#apfelhalm

[theficpusher]

Soul by roaroftheninth | T | 4772 Liam tosses a grin back over his shoulder. “What are you going to do when I’ve gone and there’s no one around to drive you round the bend?” Louis’ bike coasts to a stop. It happens so slowly that by the time he’s at a standstill, Liam is far ahead, up by the curve. “I��ll forget.” Liam stops much more quickly. They’re alone in the dome; their private conversation can be held across thirty feet of open space. “You’ll what?” Louis watches him. “I’ll forget,” he repeats. “Not the way you forget things, when you can’t pinpoint them but you still carry them in your heart. I’ll just have my hard drive wiped.” Or: Louis is the medical android tasked with taking care of Liam in a world after nuclear war.

Will You Still Call Me Superman by el_em_en_oh_pee | T | 6370 When Harry opens his locker, there's a box wrapped in blue tissue paper, wound messily in a skinny white ribbon, just sitting on top of his textbooks. A piece of paper taped to the top of the box readsTo Harry, Happy Christmas! I noticed how you're always chewing on your pencils in class so I thought this might help! -Your Secret Admir Santa xx In which Harry has an overwhelming crush on Liam, the nicest, coolest guy in school, and his friends aren't very supportive of the pain his crush causes him. The jerks.

we speak in tongues and start to teethe by theamazingpeterparker | G | 8856 There’s a moment, a second, where Liam’s eyes are spitting angry. Bright gold and looking like he’s going to tear Louis’s throat out. And then Louis growls low and tightens his grip on Liam’s neck, leaning close enough that he can lay his sharpened canines on the pulse that’s jack-hammering in Liam’s neck. He could kill him. He could at least bite him, sink his fangs into the soft meat where his neck and shoulder meet as a reminder of who’s pack he’s interfering with, whose turf he’s on. It’s the first time that Louis misses it, for a heartbeat, blood flooding his mouth from more than just a scratch in a fight. Enough blood to satiate the full moon buzzing in his ears. Or, werewolf fight club.

FourFiveSeconds from wildin' by apfelhalm | E | 11366 "What about this one? He doesn't look too bad. I could take on, uh," he stops to look at the name, "Liam. I bet I'd stand a chance against Liam." Liam looks fit, well-trained without being too beefy, and perhaps a bit ridiculous, too, with his gold chain and a bandana hanging from his trouser pocket. He also looks fit fit and if this were a normal dating app, Louis would swipe right in a heartbeat. This isn't a normal dating app, though, and Louis has a bet to win. "So? Are you going to pick him or what?" Harry asks, grinning very much like a predatory shark. Or: the one where Louis and Liam meet through a Tinder-style fighting app.

written in my memory by carissima | M | 21646 Liam turns towards the voice. It sounds a bit like Harry, but deeper somehow. Huskier. He blinks carefully as he stares at Harry, who's half-sitting in the window, staring back at him. Or maybe it's not Harry, he thinks dizzily because this boy is taller, much taller than Harry is. He's also got longer hair, tucked back in a bandana, and he's wearing clothes that Harry would never wear; tight skinny black jeans and a loose black tee, silver chains around his neck hanging loose over his chest. Or the one where Liam has amnesia and he struggles to connect with the boys.

Your Lips On Mine by taecheeks | E | 56139 The situation is weird, like really fucking weird. Liam thought maybe he was hallucinating when he first saw Zayn in their apartment, exhausted from work or something. He thinks about Bradford a lot more than he probably should, always eager for the next time he gets to watch him. But when Niall told him about the other new roommate, Zayn, he never in a million years thought it would be him - even when Niall said Zayn was just his type and had silver hair. [Or the one where Zayn is a camboy, who likes to think about the fit mechanic with a liking for leather jackets and scruffy beards from uni during his shows. And Liam, the mechanic, who realizes his new roommate is Bradford, the man with the smooth skin covered in tattoos that Liam watches late at night with a hand wrapped around himself.]

Floating On The Water by scottmcniceass | M | 58206 Liam just wants to get through his last summer working at Malik Resort before University without incident. Of course, life is never that easy, and he ends up getting roped into giving the bosses son, Zayn, swimming lessons. That wouldn't be so bad, if Zayn didn't happen to hate him so much.

Crawling on Your Shores by juliusschmidt | E | 66631 "You're a mechanic?" Liam nods. Harry gives him another long, appraising look. This time it lingers on his hands. "Your nails are clean." The tips of Liam's fingers tingle. "Got laid off a month ago." "Sorry to hear that." Harry smiles, soft and small. ~ Liam is searching for direction, purpose, connection, and, ultimately, himself. Harry is searching for aliens.

Easy As All That (Go Around A Time Or Two) by sunsetmog | E | 84957 Sometimes the hardest part of growing up is figuring out who you are in the first place. Or: The one where Liam and Louis only kiss when they're on nights out, when it's secret, when there's no one around to see them. If no one knows you're having a sexuality crisis, that means it isn't happening, right? Or, or: Liam accidentally turns Louis' world upside down. A high school sixth form AU.

[renlyslittlerose]

achilles/patroclus for the ship bingo :)

Thanks! 💖

[opheliagreif]

11,14,47 for the ask game :)

Wuppwupp @hope-calaris_calaris, guck mal, auch zwei von deinen!

Link your three favorite fics right now

Buh! BUH! Wie gemein, das auf drei zu begrenzen! Buuuuh!

Randomhorse mit Es kommt zurück:

LigeiaSand mit Quadratur im Kreis:

Atthefishouses mit Im Sog

Oh warte, es gibt ja noch die Serien:

Tea_EarlGrey mit den Mitbewohner-Teilen:

hope_calaris mit den Hier, bei dir-Teilen:

schreibzumlesen mit den Wechselwirkung-Teilen

Meine persönlichen Top 3 von dir:

Dritte Halbzeit Seelen wie Kompassnadeln Der Wahnsinn ist nur eine schmale Brücke

(Ich und zählen: eine lange Nichterfolgsgeschichte.)

how do you write emotional scenes? Do you ever feel what the characters feel? Do you draw from personal experiences?

Ja und nein. Klar habe ich einige Sachen bereits selbst erlebt (Leo, I feel you) und kann dann aus einem bereits vorhandenen Erfahrungsschatz ziehen und den eine gut Grundlage sein lassen. In vielen Fällen ist das nicht der Fall und da lasse ich mich dann von den Charakteren, wie ich sie bisher geschrieben habe, einfach treiben, schaue, wie sie fühlen und handeln würden.

How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?

Einmal, in Ausnahmefällen zweimal. Davon ausgenommen sind die Male, die ich mich so durch meine Geschichten lese und dann das eine oder andere korrigiere und verbessere.

[dream-about-dancing]

💖😂😉 Happy Valentine's

I'm more than happy to be your wingman. 😘

[a-way-we-go]

[theoniprince]

AU in der Leo seinen neusten Duft selbst promotet und Adam wie hypnotisiert vor dem Plakat steht:

UNLEASH YOUR INNER TIGER🐯

(zu einem prompt von @apfelhalm

[squishymamasboy]

Tag WIP game

RULES: Post the last sentence you wrote (fanfic / original / anything) and tag as many people as there are words in the sentence.

🖤

"So we’re here now. And the fates kept faithful watch. They will tell them eventually, that the prophecy still needs to happen. That everything needs to happen the way it's supposed to.

But that will never concern them again.

That’s a fate someone else will have to deal with."

🖤

Thank you for tagging me @apfelhalm

Idk who to tag so I tag people I know write fanfic

@gloriousvillain @sharpth1ng @luchia13 @cyborging

[babeyknife]

man this image is crunchy... anyway

tagged by @apfelhalm!

this was fun yay

tagging @sparklyslug @maddpool @ubimelibiapes @grim-yeeter

[pilvimarja]

🔥= smutty ‼️= read the warnings 😭 = emotional ❣️= fluffy and sweet ✅️ = completed

Make Him Wait by MilesByMicah, explicit, AOB, bottom Maverick 🔥✅️

Bradley wants something. Maverick just wants to finish his damn report on time.

Mommy Knows Best by FuddleWuddle, explicit, AOB, bottom Maverick 🔥‼️✅️

Mav keeps hearing Bradley say something he probably shouldn't when his 'girlfriends' are round. When the third one breaks up with him because of what he says, Mav steps in to help. Because Mommy knows best, after all.

Losers, Weepers by ParseLey, explicit, AOB, bottom Bradley 🔥❣️✅️

Even with the undeniable proof that Bradley still feels their bond, even though he saw the results with his own eyes, Pete still lets Bradley sleep in his bed, curled close together so they both fit. It’s not the behavior of a responsible Keeper.

Live With Me Forever Now by Apfelhalm, general audiences ❣️✅️

"Wow", Mav chuckles, "65, can you believe that?" "You don't look a day older than 60," Rooster says, but what he really thinks is: 50, more like. His own temples and mustache have been starting to turn grey a couple of years ago, but Mav's hair is still jetblack. Maverick may or may not be immortal.

Kneel by yourcalpal, mature 🔥✅️

Maverick and Bradley work out an issue.

[fandomchaosposts]

thank you @purple-amaranthe for tagging me!!

rules: without naming them, post 10 gifs of your favorite shows, then tag 10 people

tagging @future-oscarwinner @newtness532 @sugaroto @philosophicaldefenestration @apfelhalm @mne-bolno @mousmoula @justnerdystuffs @geolato if you want to participate <3

[nedconte]

Roosmav fic recs: G and T rated

Explicit fics get a lot of love in this fandom, but there are also many amazing fics with lower ratings, and I made this rec list to highlight some of my favorites. As always, I'm trying to include a little positive note on each fic, and I hope it doesn't get too repetitive because there are only so many ways to say I absolutely loved something.

No archive warnings apply to any of these fics.

live with me forever now by apfelhalm 700 words, G, no archive warnings apply magical realism

"Wow", Mav chuckles, "65, can you believe that?" "You don't look a day older than 60," Rooster says, but what he really thinks is: 50, more like. His own temples and mustache have been starting to turn grey a couple of years ago, but Mav's hair is still jetblack. Maverick may or may not be immortal.

This is a wonderful little ficlet. Technically an AU, but it definitely feels like it could be canon.

out in the wide open plane by Lacerta 3k, G, no archive warnings apply canon divergence: aircraft mechanic Bradley, accidental confession, reconciliation

He didn’t expect they’d run into each other, not like this, not here, in the middle of nowhere in the Mojave Desert. One reason why he took this post in the first place was the luxury of not working with hotheaded fighter pilots. The main appeal is still the birds, of course – the state of the art jets, fastest to ever exist. From the day he joined his first aeronautics class, Bradley knew working on cutting-edge aircrafts was his real dream come true. He should’ve known Maverick would be enticed by their allure, too. * When Bradley talks to himself in the empty hangar, he's sure Darkstar is the only one listening to his confession.

This is very beautifully written. The accidental confession scene means the world to me.

half of my heart by plingo_kat 4k, T, no archive warnings apply post-canon, getting together

As a kid, Mav always seemed larger than life. Whenever Bradley would see him he’d always have a new story, some cool activity to do, be appearing at the door with a kiss on the cheek for his mother and slinging his leather jacket onto an only lightly occupied coat hook along the hall. And during the mission training, he’d flown circles around the best pilots Rooster knew, himself included. It was only after they’d been released from medical, poked and prodded and provided with various compression braces and pills, that he gets to learn Mav the man: someone who lives alone in the desert and likes it, who can be the life of the party but can also spend days saying nothing at all except the occasional soft endearment to his machines.

Lovely and really well written. I adore the characterizations in this one.

Blood is thicker than water, but blood is even stronger by Fuddlewuddle 1.5k, T, no archive warnings apply post-canon, fluff, sharing a bed

Mav and Bradley are at a hotel and have to share a bed. It's everything Bradley wants but not sure he's allowed to have.

This is super sweet. Lovely take on the "only one bed" trope.

the first four knuckles by thekookster 6.5k, T, no archive warnings apply background relationships, pov outsider, character study

eighteen, twenty-two, twenty-five, twenty-nine, thirty-three— and the question remains: who is Bradley Bradshaw, really?

This is an incredibly well written Bradley-centric fic. The last chapter especially is a work of art.

some bunny to love by notyourwinter 4k, T, no archive warnings apply shapeshifter au, crack treated seriously

He'd asked his mother once, when he was a kid, why it felt so much easier to be a rabbit sometimes, rather than human, and she hadn't had an answer. She just gathered him up in her arms and said, "I know it's hard to be different, sweetheart. But you're my Bradley bun, and I love you." It's Top Gun: Maverick, except sometimes Rooster is a bunny.

Amazing take on such a cracky premise. This is cute and fun and I highly recommend reading it.

The next 3 fics have been included on my previous rec lists, but they deserve to get mentioned again:

Coffee Corner by Brenda 4.5k, T, no archive warnings apply coffee shop au, fluff and humor

"Wow." Bradley's future husband frowns — very attractively — as he grabs an apron and puts it on, deftly tying it in the back. "Wow?" "Shit, did I say...sorry." Bradley wants to sink right into the ground. "I'm not...you're real, right?" Because Bradley's pretty sure he's still asleep and having the best dream of his life.

The 'fluff and humor' tag is on point – this is a really fun and heartwarming fic.

I can't promise you anything, but I can tell you I'll never leave by othersideofthis 6.5k, T, no archive warnings apply western au

“Didn’t think you’d show your face around here again,” is the first thing Pete says when Rooster turns up at the ranch. Not “hello,” not “how you doing.” Not “don’t you know it’s been 15 years and I’ve thought about you every day.” No.

I love western AUs and this is really good. Perfect example of how to include canon elements in an AU setting.

can't start a fire without a spark by hazelmotes 5.5k, T, no archive warnings apply 5+1 things, crack treated seriously

Five times the people around Maverick and Rooster thought what is with these two? and one time they didn't have to. In which there is scheming, reminiscing, wagers, long-suffering sighs, sex toys, and Springsteen. Always, always Springsteen.

This fic was a lot of fun to read, and the different POVs in this are super well written.

[renlyslittlerose]

Lovecraftian Horror - Obikin?! 👀

Ah! Thanks, peach!

This one is still really nebulous and I haven't started it yet, but basically I want professor of archeology Obi-Wan to be sent a new artefact that makes him go slowly mad with thoughts and ideas pertaining to this cosmic horror-type creature, which turns out to be Anakin/Vader but like. Not human haha.

Basically I want to try my hand at creeping dread-type horror!

WIP Ask

[opheliagreif]

🍦 and 🌞

🍦 What's the sweetest fic you've created so far?

*macht AO3 auf* Als einzeln stehende Geschichte wäre es "Vollmondschatten". Ansonsten ist "Der Gemischtwarenladen" darauf ausgelegt, nur zuckrige Geschichten hervorzubringen.

🌞 Do you have a preferred time of day to write?

Ja, habe ich. Abends und nachts, je nach Ausdauer auch gerne in den Stunden 00:00 - 03:00 Uhr. Also eigentlich ist es keine Day time. ^^;

[dream-about-dancing]

⛵️ Five Fandoms, Five Ships ⛵

Get to know the blogger, via five different ships from five different fandoms!

I was tagged by @tideswept Thank you 💐💐💐

I tag @apfelhalm @squishymamasboy @virahaus @lovey-dovey-and-sad @fizzigigsimmer (only if you want)

I chose the pairings that make me happy at the moment.

1) Obi-wan/Anakin (Star Wars)

As a teenager I was a big Anidala shipper but as I got older I start fo fall in love with Ewan McGregor (thank you Moulin Rouge!).

I also found out that there are slash pairings and so I saw the movies with different eyes. 😌

I still enjoy Anidala fanart but my Star Wars OTP are these two. There are so many different ways to make them fall in love. Vaderkin, Padaobi, Vaderwan... I love them all. 🖤💙

2) Arnold/Rishe (The 7th Time Loop)

I love and adore this light novel series so much. I can't describe how much I stan this series.

I was so happy that it got an anime and it was such a gorgeous one!!

Rishe is such an interesting character who lived through so much stuff. Sometimes she is too innocent but okay that is a classical trope in Japan. 🙈

On the other side Arnold is a badass who is so in love with fiance. Sadly nobody believes him because he is a murderous asshole. 😂

I pray we will get more anime seasons. 🙏

3) Maomao/Jinshi (The apothecary diaries)

Another awesome light novel series. ❤️

I have one of the two manga adaptions at home and I adore the anime adaption.

It is such a great historical mystery show with two strong leads.

Maomao as the clever apothecary who grew up in a bordell and knows the world is fucked up and then Jinshi who has so many secrets and needs to keep so many secrets as he works for the emperor. A perfect pair even if their own personalities and pasts work against a relationship.

4) Lan Zhan/Wei Ying (MDZS)

It was so hard to chose a Danmei pairing 😭 especially between MXTX but you never forget your first time. 😋

I love them and their cute little son. Even through it is super angsty I love the time period when our sunshine fell to the dark side. I love AUs which give these two and the Wens a chance for a happy end even if their love destroys the world.

5) Frieren/Himmel (Frieren)

Don't you also simply love these doomed elf/human relationships especially when the elf realizes too late what they felt?

Yeah, these two are super fucking cute but also super angsty. They are doomed since episode 1 but I still adore every flashback scene with them and I weep over every scene in the present when Frieren realizes "It is too late."

[a-way-we-go]

@apfelhalm 💖

[theoniprince]

Pokemon Au - Pia & Enton

(for @apfelhalm 💕)