#roswell new mexico fic recs

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Roswell New Mexico - Master Fic Rec Post

See under the cut for thirty-four total recs, predominantly Malex. There's also 10 additional in the "Recs Less Travelled" project here.

a few drinks and some conversation by @christchex

Michael Guerin makes a friend who isn’t his sibling, an ex, or a sibling’s ex.

Astriferous Sea by hrhbrittany, Sismyn

Alex has always been the baby among the sirens in the Dead Sea. Michael is performing beard services for his sister. Communication is a little wishy-washy.

This AU came out of nowhere and smacked me right with the ‘I’ve always wanted this and I just never knew’. It has sirens and rescues and bad guys and false relationships and real marriages and rings and drama and romance. It honestly reminds me (in the best way) of an exciting romance novel and I’m so jazzed there’s still one part left to it.

The Bachelor by Sweetgirl2019

After the events of high school, Michael, Isobel & Max moved to California while Liz, Maria & Kyle stayed in Roswell and Alex went to war overseas. Once his enlistment period ends, Alex gets thrown into something that brings him and Michael back together again.

So I think this might be my favourite to see updated right now. It should be a run-of-the-mill fluffy AU, yet the author threw this incredible curveball by using the alien background in a canon divergence to turn The Bachelor into both a romantic dramedy for the boys, but also keeping the looming threat of people finding out about aliens in the background. Also, I think this is top tier pining that you will actively feel in your own chest, that’s how good it is. 

blink back to let me know by haloud - Roswell New Mexico

Alex doesn’t have important conversations over the phone when he can avoid them. It feels too much like going in blind. But in some ways, the phone makes it easier–it’s easier to break when no one’s looking.

It’s Mylex and the 5th in a series, and every part is worth reading, but I definitely re-read parts 4 and 5 a lot. It’s so well written and the dynamic is mwah and I love how Kyle fits into this. One of my favourite pieces in this is how Kyle reacts to his father in relation to Michael & Caulfield and it’s an amazing read.

built this house on memories by @villanellve

He wakes up eight years in the future, and everything is strange, but Alex is there.

YOU GUYS. If you were to write a list of tropes I adore, this would be way up there at the top because of how much I love it. I am a sucker for a character having to be removed from their situation to learn (whether it’s an alternate universe or the future or the past), but this one is so achingly painful and perfect and hopeful. I love the callout that the situation is almost too hard for Alex, I love the resolution at the end on Michael’s part, and you could just soak in the happiness and comfort of their future lives if you let yourself.

Can’t Get No by one_flying_ace

“They’re on round two already,” he says, tilting his head towards the truck again, “or maybe three.” Guerin grimaces, and that’s fair; it’s his brother, after all. “You know how they’re feeling. Could I handle it, if you stopped-” being in control, he doesn’t say, but Guerin shudders. “I’m good, Alex. Just keep the hell away.” (Or: alien sex rocks don’t make them do it, but they sure do help.)

Sex pollen/sex-or-die fics are pretty much a requirement, but this is my absolute favourite and I have re-read it more times than I can tell you (let’s put it at six or seven?) The restraint that Michael has in this is amazing, but the mental images of it are incredible as well. I loved Max and Liz’s secondary presence as well and how each character was tonally perfect down to the little things (like Max not noticing Michael’s sex marks). What a good. What a hot. What amazing.

Constant as the Northern Star by celzmccelz

Michael stares at Kyle. “But I’m a guy! How can I be pregnant?” Kyle looks embarrassed. “Well, you appear to have a fully functioning set of female reproductive organs—or, I mean, like, the kind of reproductive organs that are associated with a double X-chromosome in humans, so I’d assume that you probably became pregnant when semen was introduced into your reproductive tract—” “Jesus Christ, Kyle!” says Michael. He could have happily lived the rest of his life without ever hearing Kyle Valenti say the words “semen” and “reproductive tract.” Kyle’s eyes widen. “Have you been having unprotected sex?” “Oh my God, I am not having this conversation with you!”

Yes, going in, there are some warnings to be cognizant of. It’s mpreg, there’s a lot of medical stuff to go through, but I think this is my absolute favourite of the mpregs I’ve read and it actually comes down to Michael’s support system outside of Alex, namely in Kyle. There’s no sudden BFF bracelets being given, but that morality that makes Kyle Valenti who he is, that’s right there. Also, given that this is an mpreg fic, it delves into family and plot in a way that I haven’t often seen. Plus, you get the ‘getting back together’ Malex that I so deeply crave.

Contigo me encontré by beautifulcheat (Katalyst), ladynox

The Lockhart House was once a home, although it was never a happy one. Steeped in tragedy, it still stands today, in the heart of Old Town Roswell, attracting ghost hunters and those seeking to catch a peak of something from beyond the veil.

Contrary to popular myth, it wasn’t currently haunted (except by one paranormally talented docent). It was Michael’s favorite job and the best part of his summer home from UNM. Or at least was until Alex Manes was hired to man the gift shop, complicating an otherwise fun and easy job.

everywhere on earth you go - @evepolastried

Across the room, he can still see how Michael Guerin is looking at him. And that’s something different, something new, something so very familiar. The thrill of nerves, of guilt, of want. Alex smiles, and he starts to sing. (OR: Alex Manes grabs his guitar and gets the hell out of Roswell in 2008, and he leaves behind a letter. Here’s what happens ten years later)

I love this. This one has something incredible, and it’s something I called out, but it has this amazing work with pace. There’s a frantic moment at the bar and it’s chaos, and you feel it. It’s rushed and wild and crazy, but then everything slows down and it gets perfect. There’s Michael, there’s Alex, there’s music, and it’s such a great ride.

Family Matters by @bestillmyslashyheart

Isobel is telepathic. Most of the time she ignores it. She used to pick up on other’s people’s emotions but she’s long since learned to tune that out. Until one night she can’t. Someone, somewhere is in such a state that it’s spilling over and she’s left to deal with the brunt of it. Or, Michael keeps things close to the vest until he can’t. The night after Alex leaves him at the drive-in, everything he’s feeling bubbles up inside until it spills over onto Isobel. Suddenly he’s left with no other choice but to open up.

This is an early fandom piece, but I still think it’s held up to an immensely amazing rate. Not only that, but I love how it delves into powers, Michael and Isobel’s relationship, and the incredible idea of spillover, which I still actively wish would become canon because of this fic. I think it’s so IC, especially with Michael’s active wish not to talk about it that he screws himself over in his sleep and seriously, it’s such a good read for both Isobel & Michael stuff, but also Michael & Alex.

the first who ever did - nostaljinks

Five times Michael saves Alex + 1 time Alex saves Michael back.

I feel like there aren’t enough words that I can heap onto this of praise. This fic is well-written, well-plotted, well-thought out, well-everything. It’s a beautiful emotional roller coaster and will make you ACHE, but in a great way. It also is the right amount of long that you want more, but you also get it, and it’s just as quality as the rest. ABSOLUTE must read.

fish bowl by @sabrinachill

Alex makes a series of phone calls and bad choices that lead him directly here — an Airstream on the edge of a junkyard with a distractingly attractive mechanic showing him how the dining table converts into a bed that he can sleep on for just $75 a week. It is, of course, completely absurd. But there’s something cozy about the fuzzy yellow blanket on the bed/table and the sparkling sunlight streaming through the mostly-clean windows, in the smell of leather and motor oil and aftershave and summer storms, in the hopeful half-smile on Michael’s face. That’s his name — Michael. Alex’s potential new roommate and landlord. (AKA An AU About Quarantined Roommates Who Fall in Love)

I highly recommend anything by @sabrinachill, but this fic is a really clear argument about why. It’s an AU that involves quarantine, and you might think ‘oh, I’ve read that before’, but then it will take you down the unexpected road that you didn’t expect to go down, but as soon as you take that twist, you instantly realize how much better it is that way. Hats off to the clever plotting not just in Fish Bowl, but other fics! 

Funny How Things Never Change - @waroftheposes​

“What can I do for you?” Michael asks, turning to face Alex. Alex can tell the moment that Michael’s mind registers who he’s addressing, because the polite smile drops from his face and the hat falls from his hand. He stands there, eyes wide and unbelieving, looking at Alex. Alex takes a deep breath, willing his racing heart to settle. “Well,” he begins and is his voice shaking? “For starters you can get your stubborn ass over here and give me a divorce.” – (A Sweet Home Alabama AU)

Yooooo, guess who was bereft when she thought she lost this link. It was absolutely me. This AU makes me happy in so many ways, especially the storms in the desert motif that keeps coming back around, and also that it’s messy. I like that it’s not cut and dry, that it goes right up until the wedding, and that it takes some real talk for them to get back together. I love fics where they all get to be human and this one is just so good. 

I Know Nothing Stays The Same by aewriting

“Alex doesn’t believe in miracles until one happens to him. His father has a hammer in one hand and Alex’s throat in the other. As Alex’s consciousness fades, he’s dimly aware of movement. His father’s about to swing the hammer, and this is how Alex will die.” When an unexplainable force puts a stop to Jesse’s attack in the shed, Alex and Michael are forced to go on the run. Leaving Roswell is an easy decision, but navigating the consequences of that choice months and even years later proves to be much more complicated.

I think this one became a must read very early on, but then it’s continued to deliver. There’s been a few stories that delve into the characters getting therapy, but there’s a whole chapter here where it genuinely feels cathartic as we go through the process with Alex. This fic also is an excellent and long version of an AU I think that we’ve all wondered, about what would happen if they ran away, and it’s so well written and so real that I know I will be re-reading this a ton. Like many of the others, why I love it is because it’s not perfection, but it’s the kind of real where I want to wrap myself up in it. 

i won’t go, i can’t do it on my own by @queersirius

alex tries to let go by giving back the pieces of michael he’s kept

Millie has a bunch of AMAZING AUs (guys, the 10 Things I Hate About You is something I never thought I’d get, especially from a favourite author), but i think this one is actually my favourite, especially when it comes to the ship piece that Alex has. Again, when I talk about ‘fics that make me want to be better’, this one was one. The writing is engaging, the characterization is fabulous, and the emotions are so honest and real. Then there’s this line, like a gut punch:  “Because it’s the last thing I have of you,” he admits. “The last piece of you I have to let go of.” which I love because it’s still Alex’s journey, an honest attempt to offer closure (if closure is wanted). 

in some other life - @spaceskam​

michael tries to build a time machine, but ends up in a different reality all together

There are a lot of these that have been written and they are all quality, but I love this one especially because of how we get into Alex in the other universe, get the glimpse of this unknown Michael, but also the scene that strikes this one out for me is that Alex doesn’t want to let him go. I love that Alex gets to be selfish, that he begs for him to stay, and that we don’t get the automatic happy ending in that, but there’s still the hope for it. Also, Alex the Angel, unf. 

intimate encounters of the third kind by @alexmanes

Three years after Antar and its people take Earth under their wings, Roswell becomes the epicenter for human-alien relations between both planets. It doesn’t take very long for Alex Manes to find himself embroiled in a scandal that threatens this intergalactic partnership, all thanks to a beautiful man named Michael Guerin who is not nearly as human as he claims to be.

Okay, so, if you like No Love Like Your Love, the truth is that you have this fic to thank. This was my first introduction in RNM fandom as to what a really amazing fic could be that incorporated the royalty elements into the pairing. Once 1x12 aired and we met Michael’s mother, it was pretty much a done deal that I wanted to do something that played with that, but this is the actual inspiration. It’s well plotted, it has a great ensemble cast, and plays with the kind of care that it takes to know your plot inside and out, but also to leave breadcrumbs that guide the reader along. It’s very methodical in the sense that nothing is by accident and it has you on the edge of your seat.

It’s a long road back to you by @magsthemagical

Michael finds out that Alex is dating Forrest and he’s okay with it, until he’s not. Maria suggests a double date to show they can all hang out as friends. But they can’t… not really. [OR the one where Michael & Alex realize that they belong together and so they say goodbye to their respective relationships and start anew]

Honest truth time - in terms of ‘ships, while I always love people to ship and let ship, my personal preference for both Michael and Alex is one another, so both Maria/Michael and Forrest/Alex aren’t things that I usually seek out when trawling Ao3. This fic is so good to all parties involved. No one is a villain and I appreciate that they get to talk about things like Alex’s reticence to do certain things in public, but also being aware that Alex deserves to have something new as much as Michael.

Last Stop: This Town by @ubiestcaelum

Someone asked what it would have been like if Michael had gone home with the Evan’s and I couldn’t let it go.

Am I cheating because I requested this? idk, maybe, because another one I requested will end up here too. I am addicted to the idea of Michael getting the support system he needs, but THIS FIC takes it to the most impossibly amazing level and fleshes out the Evans parents in such an incredible way. I love that it’s not super sunshine and rainbows, but it’s an honest telling of raising kids (and maybe too many kids versus what you expected). I know this is only in progress (several today will be), but even as it is, it’s worth reading multiple times, because I know I have.

let me count the ways by @queersirius

liz ortecho isn’t allowed to date until her snarky, determined-not-to-date brother, alex ortecho, does. luckily, one of her suitors has a plan. well, max goes to isobel for a plan, which involves getting their brother, michael, to woo alex. or, the 10 things i hate about you AU

Obviously this needs to be here as I desperately pleaded for it to exist, but it’s so beyond what it might be as a mini tumblr ficlet and has become a whole world. It’s not just a great Malex story, it’s an amazing story for all the characters and really fleshes out a world, but weaves in the RNM characters perfectly, but also gives me a dynamic I want more of, in Alex being an Ortecho. It’s not quite finished yet, but Millie has never steered us wrong and I can’t wait for more.

Loathly by @aewriting

When King Manes and his sons are caught illegally hunting on Antarian lands, King Noah gives King Manes a choice - correctly answer a riddle or accept death. A year-long search for the correct answer ensues, leading the youngest son of the king, Alex, to strike a bargain with a mysterious woman who claims to know the answer. This is an AU of the Arthurian legend “Sir Gawain and the Dame Ragnell.”

Love at First Sass - @daffietjuh

Taking a class of 30 high school kids on a school trip to an Air Force base was about as exhausting as it sounds, luckily, the Captain giving them the tour is perfectly capable of handling a group of rowdy teenagers. Michael may be slightly in love Okay, so first of all, if you haven’t read any of the author’s other work, you should. The AUs are fantastic and the hockey one is still one of my favourites ever, but this one also just was exactly what I needed. It was sexy and flirty and fun, but also fit their personalities perfectly!

Everything in the Michael Sanders AU, by prouvaireafterdark which is a fantastic series that gives us what we all wanted, which is Walt Sanders giving Michael the home he deserved (and getting one right back).

My love is a life taker by @jocarthage

By the time he turned 15, Captain Alex Manes had been to every war zone and unofficial conflict the United States of America was involved in. It wasn’t regular practice, or even heard of, for a Colonel to bring his son along on combat missions; the exception was if the child had been identified as Time Aware, able to travel in time along their own timeline using stolen alien technology. So here Alex Manes was, 28, and ducking bombs, killing who he’s told to. On his way back from a mission, Alex slips into another timestream. It should be impossible. But he can hear a child crying and he heads towards the sound. This is the story of how Alex saved Michael and Michael saved Alex, with lots of time travel shenanigans and angst.

This story is incredible for so many reasons and one of them I continue to praise is the balance. It’s an Alex driven story, but you can break his life down into friends, mission, family, and Michael, and often those elements combine, but there’s never any update that doesn’t give you enough (imo). It’s excellent writing with engaging OCs and wonderful plot, and the most incredible love story.

not in this world (or the next) by @hannah-writes

It isn’t until he realises he can’t find the keys for his fucking truck anywhere and that there’s mail on the table addressed to Mr M Evans that Noah called him ‘Evans’, too. He fumbles inside the wallet that he’d managed to locate and pulls out a New Mexico licence with his picture on it; he doesn’t have a black eye and a split lip in this one, his hair’s tamed and he doesn’t look like he’s gone three days without showering. His date of birth is stamped, clear and correct, but then where his name should read ‘Michael Guerin’, it reads “Michael Evans’ and the address registered on the license is that of Max and Isobel’s childhood home. Noah had also said ‘your mom’s’. Not ‘Mrs Evans’. It feels like a bucket of ice water’s dumped over his head as he finally accepts that something is very, very wrong. (aka, the fic spawned from a tumblr prompt about Michael waking up in a parallel reality.)

This one, guys. This is an absolute beast of angst and love and a really well plotted story, but also is really amazing for how it creates Mikey, but also creates motive behind what drives both Michael and Mikey in ways that are the same, but also different. Genuinely, this fic is a great read because you get so much attention to the characters while also driving along the relationships, and who they are. 

nursery sharks by christchex

Six firsts in the Sanders household and a second.

Otherwise Engaged by JustAsSweet

Alex Manes was perfectly happy with his job at Colden Records but when his visa is rejected and deportation looms, marrying his assistant Michael Evans is his only option. And when they make a trip to Alaska to see Michael’s family, everything becomes a lot more complicated.

AKA: The Proposal AU that no one asked for but I wrote anyway.

Shadow Work - @myrmidryad

After his discharge from the Air Force, Alex Manes is working as a shade - a professional ghost hunter - when Michael Guerin tracks him down. Alex left Roswell thirteen years ago and never went back, but overnight Michael’s family has vanished and the supernatural activity in Roswell has exploded, and he wants Alex’s help. Featuring: ghosts, more ghosts, metaphorical ghosts, and a lot of sex without talking about feelings. Also missing family members, government conspiracies, and gratuitous worldbuilding.

No, YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND. I can’t rec this enough. Literally, this is a novel-type rec. If this were a book on a shelf, I would be shouting that you need to go read it, because it is literally good enough to be a published work on a best-selling list. It’s so fucking good. Every time you think it can’t get better, it does. It has nuance and plot and world-building and it is So. Fucking. Good. I could sit here and sing praises all day and it still wouldn’t be enough. Please give yourself a holiday treat and read it.

The World Forgetting, By The World Forgot by Anonymous

Michael and Alex erase each other from their memories. It does not go according to plan. [Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Roswell style]

I mean, I could rec anything by Anonymous and it would be worth your read. They’re so good and so in character,  but this one is my favourite. It’s angsty as fuck, don’t get me wrong, but it plays with the movie plot in such a Roswell-specific way that makes sense that I honestly never even compared or contrasted it to the movie past the first few beats. The pain is visceral, and the memory loss segment is incredible, but also delivers on a positive ending. 

To Trust Love by @laughsalot3412 

The prisoner’s voice sounded like home. He could have been raised in Roswell, the way his accent stretched his vowels. He definitely hadn’t been. Alex would have remembered eyes like those. (AU where Alex Manes goes on an undercover rescue mission in Caulfield Prison and forms a bond with one of the prisoners in the process.)

I don’t have enough words in the English language to praise this one. Honestly, I don’t. For one, the pace and the length is perfect. That we got the parts as quickly as we did was honestly such a treat, but then every part was just as high quality as the last. There are chapters in this one that made me go, “holy shit, this would’ve been a novel I read”, and then there are little emotional impacts where the tone shifts, but it works so well. It’s SO HOT, and the AU is so perfect, and also helped inspire the one that I wrote last night with the “genie”. 

Unwind Me - delgay

“Think you can manage that? Sitting next to me, without picking a fight?” Michael challenged. “Can you?” Alex returned. “No idea,” Michael admitted with a sideways grin that never failed to make Alex’s stomach turn over, “But I’m eager to find out.” Alex is avoiding everyone, but he can’t seem to escape Michael.

This whole fic is intensely amazing, but it got on my rec list for the absolutely electric scene with the dancing that was absolutely beyond incredible. You also get Michael courting Alex, which is something he utterly deserves and I love the way Michael goes about it. 

we feel so american by thepredatorywasp

“Papa’s on the spaceship again?” River asks, his bright green eyes welling with tears and his face growing red. “Comin’ back?” “Of course he is,” Alex says, smoothing down the son’s hair and adjusting the Mickey ears atop his head. “Always.” There is no easy way to explain to your three year-old that not only is he an alien, but his Papa is an alien and that apparently, Michael loves leaning hard into irony because he has gone on Space Mountain approximately ten times over the course of four days.

LOOK. I LOVE A SWEET KID FIC. The next rec will prove this, but this one will melt your fucking heart. I love it because it’s not perfect and easy. There’s difficulties, there are issues, but it’s Michael and Alex and their baby boy in Disney and if you do not come away feeling warmer from this, then I just don’t know. 

We’re Waking Up Slow by myrmyriad

“I think need a little time to process all of this. Um. Storm’s getting closer and I don’t really wanna get snowed in here, so…let’s just talk later, okay?” What if the storm that blew in during S01E10 came in a lot faster and heavier, and Alex was snowed in at the junkyard?

Again, fic that makes me wish that I could write as well as this. This one makes you feel it all. You’ll feel the cold, the wet, the storm, the pain, the hope, the healing. You feel the connection between Michael and Alex, and you’ll be left wishing at the end that this had been how canon went, but also that it’s justifiably not that far off from how it could have, had they taken a different tack, because of how well it’s written. 

What’s Up, Pregnant? by Marie_L

Michael Guerin is broke, practically homeless, and a knocked up secret alien. What now?

Speaking of kid fics, this mpreg is one that I really like, because if nothing else, it introduced the concept of mpreg using pods to me in the fandom, and I kind of went, “YES, of course”. I love that it’s got everyone rallying, but I mostly love the psychic connection between Michael and his baby, and the softness of loving sugar and Alex. 

With Love Overflowing by Nestra

"We both agree that this is not the place we belong, right? Please say yes."

Michael tossed his hat on the coffee table and dropped onto the couch. "If you mean that your dad's been dead since CrashCon and some kind of crazy shit is going on, then yeah, I agree."

(This one was for me for Secret Santa, it is just THAT GOOD that I want everyone in the world to read it)

x marks the spot (where we fell apart) by catching_paper_moons, preciousthings

“Don’t write it off,” Alex says, and Liz is so relieved someone is coming to her defense, even if it’s someone who already knew beforehand. “Liz and Kyle have ideas, and there are people in this room with literal superpowers. It’s pretty much our only option.” “Our only option?” Isobel scoffs. “What are we, Ocean’s Eleven?”

[dr-lizortecho]

— THAT’S HOME

excerpt from @angrycowboy’s epic all the stars aligned, written for @rnmbigbang

[pleasantfanartist]

From the fic A Better Man by @wle0416

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“Is he tall?” Liz asked. “He looks tall... why does this man have no social media?”

“Cause he’s avoiding creepy scientists,” Alex said, throwing a pointed look her way. Liz shrugged, completely unrepentant. “But yeah, he’s tall.”

The Truth is Right Here by @ladynox and @beautifulcheat

[meggiejolly]

when you come home to me by lostin_space @spaceskam

A very bittersweet take on Alex visiting Michael during the lost decade. It has a great mix of fluff, spice and angst and is exactly the kind of lost decade fic I love.

I highly recommend it.

[pleasantfanartist]

I’ve never had someone write a fic based on any of my edits before, and it’s making me 😭🥹😱😮😲😍🥰🤩 And Liz custom ordering the cupcakes? It’s like you knew exactly what @ajna-eye-cogitations and I were thinking!

A little something for the @rnmhatchdayparty !

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i know like 1% of my followers have seen roswell new mexico but if any of that 1% has any good malex fic recs pleeeease send them my way

[onceuponaswanqueen]

BEST READS OF 2024

I read 677 fics last year and here are my favorite fics from last year. There is 41 recs under the read more from 911, atypical, dawson's creek, dcu, gilmore girls, glee, grey's anatomy, harry potter, holby city, legacies, leverage, once upon a time, percy jackson, rizzoli and isles, roswell new mexico, she-ra and the princesses of power, supergirl, svu, and the 100

These are in order of when I read them:

close my eyes and stumble (right into your love) by hmslusitania (buck/eddie, 911)

Eddie's PTSD is just that little bit worse and when he moves to Los Angeles, instead of joining the LAFD, he joins dispatch. Which is all good and fine, except for this one firefighter he keeps ending up talking to.

THIS IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE BUDDIE FICS. It's just so good, and it just works so well. Them getting to know each other under fairly normal circumstances and the way Buck heals himself, it's just beautiful.

2. it was the end of a decade, but the start of an age by ForForever19 (olivia/original female character, svu)

'Olivia Benson has a tally. Of all the people who have left her, whether they've died or left willingly. One even managed to do both at the same time. The list, by anyone's standards, is far too long, and she repeatedly asks herself how she's managed to survive this long.' OR Olivia finally, finally gets a hug. Well, eventually.

THIS IS SO GOOD. It lets Olivia heal from her trauma, find love and someone who finally puts her first. It gives her closure with Elliot. Just perfect. Starts after the 500th episode.

3. fallingwater by morningsound15 (casey/izzie, atypical)

“I don’t want you to be sorry, Casey. I want you to tell me what’s going on with you. I want my girlfriend to be honest with me.” “I’m not, though.” “You’re not what? Honest?” “Your girlfriend.” A brick, heavy in Izzie’s stomach for the last fifteen minutes, sinks deeper. “Oh,” she says. “So you are breaking up with me.” “No!” Casey is quick to correct. “No, I’m not breaking up with you.” A hand through Casey’s hair, rough and pulling at the already disheveled ponytail. “I’m saying this all wrong.” “What are you trying to say? You aren’t my girlfriend anymore but we aren’t breaking up? That doesn’t make any sense.” “I’m not—” A beat. Casey takes a breath, a deep shudder. Finally, quietly: “I’m not a girl."

Need no words. Just read.

4. Orchards by winlatter (ginny/harry, harry potter)

The orchard is a wild, thousand-flower, crumpled-gate, fall-down-fence sort of place, where things grow that you never asked for, that you’d never expect. The summer of ’96, the story of something flowery he thought he might have smelled at the Burrow.

This is the best piece of HG fanfiction I have ever read, and I read over 3 million words of HG fanfiction just in 2024. If you like them, this is a must read, if you don't, give it a chance and maybe you will. this covers the gap of that summer so well, and shows how ginny went from ron's little sister to someone harry finds himself romantically interested in.

5. to move with purpose by missgoalie75 (jess/rory, gilmore girls)

Rory doesn't say no to Jess and they proceed to spend the summer together, traveling from New York City to Venice Beach on an impromptu road trip.

Beautiful. Perfect.

6. Operation red dawn by antigvne (teddy/nathan, grey's anatomy)

"See, the thing is, she meets Riggs first." (or, teddy, owen, riggs, and megan in iraq, pre-series)

this fic changed me. it's written prior to the alison reveal but still works pretty well in canon.

7. when may met sally by seekrest (may parker & sally jackson, percy jackson & mcu crossover)

“What’s your name?” “Sally. Jackson,” she says, cheeks flushing in gratitude as she shakes the woman’s hands. “May Parker,” she replies warmly, taking her hand then clasping it with the other. “You’re gonna be fine.” Sally laughs. “I hope so.” Or, Sally, May and their two boys in New York.

this needs to be experienced. just beware it is canon compatible with the mcu, so the ending does hurt like a bitch, but it's so worth it.

8. i don't mind waiting (if it's for you) by princessfbi (buck/eddie, 911)

“Victim is Charles Dumont. Three gunshot wounds to the chest. Looks like an attempted robbery. There was a case of bourbon with a bottle missing and we found Charlie’s wallet tossed a few blocks from here. And Eddie?” Athena stopped just as she got to the door and turned him with a serious expression on her face. “There’s a witness.”  Her frown dipped under the professional mask she was known for and Eddie caught the flicker of concern pulling at her composure. “You know him?”  Athena pressed her lips into a tight line and nodded.  “Evan Buckley. He’s the bartender here. He was helping Charlie restock tonight when he heard a noise and saw it happen.”   Homicide Detective, Eddie Diaz, is called in to investigate the murder of a local shield and ladder bar owner. There he meets his only witness, Evan "Buck" Buckley.   AKA The Trashy Romance Novel Murder Mystery Buddie AU AKA Detective!Eddie Diaz and Bartender!Evan "Buck" Buckley

THIS IS SUCH A GOOD FIC. The characterization is spot on, the case is pretty interesting and the dialogue is just fantastic.

9. Second time around series by portraitofemmy & rizandace

On the morning after the worst day of Michael Guerin’s life, he wakes up in the last place he expects to be—in 2007, on the first day of senior year. Armed with knowledge of a future he now desperately hopes to change, Michael must retrace the steps of his past, as he builds a better future for himself, his family, and the man he loves. With the help of their loved ones, Michael and Alex find themselves presented with something almost no one gets: a second chance to get things right.

I am a slut for time travel fix it fics, but this just takes the cake. It also has a really interesting spin on it, I don't feel like spoiling. This is a series, of so far nearly 400k and it's not completed. I don't know if it will be, but as it is it ends at a pretty decent ending point.

10. but i've got a plan by the memoriesoffire (brittany/quinn, glee)

For anon, who wanted "Brittany comforts Quinn on her fat day" and got a Season 1 AU.

What it says on the tin, no pregnancy, just two girls falling in love and all the ways that is complicated for quinn. so beautiful.

11. the long and wondrous journey still to be ours by lavenderseaslug (bernie/serena, holby city)

Bernie finds herself with nothing to do and too much time.

Obligatory coffee shop au. this one is exceptional. pretty much follows canon history.

12. many miles to avalon by wistfulwatcher (emma/regina, once upon a time)

One year after the residents of Storybrooke are sent back to the Enchanted Forest, Emma is enlisted—sans memory—to become the Savior once again. Along with Henry, Snow, and Regina, Emma embarks on a journey to Camelot in order to find Merlin's powerful Twin Blades and save everyone. Except, a single savior cannot wield two swords, and as their quest unfolds, Emma and Regina begin to discover just how much more powerful they are together than apart. Post 3x11: Going Home AU.

Just read it. I always get suprised when i find older sq fics i haven't read that are this good. it's everything i wanted for 3b and surprisingly enough everything i wanted for a camelot arc to.

13. law of the lever by sharkfights (jane/maura, rizzoli and isles)

Her gut drops like a hot weight as she remembers the exact words Maura used before she ran out the door and back to the precinct. Wife.

I'm really picky with my rizzles fic and this just hit all the right spots for me. jane's internalized homophobia is especially excellently handled in this one.

14. tell me about despair by hattalove (buck/eddie, 911)

eddie's not entirely sure he believes in getting help, at least not for himself. there's only so much healing to be had for a body torn apart by bullets, for a mind that's only half there, for a man who's been leaving pieces of himself behind all his life with nothing to take their place. except, as it turns out, falling apart happens in increments, and healing does, too: it happens when you gnaw a hole in your lip trying to keep quiet only to have the words escape; when you realize that the ghost you've been seeing out of the corner of your eye is yourself; when your best friend smiles, and you allow it to take your breath away. it happens through the smallest of things: bird feeders, and cacti, and pasta shapes. meanwhile, the world goes on. (or: the entity often affectionately referred to as the unrepression fic.)

need to explanations. read.

15. as long as we stay together (if we just stay together) by herothehardway (catra/adora, she-ra and the princesses of power)

Adora is an Astrophysics PhD student who just can’t seem to write her dissertation. When the opportunity arises to work at the IceCube Neutrino Detector at the South Pole, she jumps at the chance, even though she’ll be stuck there for six months during the Antarctic Winter. When she arrives, she discovers that her research partner is her former roommate, former teammate, former best friend, former, well, everything, who she hasn’t seen since they graduated from college five years ago.

I don't even really go here and this was still one the best experiences i have ever had reading fanfiction.

16. tell the truth (but tell it slant) by susiecarter

It takes a while for Batman and Superman to work things out, once Clark comes back from the dead. Pretending to date each other in order to explain why Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent are in the same place so often? Doesn't help as much as you might think.

I definitely don't go here and yet, this is in my top ten fics i have probably ever read. it made me fall in love with this couple, and the writing is just so good.

17. 30 miles east by teamsciencenerds (sam/alex, supergirl)

Alex realizes that she's spiraling out of control, so she drives to a suburb of National City and goes to an AA meeting, and that's where she meets Sam Arias. or Alex convinces herself to go to one AA meeting and now she's making a pie to bring to a barbecue, lying to Kara about where she keeps sneaking off to, and accidentally falling in love with a woman who drives a minivan.

I don't know how many times I have reread this. It's so so so very good.

18. waves (it comes and goes) by sunspell80 (buck/eddie, 911)

Evan Buckley left his past behind when he left home for good at age 19. But an unexpected phone call on a quiet shift disrupts the life he's built for himself: forcing him to confront his past in order to build a new future.

This fic hurts, but in all the right places. Both this and the sequel are hard to read but in the ways that you sometimes need. beware the tags!

19. write this down by mysteriesoflove (dan/blair, gossip girl)

“I am so going to regret asking, but—what exactly are you getting at, Blair?” Blair takes a deep breath, sitting up straight, and lets it all come out in a rush: “Come with me to Paris and pretend to be my boyfriend.”

I'm stil on this train, and i will not be leaving thank you very much. all of mysteryofloves stuff is excellent, but this fic made me laugh, cry and feel all the things.

20. with great power comes... a bunch of weird shit by c_and_b (lena/kara, supergirl)

lena gets bitten by a spider and things get a little crazy from there - if only because she starts interacting with her longtime crush kara danvers way more than ever

spider-man!au, absolutely hilarious.

21.  wrapped in books (series) by robinbuckley (jess/rory, gilmore girls)

Tolstoy whispers, He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began, and Jess sinks deeper into the love he’s been wrought with like a cancer ever since she said I’m Rory and he said I know. or: the one where rory stays broken up with logan after the three bridesmaids, and the open house at truncheon goes a lot differently.

i would rec all of robinbuckey's literati fic if i could, but i recced two last year as well. this is probably my favorite in canon/canon divergence fic of hers. it just works so very well. (and also, spoiler, but it gets the original planned gg ending and makes sense so that's a bonus)

22. The Last Something That Meant Anything by anonymous (percy weasley-centric, harry potter)

He's never felt like he stood much of a chance. alternatively, A timeline of events in the life of one Percy Ignatius Weasley. Before, during, and after the war.

i've never been much of a percy fan, this changed that. it's so so so very good. beware the tags tho.

23. the ashes left behind by freelancerrh (pacey/joey, dawson's creek)

The fire spread. The roof collapsed. The aftermath awaits.

I recced their other fic last year, but this one is better. it's absolutely heartbreaking. and it hurts. so much. but it's so well written and worth every ounce of pain it brings.

24. hunters and prey by northumbrian (harry potter, mostly gen)

February 2000 Newly Qualified (in record time) Auror Harry Potter remains obsessed with “The List.” The ten people still wanted for their part in the Battle of Hogwarts. Their capture is essential. It will bring closure to the events of the past few years. Harry has set himself a target. He wants to see “The Last Death Eater” and the other nine captured before the second anniversary of the battle. His attempts to meet his target will bring heartbreak, danger, pain, and a lifechanging injury for one former DA member.

all of his stuff is excellent, everyone who has read canon compliant post-hogwarts stuff knows this. but this fic. just i read it in one sitting and its over 120k long. it captivated me.

25. a little more time by jess pallas (harry potter, teddy-centric, remus/tonks)

DH Spoilers Was it possible to save two lives without altering history? Was it possible to given them a future twenty years after they had supposedly died? Teddy Lupin thought so

what cursed child should have been.

26. home is where i want to be (but i guess i'm already there) by percivaljackson (annabeth/percy, percy jackson)

“Annabeth panic-lied to her step-mom about being in a quote ‘stable and emotionally available’ relationship, and now she has to bring her imaginary lover home for New Year’s,” Piper explains, bringing her hands up behind her head and looking thoroughly amused. Jason nods, like this is a totally average occurrence. “You should bring Percy.” “That’s what I said,” Leo interjects. Annabeth buries her face in her hands.

i usually avoid no powers/no demi-god percabeth au's like the plague but this one just surprised me. it's such a good annabeth character study.

27. the dogfather (series) by hollimichelle

“I’m not a reverse werewolf either,” says the man. “I’m your godfather.”

the dursley's abandons harry and he gets adopted by muggles. it's such a good story. also sirius (and eventually remus) is there.

28. proof by orphan_account (harry potter, gen)

"Proofing, also sometimes called final fermentation, is the specific term for allowing dough to rise after it has been shaped and before it is baked." Less than a year has passed since the final battle, and the Ministry is already up to its old tricks. Harry would very much like them to stop ignoring due process, tossing people in Azkaban, controlling the press, and menacing the populace with dementors. He would also like, if at all possible, to bake a passable loaf of bread.

fucking perfect post-battle fic that deals with the immense amount of trauma that boy went through.

29. in the aftermath of this broken glass by foggyy13 (harry potter, gen)

She had never expected to become a mother. Not since she had left Vernon, anyway. She knew it was probably for the best, the fact that she never had children, especially when Lily had been good at laughing and singing and seeing the best in people and Petunia was sour and panicked and never knew what to do. She wasn’t Lily. That much was true. But she was all Harry had. She would have to do. *** Petunia Evans never wanted to be involved in the wizarding war. But when her sister saves her from her terrible fiance, she begins to bake for the young soldiers of the first wizarding war. She knows nothing about what they're fighting for, but cares for witches and wizards for the sake of her sister. And then, when her nephew turns up on her doorstep, Lily and James dead, Petunia does all she knows how to do. She cares for Harry Potter as though he is her own.

this fic made me cry actual tears.

30. when forever was a sentence (sentence to death) by forforever19 (josie/hope, legacies)

'It’s been three weeks since Hope sent Josie ‘the package.’ Sometimes, she wonders if she should have delivered it in person. More for safety, yes, but also because the last time she saw Josie was - Well. There are just some things Hope would really like to tell Josie in person.' OR Hope and Josie, and the year before forever.

perfect post canon fic of josie and hope finding their way (back) together.

31. i sing the body electric by nightshifted (clarke/lexa, the 100)

"I came for the music," Anya will say, years down the line, "but music... music is just a vessel. I stayed for the people."

fuck, this is good. it's not completed, but it stand wonderfully on it's own.

32. it's called contraband for a reason by coldmackerel (clarke/lexa, the 100)

prison comedy, told out of order and out of line. lexa has the worst prison id number ever, raven needs to expand her vocabulary, clarke can't mop, and putting octavia behind the kitchen line is tantamount to reckless endangerment. complete.

fucking hilarious. just the best.

33. all you have to do is call my name (i'll be there) by withmeornotatall

And, if all that wasn't enough, he's wearing a fucking backwards baseball cap which Eddie didn't know was a Thing for him until right at this moment. It should probably make the guy look douche-y, but the blinding grin on the guy's face is too reminiscent of the way a golden retriever's tongue lolls out of its mouth to do anything but add to the effect of Buck. Oh, fuck. "Hey, what can I get you?" Buck asks, pulling a pencil from behind his ear. "Uh..." Eddie's mouth is suddenly very, very dry. Buck purses his lips and ducks his head, blushing like he knows exactly what Eddie's thinking. "Coffee?" He raises an eyebrow and Eddie has to physically turn his head away from the pink birthmark over his eye. "Please." He croaks. (OR: Eddie Diaz needs to get away from his divorce and his stifling parents, so he moves away to a tiny town called Star's Hollow.)

wonderful au. perfect found family. all the cozy vibes.

34. keys by colormetheworld (jane/maura, rizzoli and isles)

"Ready?" she puts her fingers against the keys gently, and Maura grips the barre, hardly daring to breathe.

the ultimate rizzles college!au. it's one of the most beautiful things i have ever read, and i keep coming back to it. i think i have reread it once a year since i discovered it in like 2015.

35. all my best lies by remedialpotions (ron/hermione, harry potter)

In the summer before her sixth year, Hermione finds herself in sudden, desperate need of a date for a family event, and turns to Ron for a favor. But when one little lie spirals out of control, they both end up with so much more than they ever imagined.

in character and canon compliant fake dating sixth year ronmione fic. it's so in character and just so brilliant.

36. these strange steps by the memoriesoffire (quinn/rachel, glee)

Rachel, bottoming out completely, is doing a show in Vegas and, as a distraction from her life, gets dragged to a strip club by Puck. She hasn't seen Quinn in 8 years. This isn't how she wanted them to see each other again. Warning: D/s overtones.

this is a fandom bible for a reason. i don't really want to say to much, because not knowing exactly what to expect is what made me love this fic so much.

37. simple machines (series) by vexedquestion (hardison/parker/eliot, leverage)

Come hell or high water, Eliot is going to figure this out.

fantastic look at what it means to be queer.

38. mercurial high (a goddamn blaze in the dark) by lizwas (dan/blair, gossip girl)

Dan loves in a way that’s meant for daylight: hand holding and art galleries and cups of coffee and handwritten pages. Blair can only offer shadows. The dark end of the street.

angsty and beautiful, and a wonderful character study of blair.

39. the things i did by lolo_row (remus/sirius, harry potter)

. . . …Just so I could call you mine. (In which Remus Lupin rightfully deduces that something fishy is going on and refuses to (1) allow Sirius Black to rot in Azkaban for a crime he didn't commit, and (2) allow Harry to be neglected by his horrible Muggle relatives.)

i'm somehow ever more picky about wolfstar fics because most of the newer stuff rubs me the wrong way, but i will always always always read stuff where remus and/or sirius raises harry and this is one of the best ones i have read.

40. if it wasn't for second chances by alasse (buck & bobby, buck/eddie, 911)

When Buck doesn’t save Daniel, the Buckleys put him in foster care. Seventeen years later, Bobby meets a tall, lanky kid who can’t stop eating his pancakes at a church breakfast, and he gives him a phone number and an unconditional offer of help. A story about how Buck finds a chosen family, and with a few twists and turns, eventually gets to the 118, meets Eddie Diaz, and maybe finds himself a second and a third (or, an Evan Nash story).

hands down the best evan nash story there is. i love how in canon it is. also bobby's family is gold in this one.

41. ice cream before dinner by cloudydaisies

Missing Chris is less of an emotion these days and more of a physical entity. He’s sure everyone can see that he’s slowly hollowing himself out, that he can’t do much of anything else. But when Jee laughs at him trying to get his tongue to touch his nose, and Mara loops one of her arms through his to keep him from tossing the rest of his cup in the garbage, Eddie feels solid again. Maybe he likes yellow birthday cake ice cream after all. (or, gerrard messes with the team's schedules and eddie 'i just drove my son to flee the state' diaz is the only option to watch mara and jee-yun after school on tuesdays, which, shouldn't be a problem at all, right?)

this became a fandom favorite in record time for a reason. holy shit it's good.

[dr-lizortecho]

Liz’s Oatian wedding dress for @ajna-eye-cogitations inspired by the lovely fic How It’s (Actually) Going To Be, that imagines a better ending for our lovely leading lady <3

[pleasantfanartist]

This fic is a great start to what could’ve been season 5! I always wondered what would happen if the alien secret got exposed, and you captured the aftermath of that really well, along with the raw emotions of our beloved characters. Plus, there are some great character interactions that we never saw in canon, and missing scenes that were much needed ❤️

for the Roswell New Mexico Big Bang 2022

Summary: Alex & Michael’s honeymoon is interrupted when Anatsa follows Liz out into the desert, discovering the portal and putting the aliens in harm’s way when the location becomes public knowledge. The gang must work together to avoid dangerous government intervention, and ensure that Max & Dallas can safely return home from Oasis.

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Excerpt from Chapter One: 

Isobel laughs on the other end. “So what are we going to do? How do I deal with this?”

Before he can answer, he hears the glass door slide open behind him, and turns to look, watching as Michael steps outside wearing only his boxers. For a moment, Alex focuses on the ring on his left hand, the afternoon sunlight reflecting off it as he crosses over to him. His hair is a mess, sticking up in all directions and Alex has a moment to wonder what Michael would look like with it all pulled back, filing the idea away for later. 

“Isobel texted,” he says as Michael falls into the empty chair next to him.

“Put her on speaker.”

Pulling the phone away from his ear, Alex presses the screen for speakerphone, and holds it out between the two of them.

“What’s up, Isobel?”

“There’s my dear brother, finally,” she exclaims, and Alex swears he can hear the eyeroll in the tone of her voice. “Did you make your husband call me so you didn’t have to?”

Michael rolls his eyes. “I was sleeping.”

“Anatsa knows about the portal and the console, Michael. And now she’s here in my studio and she’s asking questions about what she saw, and I’m freaking out about how to handle it.”

“She’s at your place?”

“Yes, Michael, she’s here.”

He watches as Michael leans his head back, and realizes this isn’t going to be something they can solve from three states away. 

“I haven’t even seen the ocean yet, Isobel. You couldn’t wait until then to have your crisis interrupt us?”

And that’s one of the reasons Alex had been so excited for them to travel together to California. He knew Michael had never left the state, except for a trip to Texas a couple years ago, and there was something that made their entire honeymoon feel even more special that he’d get to be there to see Michael experience it.

[Read the fic on AO3]

@rnmbb

[pleasantfanartist]

Alex returns from his final tour in a flag-draped pine box. Michael is willing to do whatever it takes to get him out of it. But they end up raising a lot more in that cemetery than they bargained for.

From the fic Two Ravens by @sabrinachill

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@loki-is-my-kink-awakening tagged me, thank you!

So, wanted to get some hiatus rec lists going and encourage some self promo in my friends so how about sharing your top fics no matter how big or small - give us the links to your wonderful words with the Most hits/Most kudos/Most comments/Most bookmarks /Most words/Least words

Most hits & most comments: take me back to the start (Shadowhunters) My babyyyy, that 3k prompt fic that grew to 68k, lol.

Most kudos & most bookmarks: wolves and voices (Witcher) very much the one whose success I did not expect when I posted it

Most words (of posted fics): The Underground (The Gifted) I'm still sad that I never did finish it, but it was one of my first long fics and I'm still really proud of it!

Least words: apart from the three that are only fanart, apparently Long Day (Roswell New Mexico)

I find it very funny that they're all from different fandoms. Wolves and voices is definitely the most popular overall, though take me back has more chapters (so more opportunities for hits) and it's much older.

This was fun! Tagging @foodsies4me @emyn-arnens @ghostinthelibrarywrites and anyone who wants to do it!

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physical affection? is/kyle OR phoenix/hangman [i know how much you love them] | 16 or 22

Since I sort of did Phoenix/Hangman one already, I went with Isobel/Kyle and because I have as much chill as Kyle Valenti does, it kind of snowballed.

fic: move it to the exits

"Are you dating my brother and don't even realize it?" Rosa laughs, not caring that Isobel is having an existential crisis in front of her. At least Liz has the decency to throw a pobrecita her way after breaking her brain.

Sometimes, Isobel feels compelled to show her appreciation for Kyle's commitment to intermittent fasting. If anything, she is providing positive reinforcement and that's never a bad thing.

(Or: the one where everyone thinks they know more about Isobel's love life than she does.)