#author: softambrollins

[digsys]

RECOMMENDATIONS gosh I love giving recs I hope you love these

(of course I have to start by saying like, I mean, I would obvi recommend everything I wrote...😏)

Ambrollins: https://archiveofourown.org/works/30551832 https://archiveofourown.org/works/32025898 both of these are really lovely explorations of Dean and Seth's relationship imo. I'd also recommend just going to ao3 user softambrollins page and reading all of her stuff.

Rolleigns: https://archiveofourown.org/works/2325926 this may qualify as having your no-thanks of antagonism but it's more that it's set during the canon-era of Seth and Dean being enemies. spibsy (aka lucy kennyanimega here on tumblr) is also another one where I'd also say just ready everything. they also have a super great FCW-era ambrollins fic.

Ambreigns: https://archiveofourown.org/works/19315507 (sex worker au with bottom Ro) https://archiveofourown.org/works/18675973 (Roman with pre-WWE Mox) https://archiveofourown.org/works/5639548 (coffee shop au)

OT3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/5555156 this is more Ambreigns than ot3 but still has ot3 vibes and it's a very sweet family story. https://archiveofourown.org/works/5289395 this one's basically college au pwp

here's a bit of a wild horse rec, depending on how you feel about Xavier Woods and meta in your fanfiction, but the entire premise of this is Xavier winds up in a relationship with Roman and Dean and explains shipping to Dean. it's delightful and hilarious. https://archiveofourown.org/series/404013

SARAH !!!!!! HELLO THANK YOU i've only read the descriptions of these but i'm already obsessing damn

i will be consuming all of the fics from the recced authors (including yours, my ridiculously talented friend) and alSO the fcw/pre-wwe stuff..... thank you very much i genuinely LOVE fics from that period sm and i am so excited to read those!!!! you are truly providing me food for the weekend and i am forever in your debt

[pynchfic]

Hello! Would you mind recommending fics where people react to the gangsey/pynch? Specifically what normal people think of Adam at college would be fantastic! Thank you!

Hello! I have split the following recs into categories so that it makes more sense how they are related to your ask! Sorry if there is any confusion! I don’t have any that are to your specifics of “what normal people think of Adam”, but this is covered in Call Down The Hawk!!

Featuring Outside Perspectives of Gangsey

you’re ripped at every edge but you’re a masterpiece by Klavier (M | 11148 | 3/3)

It wasn’t that Adam listened to the comments from other Aglionby boys about “the brain and the brawn” or took any of their gold-plated opinions into account.

It was the fearless, almost insubordinate, nature of Ronan’s rolled up sleeves. Two handprints encircled his wrists, a deep violet, darker than any mark Adam had ever seen. Gansey sported a matching color on both palms, as if he’d dipped them completely in paint.

Featuring Outside/Gangsey Perspectives of Pynch

Heavenly Wine and Roses by orphan_account (M | 4484 | 1/1)

Gansey has everything under control.

Never Have I Ever by lazarusthefirst (M | 5974 | 1/1)

’Noah what did you call them last week?’ Ronan asked, leaning over. ‘When you were talking about how feisty Gansey gets around Blue?’

Noah grinned. ‘Oh yeah - Salt and Pepper.’

Adam and Ronan laughed as Gansey rolled his eyes and Blue threw a bottlecap at Noah. ‘I don’t know what you’re laughing about,’ she said to Adam. ‘He calls you two Sugar and Spice.’

Ronan pointed to himself as Adam blushed. ‘I’m sugar, right?’

Part 6 of the Five dumb peas in a dumb pod series 

These Hands Are Tied by liwellen (T | 1735 | 1/1)

“At first, I thought Gansey and I were doing something wrong. Then I realized that it wasn’t our problem at all! It’s you two. You can be jerks but you’re always touching, and kissing, and doing that annoying telepathic thing.” She scrunched her nose. “It’s kind of disgusting.”

Adam felt his face burn and immediately said, “That’s not true. We don’t- get off me, Lynch.” He pushed at Ronan who had been resting his head on his thigh this whole time.

Noah decided to pipe in. “Like she said. Disgusting.”

That was what made Adam and Ronan determined to prove that they could keep their damn hands to themselves.

don’t make a shadow of yourself by softambrollins (T | 1567 | 1/1)

They’re just filling up the space, with noise and words and insults that never quite hit their mark but just glance off of the walls or each other, hoping it’s enough.

Blue and Gansey happen to walk in just as he says the one thing that lands right where it was supposed to go, where he never intended it to go.

with nothing to lose, will you be my honey by gravinnen (G | 3905 | 1/1)

Gansey offers to help Ronan out with his feelings for Adam and he is being very subtle about it.

-Sheila

[thepynchfanfiction]

The first time Ronan leans over and kisses him when he drops him off at St. Agnes after his late shift, Adam just stares at him wordlessly for a moment before he manages to find his voice and utter an awkward "Thanks" and fumbles to open the door and practically bolts up the stairs to his apartment. It takes a long while to school his heartbeat back to a moderately normal rate and to make his brain actually begin to absorb the line he's been reading over and over for the last fifteen minutes.

Or: Adam and Ronan slowly learn about casual affection that isn't casual at all.

[deanseths]

Hi, idk if you’re still reading asks but I wanted to say I’ve read your series “the things I never told you” on AO3 and i loved it sm. Do you have any ambrollins fanfic recommendations? 💕

Hi!! Yeah I still reply to asks every now and then haha oh and thank you so so much?? I’m so happy to know someone enjoyed my fics :,) You really made my day!

Anyway, i’ve been asked this question so many times that i finally decided to write my ultimate ambrollins fic rec list. Just so you know, I favour oneshots and I’m a sucker for dean and seth’s post-breakup dynamic, so it’s mostly old works or recent works set during their three feuds between 2014 and 2016. There are many other beautiful fics I keep in my collection esp from their reunion arc in 2017, but the ones i listed below will always have a special place in my heart.

⸻

��Where have I seen your face before by aistic

one of the few multichapter stories in this list, where authority!seth loses his memory and dean is there to pick up the pieces (the author has recently uploaded a refreshed version of this beautiful story)

・Watch the world cave in by Lucha_Pseud

dean (now mox) and seth are quarantined together after meeting again + heartbreaking confessions about unsaid things that never fail to hit right in the feels

・There’s a song yet to be sung by AshSPN

authority!seth is hospitalised and dean is still listed as his emergency contact  

・It isn’t what I wanted by blessedbethefallen

(aka the great AshSPN with a new pseud) it’s actually a recent work but it’s about dean’s night after seth’s betrayal

・And I know we won’t make it out alive by candesgirl

dean and seth slowly discover things about each other right up to the shield breakup

・What if they did meet? by Cezet

a very well explored moxler AU, where young mox and tyler black meet for the first time before joining wwe

・Always around by Collidinthegskies

a bittersweet post-brand split oneshot where seth suffers an injury and dean is there to support him despite everything

・Dean was wrong by CrazyCollectionDuck 

angsty fluff if you will? set during the night of the infamous slime prank in 2014

・Fade into you and Until the night turns by demonjeans

one of the best ambrollins AU writers. The first one is a oneshot about them camping in the woods, the second one is a prohibition era!AU where dean is a felon and seth an undercover cop

・Judas and Shallow is as shallow does by greymon 

the first one is about the shield guys post-breakup but as wrestlers playing their characters, the second one is a traditional ambrollins oneshot featuring tragic!dean and his past ⟶ literally my #1 kink

・Somewhere you can meet me by HarlemMarxx

one of those ‘we’re enemies but still we can’t let go of each other’ oneshots that I won’t ever get tired of re-reading 

・It’s in the carrying by hellonik

a beautiful attempt at imagining a reconciliation between dean and seth before 2017

・Hangman by Luces

a short, sweet highschool!AU where dean and seth are classmates (it has nothing to do with hangman page lol)

・“These wounds, they will not heal” by MoxFirefly 

post-betrayal dean reflects on his consuming relationship with seth

・All roads by mxjoyride

old married couple!dean and seth are retired wrestlers and share beautiful life moments

・Somebody to love by pann_cake | @pann--cake

the queen of ambrollins fluff <3 It begins with dean and seth spending a fun night together like two perfectly straight buddies (they think lol)

・The love you’re given by Picturemedrowning

a short but intense AU oneshot. Their beautiful tragic!dean made me stomach the top!seth / bottom!dean implied dynamic which is still my biggest pet peeve

・This is the fate you’ve carved on me by simplyprologue | @ofhouseadama

set during dean’s turn in 2018 with tons of tragic!dean doing tragic!dean things and seth coming to the rescue 

・Vices and A million little times by softambrollins | @softambrollins

the first one is a very good ‘enemies with benefits’ oneshot set around 2014. The second one is probably my favourite fic ever and it’s still about dean dealing with seth’s betrayal (whatever i might say here would be a spoiler so just read it if you haven’t yet)

・Even if you’re broken by solskatering

aka seth & dean & their repressed sexual tension leading to the shield breakup. It’s basically a kayfabe AU where things take a different turn from what happened between 2016 / 2017

・Fortune and glory by NerdyAdjacent | @xshieldsterx​

an amazing ambrollins indiana jones!AU that I still consider a must-read despite it was discontinued (I didn’t get over it yet?? last update is from 2018 but i’m still waiting for the next chapter //sighs// )

[pann--cake]

Beloved

Author: Pan Rating: Mature/NSFW Word Count: 3814 Archive Warnings: top!dean/bottom!seth, Smut before feels, Rimming, Oral Sex, Anal Fingering, Dirty Talk, Love Confessions, Cuddling, post sex emotions

Summary:

Just because they love each other, doesn’t mean that’s enough after everything they’ve been through, everything they’ve done. This could be the moment they decide to hang it up, to walk away and move on from each other, instead of constantly living in each other’s ebb and flow.

But Dean’s not willing to live on scraps of Seth’s love, not when he knows what it’s like to have it all. A year ago, they’d been happy, truly happy, for the first time. Dean knows they can never go back to that--he should have realized when he was in it that it was the best time of his life. Now, they can either build back up, or leave everything in ashes.

Author’s Notes: I really wanted to get this in before Wrestlemania, and I actually managed to do it. This fic was just totally self-indulgent, because I wanted to write something before Mania and before Dean leaves. I’m ngl, it started as just smut and then the feels took me over. I’m not sorry. The title is from Beloved by Mumford and Sons, because the lyrics just killed me:

We'll sit and talk The stars down from the sky And I'll not forget the chaos in your eyes love

And as you leave You must know you are beloved And as you leave I can see the wild has come for you And as you leave I won't hold you back beloved

Special thanks to @deanseths who read my drafts and talked me through this fic, I love you!!

Read here @ AO3.

@deanseths, @softambrollins, @seths-little-architect, @thereluctantguardian, @nerdbrose, @tvlerblack, @ambrollinsbot

[pynchfic]

Do you know any fics where other members of the gangsey walk in on Ronan and Adam?

Hello! The following fics all involve someone intruding on something else (someone on pynch, Ronan on Adam with other people present, etc.)

Heavenly Wine and Roses by orphan_account (M | 4484 | 1/1)

Gansey has everything under control.

Time Isn't Real (but you're a constant) by SpiritsFlame (E | 89446 | 6/6)

"Time is what prevents everything from happening at once." - Albert Einstein.

Adam wakes up in the future, learns a few things about himself, about time, and about his priorities. But mostly he just wishes that Time was doing it's job better.

Parasol by lazarusthefirst (T | 959 | 1/1)

‘This is Parrish’s phone. He’s very busy right now, can I take a message?’ 

Part 1 of the Five dumb peas in a dumb pod series

Two Boys Kissing by Again_n_Again (E | 9236 | 1/1)

Blue needs someone to pose for her, so she can build up her figure drawing portfolio....Adam ruefully agrees. Which leads to Ronan having to see a half-dressed Adam in his place all the time....things unfold naturally from there. Sorry about all the words....I get carried away.

don't make a shadow of yourself by softambrollins (T | 1567 | 1/1)

They're just filling up the space, with noise and words and insults that never quite hit their mark but just glance off of the walls or each other, hoping it's enough.

Blue and Gansey happen to walk in just as he says the one thing that lands right where it was supposed to go, where he never intended it to go.

-Sheila