I’m adding some new bookmarks to my ao3 bookmarks again, so I wanted to share this latest batch of fic recs here!
disclaimer: as always, please heed all tags and warnings on each individual fic. You are responsible for your own reading experience!
Fandom: Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
landscape after cruelty, by ohwickedsoul
Rating: Teen
Ship: Bakugou/Midoriya
Word count: 19k
Status: complete
Summary: “Bakugo, you need to update your costume.” Kirishima said, “There’s this one dude in the support class- he’s got a literal waiting list, that’s how good he is- but he did my new upgrade."
“Yeah,” Bakugo sighs and leans back on his hands, staring at the bracer. “I know. I’ll go,” his mouth twists a little. “I’ll go tomorrow. This is just- this is my design you know?” he’s not explaining himself very well, and refuses to look at Kirishima.
“It can be hard to give up your first hero design, and you did a great job,” Kirishima said. “You definitely had the best one out of all of us when we first got our costumes."
Bakugo hunched his shoulders. “I didn’t design it,” he grumbled.
My bookmark: BKDK AU in which Midoriya transfers into the UA support course, and Bakugou gets some sweet sweet character development (and also therapy).
in the dark valley, that as-yet undiscovered land, by thescrewtapedemos
Rating: Explicit
Ship: Dick/Jason/Tim
Word count: 75k
Status: complete
Summary: "Hey, Red."
Tim flinches with his whole body.
Red Hood watches him from the landing above, he discovers upon tilting his head up. The thought wanders through his swimming head that it isn't fair how quietly the man moves. Jason must outweigh Tim by an infuriating margin, and he hadn't heard the rusted metal groan even once.
"Hood," he says. It slurs past his fangs and a tingling mouthful of venom. The scent of human is filtering down to him in the wake of old cigarettes. Warm, mouth-watering, an edge of musk that tightens his gut.
"This is, no shit, the sixth time I've caught you out here," says Red Hood.
My bookmark: Amazing vampire!Tim and eventual freak4freak4freak JayDickTim <3
*fav* A word, a look, will be enough, by feyburner
Rating: Explicit
Ship: Jason/Tim
Word count: 14k
Status: complete
Summary: [Unknown] »
Hey. This is Jason.
I have a favor to ask. You can say no.
« tim
uh
1. i’m aware of how favors work
2. what is it?
« tim
?
« tim
hey are you like. good
My bookmark: Jason and Tim start texting; things escalate. Fun epistolary fic. (also if you enjoy this, definitely read the coda on tumblr too!)
kiss me once, by birdeaters
Rating: Explicit
Ship: Jason/Tim
Word count: 18k
Status: complete
Summary: Tim has been dating Bernard for over a year now and Bernard has been nothing but perfectly nice. Maybe that is the problem.
My bookmark: Tim is unsatisfied in his relationship with Bernard. Enter: Jason Todd. I normally don’t like fics where the main characters cheat, but I have to admit, I did enjoy this one (as an enthusiastic JayTim enjoyer who is utterly uninterested in Bernard, lol).
*fav* terms & conditions, by birdeaters
Rating: Explicit
Ship: Jason/Tim
Word count: 6k
Status: complete
Summary: Tim’s first mistake was walking in the middle of a rune circle. His second was bringing Jason along.
My bookmark: Insanely hot JayTim fuck-or-die fic. I’ve read this at least 5 times.
little boxes made of ticky-tacky, by retinanebula
Rating: Explicit
Ship: Steph/Cass
Word count: 3k
Status: complete
Summary: That’s how Steph is supposed to love Cass. She’s supposed to be her best friend, and make her smile, and maybe sometimes get really drunk and cry in her general direction on their shared couch now that they’ve made the transition to adulthood. She is not, under any circumstances, supposed to think near-obsessively about licking a slow bead of sweat off of her best friend’s neck, of biting at the shell of her best friend’s ear, of swallowing in her own mouth any little sounds her best friend might make as a response to any particular stimulus.
Of course, she thinks about it constantly. Which is exactly why she’s moving out of the Clocktower and into this apartment, no matter how terrible it is.
My bookmark: Perfect StephCass friends-to-lovers first time. Love this!
hold on tight, hold on for life, by Fenris13
Rating: Explicit
Ship: Jason/Tim
Word count: 9k
Status: complete
Summary: There was a decent chance that Jason Todd wanted to kill him, and all Tim could think about was how much he wanted to be thrown up against a wall and fucked.
My bookmark: LOVE how fucked up they are about each other <3
It's like a hundred ninety-nine degrees, by feyburner
Rating: Explicit
Ship: Jason/Tim
Word count: 6k
Status: complete
Summary: He can’t remember how it started, later.
My bookmark: Hot and sweet JayTim first time with trans!Tim.
snapped on wrong, maybe permanently, by retinanebula
Rating: Explicit
Ship: Jason/Tim
Word count: 7k
Status: complete
Summary: When Jason gets the message on his burner that Tim hadn’t slept in three days, he grabs the backpack that hangs just inside the one closet in his shitty apartment and hauls ass across town.
(Tim can't sleep. Jason is the only one that knows how to tire him out.)
My bookmark: Well written and hot. Love Jason’s POV, Jason giving Tim what he needs and their mutual vulnerability & softness at the end.
mugs hot, by yasmindifference
Rating: Explicit
Ship: Jason/Tim
Word count: 7k
Status: WIP
Summary: “Red?” Oracle asks, immediately on alert. “Everything okay? Do you need backup?”
He coughs and then clears his throat, forcing his eyes away from the folder and towards the whiteboard on the wall opposite the desk.
“No,” he says, “no, I’m good. Just, uh.”
His exhausted brain fails him—or does it? He can’t come up with a good excuse for his sudden inability to breathe, but at least he didn’t just blurt out this mugshot is the hottest thing I’ve ever seen.
My bookmark: In part 1, a sleep-deprived Tim malfunctions about a very hot mugshot of Jason. In part 2, Tim and Jason get started on fulfilling some fantasies.
maneater, by onggi
Rating: Explicit
Ship: Jason/Tim
Word count: 7k
Status: complete
Summary: Tim Drake has never particularly enjoyed being on the receiving end of oral sex. Enter Jason Todd: resurrected vigilante, home invader, and the one determined to change his mind.
My bookmark: Sweet and hot JayTim first time ft. trans!Tim.
chili dogs and knives (a love language), by bavariansugarcookie
Rating: Explicit
Ship: Jason/Tim
Word count: 6k
Status: complete
Summary: By the time Jason realized he was down bad for Tim, it was already too late.
He really should’ve known better, but it was too late now. Now he kept beef jerky in the pockets of his leather jacket and took Tim out for chili dogs, or pizza, or the halal cart’s life-changing gyro after patrols.
It was embarrassing. Jason was too old for a stupid crush on the one person who had the most reasons to hate his fucking guts.
My bookmark: I love this depiction of them!
Kitty, by kieran_granola
Rating: Explicit
Ship: Jason/Tim
Word count: 5k
Status: complete
Summary: “Are you alright?” Tim squints, his new ears standing at attention, “You look flushed.”
Jason tears his eyes away to stare at the ceiling, “I’m fine, and you look like Beast Boy’s deleted search history.”
“That’s more like it,” Tim takes another step closer and Jason steps back immediately, “but you’re still being weird.”
“I’m not being weird, I’m being nice and not trash talking you. Can we get to the case?”
There’s a pause, then Tim’s eyes narrow and he brushes his tail against Jason’s leg with deliberation. Jason knows he’s been made when he fails to contain the shiver of arousal that runs through him.
Tim’s eyes go wide, “Holy shit. You like it.”
My bookmark: Tim gets cursed with cat ears and a tail; Jason is into it.
I'm Younger Than That Now, by thebodydies
Rating: Explicit
Ship: Tim/Kon-El
Word count: 3k
Status: complete
Summary: Conner’s thick, mussed hair and sharp jaw were highlighted in the morning light; his smile stretched first, then long lashes swept open to reveal sky-blue eyes. Something clicked into place, and Tim suddenly saw. And because it was so early and none of his brain-to-mouth filters were working he blurted out, “Oh my God, I’m sleeping with Superman.”
My bookmark: Sweet and hot TimKon established relationship future fic. They are such dorks and I love them so much.
hit 'em up style, by TheResurrectionist
Rating: Not Rated
Ship: Steph & Bruce
Word count: 2k
Status: complete
Summary: Steph, 3:29 PM:
need super tampons. it’s an emergency. can u please run to store? would owe you FOREVER
My bookmark: Sometimes, you get lucky enough to find a fic that is so totally, perfectly in character that you just KNOW this exact scenario would happen exactly like this.
when doves cry, by Scarlet_Ribbons
Rating: Mature
Ship: Tim & Jason
Word count: 13k
Status: complete
Summary: Tim is grateful Hood leaves promptly, in any case, because that means he doesn’t see Tim crawl the last few feet into his house.
[Jack and Janet die uneventfully— at the hands of a home intruder, at 3:41 in the morning on a Thursday. Two gunshots. Tim’s entire world comes to a screeching halt at 3:44, when he finds their bodies.]
My bookmark: Heartbreaking Tim-centric hurt/comfort fic.
Puzzles Made of Broken Glass, by thatcuriouscat
Rating: Teen
Ship: Tim & Batfamily
Word count: 158k
Status: complete
Summary: Sherlock Holmes retreats to his Mind Palace to think, to problem-solve. Superman has his Fortress of Solitude, reportedly.
9-and-five-sixths-year-old Tim Drake has his Blanket Fortress.
Timmy Drake’s parents go missing.
He’s the only one who notices.
My bookmark: Long, well written, very fun Tim-centric canon divergence AU. Lots of shenanigans + Batfamily feels.
Form 23-C: Application for a New Roommate, by Moxibustion (RyuuzaKochou)
Rating: Teen
Ship: Jason/Tim
Word count: 30k
Status: complete
Summary: After battling ninjas, aliens, madmen, mafiosos, other heroes and death itself, Jason was about to face his most unknown foe yet: a normal life.
It's fine. He'd always dreamed of going to college and for once reality sort of lived up to expectations. He loves the classes, he can handle the workload and his cases too. His roommate is a total douche, but whatever. Jason's fine, he's got this.
Then he meets his roommate's brother.
Jason totally doesn't have this.
My bookmark: Fun JayTim college AU feat. genius civilian Tim + Red Hood Jason.
Twice Over, by Fenris13
Rating: Explicit
Ship: Jason/Tim
Word count: 28k
Status: complete
Summary: Tim is late.
He hates being late.
Or: Red Hood is a pain in Red Robin's ass. Tim Drake and Jason Peters are engaged to be married. Neither of them know the truth. This is fine.
My bookmark: Very enjoyable canon-divergence JayTim AU with lots of identity porn and feelings.
Brother Wanted, by Vamillepudding
Rating: Gen
Ship: Tim & Jason
Word count: 11k
Status: complete
Summary: Well-behaved boy (10) is looking for big brother (11-15). Must meet up with me three times a week, for at least two hours each. Overall duties include helping me with homework, playing videogames with me, and showing me how to play catch. 10$ per hour.
Tim, lonely and in desperate need of company, decides that if his parents are not going to give him a sibling, he's going to hire one instead. Luckily, Jason Todd-Wayne shows up in the nick of time.
My bookmark: I’m weak for ‘Tim joins the Batfamily early’ fics, and this is a fun one, featuring Tim being an adorable little weirdo, Jason and Dick being Peak Brothers, and Bruce being a very good dad.
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
demon alchemist, by metisket
Rating: Mature
Ship: Ed & Roy & Maes
Word count: 88k
Status: complete
Summary: “Yeah, yeah, I know. You’re doin’ your best. It’s just your best isn’t quite good enough, Colonel. So while you’re doing whatever the hell it is you do, I’ll be here cleaning up after you.”
My bookmark: AU in which Al dies after the human transmutation goes wrong, and Ed goes a little (or a lot) crazy and ends up becoming a vigilante serial killer known as the Demon Alchemist. Somehow, this becomes Roy and Maes' problem. Well written and a fun what-if premise explored, but will also punch you in the feels more than a few times, because, well. Feral Ed is my favorite.
*fav* Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love, by isthisselfcare
Rating: Explicit
Ship: Draco/Hermione
Word count: 200k
Status: complete
Summary: Hermione straddles the Muggle and Magical worlds as a medical researcher and Healer about to make a big discovery. Draco is an Auror assigned to protect her from forces unknown – to both of their displeasure.
Features hyper-competent, fiery Hermione and lazy, yet dangerous, Draco. Slow burn.
My bookmark: Long, well written, highly entertaining and enjoyable Draco POV fic, set 15 years post-series in a canon-divergent AU. Lots of gorgeous art by many talented artists is included as well. Definitely recommend if you’re even slightly Dramione-curious.
beautiful enough for the both of us, by dirgewithoutmusic
Rating: Gen
Ship: Lavender/Parvati
Word count: 2k
Status: complete
Summary: “You know Professor Lupin was a werewolf?” Hermione said, ten minutes into a very awkward lunch she had asked for in an equally awkward letter.
Lavender pushed a sauteed carrot through a little puddle of pasta sauce. “I think everyone heard about that one. Someone told the papers, or something, right?”
“Er, yes,” said Hermione. “Snape did. Which is what I– I mean, it’s related. Oh, I wish you’d gotten to talk to Remus about this. He was a lovely man.”
“Not as lovely as Lockhart,” Lavender said and she and Hermione spent a moment in wistful remembrance. “God, I feel old,” Lavender said.
“Anyway, Snape,” said Hermione. “Snape and Lupin. When Lupin was at school, Snape would make him a potion that would… tame him, on full moons. He could just curl up in his office and sleep by the fire. If you’re interested, I’m trying to learn how to brew it myself.”
Lavender shook her head. “We’re not friends,” she said. “Never have been. So why are you doing all this?”
Hermione looked like she was trying to say “we’re friends,” but she couldn’t get it out.
--
Werewolf!Lavender, post-canon
My bookmark: Lovely Lavender-centric post-canon story.
All You Want, by senlinyu
Rating: Explicit
Ship: Draco/Hermione
Word count: 173k
Status: complete
Summary: Eighth Year at Hogwarts was supposed to be Hermione’s. And it is, just not in the way she expects. Omegaverse fic.
My bookmark: Look, sometimes all you want is a tropey, smutty Omegaverse romance fic.
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
a thing that wants, by magdaliny
Rating: Explicit
Ship: Maria/Natasha
Word count: 5k
Status: complete
Summary: “Hey, Steve,” Bucky says. “We’re gonna find Nat a dame, okay?”
Natasha shoves him into the pool.
My bookmark: Oh, I love this so much!
despite the threatening sky and shuddering earth (they remained), by praximeter (Zimario)
Rating: Explicit
Ship: Steve/Bucky
Word count: 72k
Status: complete
Summary: “They really didn’t want the mask to come off.” Hill thumbed through the scans, and pulled out a film that she then handed over to Sam, face mostly expressionless but for the flat line of her pursed lips.
Sam accepted the film and held it up to the light, angling so both he and Steve could see it, squinting at the outline of the Winter Soldier’s skull, and the blips of unnatural white that showed up, God, in his brain, not to mention about half his teeth, plus the mask, with its thin protrusions—
“Those are pins,” Steve realized. He looked over at Hill. “The mask—it’s nailed to his face.”
Hill’s face was as unmoved as ever. “Like I said. They really didn’t want it coming off.”
My bookmark: Amazing, heartwrenching CA:TWS AU. Highly recommended.
Blind Date, by AggressiveWhenStartled, quietnight
Rating: Teen
Ship: Steve/Bucky
Word count: 8k
Status: complete
Summary: “I just had the best idea I have ever had in my life,” Bucky said, punching straight through a doombot with his metal hand and clutching the napkin with Steve’s phone number in the other. The formerly (somewhat) dark and peaceful corner of Central Park was now lit up with energy beams, flashing robotic lights, and panicked astronomy buffs running for cover. Oh well, it wasn't like they'd been going to see many stars what with all the Christmas shit everywhere.
“The bar you are setting for that is not high,” Natasha told him over the coms.
My bookmark: Absolutely delightful Idiots in Love, Shrinkyclinks-style.
Fandom: Multifandom & Crossovers
this is the life, by jilliancares
Rating: Explicit
Ship: Peter/Wade
Word count: 39k
Status: complete
Summary: An up-and-coming masked hero is revealed to be a serial killer, and the public is terrified. Everyone's demanding that Spider-Man reveal his identity for their own safety, and as if that isn't enough, Deadpool is hired to make sure it happens. Peter's stressed enough as it is with work and rent and school and a new super villain cropping up — he just doesn't have time for this. He especially doesn't have time for Deadpool accosting Peter Parker, wanting Spider-Man's photographer to help track down the elusive hero.
Or:
Everything seems to be going wrong all at once. It's a miracle Peter hasn't had a breakdown.
My bookmark: Great Spideypool fic with solid characterization + lots of fun identity shenanigans.
secret keeper, by jilliancares
Rating: Gen
Ship: Peter/Wade
Word count: 7k
Status: complete
Summary: Ellie stares at the new arrival, gaping. All the evidence points to one obvious answer, but this guy looks nothing like the Spider-Man Ellie recognizes — mostly because he isn’t wearing the suit.
“Crappy day to get kidnapped, amirite?” he says, crouching next to Ellie and deftly untying her restraints. “Looks like these guys were amateurs, though. They didn’t even lock the windows.”
In which Ellie accidentally becomes the one person who knows Spider-Man's identity. She doesn't tell her dad.
My bookmark: Wonderful Ellie POV Spideypool fic!
Fandom: Spider-Man: Spider-Verse
*fav* To Have and To Hold, by Traincat
Rating: Teen
Ship: May/Olivia
Word count: 3k
Status: complete
Summary: “Peter,” May said, jabbing her index finger into the center of his chest. “Liv and I are getting married. That is the end of the story.”
“She is my archnemesis!” Peter said, throwing his hands up in the air.
“Well,” May said, turning away from him. “That’s just something you’ll both have to work on. I’m going to go do the laundry now.”
“ARCHNEMESIS,” Peter shouted at her retreating back.
My bookmark: Okay, this is DELIGHTFUL and also 100% canon, I refuse to believe otherwise.
road trip playlist, by magneticwave
Rating: Gen
Ship: None
Word count: 5k
Status: complete
Summary: Rey is XO of a piece of junk, her captain is a foul-mouthed Wookiee who doesn’t respect people who respect authority, and there are pictures of naked people glued to the ceiling of the Falcon. She honestly couldn't be more thrilled.
My bookmark: Wonderful Rey-centric gen fic, set post-The Force Awakens.
The Very Best People, by scioscribe
Rating: Teen
Ship: Robin & Steve
Word count: 18k
Status: complete
Summary: “Why are you messing up my undercover operation, Steve?” Dustin said. “Do you want another tear to open up in the space-time continuum and suck us all into the Upside Down? Do you want the entire world to turn into squishy, mind-flayed zombies because you and Robin couldn’t get your shit together?”
(Or, the one where Steve and Robin go undercover in an evil suburb.)
My bookmark: Well written, thoroughly fun case fic + Steve-and-Robin friendship story.
The Heart and All Its Chambers, by etymologyplayground
Rating: Explicit
Ship: Huā Chéng/Xiè Lián
Word count: 19k
Status: complete
Summary: "Really, Xie Lian, you don't even jerk it??" Shi Qingxuan insists. "I mean it's none of my business and you can tell me to fuck off, but holy shit, lady."
Xie Lian laughs, feeling her cheeks color, and shrugs again. "I don't know, something about the mechanics of it just never made sense to me," she admits. "And anyway that's time I should be spending studying."
--
It comes out that Xie Lian's never had an orgasm. She goes to Hua Cheng for help.
theyre lesbians
My bookmark: Amazing, super sweet (and hot) fem!HuaLian friends-to-lovers.
Fandom: The Untamed & Módào Zuˇshī
I will be chasing a starlight, by feyburner, sundiscus
Rating: Explicit
Ship: Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian
Word count: 71k
Status: complete
Summary: “You know what?” Wei Ying said. “I think we should be friends.”
“Vulcans do not have friends,” said Lan Zhan. He was staring very determinedly at the screen in front of him.
Wei Ying frowned at him. “That can’t be right.”
My bookmark: Amazing long, well written Wangxian Star Trek AU. It’s so well done and I enjoyed it so much!
Fandom: Voltron: Legendary Defender
Before the Thunder, by Dash9er
Rating: Teen
Ship: Keith & Shiro
Word count: 17k
Status: complete
Summary: First-year Garrison cadet Keith Kogane stands out like a shark in a tidal pool. Ruthless. Explosive. Focused. Rude. The other cadets can’t beat him, so they try to take him down any way they can.
Despite the constant churning of rumors and accusations surrounding Keith, Senior Officer Takashi Shirogane offers to mentor him, showing the boy kindness and patience. Slowly, Keith is drawn out of his defensive shell. Slowly, he learns to trust Shiro.
But time is running out.
Tonight, the Garrison will be infiltrated by a group of anti-space militants and Shiro is at the top of their hit list. Unfortunately for them, Keith isn’t even on their radar. And there is no way in hell he is letting his friend die tonight.
Or: my take on how Shiro first finds out what Keith is capable of.
My bookmark: Pre-canon story focusing on Keith & Shiro’s friendship, with lots of BAMF!Keith.
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