Just Because

A Fic Rec Blog by MiteyMIdget No, seriously. This is just a place for me to dump links to the fics I really like so I can come back to them sometime in the future.

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Nobody Lost, Nobody Found by ClaraxBarton

"Look, dude, I get it. You’re fucked-up. HYDRA fucked you up. I’ve been there. But you’re my fucking Soul Mate!"

“I can kill you. I could kill you without even realizing what I was doing. I’m not fucked-up, I’m a monster. I’m a nightmare. You can’t be here. You can’t- All the people I’ve killed- I will not murder my Soul Mate too. Not after everything else I’ve-”

Clint worked his left hand between their bodies and managed to land a punch to the man’s right side, forcing him to shift his weight, and Clint brought his right hand down on the place where the man’s metal arm met his torso - hidden by the shirt he wore, but on full display in the video Clint had watched.

The man released Clint with a grunt of pain, and Clint pressed his advantage, landing another punch to his abdomen, backing him up against the opposite side of the RV and then pressing the kitchen knife he had pocketed while cleaning up earlier to the man’s throat.

“Like I said, I’m not a Boy Scout. I’m plenty dangerous myself. We clear on that?”

OR:

This looks bad, because it is.

OR:

How Clint Barton met his Soul Mate

This is honest the best thing I’ve read in a while, and I’m not just saying that ‘cause I’m feverish and possibly hallucinating. I was able to concentrate on this while battling a head cold. It hits all my weak spots and my favourite trope and my very real love for Clint Barton. Give my 1000 more just like this and I could die happy.

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A Tangled Web (87660 words) by TAFKAB, Roselightfairy Chapters: 37/37 Fandom: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings (Movies) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Gimli (Son of Glóin)/Legolas Greenleaf Characters: Legolas Greenleaf, Gimli (Son of Glóin), Aragorn | Estel, Arwen Undómiel, Thranduil, Galion (Tolkien), Éomer Éadig, Elfhelm (Tolkien), Glóin (Tolkien), Original Male Character(s), Original Female Character(s), Other Character Tags to Be Added Additional Tags: Fake/Pretend Relationship, Mutual Pining, Angst, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Unresolved Romantic Tension, Politics, Eventual Happy Ending, Excessive Drinking, Slow Burn, Slow Build, Miscommunicating morons, Everyone Is A Drama Queen, Aragorn and Arwen are done, the level of stupidity in this story is UNREAL we are not kidding, every time you think they’re as dumb as they could possibly be they get even DUMBER, Hair Braiding, Mutual Masturbation, Sharing a Bed, Fake Marriage, Dwarf/Elf Relationship(s), Elf Culture & Customs, Mild Sexual Content, Awkward Sexual Situations, Dwarf Culture & Customs, Cuddling Summary:

Five years after the War of the Ring, rumors have been spread all around Middle-Earth that the lords of Aglarond and Ithilien are closer than mere friendship. Threatened by Legolas and Gimli’s obvious preference for doing business with one another, the leaders of Erebor and Mirkwood turn suspicious eyes to their trading relationships.

Infuriated by the rumors and scheming, Legolas and Gimli decide to pretend they’re married in order to prove that their realms would treat fairly with others no matter what. But can they maintain the deception? Will it end their legendary friendship– or could it lead to more?

I’ve been trying to think how to recommend this without giving too much away, and decided that at least anything in the tags is fair game.

To start with, the set-up already ticks all the right little boxes for me: fake relationship, mutual pining, UST, political intrigue, exasperated ship captains, and so forth.

And the execution is so. very. enjoyable.

The prose is fluid and beautiful, the dialogue snappy or eloquent as needed, and the mood swings effortlessly from the passages that make you giggle yourself silly to those that make you clutch at your chest because you’ve been struck RIGHT in the feels. I call it humour and melodrama, blended in measure.

Not to mention the wonderful character chemistry that makes this such a very thirsty story. It’s tangible. Thick enough to cut with a knife, I tell you. And it only gets worse. And worse.

Which brings me to pacing; the plot moves unhurriedly enough to justify the slow burn label and build some lovely suspense, but not so sluggishly as to be frustrating; in fact, I often found myself simultaneously rooting fiercely for these two doofuses and bemoaning their continued wilful idiocy (aka “this is almost TOO MUCH but damn it’s TOO GOOD” feeling.) And the resolution… well, I won’t spoil that for you :)

Or, to quote myself from a comment about halfway through the tale:

TL:DNR: IT WAS GREAT AND I’M A FLAILING OCTOPUS OF GLEE.

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Returning with Twilight recs

It’s been 9 months since the last time I posted any recs and I’m coming back with a Twilight post. Ah well. This is my personal recs blog, so it kind of stands to reason that I’m only catering to my own whims.

Last week I noticed that Twilight was trending on Tumblr, and after my brain sort of rebooted, I figured out it was the 10 year anniversary since the release of the first movie. It led me down a bit of a rabbit hole of consideration and fic hunting.

My relationship with Twilight is a bit like my relationship with junk food. It’s not good for me, but I’m gonna eat what I like and no one’s going to tell me otherwise. There’s something a bit self-indulgent in wallowing in the whole thing. I can’t bring myself to re-read the books, but I’ll still pull out the movies when I want a good veg-fest.

What follows are some my favourite fics from that flash in the pan moment in my fan-ish history. Not a single canon ship in the bunch, all either het or femslash. Mostly wolf-pack related. Bella was my Twilight fandom bicycle. Quality is pretty subjective, please refer back to my junk food analogy.

Sublimation by sfiddy - Jacob/Bella

Jacob and Bella fall in love, delaying the phase, but the pack has to fight the danger lurking in shadow. Bella finds the strength to grow, and mends the damage done to her relationship with Charlie. Wolf-centric, Cullen friendly. Rated for a reason.

Better Now by orphan_account - Jacob/Bella

Charlie got Bella the professional help she needed when Edward took off. Now Edward's back - and she's different. AU New Moon - after Volterra - and Eclipse. Mostly in-character, Edward's not villainized.

The Movement of the Earth by audreyii_fic - Jacob Bella

Jacob imprints on Bella. It changes things. A re-write of New Moon, beginning on page 242 in Chapter 10: "The Meadow."

The Two Hundred and Seven Days After by monroeslittle - Jacob/Bella

Jacob imprints. This is the aftermath.

Moonshadow by chef diamond heart - Jacob/Bella

One of the very first Jacob-Bella fics! What if Edward kept his promise and Bella never heard from the Cullens again? Jacob was more than willing to console her, would she have the sense to let him? Just a nice love story - with monsters. Rated at 108 degrees. Initial story in The Moonshadow Continuum, where the love continues ...

Boys with Girlfriends by audreyii_fic - Jacob/Bella

A boy gets dumped by a vampire and a wolfgirl tries to cheer him up. A genderswap rewrite of New Moon and Eclipse.

Through The Window by lifelesslyndsey - Sam/Bella

If I imprinting was less about finding that perfect some one, and more about finding that some one who makes you perfect, you never know where you might find it. Love might bring out the best in us, but first it brings out the worst. 

Hurt by Mrstrentreznor - Sam/Bella

MA AU. What if Sam's wolf didn't like Emily? What if the wolf had attacked her, just after they imprinted, in an attempt to make her go away? What if an imprint abused the imprint bonds and ordered the wolf around? What if the man was forced to go along with it all?

Holding Sam by orphan_account - Sam/Bella

Sam saves Bella when she gets lost in the woods. She returns the favor in more ways than one. A romance set in AU New Moon.

Never On My Mind by lifelesslyndsey - Paul/Bella WIP (probably abandoned)

'Forget about it Paul.'The order took hold. It wasn't instant; Paul's natural inclination to fight all orders wouldn't allow it to take hold in a snap. It crept over him instead, stripping away what choice he had as slow as honey. One minute life was all about her. The next, it wasn't. This is a story of how Paul imprinted. Again. Again. And again.

Be Liked Water by taoist elf - Paul/Bella

Starting with the slap in the movie and spinning a twisting, intense, and psychologically-driven tale. Imprinting, but not the usual way: it's complicated.

Miror Quaenam Sis Tam Bella by orphan_account - Paul/Bella

Paul stops Bella before she can jump off that cliff and ruin her life. Complications ensue.

A Murmur of Fire in the Vein by ElleCC - Jasper/Bella

One stormy Seattle night, the last person Bella expects to see appears without warning at her door. How will history—hers and his—impact their unexpected and growing friendship? AH, Bella/Jasper. Winner 2010 Bellie Award for "Edward Who?" category.

Bonds of Blood by someryn - Jasper/Bella

Jasper's control slips when Bella bleeds on her birthday, but he's not the only one. In the distraction, he gets to Bella, but he pulls back in time for her to become a vampire sooner than anyone had planned. What no one ever told either of them, though, is that sometimes a link forms between newborn and sire, and it can break all other bonds…

Torn by MrsBiteMe - Quil/Bella

"A friend is one who comes in when the whole world has gone out." - Grace Pulpit. When Jacob ignores Bella in New Moon she develops a friendship with Quil. They become close, and then he, too, makes the change into werewolf.

My Perfect Match by blueboardchick - Jared/Bella

Jared never complained about becoming a wolf. He accepted his changed fate, but he felt as if something was missing. Jared sees Bella upset in the woods through Sam's mind, now Jared can't seem to stop thinking of the girl the vampires left behind.

humans are just like that by alligatorblood - Rosalie/Bella

Rosalie takes one look at Bella Swan and goes "hmm I like that."

Simple Kind of Life by jenasys - Leah

Leah Clearwater never liked Bella Swan. So when she goes to the bonfire on First Beach and imprints on her-Bella, Edward, Leah and Jacob get thrown head first into a world of drama.

Flying and Flocking by peskiwhistpaw - Rosalie/Leah

How two lonely, broken, wild things of the woods connect with each other and rediscover their humanity.

all the lambs grow fangs and hunt down the lions by SearchingforSerendipity - Gen

The first time Dr. Rodriguez uses the words emotional abuse and manipulation andcontrolling boyfriend, Bella freezes. The second time she runs away.

The third time she stays, and breathes, and listens.

Bella Swan, embracing humanity one year at a time for a decade.

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Victuuri fic recs

Over Christmas I discovered Yuri!!! On Ice. I went into it with all of the enthusiasm of my past teenage otaku self and Victuuri has been plaguing me ever since.

I didn’t notice until I was compiling this list, but most of my favourites tend to be slightly canon divergent rather than full on AU or canon compliant. Gotta admit, I just like what I like.

Winning Hearts by Dawn on ICE (Dawn_Blossom)

When Victor Nikiforov is 17, he meets Yuuri Katsuki, and they become quick friends.

Crash Into Me by nerdlife4eva

Yuuri and Victor begin the Sochi Grand Prix Series at Skate America in Detroit. When Victor becomes entranced by Yuuri's skating during warmups, he finds himself moving too close and causes them to collide. Their journey starts with a crash, but along the way, they learn what it really means to fall.

Strangers to Lover Series by therings

Victor takes on the responsibility of watching out for the stunningly beautiful drunk Japanese skater at the Sochi Grand Prix Final Banquet. But he wasn't counting on falling in love. Now he only has one night to try and catch Yuuri's attention as much as Yuuri has already caught his.

i know my madness by astoryaboutwar

It's hardly a secret that Victor Nikiforov is a massive player.

(In which Yuuri doesn't blow the Grand Prix Finals the first time round, does blow Victor, and everything changes but ends up the same.)

Tous Les Chemins by translated into English by Edgedancer.

A photo without context, a few careless words, an embellished article.

Thus was born the idea, so patently false it would have fit better in a politician's speech, that Yuuri hated Viktor.

The original work by shakeskp can be here in HERE in French.

Something so wholesome about you by crossroadswrite

It was supposed to be his year. He was supposed to-

Celestino stops talking and squeezes his shoulder. Yuuri looks up at him, opens his mouth to say something when someone says his name.

He freezes, holds his breath for a full second against the painfully familiar voice, not daring to hope. Then, very slowly, he turns towards the source, eyes going wide with disbelieve.

“Mari?”

(Or: in which Vicchan lives, Yuuri doesn't quite fail and doesn't quite get drunk, but manages to accidentally woo Victor Nikiforov anyway.)

Katsuki Yuuri: Ascended Fanboy by DefiantDreams

“And wow, that was a beautiful Viktor—I mean, a beautiful Quad Flip by Viktor.” Yuuri visibly winces and he momentarily covers his face. Morooka glances at him in concern but Yuuri shrugs it off quickly and shakes his head as he continues, “Really, others try to do it, but no one does a Quad Flip quite as well or quite as clean as Viktor—if they even manage to land it.”

Or:

AU where Yuuri goes into commentating instead but he still has a Huge Gay Crush on Viktor Nikiforov and everyone can tell.

A day for all the rest by etharei

Phichit clears his throat. "You, ah, might want to wear your scarf again." He taps meaningfully at his own collarbone.

Victor touches the indicated spot on his neck. The skin is markedly sensitive. He presses down, unable to help himself, and the sweet little ache summons a sense-memory: strong fingers carding through his hair, then digging into his shoulder, powerful thighs like a vice around his hips, his name gasped into his ear before a hot mouth seals over the skin of his neck.

The day after the Cup of China.

Re: Yuuri Katsuki by Ishxallxgood

Phichit Chulanont is fiercely loyal to his best friend Yuri Katsuki. So when he randomly gets a direct message on Instagram from one v_nikiforov, it's only natural for Phichit to assume it's a prank.

That is until he comes to realize it's not a prank.

A story about how Phichit and Viktor bonded over their most favorite topic; Yuri Katsuki.

Phichit knows all the things.

Souls bond, hearts follow by dianamoth (lunaemoth)

In a world where soulmates are individuals connected on a spiritual level, able to communicate with variable degrees of empathy or telepathy, there is an appropriate time and rhythm for everything, even for a soulbond. Yuuri knows this. Viktor will learn.

Those Three Words by Azriona

Their one night of passion in Sochi left Victor Nikiforov with a bit more of a souvenir than either he or Yuuri Katsuki bargained for. Oops?

Intersections Series by lily_winterwood

Intersections in the lives of Eric Bittle and Yuuri Katsuki. Notes: Yuri on Ice and Check Please crossover series.  Check Please belongs to the amazing ngozi, go read it at @omgcheckplease on Tumblr!

You can have everything… by shysweetthing

AU. Before the Grand Prix Final starts in Sochi, Yuuri finds Victor's phone. He returns it--and hijinks and heavy flirtation ensue.

(Just about everything that happens at the Sochi GPF happens here, so if something that happens there might bother you, check the tags?)

Now with bonus epilogue!

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Yuuri hated looking at pictures of himself. His hair had started sticking up again. And he had that horrible star-struck smile on his face. Plus, he was blushing, and blushing always made him look so young. “Aaaaaah.” Yuuri winced. “I look so…”

Victor winked at him. “Cute!”

Before Yuuri could protest, Victor dropped the photo into Instagram and started typing a caption.

My champion! I thought I lost my phone this morning, but look who returned it? Our very own…

Yuuri watched as Victor’s agile thumbs (so agile, and no, he was not going to think about what else Victor could do with them) stopped moving. That fan-struck part of him that had been screaming mentally in the back of his mind came to a slow halt.

Victor didn’t know his name.

Victor Effing Nikivorof by shysweetthing

AU in which Yuuri still doesn’t remember the banquet, somehow doesn’t blow Japanese Nationals, runs into Victor at the World Championships, and has absolutely no idea why his idol is suddenly friendly and incredibly handsy.

Does Yuuri care about his reasons? No. It’s Victor Effing Nikiforov.

Basically this is an excuse for total fluff. And porn. And shit-talking with bonus smut. (Edited for accuracy.) Happy birthday, Victor.

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Victor turned back to him, supernova smile in place once more. “I really, really like you. Promise you’ll still dance with me at the banquet if you take gold this time around.” Yuuri stared at the man. He looked at their entwined hands—he hadn’t wanted to pull away—and their thighs, pressed together despite there being plenty of room in the backseat of the cab. That scent of Victor’s cologne—just a dab, lightly applied somewhere on his neck—swirled around him. This was too real to be a dream, too physical for him to have imagined it.

“I’m sorry,” Yuuri said slowly. “But…have we talked before?”

No Less Unthinkable by rageprufrock

In which Katsuki Yuuri fights a losing battle with chronic anxiety, the quadruple Salchow, and his own judgment four drinks in — but wins the war.

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Malec Fic Recs

Something like six years ago I tried to read The Mortal Instruments books. I got partway through the third before failing out pretty hard. There wasn’t enough Magnus for my taste and the Magnus/Alec storyline wasn’t enough to keep me slogging through the rest of it. Then the movie was terrible too, and when the TV show came out I was like, “Nope, I’ve been on this crazy train before.” 

Luckily, I don’t live in a vacuum, and the odd gif started popping up on my dashboard. People seemed genuinely impressed with how the TV show was adapting the source material. I was bored over a weekend and decided to give it a shot. Boy, am I glad I was, because three days later I was completely caught up and making my way through the Magnus/Alec tag on AO3.

Here's the inevitable rec post that’s resulted.

Pillow talk by lachese

Alec Lightwood falls in love, one nap at a time. 

wrong in the dark by sarcasticfluentry

After Magnus crashes Alec’s wedding and Lydia is attacked, the Institute goes on lockdown. Magnus stays the night in Alec’s room.

this type of mine by thisissirius

alec and magnus have a bond. it’s probably going to be telepathic.  or the one where the lightwoods are put on trial in more ways than one and alec slowly falls in love with magnus one day at a time.

until we go down by leraiel

“Alec’s been taken -”

Magnus stands, hearing only those three words, frozen - trying to process. He attempts to compose himself; he is centuries old - the most powerful warlock in Brooklyn and perhaps even further. The wine glass, held usually with such a sure elegant grip, smashes to the ground. It cuts through the roaring sea of shock.

“How did this happen?” He struggles not to lash out in blame at dear Clary. She was innocent - save it, he warns himself.

A Perfect Arrangement by KouriArashi

To keep the peace between the Shadowhunters and the Downworlders, a treaty designates an intermarriage between the two groups every seven years. Alec isn’t exactly happy to be chosen, but then he finds out that his intended is nothing like what anyone expected. 

Never Stand Between Two Mirrors by oncethrown

Alec has enough on his plate right now. His parents are furious at him, Magnus Bane is making him feel things he’s trying so hard not to feel, his wedding is coming up, and his world is breaking apart.

What he doesn’t need is a fussy mundane version on himself showing up in the Institute basement. What he doesn’t need is Magnus telling him that they’ll just have to wait for Seelie Magic to suck that version of himself back to his own dimension.

But since when does Alec get what he needs?

Alternate Dimension Alec gets trapped in the Shadowhunter reality at some point after the “I know you feel what I feel” scene. The gang desperately tries to stop chaos from ensuing.

The Diary of River Song by DemiraWatson

Magnus first meets Alexander on a veranda outside a glittering spectacular ball in 1852.

Alexander first meets Magnus at a Downworlder rave in 2016.

Dark Horse by neonnex

As cliché as it sounds, timing truly can be everything. What if Alec hadn’t had a chance to propose to Lydia yet? What if Isabelle figured out what was going on much sooner and was the one to try and help Hodge when the Institute was breached? What if Hodge was knocked out and she was left alone to fend off the Forsaken? What if she took a crushing blow that left her unable to fight back and Magnus was the one who ended up saving her life? And not just once, but yet again when they realize that Isabelle has been poisoned and needs his magical expertise in order to save her?

Timing can be everything, and yet somehow, things are still just as complicated for Alec.

Hold Onto Me (Cause I’m a Little Unsteady) by MagnificentlyMagic

His parabatai rune was burning, not with death, or injury, but with betrayal.

Post Ep 9.

Anything You Say by milobinderminder - WIP

Detective Alec Lightwood likes his job. He likes the order of it, likes helping people, likes that he gets to work with Jace and that Izzy is always right downstairs in the morgue too. He’s wanted to be a cop ever since he was a kid, just like his parents before him, and now he’s living that dream. His life should be perfect.

There’s just one problem. Their precinct has just gotten a new forensic expert – Magnus Bane.

And honestly, he’s so cute that Alec’s kind of losing his mind.

The Hanged Man by LittleDarlingXOX

An alternate ending of episode 1x12 “Malec” and moving into episode 1x13 “Morning Star”. It isn’t just the cup that’s stolen from the institute on the night of the wedding. Valentine has plans to reunite his family, whatever the cost, and Alec just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Home by redskyatmorning

A few weeks after the wedding incident, the Clave has Alec arrested and put on trial to have his runes stripped for what seems like no reason. Faced with exile, Alec must come to terms with himself, his feelings for a certain warlock, and the world that he was raised in. 

my heart that you helped to build by oh_la_fraise

Magnus isn’t what he expected. Alec had thought his soulmate would be serious, tame, and, well, female.

Okay, maybe he was lying about that last one.

Blue by Spun

Magnus is all about color. Alec isn’t, though not for lack of trying. “If you ever get fired from being High Warlock, you’ll have a lucrative career as the paint person in a Home Depot or something." 

Appassionato by Chonideno

Alec plays the piano every day, with great talent. One night, a note slips under his door: it’s a request from an anonymous neighbor. Before he knows it, Alec picks up the habit of leaving his window open so his neighbor can listen to him. Requests keep coming. Slowly, two strangers start a conversation without words and let the music do the work for them.

ever the years you wept by Pameluke

Magnus has lost faith, Alec has lost hope. 

Fusion by prfctdaze

Magnus gets the surprise of his life when he walks in to Jade Wolf. 

Glorious Technicolor by alittlebriton

“Hi,” Magnus says, moving closer and smiling softly like he knows what’s going on in Alec’s head, running his thumb over one of Alec’s eyebrows and cradling his jaw. “Are you ok?”

Alec swallows and nods, fingers splayed over Magnus’ ribs as he takes a shuddering breath at the contact. It takes a little while for the words to come, and when they do his voice is low and thick. “I never. I didn’t think I could have this.”

Missing scene from the end of S2E07, How Are Thou Fallen.

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Adult Wolf by KouriArashi

As if Sheriff Stilinski doesn't have enough to deal with, now he's been attacked by some enormous dog in the forest, and that's normal compared to what happens next...

Season one re-telling with Sheriff Stilinski being bitten instead of Scott. (Possibly also season 2. We'll see where it goes. =D)

I’m a little weirded out that I spent the past month reading Steter fic and then suddenly I’m reading Sheriff Stilinski/Peter fic but I just couldn’t stop once I’d started. The sheriff has always been one of my favourite parts of the show, so the fact I fell in love with Tom Stilinksi, Werewolf Sheriff of Beacon Hills is probably unsurprising. I find his steadfast dependability in the face of Lycanthropy ridiculously attractive.

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Steter Fic Recs

Look, I don’t known how this happened. I’ve spent the last two years basically blacklisting the whole Teen Wolf fandom and then suddenly I’m binge reading everything in the Stiles/Peter tag on AO3. I didn’t even like this ship when I was actively watching the show, but apparently it pushes all my buttons.

At least it’s not Sterek?

Stiles Stilinsky - New Kid by Triangulum

Peter makes it a point to know who every student at Beacon Hills High School is. Even if they’re completely unremarkable, he likes to know the basics about them. He’s a senior, still a child according to his sister, but he’s tapped to be her right hand, her enforcer. It’s his job to know about everyone that could be a potential threat. She calls him paranoid, he calls it practicing. So when a new student comes, the first in a long time (in years really. No one moves to Beacon Hills.), Peter pays attention. OR The one where Stiles is a new student and Cora’s new best friend. Derek is traumatized after Paige, Peter’s trying to keep his pack safe, and why does Stiles smell so weird?

The Pack Comes First by RebaKitten

The Hale Pack and the McCall Pack have bordering territories and both can benefit from being affiliated with each other. And the surest way to do that is for a mating between a member of each pack.

The Unexpected Marriage of Peter Hale by moonstalker24

This is the story of how Peter gets married without technically dating anyone. “You can bring your boyfriend with you,” Talia says. Peter stops giving Henry more bits of dried fruit to stare at his sister “Boyfriend?” “Of course!” Talia gestures at Stiles who looks around behind him with wide eyes. “I’m sure the whole family would be interested in meeting your young man.”

Schrodinger’s Wolves by wynnebat

When the Hale pack of Talia’s day learns of their upcoming deaths, they summon an emissary from the future to weigh their loss against his future. They get Stiles, who has never been able to be impartial when it comes to people he loves.

Baby Stilinski-Hale by Triangulum

“You’ve been avoiding me,” Peter says. Stiles just shrugs. “Are you going to tell me why, or do I have to guess?” Stiles would love to glare at him and snark back like they always do, but her nerves are just too frayed and she doesn’t have it in her. Peter seems to sense this and frowns, his face morphing into one of concern. “Stiles..?” He takes a few steps closer, slowly as if he’s trying not to startle her and that makes her want to let out a hysterical laugh, but she keeps it in. He sets his hand on her shoulder, the other going to the side of her neck. He frowns at the way her pulse is racing, as if he needs to physically confirm what his ears are already telling him. She lets him touch her, knowing without even needing to think about it that he won’t hurt her. She does let out a bitter little laugh at that. Well, physically he won’t. “What is it?” he asks and the genuine concern in his voice almost breaks her. He leans down and stares into her eyes, their faces so close, and she sees his nostrils flare. “You smell…different.” Well, that’s her cue. “I’m pregnant,“ she whispers. Or The one where Peter gets Stiles pregnant and is a big old softie about it.

Fools Rush In by Gryvon

Peter opens the door to the cottage, a greeting ready on his lips and freezes. His nostrils flare as a strange scent hits him right in the gut, the smell as solid as a punch to the stomach. He almost flinches from the force of it. The scent is complex, something like honey and cedar and the burnt ozone left behind after a lightning strike. He finds the source of the smell in the den. There’s a stranger—several, actually—sitting in front of the fireplace, talking animatedly with large hand motions. Peter drops to one knee in front of the young man who is the source of the scent and all of Peter’s instincts scream at him mate-claim-mine. "What’s your name?” Peter asks. “Stiles.”

A voice on the phone by Thatbookishgirl

After the Hale fire Peter distances himself from the entire pack. He remains in the pack but travels and keeps in contact. While he is away the pack grows and gains a new emissary. This emissary is one Stiles Stilinski and he develops quite the friendship with Peter over the phone. They’ve talked almost daily for years and have never seen each other’s faces and feelings have been developing along the way, but something happens that forces them to finally meet. What happens then?

If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out by mia6363

Commander Stilinski looked like he fell out of a propaganda video, his armor still smoking as he pulled off his helmet and handed it off to First Officer Argent. He had a few bruises down his neck but his smile was bright. “Glad to see you safe and sound, Mr. Hale. I’d hate for Derek to lose a member of his family.” “I told you,” Derek snapped at his superior, “he’s not worth this, Commander.”

Light A Fire by ladyoneil

It’s been a week since his dad disappeared and slowly everyone is giving up on finding him except Stiles. Desperate, he turns to the one person he thinks can track him. Unfortunately he first has to break him out of Eichen House, and he just knows Peter’s going to want more than his freedom in return for helping him.

Whose Woods These Are by moonstalker24

Stiles chooses the house simply because it’s far enough out in the wilderness to be away. His… reticence for human contact on any given day coincides entirely with how much pain he’s in when he wakes up the morning. His patience is limited, and he has more bad days than good… So Stiles moves into an old house out in the woods like a creepy serial killer. Reminds himself that other people suck on a regular basis and just sort of gets on with it… It isn’t until after several sightings that Stiles realizes that the wolf is following him. If the wolf decides it wants to eat him, Stiles would be a pretty easy meal….

Magic and Misunderstandings by covarla

Stiles returns to Beacon Hills after ten years away in order to start training as the Hale pack Emissary. Except, what’s meant to be a relaxing summer getting to know the pack before he officially accepts the position turns into Friday night D&D games, a not-so-secret crush, dead bodies in the forest, and a series of misunderstandings.

A Sliver of Sunlight by LeeBlack

The last thing that Stiles expected to see after coming into his room was Peter Hale, back from the dead and apparently sane. Well, relatively sane, all things considered. And with everything that had happened in Beacon Hills recently, was it really so impossible to believe that, without the Alpha power trip, Peter was the sort of person who couldn’t be trusted but was too interesting to be ignored?

Opportunity Knocks by WhereDestiniesMeet17

At that moment, something moved across the yard. His heart kicked up, fear making him flail and latch back onto the fence. He sucked in a deep breath and repeated to himself, don’t freak out, don’t freak out. It’s just a shadow. It isn’t a murderer or house owner looking to kill you. Just turn and look and you’ll see it’s nothing but a trick of the eye. Stiles turned his head ever so slightly more to the side, ignoring how Scott held up his hand to show the splinter wedged in his palm. His eyes cast back to the shadow, and yep, his first instinct was correct. There was definitely someone in the fucking yard with them. - Or, the one where Stiles dives head first into a supernatural shit storm and drags everyone he knows down with him. And he takes up with Peter Hale of all people.

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Summary: 

In his mind, the fall lasts a small eternity. In reality, it's maybe two seconds. Will and Hannibal go over the cliff, just like they planned.Picks up where the finale ends, fills in all the blanks of the last episode, and continues through to their new life as Murder Husbands. My version of a fix-it fic.

Probably the best post-fall fic I’ve read so far. Long and plotty and satisfying. I found Will’s exploration of his darker side in this so fascinating and Hannibal’s hesitation baring himself completely to Will believable and almost heartbreaking. This is one I’ll probably come back to and read again.

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Favourite Dark!Will Fics

My favourite Will is a one that’s more than a little bit broken. One that either needs only nudge from Hannibal or is already a bit of a monster all on his own. Here are my six favourite dark!Will fics, the ones I keep coming back to.

A darkness seen and shared - Silverfeathered_Angel

Stories set in a universe where Will was a serial killer long before he met Hannibal.

Wage Your War - Della19

To say that Will Graham is still an unmated, childless omega at the age of thirty-eight is his own choice is true. It is not to say that it is his preference. Will wants a mate and a family just as much – perhaps even more – than the next omega. He’s simply never met that one person who fit the bill before. And then he walks into Jack Crawford’s office and meets Hannibal Lecter and well that, as they say in the business, is that.

Now all he needs to do is convince Hannibal of that. But well, this is Hannibal Lecter he is dealing with. It must be done a certain…flair. But that isn’t a problem for Will. Not at all.

After all, snakes may kill mongoose, but one must never forget this as well: mongoose hunt snakes too.

It’s Will Graham’s turn to wage his war.

Or, here is a fic about omega!Will Graham manipulating alpha!Hannibal Lecter into getting exactly what he wants.

The Mongoose Hunts the Snake - Chi-chi-chimera (gestalt1)

Written for another kink meme prompt here : You know William has those big green eyes and that floppy haircut and an obvious affection for dogs like a big old softie

but I kind of want it to turn out that he’s playing Hannibal just as hard as Hannibal’s playing him. I’d like to see that as a fic, that turnaround where it’s Will doing the string pulling and Hannibal only realizes it at that very last second… and can’t help but respect how clever it is.

Pattern Break - Ningengirai (ThisBeatifulDrowning)

Will knew what had happened. He knew exactly how Abigail’s ear had gotten into him, who had shoved it down his throat. He also knew that trying to indicate Hannibal as a killer again was futile. Jack seemed to want to believe him, going by the conversation in the BSHCI’s visitor hall, but Jack needed something concrete, evidence. Hannibal had eluded capture for so long, he wasn’t going to start leaving fingerprints or hairs at his crime scenes now.

No, Will was going to deal with Hannibal Lecter on his own terms. The man deserved to reap what he’d so carefully sowed, didn’t he? He deserved to experience what he’d coaxed forth from the bottom of Will’s soul, to see the result of his machinations.

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After his release from the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, Will doesn’t return to work for the FBI.

Canvases - thatviciousvixen

When Hannibal meets a handsome artist with a keen interest in death he knows he’s finally met a kindred spirit. All Will needs is a little push.

Devils in the Dark by DarkmoonSigel

After having encephalitis and brutally murdering a serial killer who tried to kill his dogs, Will Graham finds himself in the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Life is dull until the Chesapeake Ripper is brought down to the lower levels to live in a cell beside Will. 

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Fic Recs

These are some of my favorite m!Shenko fanfics of all time. I’ll try to keep this list updated as I come across new stories. Also, just in case the original link goes down for whatever reason, I have the fics saved here in my Calibre library in ePub format.

Gunpowder and Cinnamon by januarys & PetitAvocat 52k

Modern day AU. Kaidan and Ashley own a bakery in Vancouver. Shepard’s on shore leave and wants to try one of their infamous steak pies.

Tumblr: @onceuponafrancine (januarys) & @antivanrogue (PetitAvocat)

Feels Like Home by Ltleflrt 112k

Modern day AU. Matthew Shepard is a mechanic in the small town of Citadel. Kaidan’s bike breaks down while he’s on the road.

Tumblr: @ltleflrt

Burn Down The Sky by Jupiter_james 116k

Firefighter AU. Shepard and Kaidan are both part of Virmire’s House 5.

Tumblr: @jupiterjames

Long Train Runnin’ by captainshakespear & illiaedeum 60k

Modern subway AU. Kaidan, a teacher at the biotic high school, spots “hot subway guy” on the way home from work one day. Over the course of months, their relationship goes from strangers to friends to something more. Comes with an accompanying playlist!

Tumblr: @captainshakespear (captainshakespear) & @jokerondeck (illiaedeum)

The Synthempathy Outcome by Imperator 225k

Post-war synthesis. Starts with the Citadel date and extends through its own storyline years into the future. Features OCs and technology unique to this story. My personal headcanon.

Textbooks & Football by Dexterous_Sinistrous 55k

High school AU. Kaidan has a crush on the new football captain, Leon Shepard.

Tumblr: @dexterous-sinistrous

Finding Peace by MagicMage 170k

Post-war. Shepard wakes up from his coma with PTSD from the events of the past 4 years and Kaidan’s there to help him sort it out.

Tumblr: @magicmage

The Legacy of Sacrifice by Lanfear 240k

Post-war. Another enemy threatens the galaxy, and this time Shepard isn’t able to be involved in the capacity that he once was. (I’m sorry! That’s the best summary I could write without giving away spoilers!)

Tumblr: @lanfear

The Difference between the Sea and Sky by bagog 140k WIP

The story of Ben Shepard in Mass Effect 3. It’s set during ME3 but it narrates the times in between missions, how the characters are affected by them, etc.

Tumblr: @bagog

Soldier’s Heart by Lemon 26k WIP

Post-war. Shepard’s having trouble with PTSD and he goes to a therapist to help.

Tumblr: @renlyslittlerose

Wish You Were Here by potionsmaster 72k

ME1. Shepard accompanies Kaidan home during shore leave. Both are interested in the other, neither realizes the other feels the same about them.

Tumblr: @nightmarestudio606

Suffocate by ArchLucie 160k

AU. Kaidan was grieving after losing Jane Shepard to the reapers. Then he meets John Shepard, her bother. The Normandy (with two Shepards) then proceeds to go through the events of ME2 and ME3.

Tumblr: @arcticlucie

Citadel Five-0 by synergy 25k

AU. Kaidan and Garrus are C-Sec officers. Shepard shows up and starts causing trouble.

Always by Mareel 60k WIP

A large collection of one-shots and drabbles set during ME3. Currently there are 43 works in this series.

Tumblr: @mareel

Bonus Fic!

Caught Looking by draco_illius_noctis 78k WIP

Baseball AU. In which Anders is a major-league pitcher for the Kirkwall Champions and Hawke is a baker who also happens to be Anders’ #1 fan. (Not mShenko, but still totally worth mentioning.)

Tumblr: @draco-illius-noctis

OK, I hope you’ve enjoyed the fics on this list, and if you have any suggestions that aren’t on here, please message them to me so I can update this!

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Severitus Fic Rec List

Severitus is the HP fic term for Snape mentoring, adopting, or fathering Harry. Their relationship is gen, not romantic, but fics often contain side pairings. Most of these–about 90%– contain child abuse/neglect. I have bolded, added warnings for particularly bad instances and sexual abuse. But it’s a great category of fic because angst and awesome writing. And also angst. And sometimes angst. 

There are 43 fics in this rec list.

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

“Arthur is a bad man,” Roxy had said.

“Fucking tell me about it,” Eggsy had muttered, and gone to put on the tarty trousers Harry had picked out for him like a fucking high-end pimp.

I made the mistake of reading this fic at my desk at work during my lunch hour. I’ve been reading fic for a lot of years, so I think I’ve become pretty damn unflappable, but this fic was filthy. I swear, my face must have been red as a beet, because I had a coworker turn and ask me what I was reading. Awkward.

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Not just my favourite Mystrade fics, but one of my favourite fic series’ of all time. I keep coming back to it over and over again, pulling it out whenever I need the comfort of something warm and familiar. Written before series two aired, this imagines that the pool really did blow up and Lestrade and Mycroft meet in the aftermath. I love the slow burn romance and the way Lestrade goes about gently wooing Mycroft with food and music. Not to mention the cast of supporting original characters. I’m a bit in love with the whole Lestrade clan.

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Abandon hope, all ye who enter here! This will be updated as new lists are made, so make sure you have the latest version if you’re looking for new fic. Also, I regularly update the individual lists if I find more that fit, so it might be worth checking your favourite genre once in awhile. 

You can assume these are mostly Nine/Rose, Ten/Rose, and Tentoo/Rose lists unless otherwise noted.

Start here if you’re new

Fic for newbies

Multichapter fics 

Other Doctors

Eight/Rose

Tentoo/Rose | Reduced-angst Tentoo/Rose | First Time fics

Eleven/Rose

Twelve/Rose

Alt!Doctor/Rose

Doctor/Alt!Rose

Tropes

Shower and Bath

Fake Married

Huddling together for warmth

Amnesia

Body swap

Time Loop

Truth or Dare

Language Barrier

Drunk/Intoxicated

Tattoos

Snuggling on the sofa / Movie night

Beach

Sharing a bed: Nine/Rose | Ten/Rose

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FANFIC RECS: Shakarian (+others) ME Master list

Alright. Digging out my large fanfic recommendation folder of the best multi-chaptered stories/series that I’ve bookmarked over the past year… this will be a long list. The writing here is sound, and enjoyable; the mass effect fandom has been wonderful to browse. Take care to take a peek at the ratings/warnings on the work before reading. This list is constantly being modified and added too. :’D

MORE FOUND HERE (ao3 bookmarks~) and HERE (delicious, from kmeme archive - higher ratings), which haven’t quite made it to this list, but are still enjoyable.

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Washed Ashore by Kathar

Phil Coulson has been the Keeper of North Bar, and about half hermit, for fifteen years by the time he finds the wounded man lying on the beach in the wake of a storm. (Actually-- it was the dog that found him; blame the dog.)

Clint Barton has been a circus act, a mercenary, a spy, and a superhero-- now he’s a wanted man, and a half-drowned one to boot.

When they start trying to clear Clint's name, events spiral out of control in ways they can't imagine. Their lives will never be the same -- and neither will the Avengers, SHIELD, and the entirety of Long Beach Island, NJ.

Close to canon AU where Coulson is a beard-y hermit who finds Avenger Clint washed up on his island. This one was soooo good for me.

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Favourite Time Travel fics

Here’s a list of my favourite time travel fics. Multi-fandom. All slash.

Misfire by mothlights, unpossible - Teen Wolf - Stiles/Derek

“The debt must be repaid,” she says, and it has the weight of a vow. The words resonate through him, ringing through his ribcage and the bones of his jaw, and Stiles loses his breath and maybe his grip on reality because she draws herself upright and where there had once stood a supermodel-level MILF now there is Galadriel’s much hotter older sister, a Presence of unmistakable power in their ordinary, smells-vaguely-of-Thai-takeout hallway.

“Oh shit,” Stiles says.

Now as Ever (All That Is and Has Been) by venis_envy - Teen Wolf - Stiles/Derek

Stiles can’t remember what happened to rearrange the time-space continuum, or how he ended up being pulled into the past. All he knows is that he’s there now, in 2003 Beacon Hills, with a teenage werewolf and a possibly-crazy veterinarian as his only allies.

the guilty do come home by Scribbled_Truth - Teen Wolf - Stiles/Derek

See, here’s the thing, Kate wasn’t always crazy. She knows this. She gets it. She owns it.

Her Dad was a bit messed up and pressed his very fucked up ideas into her when he couldn’t get his claws -hah!- into Chris.

But now she’s dead, she really gets it.

So when the angel, or God, or judge, or whoever the fuck the being in front of those pearly white gates is, offers her a chance to do things over, to change things, she takes it.

She doesn’t intend to stay in Beacon Hills for one second but something in her gut makes her stay.

It’s her second week working when she meets Laura Hale and everything begins to fall into place.

to memory now i can’t recall by Etharei - The Marvel Movies ‘verse - Steve/Bucky

While on a mission storming a HYDRA facility, James Buchanan Barnes touches one of the many strange alien devices collected by the Red Skull. He does this, in fact, twice— in the past, and in the future.

Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Squar by Speranza - Marvel Movies 'verse - Steve/Bucky

Natasha wanted to tell him the whole story of wartime London and the pub and seeing who Steve Rogers was before he lost everything, and meeting The Winter Soldier only to find out that he was just a young charmer named Bucky Barnes.

Next thing he knows, Bucky Barnes is opening his eyes in the 21st century, which is full of great gadgets and coffee, and at least includes his old pal Steve. (And, inexplicably, a different Stark.) Meanwhile, the Winter Soldier finds himself in the middle of World War Two, helping Captain America hunt down HYDRA (which is at least familiar), pretending to be Bucky Barnes (which is not), and figuring out the very noisy group of soldiers who call themselves the Howling Commandos.

Protocol 1985 by hollimichele - The Marvel Movies 'verse - GEN

“Holy crow, it worked,” someone says.

Twice Upot a Time by TsaritasElena - The Marvel Movies 'verse - Steve/Tony

Tony Stark has never had an easy relationship with his father, but when Howard Stark circa 1983 time travels to the future in a freak accident, things get even more complicated, especially since Tony is dating his dad’s idol, Captain America, and Howard doesn’t know. As they work toward a solution that will restore Howard to his own timeline, will Tony get a second chance at a father-son relationship with his dad, or is he in for more of the same unforgiving treatment from Howard? Time travel, Avengers missions, and a secret project of Howard’s: things at Stark Tower are about to get a little crazy.

Every Man’s Got A Right by MollyC - Supnernatural - Dean/Castiel

Cas never expected to live through Dean’s last plan. Now, he’s not only alive, he’s in the past–before Dean went to Hell, before he made the deal at all. Can a fallen angel and a couple of hunters change the future by altering the past?

Epilogue by Jayne L - Supernatural - Dean/Castiel

Bobby is here, swearing somewhere above and behind him; and Dean is here, talking about 2014 like it’s a foreign country; and Sam is here, and is not Lucifer. Which means–

Cas is no longer when he was. Lucifer sent him back.

Coda to 'The End’.

Face to face with the Skies by quiddative - Supernatural - Dean/Castiel

(Set right after 4.22) Castiel was not killed by Raphael on the night of Lucifer’s release. Instead, he’s sent to the year 1996 and encounters the Winchesters. Unable to return to the present, Castiel resigns himself to traveling with them on their hunts across the states.

Meanwhile in the year 2008, Dean has barely gotten used to being back in the land of the living when he gets the biggest shock of his life; the man he fell in love with when he was eighteen has seemingly come back from the grave as well, claiming to be an angel of the Lord. The thing is, he doesn’t have a clue who Dean is.

Equinox by Luchia - Supernatural - Dean/Castiel

In which Castiel is the weird time-traveling freak who just might be the love of Dean Winchester’s life.

all straight lines circle sometime by liketheroad - Suits - Mike/Harvey

Mike swallows and stares unblinkingly back at Harvey when he says, “Like it or not, Mike, you made me the man I am today.” Time Traveler’s Wife AU.

Lucid Dreaming by listerinezero - X-Men: First Class - Erik/Charles

Magneto finds himself in 1962, on the morning they go to Cuba, in the bed of the young Charles who’d spent months letting him think they were in love before breaking his heart. But he is not the same man he was forty years earlier, and as he gets to know young Charles again, he discovers that things might not have been exactly the way he remembered them after all.

Undone by Yahtzee - X-Men First Class - Erik/Charles

This began as a short ficlet written for this kink meme prompt: “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.’ - Heraclitus

Post-X3 Charles, instead of transfering his consciousness to the coma guy, finds his mind back in the body of his younger self, right after Shaw’s attack on the CIA compound, on their way to the mansion.

The thing: Charles’ wants to fix what happened with Erik, but he can’t bring himself to do it. He knows that this younger Erik can’t be held responsible for his future self’s actions, but, nonetheless, here is the man who will paralyze him, who will leave him on the beach, who will turn his sister into a merciless killer. Here is the man who will betray him in the worst way possible, by using him as a tool, a weapon, in his quest to kill all the humans.

So Charles blows cool and hot towards Erik, and Erik is left wondering where all the UST went and why Charles is suddenly so…emotionally distant, even when they’re spending more time together than they used to.

I posted the first part as a chapter in my ficlet collection, but then the second part went beyond the ficlet stage, and so here we are.

Replay by Unforgotten - X-Men: First Class - Erik/Charles

After Magneto of an X2-ish future succeeds in the unthinkable, Charles sends his consciousness back to 1962 to guide Erik away from the path that will lead to the genocide of the human race forty years hence.

Charles knows that Erik has always loved him, and intends to use this knowledge + sex to seduce Erik away from his ideals in his youth.

There’s no way this well-thought-out, sensible, debugged and 100% bulletproof plan can possibly go wrong.

Sheppard’s Law by Speranza - Stargate Atlantis - McKay/Sheppard

"Weird? You don’t know what weird is. Weird is being in a– with the– and the crazy alien–” He stopped, incoherent, hands flailing. “And then your best friend is twelve, and you’re his piano teacher. That–now, you’re talking weird!”

Escaping the Paradox by Meri - Harry Potter - Snape/Harry

After Harry is thrown back in time to 1971, he has several choices to make.

Or an Arcane Binding by Sylvia_G - The Hobbit - Thorin/Bilbo

An inexplicable magic ties Bilbo Baggins, hobbit of the Shire, to Thorin, dwarven prince of Erebor.

A Ring of Gold by thingsishouldntbedoing - Kingsman Harry/Eggsy

“Have we met?” Harry murmured. He could feel that Eggsy knew him, that there was an easy familiarity in the stranger’s mannerisms, but the answers escaped him. “How do you know my name?”

It’s 1984 and the world Harry Hart lives in is about to change.