's back and Leonard might actually be growling? What is his life.

Your Mind, Like a Parasite (2409 words) by writerdragonfly
Rating: Mature
Additional Tags: Telepathic Bond, Original Character Death(s), Angst with a Happy Ending, Coldflash Week 2015 Day 4
Summary: The Flash and Captain Cold accidentally end up stuck in each other's heads, only it doesn't stay that easy.

Got A Melancholic Temperament (that's what they said to me) (77864 words) by RedHead
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: coldflash - Freeform, Age Regression/De-Aging, Len is 19, it's a mess but Len's NOT a minor, the fic covers de-aged and re-aged stuff, but don't read if that age difference is gonna squick you, Internalized Homophobia, Canon Typical Violence, Panic Attacks, 90's homophobia and social discussions, Not Legends of Tomorrow Compliant, Mutilation, (some bad dudes get a little fucked up but it's not graphic in the text), Sex in later chapters, Complete
Summary: A new meta with a strange ability has public opinion divided on whether she’s a menace or a miracle-worker. The jury’s still out on the matter when the Snart siblings get caught in her crosshairs.
Or: Leonard and Lisa end up temporarily de-aged. It’ll wear off, but in the meantime, Team Flash has to figure out what the heck to do with them and how to keep them safe. Inviting them to live at the West house seems like a natural, if terrible, solution.
[Set after S2, ignores Flashpoint/S3]

It's Worth It by NewEyes
Summary: "Fantastic. Wonderful move, Allen," Snart said through gritted teeth. He was slumped against the wall of ice. Maera slowly padded over and laid her head on his shoulder.
"You think this is my fault? You're the one who picked this location for your little escapade! I would have been quite happy to stay in Central City, where it's warm and, you know, there is no snow! But you just had to branch out."
[A His Dark Materials AU.]

just to keep me out of trouble (1411 words) by MissSugarPlum
Additional Tags: Meet-Cute, shifting pov, len is wily and smooth, people are grudgingly impressed by this, (possibly tbc), Not beta-read, Alternate Universe - No Powers
Series: Part 1 of [irresistible]
Summary: “And you stole his wallet,” Simmons huffs, throwing his hands into the air exasperatedly. “Why am I even surprised?”
“I really have no idea,” Len replies absently, drinking in the man’s grinning face in the tiny picture, committing every detail to memory.
Bartholomew Allen.
What a name, Len thinks wryly to himself.

Better Off As Lovers (6239 words) by trespresh
Additional Tags: Sexual Content, Explicit Language, Secret Relationship, Bottom Barry, Bottom Len, Barry's still kind of a slut
Series: Part 1 of I'm Half-Doomed, You're Semi-Sweet
Summary: The first time he has sex with Leonard Snart is unplanned, at the very least. (First is the worst, second is the best, third is the one with the... handcuffs?)

Such a Happy Mess (901 words) by trespresh
Additional Tags: Secret Relationship, Hickies, New Relationship, Drabble, shmoopy sleepy idiots
Series: Part 2 of I'm Half-Doomed, You're Semi-Sweet
Summary: “So, what’s his name?” Joe probes. Barry’s smile falters, his eyebrow quirking at Joe’s intuition. “How’d you know?” Joe gestures in Barry’s general direction. “Those aren’t your sweatpants,” he explains, and Barry stares at him, rubbing awkwardly at the back of his neck. He has to remind himself that Joe doesn’t know—can’t know—exactly whose apartment he’s returning from.
+
(In which Barry stays the night at Len's, and gets caught sneaking in the next morning.)

Light 'Em Up (1781 words) by trespresh
Additional Tags: Secret Relationship, (Not So Secret Anymore), mild frottage, I love the Rogues, Explicit Language
Series: Part 4 of I'm Half-Doomed, You're Semi-Sweet
Summary: In all fairness, Len had completely forgotten that he’d told Mick to come over. He’s got his back pushed against the wall and Barry Allen in head-to-toe red Kevlar pressed against his front, Barry’s gloved hands on his waist, Barry’s tongue on his neck, his collarbone, pushing into his mouth and—yeah, he definitely does not have his earlier plans with Mick on his mind at the moment.
(In which the Rogues find out much more than Barry ever wanted them to.)

In The Refrigerator Light (1547 words) by trespresh
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Explicit Sexual Content, Explicit Language, PWP, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, (But also some plot?), Secret Relationship, Accidental shmoopy-ness, Mondays suck so here's some porn for you guys
Series: Part 6 of I'm Half-Doomed, You're Semi-Sweet
Summary: Len is not a heavy sleeper, Barry’s come to learn, which is why Barry isn’t surprised to feel Len's cool fingers wrap around his waist while he reaches for a bottle of water in Len’s refrigerator at 3 in the morning. “I like it when you don’t bother with clothes.”
(In which Barry wakes up in the middle of the night to get a drink of water, and Len follows.)
(Alternatively, in which everything changes.)

Tonight We Are Victorious (2199 words) by trespresh
Additional Tags: Secret Relationship, Violence, Hurt/Comfort, Self-Hatred, The Rogues - Freeform, Poor Baby Barry
Series: Part 9 of I'm Half-Doomed, You're Semi-Sweet
Summary: Hartley speaks up too, doing a poor job of hiding the excitement in his voice, “The Flash’ll be out for at least a day after what you did to him. Even with that super-healing.” The worst part is, the Rogues think they’re cheering Len up.
(In which the Rogues face the Flash and win, and Len hates himself for hurting Barry.)

Brand New Scars (1498 words) by trespresh
Additional Tags: Mentions of the Rogues, Implied Sexual Content, Blow Jobs, Couch Cuddles, Secret Relationship
Series: Part 10 of I'm Half-Doomed, You're Semi-Sweet
Summary: There was some world-weary disappointment weighing on his chest that reminded him—to the rest of the world, they are enemies. No matter how tenderly Len traces the skin of his wrist or how comfortable and warm he feels when pressed tight to Len’s side, they have a show to put on for everyone but each other. He’d been sincere when he’d said, “It’s in the job description.”
(In which both Barry and Len recover from the Rogues' attack on the Flash.)

Saints Swimming in Our Sins (4096 words) by trespresh
Additional Tags: Explicit Language, Off-Screen Murder, Len's criminal side is showing, The Royal Flush Gang - Freeform, Violence, Angst, Shmoop
Series: Part 13 of I'm Half-Doomed, You're Semi-Sweet
Summary: They’re nearing the main entrance to the warehouse. Len stops and turns to face Barry. “Listen. You’re not here as the Flash,” he says quietly. “Let me do the talking. Don’t say anything, don’t do anything.” Barry rolls his eyes. “I’m not one of your Rogues, Len. You don’t get to tell me what to do.”
(In which Barry accompanies Len on Rogue business. Things go wrong.)

Blocked (698 words) by apples_only
Rating: Mature
Additional Tags: Omega Verse, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, safe sex
Series: Part 1 of ABO-Verse
Summary: Both Barry and Len learn that assumptions aren't always correct.
[ABO with a good twist and interesting non cliché dynamics]

Until It So Desires (1062 words) by Moriavis
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Porn Battle, Prompt Fill, Anal Sex, Age Difference, Dominance
Summary: There was nothing like watching Barry Allen take what he needed.

Cared (1175 words) by apples_only
Relationships: Mick Rory & Leonard Snart, Barry Allen/Leonard Snart (Background)
Additional Tags: Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Omega Verse, Friendship, Mating Cycles/In Heat, Omega!Len, Alpha!Mick
Series: Part 2 of ABO-Verse
Summary: Sequel to Blocked. Sometimes even Len forgets to think of all the consequences of his actions.

headed straight for your heart like a bullet in the dark (1325 words) by Swing Set in December
Fandom: The Flash (TV 2014), DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV)
Summary: This fake relationship escalated faster than Barry anticipated. For Len, the execution couldn't have been better if he planned it himself.

A Helping Hand (1034 words) by kipsi
Relationships: Mick Rory/Barry Allen, Barry Allen/Leonard Snart
Additional Tags: Humor, Flirting, Drinking
Summary: Mick thinks that flirting with the kid is going to make Len do something finally himself. Well, he's not wrong.

I want you (to want me) (1679 words) by pretzel_logic
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Additional Tags: coldflash - Freeform, originally meant for coldflash week, Crack, role reversal prompt, Flirty!Barry
Series: Part 3 of Coldflash week prompted
Summary: It was an accident. Barry did not mean to flirt with Snart at all (at first).

I cannot outlast a hurricane; I can temper a blizzard (939 words) by writerdragonfly
Relationships: Barry Allen/Leonard Snart, Captain Cold/The Flash
Additional Tags: Iris POV, Unrequited Love, Surprise Pairing
Series: Part 1 of matchsticks and campfires
Summary: Iris falls in love on a Sunday. Things change on a Tuesday.

he was a wildfire, you are a match (mine) (1583 words) by writerdragonfly
Relationships: Mick Rory/Leonard Snart, Iris West/Mick Rory, Barry Allen/Leonard Snart
Characters: Mick Rory, Iris West
Additional Tags: Mick POV, Unrequited Love
Series: Part 2 of matchsticks and campfires
Summary: He knew fire, breathed fire, lived fire. And fire burned.

A Cold Encounter (3425 words) by Moriavis
Characters: Barry Allen, Leonard Snart, Jesse "Quick" Wells
Additional Tags: Fluff not Fear, Tumblr Prompt, sick!Barry, fluffiest kidnapping ever, Len really likes puns
Summary: Barry's sick, but he can still take on Captain Cold.

Tastes Better When It's Stolen (4876 words) by asimaiyat
Additional Tags: irresponsible use of time travel, romantic smut, Body Worship, pre-lighting Barry, Established Relationship, Oral Sex, Anal Sex, Casual Sex, potential consent issues, to be explained in AN, mild background angst
Summary: Central City, 2013. This was such a bad idea, but on the other hand, it could turn out to be such a good idea. A fantasy that Barry had muttered, half-embarrassed but mostly shameless, against his neck in bed back in 2016. Len borrows the Jumpship and stops by the recent past with a plan to absolutely rock the world of a Barry Allen who had yet to become the Flash. He didn't count on having nearly so many feelings about this.

i am coming home to you (with my own blood in my mouth) (16461 words) by boycoffin
Additional Tags: leonard snart is dead (long live leonard snart), Leonard & Lisa Snart Sibling Feels, Ghosts, Spectrophilia, seances, Paranormal Tomfoolery, Banter, Angst and Humor, Angst and Fluff and Smut, Mad Science, Handwaving, Lampshade Hanging, Orgasm Delay, Cross-vitality ship (im gonna make this a tag if it kills me. lmao), Resolved Sexual Tension, Between Seasons/Series, Alternate Universe - Ghosts, Guided Fantasy, Mick Rory: Master Chef, implied coldwave because i can't not imply coldwave, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Masturbation, Age Difference, Vitality Difference, im gay for ghosts bye
Summary: 'Maybe we should learn how to raise the dead,' said Iris, without enthusiasm. 'I think I have a Ouija board in a closet somewhere?' Leonard tutted at Kendra. 'Is this a straight-to-Netflix horror movie? Please.' But then Leonard quickly put together the following: 1. Barry was distraught. 2. Something something a dead person. 3. Leonard was a dead person. 4. ???

Perfect Fit (4180 words) by iamee
Rating: Explicit
Additional Tags: Resolved Sexual Tension, Banter, Idiots in Love, Kissing, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Implied/Referenced Blow Jobs, The Shirt made them do it, Barebacking, Fluff and Humor, Age Difference, No Refractory Period, Also Vibrations, Crack Treated Seriously, kind of, First Time, Unsafe Sex
Summary: Barry wears a Flash shirt and Len approves. A lot. And for a while.

The Flower That Blooms In Adversity (Is The Most Rare And Beautiful Of All) (3188 words) by Sweet_Tea_Owl, formerlyknownasyay
Fandom: DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV), The Flash (TV 2014)
Additional Tags: Hanahaki Disease, Suicidal Ideation, Angst with a Happy Ending
Series: Part 7 of Author's favorites
Summary: When someone falls in unrequited love, flowers begin growing inside their body, gradually killing them. The flowers go away if the love becomes returned or if a surgical operation removes the flowers. However, surgery removes not only the flowers but the feeling of love itself, and Barry has never been willing to give that up.
[can only be read with an ao3 account]

Salt Always Smells Like Memory (2861 words) by formerlyknownasyay
Fandom: The Flash (TV 2014), October Daye Series - Seanan McGuire, DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV)
Additional Tags: If you aren't familiar with october daye, just think of this as a selkie au, I have been informed that you can read it without familiarity with the fandom, Selkies
Series: Part 5 of Author's favorites
Summary: “There are the things every Selkie-child knows: that the sea does not love us, that we are finite and flawed, and that we must never, never trust the sea-witch."
[can only be read with an ao3 account]

Give it a Try (442 words) by DoreyG
Additional Tags: Community: comment_fic, Making Out, Implied Sexual Content, Unconventional Relationship, Secrets, Secret Identity, Secret Relationship, Communication Failure, How to Date a Supervillain, Alternate Universe - Canon
Summary: He blinks, briefly. Quickly levers himself up onto his elbows and sneaks a glance at his phone… Which has just lit up with another text message, and the time – at least half an hour too late – in blocky capitals.

having his back (8915 words) by vannral
Additional Tags: Bodyguard, Banter, Pining, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Undercover, Protectiveness, Happy Ending
Summary: Snart attends a rich crime boss’s party and needs someone fast to watch his back. That someone being Barry. Barry’s sure he’s gonna die, but hey, at least he gets to eat fancy food. (Plus Snart looks unfairly handsome in his tux.)

Cold Fiche And Hot Flashes (2740 words) by rubylis
Rating: Explicit
Summary: Leonard Snart confronts Barry Allen on his home turf at the Central City Police Department leading to a more intimate relationship between them.

Nights in Red Leather (561 words) by DoreyG
Additional Tags: Community: comment_fic, Alternate Universe - Role Reversal, Team Dynamics, Team Bonding, Barry Allen/ALL THE ROGUES, Crushes
Series: Part 1 of To the City Beat
Summary: “He’s… Really fast,” Mick defends, taps his fingers on his gun in a gesture that could be nerves or could be a symptom of the desire to set fire to something, “you’ve tried to catch up to him before, you know how it is. We couldn’t.”

“Couldn’t, or didn’t want to?”

In A State Of Emergency (Who Was I Trying To Be?) (882 words) by sebasent
Additional Tags: Songfic, Angst, Alarming lack of dialogue, self-hate, kind of, Character Analysis, Maybe - Freeform, Ficlet
Summary: No one wants you when you have no heart / and I'm sitting pretty in my brand new scars / and you never know if you don't ever try again / so let's try, let's try, let's try /
In a flurry of steadfast heartbeats and ragged breaths they stumble- into a bed, onto overturned tables and couches, futons, lab desks; it’s not the first time they do this (far from it, really), but Len whispers apologies and farewells into Barry’s skin- it’s not the first, time, either. This is wrong, they both know, but it doesn’t cease their meetings and wandering digits. (Not sure if they want to, honestly, but their morale and codes do not allow them to do any more).

If Only (3014 words) by HouseAu3
Warnings: Major Character Death
Additional Tags: Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Grief/Mourning, Healing, Pre-Slash, Friendship, CFFAF, Sorrow, Skin, petrichor - Freeform, Day12
Summary: There were moments when Barry thought maybe
.

just for survival (997 words) by Romennim
Characters: Leonard Snart, Barry Allen, Kronos
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Vampire, Supernatural Elements, Blood Drinking, Vampires, Captivity, Attraction, Pre-Slash
Series: Part 7 of The Big Short
Summary: Len is held alone in the room for three days when, finally, the door opens and Kronos throws a body at his feet. Len would recognize that mop of brown hair everywhere.

Nerf War (949 words) by languageismymistress
Characters: Barry Allen, Leonard Snart, Cisco Ramon, Caitlin Snow, The Rogues - mentioned, Team Flash - mentioned
Additional Tags: Nerf War fight, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Team Rogues v Team Flash
Summary: Simple Nerf War fight between the Rogues and Team Flash, winner takes all

Please, Just Answer the Phone (1031 words) by keykiyoshi7443
Additional Tags: I can't tag cuz spoilers, I Tried, angst of the highest level, it's horrible, sorry - Freeform, coldflash - Freeform
Summary: “Hello! You’ve reached the voicemail of Barry Allen. I can’t come to the phone right now because I’m out living my life! Leave a message after the beep and I’ll try to get back to you as soon as possible!”
[Major Character Death]

Just Another Average Day (1118 words) by starchaser22
Relationships: leonard snart/barry allen, Nate Heywood/Amaya Jiwe (mentioned)
Additional Tags: Outsider Perspective, time traveling, coldflash - Freeform
Summary: Weird things happen all the time on the Waverider, but then again, I guess that makes this just another normal day for Sara Lance.

Lady Justice (540 words) by JQ
Additional Tags: Fae & Fairies, Magic, Alternate Timelines
Summary: A blind man with covered hands sneaks into Barry's apartment.

Secrets (307 words) by ghsts
Series: Part 2 of Ice In The Veins
Summary: Prompt: #39 - Secret || Char.: Captain Cold. As a kid, he was the best at pretending things were fine at home. He was the king of hiding the bruises, of lying about how Lisa got the most recent black eye.

In A Flash (584 words) by ghsts
Series: Part 3 of Ice In The Veins
Summary: "Nothing illegal, sweetie." The sarcasm almost drips from Leonard's lips and it takes Barry all his willpower not to slam him against the wall again, mouths clashed together. "Just some...timey wimey stuff." He makes a whirling motion with one hand. "I'll call you."

Redux (140 words) by Sandrine Shaw
Summary: That's the part Leonard can't get past: Barry messed with time just for him.

Things I Cannot Control and Do Not Admire (57063 words) by n_a_feathers
Additional Tags: Slow Burn, Comfort, Between Seasons, Touch-Starved, honey pot, butchered weegie accent, Stolen WildStorm villain
Series: Part 1 of Things
Summary: Following the events of the singularity, Barry retreats from his friends and family. When he fails to show up to a Rogue heist, Len decides something needs to be done.

META!LEN:

Breaking The Ice (742 words) by kipsi
Additional Tags: Canon Divergence, Meta!Len, Pre-Slash, Bad Flirting
Series: Part 1 of Colder Than Ice
Summary: When Barry sees Leonard Snart after the man has gotten out of the prison, he doesn't think that he has changed at all. He couldn't have been more wrong.

Mark Our Days with Frostbites and Blisters (15036 words) by HouseAu3
Relationships: Captain Cold/The Flash, Barry Allen/Leonard Snart, Cisco Ramon/Lisa Snart, Eddie Thawne/Iris West
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Slice of Life
Summary: It was the strangest thing in the world, feeling like he was frozen from the inside. He gasped, shivering, trembling, holding the blanket close to chase away the bone-chilling coldness.
[An AU where Len was affected by the explosion of the particle accelerator, woke up in S.T.A.R. Labs, and met Barry under very different circumstances.]

ALTERNATE REALITY / SOULMATES & SOULMARKS:

As in an Empty Station (1754 words) by DoreyG
Additional Tags: Community: comment_fic, Soulmate-Identifying Timers, Soulmates, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Relationship Negotiation, false names, Past Abuse, Past Domestic Violence, Mentions of Suicide, Wow this is such a happy fic
Series: Part 1 of On the Clock
Summary: John. As in John Doe. It is, not to put too fine a point on it, the worst attempt at a fake name that he’s ever witnessed. Yet another thing that he finds curiously inclined to let slide, as he leans back in his chair and taps his fingers against the table, “Alright, John. I’ll allow you your secrets.”
“Thank you.”
“For now.”

Words on My Skin (2147 words) by tinypinkmouse, tinypinkmouse_podfic
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Pre-Series, some backstory from legends of tomorrow, so maybe some spoilers for that, Podfic, Podfic Length: 10-20 Minutes, Audio Format: Streaming, Audio Format: MP3
Summary: The first thing pretty much any kid does when they learn to write is scribble down a tentative hello on their hand and hope that someone answers. Leonard Snart is no different from most kids in that regard.
(Both text and podfic versions.)

So your Soulmate's a Jerk (7621 words) by The_Dancing_Walrus
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Episode: s01e10 Revenge of the Rogues, Light Angst, Based on a Tumblr Post, your soulmate leaves a mark when you touch, a surprising amount of sense from these two idiots, I Don't Even Know
Summary: It was like an acid burn, for a moment everything felt normal and then it was like Barry's whole body was on fire. It was like the biggest shot of adrenaline, like he was suddenly way too aware of everything from the pain in his ribs to the smell of the front offices. He gasped at the same time Snart did, hand going up to his cheek which was still too hot and- He turned, it felt like it took a lifetime, and Snart was on the floor staring up at him-

His whole hand had turned a red so dark it was almost black. A Lichtenberg figure, the analytical part of Barry’s brain supplied, Leonard’s Mark looked like a lightning burn.
(Russian and Chinese translations available)

Putting Things in Perspective (4431 words) by niennavalier
Relationships: Barry Allen/Leonard Snart, Eddie Thawne/Iris West, Cisco Ramon/Lisa Snart, just background goldenvibe and eddie/iris
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Soulmate-Identifying Marks, 5+1 Fic, Fluff, Humor, Domestic Fluff, Introspection, POV Multiple, 5+1, +1
Summary: The one time Leonard Snart didn't mean to steal something, and the five people who witnessed the crime. Or, alternatively: The five people who witness Leonard Snart and Barry Allen finding out they're Soulmates in the middle of the Precinct, and the one person stuck in interrogation trying to pretend none of it had happened.

You Blue Me Away (Talk About Unfortunate) (5636 words) by sebasent
Characters: Barry Allen, Leonard Snart, Harrison Wells | Eobard Thawne, Lisa Snart, Iris West, Joe West, Eddie Thawne, everyone really
Additional Tags: Soulmates AU, Angst, One-Shot, Based on a Tumblr Post, Fluff, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, overuse of commas
Series: Part 1 of Rayleigh Scattering
Summary: In a world where everything is black and white until you meet your Soulmate, Barry gets lost in blue and Len can't find his way through green. They probably could have done a lot worse, in all honesty.

I'm Covered in the Colours (Pulled Apart at the Seams) (20174 words) by pansexual-fandom-queen
Relationships: Barry Allen/Leonard Snart, Barry Allen/Iris West, Leonard Snart/Iris West, Barry Allen/Leonard Snart/Iris West
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Angst, Lots of Angst, Minor Cisco Ramon/Lisa Snart, Minor Oliver Queen/Felicity Smoak, Mentions of Canonical Character Death, Joe West's A+ Parenting, Joe Really Doesn't Come Off Looking Good In This One, Leonard Snart Doesn't Look That Great Either, Trans Cisco Ramon, Past Child Abuse, Hopeful Ending
Series: Part 1 of ColdWestAllen Week 2016
Summary: It’s a common misconception that people can only see in black and white until they meet their soulmate.
When Barry Allen is born, he's only able to see the colour red. When he meets Iris West in Kindergarten, she gives him yellow. When he meets Leonard Snart thwarting an armoured car robbery, he gives him blue.
[Written for Day 1 of ColdWestAllen Week 2016: Soulmate AU]

#soulmates af (558 words) by Swing Set in December
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Soulmates
Summary: They were meant to be.

The world would burn (2358 words) by AtomwaveHeadcanons
Fandom: DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV)
Relationships: Ray Palmer/Mick Rory, hints of coldflash - Relationship, hints of, Barry Allen/Leonard Snart, Nyssa al Ghul/Sara Lance
Additional Tags: canon character death, soulmates!au, First Season
Summary: Mick’s nervous. His fingers are twitching and his gaze jumps to the clock on the wall more and more often. In a few hours, he is sixteen. His skin will start itching and his life might change forever. He’ll get a name - a name of a person that he long ago decided he’s going to cherish and protect, give his life for if he’ll have to. This person will be his. This person will be meant for him, and he won’t have to question whether they want him, whether they hate him, whether he’s just a torn in their side. Whether he is a mistake.

His hands are trembling and he needs to calm down. He can’t wake up his family. Mick doesn’t want to hear more arguments, he doesn’t want to hear more yelling. Doesn't want to hear that waiting for his name is useless. Not right now. Not in these moment that are supposed to be special. He fumbles for the little box in his pocket, his fingers light up a match and Mick takes a deep breath staring at the flame.
Maybe the name will be as beautiful as the flame is.

It’s only when the whole room is painted red, flames licking at his skin and the screams getting louder that Mick wakes and his eyes widen. Oh hell.
[Or the season one soulmate AU.]

Once Upon A Dream (2283 words) by sweetNsimple
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Summary: All soulmates had some bond that continued to unite them into the physical realm of humanity, long after giving up their beginning phase of interstellar material. Some soulmates could feel what their soulmate was feeling, even halfway across the world. Some soulmates shared thoughts. Some felt the physical impressions of what their soulmate was doing from moment to moment. Leonard, though? Dreams.

Cigarette Circles and Bullet Wounds (3049 words) by charliepower
Relationships: Barry Allen/Leonard Snart, Captain Cold/The Flash, Rosa Dillon/Lisa Snart, Sam Scudder/Lisa Snart, Rosa Dillon/Sam Scudder, Rosa Dillon/Sam Scudder/Lisa Snart
Additional Tags: Soulmate AU, coldflash2017A, Scars, kinda mention of, Past Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Lewis Snart's A+ Parenting
Summary: Barry's wondered his whole life who the scars on his skin belong to. Then Leonard Snart is arrested and Barry finds out much sooner than he thought he would.

Mark me (1013 words) by languageismymistress
Additional Tags: Alternative Universe - Soulmates, Rogue Air, once touched a mark forms on the persons skin
Summary: When two people touch, a mark forms on their skin that is a symbol of the other person.

ALTERNATE UNIVERSE / MAJOR DEPARTURE FROM CANON:

Special Donation (1864 words) by Red Charade
Rating: Mature
Additional Tags: vampire AU, Vampire!Len, Alternate Universe - Vampire, Vampires are Known, vampire!Eobard, human!Barry, Cuckolding, sort of, Len is a sweetheart, Cuddling, Feeding Kink, biting kink, S&M Undertones, Aftercare
Summary: Len had been frequenting this blood donation center for quite a while before Barry Allen started to show up here.

when you say nothing at all (2001 words) by Liu
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés, barista!Len, Pining, First Kiss, Oblivious Morons
Summary: There's a new barista at Jitters... and Barry's got a crush.

Iced Coffee (1638 words) by Gemenice
Relationships: Barry Allen/Leonard Snart, Captain Cold/The Flash, Axel Walker/Mick Rory, Axel/Mick
Additional Tags: Blink and you'll miss it, AU, Coffee Shop, Random - Freeform, just some things, happy thoughts, Crack
Summary: The coffee shop AU no one asked for.

another kind of hunger (4260 words) by dragdragdragon
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - No Powers, Chef!Leonard Snart, Chef!Mick Rory, Sous Chef!Lisa Snart, Fluff, 5+ times Barry turned red, Oblivious Barry, Food Porn, Food Trucks
Summary: Barry's favorite food truck never comes around more than once a week. Until one day, it's taken over by another chef. Cue obliviousness and hilarity.
or the one time Chef Leonard Snart takes over Chef Rory's food truck for a week and worms his way into Barry's heart.

since we've no place to go (6289 words) by Liu
Additional Tags: Age Difference, Age Reversal, Teen!Len, Alternate Universe - No Powers, Fluff, First Kiss
Summary: The first time his driveway is miraculously cleared in the morning, Barry is too tired to even appreciate it properly; he sighs in relief and goes back to bed, because it’s just one of those days when he’s constantly exhausted. But it keeps happening.

Gray's Anatomy (14199 words) by arainymonday
Relationships: Barry Allen/Leonard Snart, Barry Allen/Felicity Smoak (past), Barry Allen/Hartley Rathaway (past), Cisco Ramon/Lisa Snart
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Hospital, Medical Trauma, Surgery, Child Abuse, Mind Control, Grey's Anatomy-esque
Series: Part 1 of Gray's Anatomy
Summary: Dr. Barry Allen is a third year surgical resident specializing in pediatric surgery at Central City General Hospital. Dr. Leonard Snart is an attending and chief of pediatric surgery nicknamed Captain Cold for his chilly demeanor with residents and interns. What begins as mutual dislike becomes friendship and romance as they work side-by-side to save lives.

What God and Angels Know of Us (2398 words) by pansexual-fandom-queen
Additional Tags: Mentions of Mick Rory, Alternate Universe - Supernatural (TV) Fusion, Angel Barry, Hunter Leonard, First Kiss
Summary: “You know,” Len said finally, voice tearing messily through the charged silence like a blunted knife. “When people stare like this, it usually means something.” Barry’s head tilted starkly to the right. “What does it usually mean?”
[Supernatural AU]

I think my neighbor is a vampire. (But he's really cute) (5009 words) by Microsoftberry
Relationships: Barry Allen/Leonard Snart, Cisco Ramon/Lisa Snart
Additional Tags: guiltless fluff, Barry is the evil blood-sucking nightly monster and Cisco is onto him, as soon as he can stop drooling over him, Caitlin is not a helpful friend, Cisco is so done with everything
Summary: The man, Cisco's new neighbor guy, presumably the horrific blood-sucking night monster who was going to rip Cisco's throat later, aka Barry Allen, was smiling sheepishly as the intense stare of two people refused to budge from his face. Cisco was so done.

Gold, Cold (1294 words) by riceandshine
Characters: Barry Allen, Leonard Snart, Eobard Thawne
Additional Tags: Fairy Tale Style, Revisionist Fairy Tale
Summary: An unnamed man saves Bartholomew Allen from a terrible fate. He asks for something in return. (A Rumplestiltskin re-telling).

We Capture a Flag (1189 words) by Rinzler
Relationships: Cisco Ramon/Lisa Snart (implied), Barry Allen/Leonard Snart
Characters: Barry Allen, Leonard Snart
Summary: Son-of-Athena!Barry and son-of-Poseidon!Len play capture the flag. (Bonus points if you recognize the title reference.)

MOSTLY CANON VERSE / COULD BE CANON:

Pen Pals (4726 words) by litra
Additional Tags: Letters, Emails, Texting, Time Travel, Sad Ending, Canon Compliant, Coldflash Week 2017, Day 8
Series: Part 1 of Letters Through Time
Summary: Len and Barry secretly write to each other across the decades.
Written for the 2017 ColdFlash Week A. Prompt: Time Travel.

the truth and the weight of it all (1965 words) by MissSugarPlum
Additional Tags: Episode Tag, s02e03 family of rogues, Canonical Character Death, Missing Scene, Not beta-read, idk i wrote this in like three hours, i should have been sleeping, but here have this instead, overabundance of parentheses, i think i should be sorry but i'm not
Summary: “Kid, I learned early on that time was my most valuable asset. Although, Flash, one would think you'd have realized the same by now.” For a fleeting moment a hint of his old smirk shone through his bleak expression, and Barry couldn’t have stopped his short bark of laughter if he tried, feeling oddly relieved. “I guess the speed and my perpetual tardiness just sort of cancel each other out, and I’ve been running late far longer than I’ve been fast.”

icarus, falling (389 words) by formerlyknownasyay
Fandom: DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV), The Flash (TV 2014)
Additional Tags: Icarus/Apollo au, Canonical Character Death, Angst
Series: Part 6 of Author's favorites
Summary: Somewhere, a boy falls in love with the sun.
[can only be read with an ao3 account]

Blackout (1841 words) by Crimson1
Additional Tags: Pre-Slash, Pre-Canon, Blackouts, Len is secretly a sweetheart, Inspired By Tumblr
Summary: There is a blackout in Central City. Len takes the opportunity for a little old-fashioned B&E. He thinks he's breaking into an empty house but finds a scared young man instead. Against Len's better judgment, he ends up doing a good deed. Pre-powers.

in the middle of the night (when the wolves come out) (1502 words) by QLaLa
Additional Tags: Fix-It, Fluff
Summary: "A little chillier reception than I was expecting, Barry."
Barry rubbed his eyes and cast an exasperated glance up at the ceiling.
“It’s four in the morning, Snart. Spare me the temperature puns.”

5 times Len saw Barry cry & 1 time when the tables turned (2622 words) by Liu
Additional Tags: One-Sided Relationship, Unrequited Love, Possibly Unrequited Love, unfulfilled love more like, missed opportunitites, Barry crying, Pining, Angst
Summary: tumblr prompt fill for "Reacting to the other one crying about something".

Ready for the Show (1530 words) by Lady Divine Coldflash
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Attraction, Episode: s01e04 Going Rogue, Len might be The Flash's biggest fan, or he wants to date him, He's a little on the fence
Summary: After The Flash (at this point, still referred to as The Streak) foils Len's first attempt to steal the Kahndaq Dynasty Diamond, Len goes out on a hunt for the scarlet vigilante, with many different motives in mind.

Getting to Know You (758 words) by pretzel_logic
Additional Tags: timetravel, that barry from 2024 stuck in 2001 idea, bartender Allen, cause it is so popular an idea
Series: Part 1 of Coldflash week prompted
Summary: Len notices the new bartender checking him out... 'Allen' is not prepared to meet Leonard Snart.

Thaw (783 words) by Sandrine Shaw
Additional Tags: Prompt Fic, Emotional Baggage, Hugs, Touch-Starved, post-oculus, Fluff and Angst
Summary: Barry's once again barreling through all of Leonard's defenses at super speed, the exception to every single one of his hard-learned rules.

Our Internal Battles (it's a free-for-all) (1331 words) by Anonymous
Additional Tags: Angst, Character Study, Pre-Relationship, Coldflash Week 2015 Day 3
Series: Part 1 of (re)defining of a hero
Summary: Len is always cold.

"Be seeing you." (325 words) by Alenacantfly
Additional Tags: Drabble, 2x03, Dorks, Confessions
Summary: “I'm sorry.” Len sounded so sincere, Barry almost wanted to get up and reassure him, but no- He had to wait.
There had been no coldness in his voice, unlike the “Live fast. Die young.” comment he had thrown Barry's way. And he had called him by his name, no mockery. No “kid” or “scarlet”.

untitled (576 words) by kolvina
Summary: "He continuously matches Leonard's intellect and fires back at his jabs, the heat of his words seep into Leonard's veins, making him feel as if he were on fire. Maybe that is why he is so cold. He is simply trying to balance the warmth that Barry brings into his life."

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Eliot Waugh/Quentin Coldwater Fics Rec [Books!Verses]

2016-03-20T21:08:21Z

That's hardly going to be bigger sadly...

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Kiss Me Twice (1745 words) by AnInternationalReputation
Summary: It's all too easy to see patterns after the fact.

Snowbird (9764 words) by Greekhoop
Summary: Quentin deals with a not entirely unwanted ghost in his apartment, and Eliot drops by for Christmas.

The Next Quest (1498 words) by Lyras
Summary: Back in a world he's not ready to call real, Quentin goes after his quest. But Eliot is haunting his dreams.

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Eliot Waugh/Quentin Coldwater Fics Rec [syfy!verses]

2016-03-20T20:48:32Z

Well this is going to be tiny and hopefully fill out later on... (will post the books!verses one separately here)

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Something Terrible (2357 words) by s_a_m
Summary: Something terrible is happening and Quentin doesn’t know if he can stop it.
>> mutual pining is the best tbh - Quentin deal with his crushes like he deal with everything else

say your nevers, sleep your dream (2042 words) by fangirldaemillia
Summary: Episode 1x04. Quentin has a nightmare.

This Flame Would Keep Still (3451 words) by IvyDevoss
Summary:
(If I believed my answer was
to a person who'd ever return to the world,
this flame would keep still without moving any further.
But since from those undergrounds
no one has ever come back alive, if what I hear is true,
I answer you without fear of infamy.)

Distractions (275 words) by ewaughs
Summary: Quentin is a bit shaky, Eliot decides to distract him in the best possible way.

Bottled Up (2279 words) by itshysterekal
Relationships: Queliot - Relationship, Quentin Coldwater/Eliot Waugh, Quentin Coldwater/Alice Quinn
Additional Tags: Suicidal Thoughts, Gun Violence, 111 reaction fic, remedial battle magic, NO DEATH, there is no death
Summary: Emotions were never meant to be bottled- especially not for weeks at a time. (In which Quentin is furious and Eliot doesn't know how to fix things.)

Uncertainty Principle (795 words) by lazarov
Additional Tags: Unrequited Lust, getting what you want doesn't always mean getting what you want, small moments
Summary: It was one of the many small, secret things about Quentin that Eliot guiltily treasured. Things he loved, things that made his skin flush. Things that got him hard. Little details he wished he could hold in his hands but that he had to pretend not to notice for fear of somehow tarnishing them, as if Quentin’s personality tics might be subject to Heisenberg’s fucking Uncertainty Principle. And so Eliot observed them from afar, mentally snapshotting them and filing them away.

in little ways, everything stays (906 words) by VeryImportantDemon
Additional Tags: Fluff, an ungodly amount of fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, there's probably gonna be some smut at some point tbh, it's Eliot, Queliot trash, 100 ways to say i love you
Summary: Quentin and Eliot don't always have to say 'I love you' to mean it. (Based off of this super adorable post)

It's a nice day for a royal wedding (3851 words) by MontagueBitch
Additional Tags: Fix-It, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Friends to Lovers
Summary: A fix-it for s1e13. Written in the style of Quentin-narration. Eliot still has to marry to take the throne, but he's allowed to decide who. However, this leaves him with only two viable options, and Quentin's the lucky winner. From there, they navigate the strangeness of going from friends, to spouses, maybe with something else.

Caught You (4087 words) by lazarov
Additional Tags: canon depression, Self Harm, Pre-Slash
Summary: Three times Eliot could have said something, but didn't. And one time he didn't need to say anything at all.

Slip (867 words) by ThatKanraGirl
Summary: Eliot is thankful for the unnamed green drink that masks the taste of the boy that's not Quentin Coldwater on his tongue.

O insomniacs of the world, good night (845 words) by lazarov
Summary: eliot wakes him up in the middle of the night with a cool hand in the center of his back, pressed against the damp skin between his shoulderblades. what? quentin says, squinting to try and make out his face in the moonlight but eliot presses a finger to his lips and tosses a t-shirt at him. get up, we’re going out.

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Dom/Brian rec list - part II

2016-03-06T00:53:54Z

some more random fic just so I can keep track of them...

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Alternate Realities type I (coda 1 & 2)

Where It All Began by Spikedluv
Summary: Bilkins brings Brian and Dom back together.

Shrine by mercurybard
Summary: Brian had never gone in the garage before. Not the one at the house. It was a rickety old building, leaned a little to the left. There’d been one afternoon when they’d been tinkering under the Supra’s hood on the driveway—Jesse had heard something on the ride over and wanted to poke around—and needed a wrench. Dom had sent Jesse to get it.

Racer X by mercurybard
Summary: The Charger is a bull. No way the Supra Brian’s driving can beat that. But it’s not about beating Dom. It’s not about winning this drag race from here to the railroad tracks (and there’s a train coming, some small, rational part of his brain whispers).

Aftermath by lucy_fic
Summary: "Take your clothes off." The garage was dark and dusty - it was like a movie set in there, or something. The entire thing was like a movie - the note that fell out of his morning paper, block-letters directing him out of the city, into this burned-out garage in the middle of nowhere. It was the perfect setting, if a little improbable in the real world. The sound of an automatic's clip being loaded brought Brian back to the present.

Mexico by lucy_fic
Summary: "Hey!" Roman said, grabbing one of the beers. "Now that's what I call service. You the owner?" Brian didn't have a chance to turn around and see his mysterious benefactor before a resonant voice said, "I got an interest. Consider this your welcome to Mexico." "Shit," Brian said, under his breath. He didn't need to look to know exactly who that voice belonged to.
>> Explicit - Brian and Rome ends up in Mexico after their mess with Verone - not my faves dynamics but a nice read

Grey by lucy_fic
Summary: He didn't know it at the time, but looking back Brian would be able to pinpoint the moment that it all ended.

Nine Seconds by lucy_fic
Summary: The call came in the middle of the night and consisted of two things: an address and a time. It wasn't until he re-cradled the phone that Brian realized the entire thing, from half-asleep mumbled "hello" to click off and dial tone had lasted about nine and a half seconds - longer than the fastest quarter-mile time, far shorter than was needed to work a trace. Leave it to Dom to consider all the angles.
>> Explicit.

Finding Home by ellia
Summary: After LA, Dom finds himself drifting, across the country and through his life. Until he settles in Miami, and a familiar face kick-starts his life and his heart.

Giving As Good As He Gets by spikedluv
Summary: Those eyes made Dom want things he shouldn’t want, especially given how hyped up he currently was.
>> Explicit.

Hot and Cold by spikedluv
Summary: Dom climbed to his feet -- all grace and economy of motion, he reminded Brian of a panther -- set the wrench he was using on the bench, then started towards Brian and the enticement of cold water. “Hotter than hell, today,” Brian managed to say. “It’s been hotter,” Dom said, just to be contrary.
>> Explicit.

What Are Friends For by chosenfire28
Summary: Dom finds Brian in Miami living in Tej’s backyard.

Three by chase65
Summary: three standalone fics set after the first movie in various situation - character death warning for the third one

Wasted in the Afternoon by sori1773
Summary: Brian can just see his feet, big, clunky motorcycle boots that look completely out of place on a Mexican surf beach.

The Heart of the Matter by niciasus
Summary: Brian shows up on Dom's doorstep two years after the end of the movie.

Flashes by graceandfire
Summary: Three scenes or flashes of Brian and Dom taking place at the very beginning, the middle and after the end of the movie.

Just Like Old Times (5005 words) by Paula K
Summary: Brian hasn't seen Dom since he let him walk away. He'd gone to Miami to work a job with Roman and has come home only to find out that Jesse's father's died. He needs to tell Jesse and in doing so, meets up again with the whole gang and finally sorts things out with Dom.

From Wheels to Waves by estrella30
Summary: During each point of his life, Brian has had a different mode of transportation.

Tools by mary_re
Summary: Dom sees Brian with some cops, and follows him home to get some answers.

Staying the Course by meadowlion
Summary: Even the breeze coming in the open door halts, as Brian uncrosses his arms and slowly gets to his feet. His chest feels so tight that all his inner organs might have shut down, too. He knows Dom is done talking now, but the next move -- the first move -- still has to be Dom's.

Sway by maygra
Summary: Dom held up the handcuffs again and glanced back at the bed. "There's not really anything to hook them to. No slats." He shoved the swing arm of one of the cuffs through the notches slowly, each click very distinct.

Uncut and Unmannerly by maygra
Summary:It was the fingering of his hair that tipped Dom off. As with everything else, Brian had patterns; pushing his fingers through his bangs repeatedly while looking in the mirror meant he was thinking about a trim.
>> Dom likes Brian's hair, Brian just wants to cut them

Sway by maygra
Summary: Brian rolled his eyes. No, kinky would be to ask Dom to dress up in leather and steel. Although maybe… "You're the one that says I get too grabby." "Yeah, but I never said I didn't like it," Dom said and came a little closer. In his hands, Brian's handcuffs clinked. "Isn't this like a misuse of LAPD property?"
>> 'marginally set in UB, but mostly, it's all about the smut and all about the kink...'

I Don't Ask for Much by spasticat
Summary: Brian's legit in that he really does know his stuff, if knowing means he can drive a pickup, run a register, and understand what the hell the customers are talking about. Not legit in that this is his cover, a way of getting established as part of the car scene and explaining why he would be showing up at a street race. He's not coming out of left field; they're carefully inserting Brian into Dom's world. Yet Brian's still temporary and under the lights he feels thin and fading.

Saturday Night by khaleesian
Summary: Dom rubs his eyelids with two fingers. Four times out of five, being with Brian is as easy as being alone…which is Dom’s sincerest compliment to anyone. But ever-so-occasionally, Brian gets this devilish jones to be infuriating. And Dom’s still so hot for him that it aches. It’s not fair at all.

Getting Somewhere Fast by shrift
Summary: "I got a full stomach, a car with a sweet engine, and a fully stocked garage, man. What more could a guy want?"

No Net Below by lyra_sena
Summary: Dom could take him, Brian knows, but maybe they both want to see just how far Brian’s going to push this.

Breathless I and Breathless II by elfinessy
Summary: Breathless, Brian tried to think, quick and straight. Now he was here, now it was happening, he couldn't go through with it, not with a lie on his lips. "Dom... there's something you need to know." The low rumble of a chuckle reverberated against Brian's throat as he ran his palm over the sandpaper-rough scalp, biting back the desire to purr. "Hard as nails here, Bri."
"Yeah, well..." he muttered softly, "this'll cool you down a notch."

Of Course You Know, This Means War by angelskuuipo
Summary: A picnic leads to some interesting discoveries.

Alternate Realities type II (coda movie 4, 5, 6 or 7)

Rubik's Cube by ailette
Summary: They were going at a comfortable speed, not fast enough to draw any unwanted attention but slightly faster than they were legally allowed. Dom looked so utterly in place and in control the way he sat there, Brian had to grudgingly admit, “Okay, I see why you think you always have to drive. But this is my car.”

Mutual by lucy_fic
Mia/Brian & Dom/Brian
Summary: "We're going to have to talk about this sometime, you know," Mia said, smoothing her dress back down over her hips.
>> pretty much my perfect ending for the fourth movie - and for Brian relationship with the Torretos

Knowing by chase65
Summary: She knows when he pulls her out of the interrogation room and doesn't stop moving until they hit the front doors of the Federal building, when he can't say why he let her brother go.

Five Phone Conversations Brian Never Thought He'd Have by shinetheway
Summary: "Brian," said a voice he thought he'd never hear again, and Brian almost dropped the headset.

Tables Turned by shinetheway
Summary: Dom had seen people get on their knees before.
>> Explicit.

moving bodies on a measured distance by templemarker
Summary: "I thought you wanted this, Dom." Dom's hands are grasping either side of the big, wide bed they bought last year. He's struggling not to tear holes in the expensive sheets Mia gave them; he doesn't want to think what he looks like, in the late afternoon sunlight, dark skin against white sheets. "I did. I do."

A Year, A Car, and A F_ck by damnednforsaken
Summary: It had been a year, one full year since that day Brian, Mia, and his two compañeros had gotten Dom off that bus bound for the hell that was Lompoc. In that time, a few strange things had happened. Mia had come to him after they had settled far away from the United States' jurisdiction and told him that she would not be staying with him in the new house he had purchased for all of them. He had been expecting to rebuild a new crew, try again from scratch with a new face to add to the old.

Sorted by shadowakiyah
Summary: And Brian thought, maybe this was how it was supposed to be all along, and maybe he did have it sorted after all.
>> Explicit.

Head by shadowakiyah
Summary: It’s always about the head.
>> Explicit.

It’s Always Been You by spikedluv
Summary: Dom kissed him again, and everything shifted and fell into place. Him and Dom, together in this place.
>> Explicit.

Palate cleansers by khaleesian
Summary: “Take a picture, O’Conner.” Dom’s voice cut through the clack-clacking din of the tires. “It’ll last longer.”
Brian didn’t bother to hide his smirk. If Dom was baiting him, it was proof positive of his theory that Dom wasn’t nearly as chill as he was making out. Dom still gave a shit all right. As if to echo his thoughts, Dom opened his eyes a bare half inch. “Still think I cheated?”
“I don’t ‘think’ you cheated,” Brian shot back. “I ‘know’ you cheated.” Dom cut his eyes over at the card-playing crew. “And so you do some institutional cheating of your own.” Brian snorted. “Yeah well, apparently, there ain’t no rules.”
>> amazing read fourth movie coda - Dom and Brian talk about things, and don't talk about a lot of things

Canon-verse / could be canon

keep it loose, keep it tight by battleofhydaspe
Summary: Brian accepts the bottle with a grateful smile and downs half of it in one go. He wipes his mouth with the back of his hand, leaving a dark trail of grease on his skin. “Exactly what I needed, man,” he says with a bright grin, rolling the dolly back and forth a couple of times. The music from the house is still audible but barely. It’s mostly just the heavy thump of bass and the occasional uproar of people cheering over something.
>> coda first movie & perfectly well written, in character - like a missing scene

Thirty-six hours. Thirty-five. Thirty-four by estrella30
Summary: He's fucking the case up - he knows that.

Cover by untappedbeauty
Summary: One of the first things he learned about going undercover was that cover stories are best simple. That, and there should always be at least a little truth to every lie. Makes it easier to believe and easier to pass off if there's a grain of truth there. That's why he can handle being in Dominic Toretto's world, making like he wants to be part of the group. 'Cause he's always loved the road, loved the rush of driving too fast and maybe a little reckless. And, if he wants to be perfectly honest, even if only to himself, it's easy to pretend he wants to be part of the group because, ill-advised as it is, he does.

Shootaround by estrella30
Summary: Every year, the night before Race Wars, Dom and his team would go down to the bar to shoot some pool and have a few too many beers.

The Morning After by estrella30
Summary: The morning after the night it all ended.

What He Can Have by carodee
Summary: Dom gets a clue.

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Dom/Brian rec list

2016-03-01T16:48:55Z

*arrives in the fandom and ship years late and full of feels* I may even write a few things at some point but here goes nothing - still in progress tbh

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ALTERNATIVE REALITIES TYPE I (aka fics only taking the first & eventually the second movie as canon)

Deus ex Machina (22109 words) by khaleesian
Fandom: Fast and the Furious (2001)
Summary: "That which is done out of love takes place beyond good and evil" -Friedrich Nietzsche
>> things after the first movie don't go quite the same way... (a great read)

Ciudad de Estrellas (88846 words) by gwyneth rhys
Additional Tags: Post-Movie(s), Crimes & Criminals, Undercover, Cars, car racing, Hurt/Comfort, Head Shaving, First Time, On the Run, It Wasn't All a Lie, POV Third Person Omniscient, Implied/Referenced Homophobia
Summary: Dom is forced to ask Brian for help when the consequences of his crimes come back to haunt him. A novel about love, loss, and redemption.

Nothing but trouble (51075 words) by khaleesian
Fandom: Fast and the Furious Series
Summary: Inertia, momentum, gravity
> > Dom/Brian and Rome/Brian

Down In Mexico (3004 words) by Scylla
Fandom: Fast and the Furious (2001)
Summary: An alternate ending to The Fast & The Furious (2001 film), disregarding any of the film canon that follows. Brian ends up in Mexico tracking a missing person. Somehow, though, things always seem to come back around...

All the Redemption I Can Offer (Is Beneath this Dirty Hood) (1671 words) by destroythemeek
Fandom: Fast & Furious (2009), Fast and the Furious Series
Summary: Brian had spent most of his life trying to deny what he wanted: fast cars and the guys who drove them.

Eyes On (110 words) by Merfilly
Summary: Brian sees it

Unfinished Business (84336 words) by Maygra
Series: Part 1 of Unfinished Business
Summary: alternate ending, 740k, NC17 (everyone's got their version of what happened at the end of the movie; this is mine.)
>> a classic - the first two arcs at least are must read because this is one of the best Dom characterisation ever and the slow progression of things is perfect - amazing characters study too

Almost by Bone
Summary: series of wonderfully explicit interludes set in Maygra's "Unfinished Business" universe - set after the events in in "Unfinished Business".

Off Course by jelasdax (daxion)
Summary: The trial had been too short.
>> Brian is caught after the first movie and sent to prison.

I'm Not Calling You a Liar (10261 words) by jelasdax
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Pining, Kidnapping
Summary: Two weeks into the truck hijacking case someone catches up to Brian. There was no way this was going to end well.
>> Brian did his undercover work against Verone in Miami before going undercover around Torreto in Los Angeles for the hijacking. A MUST READ probably in my Top 5

Repo Men (26177 words) by khaleesian
Relationships: Brian O'Conner/Dominic Toretto, Deaqon Hayes/Donovan Ray
Summary: The most important thing in the world is to find someone to show you what love looks like.
>> AMAZING EVEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT FASTLANE (I DON'T)

Rough Ride (20616 words) by khaleesian
Summary: Regardless of the road traveled, there is not much sweeter than death cheated. -ML Rough Ride to Eternity

Madrugada (5048 words) by khaleesian
Summary: Brian gets Dom's engine racing.

Doing the Dishes (1328 words) by misura
Summary: "You know, you're probably the first guy I've ever met who actually volunteered to help with the dishes."

Ten Minute Cars (6743 words) by leonidaslion
Additional Tags: Plot What Plot, First Time, Rough Sex, Explicit Sexual Content, Biting, Undercover, Marking, Car Sex, Possessive Behavior, Mechanic(s)
Summary: "He owns you now."

Rhythm and Blues by estrella30
Summary: Brian had been in Mexico six months before he realized that Dom didn't want him there. [Coming without being touched.]

Hello Again by estrella30
Summary: Brian and Dom, on a hot night, in the dark.

Of Twisted Technology and Miscommunications by marchling
Summary: Dom has a new phone, but the autocorrect is truly out of control. Hilarity ensues, for everyone but Dom
>> I laughed so much I almost cried

Of Twisted Technology and Torrid Romance by marchling
Summary: The autocorrect in Dom's new phone is still giving him issues. Romance is hard enough without typos.
>> the sequel I didn't know I needed

ALTERNATE REALITIES TYPE II (aka generally set around movie 4, 5, 6 or 7)

Long Term (24264 words) by jelasdax
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Amnesia
Summary: It starts with a phone call in Panama City.

Crazy (1431 words) by khaleesian
Series: Part 4 of Furious kink meme
Summary: From the 2011 kink meme. The prompt was: In Fast and Furious when Braga asks Dom and Brian if they know each other, what if instead of saying 'He used to date my sister' Dom decided not to make Brian's undercover assignment easy for him and mess with his head a little by saying 'We used to date' instead.

Crossroads (2129 words) by khaleesian
Summary: Where do we go from here?

Better Than Allstate by Aurora Cee (SC182)
Summary: Dom thought Brian was like insurance

Cup Runneth Over (1205 words) by fourfreedoms
Summary: Dom's always trying to fill the emptiness. Pre Fast Five.

Discreet (109 words) by Nestra
Summary: Dom doesn't have much practice at being discreet.

Couple of overnighters, no big deal (3302 words) by khaleesian
Summary: Brian closed his eyes and tried to keep from puking on his tiny corner of the holding cell. So. Screwed. O’Conner.

Ad Astra Per Aspera (A rough road leads to the stars) by SC182
Summary: Before Brian O’Conner, Dom didn’t do a lot of things...

Sky Blue (1479 words) by RussianWitch
Summary: Dominic should hate the sight of Brian in a suit, considering that every time Brian had worn one so far, Dominic's life had been coming down around his ears.

Broken (2615 words) by dreamlittleyo
Summary: When Brian pulls his front door open, he finds Dom leaning one arm carelessly against the jamb. Dom's posture is casual; his eyes are anything but. (Written for the self-indulgent fic meme: on LJ or on DW)

Switching Gears (2354 words) by Destina
Summary: It takes a lifetime for Brian to figure out he was born to break the rules.

Fading Fast, Falling Faster (8679 words) by DLanaDHZ
Additional Tags: Injured Brian - Freeform, Past Brian/Mia - Freeform, Past Dom/Letty - Freeform, Whump, No cell phones
Summary: Mid-mission, Brian and Dom find themselves stranded on the side of a mountain, no car and no cell phones, after an attack on their lives. Fighting a concussion and increasing blood loss, Brian has only two goals in mind - get down the mountain to find help and don't let Dom know about the bleeding. But the longer they walk, the less likely it seems he'll make it, and there's a pretty enormous elephant in his mind that he'd kinda like to talk to Dom about before he dies... and dying this way would be so, so stupid.
>> I love this one so much - it's perfect from start to finish

Unsaid by Sae_Arara
Summary: Dom kisses you the first time after he tells you about the charger and his father.
I LOVE IT - you cannot read it unless you have a AO3 account tho

Begin Again by shiny_n_new
Summary: "Five times something Brian(or Dom) did turned Dom(or Brian) on and the one time Dom couldn't control himself and fucked Brian silly."

ALTERNATE REALITIES TYPE III (aka the beginnings are different)

As Much As You Get, Give. (1783 words) by StripySock
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting, Alternate Universe, First Meeting
Summary: Doesn't matter where they start. All it matters is where they end.

House Rules (18605 words) by hellbells
Summary: Dom rolled his eyes at his friend, “Look V this ain’t Brokeback Mountain … no cowboy will hit on you unless you want them too.”
Only Brian O'Conner, ex-cop, bar-owner does want to hit on Dom. Will Dom let him? Will Brian still want to hit on Dom when he finds out about the trouble with Johnny Tran?

A Couple of Firsts by jelasdax (daxion)
Summary: He was going to kill Trinh.
>> aka how a terrible blind date somehow ends up in a relationship

ALTERNATE UNIVERSE (aka main elements of the universe have changed - mutants, sentinels etc)

Who's the Buster? (52408 words) by JessicaMDawn
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Mutants, Undercover
Summary: In a world where mutants and cops are enemies, Brian O’Conner is an undercover agent in the mutant capital of the USA. Dominic Toretto and his team run this city and Brian will have to get close to them if he wants to complete his mission and get out alive.
>>PROBABLY MY ALL TIMES FAVE LIKE SERIOUSLY I RE-READ THIS SO MANY TIMES ALREADY EVERYTHING ABOUT IT IS PERFECT
In my Top 5 faves.

There’s Nothing Special About Special by SC182
Summary: Running means a new series of harsh realities.
>> [X-mens and mutants AU - being mutants on the run changes everything]

Gremlins (1919 words) by Jaune_Chat
Additional Tags: Supernatural Elements, Forced Orgasm, Car Sex
Summary: Brian thought he was the only one of his kind around here, until he got a closer look at Dom.

White Lies, Black Truths by urbanphoenix27
Summary: In the fives years between 2 Fast 2 Furious and Fast Five and things have really changed for Brian O'Conner. Now that Dom's back, this get complicated and Brian tries to hide some of the changes.
>> SENTINEL AND GUIDE AU - Dom is a sentinel, Brian is a sentinel too but not only, it's not all that simple.

Drifting: More Than A Thing in Japan by SC182
Summary: Dragging a ten ton vault around on a giant tether was one thing; fighting alien hell beasts from another dimension was something he still didn’t think they were completely qualified for.

Driving Opposites (15763 words) by twilightHDfan
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, mutant AU, Verone Being A Little Too Touchy/Feely with Brian, Corny Lines
Summary: In order to solve a string of high profile robberies, and new drugs hitting the street, Brian's sent in as a new mechanic for Team Toretto. It's not only his driving ability, but his mutant powers that make him the best man for the job. Sparks fly when Brian and Dom meet, and Brian quickly realises he may be in too deep. But there's more to Dom's agreement to help the case then Brian and the FBI realise.

Oil in my Veins and Blood in my Past by grnidshrk
Summary: Slight cross with AC, nothing plot or character wise, more ability and a lil' character history wise. The one thing Rome always knew was that Brian was born Crazy. But that may be his crazy ass pops fault, absent as much as he might have been.

Fast and Furious: Shifter 'Verse by Triskellion
Summary: Werewolves: There's a little something more to the 'team' than a surface viewing shows. Garage nothing. Brian's in the doghouse. Fortunately, it's his natural habitat.

Running by pprfaith
Summary: The first question to ask any runner: 'Are you running from, or toward?' Or: The life of a girl named Brian.
>> Genderswap isn't usually what I go for but this one is AMAZING - great characterisation and the Rome+Brian friendship is so perf

it's hard to do these things alone (11752 words) by electrumqueen
Summary: Brian doesn't lie to cars. He doesn't lie to Dom either, but that's a newer development.
>> magical realism at it's best - definitely in my Top 5

Night's in my veins, it's calling me. by shiny_n_new
Summary: "It would have come to this eventually." Vampire!AU

SOULMATES AU

Not Your Traditional Nuclear Family (6080 words) by jelasdax
Additional Tags: Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Bisexual Character, Love Triangles, Polyamory, Happy Ending
Summary: Brian flicks his eyes down and notes the black script of the mark that's barely visible above the line of his jeans.
>> (this is so perfect and pretty much the canon relationships tbh)

Greener Pastures (3290 words) by jelasdax
Additional Tags: Soulmate-Identifying Marks
Summary: It happens when he’s kneeling in the desert with Brian’s blood on his hands.

Five Times Dom Thought He'd Die Before Having Met His Soulmate and the One Time He Realized He Had Been Blind (5906 words) by Janie94
Additional Tags: Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Canon Compliant, Angst, Hints at Polyamory
Series: Part 1 of 5+1 Times
Summary: Dom doesn't need a soulmate, so he is glad he hasn't met his. In the end he realizes his soulmate has been at his side for a very long time.
>> THIS ONE TOTALLY FIT IN THE CANON TIMELINE TOO - THIS IS PRETTY MUCH CANON AND VERY PAINFUL [deathfic]

All Shades, No Filter by Aurora Cee (SC182)
Summary: ...he’ll find that person that will bring his world into a new light.

To The Sky and What Falls by Aurora Cee (SC182)
Summary: Before they knew each other, they knew. The smell never lied.
>> !!! yes good!!! a alpha - beta - omega type of fic with a twist

Life Sentence (19123 words) by astolat
Summary: “Sit down,” the doctor said. He took blood, three vials filling up dark red. “Any medical conditions?”
“No,” Dom said, and then his mouth kept going and said, “What if I want to volunteer for bonding?”
The doctor peered at him over the glasses. “Do you want to volunteer for bonding?”
It hung in the air. Dom felt it like a noose around his throat, squeezing. Twenty-five to life. “Yeah,” he said.
>> THIS IS 100% IN MY TOP 5 FAVES

Victory Lane (12992 words) by astolat
Summary: “Hey,” Dom said, coming back out into the pit. “Leon, look here, will you? I can’t see, what the hell is it?”
Leon came over and said, “Holy shit, Dom, it’s a name,” and the crew all turned around from the car.

An Ever-Fixed Mark (7124 words) by arysteia
Summary: Soulmarks never lie. But people do.

MOSTLY CANON TIMELINES (aka can be set at different times in the canon timeline of the series and could easily be canon)

World of Regrets (1549 words) by sshomoerotica
Summary: You don't realize how badly you've wanted something until it is entirely out of your reach.

On Beds of Sorrow (12516 words) by gwyneth rhys
Additional Tags: Revenge, Road Trip, Grief/Mourning, Loss
Summary: The past is another country, but how do you live in the present without the one you love?

Pray for Rain (1910 words) by persnickett
Summary: Brian loved the rain.

0 to 60 (503 words) by Tarlan
Summary: Dom knew he shouldn't be having lusty thoughts about Brian.

No Choice At All (100 words) by Merfilly
Summary: The siblings make their path
>> THE BEST - MY ACTUAL CANON BYE

City Of (Lost) Angels (720 words) by Brenda
Summary: In which not much has changed, even though everything's changed, and Brian still doesn't play fair.

DN meta - some thoughts about Light Yagami...

2016-01-06T18:58:21Z

So here are my own two cents (or so) about Light Yagami & the death note I legit just had an itch to scratch and this may help me later if I finally write a DN fic.

There seems to be some kind of line between people thinking that everything Kira is came from him because he was “a sociopath” prior to finding the death note (I’ll get to why I can’t take anyone using the word sociopath seriously later); and you have other, thinking the death note is to blame for everything & thinking like Light was only another victim.

I guess I’m going put myself with the ones in the middle ground here and threw some words in a messy way that probably doesn’t really make sense but here is to trying. (I personally don’t believe in good or evil as absolute, so I don’t think Light is evil and not even Kira is evil & I’m fundamentally a morally grey & I empathize with both L and Light point of view tho I think ultimately both are quite vain.)

First of I don’t think of Kira as some kind of split personality monster that came solely from the Death Note, but I also don’t think Light would have become Kira without the Death Note and Ryuk. I do think there is something like a corruption happening to Light, even if he is not possessed nor manipulated, the question of whether he is in control of the power of the death note or used as well by it’s power is something I find relevant...

As a matter of fact I usually think of Kira as a symbiosis – Kira comes from Light and from the death note, it doesn’t exist if either one of the two is missing. I also believe that the manga version of Light, the anime one and the drama one are quite coherent as being the same person in different universes, with slightly different background – the only one I find fully out of character and a completely different person is the one from the movies.

So here goes nothing! At the base of Light personality for me, at the very beginning of Kira, I would put two things: 1.Light is fake as hell and mostly unaware of that fact & 2.he is seventeen when it starts.

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1. Light lies all the time ~~(to himself too)~~.

Even before the death note. Light probably doesn't do it consciously all the times, it’s something he has been doing for years (~~and you could wonder why he does it at all?~~). Now I’m going to say it right away: I don’t think Light was abused mentally or physically, I think both his parents in quite a useless way were loving, yet they never understood him at all. I can’t be sure they ever tried to since it’s not a subject they touched in the manga or the anime, but the drama does point out how dysfunctional the relationship with his father is in a universe where the “nice middle class family” was destroyed by his mother’s death. I had a talk about Light recently & we realized that there was also something to be said about how the only thing that Light seems to have enjoyed before, was tennis, and that was something he felt he had to “give up” because it was frivolous, and without purpose next to his futur in the police forces (I don’t think that idea came out of nowhere). ~~Light may have been better off in another family setting, or as an orphan who knows.~~

Light is fundamentally obsessed by the idea of what he is supposed to be: the perfect and proper son of a police chief, the nice polite genius, the good brother because there are expectations on him from his parents, but also pretty much everyone from his teachers, his schoolmates, and his father colleagues (as it was very well put right here). Pretty much everyone around him constantly reinforces his high view of his own intelligence, which would only fuel it even more. It’s not surprising if we consider he is at least L’s equal but it also shows how blasé he would be about it at this point. I wouldn’t personally call him clinically suicidal but I read him as likely in a depressed state (feeling of boredom with everything and disgust with the world are definitely a part of that) and with possible obsessive-compulsive personality disorders (one could argue for narcissistic personality disorder once he has fully taken the mantle of Kira). Obsessive personality disorder can appears in different ways that are not always recognized as such, like hyper-morality (extreme black and white moral reasoning), intolerance towards uncertainty, extreme bout of anger etc… Point is, I do read Light as a neurodivergent passing as neurotypical although I do not think him being neurodivergent is in any way the reason why he commited mass murder.

It’s a common idea that someone doing horrible things gotta be mentally ill & it’s a very toxic one, so I’m going to try to clarify my thoughts: I believe Light is neurodivergent, I also doesn’t think being neurodivergent always equal mentally illness (I feel like he was sinking in a depressed state pre-death note which isn't the same as a depression) & I don’t believe that Light potentially having personality disorders would explains Kira nor does it make Light a "poor and innocent little thing". I understand why people prefer headcanon of Light not having any issues, since there is a stigmatization of people with mental illness as more likely to commit crimes, and then there is the idea that it would somehow make excuses for Light (it doesn't btw). I also get why they'd want to fully separate him from any personality disorder or mental illness, but it’s just not how I read Light character in any of the materials except for the movies. I don’t associate Light turning to mass murder with his eventual personality disorder or solely with the death note, but I’m not going to pretend I see him as neurotypical just because I don’t want a neurodivergent doing terrible things.

I see the things Light chose to do as mostly linked to his superego, his idealism (his extreme black and white mentality) and the fact that he is a teenager (will get to the last part later). His possible depressed state and personality disorders wouldn’t be the reason why he would commit those crimes. I'm not sure that without the death note Light would have lead a much happier life. Unless he somehow met with L or someone else able to see him, or at least shake him from the apathy and overall disgust regarding humanity. But I also don’t think he would have been a killer, nor end up in some sort of psychotic break without the death note.

Light's highly conflicted and morally ambivalent personality is much more central to what he is going to do as Kira.

(Also, would pls people put the word “sociopath” in the trash? this is 2016 and sociopath are not a thing – it was already seen are very dubious in the psychological and psychiatric field when it was invented and is pretty much considerate urban mythology nowadays, also kind reminder that low empathy doesn’t make you a monster thx you this was the psa of the day…)

Light wants to fit in, he wants to be seen as perfect, he wants people to like him but at the same time he doesn't really care about them. In the beginning of the manga he is shown having some friends, but also keeping them at a distance and obviously being rather casual about them. He is polite, and likeable but never show any of his personal troubles or ever voice his lack of faith and utter disgusted regarding humanity to anyone, nor does he let it show that he is tragically bored with his life. Ironically, one of the pivotal aspects of Light is that he truly believes he is a good person, despite Ryuk pointing otherwise more than once (“then you would be the only asshole left”). Light is fundamentally self centered but also not “evil” and somewhat care about humanity in a weird way (superego!) – I need to find that good meta I read regarding the more "typically feminines" and "nuturing" aspects of Light personality despite his misogyny - the fact that those personality traits don’t seem to work together in a coherent manner are precisely why he is such a hard to read character.

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[Drama!Light has more real friendships but still kept people at a distance - he doesn’t share his personal troubles with them and keep the face of someone who is ok even when he clearly isn’t. He has probably been like that for a while (his mother died when he was pretty young, about ten I think) but he isn’t as disgusted with humanity as the one from both the manga and the anime. He doesn’t believe in himself as much as the other versions of him because he already lost his faith in one of the strong element of his superego (aka his father).

It’s been said that drama!Light as some self-esteem issues where original!Light has no self-esteem issues but I’m not sure it’s true for the later. I’d say the main difference is that drama!Light lies less about who he is, while hiding his intelligence more. He isn’t quite as obsessed as the original Light about what people think of him. I find it interesting that he gave up on that “being perfect and the seen as the most intelligent at all time” at the same time he gave up on making his father proud & being the perfect son. He isn’t obsessed with perfection and is even trying to make himself less remarquable, probably as a way - consciously or not to - get back at his father for disappointing him.

He is also more emotionally connected to his sister, quite maternal toward her, having to step-up after his mother death, which made him less emotionally stunted, yet somehow he still is low-key in a depressive state, still has extreme moral reasoning to add to his self-esteem issues and anxiety disorders.]

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Back to our original Light: I don’t think anyone so obsessed by perfection & how he is perceived by other can be fully confidant – although Light believes he is better than everyone else (a mindset helped by his looks & his intelligence and people response to both). He knows he is attractive & he knows he is clever. He thinks he knows exactly who he is yet he seems more than once uncomfortable with his own mind & his way of thinking during the Yotsuba arc. Light reminds me of other characters, like Amy Dunne from Gone Girl: both she and Light want to be liked even if they don’t really care about people and ultimately kinda know their true personality wouldn't be as likeable but Amy is self-aware while Light isn't! Amy has no illusions regarding what kind of person she is while Light still think of himself as good . (Light also reminds me of Enjolras from Les Misérables on another level.) Regarding his self-esteem, Kira!Light also shows some disdain towards what Light use to be, which I tend to see has an hint that his perfect confidence was probably just as fake as the rest of him.

Light views of himself are very warped. I don’t think he is aware of it but you have to be deeply unsecured to “make yourself up” that much – he is a quite conflicted mix of deep insecurities, fears of inadequacy with a strong feeling of superiority. What has probably a lot of people confused is that his personality is conflicted and "kaleidoscope like" & some parts are at war with each other. Deep down, he has a rather rude, ruthless, misanthropic and misogynistic side. Light is scarily intelligent but he is used to downplay it nonetheless: he wants to be perceived as intelligent but not as threatening by authority figures (be it is father, or his teachers while he probably doesn’t fully respect them either despite the childish admiration he originally had for his father). He tones himself down into what is acceptable and even more into what is admirable. He wants to be liked & he wants to be admired.

Light probably never threw a tantrum, or start screaming at someone because he keeps everything about himself in check, which makes is relationship with L so much more important as they are both great at making the other lose it. Around L during the Yotsuba arc Light even sometimes forget himself and just react, which isn’t something he is used to and often apologize afterward because his father disapproves. How much of a control freak Light is, especially regarding his dating life (also here only because it was expected of him and never anything more) was talked about already by people saying things more coherently than I so I wont really go there myself. I’ll say that I do consider Light to be queer, and so far in the closet he probably don’t even know he is in Narnia. I personally read him as on the ace spectrum and either gay or pan. (And maybe I’ll go write some more about that at some point because the feeling of inadequacy experienced by queer and ace people and how they can be so freaking good at ‘playing the part’ because they don’t wanna be seen as freaks, even without being aware that they are queer ace themselves, is something I’m quite sensible to.)

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2. Light is a genius, but that still doesn’t mean he is not a teenager too when it all started.

Light is "still cooking"’ as a person, he is a bit like a sprout. I often read how he is “almost an adult” when he find the death note and therefor should be as responsible as adult for everything or that he shouldn't be judged as a teenager. I’ll agree to disagree ~~(me at 17 versus me in my twenties are two very different person let me tell you).~~ Teenagers are often more extreme, more absolute in their way of thinking, with a form of overconfidence, a lack of fear of their own mortality and the feeling that they can do anything. I would say I understand the: “teenagers scare the living shit out of me” in a not ironical way and get why other or write things like: “There's something dangerous about the boredom of teenage girls.” There is something dangerous about bored teenagers period.

This right here is very much central to Light, the boredom & his mind like a knife given such a dangerous thing as a death note was a fatal combination from the start. There is a reason why L was so sure Kira was a student from the start: such a way of thinking wouldn’t have come from someone older and I truly believe that Light in his middle to late twenties wouldn’t react he way he did at seventeen at all.

Light is seventeen, a genius, bored out of his mind. From what I understand of Japanese education system and pls correct me if I’m wrong, you usually can’t just “skip class” in Japan, so he is stuck going at the same pace as everyone else – which must feel tragically slow for someone on L’s level - and not graduating college at fifteen like some Spencer Reid or other genius. Light had no challenge in his studies or in his life in general, and that also explain why he seems to spent a good deal of his time looking out the window rather than paying attention to a teacher that has probably little to nothing to teach him. He only put a front of humility from time to time but look utterly bored at the beginning of the manga when anyone, even his mother mention his academic success: it’s meaningless to him and he probably don’t even have to work for it at all. He also hasn’t fully grown out of his father way of thinking. Unlike rebellious teen, he is quite keen on trying to please his father. His rigid ideas about Justice and the ideals behind it are a rather twisted but still a mimic of his father rigid behavior and personality. In the end I kinda think this silly ideal world Light imagine isn’t fully his dream - he does low-key care but it's also a way form him to still belong in his mental construct where he is a good person and “his father son” rather than just a murderer. Light's levels of hubris and narcissism are also less surprising from a teenager.

I’m not going to go in a full analysis about how Soichirou Yagami personality had an impact on Light and how it fully impact his persona as Kira (other did it well enough before me) but I do think a lot came from him. Which doesn’t make him responsible of way Light did or became but I am slightly disturbed by the fact that he never saw his son. Neither his father or his mother ever saw Light – they probably never realize he was playing a role and therefore never understood him at all. They weren’t bad parents but they never saw past the pretty picture Light was playing to see that their son was troubled, bored and likely very lonely. They don't seem worried that he doesn't have any hobby and gave up on tennis when he loved it so much at some point apparently (which would have worried me as a parent but hey).

Now that is a completely personal interpretation but I feel like from the moment he took the death note his psyche was somehow stuck there – he find it at seventeen and dies at twenty-four but he didn’t really grew during that period, his psyche rather twisted itself and slowly disintegrated but I feel like watching Kira die at the end was like watching a scared and quite pathetic teen suddenly realizing he can die and is going to die and that ultimately his life amounted to nothing at all.

“your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.”
- Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishement.

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a bit more regarding L and Light:
L and Light were awfully similar but also vastly different: L didn't care about what people thought of him, while Light was obsessed with it. I would also say that L didn't have to care anyway because he was in a privileged position: he was ridiculously rich, which allowed him to not have to interact with the world directly and didn't have to pretend to be let’s say “be normal”. He could also wear any persona he wanted when he decided to go out, because no ones really knew him. He could only focus on things that interested him in the first place and never had to stay if something bored him. Light didn't have those options, he is in the world and cannot get out of it so he tries to be what he believes is expected of him socially but also personally, he made himself one persona and stayed in it so long he didn't even know what was under it.

The death note was something liberating for Light, a little bit of freedom, it suddenly gave to a Light the ultimate power: life and death.

Light repeatedly said how much he didn't think he was cursed, despite the idea being pushed forward more than once that the one using the death note was also a victim. The death note made him feel powerful and in control rather than walking thought life bored and without goals except for the ones the thought expected of him, it gave a a thrill that he likely hadn't have in a long time or just never before. Light went as far as saying “I am happier than I have ever been” which was probably true and therefore quite sad when you stop to think about it.

I would go as far as saying Light as Kira thought of his past self as weak (~~when amusingly enough I personally think Light as Kira is both weak and quite pathetic himself~~), he had very little respect for who he was before the death note and that’s also why he manipulated himself when he gave-up his own memories. How he even thought as himself as a pawn was very well explain before and it does shows the twisted version of self-esteem issues Light does have.

Light likely thought without the death note he would have been nothing but a clever yet useless human being.

He knew the person he was before would be a perfect alibi because he would really try to help L, he did really admires L - and also truly think himself innocent. More importantly Light during the Yotsuba arc TRULY WANTED TO CATCH KIRA BECAUSE HE DID THINK OF KIRA WAS A CRIMINAL. This brings us to an interesting aspect of Light: he knew he was a murderer from the start but he was too scared, too weak to admit it and deal with it, so he basically constructed a narrative where he was the hero of the story (“If Kira get caught he is a killer but if he wins he is God”). Light thought he was stronger than his "previous self" because of this choice, because he "freed" himself while his past-self would see Kira as a criminal. Light as Kira decided that he “knew the truth, he was god” and therefore was not guilty of anything and even justified. With that mindset he couldn't even be wrong, the other had to be the ones that don't understand. (That brought Light, once he had his memory of being Kira, to talk about "putting L out of his misery" because somehow he did care about L so he has to twist the fact that he was going to kill him anyway into a "mercy killing" - which tells us a lot about the mess Light was at this point. It was mercy for light because L didn't understand that Kira was right, so it was better for him to die than live like that.)

Both versions of Light, the one with memories of being Kira and the one without, were manipulative little shit, but there was a main difference in their intent. With Yostuba!Light, being manipulative was almost a reflex: he was so used to do it that he was likely not always fully aware of it. As Kira he did it consciously and he was proud of it, he got a kick out of it. This was also probably why L was so confused: he could see and sense the difference in Light yet he knew he was right about Light being Kira. But at the same time he also knew that Light wasn't Kira now and didn't understand the how and the why of the situation because of the unknow that was the death note.

L and Light were also both much more tactile with each other during that time, which I’d put half onto both of them being manipulative, but also half instinct because it was the first time for both of them being emotionally involved with someone else. L was more physically comfortable with Light when Light didn't remember being Kira and ironically enough I think he liked yotsuba!Light just fine, and found him as fascinating as Kira in a different way. It was ironic because Light as Kira thought very little of his past self, and even more because L himself probably never expected to be still so interested in Light if when 'wasn’t Kira.'

If I was to oversimplified things a lot I would say that what Light needed was someone (*cough*L*cough*) to see him, and in way tell him: “I see you as you are: a liar and an asshole and a ruthless, vain and brilliant little thing but I still find you amazing” & push Light into more self awareness about who he is versus who he made himself into.

(I'm sure those two could be happy if they met another way - I never believe that the death note “made Light” into something more. I personally think the death note had some levels of influence, but Light was already complex, messed-up and brilliant persona before the death note. Would Light become a killer without it? Possibly, but not likely (tbh most people are able to kill in certain set of conditions). Do I think the death note made Light “interesting” in the first place? Not at all. L probably wouldn’t notice Light right away but he still would because Light would still be fake as hell and clever enough to give him a run for his money.)

Another interesting point for me was that during the Yotsuba arc, Light understood why L would suspect him. He knew how much he fitted the profile. On one hand he was disturbed & worried by what he could see in his own mind, but on another hand he was slightly flattered that someone as good as L thought Light could have done that and get away with it too. Despite being disgusted by the idea of being Kira. Yotsuba!Light realized a lot about himself thanks to L and he wasn't comfortable with what he found out because it didn't fit the mental vision he had of himself. He kept pretending, despite realizing that this behavior was why L suspected him in the first place. It was fascinating because Light desperately wanted to be seen but when it happened and L saw him as he was Light was mostly angry and uncomfortable about it. He was so used to lying that he wasn't even aware of how much he lied at some point because he lied to himself too, L unravelled all of that. Light didn't know what to do with someone like L and kept defending his ground but at the same time truly wanted to bond with L, to connect. The relationship between the two during the months of the Yotsuba investigation was so bittersweet because of that: it was a what if of a world in which Light didn't made the choice of being Kira, but it was all in half truths and half pretend. I'm sure they both really come to care about each other & by the end of it they probably didn’t mind the lies because they both knew the other saw through that too).

(Well before Light got his death note back and it all went to shit anyway)

L Lawliet/Light fics rec - PART II

2015-12-01T14:54:07Z

Part II of my lawlight personal fics rec, after PART I

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Alternative realities (aka L is still a detective and there is most likely death note but things don't go just as they did in canon)

Laughter in the Dark (16181 words) by theadventuresof
Chapters: 5/?
Summary: Light Yagami can't be Kira. So why does something in his brain keep trying to convince him otherwise?
> Set during the Yotsuba arc then things go a different way - a nice peak inside Light's troubled mind - still a work in progress but a good read!

Unreliable as the Mind (4028 words) by Ramasi
Summary: Losing and regaining his memories doesn't make Light's already complicated feelings for his opponent any simpler; and L might have even less scruples about killing someone he loves.

This pain could save your life (1054 words) by FancifulRivers
Additional Tags: Suicide Attempt, AU, Nobody Dies, The Death Note isn't really a thing, I mean it exists but Light doesn't write in it
Summary: The sunrise is the last thing he deems beautiful until he sees L. (AU.)

The Point (1504 words) by Tierfal
Summary: At the edge, he wavers.

Stories About Stars (64530 words) by lawlietismyfavorite
Additional Tags: Time Travel, Time Loop, Plot Twists, Surprise Ending, L is Yuno Gasai, Basically
Summary: CURRENTLY BEING REWRITTEN AT "STORIES ABOUT STARS (RELIGHT)"
> a great read that work that is BOTH post-canon AND an alternate universe - Light meets L in college and does not understand they are somehow drawn together - basically L trying to fix their story while Light doesn't remember their first lifetime - currently being rewritten but seriously just read both

Stories About Stars (Relight) (11449 words) by lawlietismyfavorite
Chapters: 4/?
Additional Tags: Time Travel, Time Loop, Plot Twists, Surprise Ending, Yandere L basically, Lord help us all, Yes that is a Light pun in the title, and also goes fittingly with the plot, POV Yagami Light, POV Third Person, So many stars, Too many stars, Hella foreshadowing, Second Chances, kisses, Developing Relationship, Falling In Love, Different Dimensions, Soulmates
Summary: Vaguely cliched College AU in which Light is not entirely certain of what draws him to L, but whatever it is makes him keenly aware of his own mortality. And then he finds the Death Note. (A revised version of the original, uncompleted Stories About Stars. I will be updating future chapters from this version. The original, written up to Chapter 19, will no longer be updated; this will be updated instead. I will be gradually editing chapters from the original to move to this one.)

Counting the Coffee Drip (3077 words) by NOT_TOWA_WAKASA
Summary: Light is a blind boy who loves to count. L finds him curious, and wafts through the holiday season to visit him wherever he may appear.

Barbed Wire Dreams (1344 words) by jjsphinx
Summary: An alternate universe that follows canon where you gain a tattoo for every strong emotion you experience.

half moon (1152 words) by theadventuresof
Summary: “You went up in flames,” L says.
> DRAMA!universe where those two assholes manage to live like they should

Le Mat du Roi (5760 words) by Devilinthebox
Summary: Canon Divergence: Une visite exceptionnelle de L à la Wammy's offre à Mello et Near une tout autre perspective sur l'affaire Kira. Inspiré par le prompt: "Mello comprend les sentiments de L pour Light".
> in french

Keep checking the time by moonflowers-tea
Summary: Lovey-dovey (little bit angsty) AU where everything is good until it gets better and everyone is happy. Also a writting experiment.
"It's ephemeral, this crush. It's a need to posses. To conquer. Power hunger. You put your hand on top of his and count the seconds in a blink. He doesn't believe you. "You're my first friend Light" You don't believe him. But you want to. It's a matter of time."
> very lovely read

Threads (8083 words) by Hannibaland
Chapters: 9/?
Summary: Soulmate AU - Threads are intangible strings that tie soulmates together. Different colored Threads signify what those connected mean to each other. Light Yagami has never had a connection but one day he sees the death note fall from the sky and a white thread, the rarest connection of all, forms around his wrist.

Primitive Liars (155168 words) by Nilahxapiel
Chapters: 31/?
Additional Tags: Omega!Light, Alpha!L, Omegaverse, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Alpha/Omega, lying, Sexual Identity, Identity Issues, Gender Issues, Crimes & Criminals, Detectives, Mentions of dubious consent, Discrimination, Social Justice, hidden identities, Agender Character, transgender character, Gender Fluid Character, Asexual Character, Disabled Character, Autistic Character, Gender Identity, Internalized Sexism, Consent Issues, that will be discussed in fic, and handled accordingly, otherwise, Explicit Consent, Minor Character Death, dark themes, But also, Cute Themes, Recreational Drug Use
Summary: Light is a being of intellect, not of instinct; however, he may be starting to understand that the two are not mutually exclusive. While he struggles to define himself in an unjust world, a new Kira holds society - along with a couple other valuable things - hostage. (Omegaverse AU. L/Light, Matt/Mello/Near and others to be announced.)
> I have issues with many A/B/O fics but this one use the trope in a really interesting & not cringe worthy because it explores all the way A/B/O are socially fucked-up - it's definitely a MUST READ

Everything (75183 words) by nikota
Chapters: 16/?
Summary: Light never finds the Death Note AU. L meets Light during a case in Japan. Slowly but surely the younger man enters L's life and changes everything.

Alternative universe (aka nothing is like in canon except for L and Light's personalities)

Hungry to Win the Game (600 words) by Hannibaland
Summary: Everyone in the Capital knows that Light Yagami and L Lawliet are fierce rivals. Two years ago L mentored Mello to victory. The next year Light mentored the infamous Mikami, only the most recent victors in a long line of victors mentored by them.
This is just another year of the same. Though it may be the most difficult case that either of them have faced until now. L has his work cut out for him with the solitary and anti-social Near that the citizens are rather repulsed by. But Light has an idiot named Matsuda who may not survive his first night in the game much less become a victor. It looks like a new victor from another district will rise from the ashes, but Light and L will do anything and everything in their power to keep that from happening and guide their pupils to victory.
Hunger Games AU.

Set mostly in Canon

Water, water, water (3499 words) by Devilinthebox
Summary: In the bath, they forget they’re a detective and a suspect; they remove these identities along with their clothes, layer by layer until there are only the handcuffs left. And them; facing the other in the eerie calmness of their bathroom. At least, it’s how Light sees it.
> Yotsuba arc angst and feels

Dreamt Of (424 words) by Tierfal
Summary: A late-night two-genius debate.

3:19 AM (663 words) by Tierfal
Summary: This is really not the time of day at which Light prefers to discuss their respective revelations.
> Yotsuba arc

Dictionary Doldrums (1761 words) by Ratt9
Summary: L was the kind of person who's only beautiful from a distance, but now he and Light were breathing the same air. (As well as being occasionally inside of each other.) Arguably LxLight.

From the Same Star (631 words) by Nilahxapiel
Summary: The first time Ryuk drops the Death Note, it is an accident that it lands in the hands of someone as perfect for it as Light Yagami is. The second time, he chooses Light, and laughs that much harder. (Canon Compliant, for the Manga/Anime and Drama)

speed the collapse (1167 words) by crumbsfiction
Summary: Tokyo is enticing. The case even more so. Light most of all.
> DRAMA!timeline

French As a Second Language (1788 words) by Devilinthebox
Series: Part 3 of TLAT Verse
Summary: The story of how French can ease the sorrow of those who feel persecuted by fate. In other words, Light's silent tears cause L to speak French. [Yotsuba Arc]

Post Canon

grow old or something (608 words) by youremyqueen
Summary: The afterlife is a bit like normal life, in that it's completely dull.

In the Land of Memories (2490 words) by Devilinthebox
Summary: The Afterlife was nothing like the Death Note explained. Then again, maybe that was just another long, comforting dream he crafted for himself.

afterimage (2420 words) by youremyqueen
Summary: You meet him in a church. He has black eyes and thin fingers that scribble over the pages with a leaky pen. He is crossing out lines in The Holy Bible and rewriting them in his own hand. His penmanship is not very good.

L Lawliet/Light fics rec - PART I

2015-11-13T18:26:53Z

L. Lawliet/Light fics rec

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My personal "READ THIS NOW" category

Of Music by Mikanis
"Light is at the theatre, escaping from his life as he does every performance. Fate hands him her calling card in the way of a stranger sitting across the room. Can Light maintain his life when this one man manages to slip into it like he belongs there?"
AU were Light never find the Death Note but meet L all the same.
Unfinished but worth the read all the same for the intensity and the stunning quality of the characterization of both L and Light.

Hearts and Spades by Shizuke
"Which would you choose? Love or death?"

And Indeed There Will Be Time (112095 words) by lawlietismyfavorite
Summary: L is the greatest detective of not only this century, but of six centuries. And then there's Light.(An alternate universe in which humans grow until the age of eighteen, and then are frozen by time until they find their soulmates, or "One.")
not finished yet but worth the read!

Alternative realities (aka L is still a detective and there is most likely death note but things don't go just as they did in canon)

Coexistence is Boredom by Sakurazukamori6
"A new plan for world sanctity. And an entirely misled Catholic clergy. Raito and L take their respective places on the sides of their own justice. A final battle waged in the Garden of Eden."
really - really good especially on the power play of L and Light's relationship and a must read if only for that bit: "But if I could leave you some worthwhile advice," L posed, strangely lost in thought, "I think I would like to warn you about the follies of forming relationships with certain types, especially with those who are as smart or even smarter than yourself. Equality in relationships, I find, is actually quite overrated. It's much harder to get along with someone who is always one-step ahead of you, so choosing a partner that thinks at a slower pace might be more beneficial to maintaining a relationship, than let's say, having two individuals who are at constant ends with each other because they know what the other is thinking."

Shades of Grey by Mikanis
"L takes a gamble and makes Light an offer. Once the pieces fall into place, it's a race to see who can outmaneuver the other...and a long series of mistakes. Set just after Yotsuba arc, when Light has his memories."

Pictures on Skin (2883 words) by Shadow_of_Quill
Summary: In a world where life experiences mark people rather more literally, Light has some unfortunate truths drawn on his skin - not that anyone notices.

The end of the game by LaSuen
"Kira's caught and executed. What does L do now?"

Asylum by bahari
"Upon recovering his memories of Kira, Raito has a terrible choice to make. What he does choose throws him into a realm of insanity and suddenly it's the God of the New World that needs the rescuing--and L is the only one who can help."

Silence by bahari
"Sequel to Asylum-Light is out of the asylum and slowly, with L's help, he's healing. But there are forces that neither of them can control out there-and those echoes from the past are beginning to haunt them both."

Perfectly Hollow by Silver Pard
"What happens when two fated people never meet?"

Sola Fide by Serria
"Naomi Misora gives L the lead he needs advance the Kira investigation with an arrested suspect and a possible conclusion. But in a world without eyes, he and Light Yagami are left guessing in a game that has no need for sanity."
Hints: they're both manipulative assholes and L do love to abuse his power

Alternative universe (aka nothing is like in canon except for L and Light's personalities)

Our Bodies, Possessed by Light (81213 words) by Devilinthebox
Rating: Mature
Relationships: L/Yagami Light, Beyond Birthday/Misora Naomi, one-sided L/Mello, past Beyond Birthday/A
Summary: L. Lawliet is a gifted photographer who believes he has understood the light and its secrets. Light Yagami is a young, unstable and slightly crooked model. Together, they kill time.

Set mostly in Canon

Violins, Light by Mikanis
"L has a second addiction. Light has a plan that's going to get him killed. When everything falls apart, the road is set to take a different path. How far astray can these two go before something breaks?"

Concerto in D Minor by Mikanis
Sequel to Violins, Light. When Light regains his Memories, The Game is born. How can L keep himself from playing when the young genius at his side plays so very well? How long until one or both fall, tripped up by their own rules in this battle of Pride?

Justice, thy name is L by Absolve
"Sometimes L wants to hurt Yagami Raito. It's L's dirty little secret, hidden so far away that even the fingers of his justice can't take it away from him." No real pairing.

Not Quite Drowning by Lelek
"Sometimes Light ponders happiness."

Oneiromancy by Silver Pard
"He's not Kira, but sometimes he dreams he is, and that's L's fault too."

Fatherhood by Nilahxapiel
"Soichiro knows his son is Kira, he just doesn’t want to believe it."

Post Canon

Repetitions by Maiden of the Moon
"Why haven't you aged?" - follow the brilliant doujinshi "GOD'S EYES".

Close by MiaoShou
"Near discovers some interesting items amongst L's paperwork. Leading him to ask questions which seem to have no answers."

Last Stop at the End of the World by Bloodshot Eyes
"It's the end of the line, and Matt doesn't know what he's waiting for anymore." Post-series, spoilers.

"You're such an inspiration for the ways that I'll never ever choose to be" - Bruce/Jason

2015-03-28T01:16:34Z

(you breathe me in and you know I’m trouble but you’re the worst yourself so who is judging in the end?)

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The blood on his fingers won’t fade now and Bruce should have learned to accept that but he won’t. Jason knew he wouldn’t because there was still an altar to his death somewhere in the cave in an eternal remembrance of something wasted and lost. There were still cautionary tales of the fallen Robin, even after other Robins fell; there were still traces of his death like endless ripples in the pond of the bat family. But also because Bruce still thought his own hands were cleaner than Red Hood’s and that Red Hood was his fault – maybe that’s why they still couldn’t learn how to talk to each other with anything other than their bodies.

Even before the Joker, before Death, before Talia, there had been cracks between them. Jason remembered them in the ways they used to be Bruce, Dick and him, a weird dysfunctional bunch of make believe family. Dick had been younger than Jason in some ways when Bruce had found him, more adaptable, less set in his ways perhaps. Less damaged, Jason knew Bruce would think. Even now. Fuck that, Jason did not care.

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(“Why won’t you learn about civics test? You should to learn about our justice system Jason, it’s really not something I expected you to fail when you’re so good with history.”

“The question is, why should I bother learning about it since I already know the most important thing about it?”

“And what would that be?” Bruce had asked, a smile barely there on the corner of his lips.

“That it’s bullshit”, Jason had answered, not surprised by the way Bruce seemed to think he was being a brat about the entire thing.

“And who, pray tell, taught you that?”

“Well, you did”, he had said with a smirk of his own as Bruce’s face fell.

It had been a lie – part of it anyway. Jason knew the system was screwed before Batman and before Bruce. He knew it when people wouldn’t treat his mother unless money was on the table, because who cared about human life if they were poor anyway?)

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There was something beautiful in the way the two of them never really fitted each other, or how they fitted too well - in that way they moved together that was never exactly how it should be, in what the adoption papers pretended they were, in the violence always barely there under Jason’s skin and the one Bruce trained himself to keep buried. Jason looked at Batman and still saw everything he had wanted to be and all he never could bring himself to become. There was the mark of Gotham too deep in his veins for him to get it out, deep in a way it wasn’t in Bruce’s veins, in a way Batman wasn’t made to understand that when you’re hungry and cold it’s never black and white but a deep deep gloomy grays that never seems to get lighter except from those few people that bring light with them. (From the few years he spent growing in the Wayne’s manor, hunger had been the weirdest feeling to miss. Not a regret, not that at all, just a surprise every time he had realised he was not hungry. In spite of what Bruce had been thinking, Jason had lost his innocence very early, and it had nothing to do with sex at the start.)

As much as Jason wanted to say he was not a child when Bruce found him, there were still parts of him at that time that longed to feel hero worship, to believe in something stronger and bigger than everything else. Part of him that wanted so badly to be exactly like him, like the first Robin, like what Batman had made and everything good the people saw in him. He wanted it so badly he could taste it and not being able to hate Dick only made it all worse, loving the way he would call Jason “little wing” and move so gracefully it was painful to watch. Watching Dick move had always left him with a mixture of amazement and dejection, knowing he would never move like that. They weren’t built the same way. They were nothing alike.

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(“I’m no ones son”, Jason said and every single bit of that sentence was both truth and false at the same time. Bruce was never your father, not unless Jason was to be Oedipus in a new twisted way, and the man who died in prison wasn’t one either and yet… from both of them, at one point in his life, Jason had wanted complete acceptance, to make them proud, to be wanted.)

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He won’t denied the parts of him that Batman and Bruce used to hold – still hold - the parts of him that wanted to be like them, but he wouldn’t lie now when he said he didn’t want to be them. Not anymore. There were so many flaws in the Bat system, that system that wanted so much to be an ideal carried with it too many dead kids and too many broken people, too many wrong decision and things you can’t never erase, never take away. As much as Batman wanted to be outside de system, Bruce was neck deep in it. The rich heir of a company bracing too much money for it to be clearly counted could hardly play saint when looking down on a city festered by crime reigns fully using the despair and poverty that was the lot of so many people down on the street far from the ivory tower of the Wayne’s. He wouldn’t cheapen Bruce intentions, wouldn’t say his suffering was worth nothing, but there was a gap between them, one that Jason once wanted to erased and later used to define himself. The choice had been a conscious one, deliberate even to become all that Batman wasn’t, the guns, the kill, the deal with the devils, all that Bruce never was and to say Jason didn’t enjoy the way it seemed to make Bruce’s skin craws to watch him be all that would be a lie. But it’s not all it had been about; it still wasn’t everything that Red Hood was about.

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(“You’ve got nothing left to give Bruce.” – and sure, maybe that one had been a lie. Sometimes Jason wasn’t sure what was a lie and what wasn’t. Things between Bruce and him always ha that tendency to make the separation between the two unclear.)

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Batman was still an inspiration.

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(“I never get tired of watching you work”, Jason had said back then, and he knew the cracks of longing in his voice would be heard but maybe they would cover the raw want.)

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Batman was an inspiration, yes. There was no more of the blind faith that once was burning so fiercely in Jason, of the foolish desire to be the carbon copy of that man, or of anything that man wanted him to be in the off chance hope to be worthy. (He remembered the fear of being sent back to the street if he wasn’t good enough, despite everything Alfred had said, nothing could fully kill that idea. You didn’t get things for nothing in return, not in Jason world. Batman wanted a Robin, but what if Jason wasn’t good enough?) Batman now was the inspiration to be something different. He was remembering the wasted lives, the tears, the horror and the mistakes, knowing he would not make the same one instead. Nor would he try to not make mistake at all. And so Jason killed where Bruce put people in prison, he burned things to the ground where Bruce tried to build, he lived in cheap and more or less secure warehouse where Bruce stayed in his parents manor, he gave second chances to people Bruce never trusted in the first place. And they screamed at each other, kept on hurting each other, each new wound a different way for them to get under each other skin, a warfare as a love letter in progress.

And for all in which they are different, they’re couldn’t seem to let go of what was. Bruce kept seeing echoes of Jason in all the Robins that died or those who came close, in any kids in the street with enough rash bravery in them, while Jason saw Bruce in all the people that tried to keep give him comfort and keep him on leash. The ones that tried to make him in something they wanted, something to control. Part of Jason still craved that.

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(“You were right”, Bruce looked exhausted, he wouldn’t look at Jason and Jason wanted to scream, punch him in the face and kiss him until neither of them remember anything, “You made yourself Jason, you were right.”)

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“I know I was right about that”, Jason thought but never said it. He couldn’t say it then, and now when sometimes Bruce let a “son” slip here and there, making both of them uncomfortable for different reasons, Jason wouldn’t say it either. For all he never wanted to be the Batman Bruce was, for all he was his own person before anyone’s else, he once believe with everything he had that this man was everything in this world, and a small part of him still wanted to be wrong.

There was the intent of something like want yet something of a warning too in the ways Bruce touched him when they worked together here and there. Neither of them were any good at wanting each other; Jason knew that since he was fifteen. After everything they had tried to be to each other, strangers, parents, enemies, allies, family, almost partners. Jason wanted, of course he wanted, he could not remember a time when he didn’t in one way or another, but it was such an old ache in him he wasn’t sure he ever wanted it gone. He wasn’t sure what he would be with that gone. And Bruce never did know what he wanted. Not really. Bruce was all denial and control and Jason made his entire being about being the opposite. Bruce had been the inspiration for everything he was, Jason creating a persona in the negative space of the carefully made construction Bruce had crafted. It made them perfect. It made them terrible.

“I was already a weapon when you met me”, Jason wanted to say when Bruce looked at him like he was searching for a boy Jason had never been, “You just made me sharper.”

One more thing he would not say. The words would only bring guilt to Bruce, not pride, he would not understand that Jason meant it as a good thing - just like Bruce never seemed to understand Jason never regretted being Robin, even if Death had been the cost. He only hated that even his death had not been enough for Bruce to change.

They were both older now - if not wiser - exhaustion made them want more and care less about why not to. Each times they were near each other Jason felt the pull, and more often than not now Jason was the one who tore himself away, while Bruce tried getting closer. How the tables had turned. He wasn’t running away, he was older now, he knew himself enough to know that he was still at risk, knew that even now he could lose himself in Bruce if instead of wanting he suddenly could have. So he felt the pull, and walked away, came back only to walk away again and again. Away from Gotham, away from Batman, away from Bruce until the next time Bruce would bring him back the way he always did or until they blew up in pieces the way they kept on doing, an old dance that was bound to either ended with a fight or a fuck and at this point Jason didn’t know which one he was dreading the most.

Roman Godfrey/Peter Rumancek fics rec

2014-05-31T15:18:17Z

Roman Godfrey/Peter Rumancek
Hemlock Grove

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craving. (216 words) by sturidge
Summary: "It's a craving. Nails scratching against the back of your throat, clawing their way through your chest. It's fire in your veins."

first bite marks the beginning (4547 words) by addandsubtract
Future Fic, Biting, Blood Drinking, Blow Jobs, Barebacking, Complicated Relationships
Summary: "Roman is dressed like a businessman – suit and tie and shiny black shoes. No flask in a casually draped hand, no cigarette dangling, roguish, from his lips."

Welcome Home by kitty_fic
Summary: "Without any doing of his own, he's somehow managed to land here again - the last place he knows he should ever be. Peter knows he's back in Hemlock Grove. The question is why?"

The Unknown Lands (3442 words) by goldfinch
Non-Explicit Dream Sex, News Media
Summary: "Peter can't go any further West than this. He can't get any farther from Roman unless he ties a pair of lily pads to his feet and walks across the ocean."

Your Precious Skin (3694 words) by Wonderrland
Frottage, Bloodplay
Summary: "Peter?" Roman says one day, and they're both in his car, the car that Peter's grandfather Nikolai would have apparently loved had he still been alive, the top down, parked up by the river. "Do you ever think about love?"

Appetite by doctorkaitlyn
Summary: "He wants this to be different, wants Peter to be more than something to whet his appetite. But the ache won't go away. It twists at his insides, stronger than ever and he doesn't think he'll be able to make it until he's done, until he can sneak off to his bathroom and cut open his chest or his palms. He doesn't think he can wait long enough to tide himself over on his own blood."

Little Beasts (1606 words) by Dazeka
POV Second Person, Angst, Violence, Self-Harm, Cutting, Dubious Consent, Bloodplay, Blood Drinking, Racial/Ethnic slurs, Homophobic Slurs, Non canon compliant, Timeline What Timeline, Werewolves, Gore, Mild Abuse, Brief Fluff, Fluff and Angst, mutually assured destruction, non-explicit consent, mild drug use
Summary: "You kiss him back like you’re a drowning man and he is miles of sweet air. You swallow him down, wrap him up in yourself. Suffocate him in your embrace. You are going to let him down. You hope he’s prepared for the fall."

Closer (1264 words) by Dazeka
Fluff, First Kiss, POV Second Person, Cigarettes, Marijuana, Racial/Ethnic slurs, mid season one, Timeline What Timeline
Summary: "Lynda may suspect you think Roman wakes up early to hang the sun, but you know better. Why wake up early when he could just pay someone to do it for him. There is no doubt in your mind, however, that Roman is directly involved with making the sun rise."

The Safest Option (1059 words) by Tsuki
Bloodplay, Boys Kissing, Bloodletting, French Kissing, Biting
Summary: "It was the blood. It was always the blood. It set his teeth on edge and made the wolf restless." Peter has always tried to take the safe route with his wolf in order to keep people safe. However, safety and Roman Godfrey rarely exist in the same sentence."

Electric (1217 words) by Tsuki
Summary: "'That's common with Upir,' Destiny had said during a night of a few too many beers and a rush of over-honesty on Peter's part. 'You might feel tightness in your chest too. Just don't mistake it for actual feelings. That way lies pain and danger.'"

The Age of Innocence (254 words) by paceisthetrick
Summary: "Taking up where the season finale left off"

oh can't you see (love is the drug for me) (4544 words) by immovinout
Drug Use, Violent Thoughts, Mind Control, Incest
Summary: "Roman is a taker."

AR (Alternate Reality):

though these veins are borrowed, this heart only beats for you by doctorkaitlyn
Summary: "Roman isn't exactly sure how to label the vast, complicated thing that exists between himself and Peter. What he does know is that Peter is the most important person in the world to him and when he hears that Peter's been sent in to try and talk a guy out of shooting himself in the head, he goes forty over the speed limit in order to get there before Peter gets hurt. Or, in which Peter is a cop (and a werewolf) and Roman is a suicide negotiator (and an upir) and sometimes they fuck but mostly, they just help each other get by."

It's Surrender (984 words) by grinandsin
Summary: "Roman drags Peter, tripping and frantic, to his car, his rough voice slicing through the air and hurling all his wicked hunger to the ruins. It fuels the burn; orange flames crackle and spit up into the dark night sky, striking his face, his hair, his entire existence."

Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes fics rec {PART II}

2014-04-14T19:18:46Z

Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes {PART II}
Captain America: the first avenger & The Avengers & Captain America: the winter soldier
(MCU only)

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{PART I}

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The “read this now” category:

through miles of clouded hell (6556 words) by lanyon
Greek mythology AU
Summary: The Winter Soldier died before he was recovered by SHIELD. In a world populated by gods and goddesses, Steve Rogers ventures into the Underworld to bring back his long-lost friend.
>> Orpheus & Eurydice what more do you need?

Where the Circle Ends (29802 words) by Renne
Summary: In which the world has gone to hell in a zombie apocalypse handbasket and, in the middle of it all, Steve finds the one person he never thought he'd see again. Angst and feelings (amongst other things) ensue. Thanks to my betas laria_gwyn and shadesofbrixton.
>> as someone who asked for a a zombies!AU steve/bucky fic in a kinkmeme before this is better than anything I could have dream up

but diamonds are only carbon (960 words) by postcardmystery
Summary: The blond man’s smile slips between his ribs like a knife. He does not say wake up. Time is not fluid here, merely eternal, a serpent swallowing its own tail. // His left ring finger twitches. He does not remember, but he does not forget.

listen to your heart (but don't say goodbye to me) (9834 words) by CinnamonCake
AU, Hades and Persephone, except gayer
Summary: There is a Hades, and there is a Persephone. / They’re just not the ones you’d expect.
>> just READ NOW

your kiss is like a lost ghost (2118 words) by haipollai
Cosmic Cube, Vague consent issues, Imaginary Friends made real, handwavey magic
Summary: Bucky opens his eyes and he is falling. There is a cube of blue just out of his reach and he feels strangely calm. He doesn't know where he is but he has a distinct feeling that this is who he is. Except something is missing. Someone. He looks away from the cube and up to see the plane far above him but lowering fast. Falling. The plane is falling just like him. // He has been falling for a long time. // He hits the water hard, skin still new and raw and ripped to shreds on ice and water. // His world goes black.

the sirens and the thunder (15748 words) by legete
Selkies, Mythical Beings & Creatures
Summary: “Hide that,” he says, forcing the words out past every instinct. “As well as you can, all right? Before morning.” // Steve stares at him blankly, like he needs a moment to work this out, then swallows once, sharply. "What's your name?" he asks at last—asks as he stands there with the pelt in his hands. // And oh, he thinks suddenly, what is his name? He can’t speak it, not with this mouth, he can’t sing it into the air like he can in the ocean. He just shakes his head; like his nakedness, it’s something he can't explain. Steve nods, just nods, his eye swelling shut and blood drying on his shirt collar, and says "we’ll figure it out." // (An AU where Bucky is a young selkie who is accidentally called to Steve and ends up staying around to help this poor, wretched kid not die.)

The Ties That Bind (26609 words) by Odsbodkins
Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics
Summary: In the eyes of God, Steve Rogers was dead. He was still breathing, still walking around, but he was dead. // This fic is my attempt at a functioning A/B/O universe, since most stories with this premise leave me wondering how the society could have developed to modernity with all the issues raised by heats/bonding/male pregnancy. Steve Rogers is learning to cope without his bond-mate in the 21st century, and deal with the new threats the century throws at him. For the Steve/Bucky Big Bang.

Something in the way he moves (1992 words) by sirona
Summary: There's something about the way Bucky Barnes moves, no matter his age or the decade they currently happen to live in, something that captures Steve's attention better than anything else in the world.

To make bright and clear your path (2362 words) by lanyon
Summary: Spoilers for Captain America: The Winter Soldier. // He tries to find himself but everyone else is looking, too.

All Over Again (2246 words) by fmo
Summary: Steve wakes up in 1944, where everyone is still alive. Where Bucky is still alive. // It's not as simple as it seems.

this black and white photo never captured my skin (2737 words) by bittereternity
Summary: The Winter Soldier wakes up and his eyes are dead, dead, dead.

till i wake your ghost (2344 words) by lanyon
Summary: There's a kill order on the Winter Soldier and Steve Rogers has been acting kind of strangely lately.

but hey, you're all right (5522 words) by beardsley
Summary: 'This is not my fault,' Tony lies. 'It was supposed to be a joke! Christ.' // 'Thanks to your joke,' says Coulson, 'we now have a code three-four-delta, with the variable being a Russian immigrant. We're checking his background right now, but it might take a while. Meanwhile, I suggest you civilian-proof the Tower. If any SHIELD intelligence is compromised, I will hurt you.'
Yes, this is the story where the Winter Soldier is a Russian mail-order bride. Everything goes about as well as you'd expect.

no way out but through (9515 words) by hollimichele
Summary: Steve never sees it coming.

Pre-serum:

a kiss is not a kiss without your sigh (1141 words) by bulletthestars
Summary: Bucky may be bigger, but it's Steve who dominates. (Pre-serum!Steve, fic happens on the night before Bucky leaves for the war)

One of These Mornings (2529 words) by cjmarlowe
Summary: He loves that Bucky's so sensitive, loves that it's a secret only he really knows. Loves that he's figured out just how to take advantage of it and loves that no matter how much Bucky protests, he wants it too.

ain't too proud (1464 words) by mwestbelle
Summary: "C'mon, Stevie." Bucky spreads his arms. "What do I gotta do, beg?" Steve snorts, but Bucky drops to his knees, arms still flung wide in a parody of supplication. "Please, oh please come down from your tower, Princess Goldilocks. Do it for your old pal Bucky." (Bucky begs, Steve likes it.)

WWII timeline:

Gravitation (18158 words) by Odsbodkins
Summary: "He couldn't remember when he first started feeling the pull. Perhaps it was too long ago, or perhaps it had been gradual, something that crept up on him. But by the time he was sixteen, Bucky knew that the axis of his world spun around Steve Rogers in the worst possible way."
Inspired by finding out that in the prequel comics for Captain America: The First Avenger, Steve and Bucky are in art class when the news breaks about Pearl Harbor.

1943 in film (909 words) by tigrrmilk
Summary: Bucky hated Captain America.

Modern times timeline:
(could contain: spoilers for the Avengers &/or winter soldier + Natasha/Bucky - some are written before CATWS so with canon variations other post-movie so possible spoilers)

baby baby baby come back (3217 words) by gyzym
Summary: You and me? We’re not the war.

let those demons be ours (1913 words) by missMHO
Summary: "Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon." Emily Dickinson

like a map with no ocean (15588 words) by WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot
Explicit
Summary: "No, you need to hear this." Sam steps closer. "You need to be prepared. This, what he’s been through, is worse than any worst case scenario." // "And you need to hear this,” he replies, his tone and demeanor both a brick wall. “He will not fall again. He will get through this. I will get him through this. Or die trying. That’s all.” // Sam scrubs his weary face with weary hands and regards Steve with resignation. “Fine then. What’s your plan?” * Steve Rogers finds what he has been missing all along.

you got blood on your hands (and i know it's mine) (2978 words) by nighimpossible
Summary: Bucky refuses to see Steve after his deprogramming.

Source Decay (1633 words) by psikeval
Summary: Winter Soldier coda fic. Slowly, and never quite the way Steve imagined, Bucky comes home.

With My Own Blood in My Mouth (4772 words) by This Girl Is
Summary: Bucky Barnes comes home.

The Man with the Stars (1347 words) by StrangelyPenned
Summary: “Bucky?” the man had said, clad in his ridiculous uniform, blue and studded with stars. He’d had the most extraordinary expression of confusion and joy on his face. (CAPTAIN AMERICA 2 SPOILERS)

Surrender this skin (711 words) by rhombus
Summary: STORY CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER No one asks him how he lost it. He can tell Natasha wants to. Or he thinks he can. It's possible that the half-tilt of her mouth means she already knows.

this is a back alley (14289 words) by Febricant
Captain America: The Winter Soldier Spoilers
Summary: Here is the only thing you know: the body remembers.

On Falling, and Treading Water (1451 words) by ghostdude101
Summary: Some spoilers for the Winter Soldier. // The last thing Steve remembers is falling, looking up at the sky at a familiar face and wondering, Was this what it felt like for him, too?

End of The Line (1004 words) by kimberly_wolf
Summary: He runs a finger, one made of flesh, over the picture of Captain America’s face. “My name is Bucky, and I know you.”

If you see me down the street (3257 words) by Spylace
Summary: Clint calls them disturbingly Twilight, minus the pro-life message and the hot moms. // Bruce makes a more erudite observation that they’re more like Apuleius’s Cupid and Psyche but he’s wrong too because that would make the Avengers his jealous sisters and Nick Fury his mother-in-law.

make one dream come true (you only live twice) (14099 words) by beardsley
Summary: Five times the Winter Soldier evaded capture. // In which there are tuxedoes, vodka martinis (shaken, not stirred), fakeout makeouts, massive property damage, a shark pit, and Steve has an Ursula Andress moment. But mostly, in true James Bond fashion, villains are seduced to the side of good.

don't trust the shining moon (1024 words) by allumerlesoir
synesthesia!Bucky
Summary: He likes colors more than he likes people; for one thing, he has never been told to kill a color.

Wooden Horse For Two (There are Worse Things in This World) (2994 words) by jannika
Summary: When you erase a blackboard with school erasers, there is always dust left behind, little bits of what was there before. Even when it’s written over, when the next days lessons are up, those old bits are still there. If you know what you’re looking for, if you remember what was there, you can still see them, the math problems and vocabulary words from days ago. Bits of chalk that won’t let go. The more you erase, the dirtier and cloudier it gets. // Memory, he thinks, is a lot like that.
Maybe he doesn't need to remember everything, maybe he just needs to remember enough. Bucky does a lot of research and a lot of observing, Steve is persistent and Sam is patient. (Captain America: The Winter Solider spoilers.)

Time for you and time for me (7637 words) by paragon
Summary: He can't claw the feeling from the pit of his stomach, the ache like a blueing bruise where something is absent. The ache is something from his past, from the vulnerable core, that will not leave him alone. It is the only part of him that he might concede is James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes.

this city bleeds its aching heart (34539 words) by Renne
Summary: The one where Steve and Bucky pose as a happily married couple while on a mission for SHIELD, to catch an international arms dealer hiding in a suburban neighbourhood. [COMPLETE]

Sforzando (14570 words) by Odsbodkins
Summary: Three years before they find Captain America, SHIELD wakes the Winter Soldier and restores his memories of being Bucky Barnes.
While written as a sequel to Pianissimo, this works as a stand-alone if you assume an established Steve/Bucky relationship.

Remember What It Was Like (6737 words) by storiesfortravellers
Summary: Post-Avengers, Steve gets changed back to his pre-Captain America size and strength. He and the team have to deal with that, plus the matter of Bucky slowly regaining his memories and deciding who and what he wants to fight for. Eventual Steve/Bucky.

Clothes Make the Man (2106 words) by Holocenic
Summary: “Whatever, I ain’t complaining about you ripping my clothes off; I liked it. I AM complaining about your poor taste in clothes. I mean, c’mon, these Dockers look like they were made in the 50’s! Do you even have jeans?" Written for this prompt at SteveBucky fest.

You're just the torch to put the flame to all our guilt and shame (and I'll rise like an ember in your name) (4163 words) by lanyon
Summary: In the thirties and in the forties, it made sense to go with girls. That’s all. Bucky could look after himself but he was never gonna advertise anything. It wasn’t a weakness. Just because Steve was all brittle-bones-fragile-skin did not mean that this was a weakness too. // In which old habits die hard and Bucky still goes with girls.

this place isn't home, (we are) (10014 words) by hawkeyes
Summary: ‘No, I don’t mean —’ He sighs, rubbing his forehead. ‘Back when I was, y’know, that person, I was told what to do. I took orders, of where to go and how to do it. I’m familiar with how this century works, but to go at it alone, for the puppet strings to be completely cut from the puppeteer? I wouldn’t last a day.' // It's everything Steve expected, and he'll do whatever it takes to save Bucky, even if he's dragged down with the effort.

in a day and a day (3030 words) by haipollai
Summary: "Come on, get you cleaned up." He slips an arm under Bucky's arm and lifts him easily. The movement makes him gag again but he keeps the vomit back. // "Rogers, I highly recommend you put him down. The Winter Soldier is a value asset-" // "Bucky Barnes," Steve interrupts. "His name is James Buchanan Barnes."

and it starts just where the light exists (3493 words) by caughtinanocean
Summary: In which Bucky can't admit the things he needs, but Steve knows them anyway, and Steve and Bucky are definitely a couple, even if they don't know it. // “Steve, you don't gotta—” Bucky tries to say, when he's ten days out of SHIELD custody, and the dark circles under his eyes make it look like he hasn't slept since he was last sedated. It's probably close to the truth.

Dirty Places (2268 words) by Paraxdisepink
Rating: Explicit
Summary: Control. That's all Steve wants right now. Something to break in his anger at himself. Something to fix. (This is a prompt fill. The OP wanted asshole spanking.)

still waters (735 words) by Zekkass
Summary: He knows he looks fragile now with one sleeve empty. He knows he's listing slightly towards the right, still compensating for the weight of the arm. (Steve takes Bucky home from SHIELD's custody; they have a few conditions.)

Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Take Me In (4169 words) by victoria_p
Summary: Bucky finds himself, and then he finds Steve.

And we are remade (2392 words) by biggrstaffbunch
Summary: Steve's got a list. Bucky's got a past. They figure it all out, together. // His finger taps a line in the book, lips tipping into a half-smile. "Plus. For all that there’s an awful lot left to experience, there are a few things I never got around to trying even in the forties, you know?"

Under Ice (4209 words) by fmo
Asexual Relationship
Summary: 'Steve goes to find Fury, who also says no before Steve can get a word out. “It’s not gonna work, Cap,” Fury says. “I know you like rescuing people, but he’s a Soviet assassin with a worm in his brain and he’s in the safest place he can be.” // “I just want to talk to him,” Steve says. “Clint says he might even be close to my age. I think it would be healthy for me to talk to someone who shared an experience like mine,” he adds, deploying his best 2014 talk with almost total sincerity. // Fury narrows his eye at Steve. “Really,” he says.'
Or: despite everyone's best efforts, the thing that seems to cheer up Sad Cap the most is talking to the amnesiac assassin in the cell downstairs. And, even stranger, seems like Cap's actually managing to charm the Winter Soldier into chatting with him like a normal person.
[Not canon with the Winter Soldier film.]

Running Out of Mysteries (4171 words) by toomuchgawking
Summary: Steve chases down a sniper; the sniper does not expect to recognise him.

chasing things that we should run from (5752 words) by CallicoKitten
Summary: Natasha sighs, "So the Winter Soldier is an alley cat in this scenario?" // "Pretty much, yeah." // "In my experience cats aren't so handy with machine guns and knives and, you know, killing people." // In which Steve goes after Bucky.

Small Sins for the Motherland (1898 words) by cabled
Summary: The Winter Soldier observes the changing identities of his beloved city, and reflects on who he's been. Meanwhile, Steve Rogers attempts to reconcile the past with the present. // "The world moved forward, and still, Leningrad was built on the same old bones as Petrograd, as Saint Petersburg. The same snow returned faithfully, year after year, and covered over the ice cream spires of the Church on Spilt Blood."

Postcards (6022 words) by AlphaKantSpell
Summary: Post Cap2: Steve and Sam travel together searching for Bucky. Antsy about what he’ll say when they eventually find him, Steve’s been writing speeches on postcards. They start out simple enough but when is writing confessionals to your best friend turned Hydra Killing-Machine ever simple?

We've Been Here Before (1401 words) by kehinki
Summary: He’s either going mad (finally), or he’s being haunted, which isn’t all that surprising. If Steve doesn't have the decency to stay dead, it'd be silly to expect anything else would.

All the Things Forgotten Scream for Help (2145 words) by Zolac_no_Miko
Summary: In the dream, the Soldier knows this man; he's known him his whole life. He knows that he loves this man more than anyone else in the entire world. He also knows that this man is the one who kills him. ...The dream is the same every time. In the end, the Soldier falls, and he dies.

Of Vibranium Shields, Lost Loves, and Building Futures Together by Caroleena_Alonea
Summary: mainly about the relationship between James "Bucky" Barnes and Steve Rogers, but will include the other Avengers. In which, Steve loses Bucky, who finds Steve, who jumps the wrong conclusions about their relationship, but everything will work out in the end.

Five Times Bucky Got Permission (3536 words) by copperbadge
Summary: People keep trying to tell Bucky something, and he's getting very confused.

AR (Alternate Reality):

A Steadfast Heart (1832 words) by fmo
Summary: "A hundred years to a steadfast heart is but a day." // Bucky doesn't fall, but Steve still crashes the plane alone. 90 years go by; Bucky doesn't age. Steve is found, but he doesn't wake up.
(Or, Bucky and Steve do Sleeping Beauty, kind of.)

When the Sun Sets on Dark Silhouettes (8283 words) by caughtinanocean
Summary: Bucky is taken on a mission, and Steve will go against every order to find him. CIA AU. // "When you get him back, what's the first thing you're gonna do?" Sam asks. // Steve very consciously does not think about the state Bucky will be in when—not if, never if—he comes home. "I'm gonna touch him, so I know he's real."

parts per million (5373 words) by legete
Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics,
Summary: Everybody--including Steve himself--had been surprised when he'd turned out to be an alpha. The other boys had pegged him for an omega, and a bad one at that; one of the many jokes at his expense was that Barnes only liked him because Steve was even lower on the food chain than an omega with delusions of beta-status. Steve can still remember the feral grin Bucky’d given him after they’d heard that one for the first time, blood on his teeth from his split lip, and the way his voice had cracked when he’d said “I like you for a lot more’n that, Rogers.”
>> READ NOW! probably my favourite alpha/omega fic in this fandom - also I'd love to see some sequel post/during The Winter Soldier just because it's really that good (and I'm not even really into alpha/omega fic usually ~~because the characterisation is often gross but this is so good - in fact most stevebucky alpha/beta/omega fics have good characterisation so high five~~)

Misery I Need (2592 words) by mwestbelle
Body Dysphoria, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics
Summary: "You've seen his file, right?" She let out a low whistle. "What a shame. To do that to such a pretty omega." // They thought he was asleep. She didn't mean anything by it, and if she knew that he'd heard he's sure she would have apologized. But it's her voice that he hears whenever he feels out of place, uncomfortable in his skin. What a shame.
OR a different take on Steve Rogers' body issues

on his face is a map of the world (3624 words) by haipollai
Summary: Steve's hands fist in quiet rage and his gaze remains fixed on Barnes, strapped to his hospital gurney, connected to monitors and IVs and everything about him looks small. Not quite human and not quite real. A puppet maybe. Bruce swallows hard at the sudden panic that this could be him. Kept unconscious for fear of what he might be. He feels Clint behind him, one hand on his back and Bruce doesn't doubt the touch is as much to calm Bruce as to keep Clint from lashing out at Coulson. Bruce will take whatever personal comfort he can from it anyway. // “Give me two days,” Tony snarls.

Salt For the Sea (7437 words) by caughtinanocean
Summary: Natasha comes home with intel regarding the fate of the Winter Soldier; Steve leaves to go and avenge Bucky Barnes.
“It's a list of everyone who was involved in his death, and a rough timeline of everything that happened beforehand,” she tells him.
“And the notebook?”
“I explained what they did,” Natasha says, “The blank pages are for you to explain what you do to them.”

xeno (2661 words) by Zekkass
Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Pre-Serum Steve Rogers
Summary: Steve's an alpha in an otherwise normal world and thinks his ruts are just one more way his body is betraying him, that his knot is a genetic defect, and that he's not just sick, he's sick and weird. After all, how else is he supposed to explain why he's in Bucky's bed trying to rut against his leg?

Carry Me (2848 words) by AdamantSteve
Summary: Steve's been de-serumed and doesn't like how he looks and how weak he is now. Bucky tries to convince him that he's still attracted to him, and indeed really likes having the 'old Steve' back for a while, just for old time's sake. Steve takes a lot of convincing.

Mighty like Love, Mighty like Sorrow (18810 words) by Regann
Summary: After freeing himself from the Russians' mind control, Bucky is left at loose ends, drifting through the decades. Still, he's in no hurry to take up Nick Fury's offer to once again fight the good fight -- especially not when Fury has the nerve to put some imposter in his best friend's old suit and send him out to fight against Chitauri.

Let the Only Sound (4926 words) by caughtinanocean
Summary: Bucky sells his soul to protect Steve.
“I can save him,” the man says. “In exchange for—”
“Yes,” Bucky tells him.
The man laughs. “You don't know my terms.”
Bucky says, “I don't care.”

summertime (8171 words) by attice
always-a-girl!Bucky
Summary: “What are you thinking about?” Peggy asks, suddenly. A girl, you want to say, but what you really say is, “The war.” You figure that’s close enough, anyway.

le grand pas de quatre (4814 words) by aurilly
Summary: They say Heimdall can see the future, but they are wrong. He does not see the future, but he has seen the past. // Sometimes, that is enough to be able to predict the next steps. // (He often wishes the future would hurry itself along, though.)

you're in my heart and in my words (353 words) by ohbbysaurus
Summary: Steve/Bucky -- Reincarnation. One person writes and publishes a book about the other unconsciously. They meet at a book signing.

Our Broken Parts (Smashed on the Floor) (11702 words) by This Girl Is
Summary: Steve is sent undercover to catch an elusive Russian assassin. He didn’t want to do it in the first place; he’s damn certain he won’t be asked again.

A Real Alpha (4917 words) by Jaune_Chat
Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics
Summary: Steve Rogers is not a “real” alpha, but that doesn’t stop him from being the best Bucky’s ever had.

we are the children of great empires (8547 words) by haipollai
Summary: James Barnes stares at himself in the mirror. His mouth forms the shape of his name. Repeats it over and over, tries to remember what it was like when it was his. Before being Yakov. (He was born in Indiana. He was born to parents in Leningrad. His family is all dead either way.) They all tell him he's safe here. The Soviet Union can no longer touch him, all safeguards and kill switches have been removed. He's American just like he used to be, they say.
>> aka they never met until they were captain america & the winter soldier, they didn't grow up together, Bucky never helped Steve before the serum and Steve never saved Bucky from Hydra.

Set Yourself on Fire (2848 words) by Holocenic
Summary: “I promise you, I’m not going to let anything hurt you,” Steve chokes into the darkness, and it sounds fake even to his own ears. He’s given up on thinking that his platitudes hold any worth, but they’re all he has left. Written for this prompt at stevebucky fest
>> aka everything is terrible: SHIELD destroyed what was left of Bucky's mind to get intell out of him, and Steve is left with pieces broken beyond any possible recovery and everything hurts.

sometimes everything is touch and go (14180 words) by valeriestahl
Summary: Bucky and Steve's mission is to infiltrate a suburban neighborhood as a married couple. In theory, it should be difficult, but it also kind of isn't. // Bucky hesitates. “It’s undercover. We’ve done undercover before.” He shrugs. // Steve laughs again. “This isn’t exactly the same as infiltration under the guise of being regular civilians. What is it again – what did Fury’s email say?” Steve pauses, tapping his chin with his index finger. “ ‘Mr. and Mr. Rogers are a couple who have recently moved into a neighborhood in northern Colorado. You are to maintain an image of high-standing and societal grace.’ That’s not exactly your scene, is it, Buck? Especially the part about being Mr. Rogers.”

AU (Alternate Universe):

in poison places, we are anti-venom (1435 words) by lonelyantics
Summary: "From what I gather, it pretty much works like ordering a pizza," Sharon says, completely straight-faced. Bucky is honestly not sure which one of them feels more like knocking themselves unconscious to escape this conversation.

and cursed be the one who comes between them (21050 words) by mwildsides
Summary: "...one flesh, one heart, one soul, now and forever, and cursed be the one who comes between them.”
>> THIS IS A GAME OF THRONE AU SO OF COURSE EVERYONE IS MISERABLE AND IT DOESN'T ENDS WELL.

counting backwards while the stars are falling (10438 words) by girl0nfire
Summary: But tonight’s different, Bucky knows it before he’s even completely asleep, because in that half-aware space somewhere between dreaming and consciousness he feels his skin prickling, his chest clenching like he’s lost something and he doesn’t know what it is, never even had it, and as oblivion overtakes him, all Bucky sees is the same face he’s seen in his dreams for years.

i heard love is blind (1159 words) by girl0nfire
Summary: Steve keeps bringing home guys that look like Bucky; Bucky keeps bringing home guys that look like Steve. Sam just wants to drink his coffee in peace. (Guest appearances by nearly every character Sebastian Stan and Chris Evans have ever played. Really.)
>> aka Sam Wilson needs better roommates.

We Were Told To Burn the World (Falling In Love Was Never an Option) (3517 words) by asenseofpoisonedrationality
Summary: They had orders, they had to follow them. They weren't supposed to feel anything for their targets. Feelings got in the way. Feelings were distractions. Complications. // It wasn't every day that the Military Police had cause to step onto the grounds of one of the most secure Army bases in the US. But then again it also wasn't every day a young lieutenant was murdered in broad daylight in front of his house on said army base.
>> aka they're all spies and we all know spies and love = messy

the mast was charred but still so strong (4240 words) by haipollai
Summary: Steve keeps a chessboard in his room to remind himself that this war they're caught up in, he's not going to win it with blood and tears. He's going to win by playing the right moves at the right time. // He stands alone in his room now. It's part of the old underground but was converted to a bunker years ago, expanded now into a series of networks and tunnels running in a web under the city. Steve chose a room close to the central hub, he wanted to be close for emergencies, for when the enemy gets close in the middle of the night.
>> dystopia / apocalypse AU

Step By Step (9965 words) by sariane
Summary: Bucky is thirteen when the first kaiju attacks. This is what happens next.
>> PACIFIC RIM AU yes good

the blood in your mouth (4370 words) by nighimpossible
Summary: tumblr user spuzz wanted "a fic where bucky gets turned into a vampire and stalks steve and tries to seduce him into becoming a vampire with bucky. because bucky wants him around forever with him. and he gets increasingly desperate and dangerous. and steve can’t kill him but he can’t give in either." So it happened.
Titled snagged from Richard Siken's Little Beast poem: "Sorry about the blood in your mouth. I wish it was mine. / I couldn’t get the boy to kill me, but I wore his jacket for the longest time." Content warning for stalking, murder, and other dark themes.

at the other end (of the line) (3195 words) by mwestbelle
Summary: Bucky should have known better than to call the number Clint gave him.

Tomorrow Is Where We End (2508 words) by thegrimshapeofyoursmile
Summary: Bucky realizes that Steve is one of the nervous guys, probably has never called a professional before. He likes the sound of “professional”; it makes him appear more than he is and that's always good in the jobs he is doing. //Hooker AU, Stucky, enjoy.

scars from tomorrow I wish you could see (1060 words) by meinterrupted
Summary: Jaeger American Shield has four confirmed kaiju kills. She's ready for a fifth.
>> Pacific Rim AU because there is no universes where Steve and Bucky aren't drift compatible!

Deep as a secret nobody knows (4286 words) by This Girl Is
Summary: To be fair, Steve is moderately drunk the first time. Not smashed, but drunk enough to make Tony and Clint’s ideas sound brilliant and hilarious. Or: “the story where steve gets dared to call a phone sex line and of course bucky is on the other end. and then feelings happen.”

Hotel Service (5477 words) by Odsbodkins
Summary: "The one where Bucky is one of the reception staff in an upmarket hotel and Steve's a wealthy businessman who stays there regularly. They're involved in a heavy flirtation but neither of them have quite gotten up the courage yet to take the next step." For the Steve/Bucky prompt fest.

I spoke about wings; you just flew (1787 words) by lanyon
Summary: Bucky Barnes lives downstairs from Steve Rogers and embarks on the clumsiest seduction known to man. (A remix/fix-it for his heart is warm but it's burn he wants)