#booksandpaperss fic recs

[booksandpaperss]

Byler fic rec time!! I’m gonna start doing an official fic rec post each Friday to support all the amazing authors in this fandom <3

Starting with broken hearts can always mend by sarol3 on ao3; here’s the summary and word count + chapter count:

I just finished this one and I’m not exaggerating in the slightest when I say it’s one of the best Will centric fics I’ve ever read.

The writing is absolutely beautiful and the author captures Will’s character and how deeply he loves the people in his life so incredibly well, plus the premise and plot twist is very interesting. This is easily in my top 10 byler fics of all time and I don’t say that lightly, if you don’t give this a try you’re genuinely missing out.

also if this looks even remotely interesting to you, please reblog! That way other people who might want to read this can see it :)

[nyxi-pixie]

Hiiiii.

Sorry to bother you, I wanted to know if you had any fic recs? Your writing is so good and your tastes are immaculate, and I am starving for any kind of good content. Please?

its not possible to bother me love dw <3

NOW. i dont actually read all that much anymore bc i am horrendously picky but this does give me an excuse to hype up the few authors that have satisfied my unreasonably specific tastes 🤩.

so. a few bsd recs for you (except theyre 99% skk because im horribly predictable forever). everyone go read all of these and tell the authors how wonderful they are in the comments please <3

anything @booksandpaperss has ever written is genius work and everyone should read it. could talk abt all of their stuff for hours (and i have🤩 they put up w so much of me bothering them godbless). also our brains do some accidental crazy mind melding shit whenever either of us write fic so if you like any of my stuff you will like theirs. thats the rules. <3

like twin stars in the dark (we collide)- dead apple skk porn as a vehicle for 22skk analysis. makes me salivate i have read it so many times. they get 22skk better than anyone🙏

my lies are for you to keep (my love for you to lose) - the only take on beastskk that matters to me ever. you can actually see me losing my mind in the comment i wrote on this fic bc of how fucking insane every single line made me. theres SO much packed into this thing its fucking crazy i NEEEEED everyone to read it. thats all <3

till death, I'll give you my breath - dazai death timeloop. this fic terrifies me so much i await every update with my teeth chattering and my heart pulsing so rapidly i should be hospitalised. the first scene of chapter 2 genuinely had me on the verge of tears im unwell about it.

(elli also has some jjk stuff thats REALLYREALLY good and if ur into jjk u should check that out too.)

NOW. aside from being a propaganda machine for my fav writer ever. Heres some other stuff i love.

the second perspective by @wildflowerteas. murder mystery/detective noir stuff w some time fuckery. the au of all time. mashes aspects of beast, canon, and some extra special niko sauce into a mixing bowl and goes crazy w it. just Such a genuinely impressive piece of writing. i could talk abt the technical brilliance of it for hours but i will stop myself. you gotta commit to this thing because it WILL make u crazy. also i loveee the sskk. its like if we had the beast first meeting sskk forever. SOSO GOOD!!!!

did fate guide the gun or did you? by @kanetheo. i read this pretty soon after chapter 109 and it genuinely fried my brain for months. the writing style is beautiful (as for everything they write AUGHH!!!) and the angst is delectable. the way it intersperses more fun silly skk moments with just. complete misery. GOD. it just hits. ive reread it quite a few times and it never fails to make me go crazy. srsly cannot rec this enough.

the decomposition of dazai osamu by @hella1975 this shot several bullets through my brain and i still havent recovered. i keep thinking 'oh i should reread that' and then i dont bc some part of my brain still concerns itself w maintaining whats left of my sanity. BUT its crazy good and everyone should read it and suffer at least once. EVERYONE LOVES YOU OSAMU!!!! EVERYONE EATS YOU!!! line of all time lets all kill ourselves.

smoke held conversations by feralrookie - i havent reread this in a while but it does cool stuff with nlh and the skkisms are really good in this too. ppl often write teen chuuya as less intelligent than he actually is. hes very observant, esp of dazai, and this fic gave me that 🙏

i called your name til the fever broke by forest_raccoon - vampire chuuya. biting is involved. i blacked out reading it. enough said.

[messrsbyler]

stonathan fic rec

I've got a question for you by Lynnn_x

When Steve suggested they take a week of winter break and spend it at his uncle’s cabin in Ohio because Nancy offhandedly mentioned she hadn’t been skiing in ages and really wanted to go again one day, he didn’t think that same suggestion would result in being trapped in the middle of a literal snowpocalypse with Jonathan Byers of all people.

okay so THIS FIC WAS SO DAMN GOOD? first of all, amazing writing, reads so fast and it’s just so good. second, steve and jonathan’s characterisation is on POINT! i loved this from start to finish and, to my very surprise, THE AUTHOR HAS MANY MORE STONATHAN FICS!!! seriously, go read this. i’ll even go out of my way to tag people who i know will love this. but go read it now!!!

@andiwriteordie @wiseatom @strangeswift @astrobei @willelfanpage @bottomlessabyssposts @musicalchaos07 @elekinetic @booksandpaperss @bookinit02 (basically everyone i can remember has interacted with stonathan’s posts)

[booksandpaperss]

@idk-ilike5sos LITERALLY UR FIC BESTIE

Anyways if you like this trope I recommend Sober Thoughts by idkilike5sos on ao3

Ugh I'm obsessed with the idea of drunk/high Mike trying to kiss Will only for slightly more sober Will to reject him because "I want you, just not like this" but Mike thinks that he doesn't want him at all :(

[heartberrydog]

Oh my god thank you so much for all of these!!!

I had read some of those authors, but I am DEFINITELY also gonna reread them lmao, you never can have too much of a good thing!

Incredible christmas present, thank you so much! I'll probably come back from time to time to bother you for more because you have the most based understanding of these two, ever. With nyxi-pixie and booksandpaperss.

Oh, if you want some recs too, I recently read a Princess Utena AU by setosdarkness, called "eve of revolution". I don't particularly enjoy most of their stuff, but this work knocked me out, great world building, interesting character interpretation, it's great! Definitely an AU but very intriguing.

There is also "the liar's house" by burgundytshirt, that is a pretty interesting take on the ship. It's a translation of a Chinese fic and it's plain gorgeous, a case fic that really makes you feel like you're reading the manga, in my opinion!

(And as for explicit stuff, I have been kiiiinda obsessed by this series called "Chuuya's 30 Days" by BanishedImmortal and Val_5158. There is a LOT going on in there. Might not be for everyone but it's interesting in my opinion, if you're interested.)

HI HIII!!! (๑>◡<๑)

It was my pleasure! I was genuinely really hoping someone would ask me for recs ahsjsj I love spreading positivity and appreciating my fellow writers <3

Yesyes!! All those writers deserve some love 💕 I’ve been trying to leave some more comments of my own lately but I had a severe case of burnout in the past weeks that literally just got alleviated! so!

I am so glad you think so!!!!! 💓 And yes please bother me. I LOVE being bothered in this particular manner. Genuinely nothing makes me happier than asks and ao3 comments!! Always bother me. Yes.

Well I just posted a new fic of my own so 👉👈 You got yourself yet another present, I suppose ( ˘͈ ᵕ ˘͈♡) Hope that one is gonna be enjoyable too!

Aaaaaa thank you for the recs!!!!! Asksbsksn!! I was going to say that I don’t particularly enjoy setosdarkness' work, but you got me intrigued there, so I'll probably check it out. I've read like one or two fics from that Chuuya's 30 days series, I think I was meaning to read all of them sometime but I forgot 😭 And I'll definitely check out the liar's house!! Haven't heard of that one before.

Have an absolutely wonderful dayyy!!! 🫶🫶

[booksandpaperss]

my new favorite authors note

also this is from the fic My Glory is Yours on ao3 and I reccomend it I’m having an absolute blast reading it, the concept is so interesting: it’s from the POV of 16 year old Gloreth after she gets catapulted into the future bc of a wish she makes to get a chance to apologize to Nimona, and it’s the events of the movie from her perspective and how she affects them :D

[booksandpaperss]

if you are a smoker byler fan I highly, highly recommend reading I took my love and I took it down by @tellthatbrokebitch ifnothing else so you can get to chapter 2 bc it’s has one of my favorite smoker byler fanfic scenes ever and it’s so incredibly tender too like PLEASE

also it’s in the context of a canon compliant zombie apocalypse AU like the fic as a whole is rlly good too but I wanted to advertise this chapter specifically bc DAMNNNN

[booksandpaperss]

today I would like to Rec you a fic that does exactly that, with Lucas as Jason it’s by @willow-lark I forgot what it’s called but go to her ao3 and you’ll find it pretty easily and it’s amazing 🫶🫶

the Cupid Scene from House of Hades but its Mike getting Vecna’d

(Vecna would be Cupid // Mike would be Nico // whoever u like would be Jason)

[booksandpaperss]

so I’m just gonna plug and advertise @bookinit02 ‘s elmax oneshot (<- linked) real quick bc GODDAMNNNNN it was good

Reasons why you should drop literally everything you’re doing to read this fic (including but not limited to):

-amazingly written elmax

-did I mention elmax

- GOD TIER el characterization (srsly this is one of my favorite characterizations of her in fic)

- amazing dialogue

- incredibly soft but in a way that makes you feel the entire range of human emotion and u want to cry from how soft it is

- paced very well

- wholesome elmike conversation where Mike talks to El about his own queerness and they bond over it

-adorable background byler and willel siblings

- WHOLESOME ELMAX MOMENTSS

- El uses her powers to help max see the stars again <3333

anyways I was casual elmax shipper before reading this fic but now I’m FULLY INVESTED bc of haven’s incredible portrayal of the potential for their romantic dynamic and I should read more elmax fics so if anyone has recs PLEASE drop them either here or in my ask box I am BEGGING 🙏

[booksandpaperss]

putting in my formal request for all of us to collectively re-enter our spidey Will byler AU phase bc I just binge read most of RESPONSIBILITY and goddamn that is some good stuff. def one of my favorite AU fics across the entire ST fandom wow.

[booksandpaperss]

New favorite byler fanfic moment: Mike and Will are basically on a date at a diner and the waitress calls then lovebirds bc she thought Mike was a girl bc of his long hair and then Mike goes with it and she gets super embarrassed and confused when she realizes he’s a guy. Literally iconic writing choice.

Anyways this is in @catboy-cabin ‘s new fic *nudges u all to read it*

[booksandpaperss]

I HAVE SO MANY lemme just list some off the top of my head

A Flower that Resembles You (fantasy AU, completed) by @perexcri (also literally any AU by this author they have a ton and they’re all amazing this one’s just my favorite)

Teenage Blues (high school AU among other things, ongoing) by @thornywords

RESPONSIBILITY (spiderman AU, ongoing w/one more chapter left) by @wheelerboi

Nocturne (spooky season Vampire AU, ongoing) by @lilacline001

Worlds Collide (rivals to lovers modern high school AU, completed) by @turningtidesao3

The Crossover by nbfutureboy on ao3 (this one is technically in the canon universe and not an AU but it has the vibes and premise of a band AU, completed)

The Cemetery Dance by oceanfruit on ao3 (enemies to lovers road-trip AU among other things, ongoing, and also I was hesitant to rec this one bc I don’t think oceanfruit wants a bunch of attention like FOG got, but it is a rlly good fic so just. Don’t spread this one too much, and those of you who see this pls be normal and again don’t spread this one around too much on here out of respect for the author pls 🥲🙏)

Anyways, these are all absolutely excellent works! I encourage anyone who hasn’t rlly read that many AUs to try out some of these, they’re amazingly written and it’ll get you hooked on AUs I guarantee 😌

okay i'm in my au era, what are you guy's fav byler au fics? drop links or fic names plz ty 🫶

[booksandpaperss]

every day I wait in fear, excitement, and anticipation for chapter 3 of @parkitaco’s exes fic

[booksandpaperss]

Me: *is currently sick and also sad, opens my internet browser*

All my unread fanfic tabs: *wondering if it’s finally their turn*

Me: *glances at them, opens a new tab* whelp! Time to reread my all time favorite Mike-centric byler fic for the third time! Woohoo!

@catboy-cabin this is ur fic btw <3

[booksandpaperss]

reading Parker’s Will POV of the exes fic feeling genuinely physically ill what the fuck

[booksandpaperss]

I remember reading this fic by @andiwriteordie where Will heard Mike’s monologue to El and thought that he had imagined Mike telling him he was the best thing Mike had ever done and I haven’t been the same since 🥲

i think it’s called the time of my life with you

Reminder that when Mike said meeting Will was the best thing he’d ever done, he’d already met El a year ago. 

And suddenly in season 4, the day he met El was the best day of his life, even if after a year of meeting her he didn’t think that yet?? Hmmm (🏳️‍🌈)…