#i regret everything now bc i slept for more than half the day so i'll be up at night

[lokigodofaces]

Okay! Here's my recs, starting with the platonic ones

The S.H.I.E.L.D. Codices: A Clear and Present Loki, 73K, by KhamanV. A post-A1 Loki joins AOS fic (which are quite rare!) It's part of a 513K series, which has sequel two series and a tie-in series, so if you like the first one, there's more. A lot more.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/1582460/chapters/3361607

Coulson's Eleven, 32K, by copperbadge. A pre-A1 AU where SHIELD has a policy of kidnapping and detaining powerful or dangerous people, and then they all break out and become the Avengers. The Loki&Coulson friendship is not a focus, but Coulson runs the team and Loki's on the team, so it's there.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/1028486/chapters/2047929

The Undercover Boogie, 10K (and its sequel The Transformation Twist, 39K) by amcw177. Set in a vaguely-defined AU, Coulson convinces Loki to work for SHIELD without actually telling SHIELD about it. The sequel is the reveal of this.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/294801

https://archiveofourown.org/works/10710348/chapters/23726283

Explanatory report, or A page of the non-existent, but none-the-less very convincing diary of Agent Blake, 3K, by dunkelgrau. The Loki&Coulson friendship is not the point of the fic, but it gets a few lines. Disclaimer: I have no idea how to describe this fic, but it's weird.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/1152814

This must be what friends are like, 2K, by cerebel. Another vaguely defined AU, Loki gets captured by SHIELD while shapeshifted into a cat. (It's tagged as ship, but it's purely platonic, so I think the author just misunderstood AO3's tagging system.)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/270746

Avengers: The Rubbish Bin Chapter 17, by GalaxyThreads. An unfinished snippet of a fic where Loki is sent to Earth as part of his sentence, and Coulson finds him. Being unfinished, it never actually gets to the friendship. You'll just have to imagine what could have been.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/19024558/chapters/46698460

Redemption, 1K, by Riven214. Set in an extremely vague AU, the focus of this fic is mostly just bad things happening to everyone, featuring Loki&Coulson less as friends and more as allies. If you like angst, this is some of the only Loki&Coulson angst available.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/2138229

Now here's the ones with Loki/Coulson romance in them. I'll describe exactly how much romance is in these and how relevant that romance is to the plot. And give them a rating out of ten, with 0 being no romance and 10 being nothing but romance.

The Cellist, 14K, by Elpin. A pre-A1 AU in which Loki comes to Earth early, and tries to infiltrate SHIELD by seducing Coulson (while shapeshifted into a mortal woman,) and then accidentally catches feelings. This one's got explicit sex in it, but both scenes are pretty short and not crucial to the plot, so you can skip over them if you want. Romance Rating: 10/10, it's pretty much exclusively romance focused, and that's the entire basis of the story.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/423971

The Weatherman, 4K, by CeliaEquus. An AU where everything is the same, except the AOS cast, who are now meteorologists. The Loki/Coulson subplot is minor and one-sided, but it's there. Romance Rating: 6.5/10. It's only a small section of the fic that's not really relevant to the overall plot, but it's in most of Loki's appearances.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/4332849

Fate Has a Twisted Sense of Humour, Part Two, Chapter 5, by CeliaEquus. It's a soulmate AU, which to be honest I'm not fond of, but it's a popular trope and there's a bunch of them. Post-A1, Loki gets his soul stolen (which results in him losing his emotions) and Coulson is his soulmate, which is an awkward situation all around. Romance Rating: 3/10. A pretty small part of the story, all things considered. It's a pre-relationship fic, so you can imagine they stay platonic if you want, but them being soulmates is very relevant to the plot.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/4029418/chapters/9332460

Fate Has a Twisted Sense of Humour, Part Two, Chapter 34, by CeliaEquus. Yes, same fic, different chapter (and thus entirely different story.) Set post-A1, the AOS team (and some other, less relevant people) have to flee to Asgard, where a bunch of stuff happens, including them finding our that Coulson and Loki are soulmates, which basically nobody is happy about. Coulson/Loki is one of four featured ships in this chapter, but it gets a fair amount of focus. Romance Rating: 8.5/10. It's a soulmate AU, so it's not like their relationship develops naturally, but it's absolutely the main focus of the story. (The parts of the story that Coulson and Loki are in, anyway.)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/4029418/chapters/12646583

There's also my fics (my AO3 handle is T_5Seconds if you want to check it out) but I'd feel a bit awkward recommending my own fics. And if I was to give myself a romance rating it'd probably be a 9 or a 10, so I somewhat doubt they'd be your cup of tea.

thank you so much! when i get the time, i'll check them out!