Your writing it the only Narry I can read but I was wondering if you could rec me a handful of solid Narry fics on the longish side that you consider must reads and have as good writing and plot as yours. I would be forever grateful. Thank you in advance darling
Alright, um- I’ve been slowly working on a fic-recs page for ages, but I fear that it’s never going to get done because I’m very exact about it. Therefore, this will act as my official fic-rec page until I get my shit together.
Before I recommend any specific, I’m just going to recommend right away that you go and check out @narrymusings, @missing-headache, @butterflytattoohaz, @arie-172, @broken-drums, @leprechauncupcakes, @castlestylan, and @little-cather
They are my inspirations. Kayla, Jessica, Amanda, Jean, Shannon, Kaylee, and Hope (I’m ashamed to say that I don’t know little-cather’s name, but also her) are all absolutely brilliant writers who focus primarily, or at least heavily, on Narry, and this fandom is blessed to have them. They’re all geniuses and artists who do a far better job than I do at crafting beautiful stories. This doesn’t mean that they’re the only authors that I admire in this fandom, but they stand out to me in particular.
Alright, let’s get to the specific fics. You asked for long-ish fics, which is pretty relative, so I’ll include the word count next to each one. I’m also only going to rec completed fics in this post that focus on Narry as the main pairing, even though I’ve read some absolutely brilliant fics that have it as the side pairing instead. Let me warn you though, I tend towards the side of angst, so quite a few of these will be angsty as shit. I’m also only going to officially rec one fic per author, or else this is going to get really super long.
Good Enough to Eat (~43k words) - I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve read this. Words can’t describe how much I love this fic. It’s absolutely brilliant. You should definitely check out Shannon’s other fics, especially ‘My Remedy for Yesterday’ * Warning, you will cry at MRfY
These Four Walls and Me (~57k words) - This is my favorite Narry fic of all time. That’s a really rough competition, but this fic is that good. It’s really startling, since I can’t stand genderswap or Tomlinshaw, and this fic has both (the gender swap is Zayn and not either member of Narry or I probably wouldn’t have given it a chance tbh). I have literally never made it through this fic without crying my eyes out. I didn’t put @1didntaskforthis on my list because Justine branches out really widely as far as pairings, and has only written a few Narry fics, but she’s a phenomenal writer and you should check her other stuff out if you like other pairings.
Heat (I think she said that it’s over 150k words) - I already made a post gushing about Heat -here- but let me just reiterate that this is one of the best crafted stories that I have ever read, and I cannot thank Amanda enough for writing it. It is a wattpad fic, so you’ll need an account and you’ll want to follow her so that you can read the smut, but if any story has ever been worth signing up for wattpad, this is it.
Of Demons and Angels (~41k words) - Kayla took a world that I already adored from the Mortal Instruments series, and made it ten times better with her own interpretation. This is Kayla’s longest fic, but everything she writes is brilliant. There’s a reason that she was the only person I thought of when I needed a beta, and that’s because her writing is superb. 1232182143/10, I would recommend reading all of her stuff.
A Slide Into First (~93k words) - This was the first long fic I read for Narry, and it’s still one of my favorites. This is on the lighter side compared to the other fics here so far, but it still has a good amount of angst. It also has a really great sequel.
The Wedding Crasher (~26k words) - Holy jesus, now this is angst at its finest. It’s not incredibly long, but you won’t feel like you’ve read anything short of a complete fic. Nothing feels rushed or like it wasn’t given proper time to blossom organically. written by @narrywillbethedeathofme
Hear this Heartbeat Breaking Through (~30k words) - Do you like to cry? I like to cry. This fic will make you cry. Hope is a singularly talented author who manages to do what most of us writers only dream of, she gets markedly and exponentially better with every single fic she writes. Considering that she started out quite brilliant, that’s saying something.
Limits Don’t Exist (~16k words) - I know that this one is a bit short to make it onto this list, but trust me, it’s one of the best, and has definitely earned a place on any Narry fic rec. Jean is one of the greatest short-story writers I’ve ever had the pleasure to come across, and literally all of her fics manage to leave me feeling completely satisfied. She has a tendency to be far to hard on herself, even though she’s a beautiful person and writer.
Sometimes It Comes With a Shove (When You Fall In Love) (~19k words) - Jessica, Jessica, Jessica- Holy cow, you would not believe how hard this girl is on herself. She is quite possibly the most gifted young writer that I’ve ever come across, but she can’t even see it. Every word of every sentence of every paragraph of every story that she writes is sheer genius, even if she doesn’t believe it. Her humility is only matched by her talent. Read this fic and you’ll understand what I mean.
I forget where we were (~70k words) - Another fic that makes me cry like a newborn. Holy God in heaven, does it make me cry. It is a masterpiece, and any author, professional or not, can learn a thing or two about their craft from @little-cather. Read all of her stuff.
Let Me Ruin You (~14k words) - This story is just smut for the most part, but Kaylee has an amazing ability to take just smut and turn it on its head so that you live and breathe through the character, and it feels like so much more. She can put you in any story within the first paragraph, and make you never want to leave that world.
Emotional Knapsack (~63k words) - Part one of the ‘Way, No Way’ series, and a must-read for any Narry fan. The birth of Stylan, and probably the single most important fic ever written for Narries. It is the only fic I have ever read that had het smut in it that I didn’t immediately close, and I’m so glad that I didn’t. @irishmizzy and @miss-bennie made themselves into legends with this fic.
Baby, I (~23k words) - I know that it sounds weird from the description, but this is hands down the funniest thing that I’ve ever read. Take a chonce.
That’s all for now. There are so many more good long-fics that should have made it onto this list, but I wanted to keep it a decent length.
P.S. I’ve tried to include the tumblrs for all of the authors that I could remember either up at the top or with the fic descriptions, but I don’t know all of them. If anyone knows any of the ones that I haven’t listed in here, please let me know.
origamiaround
ellievsbear
romaincrisis
jacobvanloon
blakekathryn
