#wintry day fic recs

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Percy Jackson/Rachel Elizabeth Dare Fic Recs

insomniacs plus skatepark dates by blackpercy

G | 200 words | Complete

Percy Jackson/Rachel Elizabeth Dare, Percy Jackson & Rachel Elizabeth Dare

it's a date at a skatepark. but it's 2 am. and they're best friends.

I’d Stay In Your Arms Forever If I Could by robindrake93

T | 500 words | Complete

Percy Jackson/Rachel Elizabeth Dare

Fluff, Light Angst, Implied Sexual Content

Rachel and Percy spend the night in Paul’s car.

Not Your Missing Half by lyssq

G | 700 words | Complete

Percy Jackson/Rachel Elizabeth Dare, Percy Jackson & Annabeth Chase

Alternate Universe, Soulmates, Soul Identifying Marks

Despite the summer heat, Percy Jackson was wearing a hoodie over his camp t-shirt. Rachel Elizabeth Dare was the only one who knew why.

obligatory underwater kiss by newrome

G | 700 words | Complete

Percy Jackson/Rachel Elizabeth Dare

Underwater kiss, Camp Half Blood, Canon Universe

it's an obligatory underwater perachel kiss, exactly what it says

at least the moon is the same for both of us by lilllac

G | 900 words | Complete

Percy Jackson/Rachel Elizabeth Dare, Percy Jackson & Rachel Elizabeth Dare

Fluff, Romantic Friendship, they're both troublemakers and I love them

Rachel was a reminder that there was a good reason - a mortal as well as a divine one - to still be giving so much of himself in that war, even though Percy sometimes felt that he was handing over more parts of his soul than he would have remaining, in the end. (could be read as either platonic or romantic, it's up to you).

it's a demigod thing by newrome

G | 1.2k | Complete

Percy Jackson/Rachel Elizabeth Dare

Canon Compliant, Goode High School, Post The Battle of the Labyrinth

“Imagine being some normal kid in Roberts’ Pre-Calc class and looking at the Percy Jackson and not knowing he’s some superhero who bends spit.” “Don’t forget toilets,” I joked. “That’s my specialty.”

You’re gonna hear me roar by voices_in_my_head

G | 1.3k | Complete

Percy Jackson/Rachel Elizabeth Dare

First Kiss, Book 5: The Last Olympian

"“I’m sorry, that was stupid of me. You don’t have to kiss me if you don’t want to, of course,” Rachel was babbling. (...) “No, I want to,” he interrupted her, not even sure what she had been saying but to be fair, he thought that Rachel herself didn’t know anymore what she’d been going on about, just trying to fill the silence with words." Set during the beginning of "The Last Olympian." What if Beckendorf had arrived a few minutes later to take Percy to war?

Broken Nose by robindrake93

T | 1.6k | Complete

Percy Jackson/Rachel Elizabeth Dare

Percy Jackson has Nightmares, Sharing a Bed, Established Relationship

Percy has nightmares that make him lash out in his sleep.

and i know that we're headstrong, and our heart's gone, and the timing's never right by shayvanburen

T | 1.6k | Complete

Percy Jackson/Rachel Elizabeth Dare

Alternate Universe - College/University, Art Galleries, Canon Divergence

five years after his fight with kronos, percy bumps into rachel one wintry day in new york.

Cover Up by robindrake93

T | 1.7k | Complete

Percy Jackson/Rachel Elizabeth Dare

Tattoo Artist Rachel Elizabeth Dare, Established Relationship, Future Fic

Percy asks Rachel to cover up his SPQR tattoo. Rachel agrees.

Red and Blue Make Violet by Takara_Phoenix

T | 2.0k | Complete

Percy Jackson/Annabeth Chase

Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Family Fluff, Future Fic

After the wars, Rachel passed the spirit of the oracle on, because she had only taken it to help. Now, she wants other things in life. Ten years later and she has everything she ever wanted.

Paper & Trust by robindrake93 

T | 2.0k | Complete

Percy Jackson/Rachel Elizabeth Dare

Future Fic, Romantic Fluff, Falling in Love

Rachel and Percy have always been in love.

A harbor from my storm by dcninja 

G | 2.0k | Complete

Percy Jackson & Rachel Elizabeth Dare, Percy Jackson/Rachel Elizabeth Dare

Friendship/Love, Slow burn, Percy Jackson Needs a Hug

At some point he realizes it’s something he’s always done, from the first moment he met her at Hoover Dam. He uses Rachel’s mortality and the clarity of her sight as a shield from the world he lives in, from all the gods and monsters and prophesies that try to do him harm.

Lighting Candles by robindrake93

T | 2.1k | Complete

Percy Jackson/Rachel Elizabeth Dare

Romantic Fluff, Established Relationship, Kissing

Percy goes to Rachel's cave and they make candles together to liven the place up.

It's a Goode Reunion by Kingdom_Melody

T | 2.1k | Complete

Percy Jackson/Rachel Elizabeth Dare

High School Reunion, Post The Trials of Apollo, Percy is Old

Percy and Rachel return to Goode High School for their year's 10 year reunion. Where they run into some old "Friends"

send me your location. by LovelyVerisimilitude

T | 2.2k | Complete

Percy Jackson/Rachel Elizabeth Dare

Established Relationship, Arguing, Long Distance Relationship, Fluff

“I think we need to talk,” Rachel says, unhurried. “About the other day.” Percy’s grip stiffens, and his throat almost closes up when he says, “What’s there to talk about?” “I just feel like―like we’re drifting apart.” She turns to him, her mouth physically frowning, her brows crinkled in concentration. “And I hate that.” (MODERN AU ― Rachel’s been away, Percy’s been stuck at home, and somehow, neither of them seem to get along like they used to.)

Look Out To The Horizon (To Infinity) by ashilrak 

T | 3.0k | Complete

Percy Jackson/Rachel Elizabeth Dare

Deity Percy Jackson, Established Relationship, Bittersweet

“Apollo’s watching us, me, you,” Rachel said, seemingly out of nowhere. “Keep an eye out on him.” He blinked, confused. “What’s that got to do with anything?” “You’ll see.” Her smile was sad. “But he’ll be with us along the way, and you need to be prepared for that.” Of course he would be. Apollo was close to the Oracle of Delphi. As far as Percy knew, that’d been true for much of history, though the relationship took different forms. Rachel was different though, someone Apollo considered something of a friend. “I love you,” she said. “Don’t ever forget that.” — Or: Percy lives as a new God, never leaving Rachel's side. As the years go by, Rachel grows older and Percy, well, doesn't. Percy deals with what it means to love a mortal and Demigod dreams that never went away. Apollo waits.

[snack-o-ween]

Originally posted over on Pillowfort [on 14 January 2023] where I’m trying to remember to do the Fandom Snowflake Challenge:

Day #7: In your own space, interact with a community or a fic.

I got part of the way through writing up a rec for a fic last night when I was pleasantly surprised by a related work notification email from AO3 today. (Not one, but two.)

[Podfic] A Mistress For Christmas - Read by LenaReads (LenaLawlipop)

Link to my comment. I put together a double drabble for some wintry events in December 2022, and I honestly wasn't expecting anyone to ever podfic it. There's no ship, and I poked fun at stock Dominant phrases a bit instead of actually writing a D/s scene for the prompt. It sounds funnier when someone's actually saying things with inflection and all that, so this podfic was nice to listen to.

[Podfic] A Favourite Silence - Read by LenaReads (LenaLawlipop)

Link to my comment. Again, another fic I never imagined someone podficcing, so it was really nice to see a notification for this. I wrote something short for a Samhain fill in October 2022, and it's a Number 12 Grimmauld Place POV of different generations of Silent Suppers. The last bit with the current people leaving and the house being alone for the first time sounds so much sadder when you hear someone.

[snowbellewells]

CS Fic Rec Monday: Fics for a Wintry Day

This week, rather than doing several separate fic rec entries, I thought I would highlight a few snowy day favorites, both old and new. I love when it gets colder and the snow falls, and it really does begin to look like Christmas outside. It makes me want to cozy up with a few good fics and a cup of coffee even more than I usually do! If you feel the same, I hope you will enjoy revisiting some of these, or discovering them for the first time. 

“Since We’ve No Place to Go” by: @laschatzi 

(the Author’s Summary: After a car accident in the middle of nowhere of rural Maine (where she really shouldn’t have ended up two days before Christmas), Emma Swan almost freezes to death, but is rescued by a three-legged dog named Smee and his grumpy master Killian Jones who can’t seem to get rid of her soon enough to have his self-chosen hermitage back. Alas, the weather outside is frightful, and the fire is so delightful…)

“Merry not Christmas” by: @oubliette14 

(the Author’s Summary: Killian Jones has spent the last five years avoiding everything to do with Christmas; a veritable Grinch. Though perhaps Ebenezer Scrooge is more fitting; he's not out to ruin Christmas, he simply prefers to pretend that it doesn't exist. So what happens when he takes a tumble on the mountainside and is stuck for the holiday, cooped up in a small cabin with his saviour, Emma Swan?)

“You Are My Shelter” by: @justanother-unluckysoul​ 

(the Author’s Summary: An unexpected blizzard hits while Emma and Killian are enjoying a quiet vacation in their forest cabin, forcing them to shelter in place until it passes. The temporary isolation probably wouldn’t have been so bad if Killian hadn’t also gotten injured.)

“Decking the Halls and Slippery Falls” by: @hollyethecurious​ 

(the Author’s Summary: Based on the prompt: I just wanted to put Christmas lights up but I ended up falling off the ladder and crashing into you while you were delivering a package to my door but oh god you’re hot. Also utilizes the snowed in trope to great effect)

“Start of Time” by: @searchingwardrobes​ 

(the Author’s Summary: Summary: Killian and his son are driving through a bad snow storm when they find a disoriented woman walking down the road. The question is, how can they help her get home when she has no idea who she is?)

“Deck the Halls” by: @the-captains-ayebrows​ 

(This one doesn’t have a summary on it, but it’s a teachers enemies-to-friends-lovers situation; Emma and Killian are warring educators, both trying to win a school wide Christmas decor contest.  It’s genuinely funny and sweet and totally priceless!)

“To Keep it all the Year” by: @profdanglaisstuff​

(the Author’s Summary: Killian Jones is a broken man, betrayed by everyone and everything he thought he could believe in. He’s all but given up on life until a fateful meeting with bartender Emma Swan and her son Henry gives him a reason to live again, and a chance to redeem his past.)

*There are tons more, but hope you enjoy these for now!! I don’t want to steer you wrong, but you’re pretty much guaranteed to like every one of these stories!!!*

[fericita-s]

Spooning

For the Grishaverse Winter Challenge, some new Helnik! Thanks for tagging me on the prompt, @jomiddlemarch!

Since Nina and Matthias actually get stuck in a wintry shack in canon, I made this part of In Eagleton the Women Don’t, the Parks and Rec AU I’ve been working on. In this installment, Nina and Matthias are the only two who end up at Ron’s cabin for a staff retreat before a blizzard strands them there. But they have warm blankets and whiskey and a mutual attraction to each other, so what’s the problem? Two-parter with part one posted below.

Thanks as always to @theburnbarreljester, this time for daring me to include the love spoons exchange in a fic and not just our chat.

The Labor Day event had been a month ago, and Matthias hadn’t been alone with Nina since the weekend she spent at his apartment in the wake of it. Some of that was the actual busy nature of their jobs. He finally had a successful singles mixer to build on as planning for Halloween loomed on the horizon. And then of course there was the full range of fall programming to line up and budgets to fuss over. But mainly, he couldn’t trust himself to be in her presence until he could do it without picturing her mouth around a hot dog.

The way she tipped her head back, the long column of her throat exposed. The tip of her wet tongue emerging from her warm mouth. The way she swallowed and then immediately reached for another. The way she licked her lips and moaned as she got further into the contest, her chest heaving with the effort.

Even seeing her throw it all back up again hadn’t been enough to temper the desire he’d felt for her in those moments. And then, taking care of her, his hands wrapped around her hair, his hands dipping the washcloth under the edges of her shirt’s generous neckline, his hands on her hips to steady her as she clutched the countertop, it only raised a possessive and insistent desire in him to take care of her.

When she had finally been through the worst of it he ran out to get her ginger ale and returned to find her dressed in an old hockey t-shirt and some basketball shorts that she must have pulled out of his clean laundry pile. As far as he could tell, though he tried to keep his eyes from lingering, she wasn’t wearing anything else. Her fingers had brushed his as he handed her the cold can of ginger ale and she’d sighed in thanks.

He rubbed a hand across his knuckles, remembering.

But he knew he’d behaved badly at their first meeting during that disastrous announcement of the merger. He’d called her names, publicly. He’d become the misogynistic asshole she’d accused Eagletonians of being. She seemed to enjoy being around him now, had even accepted his invitation to a date although he’d awkwardly pitched it as a work meeting.

The problem was, Nina was bright and joyful and obscenely funny with just about everyone. How could he tell if she enjoyed being around him in particular or if his attention would be as welcome as round two of The City Council Meeting From Hell?

So he avoided the Pawnee parks floor and conducted all of the Halloween event planning and retreat queries via email, a burst of adrenaline hitting him every time he saw a bolded email in his inbox from her.

He started running with Chris Traeger twice a day.

He suspected it was Chris who had created this new problem for him. Or possibly Jerry. Usually Jerry was in the mix on most problems that cropped up in the world of Pawnee Parks. In any case, he found himself in a small conference room with too many people, Nina due to arrive any minute, and the news that they would soon be spending a lot of time together.

“The retreat is for all of us? Pawnee and Eagleton staff? In the middle of the woods?”

“Yes!” Tom crowed. “Ron’s letting us use his pad and it will be some hard core glamping, I already have the cheeses packed and got some sick new headphones for-”

“There will be no glamping,” Ron said in his gruff voice. Matthias felt a thrill of relief until he continued. “We will go to the cabin. You will make the catalog for next year’s events. I will hunt. Or carve. Or do something that you will not interrupt and that you have no business knowing about. No one will party on or party down or do any sort of partying of any kind. The end.”

“Sounds fantastic, Ron. We should get you to write the program blurbs. With that kind of description we’ll crush last year’s numbers,” Nina said, entering the room. She was clutching a mug in one hand and running her palm up and down the side, blowing into the steam coming off of the top. Matthias had never before been jealous of an inanimate object.

“We should get the rest of the day off to pack,” Donna said, pulling back from the table and heading for the door, not waiting for an answer.

Matthias cleared his throat and looked at Nina’s boots. Boots were good. They covered up what were sure to be delicate ankles and enticingly curvy calf muscles. That he was not thinking about. “Will you be going? Or does your cat need you at home?”

“We’ve already established my cat needs no one, especially me. I’ll be there. You?”

“I didn’t realize it was an actual retreat. Like in beds. In a cabin. I thought it just meant weekend meetings. The Eagleton parks department used to go on retreats but I assumed we couldn’t make room for it in the budget anymore. There isn’t a line item for it anywhere.”

“That’s because it’s Ron’s cabin,” Nina said as the others began to file out, Leslie clapping her hands and leading them in a chant that tried to rhyme “Pawnee” and “devotee.”

“He tolerates us there for the weekend because it gives him joy to teach us survival skills for about an hour before he loses all hope that Tom could ever fend for himself in the wild and goes off to an even tinier cabin that none of us have ever actually seen.”

They were alone in the room and he was now looking at her belt. He wondered if it was real leather and the snapping sound it might make as it was pulled taut and then loosed before shaking his head and clearing his throat again. How was he going to spend a weekend with her in the same small cabin?

“Sounds great. What should I pack?”

“Comfortable clothes. It’s not formal. Lots of chances for chopping wood and carving wood and learning how to use wood to make crude splints and lean-tos. It’s just wood ‘round the clock. Morning wood, afternoon wood, night wood.”

He raised his eyes to meet hers and he startled as she winked.

“And some work if we can fit it in.”

Did she know what her words were doing to him? He hoped Ron would make room for him in the second cabin. He was going to need some distance between himself and Nina if he was going to survive the weekend.

[wistfulrat]

hell ya it’s that time of the week. we got 8th year fics, animagus fics, draco harnessing the magic of shooting stars, shepherd harry being unbearably tender and hot, flirtatious holiday office parties, the drarry multi-verse told in wistful dreams! eat up, fellow yearners.

Bitter Transmutation : Cruel Transformation by @dorthyanndrarry​ - 103k, M The terms of Draco’s probation require him to finish his final year of schooling, he just wants to survive with what little dignity he has left, in face of students that hate him, falling behind on his school work, and all the strange fevers and weakness and changes… that only seem to be getting worse.

draco wants to be good. harry wants to be needed. it’s an 8th year veela fic but rly it’s draco learning to humanize others and himself via shitty creature-puberty and harry trying not to run away from his feelings. all the non-sexual intimacy and general tenderness in this fic is comforting as hell.

Owl Was Well by @fencer-x (an @hd-erised​ fic) - 66k, T Draco Malfoy is not an owl, really he isn’t. He simply assumes the shape of one on occasion when he wants to find a bit of privacy—a goal entirely thwarted because Harry Potter doesn’t understand you can’t just grab any old bird from the Owlery and force it to send your missives and deliver your packages.

god i love a truly prickly draco and a disgustingly earnest harry bc the combination breeds emotional chaos. 8th yr animagus draco going out of his way to fuck with harry only to Catch Feelings — a trope i live and die for. they’re both very scrappy in this. lots of dancing around their big mutual gay crush as they grow to begrudgingly respect each other. i personally would love the opportunity to tell off the object of my affection right before kissing them furiously.

Wish Upon a Star (As Dreamers Do) by @icmezzo - 27k, M There’s plant magic and celestial magic and dark magic and the normal magic that allows Harry to use a spell to clean his socks when Myrtle’s taken up in his laundry room again. Then there are wishes, and dreams, and love, and those are even more magical still.

harry helps out at hogwarts but mcgonagall’s asked him for help with a spell that has him fully stumped and of course he’s too proud to ask literal-wishmaker draco for help but he’s desperate and curious! there’s this breathtaking scene in a field where draco collects meteor dust beneath an endless night sky. we all lose our shit. harrys flustered bc it’s very magical and very hot of draco. feat. neville’s greenhouse, the rambunctious ghosts of grimmauld place including moody & cedric, stargazing with ur crush. literally what’s not to love.

Through the May Air, Over the Ocean by @tsauergrass​ - 44k, T Draco Malfoy never expected to find himself in Scotland or being stuck in a cottage with Potter—but wonders never cease. A story about warmth, a story about falling back in love. A story about a flock of sheep in the distant fells of Scotland.

two lonely men in the middle of idyllic shepherd pastures learning how to navigate their grief and longing for companionship. an elegiac masterpiece of a fic. there are moments so quiet and tender it aches. you want their growing love to be easy but it’s rife with mourning and fear. it makes the ending that much sweeter and earned. (also yes this was a re-read but it’s december and i live in the pacific, world of perpetual summer and humidity, so mentally i needed to be in the vastness of wintry scotland. hell ya atmospheric fics!!)

To Tame A Kitten (is to love) by @tsauergrass​ - 13k, G After the war, Harry finds solace in fostering orphaned kittens. One day, a kitten appears on his door step without explanation—and attacks him! Taking it in, he quickly finds that this kitten is nothing ordinary.

another tsauergrass rec bc im a hoe for poetic melancholy and tentative intimacy. the premise of this fic screams fluff but then you’re unexpectedly hit with harry’s longing for affection as he tries to find places to pour all that guileless love spilling out of him. the image of him smiling sadly makes me emo as hell. but rly his and draco’s loneliness are concentric circles so this is all eventually solved with hella cuddling. “I know. . .It’s tiring. But there are a lot of beautiful things, too” — destroyed me.

Sweet Indulgence by @the-sinking-ship​ - 10k, E It doesn't matter that Marcy from Accounting is dancing on the tables, Shacklebolt is wearing antlers, and Elliot from Transportation is on his third round of Mariah Carey on karaoke because all the free champagne in the world won't salvage the Ministry Christmas party for Draco if Potter doesn't show up soon.

lecherous unhinged draco is sometimes the only characterization i care about skkdkd. most dramatic bitch alive whom i personally would die for. you must simply respect the flirtatious hustle. the promiscuous licking of a gingerbread man in the shape of ur crush, pouring champagne down their shirt, doing whatever it takes to make them laugh. it’s galaxy-brain courting bc harry is Charmed. we love our fics sexy and hysterical tbh.

Our Little Life by @tackytigerfic​ - 7k, M Sometimes Harry dreams. Only they're not really dreams at all, and Malfoy is always in them. It's time travel, but not as we know it, and Harry just needs a good night's sleep.

when i say star-crossed lovers i mean this fic in its entirety i mean harry saying “I see how things could be for us, I see it all the time” i mean that part in gaudy night when lord peter tells harriet “Give me your hand, and we’ll fight on until we drop.” a thousand iterations of drarry coming together (which, extremely meta) and all that world-building in under 10k words? the skill.

[legolasoftherings]

Market Day

Pairing: Kili x female reader

Word Count: 4044

A/N: Durins live!AU :))  This is dedicated to my favorite Kili fanatic @elles-writing cuz she’s lovely!! Happy reading, my loves <3 

Song rec: Angel by FINNEAS oh my goodness this song makes me soft and kili uses the nickname angel a bunch in this fic (sorry not sorry) 

It was late midmorning, and the cold winter sun had been in the sky for a few hours now. The whole of Erebor was awake and busily bustling, all except for you and Kili. 

Your eyes opened to him, wrapped in a blanket and smiling at you. His deep brown eyes watched your face as you came to, memorizing every detail of your slowly blinking eyes and yawning lips. 

“Morning, angel,” he said, reaching for your hand and massaging it lightly with his fingers. 

“Ki, what time is it?” you groaned, rubbing the sleep from your eyes and rolling into his open arms. 

“It’s almost midday,” he replied as he cuddled you to his softly curved frame. Tucking your head under his chin, your fingertips played with the small curls on his bare chest. His fingers ran smoothly through your hair, sending a slight shiver down your spine. 

“Kili! Why didn’t you wake me up? I have things to do!” you exclaimed, although still half asleep, leaning back to look him in the eyes. 

“I had to let you sleep, love,” he mumbled, smiling at your tired face, “You’re adorable when you’re sleepy, you know that?” 

You flushed and slipped back into his arms, “Shut up.” Even in your drowsy state, you still felt him smile at your bashfulness. Enjoying the feeling of the warmth radiating off of his body, you closed your eyes and began to drift off.

When you awoke a few minutes later, you found Kili fast asleep, still tangled around you. His dark eyelashes rested on his cheeks, and you admired his sleep-softened features for a moment with a content sigh. You began to press kisses to his arms and hands, gently waking the sleeping beauty.  

“Did I fall asleep, darling?” he murmured sleepily, burying his nose in your hair, “I didn’t mean to.” 

“Yes, love, but it’s quite alright,” you replied, as Kili began to drowsily kiss your cheeks. 

“I wanted to get you breakfast, amrâlimê. Aren’t you hungry, angel?” 

Your stomach growled loudly at that, and you grinned. With a laugh, you said, “There's no time like the present, Ki.”

“Hm, you’re right.” 

With that, he pressed a kiss to your forehead and pulled himself up to a sitting position, pulling you up with him. As he pulled half of his gently waved hair into a ponytail (your greatest weakness), you slid off the bed and over to the wardrobe. 

Tossing a tunic at Kili, you pulled another out for yourself. It was altogether too big for you, but you wrapped it around your torso and pulled on some soft pants. 

“Ready to go?” you asked, moving toward the bedroom door. 

“Not yet,” he replied, as he pulled you in for a deep kiss, “Now I am.”

“I love you.” 

“Love you more, my angel.” 

You opened the door and stepped out, holding his hand. The sun was streaming into the halls of Erebor, illuminating the incredible craftsmanship and carvings on the walls. You could smell the scent of fresh bread in the air, and you tugged on Kili’s hand, urging him to walk faster.  

On the way to the kitchen, you met Fili and his beautiful wife, Brilyn, who were running an errand for Thorin. 

“It’s nearly noon, brother! What were you two doing all this time?” Fili asked with a smirk, winking at the slightly angered Kili. 

“We were asleep, if you must know, and we’re going to get breakfast now. Happy?” Kili replied, crossing his arms. You squeezed his arm with a warning look as a way to pacify him, as you knew what could happen to Kili when he got too defensive. 

“Ah, I see. Thorin was looking for you, by the way.” “I guess we’ll have to be careful then, eh Fi?” 

“You’re going to avoid him?” Fili’s response came incredulously, his eyes widening. 

“It’s a challenge! Right, Y/N?”

You sighed, “If you say so, Ki.”

Brilyn grinned at your hesitant affirmation and said, “Well, good luck, Kili and Y/N. I hope you don’t get caught, for your sake.” At that, Fili wrapped his arm around his love’s waist and led her away. 

“How can we be so sure we won’t run into him?” you asked Kili, worry spreading across your face.

“Well, how does a day at the Dale market sound, angel?” Since Erebor had been reclaimed, Dale had also been rebuilt, more vibrant and alive than ever before. 

“Really, Kili? That would be lovely! I’ve been craving Ms. Agnes’ sticky buns.” 

“Anything for you, ghivashel.” 

“I’m still hungry though, Ki. Can we stop by the kitchen?” 

“Of course!” 

Soon, one muffin and a sausage later, you were almost ready to leave. Something’s not quite right, you thought, but what is it? You pondered that for a short while, and then, Aha! 

“Kili, I need to change!” you announced.

“Love, why? You look wonderful.”

“Thank you, but I’m basically in pajamas. If we’re representing the kingdom, we have to look somewhat presentable.” 

“Is that right? Well, I’ve got that covered,” he quipped with a cheeky grin.

“You’re hilarious, darling,” you deadpanned with a light slap on his shoulder, “Let’s go.” 

You practically dragged him back to your room, checking carefully around every corner for the king of Erebor. Once you finally reached your room, you breathed a sigh of relief and pulled off Kili’s tunic. Rifling through the clothes in the wardrobe, you pulled out your favorite tunic and skirt, and put them on. Kili was sitting on the bed, patiently watching and waiting, when all of a sudden, you heard a loud knock on the bedroom door.

“Kili?” Thorin boomed, knocking again. 

Your eyes widened, and you silently ran to Kili. He motioned for you to hide under the bed, and you ducked underneath, pulling him with you. You covered his mouth with your hand and held your breath. 

The door creaked open, and you saw Thorin’s heavy boots enter the room. Kili tensed slightly, exaggerating his muscles deliciously, but you shook the thoughts out of your head; there was no time to think about that at the moment. To your relief, after the boots had stopped for a few moments, the boots left the room, and you could breathe again. 

“That was close,” Kili whispered, not wanting to move just yet, “We’ll have to be careful.”

Once you were absolutely sure Thorin was gone, you slid out from under the bed. Kili followed you back over to the wardrobe. He pulled on a heavy coat, perfect for the wintry weather, but all you had was a sweater, more suited for early fall. 

“We’ll have to get you something warmer, angel. It’ll be winter soon!” 

“No, Kili. I’ll be fine, you’ll see.”

“Y/N, I’m not taking no for an answer. Borrow mine, and let’s go see what the market has to offer, okay love?”

“Are you sure? I’m sure I can manage, and won’t you be cold?”

“I’m positive, and I can handle the cold better than you can. Here,” he replied, removing his coat and wrapping it around you. It was too big, but quite comfortable, and as a bonus, it smelled like him, enveloping you like one of his bear hugs. 

“Thank you, my love,” you murmured, giving him a peck on the cheek. 

Kili opened the door of your quarters and peeked out, watching for his uncle. He looked back at you with a nod, whispering, “The coast is clear.” 

The two of you walked as nonchalantly as possible through the halls, and were happy to slip under the radar. You even nodded greetings at a few passing dwarfs to distract yourself from the possible fate that awaited you. 

As you approached the hall to the throne room, you grabbed Kili’s hand nervously. He smiled reassuringly at you and squeezed your hand gently. Taking a deep breath, he stuck his head around the corner of the hall, and whispered, “It’s empty, but keep an eye out.” 

You snuck carefully past the throne room, casting a watchful gaze around the hallway. To your surprise, the entire path to the great hall and front door was clear. With a nervous glance behind him and a slight gulp, Kili began to walk faster, pulling you along. 

“Come on, we have to make it through the doors. We’ll be safe then, Y/N.” 

“Ki, is there something you’re not telling me?” 

“Uh-”

“KILI!” Thorin roared, some distance behind you. 

“Oh no,” you groaned.

“Run!” Kili shouted, breaking into a sprint, you close behind. You crossed the great hall in record time and made it to the door.

“Kili, if you open that door, I’ll-” “Sorry, Uncle!” he interrupted, throwing open the large wooden door and pulling you outside, slamming it behind him. 

“Y/N, we are definitely not safe here.”

“I know, Ki. C’mon!” you called, taking off at a run. The crisp winter air filled your lungs, spurring you on faster. Hearing the door fly open, you looked back to see a disappointed Thorin, followed by Fili, who was trying to hold in a laugh. Kili shamelessly waved at them as he caught up to you and swept you up bridal-style, causing you to squeal in shock and delight.

“See you later!” Kili called at his brother, who was visibly shaking with his efforts to not laugh aloud. He kept running until they were barely visible, just tiny specks in your eyes. Your breath came out in clouds, and you smiled. Breathing out harder, you tried to make the biggest cloud possible and watched it float away in the clear, bright sunlight. 

“Fear me, for I am Smaug, the great slug! I will burn your village and take your gold!” you exclaimed gleefully, wriggling out of Kili’s hold. 

He laughed and pulled you back into a tight embrace, declaring, “I have caught the dragon, and she will pay for her crimes!” His fingers began to tickle your sides, making you scream with laughter. 

“KILI! Let me go!” you cried, trying to stop your giggles, but he held fast to your waist. 

“You’ll have to kiss me, angel,” he replied with a grin. You turned quickly and planted an aggressive kiss on his lips, and he released you from his arms. 

“Ki, I love you, but you can be so stupid sometimes,” you choked out, gasping for air. He jumped forward and grabbed your arm, steadying you.

“Sorry, love. Are you alright?” he asked, concern showing in his face. 

“I’ll be fine, no thanks to you.”  

“To be fair, the only reason why we’re here now is because I’m stupid enough to think we could do it.”  

“You’re right, Ki. But, Thorin will kill you once we get back.”

“What if we didn’t come back? What if we just left and traveled Middle-Earth together?” he replied, making a wide, sweeping motion at the distant mountains with his hands to add emphasis, “Y/N and Kili against the world. It would be fun!”

“Kili, that is a wonderful idea. Absolutely not!” you declared, taking one of his hands in yours and pulling him in the direction of Dale, “After all, you are still a prince.”

He laughed and followed your lead into the city. All of Dale was alive and bustling with the typical afternoon crowd around the two of you, and no one noticed the two of you weaving through the crowded market.

Your eyes quickly took inventory of all the products displayed on the large tables, searching for one table in particular. The smell of melted sugar filled your nose, and you followed the sweet scent to the back of the market to where you knew the hidden gems were.

“Ms. Agnes!” you called, pulling Kili over to the delicious smelling desserts. The grandmotherly woman behind the table looked up with a smile, instantly recognizing your voice. 

“Hello, my sweet girl,” she answered, reaching out to squeeze your hand fondly. She glanced behind you and gave you a knowing look, saying, “Good morning, Prince Kili.” 

“Morning, Ms. Agnes,” Kili replied, nodding his head as he eyed the pastries with a grin, “And please, just call me Kili.”

“Alright, then, Kili. What’ll it be, lovelies?” 

“Well, to appease Y/N, how about four sticky buns and six gingersnaps?” he laughed, wrapping an arm around your waist. 

“Kili! Are we going to be able to eat all of that?” 

“In case you forgot, angel, we are on the run from my uncle. We may need to survive for a long time in the wild, my love.”

“Very funny,” you countered as the baker raised an eyebrow questioningly, “Don’t worry, Ms. Agnes, we aren’t in too much trouble.”

“If you say so,” Ms. Agnes answered as she surveyed the small box of treats that she was curating, “Right now, you have four sticky buns and six gingersnaps. Will that be all, darlings?” 

You sighed in defeat as Kili looked at you expectantly, “Well, some pumpkin cake does sound good…”

“Yes!” he cheered, spinning you around and kissing you right on the mouth. Pumpkin cake was his absolute favorite dessert, and he bought it at every possible opportunity (to share with you, of course). 

“Kili, we are in public!” you exclaimed, still reeling from his sudden outburst. Ms. Agnes laughed at your flustered state, and put two slices of pumpkin cake, generously glazed with frosting, into the box. 

“Thank you so much, Ms. Agnes,” Kili said, taking the box and dropping a handful of coins into her hand.

“My pleasure, Kili. Have a wonderful day, you two.” 

“Goodbye!” you replied, waving as you walked away. All of a sudden, a gust of wind blew through the market, sending a wave of shivers through your body.

“Shall we see about that coat, Y/N?” Kili asked, capturing your cold hands in one of his. 

“That would be nice, love.” 

Kili began to walk through the market, scanning the tables full of goods. Nothing seemed quite to his satisfaction, as there was a constant perplexed scowl on his face. You tucked your hand in the crook of his arm and led him towards a promising display. Leather, wool, and metal were proudly presented, drawing your gaze back and forth across the table. 

A deep oxblood colored coat caught your eye, and your fingers ran over the smooth fabric. Its soft, warm material reminded you of Kili’s hugs, and you smiled softly. 

The man running the stand noticed your admiration and spoke up, “This was crafted just yesterday, my lady, and it’s perfect for the winter. Would you like to try it on?” 

“Oh, yes please, if it’s not too much trouble,” you replied, looking up reluctantly from the beautiful piece, not wanting to take your eyes off of it. 

“It’s no trouble at all. Here you are.” 

You removed Kili’s coat and handed it to him, turning back to the tailor. He held the cloak coat for you to slip your arms into, which you did. It fit like a glove, and complemented your figure wonderfully; you knew that you had to purchase it. 

Kili couldn’t take his eyes off of you, his mouth hanging open just a bit, “It looks wonderful on you, angel.”

“Thank you, Ki,” you replied with a smile, “I’ll buy it!”  

“Wonderful, my lady!” 

Kili began to take out his money pouch, but you stopped him with a light head shake, “I’ve got it, love.” 

“But-”

“It’s okay,” you whispered, squeezing his arm as you dropped a small pile of gold into the hand of the tailor.

“Should I wrap this up, or would you like to wear it now?” the tailor asked, holding the coat out to you. 

“I’ll wear it now, thanks!” you replied, taking it and pulling it on, sending Kili into another wave of adoration. You offered your arm to him, who took it and led you away. The two of you began to walk to the outskirts of the market, when you had an idea.

“We should get something for Fili. After all, he is stuck inside Erebor with your angry bear of an uncle,” you said, grinning at Kili, who laughed and pointed at one particular display. 

“Fi loves the cinnamon bread there, and so does Brilyn. How does that sound?”

“Sounds like a plan to me,” you answered, leading him over to the display. The two of you ordered a loaf of cinnamon bread for yourselves and one for Fili, and went on your way. 

By this time, the sun was close to setting due to short winter days, and you knew that eventually, you would have to face Thorin. 

“Kili, what happens when we go back?” you asked, brows furrowed, “What will we do about your uncle?” 

He thought for a moment, and an idea dawned on him, “I’ve got it! We get something for him, and say that was the intention the whole time!” 

“Sometimes, I don’t give your mind enough credit, Ki, because that is a wonderful idea. Do you have any notion about what to get him, though?” 

“Well, Y/N, I’ll let you in on a little secret,” Kili replied, the look on his face comparable to a child about to spoil a surprise party, “My uncle is a total sucker for romantic poetry.” 

“For some reason, I’m not surprised,” you said with a chuckle, “Did you see any romantic poetry here? I didn’t.”  

“Well, no, but I have a backup plan,” he answered, reaching into a pocket of his coat and brandishing a medium-sized book. 

“How did I not notice a book in there?” you exclaimed, flipping through the pages in the leather-bound volume critically, “This isn’t exactly light.”

“Well, neither is the coat. What do you think about it?”

“It’ll do as an excuse, but I have no idea what will happen if it doesn’t.”

“Maybe, he’ll just say that we’ve been working very hard, and that we deserved the day off.”

You scoffed at that, making him chuckle. His contagious laughter infected you, and you collapsed onto the ground with giggles. The two of you laughed until tears came out of your eyes, and you leaned against his chest. 

“We are totally dead.” you declared, still wiping tears from your eyes. 

“Yeah, probably,” he replied, squeezing you in a tight embrace, “Are you sure you don’t want to take me up on my offer?”

“To travel Middle-Earth together? Positive.”

“Well then, you’d better come up with a good plan to not get us killed,” he said, giving you a kiss on the forehead. 

“Don’t worry, love, I promise I’ll think of something.”

The cold winter sun began to sink behind the mountains as you sat together, casting a bright glow over Dale. As you sat, you shared the desserts between the two of you happily, the sweet cookies and pastries filling your stomachs until you could eat no more. The sun slipped away until the full moon and stars were the only light, but you were still holding onto each other. 

“Angel, we probably should be getting back,” Kili murmured as you leaned against his chest. 

“Not yet,” you replied, looking up at him with a mischievous smirk. 

“What is it?” 

“You’ll have to kiss me first, love.” 

He grinned back and pulled you around to face him, leaving a quick kiss on your lips and pulling back. You crossed your arms and raised an eyebrow at his twinkling eyes, making him laugh.

“I hope that wasn’t all, Kili, or we may have ourselves a slight problem.” 

“Oh? And what might that be?” 

“I’m not sure you want to know.”

“I don’t know, Y/N, maybe I do,” he answered casually, catching your waist in his hands and holding you still. 

“Kili…”

“Yes?” 

“Kiss me.”

“As you wish, angel,” he said as he pulled you closer to his chest. His hand reached up to brush a strand of hair away from your face, and he rested his forehead against yours. You wrapped your arms around his neck and met his lips softly as the moonlight illuminated his face. Moving his hands to cup your cheek and jaw, his deep eyes took you in, and he murmured, “Amrâlimê.” You kissed him again, the sweet taste of sugar still on your lips making him smile. 

“Y/N?”

“Hm?” 

“You’re as sweet as sugar,” he said, trying to hold in a laugh. 

You groaned and slapped him playfully on the chest, “You had to ruin the moment, love.”

The laugh he was hiding came out, and he touched his nose to yours affectionately.  

“Ki, you are so lucky that I love you.”

“Oh, am I?” he returned, raising a brow and biting back a chuckle. 

“Extremely,” you declared, proudly smirking at the absolutely whipped dwarf holding you. Taking his hand, you began to pull him in the direction of Erebor. 

“Wait!” he exclaimed, stopping in his tracks, “We forgot the bread!” 

Whipping around, you looked back in the darkness to where you were sitting and rushed back to the small packages of bread.

“Good thing I remembered, or there would have been nothing to redeem us,” Kili commented. 

“Mhm. Shall we get going?” 

As you walked back to Erebor, the two of you sweet-talked and flirted---trying to ignore the nervous feeling in your stomach---until you reached the door. 

You took a deep breath to steady yourself and opened the heavy front door. 

“After you, love,” you said, bowing low with a grin.

“No, please, you first, angel.” 

“Kili, you have to face your uncle sometime or another.” 

“Will you go with me?” he asked, grabbing your hand nervously.

“Yes, of course. We just have to make it through this door.”

He stepped across the threshold and you followed. Practically running in the direction of your room, you had no time to keep an eye out for the king. 

At last, your bedroom door was in sight, but you heard,“Kili!” 

“Oh, Mahal!” Kili groaned, whipping around but breathing a sigh of relief, “Fili! It’s just you.”

“You two are in so much trouble,” Fili warned, approaching cautiously, “Thorin had half a mind to banish you!” 

You sighed in defeat, but Kili laughed, “But we brought you bread!” 

“What?”

“We brought you cinnamon bread, Fi,” Kili repeated, handing over the package, “For you and Brilyn.”

“Thanks, Ki!” he exclaimed, taking a deep inhale of the cinnamon-laced dessert, “By the way, this doesn’t replace all the things I had to do for you today. Somehow, I convinced Thorin to let you go without sending the entire army after you, so I expect payment.”

“Uh, right. Let’s talk about that later, okay? Goodnight,” Kili replied, quickly backing up, pulling you into your bedroom and shutting the door.

“Kili! You get back out here!” 

“Sorry Fi, Y/N’s tired! Have a wonderful evening, and I’ll see you in the morning,” he called through the door with a grin. Fili sighed and you heard his footsteps walk away and down the hall. 

Yawning, you pulled off your coat and carefully hung it up in the wardrobe. Peeling off the rest of your clothing, you quickly hopped into your sleeping clothes, shivering slightly. Kili did the same, and crawled into your warm bed. 

“C’mere love,” he called, holding out his arms expectantly. 

Climbing into bed, you snuggled into his embrace and pulled the blanket up to your chin.  

“We’ll just have to talk to Thorin tomorrow,” you murmured, already falling asleep.

“Mm,” Kili agreed, kissing you on the forehead with half-lidded eyes.  

“Thank you for taking me to the market, love.”

“My pleasure. Would you like to go again tomorrow?” 

You chuckled sleepily and said, “We might as well leave Erebor permanently if you want to do that.” 

“My offer still stands. We could leave tomorrow and be halfway to Mirkwood by midday.”

“You want to go back there?” 

“I have a few friends there that you may want to meet.” 

“Kili, tomorrow, we are going to face your uncle. No ifs, ands, or buts. Are we clear?”

“Crystal.”

“Wonderful. Goodnight, Ki,” you said, kissing his lips one final time. 

“‘Night,” he replied, running his hands through your hair, “I love you, angel.” 

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got any good fics with cryptids, the woods or just the super natural in general? like adventurecore stuff? thank you! ☺️

Wow, this fandom certainly likes its supernatural elements!  Check out our list of previous recommendations (by no means comprehensive, but it’s a start), and enjoy the fics below. - S

Neil as a fantasy creature here (also see links at top of post)

new horror/supernatural fics here

October staff recs here

autumnal/spooky fics here

werewolf aus here

‘running with the wolves’ here

‘high up in the hills of california series’ series here

‘Fang and Claw and Tooth and Nail’ here

‘Sunday in a Six-Day-War’ here

‘(don’t fear) the reaper’ here

‘devil's got us all in his pockets’ here

‘F.O.X.E.S. Division’ here

‘I Want to Believe’ here

‘skeletons in the water’ here

‘I just wanted to protect you’ here

‘The War Behind Your Face; And I'll Express My Inner Rage’ here

‘Haunted: Not Clickbait’ here

‘the haunted walls of the wesninski house’ here

‘The Ghost in You’ here

‘some ghosts are real enough (to be felt)’ here (since updated)

‘Written in the scars of our hearts’ here

‘A Phantom and a Fly’ here

‘The Morning AUs - The Witch Hunt’ here

‘Since the beginning’ series here

‘Spookies & Cream’ here

Ursa Major by darkbluebox [Rated T, 4288 words, incomplete, last updated Dec 2020]

At first, it seems like an ordinary photography assignment. A few weeks trekking through the wintry wilderness, enough shots of the local fauna to keep his agent happy, and then onwards once more. However, the strange little tourist lodge in the foothills holds more than Neil bargained for - secrets, thievery, friendship, and an impossible blond bear.

tw: implied/referenced abuse

into the woods series by Ominous [Rated T, 38467 words, incomplete, last updated Jan 2021]

Part 1: through the thicket (T, 9928 words)

"No, you're not real," he says, and he thinks he repeats it a few times, trying to convince himself it's all one bad dream. Whatever is stalking him stops, but Neil can still feel its aura, its power. The presence it has is gargantuan, a wall Neil has no hope of getting past. Just like his father in front of him. At the thought, at the ghost of hands on him, Neil screams. "You're gone!"

And he opens his eyes just as the lightning strikes. It bathes the forest in a bluish glow for half a second, but it's enough for Neil to see.

It's not his father, it's—

The dog in front of him boofs softly, and Neil's eyes widen.

Part 2: out of the brush (T, 11971 words)

As he spends long hours playing with Atlas, Neil questions why Andrew never comes to visit. Neil knows he's not good at reading people, but with how much time he and Andrew also spend together now...

He'd think they were friends? Maybe?

Something in Neil's stomach flips uncomfortably at the thought of Andrew, and Atlas lifts his head, peering down at Neil.

It’s uncanny, how he always seems to do that, but Neil isn’t any closer to figuring out himself or Atlas’ bizarre behavior.

Part 3: across the clearing (T, 16568 words)

"Don't presume to know me," Andrew says, but it has no bite, no resentment. He sounds tired, and the strain makes Neil's smile falter, his arms falling to his sides. Andrew should never sound so defeated, so hopeless, not even for a moment. It's the tone of a man who's already lost, and Neil's not even aware of what game they're playing.

So he smiles again, shaky this time, and hopes with everything he has that Andrew can sense Neil's truth as well. That whatever it is, Neil will still be riding along with Andrew in his truck. He won’t leave.

"No," Neil says back, shaking his head. "I only know what you tell me."

And if Andrew decides to tell him everything, then Neil only hopes it's because he wants to.

tw: implied/referenced abuse, tw: mild violence

Post Its and Missing Persons by nerdzeword [Rated T, 6303 words, Complete 2020]

In which they are grad students trying to stop the rise of the old ones.

College AU for the AFTG BINGO blackout with the crew

tw: violence

Grim by wittyrabbit [Rated G, 2798 words, incomplete, last updated Oct 2020]

Weird occurrences up and down, sometimes sideways. It was normal in the eastern Massachusetts town Neil resided in. Born from hauntings and witches alike, the town was built on a principle of scares and mythology. A childhood friend shows up from Neil's past and things begin to get weird.

or au where Andrew is the Grim Reaper's son and saves Neil from his fate.

tw: violence

Caught You (Now I'm Gonna Scratch Up All Your Toys) by hoob_gooblin [Rated M, 11658 words, complete, Aftg Reverse Big Bang 2020]

Reverse Big Bang 2020, written for the prompt:

"The Monsters are just that, monsters, but they aren't all as bad as they seem. Aaron and Andrew are the most feared of all of them, but no one actually knows what they are, until Neil stumbles upon them and can't quite believe his eyes."

Otherwise known as, an unwittingly accepted catboy twinyards au treated far too seriously.

tw: ableist language, tw: violence, tw: bullying, tw: non-consensual drug use

NB: Art prompt by @goopllmw-artdeactivated15-05-20

Cold Spots Part 1, Cold Spots Part 2 and Cold Spots Part 3 by @yourwritersblock [tumblr, 2018]

Neil should have seen it coming, really. He had become far too complacent hanging around the empty house, day after day, year after year. He had almost forgotten that houses were built for the living.

Art

ghost au by @fornavn [tumblr, aftg bingo 2020]

[twopoppies]

I loved "Desires for Woolgathering" and "Three days in February" because they have a similar vibe to black with autumn rain and soul of the sea. I have more in my fantasy folder if the anon likes those.

I got the impression their request was more about the setting–the isolation, the wintry weather, the moors–than about the supernatural elements. I have recs for supernatural and magical fics, but...

But if that anon sees this, and would like some fantasy fics, please give a shout!

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Holiday Fics Serial

These are stories that consist of several chapters and centre on Christmas and/or the holiday season. They’re typically written for holiday exchanges, as secret santa gift, for holiday events or just to celebrate holidays with fic!

‼ Please note that these themed lists may always be expanded based on the suggestions and recs we get, so the lists might change at any given time, even after they’ve been reblogged ‼

A Christmas Healing by MissKatt    

Posted on: Dokuga, FFnet Rating: M Summary: After a horrid Christmas experience, Sesshoumaru became the cold hearted demon he is today. His job nominates him to deliver the fruits of their toy drive to the town orphanage where he meets an overly bubbly volunteer.

A Christmas Rebirth by Natalia

Posted on: Dokuga Rating: MA Summary: Six years ago Kagome ran away from him and promised herself that she would never see him again. Now, six years later she is constrained to break her own word. She would have to reach out to him, Sesshomaru. Dokuga Christmas exchange 2017!

A Christmas To Remember by Almakaeva  

Posted on: Dokuga, FFnet   Rating: MA Summary:  "Tell me Higurashi, did you and the mythological Lord have tea together?" Her teacher asked sarcastically. "No professor, The Lord of the Western lands and I never had tea together, although we did spend Christmas together." was her simple reply. S/K Status: WIP

Any Given Christmas by Luna C.

Posted on: Dokuga Rating: T Summary:  Christmas is a wonderful holiday, celebrated by many to spread the wintry cheer, however for Sesshomaru, he thinks such a holiday was an utter waste of time, but with Kagome at his side, he is forced to put up with it no matter what. Completed.

Counting the Hours by forthright

Posted on: Dokuga, FFnet Rating: T Summary: AU. Christmas is supposed to be spent with dear ones, but when Inuyasha calls in a favor, Kagome sacrifices her holiday in order to help him fulfill an annual familial obligation. Missed flights, misunderstandings, and mistletoe conspire to bring two strangers together. **watch for annual updates** Status: WIP

From Meido For Christmas by StormieLikeWeather  

Posted on: Dokuga, FFnet   Rating: M Summary: When Kagome brings her Niece to see Santa, she ends up taking a trip to the afterlife with a youkai in a red suit. What could go wrong? Setting is in the future, years after the well closes. Written for the amazing GE_YO - Sit Boy Discord Secret Santa Exchange

Her Christmas Wish by Oroyukae

Posted on: Dokuga Rating: MA Summary: Christmas is known to be a time of magic and wonder, especially when the young are involved.All she wants is for him to be happy and seeks the aid of the one person guaranteed to do just that. [HAPPY CHRISTMAS, IT'S FINISHED!]

Ho Ho Hopefully by Aviel

Posted on: Dokuga Rating: T Summary: CU. Kagome had always thought that having Christmas cheer was a good thing. Sesshoumaru, who really didn't care about the trivial affairs of a boisterous miko, had no idea that she would break through his barriers and force her way into his heart. [Written for Summerbirdy's “Drabble December” Challenge]

Home for the Holiday by Lady Kirara

Posted on: Dokuga Rating: T Summary: [Complete] Kagome decides she is spending Christmas with her 'scrooge' of a brother-in-law, whether he likes it or not. Determined to make his holiday a memorable one, Sesshoumaru has no idea how far she's willing to go. {Written for Dokuga_Contest Christmas Challenge, Wonderland Challenge & Drabble December}

I caught Grandma kissing Santa Claus by StormieLikeWeather

Posted on: Dokuga, FFnet Rating: MA Summary: Sesshomaru thought the night of their wedding would go in a different direction, unfortunately he and Kagome aren't the only ones interrupted. Written for Siera Goddess Of The Sea through the Dokuga Holiday Exchange 2018.

Keeping Faith by Caleesci

Posted on: Dokuga, FFnet  Rating: T Summary: COMPLETE. (finally) She was an enigma of hope, a light in the dark. He was a pillar of strength, a rock in the chaos of life. Two souls brought together in a place of uncertain futures. A story about never giving up hope. For r0o's Holiday Challenge

Nights Before Christmas by Lyra

Posted on: Dokuga Rating: M Summary: With a crash - literally - Kagome makes her way into Sesshomaru's life. Christmas is coming; but does that even have meaning to the demon she has encountered? Indeed...does it even have meaning for her anymore? Perhaps the push of the season, ripe with magic and joy, will be enough to overcome boundaries and objections.

Perfect Christmas by insomniac_amy

Posted on: Dokuga, FFnet Rating: T Summary: Written for Summer's December Drabble challenge. This was the first Christmas that Rin and Sesshoumaru would be spending with them and Kagome wanted it to be perfect.

Rin's Christmas Wish by Sophie

Posted on: Dokuga, FFnet Rating: T Summary: [COMPLETE] Seven days before Christmas Rin decide to take fate in her hands and grant herself perfect gift. Will she succeed?

The Best Gift Ever by Aubrey Simone

Posted on: Dokuga, FFnet Rating: T Summary: Christmas was always special, but this one would be the one that Kagome would never forget...Sesshomaru was sure of it. **For summerbirdy's Drabble December Challenge!** COMPLETE

The Inuyasha Christmas Carol by NovemberDoll

Posted on: Dokuga, FFnet   Rating: T Summary:  A bitter, cold-hearted lawyer whose miserly attitude pushes his loved ones away. Three spirits willing to show him that in this season, and in this life, money is not all that matters. Let the night begin. (Alternate Universe). Heavily based on the novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

The 12 Days of Christmas with Sesshomaru by brandypandyxxx

Posted on: FFnet Rating: T Summary: It's time for a holiday story! Count down the 12 days of christmas with Kagome and Sesshomaru as love blossoms in a fit of christmas magic on the 12th day. Each day of christmas titles the chapter and is the promt. So who is giving what and how! Find out in this magical fun story!

The Twelve Days of Christmas  by M-Angel 05

Posted on: Dokuga Rating: T Summary: Written for The Christmas Challenge in the Banner Challenges through Dokuga_Contest section. It's Christmas time and Kagome wants to share the joys of Christmas with her friends; this perks the interest of a certain Daiyoukai. 

This Sesshoumaru Doesn't Do Christmas by SunsetMiko  

Posted on: Dokuga, FFnet   Rating: MA Summary:  When Kagome finds out that Sesshoumaru hates all things Christmas, she sets out to change his mind, by all means necessary. Meanwhile, the taiyoukai is hiding something from his girlfriend and she needs to find out what. COMPLETE 

Winter Wonderland Surprise by Phoenix89

Posted on: Dokuga Rating: M Summary: **Written for Summers 25 days of Christmas Challenge!!!** When Kagome comes home to a surprise holiday gift from a mysterious admirer, so starts the countdown to Christmas and her happiness. Let the games begin.

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REBELCAPTAIN VALENTINES FIC REC : DAY FIVE      

Day 5 theme : Prologue + Epilogue

we are rogues, we are shooting stars by ninemoons42

Jyn thought she was going to die on Scarif, in the arms of Cassian Andor. Holding on to him, and helping him to live just a little bit longer. They don't die. They are the last to be taken off the beach. They mourn the dead, and try to live again.

take me out tonight by @moonprincess92nz

Just trying to survive since Saw abandoned her, 20 year old Jyn meets a Rebel Intelligence Officer in a bar (and maybe he buys her a drink or two).

in the bleak midwinter by @firefeufuego

Set before canon, Cassian and Jyn meet on a wintry planet and set about getting each other out of various pickles.

The Long Way Home by @ohstardustgirl  

The crew of Rogue One limped home to the Rebellion just in time for the evacuation of the base. But the journey from Yavin is anything but easy, and emotions run high as the survivors figure out where they belong and who they can trust.

my knees are cold (running home) by @fragileanimal

"You’ve got to stop doing this,” she tells him, sternly, the third time she finds him leaving the medical bay without clearance. As with the other times, the immediate support for his readmittance is the fact that he hadn’t been able to travel more than approximately twenty feet on his own, and is, currently, leaning heavily against the rough stone wall, trying to catch his breath.(Or, Jyn makes Cassian a deal -- she'll train with him if he promises to stop leaving the medical bay without clearance.)

If Only by @ohstardustgirl

A fix-it: "If Only", as in "If only Krennic had never went to the data tower, how different things could have been."How Cassian and Jyn would have survived Scarif, and what would have happened after.

One of a Thousand Lifetimes by JackofSomeTrades

 After Scarif, Jyn spends four days unconscious in the Yavin 4 medbay. She sleeps through the annihilation of Alderaan, the sudden appearance of a young Jedi, and his subsequent near-miraculous destruction of her father’s legacy.  When she wakes, groggy and in pain, the amount of information that spills out of Bodhi simply flows over her, as if she were a river-stone in the fast-flowing streams on Lah’mu.  The only thing that does stick is that Cassian is alive. Bodhi is smart enough to open with this fact, and repeats it several more times during their one-sided conversation.

[baloobird]

Do u know of any good fluffy irondad fics about keeping warm in the wintet because im freezing my buns of in my city and a fic to relate to would help a lot. Please don't feel obligated to though, nobody is entitled to ur fic recommendations, thanks luv -anon

I mean, I don’t mean to self-promote even though I totally do whoooops 😂, I have a Christmas fluff fic that I wrote last year (gonna write another one for this year eeeeeep) with this theme if ya-if ya-if ya wanna read it and stuff 😁 https://archiveofourown.org/works/16946121 

As for fic recs, I can’t think of any that have to do with a winter theme, buuuuuuut I have some wonderful cuddly fics I’ll link ya to and you can imagine them in a wintry setting 😂 Also, every time I type the fic title in a link and open it, nothing pops so...if anyone’s got any pointers, please shoot them my way.

Shadows are Not Always Darkness by @keep-a-bucket-full-of-stars: These are her bingo prompts and her latest one about Peter stealing Tony’s sweatshirts is cute as shit: https://archiveofourown.org/works/18392177

not his kid, my ass by zimnokurw on ao3: I just read this one recently and it features jealous Tony and it’s cute as shit:  https://archiveofourown.org/works/21408844

cuddles & hugs by parkerxheart on ao3: This is a series of works that’s fluffy and cuddly and wonderful <3 https://archiveofourown.org/series/1407685

I’ll Make it Back to You (Always) by peterpxrkerscurls on ao3: HOLD UP, THIS ONE’S A WINTER THEME; it’s a biodad au, has kid peter, and it’s a sickfic along with cuddling what more can you ask for, NOTHING:  https://archiveofourown.org/works/16979406

Peter Comes Out to Tony Stark by @romeoandjulietyouwish: This is a cute lil’ one that features ace Peter and I love ace Peter with my whole damn heart <3:  https://archiveofourown.org/works/18515224

Dissonance by itsparkerluck on ao3: sensory overload along with cuddling and hair playing? YES PLEASE: https://archiveofourown.org/works/15808296#main

In Case of Emergency by aliaoftwoworlds on ao3: another one with sensory overload (love this trope) https://archiveofourown.org/works/15976850

The Trials and Tribulations of Words and Notes by @keep-a-bucket-full-of-stars forever one of my faves by Leah, the fluff and cuddling is just *chef’s kiss*  https://archiveofourown.org/works/15473592

I hope you enjoy these, thank you so much for asking me, I hope you’re having/had a good day!!!!!!💖💖💖💖

[comradeocean]

I haven't read Arya x Gendry in like ... 6 years. I caught up a bit this week. Here are some I really like! 

[30 some fic recs after the jump]

post 8x01 Arya keeps looking for reasons to visit Gendry in the forge. - mmh post episode askbox fic

Somewhere to Begin, MissAtomicBomb (mrs_nerimon) The Stark sisters share a moment in the wake of some impactful reunions. - lmao my most frequently used GoT tag was "westeROS" (remember Ros???) followed by "Stark famly dynamics." So Stark sisters hashing things out... my kryptonite

Beautiful & Deadly Sharp, vlaurie17 Learning to fight with a sword were some of Arya's best memories. Sansa, however, was hesitant. “What do I do with it?” “Stick ‘em with the pointy end,” Arya smirked. Sansa just rolled her eyes, “Obviously." - also Stark sisters revisiting being Vengeance-made-girls together and practising to knife someone

I'll sing for you, Ravenclawpride06 Set post 8x1. Gendry wants it bad. Arya wants it worse. Was going to more explicit but I left it vague, felt it fit better in the end. All the pining! - I’m soft for the pining

This is my wish, crazychipmink "As he studied the drawing she had given him, he slowly began to let himself believe that she was real and alive and well. He had thought about Arya so many times that the memory of her was worn in his mind. Fragile and faded, like a piece of parchment that had been read too many times. To tell the truth, sometimes, he couldn’t even remember what she looked like, only that she was the only thing he ever wanted, ever wished for.” - season 8 episode companion fic series - ao3 tag: weapons design processes are long and require many iterations - “Davos assumed he was waiting to play his part in the great war to come, but in reality, Gendry was waiting for the next remarkable thing to happen to him. Perhaps if enough remarkable things happened to him, he would finally let himself believe that the most remarkable thing that had ever happened to him had happened.” wow ok

Who are you waiting for? crazychipmink [incomplete] "She had Arya’s face and Arya’s voice and even Arya’s smile. But despite all that, he felt like he had just spoken to a ghost. An unnatural ghost of Arya, pretending to be the girl he was in love with. Gendry had traveled to the end of the world to find her, but now that he finally had, she was gone." - the angst universe evil twin version of the fic above - we will take it bc we love to suffer - and also bc the author promises "fluff" and "eventual romance" ok sounds real but ok

the thing with feathers, yanak324 If anyone is capable of bringing the old Arya back, it’s this man in front of her, which is precisely why she must walk away. - a more (immediately) optimistic read of how Arya's in episode enactments of being No One might have gone

and in the end, jeeno2 [incomplete] Five times Gendry Waters is an idiot and the one time he figures things out. - Gendry being dumb is kind of a thing and I'm not always the biggest fan of how it plays out in fanon but this is sweet!

 The She-Wolves of Winterfell, vixleonard The pack survived. So has the Stark habit of keeping secrets. - 2nd generation Stark girls. Arya's daughter matter-of-factly saying "Stark women don't get married" - a whole ass mood.

Mid-Battle, Mary_West Sandor has something important to say to Gendry - if only Gendry can live long enough to hear it.

season 8 AU My Lady sanctuary_for_all Gendry and Arya find each other again. (AKA the plotline Gendry deserved in 7X07) - fic convention I am 100% here for: Arya scrabbling around Gendry's face looking for the seam. fic convention I am 100000% here for: Arya throwing off her glove in order to do so and then holding her hands against his cheek

Nights are for You (or Five Times Arya Visits Gendry in the Forge and One Time Gendry Visits Arya in the Castle) ASwornStark She hasn’t visited the forge since Jon returned home with the dragon bitch (the Stark sisters’ favored name for her) and him in tow. - reunion fic

season 7 Before We Jump, MissAtomicBomb (mrs_nerimon) Arya Stark's bastard boys bond on their way to the Wall. - anything for some good rowing references and bastard subjectivity

earlier laughing 'till our ribs get tough (that will never be enough), belasteals "Gendry took one look and laughed so hard that wine came out of his nose, until Harwin gave him a thwack alongside his ear." - A Storm of Swords, Arya IV (or, Gendry's POV on Acorn Hall) - real ones can't get enough of book canon and Acorn Hall.

Butcher, elephant_eyelash Gendry and Arya by the fire, discussing jacket potatoes and thinking murderous things. - perfect meditation on food and hunger and care

Dissimulo, Somnio, jeeno2 She is no one, now. But still the boy with the black hair haunts her dreams. - honestly the showrunners are cowards for not going there. let No One be Vagina Dentata Personified 2kwhenevertheBraavosiseasonsaired

post canon/canon divergent Charcoal, elephant_eyelash All about winter and feeling the cold. - weird how I'm obsessed with self-loathing and wintry alienation and the weight of history and ancestry but also devotion also love. super weird totally unexpected

Five Things Gendry Only Says in the Dark, jeeno2 Where no one else can hear him. - loneliness, shame, self-loathing. the important emotions. oh and spoiler alert some joy.

Like Wenda, Furious_Winter "...she could ride with Gendry and be an outlaw, like Wenda the White Fawn in the songs." - my favourite canon AUs are Arya and Gendry with the Brotherhood and my absolute favourites of those are when they are apart (who's ever heard of a marauding smith??) but have some of miserable bittersweet understanding and they glower at each other and make each other jealous and everything is unspoken but this is it this singular love they have for each other that doesn't quite work out. I've just realized that most of these recs are highkey angsty oops. anyway, this fic is like the most complete and perfect distillation of everything I want. - also this is so richly detailed and complete in itself. immensely satisfying. - yeah ok Furious_Winter is actually the master of post canon together but not Arya/Gendry love is not always enough fics. I'm just going to recommend all of them: - The Wolf's Head Helm [The Starks are back in Winterfell and Sansa is Queen in the North. One day, Arya receives a gift from an old friend... - Arya is in Sansas's queensguard.]  - A Means To An End (incomplete) [Arya Stark has returned from Essos and has been staying at the Inn at the Crossroads. Things are not nearly as simple as she sees them. - fuck this one hurts so good] - A Bastard At Heart [Arya and Gendry marry other people for the good of the kingdom 'cause they're self sacrificing like that. the last line took me outtt]

the truth is, baby you're all that I need, belasteals “You were jealous,” he laughed, almost shocked. “Arya Stark of Winterfell, jealous of a whore.” - sirens This One Is Not Angsty sirens

A Girl Meets a Boy, Hotpie A girl takes a face; a girl takes a lover. - possibly my favourite Crossroads Inn fic. love the Faceless Man stuff. love the detail of Needle having a smallest spot of rust, from Braavosi Steel Pox and Arya feeling a ways about it. love picking up the Melisandre thread.

So Easy To Love, Val_Creative She misses Gendry's complaining, too enthralled with staring. "You smell like Dennett's underarms," Arya murmurs, leaning in, going for blunt honesty. Gendry opens his mouth, beginning to laugh, turning uproarious and smiling. She's never seen anything more beautiful than this. More kissable than Gendry's mouth. - the summary makes it seem like it's all kissing when there is actually a big chunk of plot - in service of eventual kissing, yes, - but! spoiler alert! they don't even get to it in this fic! not exactly - maybe why I love it a lot??

With Bells in Her Hair, semicolonlife [incomplete] The further south they travel the more Gendry starts to wonder if he truly knows this woman who wears Arya Stark's face. As he begins to doubt himself more and more, Gendry becomes obsessed with the strange bells she wears in her hair. - ruthless slightly wonky Arya is my favourite Arya.

Wayfaring, Rainfallen An accidental series centered on the same basic headcanon of how Gendry found himself in the North and how Arya found her way back to it. - wolf girl Wolf Girl WOLF GIRL

Seen, sanctuary_for_all Being important matters less than who you're important to. - He wasn't sure what that verdict was, however, until she returned the unfinished sword to rest position with a deeply satisfied expression. "I am going to kill so many people with that sword." It was probably a bad sign for his long-term sanity that Gendry felt deeply complimented by that. "Happy to help." my useless heart: pikachu face - see! I like fluffy HEAs too

Hearts, sanctuary_for_all Arya comes home to her family. (Future flash) - look, I just think it's really important that even married and with children, Arya continues murdering people uwu

other AUs/misc I'll Run (Run To You), belasteals “You would rather marry a lowborn knight than a high lord, then?” She grinned, all bared teeth and sharp eyes. “I’d rather marry no one at all, else I'd not play at this mummer’s farce.” “What about the man who outruns you?” “Nobody outruns me.” (Greek mythology fusion: Arya as Atalanta, Gendry as Hippomenes. Arya vows only to marry the man who can outrun her in a footrace) - Atalanta, Mononoke, Arya. same energy.

[lesbiankiliel]

Erina’s Brand-New Tolkienverse Fic Rec List

Happy Holidays, have Tolkienverse fic recs!

sorted by rating, oldest-to-newest according to my bookmarks, marked with * are special faves, and under the cut because so many amazing fics!

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Finding Comfort by scarletjedi (7.2k, Gigolas, missing scenes, enemies to friends to lovers, book canon compliant)

*Color Me Mine by andquitefrankly (32k, Bagginshield, modern au, kindergarten au, they’re all about six, fluff, Smaug hordes crayons)

*A Detour to Your Heart by thekeyholder (9.8k, Bagginshield, modern au, Christmas, roadtrip through Europe)

*Elf-Friends by Lumelle (9.1k, Kiliel, Bagginshield, everyone lives/nobody dies, sex = marriage to Elves, Fili runs Erebor while Thorin is recovering)

Alone is a word not meant for you by authoressjean (5k, Bagginshield, modern au, Bilbo is Fili and Kili’s fave author)

*Breaking Tradition by ladyoakenshields (14k, Bagginshield, modern au, Halloween, fluff, established relationship, listen I don’t like Halloween but this fic is wonderful)

*Homecoming by alkjira (1.9k, Bagginshield, Kiliel, Bifur/Fili/Ori, Dís/canonical husband, fix-it, Dís is on a mission to get to know the ones said loved ones love and Víli is on a mission to get grandchildren, because dammit he’s not getting any younger.)

*****Love Me For Eternity by ladyoakenshields (223k, WIP, Bagginshield, How to Train Your Dragon au, fluff and angst, happy ending, this is pure brilliance, Kat is amazing ♥)

Those Who Stay by Poplitealqueen (3.1k, Durin family relations, Dáin is a kid, Dís is a kid, you just know they’re gonna end up in trouble)

Prince Kíli by Lunarflare14 (1.2k, Kiliel, Bagginshield, trans male Kili, Dwarf gender concepts, gender dysphoria, everyone is protective of Kili)

Truth, Honesty, and None of the Above by Ias (13k, Bagginshield, Kiliel, humour, engagement, secret relationships, Kili is an idiot)

*****Coffee and Floral prints by etux (3.6k, Bagginshield, modern au, humour, misunderstandings, Thorin owns a fancy café in Paris, Bilbo is a chef)

*****The Art of Searching for Yourself by etux (1.6k, Fili-centric, modern au, part of the Paris au, asexual Fili)

*****Candle Glow and Mistletoe by etux (29k, Bagginshield, modern au, pretending NOT to be married, Christmas shenanigans, established relationship)

*****Lights of Midnight by etux (2.9k, Bagginshield, Drogo/Primula, New Year’s Eve shenanigans, modern au)

*****where moments turn into forever by alkjira (1k, Bagginshield, Bofili, Kiliel, everyone lives/nobody dies, Shirement, established relationship, fluff, super cute)

*Cute Girls & Chemistry by starlightwalking (7.8k, fem!Kiliel, college au, aspec characters)

*****Hearts Will As Hearts Must by determamfidd (10k, Gigolas, Bagginshield, Kiliel, everyone lives/nobody dies, Legolas and Gimli meet upon Gimli’s moving to Erebor and they hate each other’s guts instantly, it gets better tho)

*****Glowing like Stars by snowmissus (soul_of_blaze) (2k, fem!Kiliel, mermaid au, absolutely freaking brilliant)

*****Ever On and On by yubiwamonogatari (2.9k, fem!Bagginshield, old ladies in love in the Shire)

*Stranger's Home by Sansael (1.2k, Dís/Dís’ wife, fix-it, everyone lives/nobody dies, family feels)

Merry Yuletide, From Erebor by starlightwalking (4.8k, Kiliel, Bagginshield, Yuletide, love confessions, Tauriel’s first Yule)

A Horse of Rohan by determamfidd (3.2k, Gigolas, canon compliant, Arod-centric, I have feels about a horse. A. Horse.)

*Twelve Months and Fifty Years by determamfidd (3.1k, Thorin & Frerin, Sansûkh appendix, afterlife doesn’t solve anyone’s problems, if you wanna cry read this)

*****Seldom All It Seems by starlightwalking (28k, fem!Kiliel, Sleeping Beauty au, angst with a happy ending)

*****Summer Lovin' by snowmissus (soul_of_blaze) (1.1k, fem!Bagginshield, fem!Kiliel, everyone lives/nobody dies, love confessions, flowers, summer in the Shire)

*****Snowflake Cave by RainbowUnderpants (fanart, fem!Kiliel, a very beautiful wintry picture ♥)

*****Cliché by mcmanatea (2.1k, fem!Bagginshield, firefighter au, cat in a tree, fluff, flirting)

*****what the stars confess when all is silence by MistakenMagic (8.7k, Bagginshield, Star Wars au, Force bond, PWP: Porg With Plot, Dís has dual lightsabers and is so cool)

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Of Dwarfs, Plans & Courtships by alkjira (222k, Fili/Bofur, Bagginshield, Kili/?, crack, angst with a happy ending, courting)

*****The Courting Habits of the Line of Durin by diemarysues (54k, Bagginshield, slow burn, courting, Dwarves are fucking prudes, read also the rest of the series)

*****The Inevitable Love Story between Two Oblivious Idiots by Bgtea (116k, Bagginshield, Dwori, slow build, fix-it, letters)

The Search for Mad Baggins by Antarctica_or_bust (10k, Bagginshield, Frodo POV, fix-it, Frodo goes off to look for his Uncle Bilbo with Sam, Merry, and Pippin)

You're the only thing I want to see by authoressjean (2.3k, Bagginshield, modern au, Thorin has glasses but Bilbo had no idea)

*****Nothing Gold Can Stay by perkynurples (296k, Bagginshield, modern royalty, really slow burn, a fandom classic)

*Fall Down at Your Door by diemarysues (37k, WIP, Bagginshield, universe alteration, magic, Bilbo gets turned into a cat, most of the fic is in the form of letters)

I Sang In My Chains Like The Sea by orphan_account (56k, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Bagginshield, Aragorn/Arwen, implied Gigolas, Pacific Rim au)

Sometimes it's just that easy by authoressjean (2.8k, Bagginshield, modern au, sequel to Alone is a word not meant for you)

*Color by Numbers by andquitefrankly (46k, WIP, Bagginshield, sequel to Color Me Mine, everyone ships Bilbo and Thorin)

*****An Unexpected Addition by karategal (88k, Bagginshield, everyone lives/nobody dies, slow build, one of the first fics I read coming to this fandom and one of the best, read the rest of the series too)

**********Sansûkh by determamfidd (533k, WIP, Bagginshield, Gigolas + lots of others, lots of angst, glacial build, dead peanut gallery, everyone is dead but they’re hanging around, literally the best thing to ever grace this fandom or any fandom for that matter)

*A Most Sensible Idea by HildyJ (76k, Bagginshield, Dwori, arranged marriage au, Erebor never fell au, misunderstandings, pining, cultural differences)

*Oak and Mistletoe by HildyJ (55k, Bagginshield, Erebor never fell au, first meetings, fairy tale elements, falling in love, angst)

*****King's Ransom by Farasha (49k, Bagginshield, Kiliel, everyone lives/nobody dies, BotFA reimagining)

*The Lonely Isle by lily_winterwood (34k, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Bagginshield, Jurassic World au, raptor daddy Bilbo Baggins)

*****Cherry on the Cake by etux (1.4k, Bagginshield, modern au, part of the Paris au, demisexual virgin Thorin)

*Alone this Yuletide by Emsiecat (91k, Bagginshield, universe alterations, Shire au, fake/pretend relationship, Yuletide shenanigans, we all know where this goes *wink wink*)

Azhâr by yubiwamonogatari (152k, WIP, Bagginshield, Kiliel, Gigolas + others, everyone lives/nobody dies, angst, pining, fluff, fix-it, Thorin in the Shire, slow burn, Arkenstone may or may not be a Silmaril)

The Sons of Durin by KivrinEngle (95k, Bagginshield, modern au, follows the storyline of The Hobbit but in modern-day Scotland)

*Tamâmebrulu Id-Mudtu (Lullabies of the Heart) by rutobuka (comic, Bagginshield, everyone lives/nobody dies, sharing a bed, hurt/comfort, first kiss, all that good stuff)

*****The Took's Arrangement by snowmissus (soul_of_blaze) (62k, Bagginshield, arranged marriage au, Erebor never fell, one of the best arranged marriage au’s I’ve read)

*Of Iron by Poplitealqueen (16k, WIP, Bagginshield, Bifur/Ori, Kiliel, Bofur/Dwalin/Nori, canon divergence, Dáin joins the quest, Dáin is awesome)

Autumns That There Were by perkynurples (18k, Bagginshield, sequel to Nothing Gold Can Stay, modern royalty au, epilogue)

*****and sow a star divided in us by MistakenMagic (57k, Bagginshield, Star Wars au, the Force is shipper trash, Jedi Knight Bilbo, Jedi Master Thorin)

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The Road Delivered Us Home by keelywolfe (117k, Bagginshield, alternate universe - canon divergence, canonical character death (not Thorin’s), slow burn)

The Unexpected Hobbit: A Journey by alkjira (193k, WIP, Bagginshield, Nwalin, Bilbo and Thorin's roles are reversed)

Bilbo Does Not Need Sex Advice (Especially Not From Officer Oblivious and Captain Clueless) (5.9k, Bagginshield, exactly what the title says, Fili and Kili give very bad no good sex advice)

Madness by orphan_account (33k, Bagginshield, Dwori, modern au, babysitter au)

Mistletoe by orphan_account (22k, Bagginshield, Dwori, modern au, babysitter au, Christmas)

*The Queen and her Burglar by snowmissus (soul_of_blaze) (3.7k, fem!Bagginshield, vaginal fingering, cunnilingus)

*****For The Ages Of A Day by perkynurples (50k, Bagginshield, sequel to Nothing Gold Can Stay, modern royalty)

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Hidden Desires by lilithiumwords (7.4k, Bagginshield, smut)

Have At It by trulyunruly (11k, Bagginshield, smut, Thorin is a virgin)

Christmas is Coming by an_odd_ducky (1k, Bagginshield, modern au, PWP)

A Halo On Your Body by freakylemurcat (5.8k, Bagginshield, bathing, piercings, lots of them, read also the rest of the series)

*I'm Dreaming Of... by diemarysues (5k, Bagginshield, pre-slash, first kiss, first time, all kinds of smut, Christmas)

*Impartial Judge by bigmamag (46k, WIP, Harry Potter crossover, Gigolas, Kiliel, Viktor Krum/Hermione Granger, Bagginshield, Triwizard Tournament, Gimli is from Durmstrang, Legolas is from Beauxbatons, Legolas is part Veela)

*Deck the Halls and Dwarves and Quarries by diemarysues (6.3k, Bagginshield, everyone lives/nobody dies, Christmas shenanigans, Dwarf culture & customs)

*****Snowmelt by determamfidd (8.8k, Gigolas, missing Sansûkh scene, lots of smut, two nerds being dudes)

*Synergy by alkjira (7k, Dwagginshield, smut, dirty talk, mutual pining)

Where All Thy Beauty Lies by yubiwamonogatari (3.5k, Gigolas, established relationship, Glittering Caves)

Repurposing by katajainen (1.2k, fem!Bagginshield, PWP, Reshirement, a really hot summer day)

Spherule by yeaka (1.3k, fem!Kiliel, dom/sub, sex toys, bondage, PWP)

Not Rated

Song as Old as Rhyme by Wizards_Pupil (86k, Bagginshield, Dwori, Beauty and the Beast but with a twist, it has dragons)

Silence by jeza_red (7.8k, Thorin & Frerin, Sansûkh-verse, angst, but things get better, slowly but they do)

For Better or For Worse by TheEmcee (76k, Bagginshield, arranged marriage au, life debts, mutual pining, hurt/comfort)

[doctorroseprompts]

31 Days of Ficmas Rec List, Part 1

It’s going to take at least three posts to wrap up all the great fic we’ve gotten for this event. This week, we’re reccing everything written during the first week. There’s lots of holiday, wintry, and just plain good fic on this list. 

If holiday fic isn’t your thing, the November round-up is up today too, and there’s plenty of non-holiday fic on that list. 

Enjoy!

@jeeno2​

Hope (Just for Tonight) (Ten x Rose)

Fear of Gnomes (Ten x Rose, holiday baking and Santa/elves)

@lizann5869​

Hope for Christmas (Nine x Rose)

Hope for Christmas pt 2 (Ten x Rose, feast and family)

Definitely Ginger (Ten x Rose)

Slip Sliding Away (Tentoo x Rose, ice skating)

@goingtothetardis​ (all Nine x Rose)

Day 1-Hope

Day 2-Skating 

Day 3-Hot Chocolate

Day 4-Ginger 

Day 5-Candy Canes 

Day 6-Bells 

Day 7-Ring

@paigenotblank​

By Your Side (Tentoo x Rose, hope)

Lines Across My Heart (Eleven x Rose, skating)

Sharing Love, Sharing Life (Nine x Rose, hot chocolate)

Home for the Holidays (Tentoo x Rose, baby fic, ginger)

The Sweet and the Bittersweet  (Ten x Rose, slight Four x Rose, candy canes)

There With Bells On (Nine x Rose, nsfw)

Christmas Bells are Ringing (Ten x Rose, ring)

@blueboxesandtrafficcones​

Hope (Ten x Rose, nsfw)

Skating (Eleven x Rose)

Hot Chocolate (Thirteen x Rose)

Ginger (Tentoo x Rose)

Candy Canes  (Tentoo x Rose, nsfw)

Bells  (Ten x Rose, nsfw)

With This Ring (Ten x Rose)

@chocolatequeennk​

Always Her Doctor ¼ (Ten x Rose, hope)

Twined Together With Love (Ten x Rose, pregnancy, candy canes)

The Look of Love (Ten x Rose, coffee shop au, love)

Christmas Joy ¼ (Ten x Rose, snowball fight)

Lesson Learned (Ten x Rose, holiday baking)

Rude and no Ginger (Ten x Rose)

Forever With You (Ten x Rose, ring)

@hanluvr​

Tis the Season–hope (Ten x Rose)

Tis the Season-Skating (Tentoo x Rose)

Tis the Season-Hot Chocolate (Nine x Rose)

Tis the Season-Ginger (Tentoo x Rose, kid fic)

Day 5-Candy Cane (Nine x Rose)

Tis the Season-Bells (Ten x Rose)

Tis the Season-Ring (Ten x Rose)

@tenroseforeverandever​ (all Tentoo x Rose, kid fic)

Dear Father Christmas ch 1 (hope)

Chapter 2 (candles)

Chapter 3 (hot chocolate)

Dear Father Christmas… December 24 2015 (holiday baking)

December 24 2016 (scarf) 

2017 (candy canes)

2018 (bells)

@perfectlyrose​

A Story of Hope (Eight x Rose)

Warming Up (hot chocolate, Nine x Rose x Jack)

Later On, We’ll Conspire (Fem!Ten x Rose, ginger, alcohol cw)

Right Number, Wrong Person (Ten x Rose, ring)

@rumple-belle​

That Perches in the Soul (Ten x Rose, hope)

Entirely Too Long (Nine x Rose, skating)

One Day at a Time (Tentoo x Rose, ginger)

@ialwayscomewhenyoucall​ (All Tentoo x Rose)

One Moment (hope)

Something New (Skating)

Secret Ingredient (hot chocolate)

The Incident (ginger)

Time Lord Technology and Hidden Depths (candy canes)

Wonderful (bells)

In This or Any Other Universe (ring)

@lastbluetardis​

Weirdness (Tentoo x Rose, hope)

Warming Up (Ten x Rose, skating, kid fic)

Memories With Sprinkles on Top (hot chocolate, Ten x Rose, kid fic)

The Whipped Cream on the Hot Chocolate (Nine x Rose, Tentoo x Rose, ginger)

Christmas Photo (Ten x Rose, baby fic, candy canes)

Sleigh Bells (Ten x Rose)

Downpayment on Forever (Ten x Rose, ring)

@asarahworld-writes​

Return to Woman Wept (Twelve x Rose, skating and hot chocolate)

@khaelisfics​

The Christmas Cake (Ten x Rose, “holiday baking.”)

@pinstripedsuitandconverses (All Ten x Rose)

Day 2: Skating

@blueyesandleatherjacket

Hope (Nine x Rose)

Day 3: Hot Chocolate (Nine x Rose)

@twoheartsandascrewdriver

Day 4: Ginger (Eleven x Rose)

Day 5: Candy Canes (Twelve x Rose)

[aftgficrec]

do you know some christmas aus/fics?? or maybe november/decemberish?? or even just some winter aus pls❤️ i love your page :))

Oh, there are so many! I’m dividing this ask in two so I can stuff it full! Here’s winter. - A ❤️

Here’s part 2 of this ask, Christmas

Winter from previous recs

‘When the frost is in bloom’ (Jack Frost AU) here

‘Fox Sleep’ and ‘This is our beginning’ (shapeshifters) here

‘A Panther, A Fox, and Their Artist’ (shapeshifters) here

‘A Snow Globe for Monsters’ (Harry Potter) here

‘The architecture of flight’ (Harry Potter) here

‘Did you know I've never been skiing?’ (kandreil) here

‘Kandreil Ski Trip’ here

‘You Are Here’ (chapter 2) here

‘The Long Winter’ here

‘Snow Day’ here

‘daydream in pink’ (kev/allison) here

‘Winter Banquet’ here

‘Some Kind of Disaster’ (AU) here

‘the snow is melting’ (AU) here

‘Lost in Translation’ (AU) here

‘winter, formal’ (AU) here

‘all i want (is love that lasts)’ (AU) here

‘Miracle at Trojan Horse Coffee’ here

‘careful hands, mended hearts’ and ‘careful hands, mended hearts (the fever remix)’ here

Whiteout by loose_canon [Rated M, 5717 Words, Complete, AFTG Reverse Big Bang 2019]

The man next to Andrew leans forward and groans into his hands. Andrew doesn’t ask him if he’s all right, but he does flick the man an eyebrow in question.

“I’m fine,” the man says.

“Definitely.” Andrews gives his outfit a slow once-over.

“I’ll manage. I’ve done it before.” Defiance changes his pretty face, makes him fierce. Andrew grunts skeptically and opens his book before he can say something stupid.

But that doesn’t stop his seatmate. “I don’t like not being able to move, being stuck in a crowd, you know?” The glacier-lake eyes slowly close, and the man breathes out, soft and slow. Then he says, “I’m Neil.”

“I thought you were fine.” Andrew gets a shadow of a smile for that one, and it’s a cold wave of water in his gut, a quick shock and a trace of pleasure.

tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: implied/referenced torture

NB: Art prompt by @fornavn​ here

made up of light and shade by freefall [Rated T, 7588 Words, Complete, 2018]

It was getting harder to breathe. Neil wasn’t sure if that was because of the frigid air freezing his breath in his lungs or because of the knife wound in his side.

Snowed In AU.

tw: violence, tw: implied/referenced abuse, tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: implied/referenced rape/non con, tw: implied/referenced torture, tw: mild blood/gore, tw: canonical character death, tw: gun violence

get closer to me by sporadichearttcollector [Rated G, 1010 Words, Complete, AFTG Winter Exchange, 2019]

Neil and Andrew go on a date, and are very in love.

let me show you how much i love you by constellation_roses [Rated T, 1469 Words, Complete, 2020]

Andrew has a bad pain day, pushes himself too hard, and collapses during practice. Neil is there to take care of him.

Just some gentle love in the winter.

not looking for redemption nor some shallow kind of bliss by emmerrr [Rated T, 2314 Words, Complete, 2020]

A snowstorm, a power cut, and forgotten truths whispered in the dark.

falling down like angels fighting (stars and lightning hold me tightly) by unsealie [Rated G (we say T), 4784 Words, Complete, AFTG Winter Exchange, 2019]

Andrew and Neil and winter over the years. The physical distance between them may grow, but they become closer than ever, finding more pieces of home in each other. A story of healing, love, and warmth.

tw: implied/referenced abuse

wintry by lolainslackss [Rated T, Collection, Complete 2018]

Chapter 1: ugly christmas sweater potluck dinner extravaganza  

Chapter 2: hiding out at the winter formal 

tw: involuntary outing

Chapter 3: dinner date 

Chapter 4: ice rink 

tw: blood

JUST IMAGINE hc by @cressworthkiss [Tumblr, 2018]

- Kevin Day on a cold winter day

Kevin Day being able to actually enjoy the snow for the very first time hc by @cressworthkiss [Tumblr, 2018]

Art

Fun in the snow art by @fornavn

Neil and Andrew in matching Foxes beanies art by @oblivionsdream

Matchin’ Mittens comic by @jewel-imagines Part 1 | Part 2 | Extra 1 | Extra 2

[juniper-and-lamplight]

Day Sixteen: Blood Is Thicker Than Water (But You Know What's Even Thicker? Cookie Dough. Tastes Better, Too.) by @dont-offend-the-bees

Fandom: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency; Pairing: Dirk/Todd; Rating: Teen and up; Words: 3k

"'Dirk… you know how to make cookies, right?' The detective glanced between Todd and the ingredients, brow furrowing. 'Actually, I was rather hoping you did…' Todd sighed. He was gonna need another beer. 'Let’s Google it.' In which Dirk and Todd ill-advisedly try to bake cheer-up cookies for Farah at 3am, and maybe confront some feelings in the process." (Please note that I'm scheduling this rec weeks before the DGHDA finale, but I'm assuming that we're all gonna want some reassuring fic.)

Shortly after crash-landing in the Dirk Gently fandom, I began working my way through DontOffendTheBees' backlist (an activity I recommend!), and I immediately marked this fic for a holiday rec. Not because it's Christmasy or wintry or even vaguely holiday-related*, but because it has a quality that I associate with the best kind of holiday: the celebration of found family. The “found family” aspect of DGHDA kind of sneaks up on you as you watch, slowly emerging from all the weirdness until suddenly you're engulfed and there's no turning back. I feel that this fic, amidst all of its fluffiness, accurately reflects how these messed-up people try to be there for each other. Additionally, it is tailored to my interests as someone who ships Dirk and Todd but whose favorite character is Farah. Because...FARAH. I'm pretty sure that these lines made my heart grow three sizes:

"Putting the plate down, she walked over and embraced them, an arm round each man’s shoulders, pressing the three of them together. She felt Todd’s hand fall lightly on her back, and Dirk’s patting her shoulder awkwardly, and sunk temporarily into the warmth of them both. They were pretty weird guys, with pretty shady pasts, and together they all had a pretty weird job and a pretty weird life. But underneath it all they were good guys, and they were there for her when she needed them. They were more than her weird friends at this point- they were her weird family. And they were trying their best."

If I could hug this fic in return, I would.

*though there IS a lot of baking, and Rudolph in mentioned in a later part of the series

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