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Valentine’s Day 2018 Collection

(For anyone living in East Asia and celebrating, Happy Chinese New Year!)

Authors have been revealed (for the better half of a day), but due to RL I had a few problems logging on to post this before now, but thank you for your patience with me!

A gentle reminder that while we don’t enforce it as a rule, we greatly recommend readers leave a comment or kudos on their gift- feeling great about validation is universal! It’s been a wild ride, thank you all for bearing with me and sticking along. I hope you had a lovely Valentine’s Day, and that you have a lovelier week.

Beneath the cut is a master-post of fic recs for your reading enjoyment!

All 56 works currently in the collection are included below. If you’d like specific recs for certain tropes/features/themes, you can throw us an ask. If you’d like your work removed from the rec-list, just message us!

CONTENTS, fics for--- valentines day fluff soft & classic kylux long journeys canonical AU modern AU benarmie & techienician comedy(?)

VALENTINES FLUFF

Works that are in-character set around Valentines day. Generally modern day! Soft and sweet. A bit late to read these for Valentines Day but we can still make it for White Day!

Blind Date

Phasma sets Hux up on a blind date. She has no idea he and Ren already know each other. And hate each other.

feat. kylo taking yoga classes, ‘careful, ren’, and copious amounts of humour. phasma is?? a god???, and the banter between kylo and hux is everything. hux’s pov involves a level of sarcasm that is delicious to behold.

Can You Come Get Me

After a vicious fight with his father, Hux needs a place to go. Ren is more than obliging. Not your conventional Valentine's Day, but far better than he had hoped for.

feat. brendol hux’s A+ parenting, a little bit of whump, and heart-shaped pancakes. there’s a lovely sweetness to ren that really endears the reader to them both.

Crossed Wires

In a modern setting; Armitage and Ben have a very important dinner together.

feat. benarmie and proposing! is it actually set on v-day? i don’t know but it makes it even fluffier. matt and techie are also present, and the sibling dynamic is to die for.

Don’t Play With Your Food

For the prompt: cannibal and serial killer, cute boyfriends.

feat. food porn, knitting solving every relationship trouble (knit one purl one two). a romantic comedy falls somewhere between absolutely adorable and somewhat horrifying. maybe it just jumps seamlessly from one to the other.

possession

The one where Kylo and Hux both find themselves on Chandrila with lackluster dates for the local equivalent of Valentine's Day, a bit too much alcohol is imbibed, feelings are had, and animosity gives way to something else.

feat. a ton of great dialogue, hux in a dress, and alcohol porn. alcohol description porn. just... description porn. the writing is amazingly immersive, the worldbuilding is beautiful, and there is a bar scene which trumps all other bar scenes.

SOFT KYLUX

Canonical kylux with (mildly) fluffy endings and lots of hurt/comfort. Possibly not as soft when compared with other fandoms and ships, but equally delicious.

Open Letter

General Hux tries to deal with his negative thoughts after the First Order's latest defeat. Kylo Ren offers some help.

feat. post-tlj angst and eventual(?) catharsis- at least, the first step to it. hux’s pov and inner monologue is super well written- in this work he’s a lot more vulnerable, and the author really plays on his sense of self worth, to great effect.

Sealed with a Kiss

Armitage is shaken up by Snoke's punishments, so Kylo has to go to him.

feat. hux being substituted for a pair of maracas, a bit of whump and some hurt/comfort. it’s not quite fluffy- neither of them are nice enough for that- but there’s softness scattered throughout that the bluntness of the text really highlights. also humour, which gets pulled off far too well.

Slow Hands

Hux yearns for Supreme Leader Ren, but he knows it can never happen.

feat. post-tlj catharsis and the best kind of hurt. the first half is unparalleled unrequited love kink. the pacing and narrative is just perfect- there’s a level of raw emotion conveyed through the writing (on hux’s end) that is quality™.

Tame Your Nightmares

When Hux passes out on the bridge, Supreme Leader Ren takes this matter into his own hands. Together with Hux, he tries to find a solution to Hux's sleep problems.

feat. kylo being an asshole but a nice asshole, solid REM sleep becoming my kink. a lot of them sassing each other in this fic- the snark gives way to vulnerability at certain moments and it’s A++.

Moon-Shaped Pools

Posing as a couple while on an intelligence-gathering mission to the Pleasure Planet of Chagar IX proves to be enlightening in more ways than one.

feat. stranded together on a pleasure planet. the atmosphere of this fic is just otherworldly. literally otherwordly- the nature of the place they’re in changes their dynamic and the way they act around each other, and it’s wonderful to see.

Cocooned

prompt: Stranded somewhere not so fun, Kylo takes care of Hux's small wounds with a level of care that makes Hux feel ~uncomfortable~. In a good way.

feat. a summary that doesn’t live up to its 6,000 words of great dialogue and worldbuilding. basically post-tlj snuggling. the setting really forces the two of them to interact in ways that would not otherwise happen- which results for lots of fluff and hurt/comfort.

The Breaking Point

Supreme Leader Snoke commands his apprentice to dispose of the General. Ren questions his orders.

feat. a great exploration of ren’s character. his inner monologue is spot on, every emotion is acute and real, and being able to follow his thoughts and feelings to their (perhaps inevitable) conclusion is just a gift.

Constellations

Kylo Ren is in quite a state when he wakes in the medbay following the destruction of Starkiller Base. Luckily for him, he isn't alone.

feat. post-tfa angst, kylo and hux expressing their feelings to each other. in a feelings way and also in a ‘lets rule the galaxy together’ way. the characterization is spot on and puts a twist on their mutual vulnerability- they’re both just so well written.

Disaster Recovery Plan

In the aftermath of the debacle on Crait the First Order is trying to run an evacuation and recovery operation from the stabilised remains of the Supremacy. But the Mega Star Destroyer is in worse condition than anyone realised, a fact Hux discovers only just in time to save his own life. Seriously injured he finds himself in unexpectedly close quarters with the new Supreme Leader...

feat. star destroyer class mega, hux whump, recovery and getting together, and hux watching kylo sleep. post-tlj. i just want to say this fic hurts to read because it’s so emotional and the author conveys the characters so well, but things get better for them!

A Few Chocolates

Snoke had forbidden Kylo from experiencing things that Hux never expected. It seems like a good place to start winding closer, manipulating the new Supreme leader. Instead Hux ends up finding out that maybe he doesn’t hate Kylo as much as he thought he did.

feat. communication over bribery and chocolates. idiots falling in love. hux’s pov is written superbly- the way the two of them come together and the slow build of their relationship reads seamlessly and organic (even with hux’s intent to manipulate going on).

I Am More Than My Scars

Grand Marshal Hux is distraught when he discovers what kind of training Supreme Leader Ren is engaging in to keep himself bound to the dark side, and suspects the involvement of the deceased Snoke.

feat. non-sexual intimacy, the same tag that is used in the fic but i can’t express how much i love it: they are soft with each other in a way it’s rare to see in most canon fics. it stuck in my mind for days and i love this take on hux and kylo, and how their harshness wears away when they’re alone together.

CANONICAL AU

Works set in the Star Wars verse, but with slight twists- on characters, setting, etc.

Blind to his own brilliance

Upon suffering a life-threatening injury, Kylo discovers something about his General that will definitely lead to something more.

Oh, and he also gets a kiss.

feat. force-sensitive hux living up to the title of the fic, and ren being appropriately impressed. such beautifully written prose i die. following kylo’s pov, it’s easy to see, and easier still to miss any inkling.

Reciprocity

Ben and his family are attending a masquerade ball in celebration of the Peace treaty that will unite forces across the galaxy. Ben is bored and looking for an escape from his mother's political circles.

feat. a ben solo still with his parents??? my heart. an interesting look into the characters if they’d never met via snoke, and if kylo ren never existed- the worldbuilding in the background is fascinating, and hux in this fic is a less polished, more open version of himself that i love.

Pulvis et Lux

Emptiness. Hux shook in his quarters, clutching a tiny position sensor to his heart. It was dead now. Cold, quiet, and useless. The last five years he had cherished it like a tiny piece of his lover, knowing that, however far he strayed, Kylo Ren was alive and within his reach.

But now he was lost to him, and Hux was left with a tiny piece of smooth metal and a large corpse, bloodied and burned.

feat. angst in buckets, character death, and force ghost kylo. and rings. it’s a fic about mourning and not quite letting go. proving wrong the age old saying of ‘death do us part’. still without a doubt a fic to stoke the tragedy boner.

CLASSIC KYLUX

Kylux that is decidedly not soft. Sometimes dark, sometimes not so dark, but the classic dynamic from early on in the fandom.

Connections Never Sought

“You’re serious. You want to know? The last time you asked me about the Force, it was because you wanted to know if I could interrogate your prisoner from another system.”

feat. too many feels, a new level of kink without... actually getting explicit?? (how), and feelings being resolved via sex. hints of softness that neither of them act on, with rey as an unintentional voyeur.

so indefinite as to be indefinable

It goes like this: their shadows become misshapen, tall and hungry and swallowing the dark- in the unlit corners of the room, monsters trying to eat each other.

feat. purple prose, angst that eventually turns less angsty. prose for days, and both of them being idiots falling in love- with mutual pining thrown in for good measure. once again, classic characterization- which mingles with some fluff.

An Uneasy Alliance

After the events on Crait, the newly self appointed Supreme Leader Kylo Ren and General Armitage Hux struggle to find their footing with their new power structure and the imbalance it creates. Hux feels the sting of his ill treatment at Ren's hand and fears the worst is coming.

feat. more prose that will slaughter you, power imbalance, and so much pining. these two sorting out their issues with communication and stabbing- their characterization really calls back to the first wave of kylux fics that came out after tfa, and it’s beautifully written.

you know why

An assassination attempt, some rather unexpected heroism from Hux, and the magic of bacta. This day really isn't going the way Kylo Ren expected. Whoever thought that building an empire would be this difficult?

feat. slow but not soft kylux, multifaceted. also delicious smut. ren and hux straddle the line between ‘adorably fluffy’ and ‘not nice at all’- hux is almost frighteningly unreadable at times, and kylo is (in comparison) far too easy to read, which just fuels their dynamic here further.

Reveille

Kylo and Hux have an arrangement. So what if some woman can make Hux smile?

feat. jealousy and brilliant characterization. miscommunication happens in spades and catharsis is somewhere beyond the tunnel- kylo is emotionally oblivious, and hux is probably at a loss because of it.

FOR LONG JOURNEYS

Long fics over 10,000 words. If not for a long journey, then read them with a good mug of coffee and snacks on a rainy day.

Dangerous Mistakes

Kylo Ren is dangerous, and has long been a thorn in the side of General Hux. He's always hated him and always will. Or will he?

feat. enemies to lovers and hux reading romance novels. there’s a wonderful darkness that never quite abates in the fic, neither hux nor ren are very nice people- both of them drawn to each other for reasons they don’t seem to wholly comprehend.

Lead To Follow

Five years after leaving the world of competitive ballroom dancing, Hux is comfortable in his life as an instructor - until one bad student has to shake everything up.

feat. a primer on ballroom dancing, hank the investment banker, and both of them being incurable and helpless romantics. finn/rey and leia/holdo are background ships that work together really well. also trans!hux! the dialogue and description are so well written, i honestly can’t imagine how much research and time went in to this fic.

man in black

“So, you really want to live here?” Finn frowns, dark eyes gazing out of the front window. Rain streams down the glass, each droplet creating a trail - like silvery scars on frosted skin.

“I don’t really have a choice.” is the reply.

feat. putting pineapple and sweetcorn on pizza and small town southern gothic. mild horror, mildly creepy hux. there’s a lot of suspense- it reads a little as mystery/light horror novel might read. it was completely riveting to read, the narrative slips and slides in some parts- kylo is an unreliable narrator, in an unreliable reality.

our love is a ghost (that the others can’t see)

Ren likes flowers. Hux finds out.

feat. canon-verse with soft kylux and beautiful writing. pressed flowers, fresh flowers, hux gifting ren flowers. a lot of restrained emotion that finally, finally gives way towards the middle and end.

tell me we’ll never get used to it

Kylo may not have recognized his co-star's voice, but he sure as shit remembers that this Armitage Hux guy was the best one night stand he's ever had in his life.

feat. actor AU, great puns, all the background ships. it’s a multi-media project with graphics/edits and different styles of writing- and aside from the amazing writing, it’s the most fun thing i’ve read in forever. there were throwaway lines that had me yelling for ten minutes straight. bonus points for bodhi and cassian being partners.

Sustenance

Kylo Ren has spent the last five years fighting in the desert, leading the Southern Front for Emperor Snoke’s war against the Resistance. Global conquest is near at hand, but things take a turn for the worse when General Armitage Hux is captured and delivered far north to a Resistance stronghold in the Davarn Mountains. Ren has never ventured that far north himself; nor has he ever met Armitage Hux, but the severity the Emperor heaps on this situation implies there’s probably more to the man than what meets the eye.

Whatever the case may be, Ren takes the mission without question. After all, the sooner he sets things in order with the General, the sooner he can return to his own quest of cutting down the Resistance army.

He just fails to anticipate how difficult this mission turns out to be…

feat. an author who claims never to have written steampunk before, but writes it amazingly well. close to 28k, definitely for a very long train journey. the moments of softness between kylo and hux are nestled between plot-heavy segments and beautiful worldbuilding. background characters are fleshed out, the setting is beautiful, it’s a fully fledged short novel that could even be read standalone.

SMUT

Porn with and without plot. (my thoughts on smut are generally incoherent whoops, i might add onto this section later.)

Atonement

Ren stares at the carpet. “Tell me what to do,” he says.

“Last time I tried that, you nearly rendered me unconscious,” Hux snaps, hoping he sounds more incensed than hurt.

feat. bottom kylo and bondage.

An Attempt on His Life

Supreme Leader Kylo Ren summons for his General to discuss a private matter of the utmost importance. Hux assumes this is where he dies after his treasonous thoughts from "that night".

feat. more bottom kylo and post-tlj sorting out of feelings. calling hux armitage. A+++

Do it The Right Way

Hux just wants to sleep at night, too bad his neighbor keeps him up with his loud, incorrect masturbation. Hux is just going to have to guide him through how to do it properly

feat. hux being Done.

Hold On

Hux holds out one gloved hand, beckoning Ren away from the cave’s starless winding passages, back toward the salt and red earth and open sky.

Ren goes to him, because there is a choice— but not really.

feat. hot mess kylo ren and a lot of dom/sub. the writer’s prose is beautiful.

Impromptu Meeting

Kylo was beyond exasperated with his top General, Armitage Hux and his lack of respect. Kylo was not an Alpha to be mocked and a simple beta should know so. He'd have to have a long talk with a certain ginger.

feat. A/B/O-verse, omega hux and alpha kylo. (dubious/non-consent)

Mutual destruction

“Scared you could still lose this battle? That I could get what I want?”, Hux teases and it’s probably the wrong thing to say but he doesn’t care anymore. He wants this to get bloody and messy and he wants to be able to claw and hate with all he’s got. Ren has to see it in his mind because only seconds later the knight’s angry lips cover his mouth and the kiss is entirely painful and yet the best they've had so far.

feat. too many feels, semi-transactional sex, and classic kylux. also bonus shout-out as the author didn’t have a giftee while writing- leave a comment /o/!

Negotiations

Or Negotiations with a Man Baby

Hux and Kylo have been fucking for awhile now. But then an awkward moment leads to them actually talking about their sex lives and trying new things.

feat. (daddy) kink negotiation, the promise of lingerie. light-hearted and humourous at parts.

People Like Us

Kylo has to make it up to Hux after he roughs him up in front of his subordinates.

feat. neither of them being nice, both of them getting what they want.

We can talk it over, and over, and over

“Whatever you just did,” he moves again, “Do it again.”

There are lines that the Force can break down, lines that can bring people closer together, lines that turn a feeling into an experience.

feat. inappropriate use of the force. they’re surprisingly domestic- fluffy but there’s an undertone of something not-entirely-healthy sprinkled throughout. it’s an interesting twist on what a relationship between them might look like.

MODERN DAY FICS

Featuring office romance, actor AU, a little bit for everyone.

Best Intentions

As if Ben’s hopeless crush on his uptight but gorgeous coworker isn’t problematic enough, a well-intentioned mistake has gotten him into a mess of trouble.

Luckily for Ben—and unluckily for Hux—he has a plan.

feat. office humour, accidents, and double shot lattes with almond milk. the coffee descriptions are to die for, as is the millicent cameo. it’s sweet to see them together, and to see them communicating with one another (nearer to the end).

The Future In-Laws

Han and Leia Organa-Solo pay a visit to their son and his fiancé in London.

feat. armitage speaking his mind about brexit, han and leia coming to visit their kids. the americanization of aubergines into eggplants. han and leia are wonderful in this fic; hux is the anxious fiance about to meet the in-laws, and the whole fic is just slow and very sweet.

More Than Words

Armitage is a cynic about love because of his father's relationship with Maratelle and Armitage's mother, but when a friend signs him up for a blind date, he meets Ben. Despite Ben's parents having a completely dysfunctional marriage, he remains an optimist about finding his soulmate. It might not be love at first sight, but there's definitely something going on…

feat. hux not being optimistic on his blind date with ben. ben recommending the fish. wb yeats turning over in his grave. ben is a romantic and hux claims to be a cynic, and the whole fic (from hux’s pov) reads in a far too romantic manner- the pacing is perfect and the writing even more so.

Nearly Missed

After two years of travelling the world trying to find himself, Kylo Ren is as lost as ever. When he returns home for a brief visit, he is unexpectedly reunited with his best friend and long-time secret crush, Armitage Hux.

feat. fluff and angst, kylo returning from a trip of self-discovery in which he discovered nothing. kylo and armitage communicating with each other. i really enjoyed reading hux taking a different path in life- the idea of how different he could be as a person if this or that had changed.

Northern Exposure

When Hux's personal assistant abandons him without warning he is forced to take on an emergency employee to replace him. Kylo is without a doubt the worst assistant Hux has ever had, and possibly an escaped convict, but there's something about him that catches Hux's attention.

feat. hux being an inappropriate boss, borderline workplace harassment but they still get together. kylo’s past is a mystery, hux wants to chop trees down, and the background characters are to die for- everyone is astonishingly fleshed out considering the wordcount, and the writing style fits hux’s pov perfectly.

Slow dance with the best man

Hux is dragged to his subordinate's wedding and decides to take advantage of the free drinks. But the best man is tall, dark, and handsome--and he has his eyes set on Hux!

Or, a Harlequin romance novel au

feat. a never-ending cycle of finding romance. hux is quite literally swept away by ren, and both of them dramatically fall in love.

Totality

Hux is an astronomer, and Kylo an astrologist. They bicker about the stars and fall in love during an eclipse.

feat. a meet-cute and the sweetest romance i’ve ever read. the amount of characterization stuffed into 1300 words flabbergasts me- there’s so much of it in the dialogue itself that it doesn’t need description to be conveyed.

Still Water

The men are working together and they're both reserved.

feat. office romance and champagne in plastic cups. hux is reserved but confident, and kylo is more unsure of himself, making for an interesting dynamic!

Cut Above the Rest

Kylo needs a haircut. Poe knows a guy. Kylo's not sure what he's getting into.

feat. hair stylist hux with a mysterious past and kylux having their first meeting. light-hearted and fluffy. hux is dramatic and slightly(?) creepy, it only serves to make them both more endearing.

BENARMIE & TECHIENICIAN

Self explanatory, but this also works as the ‘tooth-rottingly fluffy’ category.

birds of a feather

Techie has never met anyone like Matt before, but he's never met anyone like himself, either.

feat. techienician, a lot of fluff, and pigeons. i love how techie is written, his pov is just so very stylized and unique- his character comes through via the narration alone. pure cinnamon buns in love.

Good Morning, Angel

Techie is a permanent patient at a hospital and Matt is the new nurse there. (Cue Matt falling for him without even realizing it within the first ten minutes.)

feat. more techienician, patient techie and nurse matt looking like a sketch of the zodiac killer. tooth-rottingly fluffy. matt is super caring in this one- seeing hux through his eyes is absolutely endearing.

Wedding Daze

It's his brother's wedding, Armitage should be happy. Instead he's reminded of just how lonely he is. And then he sees the other best man. It may have been six months since they worked together, but there's no mistaking Ben Solo.

feat. there’s background techienician that is just super soft and sweet (marriage !!), and then the dynamic between armitage and ben which parallels and contrasts that. the dynamic between the siblings themselves is perfect.

COMEDY(?)

At least, light-hearted and sweet, no hurt in sight. If anything, fics that will make you laugh when you need it.

Lost Cat, Fat.

Hux decides to keep Millicent inside so she won't get any extra feedings. But someone else is looking for her, too.

feat. millicent adopting a second dad without armitage’s permission and misunderstandings over parenting. hux and ren’s interaction here is just adorable, and i love the narration from hux’s pov- he and millicent make a wonderful pair.

Disappointment Comes After Success

General Hux has a lot on his plate, especially now that his former co-commander and ex-lover is the new Supreme Leader. He drinks the bitterest tea and arms himself with pettiness and hope.

feat. post-tlj misuse of the supreme leader’s power, hux being close to losing it, hux deserving better, and hair-washing kink. so much hair-washing kink. i don’t think i ever stopped laughing to myself reading this.

Fate’s Accountant

Supreme Leader Kylo Ren's reign of terror starts off poorly and continues on a downward trajectory from there. Badly as he doesn't wish to admit it, he needs his estranged lover/former co-commander's help to put everything back together again both personally and professionally. Surely, Snoke had something laying around here that will be sufficient enough to bribe him. What gift best says, "I'm sorry I've been an incompetent asshole and I want you back"?

feat. ‘gracious government mix’ the chocolate giftbox, darth knight tantrum trying to make things up to hux. every single sentence is comedy gold. feels lurk under the surface to be discovered and rediscovered on second and third rereads. the pinnacle of fic.

What doesn’t kill you

..... makes you fall in love.

feat. the trope of 5 4 times plus 1, and me indeed falling in love with this fic. phasma being the hero and friend we don’t deserve. hux tries to kill kylo with successively worse results. or eventually better results. i cackled to myself the entire time and i’m glad hux ended up laughing too.

Stranded

Kylo is snowed in at an airport. And the world's most arrogant prick is too. This is just Kylo's luck.

feat. a wonderfully written setting, description porn, and sock garters. seeing hux from kylo’s pov is just... a gift. kylo is a gift, hux is a bit of an asshole, but a snarky asshole, and it’s so well-written i cry. also the smut is such a bonus.

EDITS: 01. added a fic that had been missing before: i am more than my scars.

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