#actually it was 82k my bad

[shroomerr]

This spotify wrapped fomo is driving me insane because I KNOW for a fact that my combined listening time on soundcloud qnd youtube IS NOT 70K MINUTES

[batattta]

destiel fic recs nobody asked for

I’ve read a lot of fanfiction since november and I needed to express it somehow. so. here goes a HUGE rec list. 

no order at all, huh. canonverse, if not said otherwise. bold for my favorites.

part 2 | part 3 | part 4

part 1/?

first and second date (9k and 13k, t/e) very healthy s15 deancas relationship, dean goes to therapy (as he should), must-read

he bids good-bye to distance (3k, e) purgatory smut, you know the drill 

understanding your body in ten easy steps (13k, e) i love this dean so much, a little bit insecure and so vulnerable and caring! such a sweet fic!

the mirror (25k, m) this one actually made me sob; dean travels though alternate realities and meets...a lot of other deans and castiels

where the weeds take root (30k, e) this one is in my top-5, i guess. please, just GO READ. they live in the country, built a chicken coop, smoke weed and figure out their relationship. all of my favorite headcanons in one fic. and with gorgeous illustrations!! 

a turn of the earth (95k, m) heartbreaking, but with a happy ending. timetravel, cas meets pre-series dean. 

an idiot's guide to a successful love confession in two words or less (4k, e) okay. dean confesses to cas using thee mixtape. what more should i say? 

crazy diamonds (25k, e) dean from 2008 swaps places with dean from 2018. so cute, so sweet, but SO SAD. but good sad. not hopeless sad. don’t wanna spoil anything, but i was sitting in silence after finishing this one, like, for half an hour. 

a room of one’s one (95k, e) a classic one. ALL THE KINKS!! just a little bit of angst, but mostly very sweet. wing!kink 

the first five times (43k, e, mcd) oh. this one. endverse. very dark and depressing. but you know, they love each other. so much. and it describes my favorite concert about endverse. i cried like a baby. yeah. this kind of sad. 

you can keep holding on (352k, e) i love this one so, so much. i adore this cas and this dean. they are precious. there is one thing that author preferred not to include in tags (and i get why), but at the time it was. um. hard. still was worth it tho. but be careful. pretty heavy themes in this one. but such a HAPPY ENDING! ah. 

dean (and cas') top 13 zepp traxx (82k, e) post-canon, road trip, led zeppelin, love love love

tall grass (58k, e) cas grows a garden!!!!!! found family on maximum! sex scene like WOAH. hot. last few paragraphs are such a beautiful prose. i keep coming back and rereading them. 

build a home (20k, t) another post-canon found family fic. yeah. i have a soft spot for them.

that’s me in the corner (9k, e) “heaven can't wait” fic. i love all this fanfiction gap stories. this on is so *chefs kiss*. 

welcome to pine shores! (21k, e) and another post-canon story! can’t stop won't stop. they are old and own a motel. and still are dancing around each other. huh. they’re such idiots *fondly*

every story has to start somewhere (27k, e) i must confess. i have a soft spot for dean in denial trope. and this one is all about dean trying not to be gay. spoiler: he fails. lol. 

sunshine (8k, g) usually straight dean is ooc for me, you know. but this one is a good exception. it’s just so sweet and tender and all about their profound bond. yep. 

enough (1k, t) as grey ace person myself, ace cas is so very important for me. 

the mantra (3k, g) PLEASE READ IT. post 12.12. i reread it regularly. so tender. oh my god. i have no words. just. go read.

scratchmarks (12k, e) one of this smut fics, where smut is not about smut at all. this is 2009!dean/cas/2014!dean. sad, but so beautiful.

may i? (12k, e) post s15 purgatory fic. how it should have been. 

profoundly bonded (by law) (20k, e) firstly: sobsicles is currently one of my favorite destiel authors. so. cas asks dean to marry him. dean have no reason to decline. such a sweet domestic fic. dean is so dumb (we all know that).

the sum of my regrets (20k, m) dean goes to the past and meets cas’ female vessel. nothing happens between them back there, if you're worried. but dean does come to the realization.

the girlfriend experience (15k, e). another classic one. no words needed.

twenty dollars (15k, e) cas-centric, post gas-n-sip. he tries to survive and has no other choice but to turn tricks. poor baby. i wanted to hug him so bad while reading this. 

until the lost become the found (35k, e) such a unique story! i’ve never knew that i needed it so much until this fic. dean. cas. and endverse!cas. yep. you got it right. the ending!! the sex scene (omg)!! perfect characterization of endverse!cas. and you know, he deserves a lot of love. all the love. it may be not everyone’s cup of tea, but please, give this fic a chance. 

[chdarling]

Hi, I love your story!! Is tle2 going to be longer than tle1? Because we’re only 15 chapters in and the word count is already 82k, whereas the whole of tle1’s 55 chapters are 209k <3

ok this kind of hilarious because @mppmaraudergirl just pointed out the same thing to me today and I was thoroughly floored. I hadn't been paying the slightest attention to word count and had no idea that TLE2 was getting so long. (For comparison, I checked TLE1 at 15 chapters and it was about 51k. What the heck.)

The truth is I don't actually know the exact word count of TLE2 on account of my weird writing habits. See, I write the majority of my first drafts as a really bastardized version of a script, like so:

Idk why, it just helps me visualize the story and get the plot in order. But it makes it rather hard to track word count, since many of the words aren't written yet. 🙈

I do have a fair amount of the second draft written in story form but not all, and because I got a bit ahead of myself in posting TLE2 (read: I was impatient af), a lot of what I'm doing between chapters is actually crafting the prose from my bare bones script of what happens. Which is where most of the word count comes from lmao.

But yeah, if most of my chapters hover around 5,000 words (which has been the average so far), TLE2 will indeed be longer than TLE1, which kinda blows my mind because I really, truly thought it was gonna be shorter. Full disclosure, I am bad at both math AND estimating things. 🤗

(and yes that script is from Chapter 16 loll)

[evak-fic-rec-turtleanon]

Evak Fics - Kid Fics

*** Isak and Even have a child together *** They are parents but to different children *** Only one of them is a parent 

***** THEY HAVE A CHILD TOGETHER *****

Nas by OrTheNightEverythingChanged (571 words) - Isak and Even take their daughter to the skatepark. 

Sugar Coat This Love For Me by i_once_wrote_a_dream (1k words) - A little argument over candy during Halloween. 

life with our little prince by glbertblythes (SERIES. 3 Fics) - Isak and Even adopt a little boy with prince curls and blue eyes. 

All in the Eyes of a Boy by MacksDramaticShenanigans (1.3k words) - the first time Isak and Even meet their son. 

all i want for christmas is you by stringsinmelody (1.3k words) - Isak and Even enjoy their first Christmas together with their baby. 

sugar and spice and everything nice by chasingflower (1.6k words) - Eskild and Noora finds Evak’s kid from the future. It’s adorable as heck. 

småfolk by stringsinmelody (SERIES. 5 fics) - a/b/o undertones. 

the room's hush hush and now's our moment by ahana (2.2k words) - A night in the life of Isak and Even, sixteen years later. 

Stjerner Lyser Skinnende by MacksDramaticShenanigans (2.4k words) - Isak and Even attend their daughter’s music concert. She has a surprise for them. 

The Beginning of Believing by MacksDramaticShenanigans (2.5k words) - Their children argue about Santa. 

I'll be there by Wolle19 (SERIES. 3 fics) - All Isak want is for his husband to be home for the holidays. Mpreg. 

I'll give you the brightest sunshine by goldenkisses (3k words) - It was something that they new would always happen, a life being brought into their lives that would make all the gloomy days into something so bright. Adoption. 

everything that happens is from now on. by Skamtrash (6.7k words) - Adoption. At the end so not a lot of the kid is involved here. This is part of a series. The next part, wrap your arms around my heart just like you always do. has more of the kid. 

Isn't He Lovely by MacksDramaticShenanigans (4.4k words) - the first time Evak’s kid meets his uncles. 

don't be wasting your time (on your own) by orphan_account (4.6k words) - Five things Even reminds himself not to forget, and the one thing he does. NOTE: The fic says this is a sequel and the first fic is a must read. But there’s no link so if you know which the main fic is, let me know. P.S. This could go under the different children category but they are already a family here so.. 

The Fools Who Dream by Janey_E (6k words) - A collection of moments from Isak and Even's family life, important and not-so-important. Kids, friends, mornings, evenings, weddings, birthdays, bad days, good days. 

Our Steady True North by verlore_poplap (orphan_account) (9k words) - Five times Isak and Even were amicable; plus one time they just weren't. Co-parenting. Post break-up. 

i ain't no hercules by grinsekaetzchen (12k words) - Post-apocalypse world. This is a sequel. So SPOILERS. They kinda adopt this boy. The first part is if you must live, darling one, just live and it’s amazing. 

my entire world fits perfectly in my arms by theyellowcurtains (12.8k words) - A bunch of cuddle prompts. Not all of these are kid fics. 

(WIP) Everyday Evak: The Realistic Stories of Isak & Even by NeonViolet (14k words) - A realistic looks into Even and Isak's life. It's not always glamorous. 

you told me we were forever by Skamtrash (19k words) - Isak finds out he's having a baby soon after Even breaks up with him so he makes the decision not to tell him. Except Even finds out on his own 3 years later. 

The Fiction of Reality by Midlifecrisis (24k words) - Isak and Even have a daughter, but life is not plain sailing. 

Soup is for the Soul by unfancyandy (26k words) - This is a sequel. So SPOILERS. set 5 years after "Sleep Is For Dreamers," Even and Isak are starting a new adventure. 

Evak Family by orphan_account (SERIES. 7 fics) 80k- Isak is nineteen, Even is twenty-one, and they had a plan. A plan that they've very, very carefully stuck to. Until, that is, Isak gets sick and can't seem to figure out what's wrong with him. Spoiler: he's not sick. Mpreg. 

You Are Everything I Have Never Been by staylucky (78k words) - Isak Valtersen is an unpresented, soon-to-present omega who is convinced his best friend Jonas Vasquez is his alpha mate until he meets a very charming and persuasive new alpha, Tall Stranger aka Even Bech Naesheim, making him question everything. The kid part comes later on in the fic. 

Calm After by desp3ration (270k words) - This is a sequel to Tidal Waves . So SPOILERS. The tags say Evak becoming parents but I have not yet read this and I don't want to fo through it to figure it out because I want to read this later. So if it shouldn't be in here, let me know.  

***** THEY EACH HAVE DIFFERENT CHILDREN *****

shred by tusktooth (22k words) - Has a twist but nor really a twist. I’m just gonna put this in this category.  There were two versions of Isak Valtersen. He was cool, smart snowboarder guy. The real Isak, was also trans, gay, and a father. Keeping the two Isaks separate wasn’t that difficult. At least, not until he saw Even again. 

***** ONLY ONE OF THEM IS A PARENT *****

Even the Illustrator by eavk (SERIES. 3 fics) - An AU where Even’s an illustrator who draws what kids describe to him for YouTube, and Isak is the smitten father of a six year old with a wild imagination. 

a lullaby for you by noirophelia (2.2k words) - Isak has a wonderful little daughter. Even is her wonderful teacher. 

Better With You by iriswests (5.8k words) - Isak and Even don't know what they'd do without the other. Eventually, they realize they don't really need to find out.. Single dad Even. Vet Isak. 

(WIP) carrying our dreams and all that they mean (trying to make it all worthwhile) byodair_goes_my_sanity (8.4k words) - We’ve been hooking up for the past few weeks and holy shit it turned out you’re my kids teacher oh god this embarrassing! 

Universe At Its Finest by Skamtrash (8.6k words) - The universe brings Even into Isaks life, he just didn't know Even came with a full package. A kid fic with 90% pure fluff. 

The Little Flower Named Dahlia by Bellakitse (18k words) - Single!Dad Isak + Preschool teacher Even and the little girl that brings them together. Adorable fic. 

(WIP) Draw a Family by Isakprettykitty (21k words) - Isak, a single parent, takes his 5 year old son to preschool for the first time. Before Isak adopted Magne, his biologic parents weren't treating Magne as they should and some of the scars still haven't healed. Magne's teacher is no other than Even bech næsheim, who makes it his goal to help Magne out with his social anxiety. As time passes, Even and Isak grow closer and the younger one finally learns that it is okay to depend on other people. 

Lovesick by Sabeley (SERIES. 2 fics) - Even is absolutely not making up excuses to take his daughter to see the hot new pediatrician. 5 times Even's daughter wasn't actually sick and 1 time she was. 

take me as i am-universe by argentae (SERIES. 3 fics) - He isn’t crushing, and nevertheless this guy has become a Problem, because whenever he’s on shift he’s made it increasingly difficult for Isak to really spend his time productively. Sure, he could just find another place to study but he likes the access to coffee here even though he actually kind of hates the bitterness of it and he’s just not going to let himself get swept aside because of this guy. Parent!Even. 

We are our Choices by recklesslee (40k words) - Even is informed that one decision he made on a lonely night months ago has led to a new bump in the road. Now Even has another choice to make, and that just might change his life for the better. Doctor!Isak. 

Emmy by NeonViolet (48k words) - Isak is 25 and working in marine biology. Sana is his best friend. He has a 7 year old. And her new school principal looks familiar. Adorable! 

waiting outside ('til you're ready to go) by mellowellom (52k words) - An AU where Isak's daughter is an actual little devil that he can't control for the life of him, and his neighbour Even offers a helping hand. 

we've made it this far, kid by everythingislove (straykid) (SERIES. 2 fics) - Technically, Isak is an uncle. The one where Isak is just trying to raise his nephew as best he can with the help of his best friends. He doesn't expect to fall for Felix's gorgeous football coach along the way. 

(WIP) The Daughter by Laika_the_husband  (10k words) - A sequel. So spoilers. Even’s daughter appear in the previous fics but not as much. Continues from the series, A Dove, a Snake, a Ghost and a Madman. And what an excellent series this is. 

Quitting You by Laika_the_husband (65k words) - A sequel. So spoilers. From the series, Because of You I'm Nothing, I'm Nowhere. Isak Valtersen is a happy stay-at-home dad of his baby girl, taking care of his new home in Belgium. His peaceful life as a domestic god gets turned upside down, when his deeply buried desires are suddenly forced to resurface. It is simple enough to find someone on Grindr, but when that someone is painfully familiar, things can get complicated. Another excellent series. 

I Can Hardly Breathe by Flatfootmonster (82k words) - This fic, man. Isak gets hired to be the nanny? for Even and Sonja’s kids. This fic is just absolutely amazing. 

[getalittleclosey]

under 100k larry fic recs

hi! i’m becca and i read...so much fic. these rec lists are an accumulation of fic that i’ve read or reread and extra loved from 2016-now. there’s a wide range of stuff here and i think there’s definitely something for everyone!! i divided them up by length so you can check out all those categories below!

please make sure to read tags and warnings on all these fics!! the only things i think i can guarantee is that these are all larry, there’s no non-con, no age play, no eating disorders, no mentions of bg, they end happy, and they’re mostly aus. oh and they’re all on ao3 and some are locked so you’ll need an account! anyway i hope y’all enjoy!!!

under 5k

under 10k

under 25k

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100k+

☆ somethin’ bout you by missandrogyny 60k

Of all the government agents in the world, Louis had to go and land the most charming one.

☆ tug-of-war by cherrystreet 63k

Louis' husband dies suddenly and he is left with nothing. Well, not really nothing. He has Harry. And a St. Bernard puppy named Link, whom his late husband left behind for him. Louis takes care of Link and Harry takes care of Louis. Everything is okay until suddenly, it isn't.

☆ cameras flashing by juliusschmidt 82k

With his breakout single platinum three times over and his second album still selling out in stores around the world, Louis Tomlinson has made it to the top. However, his position as Pop Heartthrob of the Decade is threatened by the edgier, more artistic Zayn, who happens to be releasing an album a week after Louis’ upcoming third. Louis needs something groundbreaking- scandalous, even- to push past him in the charts. Much to Louis’ dismay, his PR team calls in The Sexpert.

Consulting with PR firm Shady, Lane and Associates pays the bills so that Harry Styles can spend his down time doing what he really loves: poring over data. On weekends and late into the evenings, he researches gender, presentation, and sexual orientation, analysing the longitudinal study that is his father’s life’s work. That is, until his newest client, the popstar with the fascinating secret, drags him off his couch and frighteningly close to the spotlight.

As the album’s release date approaches, will Tomlinson and Styles be able to pull off the most risky PR scheme of the millennium and beat Zayn in sales or will the heat of their feelings for each other compromise everything?

☆ home to you by crowsonthewire 54k

“If someone wrote that for me I’d probably be a crying mess before it was even over. I’m crying a little right now actually.”

It’s about you, Harry’s brain screamed. I wrote it about you.

Gemma appeared in the doorway then and dragged Louis away. With one winking smile he was gone. Harry curled up and stuffed his face into his duvet so he could cry with no one hearing.

**** At fifteen, Harry wrote his first song for an oblivious seventeen year old Louis Tomlinson. Ten years later he’s a singer/songwriter who cant find any words for his second album and Louis is a closeted actor tired of LA.

They both try to run from the things weighing them down and in the process, they find each other.

☆ fate don’t know you by sincewewereeighteen 99k

“Just. How bad is it?”

Zayn sighs. Shit.

“Not that bad, really,” he says quickly as he scans Louis’ face. “It depends, really. The freshmen are all right and I think you’ll manage just fine with the sophomores.”

“But?”

“Seniors are always shit because they think they rule the school, and this specific class of juniors… Well, let’s say you’ll find a real troublemaker there. Some say he used to be a soft kid, but- I don’t know. Most teachers just leave him alone.” Zayn shrugs. “He walks around with a tough crowd. Guess no one wants to take their chances with him. This is Chicago after all.”

“D’you know the name of the kid?” Louis asks, already very curious to meet said person.

“His name is Harry Styles.” The other man responds. “You’re in for a treat with this one.”

[Or: The one in which Louis always hears thunder when Harry speaks and sees lightning when he glances at him.]

note: this is student/teacher so if that makes you uncomfortable please skip! harry’s 17 but he is still a student so power unbalance and all that but from what i remember it was tastefully done. just like....don’t do that irl obv jfkdaj

☆ like an endless summer by objectlesson 87k

“You just wanna go fawn over Styles as soon as possible,” Zayn grumbles.

“I do not. Plus, he probably got ugly this year. Eighteen is an awkward time...I bet he’s got acne and one of those terrible fuckboy haircuts all the hipsters are getting these days, with the shaved sides? Just watch, the first year we’re gonna get any time together is gonna be the first year I don’t have a stupid crush on him.”

---

Or, Louis is a riding instructor at a summer camp, and Harry is a fellow counselor who he’s been successfully managing his crush on for the last two summers. That is, until Harry shows up this year leveled up and lethal, and all Louis’s formerly perfected veneer of nonchalance melts like a popsicle in the sun.

note: there’s a second part to this that’s 6k of pwp

☆ back to how it was by lululawrence 53k

Harry carefully stood up and was on his way to the window to look outside when he ran his hand through his hair, and it stopped entirely too soon.

He froze then began fervently patting all over his head. Where was his hair? He’d been growing it out for a couple of years now and it was finally almost to the length he’d had as a goal the entire time. How could it have gotten cut off overnight?

Harry rushed over to the mirror hung on the wall adjacent to the window.

Oh shit. What the hell was happening? Harry leaned closer and saw that not only was his hair cropped shorter than he’d ever wanted to go again, but it looked like he had the beginning of crow’s feet by his eyes. Those definitely weren’t there yesterday! And what happened to his tattoos? He still had some of them, like the star and the letters he’d gotten for his mum and Gemma, but most of the rest were missing and there were a few he’d never seen before instead.

What. The. Fuck.

Or the one where Harry goes to bed angry with his bandmates and wakes up in a universe where One Direction was never formed and he has to find a way back home. Home definitely has nothing to do with his best friend and bandmate, Louis. That would be ridiculous.

note: there’s a second part to this that’s 24k!

☆ when we were younger by dinosaursmate 76k

About a week after Harry started visiting this particular chat room, he was watching some kid argue with the whole room about football, personally disinterested as he tipped a bag of crisps into his mouth. He happily chomped on the crumbs, taking a swig from a glass of Ribena to wash them down, glancing at the screen and very nearly spat the squash back out again. His heart was pounding wildly. The display icon of the argumentative newcomer had caught his eye, and not in a good way. He gulped as he clicked the picture, and when it popped up in full resolution, his heart nearly fell right out of his arse. - Sixteen year old Harry Styles’ world turns upside down when he logs on to gay teen chat to discover somebody has stolen his photos and used them as their own.

note: there’s a second part that’s 3k ziam centric

extra note: you don’t want to know how many episodes of catfish i’ve seen

☆ like cabbages and kings by you_explode 61k

When Louis was a kid, he had a series of very vivid dreams about a place called Wonderland. There were rabbits wearing waistcoats and talking cats and ridiculous tea parties, and amidst all the absurdity, there was a boy. A boy with dimples, big green eyes and the sweetest soul Louis has ever known. Louis has always kept a place in his heart for that boy and for his funny dreamworld, and when he’s twenty-five and his life falls apart, it turns out Wonderland might not be so imaginary after all.

☆ knives don’t have your back by turnyourankle 51k

The lone survivor of an on campus massacre that claimed the lives of his four housemates, Harry is urged to take a sabbatical or transfer. Instead, he chooses to stay in school, move into the dorms, and overcome his fears.

He finds comfort in a budding friendship with Louis, an upperclassman who lives on his floor, not realizing that their relationship will bring him closer to his traumatizing past rather than further from it.

☆ loving you is free by littlelouishiccups 68k

Louis is a workaholic record label CEO who hasn't been on a date in nearly a year. Niall and Liam make an account for him on a sugar dating website as a joke. And then Louis meets Harry.

note: there are two other parts to this that are pretty much pwp. they’re 24k and 4k

☆  dance to the distortion by lis (domesticharry) 93k

Louis accidentally breaks Harry's camera lens and in order to get it fixed, they decide to participate in a romantic couples study. The only issue is that they are not actually couple. Well that and the fact they cannot stand each other.

☆ waiting on you by emma1234 77k

“Vampires,” Louis says with disgust, glaring over at the vampire who is noisily slurping from the woman’s neck nearby.

Zayn gives the neat fang marks on Louis’ neck a meaningful look.

“Can’t live with them, can’t live without them,” Louis finishes, ignoring Zayn when he rolls his eyes.

Louis takes a long sip of his milkshake, presses his fingers against the marks on his neck, and definitely doesn’t think about the vampire who left them there.

note: there’s a second part to this that’s 5k

☆ this wicked game by cherrystreet 70k

An AU in which The Bachelor is gay, Louis is a contestant, Harry is the bachelor, everyone drinks a lot of champagne, the entire world gets to watch them fall in love, and no one plays by the rules.

note: i’ve seen maybe five episodes of the bachelor in my life and hated it but i have read every larry bachelor fic 

☆ coax the cold by mediawhore 86k

England, 1897.

English Professor Louis Tomlinson’s passion for the occult has been a source of mockery and derision for most of his life. When he hears whispers of a travelling freak show newly established in London claiming the existence of a monstrous sea hybrid, half-man, half-fish, Louis sees it as his ticket to credibility amongst his peers. The summer he spends undercover working on the show, however, gives him much more than that.

☆ this feeling by orphan_account 59k

"Gonna play it back for you now." Louis clicked play and the song flooded through Harry’s headphones.

The sound of each others voices united into one, and the rhythm of the music carried their voices effortlessly. Harry’s insides tingled and a wave of shivers rolled down his spine.

Before the clip cut off, Harry turned to raise an eyebrow at Louis, and failed miserably at disguising his smile. Louis stared back at him in shock.

Or A Larry Duet AU

☆ love’s on the line, is that your final answer? by pearlydewdrops 53k

Harry can’t believe it when Louis, the boy he’s always had a tempestuous rivalry with, asks him to be his boyfriend. Well, pose as his boyfriend, that is—for a new television game show in which young couples are quizzed on how well they know each other for a jackpot of thirty grand.

Reluctantly, Harry agrees—because he's got student loans to pay off, hasn't he? What's the harm? And he can totally deal with keeping his secret thing for Louis under wraps too. This is all just to win some money. It's fine. No big deal. What could possibly go wrong?

Well, everything. Obviously.

☆ say your prayers by nothing_but 59k

Louis was left wondering what the fuck this encounter had been. Coming to this camp - especially after learning that it was a religious one - he had never expected to find himself in a bathroom with the attractive, strictly Catholic, not-gay-or-anything head counsellor making flirty remarks. Quite the opposite, to be honest.

Or the one where Harry, head counsellor at a Catholic summer camp, dedicates his time to what he loves most, year after year. It’s mostly the same every summer; the place, the topics, the games. This year, however, there’s a new assistant counsellor stumbling into his camp, and possibly his heart.

☆ i’ll crash until you notice me by stylinsoncity 61k

Louis sets off to Barbados to oversee the massive resort his family owns known as Sandy Hill. For years, he's been looking for a change in the monotony of his life, seeking adventure and perhaps love too. What he doesn't expect is the bright eyed boy who spills a milkshake on his shoes.

Cue the summer loving.

note: zendaya is listed as a character in this which desperately makes me want to reread it because i don’t remember that!!!

☆ nothing but you on my mind by nonsensedarling 84k

Louis Tomlinson is a PR manager hired to improve the image of royal bad-boy Prince Harry Styles. Unfortunately for him, that means being faced with the Prince's constant innuendos, incessant dirty jokes, and relentless flirting. Louis just wants to make it to Princess Gemma's coronation; once she's crowned Queen, his contract is up and he never has to see the Prince again.

☆ ghost note symphony by whoknows 96k

Louis is on tour when he first hears about it. It’s all over the news – Harry Styles Attacked By Fan runs in headlines for days. It’s not even just the gossip rags, either. Actual journalists are covering the story. It would have been impossible to avoid hearing about it. Technically, Oli is the one who tells Louis about it, but it’s not exactly being covered up. Harry doesn’t answer Louis’ text asking if he’s alright, but that’s not really surprising. They haven’t spoken for months, and it’s been a lot longer than that since they’ve had a real conversation. The sting of the text going unanswered is still there, less painful than it might have been a few years ago.

It’s not that it’s easy to forget about, exactly. Louis has a whole life outside of One Direction now, though. So Louis goes on with his life, figuring that if Harry was seriously hurt he would have heard about it by now. He might currently be in the same country as Harry, but being on opposite sides of it puts enough distance between them that putting it in the back of his mind is easy. There’s nothing Louis could do, even if he thought Harry might want him to.

That’s why everything that happens next comes as a complete shock to him.

☆ thinking about the t-shirt you sleep in by nonsense_darling 52k

Harry's alpha fraternity donates to a local thrift shop (because of Liam's latent crush on a cute beta in his lecture). Louis' financial situation (and confusing omega instincts) lead him to make some interesting fashion purchases. Lots of pizza, feelings, and not-really-lying.   

☆ here in the afterglow by fondleeds 89k

“If you hadn’t noticed, I don’t have many friends,” Louis whispers, the blossom of insecurity in his stomach unfurling and clawing its way into his throat.

Harry is silent for a long time, and then he speaks; a soft, slow uncurl that makes Louis’ stomach shake. “I’ll be your friend.”

-

1970’s AU. In a tiny town in Idaho, Louis’ life is changed forever by the arrival of a curious stranger.

note: i can’t believe i waited until 2020 to read this...it was life changing tbh and i cried

☆ just call me inspiration by hereforlou 52k

The truth is Louis knows he’s going to hell, if there is such a thing, but it isn’t because he writes erotic fiction for a living. If anything, it’s because his muse, the reason he’s inspired to write about people shagging in increasingly creative ways everyday, is the sweetest, loveliest, most genuine (and completely oblivious) future children-book illustrator in the world.

(Or, the one where Louis is a writer, Harry is an art student, and they inspire each other in very different ways.)

☆ truly, madly, deeply (10 things i hate about you) by sunsetmog 54k

The first Louis had heard of Harry auditioning for X Factor was the night he'd turned up on Louis' doorstep the day before leaving for Boot Camp, with a DVD and an illicit bottle of vodka.

Thing was, Louis hated secrets, and he really hated being made a fool of, and he really, really hated Harry Styles.

or: the one in which they're all in sixth form together, and Harry auditions for X Factor without them.

note: this has always been a fav

☆ the impossible now by stylinsoncity 65k

A wish on Christmas Eve sends Louis to an alternate dimension where Harry is a member of One Direction.

☆ swallow the knife by whoknows 76k

“You came,” Louis says, still breathless, clinging to Harry, uncaring that his sweat is getting all over Harry’s presumably clean dad shirt, or that he’s making Harry hold up all of his weight.

“Of course I came,” Harry says. He shifts, one arm curled underneath Louis’ arse, the other spreading wide in the middle of Louis’ back. “If I ignored you every time you pissed me off we would have stopped being friends a long time ago.”

Louis already knows that, of course. It doesn’t do anything to stop the pleased squirm in his belly every time Harry proves it, though. They fight like nobody’s business, both of them too stubborn to pull their punches when they’re arguing, and it used to get them in trouble, but they always make up.

Adrenaline makes Louis loose-lipped, and they both know it. He tightens his arms around Harry’s neck, buries his face in his hair. “I missed you,” he confesses, quiet. “Doesn’t feel the same up there by myself.”

note: i don’t even normally like non-aus but i have read this fic five times in the last nine months so. there’s that. 

extra note: there’s an 11k alternate sex scene here

☆ perfect storm by cherrystreet 80k

What do you do when your best friend asks you and your (now) ex to be the best men at his destination wedding? You can either tell him the truth, tell him you’re not together anymore, and deal with the consequences, or you can pretend you’re still together and roll with it, just pray you don’t spiral. Fake it ‘til you make it. You know, for the sake of the wedding.

Harry and Louis choose the latter.

☆ anyplace, anyhow, anytime by aimmyarrowshigh, colazitron 81k

Harry's going to audition for The X-Factor in a few days, he really can't use this persistent tickle in his throat. What's even worse is when the tickle turns into a full blown cough, and the cough makes him pass out only for Harry to wake up in a different world. And then another one, and another one, and another one. The only other person who seems to be as affected as he is, is a boy with blue eyes who keeps showing up in every single one of these worlds.

note: i reread all of aimmyarrowhigh’s larry fics this year including the 500k or whatever sheylinson verse and i thought about putting them all in here but like...felt excessive & i figured i’d give attention to a less well known one, plus this way we get colazitron too! 

☆ the second hand unwinds by kingsofeverything (fullonlarry) 52k

Louis Tomlinson is one of the first members of NASA's top secret Chrono Exploration Program. When things go wrong and he's sent further back in time than planned, he has no other option than to show up on his ex-boyfriend's doorstep.

☆ waiting for the tides to meet by nauticalleeds (metamorphosis) 60k

Louis lets out a deep breath, thinking about Harry’s soulmate. Thinking about how Harry’s soulmate is probably as beautiful as Harry, some person that Louis cannot compare to, and how the universe has chosen them to be Harry’s. Fuck the universe. “Fuck you,” he calls out to the universe. He’s aware of how crazy he sounds.

Maybe he is crazy, with how he’s falling for Harry. And fuck that, too.

Soulmate AU. Everyone is born with heterochromia — one eye is their own eye colour, while the other is the colour of their soulmate's. It's only when they meet their soulmate for the first time that their own eyes match properly. After a hazy night at a frat party, Louis wakes up to blue eyes and the shocking realization that he had met his soulmate, without any sober recollection. Seven years pass where Louis comes to terms with the fact that he'll never know who his soulmate is. Then one fated summer, a beautiful green-eyed photographer arrives at Louis' workplace, with promises of endless laughter and a familiar feeling in Louis' heart.

Featuring a lovely cup of OT5, a road trip down the coast, and a scene where Harry eats a whole head of lettuce. Don't ask why.

☆ keep my candle bright by whisperdlullaby 79k

louis returns to his hometown after four years to find that the reverend’s son has done some growing up of his own.

☆ strawberries & cigarettes by dimpled_halo 77k

Harry looks up and immediately freezes. Next to Ms. Archie stands the boy from just the other day. The boy with the leather jacket and chipped black nails, that might or might not be sketched in the very book Harry has just placed on the table in front of him. The leather jacket is missing today, probably because they aren’t allowed as part of their required uniform attire, but Harry can still see the fading black nail polish on his nails, and eyeliner around his eyes. Harry’s mouth goes a little dry. This boy is so intriguing to him.

“Ye-yes, Ms. Archie?” Harry tries to play it cool, but he’s almost positive that his cheeks are burning red, and he’s relieved neither of them can tell how fast his heart is beating in his chest.

The boy seems to also recognize Harry, because his lips curve into a knowing smirk.

“Harry is at the top of his class. He’s your best bet at getting familiar with things around here.” She explains.

Louis nods, his smirk still very prominent on his face. “Thank you Ms. Archie. I’ll be sure to take advantage of young Harold here.”

*

Summary: Two stories, eleven years, and the two boys that never stopped loving each other.

[mysticalmuddle]

Hi! Love your writing. Curious to know if it’s a passtime or a career. What is your process? The last one was heart breaking and i can’t wait for the update of EICPF Thanks!!

Sorry it took so long to answer this! I’ve been putting out fires in real life these past couple of days, and meanwhile mulling over what to say.

I’m flattered you think I could be in the big leagues, but I’m definitely a hobbyist writer! There’s a lot of stuff I do to develop my writing on my own though, and it always means a lot to mean to hear people like my stuff <3333

My writing process isn’t really complicated, but it does involve a lot of drafts and editing, much more than actual time writing raw stuff. For a one-shot, it goes something like this:

Get an idea, usually a couple lines of dialogue or a bit of description I want to see. Almost always happens when I’m trying to sleep, or washing my hair, or something that means I can’t scramble away and write it down immediately

Write the idea down. This is a taster spoon, just long enough to see if I can make a bigger idea from this, or if it goes to sit in the slushpile. If it does go in the slushpile, I usually recycle it for other fics. Lots of ideas die here. The slushpile just for ASOIAF is--extensive. I checked just now for fun and eek! 82k words

Sit on this blurb for a couple days--sometimes I’ll think about it on my own, or spitball with like-minded friends

Write an outline, as strict or loose as I feel like the idea needs. I have a bad memory, so this is a huuuuuuge important thing for me

Write the first draft. This is where the emotional stuff, good dialogue, and really brilliant bits of metaphor, etc come out. The rest is pretty trashy and bare-bones

After a couple days, edit the first draft. This includes drafting in all the stuff--scenery, transitions, description--that I skipped in draft one.

Write draft two

Edit draft two/write draft three/etc. (This might go on for a while. A couple chapters of even iron have definitely been five-draft affairs)

When I think it’s solid, I run that sucker through grammarly and google docs for grammar edits. If I have a beta, this is when they get it. Occasionally they see the first draft if I need major plot/characterization help

Code all the html for AO3 by hand--close reading the fic as I go along--then slap it into a draft doc on the site

Close-read again on AO3 for coding errors and general SPaG errors. The font change is very important, imo, to pick up those last stragglers. Sometimes I skip this step and do it a few weeks after posting, depends on how tired and fed-up I am with editing at the moment

Add a summary and necessary tags

Dither. Possibly go seek moral support

Post!

Endlessly refresh my stats page

Thanks for the ask! Like most writers, I always have fun talking about writing itself, and especially editing. Hands-down writing is my favorite hobby, and I’ve almost always got a Word doc or two open in the background. <3333

[nochiquinn]

campaign 2 episode 100: we did it you guys, we dungeon’d a dragon

[tries to remember how to set up my screens]

82k viewers and climbing...this bitch is gonna crash so hard, so often

so much STUFF

(bf ordered the plushie frumpkin when the tweet was 2 minutes old) (reader, I married him)

"did you guys watch tiger king??!?!"

honestly, I'm gonna be real with you guys, I'm hoping I still enjoy it. I really only enjoy cr + talks, so maybe just it not being in front of my eyes made me cool off on it??? I'm hoping.

everybody reaching for any possible knowledge they might have

"TRAVELEEEERRRR HEEEELLLP"

traveler: new phone who dis

travis has his Sailing for Dummies

H2Whoa That Was Fun flashbacks

dragon turtle go nyoom

travis has been SAT cramming ship rules

balleater turns into the coconut ship from moana

oh, I like this mapcam angle better

I'm glad they had a full combat opening for this episode so I can ease back into having to actually pay attention

samuel

"he's so CUTE" there are two kinds of people

(it is very cute)

"Maybe he's nice!" "Oh Laura"

"it disappears under the water" oh man they're about to go for a piggyback they didn't ask for

this is now orcas hunting seals on ice floes

YOTE THE BOAT

everybody's new characters follow the traveler. the show becomes a very weird Left Behind AU

"big swings" make expensive choices

lmao the air high-fives

"you did think about this part right???" "NO"

WAIT THEY'RE ALL MIC'D CAN I HEAR THE CROSSTALK NOW

"we're good, I'm taller than he is"

taako invented surfing, jester inventing water skiing

matt: [listing reasons what cad is trying is very difficult] taliesin: I can't hear you over this 29

I can't believe liam missed the opportunity to say "nudibranch"

"what do we have we could bargain with?" "marius."

monsterfucker veth strikes again

separating laura and sam was dangerous, now we all have to hear them trying to one-up each other

"and marius"

li am

"bad dragon new sponsor" absolutely fucking not, do not give sam that power

I'm still retraining my attention span, I need the break now

holy shit did they make it to travelercon

this qvc ass ad

I enjoy that monochrome is just something taliesin can Do

liAM

I Missed Him

chat: artagan's gender is Bastard

travis' Thinking Face™

every time I hear the word "caldera" I have intense flashbacks to the volcano-making game in The Magic Schoolbus Inside the Earth

"like a uretha" dsksdf

"this could be a good thing for the local economy" that's what they say about the olympics, too

"it's like picking their genitals"

these CHILDREN

I've seen enough anime to know where this is going

"I think you should try it" immediate devious smile

"I now what you're talking about, you're just also laura bailey"

(g)rave cleric

"don't compare yourself to me, it's an impossible task" gettim

you know what I JUST finished tlou2 I don't need this

displace? displacer??

what

WEREBEAR

if there's a polar werebear lost is gonna sue

oh. oh boy.

this is why you google your venue

all of this makes me uncomfortable

I JUST finished tlou2, I don't NEED THIS

that's just sauron

oh hell

this is a convict island isn't it

"things that are shiny" that's a fucking dragon

jester is gonna hold this up as a counter-example every time someone

calls the traveler a cult

okay I actually did enjoy that, fears (partially) abated

"is she controlling the vines?" oh god, swampbenders

[epicstuckyficrecs]

July 15th-21st

Under a Read More this week because it’s pretty long! I also added a new “re-read” category! :)

You can find my other Weekly Recaps here!

Complete

The First Breaking Point by justanotherStonyfan/ @justanotherstonyfan  (Shrunkyclunks, future AU | 20K | Mature): There are cameras, because there always have been, but seeing it in person is far more arresting, watching Steve prepare to deliberately talk about it is different. “Eleven years ago,” Steve says, and James remembers it - James was eight years old, “in the winter of 2015, I had what the media now commonly refers to as a breakdown.” (💙 Part 26 of Honey Honey)

The Most Wonderful Time by justanotherStonyfan/ @justanotherstonyfan (Shrunkyclunks, future AU | 42K | Explicit): Everybody tears into their wrapping paper - actually, that’s not true. James’ whole family aside from Chip is, much like Steve, a family of pickers. Anthea, and Becca, and James all open their gifts by carefully peeling the tape back and removing the paper like sleeves. “Huh,” Steve says, and does the same because he always has with fancy paper. He and Buck used to wrap with newspaper if they could afford gifts at all. On the rare occasions they managed brown paper, Steve treated it like gold leaf. (💙 Part 27 of Honey Honey)

Truth in Fiction by dixons_mama (Evanstan RPF | 4K | Explicit): Chris has just received the new Avengers script, and Steve is going to kiss Bucky. Considering Chris has been in love with Sebastian for nearly a decade, he should be excited, but this isn't exactly how he'd (often) imagined it happening.

where women glow and men plunder by rohkeutta/ @rohkeutta (Modern AU, Australia | 3K | Mature): When the snake doesn't show any signs of leaving in a few more minutes, Steve grudgingly goes inside to retrieve his phone and the post-it with James’s number. Not ten minutes later, there’s the clatter of skateboard wheels against pavement, and then the most beautiful man Steve has ever seen rolls onto the driveway, like some absurdly stunning Australian reincarnation of Napoleon riding on a longboard to conquer Steve’s Bavarian body. 

💙 tiny cities made of ashes by mambo/ @whtaft (canon divergent | 4K | Mature): Their plan has three parts: disable Bucky's kill triggers, find a ship, and leave the planet. So they go to New York to find someone who can help them with step one. (💙 Part 3 of child of thanos)

good news for people who love bad news by mambo/ @whtaft (Canon divergent | 1,8K | Explicit | Warnings: Violence, MCD): Before they leave the planet, the Captain has an errand to run. (💙 Part 5 of child of thanos)

💙 Fraternizing With the Enemy by AidaRonan (University AU | 7K | Explicit): Steve and Bucky are both the presidents of their respective fraternities. Steve thinks Bucky's frat is filled with selfish party animals who care about little else. Bucky thinks Steve is a giant pretentious douchebag who owns too many Lacoste polos. They hate each other. Passionately. Until they don't.

Drive by AidaRonan (PWP | 3,2K | Explicit): Steve and Bucky are hanging out at Carol and Maria's when the thirst hits. Or sometimes you lay eyes on a super-muscular Carol Danvers and it ruins your life.

Fists and Honey by AidaRonan (Canon | 3,6K | Teen): "When did you know?" Sam asks Bucky, sending him back to 1938 and the feeling of Steve's lips on the back of his neck.

My anaconda don't want done unless you got scones hun by AidaRonan (Shrunkyclunks | 3,6K | Mature): The barista's latte art doesn't quite go as planned. Given the day Steve's been having, it kinda figures.

What Colors Would I Be? by AidaRonan (PWP | 2,8K | Explicit): On a too-hot summer day, Steve finally puts the moves on his gorgeous landscaper. The landscaper doesn't mind.

Two Strays in Bucharest by AidaRonan (Post/WS | 1,6K | General): He hears the cry from a mile away. Desperate and high and wailing. He’s drawn to it like a moth to a lit match, his boots turning to follow before he can even think to question why.

la vie en rose by mcwho (PWP | 1,4K | Explicit): Steve bends Bucky over the marble bathroom sink of Casa de L’Amour right before their starter salad.

💙 Covet Thy Neighbor's Towel by dixons_mama (PWP | 2,3K | Explicit): After stumbling upon his nearly naked neighbor, Bucky decides he's never needed to be fucked so badly in his life.

My Boyfriend Calls Me Daddy, Too by cydonic (Modern AU, Parent!Steve | 5K | Explicit): As a father, you get used to being called Daddy. Just not by your boyfriend. (sequel to Home Is Wherever I'm With You)

WIP

💙 This Side of the Blue by notlucy/ @notlucy (Mermaid AU | 19/44 | 69K | Explicit): Tucked against a set of crumbling, stone steps was a tank made of metal and glass, filled to the brim with greenish water, distorted sunlight filtering through and casting strange shadows. Playing tricks on the eye. A trick was the only explanation for what Steve saw floating there. This figment of his childhood. This myth. This legend. Within the tank, the siren bared its teeth.

💙 come as you are by silentwalrus/ @silentwalrus1 (Post-WS AU | 25K | 3/? | Explicit): Steve comes back to the States. He pursues truth, justice and the American way. Bucky comes back too. He pursues inebriation and intercourse. (Part 3 of Bucky Barnes Gets His Groove Back & Other International Incidents)

Solitary by exclamation (Canon divergent | 33/? | 82K | Mature): The Winter Soldier has been a prisoner of SHIELD for about a year and a half, placed in solitary confinement under strict security when it was clear he wasn’t going to respond to the best interrogators and deprogrammers SHIELD had available. When Fury asks a newly awakened Steve Rogers to assist, Steve is hesitant. He doesn’t understand why Fury thinks he would have a better chance of getting through to this guy than all the people who have tried and failed.

💙 four dreams in a row where you were burned by voxofthevoid/ @voxofthevoid (canon divergent, post-Endgame, 1945 alternate timeline | 4/? | 21K | Explicit): When Steve uses the last of his Pym Particles to travel to 1944 and save his best friend, he doesn’t have a plan beyond leaving behind the battlefield and living his life alongside the people he loves.But the life that finds him is not the one he expects.

💙 Cause you can’t, you won't, and you don't stop by redhook (Modern AU, roommates, FWB | 1,9K | 1/? | Explicit): It isn't like they're actually fucking or anything. It's fine.

Cakes & Balances by mambo/ @whtaft (POTUS Steve | 8K | 4/? | Teen): It’s kind of hard to date the cute baker from down the street when you’re the President of the United States of America. But Steve Rogers will make it work.

💙 Like Real People Do by 2bestfriends (Shrunkyclunks, canon divergent post-Avengers | 6K | 1/10 | Explicit): Seven years into an isolated retirement after the Battle of New York, Steve has carved out a place for himself in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains. He has a best friend (his dog, Lady), a frenemy (a local black bear named Rufus), and a cabin in the middle of the woods, an hour's drive from the nearest town. As November comes to a close, he heads into town to pick up supplies and ends up with a stowaway.

Re-read

Too Long We Have Tarried by kototyph (Post-WS | 19K | Explicit): Bucky picks up the ring and holds it between them. “Steven Grant Rogers,” he says solemnly. “Will you marry me?”

💙 Say it louder for the people in the back by redhook (Modern AU, sex worker Steve | 14K | Explicit): Steve operates a glory hole. One of his regulars starts to get under his skin.

[pkjjm]

I heard u read practically every fic on ao3; do you have any fluffy Jikook fics to recommend? I've already read More Golden than a Golden Snitch, You're a Hard Soul to Save With an Ocean in the way (but I'll get around it), and Flower Talk

mostly of these are short fluff and smut

bloom by mnsg [T, 2k]jimin has a soft spot for jeongguk the size of jupiter and it’s hard not to take advantage of that, sometimes. especially when jimin looks so good and sweet and happy jeongguk could just…eat him.

books and bubble baths by soft_hobi [T, 2k]jungkook comes home to see an extra fluffy jimin crying over a book, of course the only way to make him feel better is with a bubble bath and a large pizza.

i’ll stick to you like glue-cose by cygnus (lucid_wisteria) 💖💗💘 [T, 7k]jimin merely wanted to study in peace, yet a certain five-foot ten frat boy - unfortunately also a past hook up - that epitomizes the very definition of smugness in one entire body whose ego is as big and full-scaled as the national debt, won’t let him.

just the way you are by drpuffles [T, 3k]jungkook wants to propose to jimin. things don’t go as planned.

the wreath-er outside is frightful by closingstatement [T, 9k]jimin’s a cashier that works at a store in the city, jungkook’s a customer with a penchant for buying too many wreaths, and they’re both people in need of their own little christmas miracle.

domestic jikook by bangtansweaterpaws [T, 7k]this is a serie and contains two works of domestic fluff morning cuddle jikook

if the waves belong to the sea by teecysh [T, 6k]jungkook lives a quiet unassuming life in busan, working as a teacher for the city’s primary school. jimin is the son of a sailor. he’s not meant to stay.

i can come home to you by angstjimin [T, 2k]jeongguk’s glad at the end of a tiring day, he could come home to his loving husband and adorable son.or jikook’s married life adventures with their son.

be mine by unspokenpromises [E, 4k]“jimin stills, his mind reeling from shock. jungkook whispers it likes it’s a secret. a confession that was never meant for anyone’s ears. he blinks up at jungkook, his heart beating rapidly in his chest.“what?” jungkook doesn’t hear him though, of course he doesn’t. his body and mind have already succumbed into a deep slumber but jimin is suddenly very wide awake.“

watch your back (i’m right behind) by orphan_account [T, 5k] the adventures of park Jimin, jeon Jungkook, and a bunch of bratty twelve year old kids on summer camp.

the abc’s of college jikook by jibootay [T, 6k]a simple collection of jikook moments throughout college.

trembling hands by jeontu 💖💗💘[T, 1k]jungkook and the morning after.

be my baby by teecysh [T, 1k]jungkook wakes up on an ordinary morning, in love and in love and what else is new.

beyond the sea (listen for my blue ballad) by jjkpjm [M, 17k]jungkook spends most of his life on the ocean, running from his past, drowning himself in booze. he hides his scars behind a crisp uniform and pretty smile and convinces himself he’s okay with pretending to be the man everyone thinks he is. until he returns to his home port, where he meets the beautiful new bartender at his usual spot who makes him question everything.

only for you (only for him) by jimin_to_my_ship_we_got_kookies [G, 2k] jimin makes friends with the new boy in class.orjimin and jungkook have a cute little secret.

i by jeonify 💖💗💘 [G, 4k]jimin’s secret admirer happens to be his new tutee, which also happens to be the person he’s set his eyes on since the start.jeongguk fails math and gets assigned his first love for a tutor. 

paint me a future by mintsugakookies [T, 3k]waking up to jeon jungkook every morning was everything Jimin could have asked for in life. having police officer for a husband was fun especially when he gets to play around with his uniform.having park jimin in jungkook’s life was as perfect as it gets.except for when said husband likes to scare the life out of him by asking important questions rather casually while doing tasks such as re-painting their guest room. 

jeongguk, you’re perfect. we’re perfect by taetriplejae [E, 17k]

jeongguk has a problem and his hyung’s decide to help. whether or not they actually help is another question. all jeongguk knows is that he wants jimin’s dick. but knowing his clumsy self he’d probably yank on it too hard or something…

imperfectly perfect by wheniseeyousmile [M, 194k]jungkook just moved to seoul and comes to a new school. he’s quite naive and believes that there is good in everyone. he loves photography and always carries his camera with him. he thought his life wasn’t going to change much, even though he had moved to seoul.however, that changed, when he took a picture of a certain orange-haired boy with the brightest eye-smile he had ever seen.

너의 목소리 your voice by pinkmonnie [M, 82k] "is it possible to fall in love with someone just by the sound of their voice?”jeon jungkook is a twenty-three year old young man, starting his tertiary studies at seoul national university. he is incredibly independent, handsome, and rich. he is mute. the only thing he loves to do is live inside his own little world full of books and music and photographs.park jimin is a twenty-five year old assistant professor in the college of jumanities. he moved 3 minutes away from campus just so he could dedicate more time to researching and teaching. his dream is to become an actual professor and write books about japan.they fall in love.

rain all day and i don’t mind by jams_and_suga [T, 2k]jimin and Jungkook spend a rainy morning together.

bite me by wordcouture [M, 3k]jimin and jungkook’s relationship progression based on teeth-related encounters

dream maker by graesun, polkari seuta (veritasetvita) [M, 73k]oh, dream maker, you heartbreaker / wherever you’re going, i’m going your way.several days in the lives of jimin and jungkook living off instant ramen and lots of kisses.

my masterpiece by cherripii [E, 4k]jeongguk never saw himself as an artist, but he couldn’t deny the desire to replace the perfect masterpiece with his own work of art. he wanted to tear jimin apart to rebuild him in a new theme, a new concept. he wanted jimin all for his own.

put out my senses by mintsugakookies [M, 34k]jungkook has possibly the worst luck that any college student could have. but it’s not so bad when he has a cute tangerine-head of a boyfriend by his side.

young blood is the lovin’ upriser by kay6661 [E, 4k]jimin is giving jeongguk a silent treatment.

[wanderingcas]

Week 7: Season 12 Inspired Destiel!

[Thank you, everyone, for your wonderful submissions to Week 6 of Spn Fanfic Submission Thursday!! There’s some absolutely quality fics in this list, so check them out. If you want to participate in next week’s fic submissions, check out the schedule!

Please signal boost so we can get these great fics circulating!]

Things That Will Probably Not Happen in Season 12 by @expatgirl

Three fics from Mary’s POV as she tries to adjust to being alive again, tries to understand her sons, and the guy that seems to live with them. The fourth fic is from Dean’s POV, as he tries to understand the same things.

Teen and Up; Mature for the 3rd fic, 8.7k words. (Complete)

[POV Mary Winchester, POV Dean, Weird family dynamics, Hugs, Swearing, Dissociation, Blood, Prayer, Blow Jobs, Feelings]

Warnings: Mild eye trauma/ mild body horror (not shown), brief suicidal thoughts

Dean (and Cas') Top 13 Zepp Traxx by @pantheonofdiscord

Dean eases Baby down the frontage road, trying not to look in the rearview mirror as his home gets smaller and smaller behind him.

He’s done this a hundred times. He’s driven down this road in the soft morning light, heading out to some little town in some distant corner of the country. This is a job like any other.

“It’s not like we’re never coming back,” Cas says from the passenger seat.

Dean and Cas and the open road, to the tune of Led Zeppelin. A post-series story in thirteen parts.

Explicit. 82k words. (Complete)

[Dean/Cas, road trips, mutual pining, getting together, case fic, post-series, angst, fluff]

And Back Again by @funnywings

Takes place after the finale. Mourning, loss, and a game of spot the difference between the Cas that used to be and the one Jack brought back. Happy ending guaranteed. 

Teen and Up. 4k words. (Complete)

[Angst, Happy Ending, Dean’s POV, 12.23 Coda]

Warnings: Temporary MCD

This Isn’t How It Was Supposed To Go by @nox-lee

It’s been excruciating all this time without Dean and now he’s finally here. Cas wants to soak Dean in, wants to scrub him clean of the prison grime and smooth away the new lines that have formed on his hardened face. He wants to breathe him in and re-catalogue every freckle. Instead he watches Dean disappear down the hall and slam his bedroom door.

This isn’t how it was supposed to go.

Explicit. 3k words. (Complete)

[12x09, 12x10, coda, angst with a happy ending, smut]

Heaven Help Me by @righteousdemondean

Coda to 12.23 “All along the watchtower” Teen and Up. 647 words. (Complete) [angst, hurt no comfort, dean-centric, drinking mention, alcohol abuse mention, character death]

Please Come Back by @spn-akf-yana

Even months after the events with the portal, neither Sam and Dean have given up on bringing Cas back. Jack doesn’t to begin with know his true heritage so he tries to help, but not knowing how to raise the dead, he opens the portal again, which just brings up bad memories and things become even more complex when he finds out who he is.

Teen and Up. 9.9k words. (Complete)

[angst, post-season 12]

Rebirth by @mrswholmeschester

Set right after season 11, this story explores the new dynamics now that Mary is back. Dean finds out something about himself as he and his family try to find Pandora's box to trap Lucifer. 

Teen and Up. 16k words. (Complete)

[Destiel]

Rage by @darkheartinthesky

Castiel was always too stubborn for his own good–too stubborn to die, even. As Castiel sits recovering, Sam and Dean prepare for their biggest fight yet. Meanwhile, come Hell or high water, Mary Winchester is getting back to her home world.

Teen and Up. 50k words. (WIP) 

[S13 Fic, Hurt!Castiel, Caretaker Dean, Dean Winchester vs Feelings, Supportive Sam, Angst with a Happy Ending, BAMF!Mary Winchester]

Warnings: Graphic imagery, violence

Feather by @ialwayscomewhenyoucall

Dean mourns Cas after the events of “All Along the Watchtower”

Teen and Up. 336 words. (Complete)

[12x23 coda, angst, grief]

alive by @babybluecas

Cas is standing right before him: same coat, same blue eyes—so radiant and alive, as if they have never lost their light.

Teen and Up. 898 words. (Complete)

[Angst, Castiel’s return, post-season 12, pre-slash, pining]

Warning: Major Character Death

You’re Me and I’m You by @deservetobesaved 

A witch’s spell causes Dean and Cas to switch bodies, much to Sam’s amusement. Dean pretends he’s super annoyed about it (not really) and Cas is just adorable.

Teen and up. 1.5k words. (Complete)

[fluff, crack, body swap, s12, canon divergence]

Conversation Hearts by @mittensmorgul

Following the events of 12.11, Dean takes stock of the things he remembers, and the things he’s always tried to make himself forget. If he can’t make his own words, maybe store-bought is fine.

Teen and Up. 4k words. (Complete)

[Valentine’s Day Fluff, Episode: s12e11 Regarding Dean, Dean Uses Actual Words, even if he has to borrow them from terrible candy, Fluff, Dean rode Larry, and squished a bunny, Love Confessions, First Kiss]

Welcome home, Cas by @xbooksandtea

“Cas,” he whispered, and he was able to hear the blood rushing through the veins in his ears. Shimmering lights were dancing at the corners of his vision. His skin felt both burning hot and ice cold at the same time, the way he imagined it would feel if you dove into a pool while someone branded you with a burning claw – the way that left scars.

General Audiences. 1.6k words. (Complete)

[fluff and angst, reunions]

Memento Mori by @cas-essence

Dean is annoyed to find out that they forgot to wrap up the case of Benjamin’s stabbing. Still, he finds himself intrigued as he is told that the dead angel had owned an apartment and he, Sam and Cas drive back to have a look around. Old wounds are opened and start to heal as Cas is finally able to say goodbye to one of his siblings properly.

General Audiences. 8k words. (Complete)

[ep 12x10, hurt Castiel, hurt/comfort, team free will, pining dean, fluff and angst, Angel headcanons]

Good Scotch (Is the Way to Dean’s Heart) by @braezenkitty

A sort of coda to 12x13, inspired by 12x14 and this post, and set between the two episodes. Dean’s pissed about Mary lying to them and putting lives in danger—for putting Cas’ life in danger. He’s angry and he needs some comfort and distraction. He also needs another bottle of scotch. Castiel provides.

Teen and Up. 3.5k words. (Complete)

[Alcohol, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Winchester Coping Mechanisms, First Kiss, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Canon Compliant]

Careless by @lies-unfurl

Castiel has always obeyed Ishim.

Explicit. 1.5k words. (Complete)

[Angst, Hurt No Comfort, Hurt Castiel, Castiel Whump, Episode: s12e10 Lily Sunder Has Some Regrets]

Warnings: rape/non-con, suicidal thoughts

Angels Calling by @hefellfordean

Post s12e17: Castiel has tracked down Dagon and Kelly Kline with the help of other angels, after the Winchesters and Eileen let her go, and calls Dean for help. Dean has to deal with Cas’ return to Heaven and is worried about what that means for their relationship.(Basically my guess about what would happen to Kelly Kline before the final episodes aired)

Teen and Up. 2.7k words. (Complete)

[Canon Divergence, Established Relationship, Hurt/Comfort, BAMF!Cas]

Just Pretend by @thursdays-fallen-angel

After Sam’s footsteps crunch over the gravel and disappear into the house, the only sound remaining is Dean’s ragged breathing, and the thundering of his own heartbeat in his ears.

General. 2k words. (Complete)

[Angst, 12x23 spoilers, Fix-It]

Hymnal by @humanformdragon

When Castiel meets Mary on the way to the Bunker, they end up talking about the past, and about doubt, and about decisions. Castiel recalls a past Christmas, one where Anna was ordered to carry out God’s will in a village no-one now remembers, and he finds he isn’t so sure of when his first steps towards Falling were taken.

General Audiences. 7.8k words. (Complete)

[Castiel and Mary talk, Conversations, Destiel is background, Mostly me musing on Castiel’s past, s12 time frame]

May I Have This Dance? by @thefiendishfangirl

Mary takes a quiet moment to teach Castiel to dance.

Teen and Up. 1.1k words. (Complete) 

[slow dancing, fluff, implied smut, supportive mary, cockblock sam]

Untitled by @deanwinchcester

Based on this post. Cas can sense lies and confronts Dean on the “you’re our brother” line.

General Audiences. 369 words. (Complete)

[first kiss, 12.19 coda]

lifeless by @casitels

Dean brings Cas’ hand to his lips, and for a moment, he leaves it there.

General. 196 words. (Complete)

[Coda, Episode: s12e23 All Along the Watchtower]

Warnings: Major Character Death

the (not so) reluctant big spoon by @woefulcas

dean and cas get some much needed time together while sam works a case with eileen - sleepy morning cuddles ensue

General Audience. .5k words. (Complete)

[hunter husbands, extreme fluff, sleepy morning cuddles, dean likes being the little spoon but he wants to wrap himself around cS ok, it’s a struggle, s12 should have had more fluff and cuddling and i’m bitter about it]

The Way Out by @awed-frog

Things are going pretty good, which is why Dean should have seen it coming. Sam and Toni are so in love it’s disgusting, the big monsters are all gone or dead, and Dean and Cas - yeah, okay, so they kissed and now they’re kind of together, okay? Shut up.

No, the second Dean had caught himself thinking about food processors and beach holidays, he should have fucking known his happy ending would turn around and kick him in his fucking teeth. And now it has, and they’re supposed to get on a damn plane and put on monkey suits and have Christmas dinner at Lord and Lady Bevell’s, and Dean just can’t - he can’t face it, he can’t breathe, he can’t even see through the injustice of it all, because Cas - Cas -

Mature. 67k words. (Complete)

[Angst and Feels, Pining, Friendship, Time Travel, First Kiss, First Time, Declarations Of Love, Team Free Will, Young Winchesters, Profound Bond, Canon Compliant]

softly; because we are screaming by @cuddlemonsterdean

He’d tried, all through dinner. Fuck, did he try. They’re a family and families eat together. But the food just didn’t wanna go down. As if there were still words locked in his throat, words of hurt and accusation, and they were in the way. The more he tried to get past them, the harder it got to talk. Like his insides were torn between heaving it all up and keeping everything inside.

Teen And Up Audiences. 1k words. (Complete)

[implied/background Deancas, implied one-sided Crowley/Dean, 12x14 Coda]

Warnings: implied panic attack, implied selectively mute!Dean

Season 12 episode codas series by @whichstiel

A series of 24 episode codas for season 12 - one unique story for each episode, plus a bonus story for that Endverse prop photo from episode 2. Features Destiel, Rowena, Mary, Crowley, Lily Sunder, the Banes twins, and Saileen.

Generic to Explicit, 32.5k words. (Complete)

The sun cannot fall from the sky by @the-idiot-under-your-bed

Coda for 12x23. “Just know that no matter what anyone says, they love you. I love you, and Dean loves you. Just, don’t give up, ok? Come back home.” 

Teen and Up. 1.3k words. (WIP)

[12x23 coda, angst, wayward sisters are there too, anger, canon character death, character return?]

The Death of Reservations by @60r3d0m

Maybe at some point, he had stopped believing. But not believing hadn’t stopped him from ducking into the room that he had prepared for Cas’ return every month. Not believing hadn’t prevented him from dusting the shelves and washing the sheets and accumulating stupid knick-knacks for Cas to have because they had reminded Dean of him.

But now Cas is back.

Before Dean can call him, he’s standing in the doorway (coda to 12.23).

Mature. 616 words. (Complete)

[Love confessions, caretaker Dean, Castiel in the Bunker]

All Was Well (Previously: Fuck You) by @hunterangelkisses

Dean might never admit it, but this was all he needed in life: him and his Baby and Cas (who was his second Baby, really) and his brother and Eileen, his mom would be back in a few days… Jody had called to check in earlier with stories about the girls, and even Donna had called the day before to tell them how things were going in Stillwater. In other words, here it is, the sweetest, fluffiest fic ever as a giant FUCK YOU to Bucklemming (or Fucklemming, as I’ve been calling them) and the other SPN writers.

General Audiences. 1.7k words. (Complete)

[fluff, established relationship, marriage proposal, fix-it for 12x21 There’s Something About Mary]

Balance And New Beginnings by @hekate1308

Dean turns his back on his family and the legacy of the Men of Letters when he learns Sam and Mary have been working with their British counterparts behind his back. Joining Cas on good-old-fashioned hunting trips, occasionally aided by Crowley, he soon learns there are more good monsters out there than he ever thought possible. And they need a protector.

Meanwhile, Sam is growing more and more lonely until one day, he looks in the mirror and doesn’t recognize the man staring back at him. Is it too late to return to the brother he’s let down so many times before?

General Audiences. 54k words. (Complete)

[Dean/Cas, Eileen Leahy/Sam Winchester, Season 12 AU, post-12x14]

You, You’re Everything by @spearywritesstuff

Castiel tells Dean about his last days in his female vessel. Ishim said that humans were dangerous and that being close to them made one weak, but twice now Castiel has tested that theory, once in 1901 and now with Dean.

General Audiences. 1.7k words. (Complete)

[Coda for 12x10, Lily Sunder Has Regrets]

Say it Again? by @a-fandom-life-for-me

Back in the bunker after the events of 12x12, Dean is furious with Castiel and his deathbed “I love you.” The sexual tension reaches its breaking point and Dean discovers just how much Castiel actually loves him

Mature. 8k words. (Complete)

[Fluff and Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Season/Series 12, Season/Series 12 Spoilers, Wingfic, Angel Wings, Men of Letters Bunker, Bunker Sex, Castiel in the Bunker, Sam Ships It, Grace-Powered Orgasms, Angelic Grace, Grace Kink, Soul Bond, Love, Anal Sex, Rough Sex]

O’ Christmas Tree Series by @osirisapollo

This series was written before we really knew how terribly anti-family Mary was going to be. It’s based around Christmas/New Years and has the whole Winchester family (including Cas!) happily celebrating the holidays together. Dean/Cas get together series, starting with a ficlet on how Dean figures out his feelings for Cas.

Teen and Up. 13.5k words. (Complete)

[Tooth-rotting Fluff, Warm and Fuzzy Feelings, Sam Ships it, Mary Ships It, Holidays, Humor, First Kiss, Family Feels, Everything is Fine and Nothing Hurts]

Still Missing (Gotta Tell You Something) by @profound-boning

“I hope they don’t come for you, Cas. God knows what would happen if they somehow found out about the Bunker. If they…”

Dean cuts himself off and Castiel strains to pick up more. Dean’s longing is still strong, and a tug from Sam’s soul echoes in Castiel’s grace. After so many years, Sam is a brother in all but blood to Castiel. And Dean, well. Dean says “you’re our brother” and also “I need you” and Castiel can’t help but think maybe Dean doesn’t always say what’s really in his heart.

General. 2.4k words. (Complete)

[Canon Compliant, Episode: s12e09 First Blood, Coda, POV Castiel. Mutual Pining, Love Confessions]

[nottooldforthisship]

Here’s the fics I read (and like) during June! (friendly reminder I read almost only Explicit or Mature fics)

☾ King of the Road, by Stoney : Derek sees the guy--all long lines, furtive glances, hungry--leaning against the diner out in the middle of nowhere. Yeah, Derek's hungry, too. (30k, E)

☾ He Gets Me High , by talktowater  : Stiles and Derek act like a couple. But they're not. Seriously! Derek has a boyfriend and Stiles has a girlfriend. They're just friends, overly-attached and possessive friends, but that's it. Right? (11k, E)

☾ even a bad cup of coffee (is better than no coffee at all),  by vlieger :       AU where Derek and Laura stay in New York and open a coffee shop after the fire, and Stiles meets them when he moves there for college. (13.6k, E)

☾ The Second Coming (of Werewolf Jesus), by  lupinus, uraneia : Stiles was enjoying his senior year until his crazy English teacher decided he made the best candidate to gestate Derek's kid. Now Stiles is a seventeen-year-old pregnant dude and he and Derek have to figure their shit out, because in nine months they are going to be tied together for the rest of their lives. (40k, E)

☾ Balloon Animals Are Awesome , by DiscontentedWinter  : Stiles is totally in love with Lydia. Until one day he's not. Fuck his life. And seriously?  Derek? Derek Hale? He can't be in love with Derek Hale. Derek hates him. Doesn't he? (22k, E)    

☾  no aphrodisiac like loneliness, by thepsychicclam : Stiles is 27 now, with a master’s degree and a career and a house and a serious boyfriend and a life in San Francisco that doesn't include Derek. But then Stiles unexpectedly shows back up in Beacon Hills, and Derek would recognize that scent anywhere. (20k, E)         

☾  And miles to go before I sleep,  by  Heart_Of_Steel_And_Fandoms :     Stiles leaves Beacon Hills at the end of Sophomore year. He's been abandoned by the pack, scarred by the hunters, and carries the equivalent of a volcano of magic inside him. Needless to say, his life sucks. But when Stiles comes back to Beacon Hills, over a year later and with a new persona, he isn't the same powerless human the pack remembers. And when demons threaten Beacon Hills, he proves to everyone that sarcasm isn't his only defence. (112k, E)       

☾ In the Mountains , by GiaUrsula  : Feeling overwhelmed by his parent's control and the pressure of law school, Derek moves to the small mountainous town of Beacon Hills to find himself and figure out what he wants in life. He finds love in the form of diner owner and single parent Stiles and Derek soon learns what real responsibility is. (48k, M)

☾  Little Wild Animal  , by DiscontentedWinter:  Derek Hale finds a feral human on his pack's property. Humans are supposed to be extinct. But then, Stiles is full of surprises.  (61k, E)

☾ Not Quite Lost (Not Quite Found) , by alocalband:  A year after the nogitsune is defeated, Derek is living a quiet life in the mountains above a small town in Colorado. Then Stiles shows up (25k, E) 

☾ Ever After , by Sybilina  :   Four years ago, Stiles left Beacon Hills, to go to college, to get away from the pack, to try to mend a broken heart.  He thought he'd succeeded but right when graduation came around, his whole world fell apart.  Again.  There's only so many times Stiles can deal with his world falling down around him.  This was one time too many.It isn't about getting the girl, or the guy, because romance and lovey feelings aren't a cure for depression. (57k, M)

☾ If you asked me if I love him, I’d lie, by dereksstilinski (greyslittlediaries) :  Derek has already typed the entire report out and even got all of the stuff prepared for the poster that Stiles and him will have to present. Derek found that he actually didn’t mind doing all the work when it was Stiles he was doing it for, but he wasn’t going to let Stiles get away completely. He was going to get Stiles to come over and help with the poster, so help him god. (37k, E)     

☾ The Moon's Gonna Follow Me Home , by  turningterrific : Derek doesn’t want to call the window repair guy. He doesn’t want to sweep up the glass. He’ll inevitably miss a few shards and pull them out of the bottom of his bare feet for weeks. He doesn’t want to try to make this place feel like home when it isn’t. Derek stayed in Beacon Hills and tried to make it work because he wanted pack, wanted purpose. He gave his best effort and found himself back where he started: alone, with a few begrudging allies. He’s tired, and even though his werewolf body heals quickly, he feels the weary ache down to his center.He packs his car with the few things he cares about enough to drag them from place to place. He locks the loft and calls a realtor about listing the building he’d bought in a misguided attempt to secure a future. And then he leaves. (82k, E)

☾ Shelter , by five_ht  :   After the rave, Stiles can't go home, and Derek doesn't want him to. (8k, E)

☾ Out of Sight , by FiccinDylan : What's going on with Derek and Stiles? is the question that seems to have all of the Hale-McCall (McCall-Hale? McHale? They're working on it) pack preoccupied.  As they try to figure it out, the town slowly starts to get attacked by a malevolent force.  Will our group of modern day superheros be able to save the day, or will they too succumb to the magic?aka What happens when a "sex pollen made them do it" story isn't exactly what it looks like. (23k, E)

☾ Back-up Plan, by   janonny  :   Stiles couldn’t hold up against Gerard’s beating. What were the chances he could hold up against equally crazy kidnappers who were also werewolves? (11k, M) 

☾ Running Up That Hill,  by  maypoison : “What the hell are you doing here Stiles?”Stiles can’t help the way his eyes bulge at the werewolves no-nonsense tone of voice. He takes a cautious step backwards. After all, he was still an Alpha, even if he wasn’t his Alpha. “Wow. Way to sound welcoming.” “You’re in my territory.” Derek grumbles in response, and crosses his arms over his chest.  Stiles nods jerkily, before gulping. “Yeah, and I’m kinda regretting that right now …” The Sourwolf interrupts, cutting Stiles off before he can even try to explain how he found himself outside the burnt frame of Derek’s childhood home. “You’re not part of my pack.” And that, that hits Stiles harder than when he was accidently knocked out by Isaac with a Lacrosse stick. (107k, E)        

☾ Salty Sweet  by  secondstar  : Derek works at a porn store. One day, Stiles comes in asking all sorts of TMI questions about different toys. That's where it all starts. (46k, E)

☾ One Day I'll Accept Normalcy (But That Day Is Not Today), by jettiebettie  : “You know this still really weird, right?” Stiles asks around the toothpaste in his mouth.“What's weird?” Derek asks. Stiles spits and rinses his mouth out.“The cuddling. The cuddling is weird. This-” Stiles says, holding up his toothbrush to the mirror. “-is weird. The fact that I have spare clothes here is weird.” (15k, E)

☾ You're the Riddle of the Century, by  stayingputwouldbeablunder  : “Okay,” Stiles says, drawing out the y. “Well, I’ve gotta go, Derek. Plenty more clueless individuals like yourself waiting to learn how to operate the majestic electronic device you hold in your hands.”“I’m not holding it.” Derek doesn’t know why he does it but he waggles his fingers in front of the camera; the tablet is propped up against his legs. “See?”Stiles rolls his eyes, smiling. “Goodbye, Derek. And thanks for calling Amazon today. Catch you on the flip side.”“Bye, Stiles.”Oh shit.In which Stiles is a tech advisor for Amazon and Derek really loveshates his Kindle. (45k, M)        

[spaceshipearth82k]

Thanksgiving

Short Excerpt of Marceline’s first Thanksgiving on the space station

Chris knows it’s a bad idea. It makes absolutely no sense. What would be the point? It’s not like Marceline can eat anything. However, when Chris hears the robot ask the question, “Why are so many people off tomorrow?”, she finds herself saying, “No idea. Hey, want to help me make a feast for tomorrow?”

The correct response, of course, would be to explain Thanksgiving and how all the American workers have the day off to spend the day either back on Earth with their families, or one of the restaurants with other fellow Americans there on the ship. Chris herself hadn’t been planning on doing anything special. She hadn’t even asked Antonia what she was doing for the holiday. It had been years since she had done anything proper for thanksgiving. All she had done was get excited about the boarding school serving more food than usual. And it wasn’t like she had anything to be thankful for.

“A feast? As in the preparing of food?” Marceline asked.

“Yeah. If I’m off, you’re off, y’know?”

Marceline looks over to the side, mulling it over. “I’ve never prepared food before.”

“It’s real easy. I’ll show you what to do and I’m sure you’ll pick it up like that,” Chris responded, snapping her fingers, not mentioning how she herself wasn’t all that great at making food. Besides, she could just find some online videos on how to prepare a synthetic turkey and her and the robot would be fine.

----

They were not fine.

“The video clearly states to wait 45 minutes before-“

“That video is old and it’s talking about a real turkey! This stuff’s different. We’re just using that as a guideline!”

“You told me the videos would teach us everything.”

“I wasn’t talking about all of them!”

Antonia Sanchez walked into her small kitchen early thanksgiving morning to see a tall hunched over L-CO robot and Chris, splattered with gravy and flour, attempting to put a misshapen synthetic turkey in the oven.

“Chris, what are you doing?”

Chris whirled around, nearly dropping the turkey, causing Marceline to catch the tray, splattering gravy on the floor.

“Toni! Wait! I-I um…dang it.” Chris sighed and sat down on the floor, the palms of her hands pressed against her forehead, smearing gravy everywhere, “You weren’t supposed to be awake yet.”

Chris had had a long morning. Getting herself up at 5am, she woke up Marceline, and together they went to The Land’s pavilion food storage. Technically, once tourists and residents were done buying what they needed for the day, the workers had free pickings of what was left. Thankfully, most of the American workers at The Land opted for either going to Earth for Thanksgiving, or going out to eat somewhere. There were more than enough stocks of corn and bushels of green beans to go around. Unfortunately, all the real turkeys and potatoes sent from earth were sold out, which really sucked because Chris had really been looking forward to real mashed potatoes. Once she and Marceline got more than enough for two people (Chris kept having to remind herself that the robot couldn’t eat), they snuck into Antonia’s quarters, and quietly went about searching the network’s database of cooking videos. Cooking started off well enough, but as time passed, Chris slowly realized that trying to learn how to cook while explaining every little thing to Marceline was depleting her holiday spirit very quickly.  And then Antonia just had to ruin the surprise…

“Chris, it’s 9:30. Why wouldn’t I be awake yet?”

Chris groaned, still not moving from her position on the floor.

Antonia looked around her small kitchen; there was corn, green beans, and a salad each prepared in the largest Tupperware bowls Antonia had. Off to the side in a pot was instant mashed potatoes that hadn’t been mixed yet, making it look like water with powder sitting in it. In a bigger pot, on top of the stove was a synthetic corn bread mix that was slowly bubbling in a way Antonia was sure wasn’t supposed to be bubbling.

“Were you and Marceline making…Thanksgiving?”

Marceline placed the turkey in the oven and crossed her arms, “We’re making what?”

Chris, eyes closed in stress, and slightly on the verge of tears, said, “It was supposed to be a surprise.”

Any ounce of annoyance Antonia had instantly vanished, and she slowly walked over to Chris, knelt down, and put a gentle hand on her shoulder, “We haven’t had Thanksgiving in years.”

Chris snorted, “I know. I’m pretty sure it was back when Mom could find an actual butterball turkey.”

Now Antonia felt teary eyed. “Your mother could find anything; she had that way when negotiating with people.”

“Hmm.”

There was a poignant silence for a moment where Antonia looked lost in memory and Chris tried to pull herself together. Marceline looked at the “turkey” in the oven and asked, “Wait, what are we making?”

Chris took a deep breath and stood up from the floor, using a kitchen towel to wipe her face.

“We’re making Thanksgiving. We’re still making it even if it’s not a surprise anymore.”

“I thought we were making a feast.”

“Yeah, sorry I didn’t tell you. Thanksgiving’s a holiday where Americans,” Chris gestured to her and Antonia, “make lots of food, especially a Turkey, and reflect on what we’re thankful for or whatever. It has some dodgy history behind it, but it’s still…y’know…nice to eat a lot of food.”

Marceline slowly nodded, looking like the explanation didn’t satisfy her, but she remained quiet anyways. Antonia looked at the overflowing stuffing mix on the stove and said, “I appreciate the gesture of a surprise, Chris, but why don’t I help out?”

----

Everything needed seasoning, but all they had was an abundance of salt. Somehow, Chris had forgotten this fact entirely while cooking, and was desperately trying to shake salt on everything made on the table.

“Chris it’s fine! We’ll just put salt once we have it on our plates.”

“God, I can’t believe I forgot the most basic- A-And we didn’t even make dessert!”

“Honestly, Chris, I haven’t had a home cooked meal in ages. I’m surprised you even got my kitchen working to be honest. This is great.”

They ate mostly in silence on a makeshift table usually used for Antonia’s botany experiments. Chris, found herself, between takes of filling her plate up again, looking at the door of Antonia’s lounge, waiting for the L-CO to come back. Antonia noticed and said, “She promised to come back Chris. It’s not like she’s left my quarters.”

Chris looked annoyed that Antonia caught her feeling any sort of emotion towards the L-CO. Antonia ignored the look, and continued with “I’m actually surprised you involved Marceline in this. You could’ve left her charging in your room.”

Chris shrugged, trying to look nonchalant, “I needed the manpower. Can’t have it just lounging around.”

Antonia gave a short laugh, and a smile that hinted she knew more, but she didn’t push Chris any further.

Just when they were both about done with their food, Marceline came bounding into the room with a piece of paper in her hand, and an uncanny smile that threw Chris off.

“I understand what Thanksgiving is now.”

Chris swallowed the food in her mouth and said, “You do? Did you not before?”

Marceline suddenly looked self-aware at her boisterous entrance and tried to tone down her appearance, “Oh, well, I was confused before. But after some quick research, I think I now get it.”

The L-CO robot sat down on one of Antonia’s chairs and put her paper on the table.

“You were right about the history of America being…well you said dodgy, but I found it needlessly violent.”

“It sure is a downer” Chris added.

“Yes, but the core of this holiday, and what it evolved to, is about recognizing what you’re grateful for. So, since I cannot partake in the other half of the holiday,” Marceline said, gesturing to the still large amount of food on the table (Antonia was going to have leftovers for at least a month), “I figured I could partake in this half.” Marceline grabbed her paper, and, after realizing that it was a numbered list, Chris felt a deep sense of awe at how long it was.

Turns out Marceline was grateful for quite a lot of things. Her list ranged from the way the artificial stars twinkled against the glass greenhouse ceiling at night, to the many different plants in the various greenhouse study rooms that were just starting to grow, with each plant having its own number on her list.

“…and of course I’m grateful for the Mimosa Pudica plant having a new home next to my charging station in Chris Santana’s room. But what I’m most grateful for,” and at this point, Marceline looked up to Antonia, who was listening intently, and to Chris, who was trying her best to not succumb to a food coma, “…is for both of you being the only beings in this greenhouse who pay attention to what I say and for helping me understand…just about everything that happens around me.”

Antonia gave a good-natured laugh, and even Chris woke up from her stupor at the gesture. A small part of her felt a twinge of guilt at the way she had been treating the robot the past couple of weeks. How could the L-CO feel anything positive towards her after she had treated her like a machine? Chris shook her head, and sat up on her chair. L-CO 82K was a machine; the Marceline persona was just someone’s clever programming. It had to be.

“Okay, now it’s your turn.”

Chris gave Marceline a long-suffering look.

Antonia gladly went first, “Well, I don’t know if I can list as many things as you, Marceline, but what I’m grateful for is this wonderful feast you and Chris put together, our good health, for your existence Marceline, including the fact that we’ll be able to present you to the EPCOT board at the end of the year to help this space-station out, and…” Antonia faltered, looking unsure if she should say anything more. One look at Chris, and she continued with, “And I’m grateful that you’re here, Chris.”

Chris felt like she was punched in the gut. She coughed and tried to find the words to joke away the serious tone Antonia took.

“W-Well, y’know. I-uh…” Chris was failing at finding any response; did she mean ‘here’ as in here on the space station or…?

“I just…well it’s my turn.”

She cleared her throat, “I’m grateful…that…” looking at the empty plate on the table, Chris found solace in parroting back what Antonia said, “…we managed to put this feast together. For the synthetic turkey that was still left over in the storage unit, uh…good health…” God, this was pitiful. Chris’s eyes wandered over to Marceline’s list on the table, trying to catch ideas, “the...Charophyta algae growing in the water tanks…”

Marceline gave a big smile and said, “Oh! Me too!”

Chris gave a fake smile, and Antonia gave her a look.

Chris straightened up her back, “And, I’m grateful for all of your help, Antonia, y’know…in botany and…” her eyes wandered over to Marceline, who was drinking in every word, “and your help with…82K.”

Marceline frowned at the moniker, but didn’t say anything. Chris felt her guilt increase.

“I’m also grateful for you too,” Chris said, giving the L-CO a pointed look so she wouldn’t have to say her name, “you’ve been…a big help.”

Marceline’s frown turned into a small smile. Antonia rolled her eyes, but looked satisfied all the same.

Antonia stood up, picked up her empty plate and said, “Well, this has been lovely. Great food,” Chris made a so-so face, “Damn it Chris, it was good, and great conversation. Happy Thanksgiving y’all.”

Chris grinned sincerely and together they started to clean up the table with Marceline, ever the eager helper.

“Are there any other holidays coming up that I should know about?”

“Oh…well…we’ll get there when we get there.”

Fin

[secretlystephaniebrown]

Sorry for not being very specific :D by non-explicit I ment no or minimal sex. And both mcu and comics longfics if that's ok with you? Thank you!

Okay, most of these are MCU fics because it is difficult as hell to search bookmarks and most of my 616-verse recs are shorter. 

But these are all excellent fics that I really can’t rec highly enough! I had to skip crossovers though, which is almost a shame because I love some of the MCU crossovers. 

Captain Fraudulent by Ellidfics: 67k, 10 chapters, gen with canon pairings, complete (with excellent sequel). 

SHIELD did its best to help Steve Rogers adjust to modern society. Too bad they forgot to warn him about the 24 hour news cycle.

Oops.

Sure Movin' Down the Line by circ_bamboo: 20k, one shot, Sam/Maria, complete. 

Sam Wilson needs his wings fixed. Steve Rogers thinks he knows a guy who can do that, but as it turns out, Tony Stark didn't make the wings. He knows who did, though: T'Challa, the king of Wakanda and the genius behind the Wakandan Design Group. Sam, along with Rhodey and Maria Hill, goes to London to meet T'Challa . . . where unexpected dangers await them.

Marci Stahl, Avocado at Law by igrockspock: 13k, one shot, Marci/Foggy, complete (with sequel)

Fisk's indictment is good news for everyone -- except the members of his legal team. When no one else will hire Marci, she's forced to take a job at Nelson & Murdock. To make matters worse, she's starting to develop actual feelings for her dorky, no-strings-attached friend with benefits, Foggy Nelson.

Color by Numbers by @vitoliel​: 47k,6 chapters, gen, complete.

The Soldier came up with the plan in his spare time, though he never actually believed he’d put it into practice. Hydra’s reach seemed too complete – too powerful – to actually consider running. But he thought about it.

And then the man stopped fighting. And he said he knew him. And the Soldier felt…felt… He knew what he felt was important.

So, he ran.

United States v. Barnes, 617 F. Supp. 2d 143 (D.D.C. 2015) by fallingvoices, radialarch: 20k, 3 chapters, Steve/Bucky, complete

The Associated Press @APWinter Soldier set to stand trial for Washington D.C. massacre and treason apne.ws/1og6SWE

Flames We Never Lit by roboticonography: 78k, 24 chapters, Steve/Peggy, complete. 

Peggy Carter is frozen in 1946 and awakened by SHIELD in 2012.

Children's Crusade by @nyxelestia: 82k, 10 chapters, ClintCoulson and pre-relationship, complete with sequel. 

In the aftermath of SHIELD's collapse, teenage vigilantes Kate Bishop and Peter Parker do what they can to clean up New York - but they end up doing too good a job when they end up on the Avengers' radar. JARVIS' "son", android Jonas Vision, was made to help Iron Man, but is getting stifled by the team's overprotection. Meanwhile, HYDRA has in its clutches half a dozen kids with bad family histories or just bad luck, and HYDRA has been 'refining' them. They are HYDRA's hope for the future, and they all want nothing to do with HYDRA.

Really, what did anyone expect would happen with superpowered teenagers?

(Or: The Young Avengers, MCU-style.)

Yesterday by @eclaire-de-lune: 31k, 8 chapters, Stucky and Clintasha, complete. 

“You’re kidding me,” says Natasha, looking at the frame of wires and steel. “That’s a time machine?”Tony looks immeasurably smug. “It is not just a time machine, it is the time machine –”“Well, it depends how you define ‘time machine,’” says Jane. “Actually, its primary mechanics are based on travel through space, not time, although –”

Natasha gets sent back to 1943 to prevent HYDRA agents from assassinating Steve Rogers before he becomes Captain America. It's harder than it looks.

bringing home the war series by @ink-splotch: 82k, 12 stories, canon pairings and gen, series not complete but all stories one shots. 

no official story summary but it’s the MCU ladies kicking ass and taking names and being well characterized so there’s that. 

[evak-fic-rec-turtleanon]

Evak Fics - Fake/Pretend Relationship

Fake/Pretend Relationship List. Twist on fake dating, faking to fool the family, roommates, for an event. And WIPs. Under a read more:

***** A TWIST ON FAKE/PRETEND *****

Boyfriend! by smilexdarling (1.1k words) - Even and Magnus wait for Isak at a bar.

Even's "fake" boyfriend by radiantsilver (2.4k words) - Is this a twist? I don't know. Even's friends don't believe Isak is real 

last night by bbyfruit (2.7k words) - Isak wakes up beside Jonas 

But the prettiest sight to see by imminentinertia (3.2k words) - Even deeply regrets doing Eva a favour for Christmas, but it might not be so bad 

stars collide by bbyfruit (3.7k words) - Isak is, objectively speaking, the dumbest bitch alive (that's the actual summary haha) 

The best boyfriend by champagneleftie (3.8k words) - "Hey man, what's up. I'm Isak." The guy still looks confused, like he has no idea what's happening, so Isak decides it’s probably best to be as obvious as possible. “Vilde’s boyfriend.” This is the possible love of Even’s life, the most perfect boy he’s ever laid his eyes on, with the perfect height and perfect lips and sometimes he does this little thing with his tongue that reduces Even to a puddle of feelings -- and he has a girlfriend. 

how to get a guy in seven days by thekardemomme (5.3k words) - Even and Yousef won't make a move, so Sana and Isak take matters into their own hands. It doesn't go exactly as planned. 

Ground rules by Kollakolan (24k words) - The Travel-AU where everything is not what it seems. I don't want to spoil the twist so this is all I'm saying 

four movements on a first wedding by chevythunder (47k words) - Isak's spent years keeping his distance to Even, worried that any kind of closeness could trigger feelings he won't be able to suppress. Waking up married to Even after a blurry night in Las Vegas throws a slight wrench in those plans. 

Twice by intothewind (101k words) - Even’s in a punk rock band. Jonas and Isak fake date because Jonas wanted to be in said band. 

***** TO FOOL THE FAMILY *****

first dates by princevaltersen (1.8k words) - Isak asks Even to be his fake date to an engagement party. 

Family Dinner - SKAM Fic Week Day 1 by bashfulisak (2.8k words) - Isak needs a date for a family dinner and he kinda lies, telling his parents he'll bring a boyfriend. Even is his one option. 

I'll Come With My Boyfriend by bashfulisak (3.1k words) - isak is kind of in love with even -- isak kind of asks even to be his pretend boyfriend to his aunt’s wedding. 

with you i'm in warm water by shadesofcool (4.1k words) - Even’s sister is coming to visit and he has to pretend to be in love with Isak. It wouldn't be so difficult if he hadn't been trying to pretend like he wasn't in love with him for years. 

A Grump for Christmas by Schedazzle (4.3k words) - To a dinner with Even's family 

How to Get Your Man - A Plan By Even Bech Naesheim by Evakkk (6.1k words) - When Magnus drops a big secret in front of Even... Even comes up with a brilliant plan to get Isak to reveal his true feelings. All it takes is one little lie, and one crazy family reunion. 

my longing drives me crazy for you by orphan_account (7.7k words) - Isak's mum worries, Isak makes bad life decisions and Even loves Isak. 

79 Percent by wyoheartsmusic (13k words)  - Isak helps even out

Late December With My Heart In My Chest by LavenderWater (23k words)  - In order to stop his mother's fussing since he left for college, Even tells her he's dating his roomate, Isak.

In this bed of snowflakes we lie by MermaidsandMermen (SophiaSoames) (49k words) - Follow Isak and Even in this University Dorm life AU, full of snowflakes, fluffy pillows, and people who are nothing like they seem on the outside. Is this fake/pretend? Maybe more like accidental or things were assumed trope. 

Vivid in Black and White by Fxckxxp (62k words) - In a Hei Briskeby video prank taken too far, Isak meets Even for the first time down on one knee

***** ROOMMATES *****

friends don't treat me like you do by hippopotamus (1.7k words) - Isak’s going to humiliate himself in front of Even’s friends because he has no idea how to be - pretend to be - in a relationship. What is Even expecting him to do? Hold his hand? Kiss him? Hold eye contact with him for more than two seconds? Isak can’t do any of that. And he also can’t sleep. 

let's pretend into forever by Bellakitse (2.3k words) - “Let me get this straight,” Even starts. “You lied to your boss about having a boyfriend, told her it was me, and now you need me to go with you to your science nerd dinner?” 

Ring On It by TotallyTinkerbell (2.4k words) - Isak's room is the biggest mystery of the kollektiv, and only the guys that Isak hooks up with from time to time, get to see it. Even is very jealous and pretends to be isak’s husband. 

Feng Shui by champagneleftie (4.9k words) - “Even!” Isak says, indignant, affronted. “I miss kissing. Kissing is nice.” Even misses kissing too. That was nice. Kissing Sonja was nice. She smelled nice. Isak smells nice. Even has a brilliant idea. “You could kiss me!” 

Homecoming by DickAnderton (82k words) - Neither of them has felt at home in a long time. Until they meet each other, jump into a fake relationship. bed sharing. demisexuality. slow burn

***** TO AN EVENT *****

In the Eye of the Beholder by HazyCosmicJive (2.3k words) - After weeks of Even using him as a 'muse' and refusing to let him see it Isak is attending Even's first art exhibit. And to make it all worse he's going as his fake boyfriend, which wouldn't be so bad if he wasn't hopelessly in love with him. 

just one look and i'm out of touch by ihatefindingusernames (3.1k words) - Halloween party. Isak needs a date because the theme is couple/pair costumes

Something Borrowed, Something Blue by BluebeardsWife (10k words) - Even hires Isak to pretend to be his boyfriend at his ex's wedding

Come and paint the world with me tonight by LostInAdmiration (10k words) - "If he had been smart and sober enough to say no, he wouldn’t be stood in a church he definitely shouldn’t be in, wearing a suit that was far too tight and a rainbow coloured bow-tie."  A dare and a wedding. 

***** OTHERS *****

Tram Boy by evak1isak (1k words) - Even is on the tram and sees a cute boy without a ticket and goes to his rescue

I May Have a Little Crush on You? by mittliverskam (1k words) - Even helps Isak out of a tight spot. Emma is involved 

Hopeless by waitineedaname (1.2k words) - There was no way in hell Isak would be able to talk to Even. He was tall and cool and handsome, and Isak was pretty sure talking to him would make him spontaneously combust. He was hopeless. 

makin' me a mess by itjustkindahappened (3k words) - Isak gets stood up where his ex works

gloom boys by theyellowcurtains (3.5k words) - they want to annoy Emma

This feels like falling in love by ForEvenAndEver (yuraxchan) (3.5k words) - Even needs help at the club

Adrian and Markus by ufologies (3.9k words) - Isak and Even go undercover on a case that unexpectedly ends up bringing them closer together. 

Every Day You're Here, I'm Healing by foryouareeverywhere (4.1k words) - Isak having a health scare causes Even to reevaluate exactly what he wants in life.

might become my lover, for real by evamohns (orphan_account) (4.2k words) - It’s Even who finally does it, hooks his finger around Isak’s before turning his hand over and nudging at Isak’s palm with his until they’re holding hands, Isak flexes his fingers in the grasp – still looking at the floor. Festival. Sonja is here 

Draw The Line (Need To Know That You're Mine) by thesoulsailor (8.8k words) - Five times Even pretends to be Isak's boyfriend, and one time there's no pretend at all  - DELETED 

Let‘s Pretend by wematch (10k words) - Isak has been trying to get rid of Emma for weeks, luckily for him Even has a plan. Bed sharing. Truth or dare

FOCUS by LiliMane (10k words) - Isak and Even fall in love before even attempting to fake-date

Lost & bound by hjertetssunnegalskap (Crazyheart) (16k words) - Even has been in a bicycle accident and he has lost his memory of the past three years. However, Isak gets a shock when Even tells him that they’re bonded soulmates, and expects them to be a couple. 

would it be a sin if i can't help falling in love with you? by cosetties (18k words) - the kossegruppa meeting goes another way

Wish You Were Mine by cuteandtwisted (18k words) - Even is Isak's favorite bartender and there's some mutual pining involved. 

You're a different kind of new by LostInAdmiration (23k words) - Even has had a hopeless crush on Isak for months now, but has never been brave enough to talk to him. And then Isak rescues him. 

I wanna hold you like you're mine by giraffingallday (24k words) - Isak is often nervous and just trying to get through his required semester of Theatre. Emma makes it a little harder until Even comes along and makes it too easy.

They do not love (that do not show their love) by rumpelsnorcack (28k words) - the one where Even finds himself in need of a fake boyfriend and Isak offers to help.

The edge of the earth with you by TheGirlNoOneKnows5 (29k words) - A romantic Arctic cruise along the west coast of Norway provided the perfect setting for Even to woo his crush. Accidently ending up in a fake relationship with a cute stranger, while the real object of his affection was in the arms of another was not at all in his plans. 

latching onto you by Behindthecities (31k words) - model Isak and director Even get caught by the paparazzi and the only solution to it is to pretend to be each other’s boyfriends.

Come out, come out, to the sea my love... and just, drown with me by GayaIsANerd (32k words) - In which Even saves Isak from an asshole ex, and from himself.

let's talk about love(to me, it's only you) by vitane (37k words) - they become friends. Pretend to date once and just kept on pretending.

To all the boys I've loved before by janewritesstuff (Jane_de_Plaine) (46k words) - A "To all the boys I've loved before" AU

Masquerade by Sabeley (53k words) - Isak and Even were best friends before one botched mission tore them apart. They are assigned to go undercover as newlyweds.

***** WIP *****

Runaway Boyfriend by stories_and_dreams (15k words) - last update Aug 2017. Isak runs into Even at the airport. 

Feel the Lightning by briennejamie (15k words) - last update June 2019. Twist on fake dating. Isak and Sana have a plan. 

run boy run by pansexuaIeven (29k words) - last update March 2017. Eva and Even fake date to make their exes jealous. 

[tirsden]

Fallout 4 character stat roundup

I worked up some stats on my main Fallout 4 characters for giggles. As of this posting I have 1,178 hours in the damned game, and calculating in these character levels plus lowbies I didn't list, I have an efficiency rating of 0.3 levels per hour. I don't actually care about levelling with any real sort of timeframe, but I found it amusing that I'm doing worse than most of my characters individually.

So what have I learned?

Mei Ling is currently my most efficient character when it comes to levelling. Not real surprising, considering I've taken better advantage of the Well Rested buff as well as crafting/combining things like food and drugs for XP. She's also found the most bobbleheads somehow, even though I feel like I haven't explored with her as much as some other characters.

Karl has been to the most locations with both expansions included, but Tirsden is close behind without even stepping foot in expansion territory. Karl has completed the most quests even though he has roughly two-thirds Tirsden's playtime.

Karl has the most active settlements (including 8 raider outposts), which means his is the game with the most settlements being attacked. It used to be Tirsden's when she had every pre-expansion settlement active, but I cleared out some of hers a while ago.

Tirsden has issues holding onto money. So does Riddick, but he's not listed here. Tirsden got the Benevolent Leader achievement so a lot of her dough was sunk into stores to make settlers happy, but I'm still surprised at her lack of penny-pinching.

Tirsden has spent over a year in-game. I kind of wish there were seasons.

I really need to stop picking up the Perception bobblehead before I max out a character's perception. (If you pick up a stat bobblehead after the stat is maxed at 10, you get a grand total of 11 points in that stat. It doesn't work the other way around.)

Right, so, on with the stats, for anyone else who likes to slog through this stuff.

Note: I'm fairly sure these characters are listed in order of oldest-to-newest. Efficiency calculations include decimal points I didn't bother listing here.

TIRSDEN

Level: 68 Hours Played: 300 Efficiency: 0.23 levels per hour In-game Date: 2.9.2289 (474 days passed) SPECIAL: 9 4 6 11 9 5 2 Race, Gender: Black, Female Build: Sneaky sniper turned heavy gunner Weapon(s): Final Judgement gatling laser (132 dmg), "Ashen" sniper rifle (110 dmg, ignore 30% target dmg/energy resist) Armor: Combat armor Companion: Cait

Main Faction: Railroad Far Harbor Faction: Unplayed (planned Arcadia) Raider Factions: Unplayed (planned kill 'em all)

Home Base: Sunshine Tidings Co-op Power Armor Stash: Covenant Active Settlements: 17 Total Settlements: 29 Supply Lines: Yes Route Hub: No main hub

Locations Discovered: 223 Quests Completed: 97 Caps: 38K Total Caps Found: 103K Stat Bobbles Found: C Total Bobbles Found: 2 Best Power Armor: T-60f Power Armor Frames: 9

Notes: My "first" character, although by this point I'd already deleted one. She's my most played character by far and yet somehow hasn't managed to step foot in Far Harbor or Nuka World yet.

ASTER

Level: 58 Hours Played: 166 Efficiency: 0.35 levels per hour In-game Date: 9.2.2088 (314 days passed) SPECIAL: 4 5 5 9 8 10 2 Race, Gender: White, Female Build: Sneaky sniper Weapon(s): "Ashen" sniper rifle (115 dmg, +25 bleed dmg) Armor: Leather Companion: Hancock

Main Faction: Minutemen Far Harbor Faction: Children of Atom (peaceful) Raider Factions: Unplayed (planned kill 'em all)

Home Base: Sanctuary Power Armor Stash: Red Rocket Truck stop Active Settlements: 18 Total Settlements: 27 Supply Lines: Yes Route Hub: Starlight Drive-In

Locations Discovered: 180 Quests Completed: 91 Caps: 19K Total Caps Found: 36.5K Stat Bobbles Found: P,L Total Bobbles Found: 5 Best Power Armor: X-01 Mk. VI Power Armor Frames: 8

Note: A genderbent character (because pretty guys are hard to make), created pretty much entirely for the purpose of seducing Hancock. Mission very accomplished!

KARL

Level: 71 Hours Played: 212 Efficiency: 0.34 levels per hour In-game Date: 9.14.2288 (326 days passed) SPECIAL: 10 4 10 8 10 1 2 Race, Gender: White, Male Build: Melee tank Weapon(s): "Wasserfall" rocket bat (323+49 dmg, ignore 30% target dmg/energy resist) Armor: Combat armor, occasional use of power armor Companion: Sora (custom melee assaultron)

Main Faction: Institute Far Harbor Faction: In progress (going Children of Atom non-peaceful) Raider Factions: Pack, Disciples

Home Base: Hangman's Alley Power Armor Stash: Red Rocket Truck Stop Active Settlements: 24 Total Settlements: 27 Supply Lines: Yes Route Hub: n/a

Locations Discovered: 231 Quests Completed: 111 Caps: 71K Total Caps Found: 82K Stat Bobbles Found: P,L Total Bobbles Found: 5 Best Power Armor: X-01 Mk. VI Power Armor Frames: 12

Notes: Has 8 raider outposts and 8 slave camp settlements, the latter of which are not included in settlement stats as they can no longer be managed or modified.

MORRIGAN

Level: 55 Hours Played: 165 Efficiency: 0.45 levels per hour In-game Date: 4.27.2288 (186 days passed) SPECIAL: 5 4 5 9 10 1 10 Race, Gender: White, Female Build: Rifles, very power-armor dependant Weapon(s): "Kurisu" laser rifle (125 dmg), "Boomstick" combat shotgun (182 dmg, no reloading) Armor: Marine armor and power armor Companion: Paladin Danse

Main Faction: Brotherhood of Steel Far Harbor Faction: Far Harbor (killed Children of Atom and Arcadia) Raider Factions: Killed 'em all

Home Base: Sanctuary Power Armor Stash: Hangman's Alley Active Settlements: 11 Total Settlements: 13 Supply Lines: Yes Route Hub: Boston Airport

Locations Discovered: 179 Quests Completed: 76 Caps: 19K Total Caps Found: 30K Stat Bobbles Found: P Total Bobbles Found: 4 Best Power Armor: T-60f Power Armor Frames: 7

Notes: Another genderbent character, who managed to perma-bug the lumber mill settlement in Far Harbor (along with a couple other townsfolk quests) thanks to Bugthesda not planning out how major choices in the main plot can affect other quests. I hadn't actually played Morri for quite a while until recently (and then mostly to try a last-ditch attempt at fixing the bugged settlement), and am honestly surprised she got as far as she did with the build she has and the fact that she's kinda crap on damage and has ammo issues. When next she gets some real playtime, I'm gonna sink some points into natural armor class and try to figure out something better for pew-pewing the bad guys.

MEI LING

Level: 67 Hours Played: 139 Efficiency: 0.48 levels per hour In-game Date: 6.27.2288 (248 days passed) SPECIAL: 8 4 7 6 10 1 4 Race, Gender: Asian, Female Build: Unarmed tank Weapon(s): "Oleifr" power fist (113+63 dmg, incrementally increased damage when hitting the same target repeatedly), “Ashen” Gauss rifle (291 dmg, +15 exploding dmg) Armor: "Bloodborne" armored Feathered Dress, armored fedora Companion: Alasdair (custom laser ranged robobrain)

Main Faction: Undecided Far Harbor Faction: In progress, undecided Raider Factions: Operators, Pack

Home Base: Vault 88 Power Armor Stash: Hangman's Alley Active Settlements: 17 Total Settlements: 26 Supply Lines: Yes Route Hub: Taffington Boathouse

Locations Discovered: 209 Quests Completed: 81 Caps: 22K Total Caps Found: 29K Stat Bobbles Found: P Total Bobbles Found: 6 Best Power Armor: Mix of X-01 Mk. VI and T-60f Power Armor Frames: 7

Notes: Holds the record for "longest wait to put any points in lockpick" as she finally started that at level 58. She has yet to put anything into hacking. Unlike other characters who tend to pick up loot that breaks up into components they're looking for, Mei Ling picks up evvverything. I expected her to be a niche character with not much playtime and instead she's taken over my playtime at this point. I named her dress after a reference to a quote in Monster Factory's Fallout 4 Let's Play starring The Final Pam, and it was actually that LP that inspired Mei Ling’s creation... solely to get the dress. Which took way damned longer than it should have.

[hrrytomlinson]

hiiii, here are a bunch of fics I’ve enjoyed and loved reading throughout the month of february. I recommend that you read these great fics in march, if you haven’t already. there are SO many good and unique AUs this round, so please check them out!!

(all fics with a star are my favorites and if there are two stars then it was a favorite favorite)

1. Saved Tonight (30k)**

Harry is the world's most persistent seduction-baker, a questionable dog-sitter, and Louis's biggest fan. Louis hasn't written in years, is trying to pass loneliness off as cynicism, and absolutely hates his fans. It's probably destiny.

2. Too Real to Fake It (82k)*

With seven years of blissful marriage behind them and four wonderfully unique kids to brag about, Harry and Louis seem to finally have life all figured out and under control. How much more real could it get?

Very real it turns out, when Harry reluctantly leaves home for a 5 day business trip leaving Louis to manage their rambunctious, hyperactive household. Do they really have it all under control or are they just faking it?

Featuring all the usual suspects, inside jokes, embarrassing moments and of course, Harry and Louis' wild antics + the addition of their four equally wild and outrageous kids.

3. When You Look Like That (16k)*

“You… you still have the dress form I got you for your eighteenth birthday? You've kept it for ten years, Harry?” Louis’ eyes flick around Harry’s studio. It’s big and modern, with floor to ceiling windows that help flood the room in bright sunlight, just like the lobby. However, he can't stop staring at the faded, but present, heart surrounding the “H + L” written delicately in Louis’ handwriting in the center of the mannequin.

Louis is a songwriter who is nominated for a Grammy and he needs a suit. Fast. He seeks out help from a very popular, very mysterious designer who just so happens to be his ex-boyfriend.

4. Dress You Up In My Love (103k)**

Harry is single, and more than anything wants to find love. Agreeing to sign up to a dating website was a bad, bad idea. Niall's bad, bad idea. Louis is single, but has no interest in relationships. Or so he tells himself. 

Harry is a lawyer whose boss, Nick, happens to give him a bonus, which he decides to splurge on a new work wardrobe. Louis is a frustrated designer, working as a personal shopper at Selfridges. Louis happens to be working on the day a very beautiful, but out of his depth, new customer ambles into their department in need of advice. Louis might have just found the muse he never knew he was looking for.

5. Of Honey (24k)*

Harry wants what most hybrids don’t have. Love, for instance. Companionship. Understanding. And sex so good it hurts.

6. If You Keep Holding Me This Way (22k)**

Harry is a uni student who just so happens to enjoy dressing up as a long-haired androgynous sub persona to go out to bars and pick up men to dominate him. He tries to keep his BDSM life and his personal one separated, but that gets difficult when his crush on a classmate gets serious and his two worlds collide.

7. Then We Talk Slow (20k)**

The picture showed Harry smiling widely (with a fucking dimple) at the camera, his glossy brown curls situated artfully around his shoulders. Louis couldn’t see his whole outfit, but it seemed to consist of a pink, floral button-up with most of the buttons undone. Louis could also detect the dark outlines of tattoos on his chest, although he couldn’t quite make out what they were underneath the shirt.

What he could make out was that his own heartrate seemed to have picked up significantly.

Shit.

This was so not good. Not only had Louis drunkenly sent messages in a deliberate attempt to interact with this man, he was now insanely attracted to him without ever having met him in person.

Maybe Liam was right – drunk tweeting really was a horrible, rotten idea.

A famous/non-famous AU in which Louis banters back and forth with his new record company on Twitter, only to find out that Harry is the man behind the tweets.

8. Love Endless (The Road to Recollection) (171k)**

The year is groovy 1973, and eighteen-year-old Louis Tomlinson is as gay as the rainbows that never waste their time in gloomy ole' Fortwright. Would be fine if he wasn't so viciously bullied at both home and school for such a "harmful" sexual preference.

Yeah, yeah, we've all heard this story, haven't we?

Believe him, Louis didn't think he was anything special either.

Until he found the mansion. The notoriously haunted mansion hidden deep within the forests of his tiny blip of a town in Bumfuck Nowhere, Idaho. No one with a brain ever goes near it, but Louis could use a little excitement in his life...and possibly a Band-Aid or two.

After discovering the mansion was less abandoned than he'd thought, he's now left with the most riveting mystery of a lifetime; every new finding leaving him with more questions. Who is this elusive owner, and why won't they show themselves? Why is there a set of journals in the same handwriting that span over centuries? Why in the world is there a padlock on the refrigerator...and who the hell is Alexander?

9. Dance Me (to the End of Love) (19k)*

You would think that it's a simple process - you meet, you fall in love, you get married. But when you add one lawyer and one overly-competitive high school teacher to that equation, it's no longer a straight line from beginning to end. Or the story of how a simple proposal becomes a competition where no one loses in the end.

10. For a Spell That Can’t be Broken (8k)

“Why do you have to bug him so much, Lou?” Niall asked, chewing on the sleeve of his Gryffindor robes. “He’s a good kid.”

“I’m aware of that,” Louis argued petulantly.

“Are you sure?” Niall asked, his expression sincerely concerned.

“Don’t mind him,” Zayn spoke up. “Louis’ just got a weird fetish for tormenting boys he likes.”

Or a Harry Potter AU where Louis' got a secret crush on Harry and won't admit it until a late entrance into potions class outs him.

11. Cocoons and Crow’s Nests (10k)*

Harry is happy to live his life in the confines of his Cocoon. Louis specializes in breaking down barriers.

It's a young love, coming of age Larry Stylinson one shot.

12. Dance Like Warriors On A Battlefield (20k)*

Down in the arena, the triumphant gladiator places his foot on the back of the loser, holding him there as he waits for instruction on his next move. Kill or let live. It’s barbaric, really, the bloodlust involved in this sport. Louis is pretty sure that if it wasn’t for his distaste for the killing there would be a lot more blood soaking that sand.

As it is, his father rarely gives the kill order anymore. He gives the order to let the loser live. Louis rolls his eyes, turning away. He doesn’t miss the way the gladiator’s eyes linger on him.

13. Record Your Fate (and Write Me In) (13k)*

Harry is the Archivist, it's his job to record what happens in the universe.

He's only a few days into the job when things take an odd turn.

Suddenly, the small blue eyed boy seems more important than writing about crowning dignitaries.

14. Tangled Up in You (45k)

Harry blinks once. And blinks again. And says, his voice dangerous: “Niall, did you get me a mail-order bride?”

Because what the actual fuck. It kind of looks like Niall’s just purchased a person. For Harry.

“What did you get me, then?!” Niall must hear the tinge of hysteria in his voice, because he’s pulling himself together, trying to stop himself from laughing.

There’s still a big grin on his face, though, when he says, “I got you a professional cuddler.”

A professional…what. “What?”

15. This Ain't Just a Thing That You Give Up (34k)

Harry turned to Liam to whisper something about not being in Kansas anymore but his best friend was frozen to his spot with a look of complete disbelief on his face. Harry looked to his right, the direction Liam seemed to be focused on, and saw a small group of people who had paused their discussion to look towards him in confusion.

A small group including Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson.

Harry is fairly sure his jaw actually dropped.

"Li, is that...?"

Liam nods his head emphatically. "I'm about 110% sure that yes. It is."

Or… The one where Harry is a baker in addition to being a college student who just happens to meet the crazy famous Louis Tomlinson while on spring break. Featuring personal assistant!niall, roommate and best friend!liam, and costar/model!zayn.

16. Resist Everything Except Temptation (100k)**

The lethargic sound of heels clicking against wood resonated across the sea. Footsteps descended the staircase, every assured step creating a menacing aura as it grew closer. Perspiration gathered along Louis’ palms as the rhythmic sound halted in front of him.

There was a metallic slide of a sword being pulled out of its sheath, the sound startling Louis out of his cocoon of sterile shock. His shoulders jumped as the tip of a blade flattened underneath his jaw. Louis’ distorted reflection stared back at him in the polished metal. Engraved rose petals twisted his appearance as they crawled up the length of the sword. The sword lifted and took Louis’ chin with it.

Standing in front of Louis was Captain Styles.

OR The one where Louis is the commodore's son who is forced to become a part of Harry's crew when he is captured.

17. Far Afield (11k)**

Harry Styles is a witch who owns the best flower shop in Manchester. Lottie Tomlinson is planning her wedding, and brings her brother along to her first appointment. Both men have been having a bad day and sparks fly.

18. You’re Either In Or You’re Out (12k)

Louis' tone is maybe a bit harsher than necessary, but he still stinging from the suggestion that he was staring at Harry. Sure, the way his legs are encased in those skinny jeans is mildly intriguing. But Louis is here to be the next Top Designer, and he'll be damned if he lets a pretty boy with a sinful mouth get in the way of his dream. Especially if that sinful mouth is spewing phrases like bohemian pantsuit. Honestly.

Or the one where Louis tries out for Project Runway, Harry is his stupidly gorgeous competitor, Liam is Tim Gunn, Zayn is the supermodel host, and Niall is the guest judge who knows nothing about fashion.

19. These Bountiful Silences (123k)**

They live in a world where they can only say four words per day. Harry meets some people that don't want to live that way.

20. Kiss the Boys (8k)

“Being able to blatantly kiss pretty boys out in the open is my favorite part of Pride,” Harry says without preamble, leaning into Louis’ space, inviting pink lips quirking up as they get closer to him. “You up for it?”

“Um,” Louis glances at Zayn for help. He’d thought for sure after the way he’d just seen Zayn and Harry kissing, there had to be something more going on there. The last thing Louis expects to see on Zayn’s face is a knowing grin.

Harry leans closer and for a split-second, Louis wants to meet him halfway but then he thinks better of it. He doesn’t know the landscape here and in just a couple of weeks living with him, he’s already learned that Zayn is really bad about holding his feelings in. He doesn’t want to risk stepping on the toes of his closest friend here at Uni. So, at the last second, Louis raises his empty hand and covers Harry’s mouth before the boy can complete his mission.

“Sorry, Curly,” Louis says jokingly, “I just don’t know where that mouth has been.”

21. Manhattan From The Sky (47k)**

Harry's been raised to know that successful men do not fall in love. Louis believes that love is all you need to be successful in life. They meet.