#shassie fic rec

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Shawn/Lassiter Fic Recs

This list will include all ratings and tags, so read at your own discretion! :)

Emotional Support Psychic by Isolation68 - Rated T

Lassiter had no clue what touch-therapy was, let alone that it even existed. That is, until he saw an ad for one in the newspaper. Shawn had been hired to be a ‘professional cuddler’ — his words — as a side job when Psych was running low on cases and money.

Complementary Souls by birdkeeperklink (speculating) - Rated T

Everyone has a joke or funny story that only their soulmate will laugh at. No one has ever laughed at Carlton's dead clown story. Until today, that is.

Shot Through the Heart (And You're to Blame) by trixietru - Rated E

Lassiter does something unexpected during a stressful moment, leading Shawn to re-evaluate their relationship.

Holdin' Out for a Hero by volee_weva - Rated T

Shawn Spencer grinned as much as he could, with the throbbing in his head. Carlton Lassiter didn’t get a lot of moments to be the cool guy, so, Shawn relished when he did. There was a certain sparkle in Lassie’s eyes when they bagged a bad guy; it was incredible to witness. -- In which Shawn gets held hostage, and Lassie saves the day.

Right Place, Wrong Time by Regann - Rated M

17-year-old Shawn has a fake ID burning a hole in his pocket, a college party to crash, and a mission to stop being the only virgin in his senior class. Unfortunately, there's this big-earred, good-doing grad student by the name of Carlton who catches him in the act. The unfair nature of cosmic humor being what it is, thus begins something that'll come back to haunt them both ten years later -- when an adult Shawn Spencer decides to give psychic investigation a try.

The Flirtation Dance by Zaxal - Rated T

Carlton decides to see what happens if he deliberately flirts back with Shawn.

Seconds Before the Crash by hawkeyedkoi - Rated G

When a case goes wrong and Shawn ends up in a coma, Lassiter and Juliet are determined to catch the murderer Shawn had been chasing. Thankfully they have a little supernatural help. Although, Lassiter would much prefer if the 'ghost' of Shawn could interact with anyone but him.

Home is Where the Hair Is by trixietru - Rated T

When Lassiter returns from an undercover assignment, he’s sporting an exciting new look.

Spencer Didn't Do It by Teragram - Rated G

Shawn has been framed for murder, but Lassiter hopes he won't be too quick to use his alibi.

[juliets-roller-derby-awesomeness]

does anyone have psych fic recommendations without spoilers? i want to read some so bad but i really really don't want to spoil myself because im loving watching the show for the first time

im at the beginning of season six right now, and part of me just wants to rush through these last episodes so i can start being a part of the fandom and watching the blooper compilations and video essays, but part of me just wants to go slowly and enjoy the moments

so like, even if it's like " this one is really good but you need to watch 6x14 so you don't get spoiled" it'd be something i can enjoy sooner than just at the end of the series

and ofc if you have stuff for after season 8 too im all ears but please please please tell me it's for after because i really don't want to be spoiled

[zaxal]

Self-rec time! What are your favorite five fics that you've written and why? After replying to this ask, feel free to tag five other writers to spread the love. 💗

thanks for the tag @ripeteeth !!! i've been sitting on this for a few days because i have not had the fortitude to say nice things about myself or my writing without also being incredibly critical, but i think we're there today.

all of these are the ones that i remember being the most fun to write, the most fun to reread, and the ones i'm proudest of :}

Breaking But Not Yet Broken - Psych, Shassie, M, ~8.1k, 2012

After being held captive and hurt, Carlton's relationship with Shawn starts getting complicated.

this was my first ever whump fic, and it was so fun to write that i have simply never stopped writing whump since lol. like, yes, technically this is me projecting on lassie for 8k words, but it is also an exploration of the loneliness of healing after trauma (even when someone went through the same traumatic event as you!) and allowing yourself to Be vulnerable when you already feel that all your defensive layers have been forcibly removed from you.

both shawn and lassiter are characters with a ton of these defenses, and they try to default back to them or find comfort in them (with mixed amounts of success) but even when they aren't working (and they can recognize that they aren't working), they can't simply Stop their bullshit.

Mistakes We Never Made (Until Today) - Psych, Shassie, E, ~3.6k, 2015

Things pick up from where they started. His marriage is on its last legs, and Shawn Spencer comes waltzing back into his life.

so this is a post-canon fic where happily-ever-after fails, the canon relationships break up (and it IS the men's fault to be clear; juliet and marlowe have never done anything wrong in their lives--), and these two decide to use each other to self destruct.

and i love it kdsjfksd. look. i love fluffy shassie. i love romantic shassie. i love slow burn shassie. but they are both capable of being such unrepentant assholes, and writing them being their worst selves is so much fun. an extreme vibe of 'bitter exes but they just started dating.'

everything lost - Good Omens (TV), Aziraphale/Crowley, Gabriel/Aziraphale (One-Sided, Abusive), E, ~33k, 2023

For two-thousand years, Aziraphale was sexually harassed and assaulted by the Director of Heavenly Operations. Years after Aziraphale and Crowley break free from Heaven and Hell entirely, Gabriel shows up on Aziraphale's front step with no clothes, no memories, no divine powers, and an inexplicable, unshakeable attachment to Aziraphale. Old and new trauma alike plague Aziraphale as he struggles to get rid of Gabriel without bringing the wrath of Heaven down on him and Crowley both.

i saw the GOs2 trailer and lost my mind. this plot bunny sprung forth from my mind fully formed like athena. she was written and published before the season dropped because i felt in my heart that gabriel would get a face-turn and people would get weird about dark!gabriel fics, and because i wanted it to be irrefutable that i knew nothing about the season before writing.

which didn't need to be a thing i was worried about at all lol. but i had a trailer, a poster, a feather duster, and a dream, and i made it work.

aziraphale whump, my beloved. love using aziraphale's kindness, pragmatism, and manners to keep him locked in a deeply unpleasant situation that's slowly whittling away at his nerves and sanity.

i also really love putting crowley in an outsider position. aziraphale hasn't told him what happened; it's supposed to be over. when crowley wakes up and starts to help him, the presumption is that they'll get this settled and then never see gabriel again, so what point is there in bringing up old hurt? i love writing crowley and aziraphale as a Team, but they spent 6k years pretending they aren't, and i like thinking about the residual habits that they're gonna have to work to get rid of.

Ash and Blood - Psych, Shassie, E, ~61k, 2015

A string of identical murders leads Lassiter down a dark and treacherous path.

in 2012 @inouken asked me to write a lassie vampire fic and i emerged three years later with a novel. like a normal person!

this is really long lassie whump with some shawn whump thrown in for spice. it could count as case fic, if you're good with knowing who the killer is in the first 5 chapters.

because this is one of zax's first wordcount monstrosities, i had a lot more room to play around with characters. shawn and lassiter's relationship develops fast, but i had more room for them to become serious about each other instead of it being right away immediately (even tho those feelings were already there). i played around with some OCs and tested them against the main ship. my biggest regret is not doing more with gus and juliet, but the bits of them that are in here really lead towards the strong relationships they have with their respective partners and are v in character and i'm proud of them.

but OVERALL i really love this fic. i feel like there's a good balance to psych humor vs being in lassiter's head (when babygirl is naturally grim and grumpy when he's Not dealing with suddenly dying and becoming a vampire), relationship fluff vs people dying and figuring out how to fight back, and developing an understanding of the OCs i introduced (feds and santa barbara vampires) and how they fit into finding/taking care of The Killer.

Lambs To The Slaughter - Good Omens (Book/TV), Aziraphale/Crowley, Lucifer/Aziraphale, E, ~142k WIP, 2019 - Present

An angel and a demon dance along the knife's edge of destruction together in an eternal waltz. The demon who had been Aziraphale and the angel who would be Crowley answer to powerful forces that care not for the individual cogs in their celestial machines. This will be their undoing.

twirling my hair, so this is lambs, my reverse omens fic where aziraphale is the sheep demon azram and crowley is the star-spinner seraph corvai. it's my pride and joy and wouldn't exist without @transfemmbeatrice for brainstorming, obsessing with me for YEARS, writing large portions of the middle-end and end with me, and making corvai and azram Real with me.

i go into many AUs with the mindset that i want to push my faves off script. i want them to still be recognizable as themselves, but i wanna see just how far i can twist them around the core of Who They Are.

and i went into lambs with the idea that i wanted azram to be someone terrible but not irredeemable. the idea that he would be simply 'evil' and written off as such didn't appeal to me. i wanted to ask Why a character like aziraphale (a blended form of book and tv; this is why god uses they/them pronouns to set them apart from both) would become harsh, cruel, possessive, sadistic, beyond just Falling and just Being that way after. and how to balance that with the softer parts of who aziraphale is (as said earlier in the bit about everything lost: kind, despite everything, and so capable of loving both crowley, humanity, and earth to his own detriment).

corvai is, similar to aziraphale, a good angel. she is what a good angel should be. unlike aziraphale, corvai is a punk with authority issues and a lot of anger at heaven, at god, and at themself. trade in canon crowley's anxiety for constantly simmering anger and a lack of experience dealing with demons other than azram that means corvai lacks crowley's defensive layers of cool. he's very open and earnest, even when he knows it's a quick way to getting hurt.

i originally wanted there to be some question about whether corvai was secretly raphael but i added the tag to clarify later that they're not. azram will take his time learning this, because azram is an idiot even though corvai, unlike the rest of the seraphim, cannot heal, and raphael is, famously, the healer.

i could keep going but i'm going to cut it off there bc this post is long enough and our power blinked so i'm scared if it'll even post and if you read this far, congrats! i'm sorry!

tagging: @transfemmbeatrice @anethara @andithil @alivingsaint @christocentricqueer

[corvuschronicles]

hey! don't know if you're still active, but I saw that you were a marvel and psych fan. :) I was just wondering if you had any fic recommendations on ao3 or even Wattpad, because I can n e v e r have enough. 😭

also, as a attempting fic writer myself, I know how hard it is to stay motivated. just wanted to let you know that if you publish something, I'd be more than happy to be your number one fan. :))

hello! i’m still around but more active on my main and art acc lol

i mostly read on ao3, and it does depend on what you like to read, i mostly read loki centric fics for marvel and i prefer shassie fics for psych! though i mostly just pick a tag and filter the hell of it and just read everything, i’m not one to keep track of or make rec lists 😩

however, some i’m reading right now is Loki Misses the Asgardian Prison System by kittyhazelnut (it gives 2012 avengers fic vibes) and Ásgarðrian Galdr by Valerie_Vancollie (great world building and long)

some i reread are Cruel Vengeance by an arpan account, the 20th Century Mutants series by yellowledbetter (love me some quicksilver and dadneto), and Damaged Defenders by Sherza (sadly unfinished but so good)

for psych, i like The Impossible Mind series by Beaconbaconbison (real psychic shawn), and the Shawn’s Body series by swattiepenguin

i promise i have a few thousand words written for my own psych au i just want to finish it all before i start posting 😭 and honestly, my dms are always open if anyone wants to talk about anything lol

[borealing]

Hi! I hope you’re doing well. I haven’t watched Psych in forever, but damn do I love seeing it on tumblr thanks to you and some other followers. Just curious about something; how do you feel about Shassie?

hello hello hello im glad youre enjoying seeing my stream of consciousness about this show LOL my thoughts on shassie are currently underdeveloped... i enjoy how much tension they have, they are clearly both into each other in my favourite way (shawn is a little flirty and completely unbothered by it, lassie would rather pull out his own tongue than admit it out loud or to himself or at all). i think it would be extremely funny if they hooked up and both failed to deal with it in the opposite direction to each other, both coming to the conclusion that the other is in love with them and then both trying to make the other one reconsider, before realising neither of them is in love with each other and going well alright. lets keep hooking up? yes? yes.

[aut189]

So I wrote my first 17k+ fanfic. The first chapter is 17,632 words. Also my first Mpreg fic. I hope it’s good. I’ve read many MPRG fanfictions over the years.

Welcome to Falling Lillies!

Hope you enjoy!

Falling Lillies - Chapter 1 - Aut189 - Psych (TV 2006) [Archive of Our Own]

[impossiblekittydelusion]

K i wrote it if anyone is interested

https://archiveofourown.org/works/62105788

I know that Shawn is definitely a walking furnace. He's definitely one of those guys who raditaes heat even when everyone else is freezing. And he's always happy to let people grab onto him to warm up. Previous partners would stick their freezing hands up his shirt and he wouldn't mind at all he's just happy for the contact.

In contrast Lassie would have cold hands. I think he’s always a bit chilly but he doesn’t bundle up because that would be 'weakness' or whatever. But he sleeps with lots of blankets. And he'll carry around coffee mugs to warm up his hands because that's not admitting to anything.

[typicalopposite]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers! Spread the self-love ❤️

Ack! Making me self promo 😖😖 aight fine

I think angst fic might be my favorite of all time atm… but that’s atm and could change, PLUS it’s not done so I won’t include it just give it a shout out 😂

5. The Perfect Dog (FirstPrince)

4. I Know, You Know (Shassie)

3. Over the Rainbow (BuckTommy)

2. Three Days (FirstPrince)

1. Changes (Destiel) she’s far from perfect and the writing is 🫣 but muh first word baby… I couldn’t not put this one first! It’s way too special to me! Lol

[pineapple-coffee]

I have yet another Shassie fic rec:

‘It’s a Psychic/Detective Thing’ on AO3. They get body swapped and it’s SOSOSO funny, and it’s all in character too

Normally body swap trope isn’t my usual cup of tea, but this was FUNNY.

“Lassiter, I think Shawn snapped. He’s telling everyone he’s you” was HILARIOUS. God I cannot image being Juliet in that moment 😭

[starfish-spencer]

HELLO!! Always excited to come across a fellow Autistic Lesbian with common interests >:3

I’m curious, do you listen to a lot of music? If so, would you be interested in hearing some Psych-related music recs? 👀 100% /nf ofc! I just made a playlist a while back for a Shassie fic (s/o The Dah-Ling Store-it-Yourself) and thought it’d be fun to share some of the songs.

Hello!! And yes, I listen to a ton of music. I would love to hear some of your songs recs! And I bet a lot of other people here would like to hear them too. You should totally share them!

[deanlighful]

Anyone have good fic recs for Shassie or Hilson fics that will make me cry? i need some angst today

[disastardly]

Fic Authors - Self Rec!

When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love!

Tagged by @hairstevington, thank you!!

Descent into the Depths of the Earth (or at Least Milwaukee): (Stranger Things, pre-Steddie) This is my baby, by far. It started off as a little idea - "haha what if Eddie and Steve took the Party to GenCon?" - and spun off into a whole Thing™. It's equal parts silly slice of life and blossoming Steddie, with the most devious cliffhanger ending I think I've ever done. >:)

To Find a King: (Stranger Things, Steddie) ...which leads us into the sequel to Descent! Centered around Steve and Eddie's respective breakdowns after Descent's ending, with generous portions of platonic Stobin, queer solidarity, and cameos from basically the entire core cast at this point. So much more indulgent and I'm still iffy on the smut (it's necessary, I just don't think I'm great at writing smut), but I love it with my whole heart.

Sunrise Serenade: (Psych, Shassie) As you can tell, I'm a bit of a sucker for a "so what is this?" conversation, and this follow-up to my "sort of getting together" fic In the Mood is chock full of it. Navigating the treacherous waters of dancing and sleeping (just sleeping) with your very attractive, very annoying sort-of-coworker and the morning-after talk over inexplicable waffles - anxiety and sweetness all bundled up together.

Magical Mysteries Never Give a Single Thing Back: (Stranger Things, Eddie Munson) The only active WIP on this list - the idea was rumbling around in my head for ages, and I finally banged out part 1 in a WIP Wednesday-inspired fugue state. I'm a sucker for adding magical elements to a more 'normal' or sci-fi world, and this really tickled the not-so-former Supernatural girlie in my heart. Part 2 coming soon!

My Bloody Valentine: (Power Rangers Mystic Force, Nick/Maddie, Chip/Maddie, Nick/Xander) This one's partially a stand-in for my still-unpublished rewrite of the entire Mystic Force series, but I also have a soft spot for this absolute weirdo outlier in my oeuvre. I don't write a ton of crack, and this is crack I wrote when I was 17-18-ish, with mild edits when I reposted on AO3 a few years back. I probably need to give it a real overhaul, because I'm just so in love with Nick being a huge shithead, Leanbow being clueless, and the wildly different vibes.

No pressure tags because I'm not even sure I remember who on here writes (or does fanart, this could probably be adapted to fanart) AND does tag games, but here we go: @eriquin @patchworkgargoyle @horsegirleddiemunson and okay yeah whoever else reads this far, the curse is upon you now!

[juliets-roller-derby-awesomeness]

Hi!! Saw you are looking for Psych fic recommendations so here you go :) one of my favourite author is Rileyspork, they wrote five Psych fics for now, all of them are amazing!! They are all Shassie and non-sexual, just fluff, hurt/comfort and sickfics (avid consumer of all of these here lol)

https://archiveofourown.org/users/Rileyspork/pseuds/Rileyspork/works?fandom_id=36230543

Feel free to pm me about any of these and for general Psych, shipping or whatever talk, I love talking about the show!!!

~fellow Psych fan <3

omg thank you so much that sounds adorable ansjajssj

[iceeericeee]

Bestie Pop I’m so mad at you rn you got me obsessed w/ shassie and I can’t get lassie ftm out of my tiny brain I’m drawing it rn and I look so angry

😁

Btw here’s a list of my fav shassie fics on ao3, just in case u need some recs

[violence-as-a-love-language]

Fanwork creators self rec! When you get this, reply with your five favorite fics/art/podfics/etc. that you've made, then pass on to others. Let’s spread the self-love 🌼

I have a backlog of fics and shit to go through. Lets see what I got...

5.

For some reason, this short series keeps being read. I'm not sure why because I've not written any other shassie content, but I'm still proud of it getting some decent attention. Even got fanart of it for the first time in my life.

4.

This fic is old. Specifically, 2014 old. And destiel. But I'm still really proud of this one. It's a highschool au written from Lisa's perspective and it was really fun to explore an outsider perspective for a shipping focused story. I'd love to revisit this type of writing again for my more current fandoms.

3.

STE/DE, my beloved. The moment I read In Favor with Their Stars for the first time, I was in love. I originally managed to start this art it with the intention of making a fanmix for the fic, but I got way too into making this as scene accurate as possible. Well, besides the old looking camera. I just like the look of those.

2.

I have reread this fic at least 3 or 4 times. The romance, the angst, the drama. Its like a really gay romance novella I picked up then couldn't put down. And while this painting was not from any particular scene, it has a lot of symbolism hidden in it from the story itself. I spent 2 days straight working almost nonstop on this, but I still think it was worth it.

1.

The Fighter and The Fool may be unfinished, but the first chapter is some of the best shit I've written to date. Its funny, angsty, and just a bit ridiculous. I still love rereading it. One of my favourite parts below:

Guillermo blinked. He did. Of course he did. That's why he fought him in the first place. To kill him. He pressed the stake down harder, cutting a deeper wound into Nandor’s neck. Blood welled up in the cut, coating the stake and dripping down onto the grass. But still Nandor lay there, prone and staring up at Guillermo. Waiting. He stood there for a moment, debating. He could kill him so easily. Nandor wasn’t even fighting back. He could turn him to ash and be done with it. But still he hesitated. Several seconds went by the two of them with eyes locked and bodies tense. And then Nandor chuckled. “Interesting,” He said, and then he smiled. And suddenly Guillermo was being yanked backwards, a strong hand on his ankle throwing him down onto the grass. He gasped, his head knocking hard enough into the dirt to see stars. The stake went rolling across the grass. His last one. Fuck.

[regulus-leonis]

shassie fic recs for @shehungthemoon

Better by Debris_K

“Carlton bit back a curse and Shawn muttered choice words about 'stubborn, unable to wait or ask for help, bull-headed, really ridiculously lanky cops’”

warnings: mild blood

Five Times Shawn Needed to Slow Down by Loz

“Carlton heard about the crash the morning after it happened, from a wide-eyed Juliet and sombre Chief Vick.”

Dirt Cellars and Rescue Missions

“Shawn gets kidnapped. Carlton takes his wardrobe a little seriously.”

side note: as angsty as the title sounds it really isn’t that dark

What Goes Around Knocks ‘Em Down

“It started with a cough.”

Spencer For Hire

side note: there’s no summary for this one but it’s basically about shawn going undercover with a male escort agency.