Favorite willmack fics or recs? Over 270 idk where to start
sorry this took so long, anon! there was really a lot to comb throughāi've been here since we had maybe 45 fics and now there are 360. the fandom moves fast!
this list is as of may 28, 2025. i tried my best to tag every author if they shared a tumblr in their notes, but i may be missing some peopleātell me if you'd like me to tag you! also, if anyone notices any mistakes, would like to be removed from the list (i'm pretty sure i checked with everyone but i may have made mistakes), or has general complaints/feedback just let me know. my dms are open.
happy willmacking!
snow on the beach - by @eros-menoitiades, E, 21k
real slick, nervy - by @ghostsinmachine, M, 5k
i scratched, you won - by @allthespoons, E, 4.5k
make my blood thump, seven, eight, nine - E, 2.6k
different kind of buzz - by @lagerloutfic, E, 3.6k
tiny vessels - E, 2.6k
come on (leave me breathless) - by @moondoggiestyle, E, 10k
one of your girls - by @edmoil, E, 5.5k
and this is my four leaf clover - by @tradetobest, T, 7.6k
revisiting the shoreline - M, 6k
boy blue - by @litafordvsferrari, two part series, both E, 5k and 31k
make a predator of me, i'll be good to you - by @killthedirectors, M, 7k
take me out on a joyride - by @samgirard, two part series, both E, 16k and 16.7k
half his clothes went missing (my body's where they're at) - by @samgirard, E, 5k
game-worn - E, 4.7k
first tracks - by @somewhatinvested, two part series, both M, 6k and 21.7k
tender hearted jellyfish alien boyfriend - M, 3.4k
swan dive at sunrise - E, 10k
brand new (full throttle) - T, 18k
it took so long to know someone like you - T, 14.5k
aphasia - by @moncuries, E, 54k
about you - by @alltimecharlo, T, 28k
between our teeth - E, 18.3k
with wild abandon - by @utahmammoth, E, 20k
the ache has hands - E, 10.8k
best guess - by @litafordvsferrari, E, 55.3k
better half - by @orangepeelknives, E, 93.7k
lemon tree - by @orangepeelknives, G, 7k
my four leaf clover - by @alltimecharlo, G, 11.6k
stockholm syndrome - by @orangepeelknives, G, 26k
always comes first - by @toxotesjc, E, 37.6k
safe bet - by @loganes, E, 26.6k
sunburnt - by @somewhatinvested, M, 7k
virgin mojitos - by @orangepeelknives, G, 10.6k
burning down the highway skyline - by @mothbrainrot, G, 5.7k
and lastly a self plug because i have no shame:
so intimately rearranged (been waiting for this moment) - by me, M, 17k
will: and i was there too btw š just in case you forgot i left you behind!!!
gabe, furiously doing damage control: uhm at least iāll love you forever ryan!!!!
to moi, will kinda getting the last laugh like you really thought you were doing something there huh ryan spending hours finding the six pictures that exist that don't have me in the background and i swoop in there with a kind reminder that you'd be nothing without me and that rewriting history isn't going to change that. very you're still at the part of the breakup where even acknowledging me hurts meanwhile i've already reached nirvana where i have a gold medal and i'm in a golf cart being driven around by six of my ride or dies and the league's favorite number one ovie is on the phone to me booking tickets to come see me in boston because even a week without me is inconceivable to him. will rocking up to some mass golf course like 'i don't think about you at all in fact i think about you so little that commenting a cutesy nostalgic comment on your insta post is light work to me' versus leno hiding out in washington because he doesn't want to see will not going to worlds because he doesn't want to see will and picking out pics that somehow all have to do with will without will even having to be in them. breaking up with will is kinda everyone's worst nightmare because you're gonna feel smug as hell hard launching a new bf called james h for the specific purpose of rattling will and will's gonna rock up in the comments giving so few fucks about it he misspells mister hagens' name but writes a very earnest 'cute!' bc he means it. to ME
mack who left home at 14 to go to shattuck to play hockey, alone in a covid bubble. mack who had to hitch rides from teammates parents to go to tournaments because his parents were too busy to take him. mack who's family lives an hour drive away but who's mom hasn't been spotted at a game since the beginning of the season. mack who has the responsibility of an entire franchise on his shoulders, who has the weight of the expectations of millions of fans weighing him down.Ā
will who cant do his own laundry. will who's family and college friends are decked out in usa gear all the way in stockholm cheering him on. will who had his mom and sister move with him so he didnt have to be alone during the development program. will who has always lived with one of his best friends. will who cant fall sleep in a room alone.
mack who carries everything like itās a privilege. mack who doesnāt complain, who doesnāt even think to complain, because what if someone thinks he doesnāt deserve it. mack whoās been treated like a prodigy since he was twelve and has never once stopped to ask what it costs to be special. mack who leaves the rink last because he doesnāt know how to go home, because home isnāt really a place, itās just another version of being looked at, measured, expected to deliver.
will who gets homesick in hotels. will who leaves facetime on all night just to hear someone breathing on the other side. will whoās never had to wonder if he was wanted, he knows heās wanted, knows his mom would cross oceans to see him play, knows his friends would burn the city down if he asked, knows he'll get picked first in the schoolyard just because he's loved. will who canāt even pack for a trip without someone helping him. will who everybody wants on their team, who everybody wants to be around.
will who makes all the plans. mack who follows him around.
mack who never used to know what to do with his time off. who used to spend it alone in the gym, in his own head, trying to outwork the silence. now itās will knocking on his door with a breakfast sandwich and a vague plan that includes sunscreen and three transfers on the metro and whatever tiktok told him. mack who goes. who always goes. who doesnāt even check the schedule anymore, just asks, āwhatās the plan today?ā and ties his shoes while willās still explaining it.
will who leads. mack who follows. always one step behind, always just close enough to reach out and hook his fingers in the back of willās hoodie when the crowd gets too packed. will who pretends not to notice but slows down anyway. will who builds a world and says, you can live in this one, too. mack who does. mack who thinks maybe itās the first one he didnāt have to build alone.
Teachers have tried this and are amazed when their classes donāt go feral like in the book.Ā Itās almost as if the book was supposed to be satire and not a treaty on the nature of humanity.
after losing control of the signal fire thereās a FUCKING TIMESKIP and when the next chapter starts everyoneās hair is several inches longer and their clothes have rotted to shreds and theyāre still just kind of chilling!!!!
IT TAKES THE TERRIBLE IMPERIALISM MIND-POISONED EXCESSIVELY BRITISH BOYS IN THE ACTUAL BOOK SEVERAL MONTHS TO COMMIT A SINGLE ACT OF INTENTIONAL VIOLENCE, EVEN THE ONE (1) CHILD WRITTEN AS AN ACTUAL SOCIOPATH
AND then when they DO turn on each other it is because
THEREāS AN UNSPECIFIED WORLD WAR HAPPENING
AND A PILOTāS CORPSE CRASH LANDS ON THE ISLAND POST-DOGFIGHT AND THE CHILDREN MISTAKE THE PARACHUTE FOR A MONSTER AND SPIRAL INTO PARANOIA
BECAUSE CHILDREN INHERIT THE LEGACY AND TRAUMA OF VIOLENCE FROM THE ADULTS WAGING WAR AROUND THEM
HURR DURR IN THE REAL WORLD IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN LIKE IN LORD OF THE FLIES -
IT DIDNāT HAPPEN THAT WAY IN LORD OF THE FLIES EITHER YOU JUST HAVENāT READ IT SINCE HIGH SCHOOL IF EVER AND DONāT REMEMBER WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN THE GODDAMN BOOK
yes. yes he did. iām also gonna direct you to the real life ālord of the fliesā which occured in the 1960s, when six tongan schoolboys got stranded on a desert island for over a year before being rescued by an australian fisherman (who, it should be noted, later took on all six as crewmembers because the reason they were out in the first place was because they wanted to see the world, and named his ship the Ata after the island they were stranded on). nobody died. the only injuries that occurred were accidental, and when one of the boys broke his leg falling down a cliff, the others braced it and looked after him so well that it healed perfectly. if they argued, then they would literally go to opposite sides of the island until theyād cooled off. after leaving the island, they remained friends for the rest of their lives. hereās a photo of them as adults, with their rescuer (who is third from the left) and other members of his crew.
i read about this in rutger bregmanās human kind, a book i cannot recommend highly enough, but if you donāt want to go and read a whole book about the inherent goodness of humanity (which again, you really should) then the relevant excerpt can be found here.
It was also written in reaction to the book The Coral Island, which was about three British boys getting stranded on an island but being fine because āWeāre English and the English are best at everything.ā (direct quote)
They are also menaced by the godless baby-sacrificing cannibal natives, in direct contrast to other, more civilized natives who have been/are being converted to Christianity by missionaries
Lord of the Flies isnāt about how all humans are secretly savages barely held in check by society. It about deconstructing the cultural arrogance that was (and often still is) so prevalent in imperialist societies
Itās a testament to how different Max is built that he was given unlimited access to free red bull at 17 years old and survived
that's actually testament of how evil red bull racing is they gave him estrogen laced red bull at a young age and got him addicted to the stuff now he can never leave + flourished into a beautiful young man with lovely breasts that bounce when he walks.
okay as someone who loves fashion pls tell me (an idiot) is oscarās suit too small on him or are menās suits just designed to fit when and only when they are standing upright perfectly still. like is his suit too small or did the tailor just not consider that oscar folds in half zendaya laughing any time lando is around and therefore needs to account for movement? is his suit too small or did he not realize he would be squatting on stage-thighs flexed, ass pushed back, back curved as he reaches down into a trophy case- in fabric that famously does not stretch? PLEEEEEASE I NEED TO KNOW
SUITGATE.
*zoomed in photos with some sources under the cut!*
OKAY. my unprofessional Official Suit Analysis based off. vibes. i am an idiot with you bc menswear is not my usual area of interest However. i will take any excuse to learn more about fashion
The TLDR:
id argue the suit fits Okay as an off-the-rack, especially if he wasn't doing all that moving around.
a bespoke suit (custom-made to the model's measurements) should allow for full range of movement without getting caught or restricted. a Major factor that separates a bespoke suit from a RTW is actually the height of the armhole! would highly recommend this article if it interests you.
soooo why is this suit so appealing to me? why is the fit as erotic as it is confusing?
(this is very subjective once again im no expert. just having fun. i digress.*I think*) the inconsistent fit creates a balance of sophistication and something much more salacious. the single breasted jacket is appropriately seductive; the rise height is youthful, fitting for a guy his age; the double vents look very elegant and move nicely to accentuate his hips as he puts a hand in his pocket.
but then.
his pants are so ridiculously tight that as his hand slides into his pants, it doesn't disappear -as it should- in a show of casual confidence. it just Sits there, right in our line of sight, becoming an extension of all the skin hidden in that area. the fabric becomes translucent over the bulges in his pockets (his phone, his hand) - so tantalizingly close to the center yet the effect doesn't reach far enough to tip the scale from teasing to straight up pornographic. (his ass on the other hand does tip the scale because there is simply no space in his pants for all that LOL) (to add to this, there's the erotics of everything we can't see with his shirt and undergarments but i won't repeat myself)
the lack of attention to detail leads to all these minor inconveniences that are overall uncomfortable (too much shirt fabric, bad fitting pants). the lack of care to acknowledge these problems before wearing the suit publicly then lands you in oscars position: blindsided by Just how much ass you've accidentally put on display. think like... when you unknowingly tuck your skirt into your underwear after peeing. it's. incredibly voyeuristic lol which only furthers the second-hand embarrassment i feel seeing him in a suit that's not fitting right. (and embarrassment is Kinda sexy. so.well)
that perverted eroticism in equal measure to the acceptable eroticism (its not taboo to consider a guy hotter when he's wearing a suit) just AGH come together to eat me alive.
to try? and put it simply? he's surface level hot like a law student/it guy/coworker (insert other role that we find personably attractive) and on further inspection, this is the corporate equivalent to being tied up, half naked, on display, in an uncomfortable position for hours.
so getting redundant but one more time, š«² acceptable hotness and š«±pervy hotness equalssss š¤š¤š¤ me taking Oscar to my penthouse and freaking it.
hopefully the texts not too small. lmk if it issss ill crop it more
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