#robron au

[roberts-girl]

Finally finished bookmarking all the fics that made it onto Fave Robron Fanfics 2022. You can find them all here

And here’s the link to last year’s if like me you’re still working your way through them

[bobbie-robron]

Update of the medieval AU is online.

A promise meant a lot to Robert. Ever since he had made a pact with Aaron a few months after he had saved his friend from drowning. The image of the moment is still vivid in his mind, how the two of them had been sitting on the ground, the first fallen leaves already heralding Autumn.

Let’s swear. To be best friends forever, Robert had suggested.

Okay, Aaron had agreed. And never lie to each other. Lying is bad.

No lies. And we are always protecting each other. Through thick and thin.

Through thick and thin, Aaron had repeated solemnly, had spit in his palm and reached out.

Robert had mirrored his action and although he hadn’t understood why there had to be spit involved - because that was just so gross! - it somehow had made their pact more official. More meaningful.

It was a promise they both treasured until this day and come what may, Robert knew he could always rely on Aaron’s unconditional loyalty, although they both had been only children, naive and not even understanding half the consequences of their friendship against all odds.

[starwitness42]

The Sharpest Lives (5/?)

Robert Sugden has it all: A perfect job managing his actress wife Chrissie White, a garage full of flash cars, and an Instagram following mere mortals only dream of. But when he does his kid sister a favour by agreeing to manage her indie rock band on their first US tour, his entire world will be torn apart. Aaron Dingle is rude, ridiculously talented, unfairly gorgeous, and more than likely Robert’s undoing. But hey, what’s life without a little risk?

Chapter Five: your kiss and i will surrender

[escapingreality51]

into touch

robert takes a night to relax

Friday evening. Robert stared at the news and nursed a beer. A feature piece on Aaron’s Dingle’s career on repeat as the main story of the sports coverage. Robert let out a slow breath and then took a long sip of the beer, hoping it would dull whatever coursed through him. Inevitably, the coverage mentioned Robert himself. The warnings for foul-mouthing the refs, though it was a while since he’d done that. The bad reputation. The woman in the bathroom. The scandal. The heartbroken ex-fiancée. Robert clenched his fist. 

chapter 2 to be found here

[justherebecausemackenzieboyd]

Aaron: Look Chloe it’s not that we don’t like you..

Robert: it’s that we hate you like really really hate you

[jonny-versace]

Watching the rugby

[bobbie-robron]

Robron Fanfiction Recommendations (Dec-2024)

The below were recommended on the Voldemort site and 🦋 during December 2024

As the sun rises (2020) 31.5K words, softlyspoken

Post reunion 3.0, Sebastian POV. Sebastian is 13 years old when Aaron attempts to see his son but that woman continues to block him until Sebastian runs off for few hours returning to find Aaron and Robert there. Willing to get to know the two, Sebastian decides to stay with them for a week at the Mill. There he sees for himself how devoted and attached the two are to each other (Aaron even dumped his last boyfriend Reggie soon after Robert returned from prison) but that also Robert is struggling to cope with what he went through inside and his worthiness to be back with family. But for Sebastian it’s learning about the family he lost out on, warts and all, and accepting what Robert did isn’t who he truly was and still is…

Oh it’s such a shame for us to part (2016) 14.1K words, softlyspoken

Alternative canon for Nov-2015. Aaron spouts out venom toward Robert to reinforce to him what was said post-chicken run 2.0 that he hated him and that he wouldn’t care if he died. Those words soon haunt him as Chas, in her sleepwalking trance, stabs Robert (instead of Diane) and Aaron is beside himself trying to keep him alive until the ambulance arrives. Even with words of being sorry and loving Aaron, that doesn’t mean they’d be together. By the end, the two have a much needed clearheaded discussion where they go from there.

Come what may (2020) 18.4K words, anythingbutplatonic

Reunion 3.0. It’s been now months since Robert went to prison and Aaron’s just about to sign the divorce papers until the one and only DS Wise arrives with the worst news… Robert attempted to take his life. So what does Aaron do? Demand to know where Robert is and he hurries off to see his still husband. Along the way, Aaron realizes he missed all the signs of just how badly fractured Robert’s mental health was and prison only exacerbated those feelings. It’s gonna be a long road of recovery for Robert who feels unworthy, a burden and an unnecessary responsibility to Aaron.

Seat Fillers (2020) 5.1K words, Ok_To_Be_Me

Reunion 3.0. Aaron’s about to have ‘the talk’ with the bloke he’s been involved with, Marc (who brings in Liv as a back up to talk him around), when Robert shows up at his doorstep out of prison. Removing those that are not Robert, Aaron decides it’s time for a much needed chat with his soulmate which includes why he didn’t fight for him and where they go from there. In short, seat fillers fill an emptiness until the star of the show returns.

A hundred mini dreams and a healing scar (2020) 65.4K words sugdensrobert

Reunion 3.0. It’s seven months later and Robert is a free man because another victim came forward and because of the overcrowding in prison. While doubtful of returning to the village, he does so and to his surprise, Aaron wants him back (the same day) even though he hasn’t forgiven him for cutting him off. Aaron realizes right off the bat that Robert is not the same man… unsure of himself, feeling he isn’t worth it and not wanting to be a burden to him. But especially so, Robert had no support those seven months… and even before then… and Aaron’s determined to be there for him (and fight for him) when he wasn’t before.

Stay Awhile ‘verse series (2020) 24.2K words, exploring_in_space

AU. Two stories. Robert works for his father at Sugden Enterprises as a business operations manager in the logistics department. He’s determined to make Jack proud and that means 75 hour work weeks. On a day ending with more overtime, Robert winds up at a pub in a seedy part of town and it’s where he comes across Aaron. Aaron takes charge taking him to his home but is rubbed the wrong way when Robert tries to pay him. So there on out it’s about Robert’s struggle to accept who he is which affects how he handles Aaron over the course of months and whether it’s worth getting Jack’s acceptance after all. The second story is Aaron’s POV which includes Adam.

The universe series (2020) 16.4K words, Karla_Kattz

Single dad AU. Two stories. Since Sebastian saw a show about the moon and the stars, he’s become obsessed with all things about the universe. Robert decides to take him to the observatory to feed his interest. It’s where they meet Aaron who makes a great impression on Sebastian believing he’s a scientist because of the knowledge he shares. While entrepreneur Robert has no space for dating, boyfriends or even an affair, he still trades numbers with Aaron and so begins them getting to know each other. But his sister isn’t accepting of Aaron in case Sebastian gets hurt and Aaron himself hasn’t been above board about a certain part of his life which might put a dent in their growing relationship…

Ghosts of You (2020) 22.6K words, dirtylittlegreasemonkey

Reunion 3.0, year 2037. While in Leeds during Christmas, Aaron spots a lad and automatically just knows it’s Sebastian working in a coffee shop. It takes a couple of visits before the two actually talk and come to talking about Robert and Sebastian mentions finding him via LinkedIn having made a name for himself in a new business in Manchester. Sebastian is the first to contact Robert (but don’t expect any close relationship) and it’s from there where it takes over with Aaron seeking out Robert learning he’s involved with a woman. They take a chance at friendship for a few months. But can the hurts of the past be put in the past to allow them that one final chance at being truly happy… together?

The insubstantial shadows (2017) 15.3K words, thisissirius

Mythology AU. Robert and Aaron have been in another car accident which has landed Aaron once again in a hospital bed with Robert there nonstop. At a blink of an eye, Hades sits himself next to Robert. He’s about to have Robert take a harrowing journey through Hell literally in order to save Aaron from dying. Robert’s companions during this journey into his past includes Katie, his birth mum Pat and then later joined by Jack. As Robert continues to feel unworthy of being with Aaron (and determined not to look back) during this emotional sojourn, will he be able to face the most critical moment in his life to make sure Aaron lives or was he doomed to fail from the start?

[sugdenlovesdingle]

Hey look ma I made a thing for a thing!

I see your WIP Wednesday and Seven Sentence Sunday and all that... and I give you

Self Promo Saturday!

Because you're your own biggest fan, right?

The rules are simple: List 5 of your works that you're proud of.

Any medium (fic/art), any fandom, old or recent - anything goes.

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For my five I'm going to limit myself to Tarlos fics (because if I had to include robron too it would be too hard to pick just five)

Love and Lou Vet!Carlos AU. Carlos helping with the bull stuck in the car call, coming to the rescue for Buttercup,and Lou I and II make an appearance. I had a lot of fun with this, it's slightly unhinged, but I'm happy with the way it turned out.

The perfect costume Nancy is throwing a Halloween party, TK wants the perfect costumes for him and Carlos. Again, slightly unhinged but the amount of research i put into Carlos' costume will make your head spin so it goes on the list. Also if the LS wardrobe department could make this happen on screen, I would be very happy.

PS I love you TK gets a letter from Gwyn on his wedding day. It's a little sad, a little bittersweet, and I think I wrote it in an hour but I'm really happy with it. The prompt I wrote it for was "Letter" and PS I love you is one of my favourite books, so I couldn't NOT write it.

California My reverse bang fic. An AU where TK checks himself into rehab in California after his OD instead of going to Austin with Owen. I really struggled with it even though I LOVE the art it's based on and I got the idea the first time I saw it. But my mental health was kind of *fart noise* while writing it. Though in the end it's almost twice as long as it was supposed to be and I'm happy with the result and proud of myself for finishing it and not giving up.

Under arrest 5 times Carlos had to arrest a member of the 126 +1 time he got arrested himself. My first 5+1! After many, many, MANY rewrites this is the result and the +1 got a little out of hand and *again* - unhinged. I basically wrote the entire fic around the last few lines.

I'm tagging @noxsoulmate @lightningboltreader @carlos-in-glasses @tailoredshirt @cold-blooded-jelly-doughnut @detective-giggles @bonheur-cafe @chaotictarlos @sanjuwrites @welcometololaland @largepeachicedtea @a-kinkajoukink

and an open tag for anyone who wants to play

[danveresque]

Stuff in my WIP folder(s)

Tagged by: @owlpockets

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you asks with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! Then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

My list includes partially posted and unposted items:

True Romance (WenZhou)

Eldorado (Robron)

Switched (Stucky)

... and Future (Merther)

Bane (Jack/Daniel, good lord this is old)

Tiberius (Kirk is raised by Nero AU)

Project 2 Sides (Merlin waits for the return of the King)

How Soon Is Now (Groundhog day Merthur)

Project Idris Elba Bond (based on Tumblr gifset I think)

Chronicles (Nicky/Joe, love through the ages)

Nicky & Joe untitled arranged marriage fic

Bed Penny (a The Mummy Kirk/Bones AU, which in my heart I know I won't bother to finish - the canvas is too big, my brain too little and I'm already finishing an AU based on The Mummy)

Project if we are fated the Wen Kexing edition

Tagging: @destinaf, @thegrrrl2002, @jess-the-reckless, @kuwdora, @lunarriviera, @pertifity, @raelee514, @suzvoy, @shetiger, @etriva

[renamusing]

While the writers keep playing us, here are some future plots to consider after robert comes back (ryan HAS to comeback at this point ok? i wont accept anything else):

Post-prison Denial - Aaron cannot forgive Robert or accept that he is back; he shifts the blame for Liv's death from Chas to Robert because Robert LEFT THEM

Post-prison Blues - Robert deals with his PTSD badly which engages Aaron's redemption arc; he stays by Robert's side and helps him through it

Reunion 3.0 / Seb's return - Robert gets access to Seb (he comes to some sort of agreement with Rebecca or something happens to her offscreen whatever) and seeing Rob and Seb (their son!!) together in the village destroys any willpower Aaron still had to fight against his feelings for Robert

Wedding 3.0 - this needs no explanation

Surrogacy 2.0 - i dont actually mind them going there again if only to get them their Sugden-Dingle daughter

The Return of Andy Sugden - everything is going well for Robert and Aaron but Andy's return shakes things up; the farmboy that Jack Sugden caught Robert with back in the day is working with Andy now; so we get jealousy and misunderstandings and high drama in the Still-Madly-In-Love-Husband front (because that's Aaron innit) and Robert finally tells Vic and Andy about what happened with his dad when he was young.

Teen Seb Comes to Stay - Seb decides he wants to live with his dads at the village permanently (rewashed Liv plot i know but im making it easy for them!!) there are issues with his little sister at first but they get quickly resolved. Seb and his auntie Eve become thick as thieves and become the village nightmares

The Return of Adam Barton - because Aaron needs his mate back at some point and I doubt Vic will settle with anyone else ever

Robron vs Caleb - this just seems like it would be fun idk. it could have something to do with Seb because he is just like his dads and finds trouble everywhere which Robert and Aaron always have to solve in the end

Robert vs Kim&Andy - at this point in my AU Andy is with Kim (romantically or as business partners idc) because it serves the purpose of killing two birds with one stone so that Robert can finally FINALLY win back Home Farm

Robert Sugden's Regression - being in charge of Home Farm ofc changes Robert a bit and he starts to become the thing he fears most: his father. Cue him pushing his children and Aaron to the breaking point until, in true soap-fashion, they break up again. The kids split too. Aaron takes their daughter and Seb stays with Robert. And this ofc leads to:

The Parent Trap: Robron Edition - Seb and his sister plot to get their dads back together through a series of funny shenanigans, but then one of them gets seriously hurt in an accident (they should watch out for those evil farm animals amirite? or was it another drunk driver? only the soap gods know) so all the progress they made crumbles. Aaron and Robert blame each other and seem broken up for good

The Biggest Mugs In The World - Aaron and Robert try to prove to themselves and their kids that they dont want anything to do with each other but every time Aaron sends Robert his divorce papers Robert 'misplaces them' until Aaron finds out Robert has been ripping them apart and chucking them into his fancy fireplace. They fight about Robert being a control freak and Aaron a jealous queen, because every person Robert has flirted with since they separated has ended up fleeing the village with their tail tucked between their legs (Aaron made sure of it). This goes on until they have angry make up sex and then hate themselves for it.

Reunion 4.0 - *PROBLEMATIC PLOT ALERT* Seb and Eve become romantically involved and try to hide it from their families (aunt and nephew fits the Dingle lore somehow lmao). When they are found out Robert goes apeshit and casts Seb out of the village (like his dad did to him once) but he and Seb are at The Layby and before Robert can make the biggest mistake of his life, the love of his life arrives just in time to stop him. Robert realizes what he has become and decides to leave Emmerdale himself (after all, he was always the disaster, the one unable to make anybody happy, he should have never comeback etc) but Aaron won't have it. They can't live without each other, and that fact has never been clearer than at that very moment (shot to a teary-eyed Seb behind Aaron). Robert begs for forgiveness and Aaron just scoffs because forgiving Robert is the easiest thing in the world. They had promised each other messed up forever, had they not?

You know. I know.

[roberts-girl]

‪Today in Paralleldale

[karlakattz]

I have updated the teen AU. Entering: Edna Birch.

Edna stares at him, shocked, and then she swallows and tries to get her composure back. "The Lord moves in mysterious ways," she says with meaning.

"His ways suck," Aaron mutters under his breath, knowing that the whole argument is pointless anyway.

People like Edna aren't ready to admit they believe in fairy tales. He busies himself with the soldering again and not long after that Edna leaves the living room. He hears her rummaging in the kitchen and when she comes back, she carries a glass of water.

"You know, Aaron," she starts and her voice is calmer now. "When I was a young girl, I didn't think so much different from you." He stops and looks up at her, doubting her words. ‘Young girl Edna’ is impossible to imagine. "But life teaches you a lot of lessons and not all of them are pleasant." She looks out of the window again, but isn't focussing, eyes glazing over. "Some are hard and some will break your heart. And you'll struggle and quarrel with God and ask: 'Why me, Lord, why me?' But one day you'll get to the point where He makes you see that everything is meant for a reason."

Aaron silently stares back at her. It's obvious she's referring to a specific incident of her past and he wishes he knew what she was talking about.

Edna blinks a few times and clears her throat. Her attention shifts back to him and her bright green eyes are piercing him. "Even you will understand it, Aaron. Even you." Edna smiles sadly.

[starwitness42]

The Sharpest Lives (7/?)

Robert Sugden has it all: A perfect job managing his actress wife Chrissie White, a garage full of flash cars, and an Instagram following mere mortals only dream of. But when he does his kid sister a favour by agreeing to manage her indie rock band on their first US tour, his entire world will be torn apart. Aaron Dingle is rude, ridiculously talented, unfairly gorgeous, and more than likely Robert’s undoing. But hey, what’s life without a little risk?

Chapter Seven: temporary wounds

[escapingreality51]

into touch

When Andy Sugden, star rugby player and Captain, is injured during practice the national rugby team is down one Captain and one player short. Robert Sugden, Andy Sugden's brother, is given the title of Captain and a rising star, Aaron Dingle, is called to the bench to represent England. Aaron Dingle is the only openly gay rugby player in the league and when they meet, it is antagonistic to say the least. Robert refuses to work with him, but why? And how will it affect their performance at the upcoming world cup?

rugby!au, WIP, first chapter of a current unknown, rated M

[thefancyspin]

Writing Asks Meme

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

188

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

533, 435

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Too many to name but mainly hawaii five 0, eastenders, emmerdale, skam and due south.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

the blind side (mcdanno)

breathe for two (mcdanno)

outside the lines (mcdanno)

safe at anchor (mcdanno)

tell me with your body (skam)

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I do! Even though I don't always have anything worthwhile to say, I try and reply to them all to say thank you and let people know how much I appreciate it. Sometimes I forget or I miss a few but I try!

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

There is here at the wayside which is ben/callum in an imagined affair era. My soaps fandoms are probably the only ones I've written angsty endings for haha

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

There are so many, too many to mention. I much prefer happier endings haha.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

nah, only some dumb comments from the infamous 'ds anon'who doesn't like ray kowalski.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

I have more recently, and a few PWPs but I fail at writing anything without feelings.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

No, I've never done any crossovers. But I don't read them very much either so. Not really my thing.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I don't believe so?

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes! I've had a few translated into Chinese, Russian, and Italian. I think that's all?

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

I did co-write a story in the jongens fandom, called Count on Me. It was a very strange but lovely experience!

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

It's difficult to choose between mcdanno, and fraser/ray k. I love ballum and robron, too, but the others endure through so much. definitely my otps.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I don't have any WIPS that I've posted but I have a ton of unfinished stories in my documents. a due south au, a midsomer murder futurefic and an sga fic that I particularly like all of but I just can't write any more. hopefully it will come back one day.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Dialogue and turns of phrase.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Descriptive passages and setting up scenes.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I've done it before but usually only a word here and there, not big blocks. I'd have to talk to a native speaker about it, and get a good beta, if I was doing that.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

I think it was Harry Potter.

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

I'm a fan of outside the lines and like to reread it now and then!

I just tagged myself in this meme haha and welcome any one to do the same if you feel like it