#domestic shyan

[slashsleuth]

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Freaky Monday - drunkkenobi | 13k, T, Shyan tags: bodyswap, established relationship, mild angst, canon compliant boner humor

Annie’s bag fell off her shoulders while Katie covered her mouth in shock. “Steven?!” Steven finally stood up, brushing off Ryan’s black jeans. “In Ryan’s flesh.” “Oh god, don’t say that,” Ryan grimaced. “And that’s Ryan?” Katie asked, pointing at him and then at Shane. “And Shane…?” “Yeah,” Steven confirmed. “Oh. This is bad,” Annie said, biting her lip. “Nailed it,” Ryan told her.

Don't Ever Change - ouijaboy (nbfutureboy) | 1.7k, T, Shyan tags: stakeout, domestic fluff, banter, first kiss, friends to lovers

“Look at how clear the night turned out! There’s not a cloud in sight!” Ryan shifts grumpily again, and tucks his hands into his armpits. “Or a flying saucer. You’ve made your point, man.” [Ryan takes Shane UFO-watching. It goes about as well as expected.]

That Inky Black Mare called Jazz - Fraudgara | 5k, E, Morbian tags: alternate universe, public blow jobs, semi-public sex, humor, crack treated seriously, rimming, too much mention of Jazz, why is Morris Ashley so aggressively heterosexual

A saxophone player. He was an image. Elevated only by the stage platform, he fixed a quick look at the warm bulb of light spilling over his curtain of curly, inky black hair. His gaze seemed auburned by the stare of the audience as he laid the mouthpiece reed to his lower lip, a tiny little sneer on his mouth before he played his first note; as if knowing in those milliseconds just what he was about to do to every single soul in the room. A trill of notes and practiced fingers on the flat keys of his woodwind. His hips followed the notes, starting to sway as his bare chest flexed over a pair of lungs that could blow a hole in Morris’ sweet long life. “Oh, my stars…” Morris uttered, taking a hurried, deep gulp of his sugared scotch to assuage how dry his mouth had gone. -- Sometimes a chance encounter between a Professor of Extreme Science and a saxophone player changes the world.

Didn't read the fine print - Ren_Saxon | 13k, M, Shyan tags: demon!shane, kissing, implied sexual content, getting together, internalized homophobia, jealous!shane, jealous!ryan

“Kiss one Ryan Bergara,” Shane muttered under his breath. “Okay. Sure. How hard can that be? If I hurry, I’ll be back by tea time.” Shane did not make it home by tea time. In fact, it had been months now and he still wasn’t home. It wasn’t his fault, really. He was kind of stuck trying to gayly seduce a guy who built pillow walls between them in an attempt to physically manifest “no homos”. Shane is a demon tasked with the mission to corrupt Ryan's soul via seduction. He's not doing a very good job.

winter cider tastes the sweetest - PhyllisDietrichson | 4k, T, Shyan tags: alternate universe - medieval, winter solstice, alternate universe - fantasy, getting together

The scent of apples wafts beautifully in the warming morning air, and Ryan silently mouths a thank you in Shane’s direction. Shane only grins at him. And nestles the hand that Ryan held before close to his heart, to keep it warm.

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[skepticbeliever-bookclub]

Hello friends and shippers! 

It is still January, and it’s cold and dark and sort of miserable in the Northern Hemisphere, so the book club was definitely looking for something to warm us up. 

Our theme this past week was Shyan+, and we had nominations for all permutations of Shane and Ryan plus an extra! There’s an amazing variety of options in this fandom, which is a wonderful thing, and with a close vote, we selected To The Sun by blacktofade featuring the Shane/Sara/Ryan combination as our read this week. 

It’s domestic, it’s comforting, it’s bittersweet in the way that all the best ten years later fics tend to be. It features our usual suspects, in a wildly different era of their lives than the one they were all in in 2019, and it’s done with great care and presence of mind. 

Rating: Explicit

Summary: 

Life is weird. Ten years after Unsolved ends, Shane’s married with a kid and Ryan accidentally bumps into him at a gas station in Illinois.

Book Club Thoughts:

it's really excellently written. it's beautiful simple prose that never feels overwritten.

I love the balance of it with the tide swaying towards hope.

i really love that their reunion is a chance encounter. it's like fate, which is how i feel about their whole damn relationship.

one of the most excellent establishings of a past without using literal flashback i've seen in fic.

the way [the author] weaves in the memories from past encounters and writes them in the scene so it feels heavy, meaningful, purposeful.

There's this sensation of thinking you have managed to fully get over something and then being faced with it again and discovering that all the feelings you'd managed to forget are still there that gets captured really strongly and accurately through the story.

it's understanding not just who they are, but who that means they will be. incredibly aware writing.

Polyamory and absence and reunion. All were handled so well.

I love in reunion fics when the characters are better together older.

I want to mention "Ghoul Man". that's so cute.

there's nothing quite like the idea of turning all of BuzzFeed Unsolved into children's stories featuring Ghoul Man.

bear is the perfect writing of a lab, they are such good dogs and this writer knows the truth of that fact.

What sticks with me most from this is  how much the domesticity of Shane and Sara’s life means to Ryan. It doesn’t put him off, but drags him in. Because it’s them, everything is different but it’s still them.

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[ghoulboyboos]

Prompt for your amazing blog which I only just discovered and are now in love with: Ghoulboys being domestic and soft unknowingly and when someone points it out, they either 1) freak out and try to deny it/ avoid each other until someone else like locks them in a room or something or 2) carry on being soft and make it “official” but don’t tell anyone so someone is like “why don’t you just date already” and they’re like “we are, haven’t you noticed?”

Oh god nonny you are too much!

On top of that, letme use this moment to mention that if you’re a boy in a close andin any way physical relationship with another boy, that doesn’thave to be a “gay” thing (But if it is it’salso chill ofc.) . Before I transitioned, I cuddled with myfemale friends all the time and we didn’t end up lusting after oneanother, neither with me as a girl nor a guy. It’s fine if you wantto hug your male friends or have any physical contact for them.Humans are made to seek out that kind of stuff.

That being said (lol), this is absolutely going to be gay, becauseI’m queer AF and need this kind of stuff in the world.

Thereare a lot of things that show that Shane and Ryan are best friends.Their banter is one of them, evenif it gets a little harsh once in a while.Sometimes, a fewof their fans get a little concerned sometimes and leave questionsabout if the two of them really are friends. But just as often, thereis a fan of the show laughing and talking about all the times theyargue and banter with theirfriends in a manner that would make someone on the outside questionif theirfriendship was true.Whether it’s Ryan or Shane who finds the message first, both theghoulfriends will end up giggling about it at some point. They neverquestion their friendship and dedication to each other. It isn’tjust Unsolved or the “kernelhead” solidarity. Ryan feels saferwhen Shane is with him on location. Shane feels more energized whenRyan is around him whenever they work. It’s the trust that comeswith knowing someone a long time that helps them chill out.

Theyare comfortable with each other.

Theydon’t quite notice yet,that some people think they might be “too” comfortable.

-

One night, Shane and Ryan are out at a bar with some colleagues. Ryanasks if it’s cool to invite a couple of people he knows, because hegets a text message asking about a good location to spend Saturdaynight. Everyone encourages him to invite his friends over and half anhour later, four people wander into the bar, looking a little lostuntil they spot Ryan. Introductions are made and Ryan, Shane andtheir colleagues shift at the table to make room for the peoplejoining them. It gets a bit cramped in the corner booth and Shaneuntangles his arm from where it’s squished and throws it over theback of the seat, right behind Ryan’s shoulders. Nobody who issober enough to check sees any indication that Ryan is uncomfortable.The arm eventually settles around his shoulders, holding him upwardsafter Ryan nearly falls into him, obviously drunk.

Shane shakes him awake and laughs when Ryan grumbles at him.

“I think the little guy had enough. What do you say, Ryan? Wanna gohome?”

Ryan opens his eyes a little and glares at him, but eventually, thelook softens and he closes his eyes and nods. Shane chuckles and letsgo of him to pull out his wallet and put some money on the table.People shift around and vacate the bench so Shane can slip out, onehand holding onto Ryan’s wrist until Ryan stands, a little wobbly.Shane pulls him against his shoulder and waves at everyone stillsitting.

“That was fun, we should do that again!” He jostles Ryan ever soslightly. “Ryan, say goodnight to everyone.”

Ryan works his eyes open and gives a smile and a half-hearted waveand Shane chuckles. He nods to the table before turning and pullingRyan along. His arm stays around the shorter man, maneuvering themsafely out of the bar.

One of Ryan’s friends turns to TJ. He looks a little confused.

“I didn’t know Ryan was dating… Shane was his name, right?”

TJ takes a sip from his drink and shrugs.

“He isn’t, to my knowledge.”

The other man raises an eyebrow and looks after the two. Then heshrugs as well and returns to the conversation on the table.

-

Taco Tuesday means that Ryan spends his entire break eating, becausehe adores tacos. It also means, that he’s usually not that hungryon Wednesday, suffering from a “food-hangover”, as he calls it.Ryan has been poking at his mac’n’cheese for the last fiveminutes, not really eating much. He mostly pushes the food around onhis plate. Jen takes a sip from her coke and shakes her head.

“Ryan you look like a toddler, stop that.”

She snorts as he gives her a playful look and scoops some of thegooey pasta on his fork, pretending to catapult it in her direction.

“I said stop acting like a toddler, jeez!” She giggles andlooks up.

“Shane! Help me! Ryan wants to bombard me with cheese and noodles!”

“Well we can’t have that.” Shane says, clearly amused. He haswalked over, possibly curious what the fuss was about. “Food wasteis a terrible crime.”

Ryan shuffles to the side so Shane can sit next to him. He’s onlycarrying his water bottle.

“Do you want the rest of my food?” Ryan asks as a greeting.

“Sure.” Shane reaches out for the plate, but Ryan suddenlyhesitates.

“It probably got my saliva in there, though, now that I think aboutit.”

Shane snorts.

“I don’t care, Ryan. I’m cool with soft germs.” With that, hepulls Ryan’s plate in front of him, picks a fork out of the cup onthe table and shovels a bite into his mouth. Ryan looks at him,shaking his head, but he is smiling.

Jen lifts an eyebrow, looking between the boys. When Ryan catches herstaring, she pretends to zone out.

-

Kelsey I. thinks that Shane is probably one of the weirdest people atBuzzfeed and that’s saying something. At the same time, he isreally funny so hanging out with him during the break is a lot offun. He is trying to explain to her what the hell is happening in theHot Daga at the moment, but she still doesn’t understand how thehell he even ended up writing a story about anthropomorphic food inspace.

“You know what, let’s just sit down in the lounge and I’ll showyou season one and you can tell me what you think.

“Isn’t that all part of your postmortems? Are you going to skipthrough a bunch of videos now?”

Shane laughs.

“Oh no, don’t worry. Someone on Youtube has made a mastercut ofthe complete seasons.”

Kelsey blinks. She wants to ask why the hell someone would dosomething like that, but it’s Youtube and there are weirdercompilations out there. So instead she just says:

“Of course someone has.”

The lounge is almost empty, except for Ryan who is leafing through astack of papers, probably a script, considering he is holding a redpen, ready to mark things on the page. He is sitting with his back tothe armrest of one of the sofas and his legs stretched out over allthe seats and he doesn’t look up when they enter. However, whenShane gets closer to him, he pulls his legs up to his chest and makesroom. Shane sits down without a comment and reaches out to pullRyan’s legs on his lap. Ryan doesn’t even look up and simplystretches out over Shane’s legs. Shane doesn’t address it in theleast, he simply pulls out his phone and looks to his right. There isa two-seater, perfect for Kelsey to sit down and watch the stupidanimation on his phone… and she is wondering why he didn’t justsit down there. She looks between him and Ryan and can’tquite hold back a little smirk. He looks up, clearly confused why shestopped in her tracks. She gives a little, meaningful nod towardsRyan and he glances over, looks back at her and… frowns. As if hedoesn’t get what she is insinuating.

Kelsey decides it’s none of her business in the end, even thoughshe’s curious. She sits down on the two-seater and allows Shane toshow her the madness that is the Hot Daga.

-

Snow on location is always a hazard. The crew has to take care ofboth their equipment and themselves, driving required extra care andwalking through a forest could get a little dangerous sometimes.

They are not filming at the moment. Mark has enough shots of themtaking in the landscape and they are all cold and want to get to theactual location as quickly as possible. Shane rubs his hands togetherto keep them warm. He keeps teasing Ryan, who takes the cold muchworse than him and Ryan snaps back about the snootiness ofMidwesteners, when he suddenly slips. Shane grabs his wrist andhoists him up, preventing Ryan from slamming into the ground. Ryanfinds his footing again, blushes a little because of the surprisedyelp he let out and pats himself down. Shane is laughing, but stillasks if Ryan is okay.

They don’t dawdle for long. Once Ryan is sure he found his footingagain, they press on. Shane is still holding onto Ryan, his graspslowly migrating to hold hands with the shorter man. Ryan doesn’tseem to mind, he even entwines their fingers as they walk on.

Behind them, TJ tilts his head to the side in confusion. Mark shootshim a questioning glance and TJ shrugs, not sure if he should commenton it. He doesn’t.

-

Ryan drops on Shane’s couch and kicks his feet up on the coffeetable. He grabs the controller of Shane’s PS4 and enters hispassword without even having to ask. While Netflix loads up, hescrolls through instagram, eyes widening at some of the fanart he hasbeen tagged it.

“Holy Shit Shane, we got some really talented fans. There is somuch!”

Shane carries a bowl of popcorn into the living room and sits downnext to Ryan, glancing over his shoulder.

“Oh yeah. Hey, I think I know this artist.”

He points at a take on “Demon!Shane”, which depicts him withblack eyes and the shadow of something big, winged and horned behindhim. Ryan chuckles and double taps the piece.

“I have to make a new fan art appreciation post, soon.” He musesand Shane hums in agreement.

“Hey, want to take a selfie to send them some good vibes?”

“Sure!”

They shuffle closer together. Shane puts an arm around Ryan and holdsup a thumbs up while Ryan leans his head against Shane’s so theyboth fit in frame. They take the picture of both of them squishedtogether on the couch, smiling widely and Ryan posts it with acaption:

“Hanging out with the one and only @shanemadej for movie night andthe ghoulfriend and I got distracted by looking at all the amazingart you guys are creating! Keep being awesome, we really appreciateyour support!”

He locks his phone and drops it on the table in favor of grabbing thecontroller and picking the movie. Shane sinks in the couch and kicksup his feet as well. Two pairs of legs stretch out in front of them.Shane’s arm hasn’t moved from around Ryan’s shoulder and onceRyan puts the controller aside and places the bowl of popcorn on hislap, he settles into it.

They don’t see the amounts of heart eye emojis and screaming theirinsta has until the movie is over.

-

“Ryan… uh, can I ask you something personal?”

Ryan is sitting next to Steven and they went for coffee on theirbreak. He shoots him a suspicious look that drags from the tips ofhis hair down to his shoes and back up again. Steven almost laughs.

“Sure..?” Ryan sounds very careful.

“Are you and Shane… a thing?”

“A thing.” Ryan repeats, deadpan. “Like, what thing?”

Steven huffs.

“You know what I mean. Are you two dating?”

Ryan groans and rolls his eyes.

“Not you, too. People keep asking me that. Why do people always askme that?”

Steven makes a face. It looks like he’s a bit done with Ryan’sshit.

“I don’t know. Maybe because you hold hands? Share food? Go hometogether when one of you is drunk?”

“How do you even know all this stuff?” Ryan says, a littleincredulous.

Steven just shrugs. “I don’t know, people. People talk.”

“Apparently they do…” Ryan rolls his eyes. “But no, we’renot a thing.”

Steven shoots him a look and Ryan sputters.

“I’m not lying to you, Steven!”

“I didn’t say that! I just- you guys go on movie dates-”

“They’re not dates. We both love movies and watching aloneis boring!”

“You walk around holding hands-”

“So do you and Jen sometimes and nobody asks if you are dating.”

Steven sighs.

“You know what? Maybe it was stupid of me. Forget it.”

“Already forgotten.” Ryan huffs and pulls out his phone.

He’s lying.

He can’t forget it now.

-

“Shane?”

“Hm?”

Shane looks up from the book he’s been reading. He is lying on hisbed with his head in Ryan’s lap. Ryan is sitting on the mattress,legs crossed and scrolling through social media. His hand is inShane’s hair, occasionally scratching the scalp.

“Are we… dating?”

Shane closes his book and looks up at him.

“Not to my knowledge.”

“Oh good.”

Shane frowns a little and Ryan laughs.

“Not- Not like good, I would hate to date you, just like…people asked me if we were and I assumed we aren’t.”

“No, Ryan. We aren’t dating. If we were, I would actually takeyou to restaurants, not head for the nearest Drive-thru.”

Ryan pouts.

“But I like fast-food.”

“Well then.” Shane says, opening his book again to find the pagehe stopped at. “Then, I guess, we’re kind of dating. Maybe?”

Ryan frowns at the air in front of him.

“Maybe?!” He echoes. “I think we should know if we are or not.”

Shane closes his book again. He sits up and Ryan’s hand drops outof his hair. Shane shuffles around till he’s sitting and facingRyan.

“Do you want to? Date, I mean.”

Ryan pauses and thinks.

“Not just… because people think we are, right?”

“No.” Shane chuckles and puts his book away. “I’m askingbecause I like you. And I think we would be a great couple.”

“Really?” Ryan asks, not sure if he’s surprised or not.

Shane shrugs.

“If you don’t want to, that’s fine. But… I kind of want to,if I’m honest.”

“Huh.” Ryan says, blinking. He thinks for a moment, with Shanepatiently waiting in front of him. Then-

“You know what? I like the idea.”

Shane smiles.

“Alright.” He says softly. “I guess that means we’re datingnow.”

Ryan laughs. “What, just like that?”

“Sure.” Shane shrugs. “What else is there to decide you’redating?”

Ryan eyes him up and down for a moment.

“Well, I guess we could try and kiss, for a start?”

Shane smiles.

“I’m into that.”

Ryan’s face splits into a grin.

“Cool.”

Shane shifts a bit till he sits right next to Ryan, their hipstouching. He places a hand on the back of Ryan’s neck and Ryan putsa hand on Shane’s knee as he’s pulled in. They meet in themiddle, their eyes slipping shut as they kiss and one of them makes asoft humming noise before they part.

“Shane?”

“Hm?”

“Let’s not tell the others just yet. I want to…”

“See them squirm?”

Ryan throws his head back and laughs. The sight causes Shane towheeze and drop to his side, propped up on one elbow. Once Ryan hashimself under control again, he leans in and braces himself over theother man’s body.

“Yeah. I kinda want to see them try and figure it out for a while.Is that too mean?”

Shane chuckles and rolls on his back, Ryan moving with him until he’sbracketing Shane with his arms.

“Never. I love it.” Shane admits with a slightly sadisticgrin and Ryan grins back, tongue pocking out between his teeth.

“Alright!” He says and leans down to kiss Shane again. Shane humsand smiles into the kiss, wrapping his arms around Ryan.

They post to instagram that night, with the single goal to mess withpeople. Ryan is sitting on Shane’s bed, legs crossed and lookingrelaxed and surprisingly chill for having a plush figure of one ofthe Hot Daga characters on his lap. Shane is taking the picture,sitting on the floor in front of his bed, with his back leaningagainst it. He gives an enthusiastic thumbs up.

The caption reads: “We got em!”

Not even a third of the comments address the issue of Ryanappreciating the Hot Daga. The reactions are occupied with differentthings. Including the very visible hickey on Ryan’s neck.

[casdecns]

shane madej & ryan bergara acting like they're at their child's parent teacher conference/meeting

[shyanlibrary]

There was this fic where Shane and Ryan kiss and are then in a relationship except Ryan doesn't know their in a relationship and tries to get over Shane by dating other people and then Shane gets jealous and they fight and make out.

Bed-warm Hands and the Ghost of Elvis by MiraclesofPaul

Rated: T | One-shots | Word Count: 21,881~ 

Summary: They get used to sharing a bed while filming the show. Ryan's just trying not to let his feelings get in the way.

So Ryan tells himself he’s going to ride out whatever it is they’ve fallen into, but he’ll bow out gracefully when the time comes. He can just enjoy the now.

Suggested by Anon!

[hydranomago]

Ryan felt wired in his own body, and wished to fly off to somewhere far away as soon as possible. Steven was immensely worried about his agitated state. Shane….Well. Shane needs Ryan to be brave.

[ANGST and some fluff] — you have been warned

[daizyredz]

Shane and Ryan have been married for two years and have been living in this home for 5 months and Ryan’s somehow already in a feud with one of their next-door neighbors that somehow started over lawn furniture.

[mayanangel]

The SAGA of STEVEN LIM getting DRAGGED by the UNSOLVED BOYS.

[goldenghoulboys]

I once took the Queen Mary sleeping part of the video and put it in slow motion to see what the guys were doing and it’s nothing much honestly but yeah, enjoy how cute they are 😭

[shanexrayn]

Screenshots from Ryan and Shane finding a house together.

[anarchetypalarchive]

because i’m a fan of ridiculous, silly domestic aus: ryan who buys a roomba (equal parts laziness, curiosity, and time management induced) and shane who names it, just because:

“so what’s its name?”

ryan looks up from the roomba, which is puttering around his living room and intermittently bumping into furniture, to furrow his brow at shane. “its name?”

“mhm.”

“it’s... it’s a vacuum cleaner. it doesn’t have a name.”

shane looks at the roomba thoughtfully. “what about roger.”

“rog-- stop. no. you’re not--”

“roger the roomba.” shane nods to himself.

“i’m not calling my vacuum roger.”

“ricky?”

“no.”

“roger it is!”

no, no it is not, ryan refuses to let this happen, except then goddammit if shane doesn’t cheerfully say hey, roger! every time he goes over to ryan’s for movie night, or aw, roger’s tired whenever the roomba gets low on battery and starts making unhappy booping noises, or--

so of course one night ryan’s making popcorn while shane gets a movie set up, and he hears the frantic beeping that signifies something got caught in the wheels of the roomba. he sighs heavily and pokes his head into the living room with an irritated roger, what the hell, and then he freezes because oh no.

shane looks delighted. it’s awful. it’s the worst. ryan’s going to kill him.

roger makes an infuriatingly pleased boop when ryan clears the debris from his wheel track. unbelievable.

[kikicalanmai]

Here. For your Shyanara needs

[levyfiles]

Honestly, now I just want to write a fic where they DO live together! Congrats antis lmao.

Hmm

[thatmademadej]

how would youse feel about me posting the 7k of pure unadulterated fluff i wrote in a fit of procrastination?

[drunkkenobi]

Happy Valentine’s Day tumblr! I’m a foreveralone grump on this day, so I am trying to combat that with reccing some of my favorite Shyan fics written in 2021/2022. This is by no means a complete list of everything I read and loved over the past year or so, just a few samplings of things I really adored that might perk up your own Valentine’s Day.

A Gentleman of Spirit by breathtaken 21k Rated E - a regency AU that will take your breath away. I highly recommend visiting this now that we’ve had a handkiss IRL.

Like The Directions of Sunbeams by punk-rock-yuppie 2.5k Rated G - an extremely cute AU where Shane is a beekeeper, written in the basking glow of Blane. Also bee puns. It’s great.

After Hours by sequence_fairy 33k Rated E - another AU, this time where Shane and Ryan are in the 1980s Miami drug scene. It’s slick and dangerous and way cooler than either of them have ever been in real life. 

Circles by liminalweirdo 6.5k Rated M - great werewolf AU that feels longer and more in-depth than the wordcount would expect. Some really terrific prose in here as well.

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work by blacktofade 2.5k Rated E - wonderfully filthy Shyanara PWP for those that are less interested in the romance side of things today.

easy livin’ by sarcasticfishes 5.7k Rated M - Fallout AU where you need no knowledge of the game to fall in love with. SO much worldbuilding and warmth is packed into these words. The domestic post-apocalypse story you always wanted.

For a Nihilist, I’m Pretty Optimistic by PhyllisDietrichson 29k Rated E - Shane’s a werewolf...or is he? Super creative magical realism AU with some of the most insightful reads on Shane I’ve ever seen. I can’t sing the praises of this fic enough.

On Making a Legit Human Baby and Other Stories by Siria 14k Rated E - I have never in my life read an mpreg fic with a concept as creative as this one. Absolutely delightful, hilarious, sexy, sweet, all the things. 

New and Used Boos�� by beethechange 36k Rated M - The Notting Hill AU you absolutely needed. Works if you haven’t seen the movie, works even better if you have, it’s a wonderful story of adult queer love and late bloomers. It made me cry.

just what I needed, too by beethechange 18k Rated E - so nice of Bee to write us what actually happened on the series finale of BuzzFeed Unsolved. Legend.

If Forever Gets Lonely, Take My Hand by PhyllisDietrichson 29K Rated E - an incredible time loop story set on the day of Ryan and Shane’s wedding. So creative and loving and the research done really brings this story to life.

The Girl in the Bathroom by breathtaken 8k Rated T - I could sit here and just rec every single thing Aly writes because it’s all brilliant. This is a girl!Ryan and girl!Shane high school AU that is one of the more tender and warm queer teen girl love stories I’ve ever read. If you think But I’m a Cheerleader gave you feelings before...buckle up buckaroos.

This doesn’t even include the absolutely wonderful gifts I received for my birthday (Don’t Forget To LycanSubscribe and Always one foot on the ground). I am so spoiled by the many talented folks in the fandom and I’m so grateful for all of you!