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Monthly fic rec anon here! I hope i'm not being annoying by asking what you've read lately and that you're staying safe where you live. I teased you a bit about Time Passed last month but you are so right about how much it sticks with you! Stay safe, jen! x

Hey, thank you, friend--and same to you!! Rest assured, a little teasing doesn’t bother me, I will never shut up about that fic, no matter how many transphobes drop into my inbox with their y’alls and their lols. Block city, BBs! Die mad about it! Etc.! I have a few other recent fics I’d rec, but I need to gush about my absolute fave, a fic @alienfuckeronmain wrote for me in the GBBO world that she hasn’t published (yet), but mannnn, did I love it. It was truly the highlight of the month--surprise gift fics for me? YES, PLEASE!!!! LOVEEEE!! Here are some you *can* read, though!

tomorrow is another day, haemophilus, 500 words, one direction, harry s/harry l. Pure G rating territory, this is just an imagining of when the two Harrys first met (plus I adore this writer’s ability to cram so much story into a mere 500 words)

I Feel Pretty and Witty and, haemophilus, 500 words, one direction, harry/nick. THE ANGST THIS AUTHOR PACKS INTO 500 WORDS, howwwww? So much is going on here, gender, too, and it’s just incredible, deep sigh.

show me devotion, @mercutionotromeo, 1.4k, one direction, harry/louis. One of my fave authors came out of nowhere with a quarantine fic?? In this economy?? This is why god invented the ao3 subscribe button!

Nothing but Time on My Hands, YesIsaWorld/ @louandhazaf, 2.2k, one direction, harry/louis. Masturbation fics, AIMH, but truly, there’s not much better than a poster of footie star Louis, if one is so inclined...you can *see* this poster, that’s how well this is written!

you know I’m comin’ back to you, thehufflepuffhobbit, 5.7k, the hobbit, thorin/bilbo. This wip is a gift for Phoenix, and it just so perfectly reps what I love most about fanfic: a modern AU, set at Lush, meet cute, LOVE!!! 

All Night Long, objectlesson/ @alienfuckeronmain, 7k, the hobbit, bofur/bard. This wip just started and is another perfect example of a perfect fic: serving up a pairing you wouldn’t expect in an AU that absolutely works (post- Living After Midnight, which finished this month and is equally wonderful)

Your God Shaped Hole Tonight, objectlesson/ @alienfuckeronmain, 8.4k, one direction, harry/ben/orville/armie/henry. This was a commissioned gangbang fic, and it was a pure delight to edit from start to finish, I love how much the person who asked for it LOVES IT. And how much more Napollya I need in my life.

tonight these streets are heaving, with young hearts on the chase, publunchesownmyass, 19k, one direction, harry/louis. Lisa rec’d this wip from a first-time writer, and it’s all kinds of soft, sigh. Not a crack fic (it’s more “what if they went on XF and didn’t make it”), but it definitely makes me think of “Harry Styles Cooks...” (maybe it’s all the briddish??)

Gold and Gold and Gold, Again, TinyBeautifulTales, 32k, one direction, harry/louis. An anon rec’d this  and I’m not a big magical realism fan, but I liked how this one was written--it gave me real throwback vibes (greek gods, sacrifice, love through the ages, if you’re curious on the magical realism bit)

The Murmur of Yearning, @mediawhorefics, 93k, one direction, louis/harry. This sprang up PURELY from the picture of Harry in Rolling Stone with the fascinator and became an entire P&P-esque 18th century novel, incredible! I have more BB on my “to read” list, but the widow Harry was the one I was waiting for!

Finally, you know I won’t leave you without a rec for Time Passed, just so you can weep whenever you see Tokyo Harry pictures or listen to “Fine Line” (the song) or think about that YouTube search history, sob. Transphobes, begone!