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Fics That Deserve More Comments (Part IV)

Back on the fic list grind with a part four~!

**Note: Will ghost edit later.**

Loose chronological order below~

@hipsbef0rehands/Millenial_Falcon’s(WBM/WBM)

What do you think Mulder and Scully's best days were, respectively, as children?

He took her onto the navy ship which he he worked, showing her everything from the command room to the engine room. He took her to the tiny bunk beds where the crew slept, the head, and the kitchen. Young Dana looked at the living arrangements in horror.  When he took her to the forward dock of the ship and she could see the vast ocean before her. It was then that she understood her fathers love for the sea and adopted the same passion. It was this day that her love and respect for her father grew immensely, and sometimes where she needs to take a break from life and retreat to her happy place, it is on the dock of that ship. 

Mulder and Scully come to separate but important realizations as starry-eyed children.

4. Mulder shopping for Scully

It had been easy in the past, with women like Diana and Phoebe, he found the most dazzling expensive piece of jewelry and they were happy. The gifts were nice but he never really put much thought into them. That wasn't Scully.

Post IVF-- Mulder wants to pick the perfect gift for Scully's birthday after the IVF and before the impending millennium.

BED SHARING

Scully continued on with he night-time ritual of putting on her pajamas, fluffing up her pillows, and turning down her sheets, when Mulder emerged from the bathroom. He plopped unceremoniously onto the bed disrupting the sheets that she had just perfected. 

Pre-Dating-- Mulder and Scully take their own personal liberties.

20. “You need to wake up because I can’t do this without you.”

Heaving herself out of the sunken cushion of the battered chair, she pushed it closer to Mulder’s bedside. Once settled back into the Scully-shaped indent she had managed to create over the last three days, she hesitantly reached out and took Mulder’s hand in hers. Despite his improving condition, fear wound around her heart, squeezing out all hope and replacing it with the heavy weight of despair. He could very easily be ripped from her life once again. 

Deadalive Scully waits (and begs) for Mulder to wake up.

A Nice Hike in the Woods (Ao3)

“Mulder, are we out here looking for aliens?”

“No” he chuckled. He held his arms out. They were surrounded by pine trees in various shapes and sizes. “Well…” he said. “Pick one”.

Scully raised her eyebrows looking up and down, questioning him with her eyes.

“No, Scully, a tree…. pick one”

Pre-IWTB Mulder tries to make their unremarkable house a home.

You're told to write/direct/produce a msr scene of your own doing for one of the revival episodes.......go.

Taking her left hand he raised it to the level of their eyes. Gently, he began to play with the silver band that no longer adorned her neck but once again, her ring finger.

“I gave this to you almost 4 years ago. I never made good on my promise.”

Revival Mulder and Scully are back on the road and back together, giddy and happy and ready for the next step.

Babylon Headcanon

“She is a doctor, Scully.”

“Yeah, so I’ve heard. Well, Mulder, I’ve been a doctor for a lot longer and let me tell you, if you ever do anything like that again, I will have you committed.” 

“Scully… you know I will, eventually” he said with a smile. 

Babylon Mulder cannot, of course, escape a Scully scolding.

You're the only one I trust (archive.org)  

A free-floating assortment of The X-Files fics that are fun to scroll down and read.

mad_martha's (annex-files, x-sites)

Pilot Flipped (Ao3)

In contrast to the corridor outside, the office was brightly lit and austerely neat, its untidiest feature being a pinboard near the door that was covered in newspaper cuttings and photographs.  Even those were arranged in a semblance of order.  There was a desk which, apart from a stack of ageing files,  a set of document trays and a slide projector, seemed to be empty of even normal office equipment; and a set of shelves around the walls filled with orderly rows of books and box files.  Mulder couldn't remember the last time he'd seen any office in the Bureau looking so tidy, and he included the Director's inner sanctum in that assessment.

AU-- Pilot Mulder is assigned to Scully.

9 Minutes

 The label inside the blouse collar bore the name of one of Scully's favourite outfitters and as she examined it, noting that the size was also her own, she made a disturbing discovery.  Just inside the neck of the blouse lay a small tangled gold chain and cross.

   Scully's fingers flew to her own neck, where an identical cross, given to her by her mother on her fifteenth birthday, lay against her skin.  What the –

   Her thoughts were suddenly jerked away by a distant scrabbling sound, barely audible above the noise of the machines around her....

   Scully jumped to her feet.  That voice had been familiar.  "Mulder!" she shouted, hearing her voice echo horribly.

   No reply, but there was a series of thumps and grunts, brought up finally by a loud thud. 

AU-- Pilot Scully flashes to the FTF hallway in the 9 minutes she and Mulder lose on the road.

Conversations

There was a pause as she tried to hang onto her anger and hurt, but Scully's innate sense of what was fair wouldn't allow this statement to pass unchallenged.  "I don't know about that, Mulder," she observed ruefully.  "I can think of a couple of occasions when I haven't been particularly fair to you.  More than a couple, if I'm honest."

"I won't argue you with you, but nothing you've done, or imagine you've done, can possibly match how unfair I've been to you over the past five years."

"I don't want to play "my blame's bigger than your blame" either."

Mulder gave a rough chuckle.  "Okay."

Pre-Dating-- Mulder and Scully get nudged and scolded by her family (twice) and Skinner (once) before they finally confront their S6 hurts and confess their love... in a cave-in.

@two-microscopes/twomicroscopes's

Sicktember 2022 Day 12: Psychogenic (Ao3)

He swallowed. “Scully, even if that’s what I’ve done to you–”

“Don’t make this about yourself.”

“Take care of yourself.”

S1 Scully's health keeps breaking down in her overexuberance to keep up; and Mulder, worried, tries to look out for her.

Sicktember 2022 Day 1 (Ao3)

“Chicken soup, I said–I said I’d bring you some,” he spluttered.

He was so desolate, it tugged at her heart.

“Buffalo chicken pizza soup, to be specific, I guess.”

Scully is sick and snappy about Mulder's mother henning, but relents.

Sicktember 2022 - Chapter 4

“Do you just want to get into pajamas now?”

“Mulder,” she sighed, slumping onto one bed, “you know they took our luggage.”

Ah, yes, when the vengeful cultists also smashed their rental car’s windows and slit its tires. They were nothing if not thorough. You had to grant them that.

Scully is running a temperature, and Mulder gets her to a motel as fast as he can with slashed tires and missing luggage.

Sicktember 2022 Day 5 (Ao3)

He leaned closer and drew a deep, argumentative breath against his congestion, instead sneezing dramatically.

“Great, now I have your germs all over me.”

Scully insists on taking Mulder home after he keeps sneezing in the office.

Sicktember 2022 Day 20 (Ao3)

They’d last seen each other at that briefing–was that three days ago already? By then even Mulder had admitted this case might not be an X-file.

No, a serial killer was ravaging across DC and their already non-existent work-life balance.

Buried in their office, Mulder swam in a sea of tissues, too.

Scully skips an autopsy to care for her sick, insomniac partner.

Sicktember 2022 Day 3: Painkillers (Ao3)

In the dim light, he could make out Scully’s eyes staring blankly at the ceiling. She rolled her head towards him as he leaned down to touch her matted hair. This was worse than he’d been expecting.

Cancer arc-- Mulder rushes to help Scully, reasoning past her refusal to take painkiller meds.

Sicktember 2022 Day 9: Home Remedy (Ao3)

“Scully? Scully!” Mulder called through their adjoining motel rooms’ door.

Faster than a conspirator to a smoke shop, she rushed out of bed and burst into his room.

Post Redux II Mulder's nose bleeds; and Scully rushes in to assess the injury and calm their panic.

Sicktember 2022 Day 10: Excessive Use of Tissues (Ao3)

Here Scully was, curled up with her Capote novella. Only Jeopardy playing in the background split her attention. Oh, and her sickly partner sniffing on her couch.

“Mulder, for the last time, blow your nose.”

“But, Scully,” he whined from her couch, “I just did.”

Dating-- Mulder is sniffly during a cozy night in.

@hamster-on-fire/fade_into_the_dusk_with_me's For The Sake Of Driving (Ao3)

‘I just. I need to drive, Scully.’

It’s trivial & bizarre & it really is too late....

‘Yeah- um, yeah, alright.’ She nods along to herself, as if he can see her. As if it matters.

Car rides shared between Mulder and Scully through the years.

@sunlightscully's

Travel

There are moments where he makes a fool of himself in airports. He catches glimpses of dark braids, swinging for just a moment before disappearing into the throng of people, and finds that his hands are shaking. She is forever escaping him, forever just a few steps ahead, and his chest tightens with the absolute conviction that it was her, that those braids belonged to her and now he has lost her again in the crowd.

It happens for the first time around Scully. She reaches for her gun and then his hand. He is incredibly grateful, suddenly; he hadn’t realized he’d been afraid that she wouldn’t.

Early seasons Mulder and Scully bond in airports, learning to appreciate each other.

City in the Clouds

He tells her he wants to settle down in the country, grow old where he can see the stars. He tells her she could be a mother, and she thinks for the first time of settling down with him. Fleetingly, she sees herself in the window of a little white farmhouse, wearing an apron. Cooking oatmeal.

She couldn’t stand it.

Scully realizes, years later, that she did want to live Home Mulder's domestic dream.

Kitchen

On the tabletop, her index finger splashes into a small pool of blood. “Come on,” she says, and Mulder leans obediently forward. The cut isn’t bad, or deep – head wounds always look worse than they actually are – but she dabs at it anyway, cleaning the blood away, applying disinfectant. He hisses, tries to move away, but she has one hand pressed to the top of his head, holding him steady.

Scully cleans up Mulder's latest injuries; and the two make a laughing but important blood brother pact.

Food

“There’s cheese on your mouth,” she says, and he tries to see it in the reflexion of the window but the car weaves and she grabs his arm instinctively.

“Mulder! Watch the road, I’ll do it.”

She wipes the corner of his mouth crudely with the scratchy brown napkin.

Mulder realizes he loves Scully while they eat food in the car, scratchy napkins and celestial comparisons serving as evidence for his belief.

Beautitudes

“I can’t accept it,” he says, and she wants to say, “You have to, it’s happening,” and, “There’s nothing anyone can do about it,” but he wouldn’t believe that either.

He makes everything harder.

Somehow, though, she is thankful. He’s fighting for her, and no one fights harder than Mulder.

Scully and Mulder support each other through their shared and separate tragedies.

My_Love_Forever's

The Strength of Their Beliefs

Sometimes he talks. Don't leave. I need you to stay. Keep fighting. I'll make them pay for this. I don't know who did this. I can't let them let you go and I can't make you stay. 

One Breath Mulder desperately clutches Scully's necklace while Scully feels his gaze, even in her coma.

The Realization of Weakness

Hidden in the back of his mind, the thought of not finding the thought of the Scully he lost. He has noticed that things faze her that she never blinked at before. Now she turns away and says she needs a moment when she is faced with the horrors of the world where previously she would have been fired up with rage at the perpetuator and would be shooting down his theories with facts. That is one of the things he missed most when she was taken for that long time; he would say "I think you have a vampire problem here" and pause, expecting her to take a deep breath and start listing all the reasons why that can't be after her exasperated "Mulder."

Irresistible Mulder wants to help support or heal Scully, hoping that, somehow, he is.

Waiting, in Reverse Order

For once, in a change of pace, she waits at his bedside. They have changed places, one sleeps on the bed and the other keeps a vigil in the uncomfortable chair at the bedside. Last time she was the one in the bed and he was waiting but now they have changed. She saved his life and waits at his bedside, hoping that her last memory of him is not the one where he ditches her to keep her safe.

End Game Scully waits in the hospital instead of Mulder, for once.

Viridian5's

Blowing Smoke

"Things are tough all over," I replied in my best hard-boiled voice.

He smiled darkly. "A change is gonna come..."

"Yeah?"

"You may not see me again. I think I'll be getting a promotion soon. I only had to stab a few backs to capture it."

S2 thug observes Krycek on a break.

Haunted

//As the roar and keening whistle grew louder, I stood up and walked into the trough between the rails. With an increasing feeling of clarity and peace, I turned to face my ride. When I threw the empty bottle against the rails, I couldn't help smiling at the sharp, crashing sound it made as it shattered. It sounded final. The approaching train looked liked a darker, moving cutout in the night. Except for the flashing lights.

//The lights.

//I couldn't move. Terror and a bone-deep feeling of loss gripped me along with paralysis as the flickering lights froze me in place. I couldn't see through the glare, and I heard someone screaming, and I could swear it was a girl, and she was screaming words, but I couldn't make them out, even as I sensed that she yelled the same word over and over again, and I was helpless and couldn't move again...

//NOT LIKE THIS! FIGHT! MOVE!

Mulder is transported to the memories of his childhood suicidal ideations while investigating a ghost and train tracks casefile.

Dead to the World

He looked so pale and still lying there. He had something odd, something that had left bruises and abrasions, wrapped tightly around his neck. Two more lines of that something enveloped his wrists. When she felt his neck to search for a pulse her fingers brushed it and quickly shied away. It was warm, moist, and alive. The other end of each of the lines trailed off into the darkness.

But he still lived. She took a scalpel from her coat pocket and prepared to cut him loose.

Mulder's eyes slowly opened, as if consciousness didn't come easily. She watched so many emotions flicker through them before he settled on blankness.

S5 Mulder willingly lets a monster parading as Samantha kill him; and Scully watches, horrified at his suicidal tendencies.

Circle - Chapter 1

It’d be interesting to see what Alex’s Consortium would be like. Maybe no better. Maybe his would even be worse.

But he was the one paying me.

AU-- Cashier rises through the Consortium ranks with the help of Krycek... only to face him again, years later, in a darker context.

Unprotected

"You have a neck brace on. You could have been killed. It was a stupid thing to do."

Mulder couldn't tell if he felt rage or despair. It teetered from one side to the next from second to second. He told myself that she was just upset that he'd ditched her and injured himself again, but--

He remembered why he never confessed anything to her or anyone if he could avoid it.

An injured Mulder feels alone after a careless comment from Scully.

7-Eleven Nightmares at 3 a.m.

Mulder was surprised his whole head didn't get devoured in his last yawn, which felt like it had split his face. //If I were a cartoon character...//

An insomniac Mulder is bored out of his mind... then starts to question his sanity after spotting a cup of very black, very oily diner coffee.

Starbuck_Lover's Under The Milky Way - Chapter 1

“You insisted I come with you in the middle of the night, you won’t tell me where we’re going, and you’re being incredibly vague,” she gestured wildly, “Excuse me for noticing a pattern.”

“You’ll love it,” he beamed at her, “I promise.”

Mulder wakes Scully up, taking her to a field to watch the stars.

Deb Longley's

Whistlewood - Chapter 1

I take a little longer than I should to turn back around, but the room behind me has transformed: it is lit softly, by candles fixed on each side of the fireplace, casting amber halos on the walls, and the fireplace now has a fire, which has burned down to nothing but softly smoldering ashes....

I swing back in his direction. He hasn't budged. Unexpectedly, he moves past me into the room, startling me into a yelp which he doesn't seem to hear.

An unconscious Mulder witnesses the vision of a dead man sledgehammer his family.

The Fear Place

I wonder what other people see when they look at him; the man is beautiful with his wild, windblown dark hair, and eyes, and tall, lean frame. A few of them are audacious enough to look him up and down, but they usually stop when they get to his eyes. He's thirty-eight, but he has the eyes of an old soul. He sees deep, and through, observing things that others overlook. He looks at smiles and perceives the lies hiding behind them. He sees the truth.

Mulder's messed-up knee and mother-son dynamic drives him to call Scully on Thanksgiving for reinforcements. Tena finally relents, if only a little.

story_monger's Predictable

He’s predictable, and he knows that.

Want to see the Mulder guy do some flips? Stick him in front of a missing child’s report; make it a little girl with dark hair. Watch him run.

He feels sick....

They should know that there’s a girl missing, and she has dark hair, and she’s supposed to turn ten in a week.

Mulder loathes his own reactions to cases similar to Samantha's; and Scully helps him to calm and get some sleep.

enigmaticblue's

True Hearts

He’s told Scully that the truth will set them both free, but he feels like a hypocrite for saying it. Mulder believes in the truth, he trusts in its power, and yet he’s hiding the truth from his partner.

Mulder has half-convinced himself that it’s not important, that they have to get through this crisis first. He owes Scully the truth, but he can’t bring himself to add to her burden.

Post Memento Mori Mulder feels guilt over not telling Scully about her ova.

Let Them Eat Cake

Scully peruses the plate of donuts at the end of the table, irritated when she realizes that cake donuts are all that’s left. She feels someone lean in close behind her, and an arm snakes around to snag one of the chocolate-frosted ones with multi-colored sprinkles.

She glances over her shoulder to see Mulder’s grin. “You didn’t want that one, did you, Scully?”

She resists rolling her eyes through a strong effort of will. “I don’t like cake donuts, Mulder.”

“Cake donuts are the best kind,” Mulder protests, taking a big bite, catching the crumbs with his tongue.

S6 Mulder and Scully debate donuts at a team-building conference.

Under the Mistletoe

“Hm?” He adjusted his glasses as he looked up at her.

“Is there something you wanted to tell me?”

“About what?”

“You know about what.”

He frowned, clearly confused. “No, I don’t know. What did I do?”

Scully pointed to the mistletoe, waiting for him to confess, or at least smirk. Instead, his face remained completely innocent—although that didn’t mean much, since this was Mulder.

Pre-Dating-- Scully notices but avoids the mistletoe. Mulder does not.

Reflections

His old man had missed Vietnam, but Doggett had an uncle who’d joined up. He’d heard a few stories, most while on leave after boot camp. Uncle Duane seemed to think they shared a connection that hadn’t been there before, and he talked about steamy nights that were filled with gunfire and the smell of reefer.

Later, much later, when he’d been given an honorable discharge after Beirut, Uncle Duane had talked about the horror of watching your friends get limbs blown off, of hands stained with the blood of innocents.

Pre-This Is Not Happening Skinner shares the details of the Unrequited case with Doggett. Both wonder what was and wasn't worth it.

A Strong Shoulder

The knock on the door came as a surprise around ten, and Scully heaved herself up off the couch, one hand on her back for support. A quick glance through the peephole had her hurrying to open the door.

Mulder stood there, a crooked grin on his face, his eyes a little lost, a little vulnerable. “Hey.”

Post Three Words Mulder slowly drifts in, glad Scully wants him to stay even if he's handling reentry badly.

All I Ever Get For Christmas Is Blue

Scully gave thanks that William was such a good-natured baby; he stirred once as she bundled him up, opening his eyes sleepily, then immediately closed them again once he was secure in his carrier. Keys in hand, she set the car seat down in the hallway to lock the door behind her, then froze as she heard footsteps.

How was it that she could recognize his walk after he’d been gone for months? How was it that she could sense him coming even though she had no expectation of his arrival?

AU-- S9 Mulder returns to Scully and William for Christmas; but he leaves again, though both wishes he could stay.

@cauldronoflove/thegoodthebadandthenerdy's

Close Your Eyes, Be Patient

He stood in his forlorness like it was a new winter coat. It was draped across the downward curve of his shoulders, tugging impishly at his struggling-to-remain-steady mouth. It wasn't that she'd never seen him like this - as much as he tried to hide it, she knew there were certain cases that kept him awake long into the night, same as her - it was just that she'd never seen it so set in.

Pre-Dating-- Scully makes a calculated effort to carefully disentangle Mulder from his mind.

The Prairie State Debate

Dinner twisted away like dandelion wishes, table plated in hard plastic cups and warm to the touch dishes. The tea was syrupy sweet, made by the hand of a true Southern child despite their current place on the map, and the food sported heavy gravys and savory score marks - a combination that left Scully, two servings and only yeses for 'would you like a refill?' Scully, ready to collapse into the gossamer sheets of her bed until tomorrow.

But when she felt fingers on the rise of her shoulder, heard an absence of footsteps beside her, glanced up at a dazzling marquee, she lead the way in to the theater. She was tired, yes, but she had been more so, no doubt would be same time next week, and these moments like monthly allowances were something she needed as much as anything.

Dating-- Scully remembers their first not-date.

••• - •- -•--

It's dark out, moonlit sky extrapolating between the slats of still open blinds, but he gets the sense that it's not the same night he remembers falling asleep in. The only other light is a small lamp somewhere above him, casting low light that does nothing for his pale, thin skin. He looks fragile, even from his own estimates - battered and bruised and made from poorly picked and sewn together parts.

He can't help but think he doesn't deserve the smile he finds waiting for him, not in this state. That doesn't stop her though....

Scully saves a drugged up, nearly dead Mulder.

All I Need's a Fraction of Your Happy Heart

Scully ducked her head into the street, looking both ways before bustling across the crosswalk, Mulder following a single footstep behind. To onlookers, their height difference was exasperated as they hitched their arms up and jogged quickly through the sounds of honking traffic, but it never seemed to cross their minds. When they picked back up on the sidewalk, he ducked his head and leaned forward, just enough so she could hear him, just enough so she could let a laugh kick up her throat.

AU-- Scully, giddy and freshly married on a case, reflects on the events that led to their mutual proposal, and courthouse wedding.

Gravity, Oh Gravity

because the second thing he sees is scully. scully in a shirt he's had to have seen her in a thousand times, the one he thinks is green, but isn't sure because his eyes have always betrayed him. his eyes have to be betraying him. scully and-

and         and                  and

(and his heart stops beating.)

it thunders back to life as he stumbles forward, legs feeling like they've been chopped from his body and reattached in the wrong direction. 

AU-- This Is Not Happening Mulder wakes on the ground to the stars and Scully's face. Even Skinner cries.

Looking Back Over My Shoulder (I See it Clear as Day)

There are few people that Mulder is okay with calling him Fox. Admittedly, they're all named Scully....

Her sister isn't, though. 

Revival Mulder and Scully chuckle over Melissa's ghost's audacity to chew out her sister's partner.

@youweremytouchstone's First time she winked at him!

He looks back over at the door. As usual, nobody down her except for him this early in the morning. He turns his attention to the cases piling up on his desk.

And then in a flash, she’s at his desk, looking at him like she’s been there the last hour.

Dating-- Scully enjoys teasing Mulder and pretending it never happened.

@pukajen's (Ao3, LJ) Sleep Cycle

Even all these years later, it feels like a stolen moment to watch him sleep peacefully; undrugged, unconcussed, in their bed, the one they've shared for years. So many times in the past she's kept vigil over his hospital bed, watching him sleep, worried he'd never wake up.

Revival Scully still loves watching Mulder sleep.

@dinascully/unsedentary's Miles Adrift

She said something about being blinded by someone’s brights, losing control, ending up in the ditch, and he tries not to think about whether or not this was an accident. He’s already called Skinner.

He waits a few minutes before trying to start the car again. If he’s lucky, they’ll be on their way and home before Scully wakes up. But the car has other plans – it coughs pitifully, whines, and refuses to go anywhere.

Breakup-- Scully and Mulder reconnect after a car accident. His car breaks down, forcing them to have a tearful conversation.

Thanks for reading~

Enjoy!

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DAY 13 RECS FROM DREAMWIDTH & ELSEWHERE

No Hiding Place (494,385 words) by RimauSuaLay

Harry Potter/Severus Snape ||

During Harry's seventh year at Hogwarts, everyone is getting ready for the Second Voldemort War. Battlelines are being drawn, decisions made. But what happens when the famous Harry Potter doesn't want to deal with Voldemort anymore? When friendship and love will only serve as weapons, Harry needs to find trust and honesty to stay sane throughout the war.

Secrets of Midnight  (210,577 words) by Lizzy0305

Harry Potter/Severus Snape ||

After detention with Umbridge, Harry wanders the corridors with a bleeding hand. Snape finds him, curious as hell as to why Harry is not in bed. He then notices the bleeding hand. In the darkness of midnight, their relationship changes. However, war is coming. What will they have to sacrifice in order to win?

Notes on a resurrection (126,087 words) by newleaves

Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter ||

It was never Draco’s intention to raise Sirius Black from the dead.

Circles Of Power (219,038 words) by mad_martha

Harry Potter/Ron Weasley ||

As trainee Aurors, Harry and Ron face unexpected challenges

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Midwinter

Midwinter https://ift.tt/Xp2OAhl by mad_martha Dean experiences his first Midwinter Festival as a Herald (trainee) Words: 6324, Chapters: 2/10, Language: English Series: Part 7 of All Roads Lead To Haven Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005), Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey, Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The X-Files, The Sentinel (TV), The Mentalist Rating: Not Rated Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Dean Winchester, Castiel (Supernatural), Clint Barton, Phil Coulson, Peggy Carter, Steve Rogers, Patrick Jane, Teresa Lisbon, Dana Scully, Fox Mulder, Adam Milligan, Sam Winchester, Jim Ellison, Blair Sandburg, Ellen Harvelle, Jo Harvelle, Bobby Singer (Supernatural), Charlie Bradbury, Timothy McGee, Jody Mills, Victor Henriksen, Matt Murdock, Melinda May, Inias (Supernatural), Benny Lafitte Relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester, Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers, Clint Barton/Phil Coulson, Patrick Jane/Teresa Lisbon Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Multiple Crossovers, Fantasy Law Enforcement, Swearing, Dodgy Medical Details, Humour, Drama, Lifebonds (Valdemar), Is this a moment for hot milk? via AO3 works tagged 'Castiel/Dean Winchester' https://ift.tt/18NHMEZ September 23, 2023 at 03:22PM

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Midwinter

Midwinter https://ift.tt/Hj8IvUt by mad_martha Dean experiences his first Midwinter Festival as a Herald (trainee) Words: 21616, Chapters: 4/10, Language: English Series: Part 7 of All Roads Lead To Haven Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005), Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey, Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The X-Files, The Sentinel (TV), The Mentalist Rating: Not Rated Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Dean Winchester, Castiel (Supernatural), Clint Barton, Phil Coulson, Peggy Carter, Steve Rogers, Patrick Jane, Teresa Lisbon, Dana Scully, Fox Mulder, Adam Milligan, Sam Winchester, Jim Ellison, Blair Sandburg, Ellen Harvelle, Jo Harvelle, Bobby Singer (Supernatural), Charlie Bradbury, Timothy McGee, Jody Mills, Victor Henriksen, Matt Murdock, Melinda May, Inias (Supernatural), Benny Lafitte Relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester, Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers, Clint Barton/Phil Coulson, Patrick Jane/Teresa Lisbon Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Multiple Crossovers, Fantasy Law Enforcement, Swearing, Dodgy Medical Details, Humour, Drama, Lifebonds (Valdemar), Is this a moment for hot milk?

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Please 😭😭😭 I wanna read some ron weasley fics! Like how powerful, smart, strong, handsome, lovely he is!!

Hey anon,

then I recommend everything by @windschildfanfictionwriter. You can find her stories on FFN. My absolute favorites are The Boogeyman, Spitfire and Leif. Tugging Sleeves can be found on AO3 as well. Please always read her A/N before you start reading one of those stories. There are some possible triggers in there.

I hope @azaleablueme doesn't mind me tagging her all the time, but I really can't answer an ask like that without recommending When Fate Decides.

@trademarkblue also has some wonderful Ron stories which can be found here. '7 Years, 6 Months, 4 Days' fits the bill perfectly imo. But check out all of her stories!

One of the most beautiful Ron's I have ever read had been written by mad_martha. They're a Rarry writer and I recommend reading their whole Two Household series. Ron and Harry's story starts with this one. It's very focused on Harry's journey, but like in canon, Ron takes up a very important (if not the most important) role in Harry's life. In that Universe Harry got sorted into Slytherin and they only become friends in 6th year.

Don't forget to leave kudos & comments/reviews if you enjoyed those stories 🙏

Thanks for the ask, anon!

[earthisspaceaustralia]

Do you have a favorite fanfiction?

Oh, I used to have a list of favorites somewhere.

Here's a list off the top of my head from the fandoms I currently read fic from. (Edit: Oh lordy I hyper-fixated. this not a short list. Also, I'm ace and am not really attached to OTPs so pairings are almost never the same fic to fic)

These are all on Ao3.

Harry Potter:

Of a Linear Circle by @deadcatwithaflamethrower, I don't remember if it's still in progress but it's at a good stopping point for people that like to only read complete things. Epic length fix-it that is still technically canon compliant until shortly before Year 5.

Circles of Power by mad_martha. Post-canon Harry/Ron where Ron is a seer. My favorite depiction of interesting uses of divination magic in Harry Potter.

Island of Fire by esama. Incomplete, and probably abandoned. It is technically a cross-over but I know nothing about the other fandom. A take on what if Harry Potter characters were stranded on a deserted island.

The secret language of plants by Edrina. I don't remember if it's complete or not. It's tagged in my bookmarks as 'the one with the socialist uprising at hogwarts'.

The Sum of Their Parts by holdmybeer. Complete. Post-canon Dark Lord!Harry. Could be read as Harry/Ron/Hermione. Harry notices government change only happens due to a Dark Lord. Chaos ensues.

Marvel:

Damaged Defenders by Sherza. Epic length fix-it. Started shortly before Captain America: Winter Soldier. Canon divergence during the first Avengers movie. Incomplete, but I still have hope that it's not abandoned.

Love is for Children by YsabetWordsmith. The Avengers get therapy through non-sexual ageplay. It's fabulous series and equal parts angst and fluff. In progress and still updating semi-regularly.

Coulson Lives but the Avengers might be the death of him by NiennaNir. Mostly canon compliant until partway through Age of Ultron, though the fic starts soon after the first Avengers. A team as family series.

The Butterfingers G.D.I Stark Guide to Problem Solving by Epiphanyx7. The one where Dummy You and Butterfingers make a baby because they are worried about Tony.

Take All The Courage by prettybirdy979. Usually I don't like misunderstandings in fic but I understand why this one happens. When you are trying to teach a blind guy sign language without him letting you know he's blind, things aren't gonna go when. Daredevil and Avengers team up.

Eight-Armed Hugs by Not_You. In all honesty this one is pretty weird. The best summary would be the description on Ao3. "The obvious corollary to hawk!Clint fics is a spider!Natasha fic".

Yes Phil Coulson does wear jeans by orderlychaos. Written shortly after the first Avengers movie. Very important detail to me: Tony has an army of sentient roombas. One of which is named dave.

Infinite Coffee and Protection Detail by owlet. At the end of Captain America: Winter Soldier, a switch flips in Bucky's brain and he decides to protect Steve without letting Steve know he's there. Favorite tag: "Everyone has their sassy pants on".

Use Your Words 'Verse by SmutLover. Team as Family, canon-divergence after Captain America: Winter Soldier, excellent use of social media.

Star Wars:

Re-Entry and Re-Entry: Journey of the Whills by @deadcatwithaflamethrower. Two beyond epic length Star Wars prequel fix its. The second is a continuation of the first, and is currently on hiatus.

A Star to Steer By by dogmatix and norcumi. Star Wars / Stargate crossover where the goa'uld are actually Sith. I knew almost nothing about Stargate when I read this the first time and it was really good. Incomplete but I think still in progress.

The Vode by RoseThorn14. A whumpy (at least in the beginning) arranged marriage Cody/Obi Wan fic. Incomplete, but I think still in progress.

Implications by AngelQueen. A funny one shot where Palpatine tries to make Anakin think that Padme is cheating on him with Obi Wan and Anakin thinks, well I have two hands....

[itmeansapricot]

Two Households, Both Alike in Dignity

My relationship with Harry Potter fandom is so complicated now. I got into the fandom during the Three Year Summer, the period between the publication of POA and GOF, which you might recognize as a long-ass time ago; the entire time I was active in the fandom was before the series actually ended, when the main activities were arguing about what would happen and writing fics that everyone knew would be jossed. The Potterdammerung actually happened after HBP came out, as it made it pretty clear where the ships stood, and things just kind of dissipated after DH. (For that generation of fan - obviously more people picked it up around that time and the fandom is collectively still going. There is literally one other person from my online friend group from that period still around in fandom, as far as I can tell.)

Then, of course, years later, JKR reveals herself as a TERF and so many people do not seem bothered by this at all. It's hideous and really does taint my view of the work and my ability to/interest in actually engaging with the fandom. But at the same time ... I have enormous amounts of nostalgia for the fics I read, I still have all the old thoughts in my brain, the OCs that I've come to realize qualify as my special interests.

This book is a bound copy of the first three fics in Mad_Martha's Two Households series, going by publication order: Two Households, Both Alike in Dignity, Two Households II: Two Weeks Over Easter, and Two Households III: Growing Pains. The premise of this series is an AU where a) Harry shakes Draco's hand on the train in PS/SS, provoking Ron to break up with him and Harry to choose Slytherin, b) Sirius is exonerated after POA, and c) Harry falls in love with Ron. Because so much of the concept and even the title relates to Griffindor vs. Slytherin, I wanted to reflect that with a lot of red and green in the cover and endpapers. I think this makes the endpapers look too busy next to the cover paper, but ultimately I couldn't not use these two.

I used two shades of grey for the headband and footband to contrast with the bright red and greens, and also because the point of the series is to explore moral nuance and, well, shades of grey.

My graphic design skills are nearly nil, but I knew I wanted a background for the main title page that looked a bit like a stone wall to hint at a tower, as in the famous balcony scene of Romeo and Juliet, the play that supplies the title. Well, I really wanted line art, but this was fine.

Old Alfie for the title font gave both old-fashioned floridness that likewise pointed at R&J and thorny bits like the roses on the endpapers. (Each of the three fics in the book has a title page like this.)

Do I use too many fonts? I think there's no such thing as too many fonts, and that it's perfectly acceptable to combine them this way. Others feel differently. At least I think we can all agree that that's a very good handwriting font (Brittany Signature).

[copper-dust]

Masterlist of my favourite HP fics

Sorted by weirdly specific theme:

Two-ships-passing-in-the-night encounters between characters of different generations:

A Conversation That’s Not About Dora by stereolightning

Harry and Remus talk (and don't talk) about women, and other things.

Seventeen Minutes to Midnight in Casablanca by Laura Laurent

Sirius Black sits in the kitchen at Grimmauld Place on New Year's Eve when in walks Ginny Weasley. She's pretty and he's a bit smashed but she's supposed to be with Harry. What happens? A missing moment from OotP. Rated R---but you'll be very bored if you're looking for illicit romantic scenes between teenage girls and older men.

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow by The Divine Comedian

"Penny for your thoughts?" said a voice in the dark.

One minute Remus had been alone in the garden, leaning against the Weasleys' broomstick shed, facing away from the Burrow and that peculiar limbo between Order meeting and wedding preparations. But then he lit up, and the flame briefly illuminated the face of Hermione, now lounging next to him.

Examining one character from multiple POVs:

Daddy’s Favourite by Dzeytoun

Severus Snape has long complained about Albus Dumbledore's favoritism toward Harry Potter. Usually his voice is alone. But is he the only one who feels that way, or is he just the only one who voices the opinion? Here is how several people view the relationship between Dumbledore and Harry in the wake of Harry's fifth year.

In the House of the Quick and Hungry by Laura Laurent

The finer aspects of Ginny Weasley's life, all entwined, in their own way, within the story of how she wound up with Harry Potter.

The travelogues of one Remus John Lupin:

Letters in Praise of Emptiness by ignipes

July, 1985. Remus spends the full moon at a very unusual monastery and remembers an encounter with a very unusual Death Eater.

Man-eaters of Kumaon by ignipes

April, 1982. Remus Lupin travels to India to track a creature that has been devouring villagers in the Himalayan foothills.

Silence Kit by fluorescentgrey

Five records Remus Lupin smashed 1981-1994, and one he didn't.

The Girl Under the Mulberry Bush by aegle

Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks embark on a diplomatic mission for the Order.

Well-plotted action-adventure, novella or novel-length:

A Difference in the Family: The Snape Chronicles by Rannaro

We have the testimony of Harry, but witnesses can be notoriously unreliable, especially when they have only part of the story. This is a biography of Severus Snape from his birth until his death. It is canon-compatible, and it is Snape's point of view.

A Feast in Azkaban by Nyx Fixx

How did Sirius Black Spend twelve years in Azkaban and come out relatively sane, when others in his situation went mad or died of despair in a matter of weeks? 

Blackpool by TheDivineComedian

When Regulus is five, he nearly drowns in the sea off Blackpool. When Regulus is eleven, his brother befriends a ghost. It’s not until Regulus is eighteen and ready to die that the Black family’s darkest secret finally unravels. It might, perhaps, change everything.

Run by Toujours Padfoot

The village of the dead is not as peaceful as it seems.

The afterlife

Death and King’s Cross by sciathan file

Who was to know Death had etiquette enough to be personalized? Ensemble fic.

Just a wicked, original concept and great execution:

Allotted Portions by kangeiko

There is a room in the Ministery that is not warded. Set during GoF; goings-on at the Department of Mysteries.

Majesty by kelly_chambliss

Once upon a time, a great queen met a very powerful witch. . . Minerva McGonagall and Queen Elizabeth II.

The Memory of Water by White Hound

A view of the Voldemort wars, seen from below the surface. One-shot.

Music at the Close by rachelindeed

An unusual prank forces Lily and Snape into exchanges of borrowed and involuntary eloquence. It changes little between them.

A Handful of Dust by fluorescentgrey

Or: the Decline and Fall of the Hobgoblins, 1983-1991. "Nothing good ever happens in a Knockturn Alley dive bar after midnight..."

Sweet, melancholy nostalgia and memories of the Marauders:

Broomflight by mad_martha

"How come she married him?" Harry asked miserably. "She hated him!"

Potions by rachelindeed

Ever since fifth year, the dynamics of Potions Class have grown increasingly complex.

The Die is Cast by stereolightning

After Hogwarts but before Harry, James and Lily invite Remus to live with them. Their flat is full of laughter and sunlight and is exactly what he needs. For eight weeks between Halloween and Christmas, their arrangement is easy and the pranks are a happy distraction from the omnipresent darkness. But all good things must come to an end...

Missing moments from canon

Abacomancy by fluorescentgrey

Five records from Hogwarts, 1993-4, and one after.

Alive On Air by loneraven

“This is River, transmitting on all frequencies. This is River, transmitting on all possible frequencies. Is there anyone out there listening? We hope so.”

Calibration by TheDivineComedian

Remus's mind is usually a tidy place. The worst has already happened, what's left to be scared of? His fears are labelled, annotated, and most of all, archived. For one evening, though, he'll have to let them come out and play. 

Historical fiction AU

Desperado by fluorescentgrey

West Texas, 1861. “I’m unsure when we elected to hand the reigns of this operation over to a hophead felon and a bottom-tier bounty hunter.”

[yetanotherdrarrylist]

Hello! Do you know any love triangle fics where at the end Harry and Draco end up together? Thanks in advance❤

This is kind of hard for me to remember. Maybe the following?

Wednesdays - primaveracerezos

Harry comes to Draco’s flat every Wednesday for dinner.

Return - bafflinghaze

For a while, Draco had Harry. In a sense: they were flatmates, and sometimes they shared a bed.

But then, Harry found Someone, and Draco moved out, and they drifted apart. Draco tried dating, he did, but he wanted too much, it just never worked out.

In the end, there was only one person, romantically, for Draco. But Draco didn’t think Harry felt the same way in return.

Until, one day, Harry returned.

Blueprints for a Dream - Frayach

Harry breaks Draco’s heart, but that doesn’t mean Draco’s going to let him go without a fight.

The Lodger - mad_martha

Years after Voldemort’s death and the end of the war, a lonely and alienated Harry Potter decides to take in a lodger. The result isn’t quite what he anticipated. He has more in common with his new housemate than he expected, and together they learn to look life – and the wizarding world - in the face again.

[randomfoggytiger]

X-Files Collector's Edition: The Pilot, AUs (and References)

Pilot AUs and references in other episode time!

Loose chronological order below~

@wexleresque/hllsteeth’s

Unnamed

""Still, a Navy brat at heart, she can roll with the punches and adjust. So she holds up a finger to Mulder and closes the door in his face so she can quickly put on a sports bra and shove her feet into the running shoes she’s glad that she’d decided to bring. He’s still waiting outside when she pushes the door open with her foot while wrangling the rest of her hair into a ponytail.

He looks strangely boyish like this, baseball cap on backwards and doing a little jog in place. Wired indeed, she supposes. Without much preamble, they take off into the night.""

Scully takes up Mulder on his offer to go running.

lost time

""Scully flushes the toilet, rises, and crosses the small bathroom so she can rinse her mouth out at the sink while she ponders his question. “Until about two minutes ago, I was sleeping. In your bed.”

“Do you want to uh…connect the dots for me? I’m a little slow on the uptake right now, but if I think what happened is what actually happened, I think I’d remember it.”

Scully shakes her head, not even trying to parse the jumble of words that fall out of his mouth. Her attention is on her own reflection in the mirror, a stranger under whom she instantly recognizes herself.

Her hair is redder, vividly so against the chalky pallor of her face, the angles of which are sharper than they had been just yesterday. There are lines where there hadn’t been. Not many, but enough to draw her attention. She looks older.""

Requiem-- Mulder and Scully lose all of their memories post the brief Pilot abduction. They begin to piece their lives back together, with dead family members and a kid on the way.

@iwtbscully/@jewish-mulder/@anders-hawke/BananaChef‘s

Unnamed

""They’re both silent for a few moments, until: “So, uh, why’d you join the FBI?” Mulder tilts his head at an awkward angle to look up at her for a moment before his confidence falters. “You don’t have to answer, I was just—”

“No, no, it’s okay.” Scully sneaks a hand out of the blanket to tuck her slowly drying hair behind her ear. “I joined because, part of the way through med school, I realized that the life I had—and the one I was going to have—really didn’t interest me. I ended up getting into thanatology, the study of dead bodies, because I didn’t want to deal with real people....""

Mulder plays 20 Questions with Scully to soothe her embarrassment post Mosquito-Bite-Incident.

Nine Minutes?

""She fell to her knees, shaken to her very core. Nine minutes, she thought. Did I hallucinate all that in nine minutes?

“Scully?” He knelt down next to her, reaching out to her but pulling back at the last second. “Are you okay? Did you see something? Did you see them?""

Clyde Bruckman told Scully the truth-- her S11 death reset her timeline back to the nine minutes lost in the pilot. Mulder is shocked but resigned with her information.

FranTheWonderHorse/fran58's Late Night at the Hoover 01

""I read your report," Mulder said shortly. He reached for a nearby chair and drew it in front of her desk and straddled it.

Scully raised an eyebrow. "And?"

"And I guess I should congratulate you. Somehow, you managed to put the salient details on paper without sounding like a nut." He picked up a pen from her desk and twirled it in his fingers. "Without making me sound like a nut.""

Ethan is a part of Scully's life, but Scully is currently more focused on figuring out her new partner.  

mad_martha/HelenWills's (Annex)

Pilot Flipped

""Mulder did as he was told, and settled himself comfortably in the chair in front of the wide desk to wait.  Inured to this situation by countless other meetings like it, he was made not uncomfortable by the interview-like atmosphere: he was an agent of several years' standing and knew, without vanity, his own value to the Bureau.

"So, Agent Mulder …."  Blevins rustled a few sheets of paper in a file briefly, then folded his hands on the desk in front of him and studied the younger man.  "Thank you for coming on such short notice.  You've been with the Bureau, what – five years now?"

"Near enough, Sir," Mulder agreed.  He was a little surprised by this approach, but did not betray it.""

Mulder is assigned to Scully. The dialogue is kept the same yet twisted in new, interesting ways.

9 Minutes

""Scully recoiled, horrified, for a second then steeled herself to take a closer look.  It was hard to tell through the thick glass, but it was a man and there seemed to be something wrong with him, as though his flesh was becoming as translucent as the glass he was encased in.  There was a tube feeding into his throat, but it was impossible to tell whether he was alive or dead.  Revolted, she walked a few steps down the walkway and scraped the ice off another bottle.  This time it looked like a woman, but she was in the same condition as the man.  Scully brushed more ice off the bottle to see if there was any other evidence of a life-support system inside.  There wasn't – but there did appear to be some other, unidentified organism sharing the container.  With a start, she realised that this organism was actually inside the woman's body, and its flesh was pulsing faintly. 

Stepping back, she had to fight nausea.  This entire corridor was like some grotesque giant's larder, stocked with huge pickle jars.  The unexpected comparison was enough to make her gag and look for an avenue out.""

Scully is flashed to the Fight the Future spaceship during those lost 9 minutes, keeping her discovery a secret.

Prelude to an X Part 1/ Part 2/

""He didn't tell me exactly why you were thrown out of the Bureau," Scully replied curtly. "He said there was an internal investigation, though."

"He didn't tell you because I wasn't thrown out: I resigned," Mulder replied. There was a tense pause while the waitress took their orders. When she was gone again, he looked at Scully, but she was avoiding his eyes. "Danny couldn't tell you much anyway," he continued quietly. "Most of the investigation was hushed up, and the details about my resignation are probably buried in my personnel file. I wasn't forced to leave, though - I went voluntarily."

"What difference does it make?" Scully demanded.

"Actually, it makes a lot of difference. But are you willing to listen?""

AU S1 Scully is a doctor-agent; and Mulder is a freelance journalist with a little son (from a terrible move on his ex-wife's part) in tow.

@katy-kt-katie's (Ao3)  A Rose Petal and a Fish Tank - Chapter 1

""She knew part of him was confused and hurt by what happened in Philadelphia and the fight over her desk.  He could have just as easily fled, pushing her away or ditching her for some new case, but here he was. That did make a difference to her.""  

Post Never Again-- Mulder invites Scully out to neutral ground where they discuss loneliness and not being alone since the Pilot. They work their way back.

dlynn’s Reflections of a Rainy Night

""How long have you been standing there?" he sighed, rising and facing the window again. He could hear her soft breaths coming from the doorway between their adjoining rooms.

He had, on a subconscious level, been aware of her presence for some time. Whether it had been a "feeling" or his brain's awareness of her delicate perfume, he had known she was there, standing just inside the threshold. He just hadn't been ready to recognize it yet.

"Awhile," she replied, moving farther into the room, far enough for her to be seen in the diffused light of the window but still distanced from him. It was as if she were afraid of getting too close.

"What do you see out there, Mulder?" Scully queried. "What holds you tonight and keeps you from sleep?""

Post the Red and the Black-- Mulder observes a family putzing about in the rain, waiting for Scully's arrival. He reveals how devastated he is in the face of the loss of their probable child.  

Maidenjedi’s Crushed to Ashes

""Scully had called to get the latest, and gently told him. "She's stabilized. It took some effort, and her blood pressure is still lower than they'd really like. But she can live through this, Mulder."

But will she recover, he thought. All the times he'd asked her to sacrifice her work, her passions, always demanding that whatever she believed take a backseat to his own wild ideas and theories and work. Diana had now taken a bullet for him.

Scully made a small noise, a sigh perhaps.... ...and walked to the window, setting her glass down on the desk and picking up the masking tape he kept there. She toyed with the torn edge. Light shone in from the street, casting her in a halo, and Mulder watched her, realizing.

Diana had sacrificed a lot for the work. For him. And she'd left....

Five years in, here stood Dana Scully.""

Post The End Mulder wants to return Scully's comfort... but can't. She finds their casefile from the Pilot.  

zulu’s Fight The Past

""Come with me, Mr. Mulder. You can make a life better than this. You can escape your past."

Mulder followed him out of the office. He allowed himself to be guided to a dark sedan parked on the street. The old man drove down the dark streets, then pulled into a parking lot.""

Post Requiem-- CSM offers Mulder the opportunity to stop the motel fire in the Pilot (which had been caused by Scully's candle.)

Would That I Could Travel Both

""What if aliens were real?

No, seriously. What if all the stories about abductions, missing time, even probing, were true? What if UFOs were alien spacecraft and not experimental military aircraft?

What if Fox Mulder was not crazy at all, not even a little bit, and you walked into his office knowing that? What if you agreed with him, because there was evidence, there was scientific proof?""

Different AUs for Requiem-- Mulder didn't get answers, but got Will; Scully saved Mulder in FTF; Scully leaves to be Emily's mother; they begin dating after Pusher; and a successful move in the Pilot.  

MoJo and Jori’s Ravaged by Years

""...Samantha kicks him in the shin so hard that he goes down into the dirt. Then she follows through with a well placed kick to his nuts.

Donny is on the ground, grabbing himself and trying not to cry when I hear 'the voice' behind me. Samantha's wide eyes are stuck open, unblinking, like the broken eyes of the old plastic doll in her small hands.

"Fox William Mulder! What do you think you are doing?" my mom asks, her high pitched voice enough to make my heart pound harder.""

Scully is shaken during her autopsy on Tena Mulder, pondering on this woman. Meanwhile Mulder morbidly reflects on the Samantha favoritism and his inability to right his self-imposed wrongs.

@lotsoforangesoutside/@lotzzoforangezoutside‘s (Ao3)

When They Were Young

""Mulder had ordered pancakes and eggs over-easy. He was engrossed in the local paper, his hair boyishly messy, his glasses riding low on his nose like an old man, and Scully let her mind drift. She did not want to think of the events that had lead to this—the motel fire, all the evidence gone, her brand-new laptop destroyed, and the two of them getting nearly no sleep whatsoever.

Two hours ago, she was at a cemetery. A cemetery. It was crazy how her heart was beating, pounding, yet she didn’t feel afraid because there was Mulder...

Mulder. There was Mulder, who hadn’t really been meeting her eyes this morning; he looked shy and bashful, and it was odd.""

Post The S11 Robot Episode-- Scully recalls eating in the diner after the events of the Pilot and feeling that she, finally, belonged.

@atths–twice​’s (Ao3, Alt. Ao3, FFN) Faith for the Future - Chapter 4

""Can I read it?” He smiled at her and stroked her face, another flash of lightning shining through the windows.

“Tomorrow,” he said with a smile. She nodded and put her head back on his chest. She did not speak for so long, he thought she had gone to sleep.

“What have you included in it so far?” she asked him, as the thunder rumbled closer. He smiled knowing the thought of it and needing to wait to read it would pique her interest.

“So many different cases,” he said teasingly, and she pinched his side, causing him to jump as she laughed and he swore. “Tomorrow you can read it, Scully, just be patient.”

“Mulder …” she whined.

“Okay,” he said, pulling her close."" 

Post Revival Mulder decides to write down the events of his and Scully's life for their daughter. He ends up extensively comparing notes on the Pilot with Scully. 

@swinging-stars-from-satellites/bravest_person_in_Wonderland's

Binary Star - Chapter 1 (Ao3)

""Young men in the prime of their lives with the lives they planned to lead stolen from them see a young, pretty woman with a crippled leg using a cane coming to treat their injuries and they have one of two reactions: they either look sidelong at her with scorn, or they start crying. All the doctors are healthy, said one boy, her younger brother’s age, and no one can understand each other. That’s the moment Dana knows she chose the right profession.""

WWII Scully may have been partially crippled by polio, but that doesn't stop her from becoming a brilliant doctor and teaming up with a precocious Mulder to explore the strange light in the woods.

Enjoy!

[weirdinternettrash]

Is this my favourite fanfic series of all time? Likely!

It's STUNNING

Slytherin Harry? Absolutely!

Pureblood politics? Full of it!

RON/HARRY? You bet!

It's incredible please read i love it and I'm not great at writing reviews and shit but please just take my word for it that this is a STONKER

Each fic is a hefty boi but every word is worth it and I've likely failed my a levels because I was v distracted by this series

Am I in love? A little but oh boy am I delighted to be

[ao3feed-destiel-02]

Midwinter

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/xbSjErN by mad_martha Dean experiences his first Midwinter Festival as a Herald (trainee) Words: 6324, Chapters: 2/10, Language: English Series: Part 7 of All Roads Lead To Haven Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005), Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey, Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The X-Files, The Sentinel (TV), The Mentalist Rating: Not Rated Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Dean Winchester, Castiel (Supernatural), Clint Barton, Phil Coulson, Peggy Carter, Steve Rogers, Patrick Jane, Teresa Lisbon, Dana Scully, Fox Mulder, Adam Milligan, Sam Winchester, Jim Ellison, Blair Sandburg, Ellen Harvelle, Jo Harvelle, Bobby Singer (Supernatural), Charlie Bradbury, Timothy McGee, Jody Mills, Victor Henriksen, Matt Murdock, Melinda May, Inias (Supernatural), Benny Lafitte Relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester, Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers, Clint Barton/Phil Coulson, Patrick Jane/Teresa Lisbon Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Multiple Crossovers, Fantasy Law Enforcement, Swearing, Dodgy Medical Details, Humour, Drama, Lifebonds (Valdemar), Is this a moment for hot milk? read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/xbSjErN

[headcanonsandmore]

Have you ever read the Rarry Auror series by mad_martha? cuz is one of those fics I always go back to every few years but I've never saw yoiu mention

I’m currently reading through them. I’m enjoying them so far, although I find the side-pairing of Hermione with Kr*m to be a little iffy. Also -as a Romione shipper- I find it rather irksome when Ron and Hermione’s relationship is described as a ‘brief fling’. 

But -aside from those minor things- I’m having a fun time reading them. 

Thanks for the ask, anon.

[acnelli]

I've been shipping Ronarry lately! ❤ Are there any slow burn fanfics you can recommend me?

Hello anon!

Oh, it is a wonderful ship, isn't it? Unfortunately, there aren't many multi-chap fics out there with this pairing. Nothing against one-shots, of course. We LOVE one-shots.

Idk what you consider a slow burn but these might fit the bill:

- The Abysmal Dating Life of Harry Potter by Celebony

Dating's tough when you're Harry Potter. Ron watches his best friend go through some very bad dating experiences, while going through some awkward ones of his own.

- With You by Sailor X1 (one of my all time favs! A gem I found completely by chance)

"Then he kissed him. Nothing fancy. Just… kissed him." Sometimes, the things that seem the most complicated are actually quite simple. Harry and Ron were never known for choosing the simple route though.

- The Two Household series by mad_martha starting with this story (Wonderful series!!)

That very first day on the Hogwarts Express, Harry shook Draco Malfoy's hand and became a Slytherin. Ron has hated him ever since. But Harry doesn't hate Ron ...

There are also very long one-shots by shes_gone in which it takes a while before they get together. All of their stories are phenomenal but Prelude and Fugue is my favorite. Harry is caught in a time loop and there's only one way to get out.

And again, I would like to tag @livingincolorsagain, @acciorxses, @headcanonsandmore and @playitaagain who are my prime sources for Rarry fanfic recs and who are also writing Rarry themselves. Check out their blogs and AO3.

I hope you enjoy these stories! Thanks for the ask and don't forget to give those writers some love for their work 💛

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Hey!!! #movieronweasleydeservedbetter Do you have any recommendations for fics of Harry/Ron? I can't find any good ones because the pairing is so rare 😭

Harry/Ron is my guilty pleasure okay I love these guys and I don’t have many bookmarked but here are a few!

A Shout As Loud As A Whisper by mad_martha (and pretty much all of this author’s other ron/harry works too bc they’re all amazing)

Sometimes you have to wave a banner to make yourself heard. 

perspective by malapropism

In which Ron realizes that maybe, just maybe, you aren't supposed to feel this way about your best mate. But only after a dance at the Yule Ball, months of being busy with other things, Cedric Diggory's death, the return of Voldemort, and a quiet knock at his door.

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell by IamShadow21 (and again, look at this author’s other stuff, there’s so much harry/ron!)

Questions asked, questions unasked, secrets told and secrets kept, trust, devotion, empathy and love.

Prelude and Fugue by shes_gone (groundhog day au!!! also this one’s rated E just a head’s up)

It took over an hour, from the time Harry arrived at work, for him to realise just how different today actually was.

i fought the war, but the war won (warning: angst)

Non-magic WWII AU. Harry, an RAF fighter pilot, is gunned down in northern France during the German occupation. Ron is the British ex-pat in the French resistance who rescues him.

Five Plans Harry Makes to Seduce Ron (and One that Actually Works)

Harry makes a plan to break up with Ginny and to seduce Ron. Unfortunately, it turns out he’s even worse at this whole seduction thing than he’d originally anticipated.

And that’s about it! I do have more bookmarked but they’re mostly just different fics by the authors who wrote the above so my best advice is- if you’ve enjoyed something someone’s written, check out their other stuff because chances are they’ll have more! I hope this was helpful!