#coldreign

[iandarling]

good evening, kat!!

i was wondering if you had any good “who did this to you” trope fic recs? canon compliant or au doesnt matter!

— thanks, anon v💜

hii anon💜

gotta admit, this is also one of my favourite tropes but i did struggle finding fics specifically that fits this trope BUT i’ve looked through my bookmarks and found some that definitely fit the overprotectiveness/vibe

Reward by ColdReign- Here

Mickey is living his happy ending. It’s unsettling. And there are so many Gallaghers. Just so, so many.

Old Wounds by Wildxwired - Here

They say don’t open old wounds…but Mickey’s going to.

I’ve always got your back by by Depressedstresseemonzest- Here

Reader insert, new to the Alibi you are concerned about the two men who start arguing and brawling in the middle of the bar. No one else seems concerned.

Iron Bars by em-harlsnow - Here

Ian and Mickey may be back together in prison, but they still have a lot to talk about so that the past won't keep hurting them.

Mom and dad are fighting by Elizapembroke - Here

Ian struggles to find the time and place to have a normal, adult conversation with his husband after a big fight.

It’s called character development, sweetie by Whatsastory - Here

"Mickey's gone soft," Liam says without looking up from his homework spread out on the dining table.

"He's always been soft," Ian grins, and Mickey scowls.

These are all amazing and I highly recommend giving them a little read 🐣

[gallavich-fic-club]

Fic of the Week!📑

Every week one of the members of our Discord server picks a favorite gallavich fic as the Fic of the Week. A bunch of us read the fic over the course of the week, and meet up on Sunday to discuss, rave, cry, laugh, ramble, and scream together. This week we are reading Stages by ColdReign. This one is a S11 fix-it fic. If you want to join in the discussion, you can hop onto our Discord server. Hope to see you there!!

[alchely]

Finished reading the available chapters of Bound by ColdReign, it's such a good fic honestly.

First of all it's absolutely a must for anyone that likes soulmate stories, I don't think I've read so much word building for this trope in a while so, it's definitely worth reading just for that.

Second of all the writing style is gripping, it feels very much like a snowballing effect, every change to canon due to them being soulmates could end up making things better or worse and you're on the edge of your seat trying to understand which way it will go.

Also, side tangent, but I just discovered that the author reblogged and commented on one of my very first gallvich posts here on Tumblr so it kinda feels like a full circle moment to be recommending their fic lol.

[jrooc]

My Fave FanFic Quotes

"So fuck those guys. They’d never had Ian the way Mickey did. One of the worst things about their fight in front of Barry’s had been Ian asking him if he’d been in love with anyone else--because who the fuck had IAN been in love with other than Mickey? Not that fucking do-gooder he’d been with when Mickey broke out. He hadn’t had to do more than raise an eyebrow to blow that situation up."

Stages by ColdReign

[always-ian]

day 3 of the gallavich lovefest 2023 by @gallavichthings: rec a one-shot by someone else that's at least 2 years old

Risk by ColdReign, @dreamylyfe-x

i read this fic quite recently (only a month ago) and i'm still super obsessed with it.

it's set during their first year of marriage which makes it pretty much a covid fic and although i usually love to pretend that covid was/is never a thing, it just makes so much sense for this story.

the characterizations in this fic are top-notch. both ian and mickey's fears and anxieties feel so real and make so much sense. i love how they are learning to communicate and tackle issues together and be there for each other. on top of that, the fic addresses the events of 7x11 which makes it an instant fave.

[silvanshadow]

I re-read the wonderful Gallavich Soul-Mates fic “Bound” by @dreamylyfe-x every few months. A true favorite!

[gingit-cake]

My favorite Ian Gallaghers

An incomplete and randomly ordered list of delightful Shameless fics 

(My AO3 bookmarks)

MVP Ian in The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Ian Gallagher and Old Rules for New Side Pieces, both by @goodkwuestion

“Mickey,” Ian repeated quietly, butterflies forming in Mickey’s gut at the sound of his name on the man’s generous lips, as they curved upwards just a little like the two of them were sharing a private memory, except one where Mickey had amnesia. “It’s a pleasure to officially meet you.” Cubicle Wars, J_Q

“Ian wanders down the alley behind the Gallagher house, resisting the urge to go full Disney heroine and just spin around with his arms flung out. He is so happy it is making him dumb. His brain is just so satisfied, so wildly incurious about everything that isn’t Mickey Milkovich, that he can barely keep track of basic things like ROTC and the days of the week. Everything he does feels like biding time until he sees Mickey again.” Bound, ColdReign

“Yeah, it might be time to take this whole sobriety thing a bit more seriously,” Lip lets out a deep sigh. “I’m also going to get fucking shredded. Maybe buy a motorcycle.”  “No, I’m going to get shredded,” Ian decides, just to be annoying. “How much more shredded could you possibly get?” Mickey asks. “You’re already at the gym twenty four fucking seven.” Ian Gallagher and all his Mistakes, Toraten

References to explicit scenes below the jump.

“Because on the other side of the door is Ian.  His fist still raised from where he’d been hammering on the door just a moment earlier, his brows furrowed together and his jaw set, his coat unbuttoned and falling off one of his shoulders, twisted, like it had been thrown on in a mad hurry.  His chest is rising and falling quickly; he’s out of breath.  For a second, just from looking at him, so is Mickey.“The fuck are you doing here?” Mickey asks, but his throat is dry and his heart isn’t in the dismissive tone of the words.  Ian looks at him, and the look is deep and blazing hot and Mickey can’t look away, can’t even breathe.And then Ian says, “I wanna finish what we started.”” Melánia, milominderbinder

“Pressed against his back, arm draped over his midsection like he was his own personal teddy bear, was Ian fucking Gallagher. He didn’t have a clue when Ian crawled in the tent, normally he would have woken up at that kind of thing, but he didn’t mind- shit, it feels incredible to have him there. Their co-sleeping at his house had been weirdly platonic, not wanting to fall into old patterns, so to have Ian molded against him like this, it’s so good.” By and By, @nowherenj

“And then something happened that Mickey wasn’t expecting at all. He opened his eyes, because Ian had removed his hand from his hip quickly, reaching it out in front of Mickey. At first he didn’t understand what was happening, then he saw Ian making a stop motion with his hand to a guy standing directly in front of Mickey. Then Ian’s mouth detached from Mickey’s neck, and very clearly he heard his boyfriend call over the music, to the man, “Fuck off.”” The Boyfriend Experience, anomalously

“He felt warmth cover his hand and his forehead dropped to Ian’s shoulder as his heart slowed its pace, only to pick up speed again when Ian’s voice filled his ear.“Thank you, Mickey.”” Risky Business, J_Q, Nicrenkel

“He feels his thighs shaking where Ian is gripping them, a steady stream of noises spilling helplessly from his lips as a gut-wrenching orgasm rips through his entire body. Ian follows him quickly, digging his fingers hard into Mickey’s thighs as he comes inside of him, head thrown back in complete and total fucking ecstasy.” To Feel This Kind of Thrill, @ianrightsonly

[deanie1987]

Season 11 Fic Recs

Since Shameless is apparently gearing up for its 11th and final (!!) season, I have been going back and re-reading some of my favorite post s10 fics. There are a lot of great ones and I may continue to recommend some but I wanted to start with these three because I don’t think that they have nearly the amount of love and attention that they should have. 

Honestly if we got even a sliver of this kind of writing in season 11 I would be thrilled. The first is Ian Gallagher (and Other Works in Progress) by Ijustwannaread.  It takes place not long after the marriage and is a realistic portrait of them being happy but still struggling with poverty and chaos and being felons. It also allows these characters to acknowledge that they have a past and how that past still affects their present and their future.  And that is the ONE thing I want from season 11 above all else. It never fails to enrage me that the writers have this amazing, organic concept at their fingers that would require the bare minimum of work to reap the biggest rewards and then just.won’t.use.it. As always, thank god for fan fic writers!

For Better by ColdReign is a two-part series also focusing on the period after their marriage. The first part includes the real world pandemic and uses it in a way that is no doubt miles beyond what the show will do. It too is realistic and forward looking while acknowledging the way that the past inevitably bleeds into Ian and Mickey’s present. The second part is a non-linear set of...drabbles almost...showcasing their first few months as a married couple and sort of sets up the first part of the series. I just love it. 

Finally, there is Moonlight Sonata by AnnaNSmith, which is probably a little better known than the other two.. This is a multi-chapter that is probably the closest to what we will see in season 11 if we’re lucky. Its still miles better than what the writing has been, sadly, but there is funny dialogue and Gallagher family capers along with realistic plot lines and a lot of heart. 

Please feel free to add any other great post-s10 fics here that needs some love!

[dreamylyfe-x]

Bound: Chapter Two

Chapter two of Bound is up! 

Story Summary: The rom-coms tell you that finding your soulmate is the hard part. For Mickey and Ian, bonded by accident while they're still teens and still stuck in Southside, that is the only part that’s been easy. A re-telling of the early part of their romance where everything’s the same, but soulmates exist.

Chapter Summary: Summer is ending, Grammy Gallagher is dying, and Terry is a terrible, terrible human being.

Read it here

Start it here

Chapter three will go up next week. Thank you to all who check it out! 🥰

[tamiettitami]

Can you recommend some gallavich fanfic blogs? <3

i'm just gonna mention everyone i follow and their AO3 accounts, writing tags, etc., so hopefully you'll find someone you enjoy <3 also, if i couldn’t find your writing tag but you have one, feel free to reblog with it and i’ll add it to the list, and anyone who i didn’t add is also welcome to promote themselves in the comments/reblogs!

@iansfreckles - gallavichsecurity on AO3; *drabbles tag @whaticameherefor - whaticameherefor on AO3 @gardenerian - melwritesthings on AO3; tumblr writing tag @husbandian - teatrolley on AO3; fic stuff tag @grabmyboner - grabmyboner on AO3; my fic tag; social media AU tag @gallavich-x - eminawrites on AO3; fanfic tag @arrowflier - arrowflier on AO3; daily speedwrite tag @ianandmickeygallavich - calli_writes on AO3 @howlinchickhowl - howlinchickhowl on AO3; fic tag @southside-forever - southsideforever on AO3 @thisaintmacys-bitch - macymacymacy on AO3 @dreamylyfe-x - coldreign on AO3 @sweetcresta - sweetcresta on AO3; my writing tag @yeah-all-of-it - yeah_all_of_it on AO3

[librarygf]

can u rec ur fav fanfics!!! i have the same taste and i can never seem to find many good ones

okay these are some recs for introspective short canon-compliant things, mostly with lowercase titles, that i found in my bookmarks:

map of the world by westernredcedar

unsent by coldreign (obsessed with this one!)

the way we hit the ground by tinyinkstainedbird

i see us in the stars by stilesbastille24

pulling a fiona by littlemoretouchme (this one is about ian and fiona’s relationship and it’s so good!!)

but i'd rather be broken than empty by tinyinkstainedbird

so sleeping fucking beauty, right? by cjmarlowe

also my recs of finding stuff like it is to include canon compliant or exclude au’s in your search, set a max word count of 50.000 or something, and then sort by bookmarks! 😌

[gallavichfanficlibrary]

Hello! Can you please help me find a fic? It was post s10 and I remember that Mickey had a cold and Ian took care of him and he was thinking about the fact that this was the first time anyone cared for him when he was sick. Thanks!

Hi, we’re pretty sure it's Reward :)

[labelma]

*holy fuck, it’s GALLAVICH time* 💖🧑🏻‍🦰🧑🏻💖- share one Gallavich fic or art or post that you’ve enjoyed recently, or share something you’ve created recently, or just feel free to say how much you love them! & pass this on to your fellow Gallavich fans!

Oh my gosh okay, there are soooooooooo many literally amazing fics writers and artists in this fandom!!! How do you expect me just to pick one?

Signed, Sealed, Delivered by @mprods is an ongoing AU that is just 🤌🤌🤌 so good, so angsty, but so fluffy at the same time, I love it

The Meaning of Friendship by @livinginsunnyhell and tbh the whole series it’s a part of is soooo good, I’ve been thinking about this one since I’ve read it though!

Enemy Lines by @jackieq and stars_fall_on (do they have a tumblr???) which is literally getting me through life rn, it gets updated so regularly, and I await every email like a junkie

Etherized Against the Sky by Snarfle, It hurts so gooooooooood, I love Mickey in this fic, he’s so young but still so Mickey.

Coming Home by ChandlerBlue, y’all know me and my obsession with outsider POVs and this one is just so perfect

Bound by ColdReign, this one also hurts so good, literally plays with my emotions but AHHHHH this fic is just amazing!

There’s literally so many more, this post could be essay length! The TALENT this fandom has is immaculate

[ickeyandmian]

*holy fuck, it’s GALLAVICH time* 💖🧑🏻‍🦰🧑🏻💖- share one Gallavich fic or art or post that you’ve enjoyed recently, or share something you’ve created recently, or just feel free to say how much you love them! & pass this on to your fellow Gallavich fans!

Holy fuck, it's Gallavich time!

I have a pages of fics saved in my notes app to read but currently I am reading

Last of a Dying Breed by wildxwired

Bound by ColdReign

Etherized Against the Sky by Snarfle

Miles Between Us by StaticHearts

And of course Cooperative Gameplay by Grayola

And literally everything in my fanart tag I'm obsessed with, y'all are all so fucking talented 😩👏🏻

[shameless-notashamed]

Thank you for tagging me my darling dear @pathoftheranger ! 🧡

Relationship Status: Married (happily)

Favorite Color: This is ever changing for me, but today I’ll go with red. ❤️

Last Song: I Should Have Known by Foo Fighters

Last Movie: Just rewatched for the umpteenth time Pride & Prejudice (2005)

Top 3 Shows: Shameless, The Walking Dead, Stranger Things

Top 3 Ships: I don’t really ship, other than Gallavich, if that counts.

Last Book: Basically been reading mostly fanfics lately. But here are some of the fics I’m really loving right now (mostly wip’s).

You Deserve Good Things by Chat_Noir12

Cooperative Gameplay by grayola

Bound by ColdReign

In Pieces by The_Asset6

Enemy Lines by J_Q & stars_fall_on

Miles Between Us by statichearts

Where The Feigned Wind Falls by IanRightsOnly

I’ll be tagging @livinginsunnyhell , @dreamylyfe-x , @iwannabewhereyouaremickey , @himick , @filthyrichdreamboat , @gardenerian , @myboymilkovich , @tear-soaked-cheeksdonteverlast , @dancewithyoutoday but only if you feel so inclined. 💞

[ao3feed-gallavich]

Stages

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/31o1kmp

by ColdReign

When Monica died, Ian was alone. When Monica died, Ian lost himself.

Now Terry’s dead. And Ian is going to make sure Mickey stays right where he is.

Words: 5000, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Shameless (US)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Ian Gallagher, Mickey Milkovich, Debbie Gallagher, Frances "Franny" Gallagher, Liam Gallagher (Shameless US)

Relationships: Ian Gallagher/Mickey Milkovich

Additional Tags: Mentioned Lip Gallagher, Mentioned Mandy Milkovich, Mentioned Iggy Milkovich, Mentioned Terry Milkovich, Mentioned Frank Gallagher, Mentioned Monica Gallagher, Mentioned Fiona Gallagher, Canon Compliant, Gap Filler, Season/Series 11, Married Ian Gallagher/Mickey Milkovich, Character Death

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/31o1kmp