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A Jukebox full of your favorite Julie Molina/Luke Patterson fics!

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Juke Fic Recs

Since this fandom has written an incredible amount of fic since JATP was released, we wanted to create a space where you can share the love for your favorite Juke fics and find some new fics to love.

So dig out those links to your favorite fics on AO3, Tumblr, FFN, Wattpad, and beyond! Fics, drabbles, podfics, and graphic-centric fics (like social media AUs) are all welcome. Our only two rules? Juke should be the primary pairing, and the fics you submit should have been written by someone other than you.

Send us all of your recommendations! Yes, all of them. We’re brand new—if you think every Juke shipper already knows about/has read your favorites, our archive doesn’t know about them yet. Love for fics isn’t a limited resource: spread it generously! If you’re on mobile, just be sure to check out our submission guidelines first.

And remember the golden rule of the JATP fandom: tell your friends!

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Are We Lovers or Zoommates? by Anonymous

Explicit | Multi-Chapter | 75.3k | Complete

Select Tags: The Boys Are Alive, Aged-Up Characters, Explicit Sexual Content, Mutual Pining, Friends to Lovers, and they were zoommates, Zoom Sex, COVID-19, Long-Distance Relationship, Anxiety Attacks

Luke thought he knew how hard it would be to go into lockdown without Julie.

Then they started hooking up over Zoom. Now going a year without touching her feels basically impossible.

Anonymous says: This fic is a beautiful childhood friends to lovers journey during the pandemic. Kinda slow burn because Juke gradually get together while they’re in lockdown so they haven’t touched yet, and they’re navigating some long-distance awkwardness. The relationship feels so real, and there’s lots of great found family content woven in too. Fluffy and hot and soft with just the right level of angst. Can’t recommend enough!

Anonymous says: this fic is 🔥🔥 i’m not usually a fan of phone sex (zoom sex?) in fic, but the smut is super well written and emotional. juke characterisations are on point, whole fic is a masterpiece

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What Do You Do With a Drunken Sailor? by @angelofarts [angelofcreativity]

General | Multi-Chapter | 86.9k | Complete

Select Tags: Pirates, Mermaids, luke has never met a good decision in his entire life

The beautiful stranger grinned, but it had twisted. This wasn’t the smile of a genteel courtier trying to flirt with the daughter of a Duke at a masquerade ball. This smile glinted like the light of a candle in the edge of a blade - beautiful, but if you were careless the results could be fatal.

Julie had the sinking feeling that she’d been careless.

@flynn-taylor says: This is one of my favourite JATP fics I have read. It is such a fun take on the mermaid/pirate!au and the author has such a fantastic way with both description (the tiara description? the masked ball?) and humour (the pirates are dumb in the best way). I get so excited whenever this is updated and I encourage everyone to read this asap!

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Darkness Would Turn to Light by @pearlcaddy

Teen And Up | One-Shot | 4.1k | Complete

Select Tags: Living!Phantoms AU, Alternate Universe - Famous, Touring, Friends With Benefits To Lovers, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Aged-Up Characters, Long Distance, Family Illness

Nearing the end of an exhausting year on her solo tour, Julie is on the verge of a breakdown. Luke tries something desperate to help.

Anonymous says: One of my favourite fics I've ever read. Emotional, sweet, raw, perfect Juke. Made me cry in the best way.

[pink-flame]

Hello! I’ve been looking for an old fanfic that I read on AO3 about a year or so ago. I can’t remember the premise of the fic itself, but in one of the scenes, Luke proposed to Julie in the middle of a song, specifically a cover that they’re doing of Love Story by Taylor Swift. I’ve been desperately looking for it. Does that ring a bell?

Hmmm…given my equal passion for Juke and Taylor Swift I feel like I should remember what this is but it’s not ringing a bell.

Sound familiar to anyone?

[fanaticperidot]

I believe it’s “I Never Made A Mistake In My Life. I Thought I Did Once, But I Was Wrong“ by @amazinggrace00 on ao3

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

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Hey! Do you know any social media AU fan fictions?

There are a handful compiled here and here, but if anyone knows any others, feel free to submit a recommendation or shout out some in the replies.

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the lucky one (i think it might be you) by @tangledstarlight [itsagamefortwo]

Teen And Up | Multi-Chapter | 43.6k | Complete

Select Tags: Fluff and Angst (the angst is very small though), Christmas, Swearing, there’s only one bed AND a snow storm, whatever will they do, Aged-Up Characters

“So you know who I am then,” it’s not really a question but Luke shrugs anyway, turning to glance at her quickly before looking back at the road.

“And you know who I am,” he pauses so long Julie thinks that’s all he’ll say on the matter but then he speaks again, and she can just make out the hints of a smile through the shadows on his face, “Reggie posts a lot on instagram stories. You’re in a lot of them.”

“I recognised your hat. From your christmas card,” she offers and feels her own lips pulling into a smile at his bark of laughter. aka julie needs to get the hell out of la for a few days and finds herself in a small town with a familiar face just as a snow storm rolls in.

@pearlcaddy says: I love this fic so much! It’s so soft and beautifully written. The pairing of famous Julie and post-famous Luke’s emotional journeys is really lovely, and I’m already deeply in love with the small town that adopted Luke and with small town!Luke himself. It’s one of those fics that can completely cure a bad mood with warm and fuzzy feelings.

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Hand Cramps by @lukepattersun [pennyrigby]

Teen And Up | One-Shot | 1.4k | Complete

Select Tags: Fluff, Not Actually Unrequited Love, Idiots in Love, Feelings Realization

Julie loves writing with Luke, she does. But it can be exhausting sometimes. Thankfully, Luke is always there to help her.

Just a sweet moment between these two.

@missmitchieg says: Did someone order a plate of sleepy songwriting and hand massaging soft, fluffy goodness with a side of feelings realization? · Soft 👏 · Fluffy 👏 · Idiots In Love 👏 · Not Actually Unrequited Love 👏 · Adorable 👏 · I re-read this fic 4 times and it still gives me so much dopamine 👏

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Are y’all familiar with the fix where Luke performs love songs with Reggie and Alex without telling Julie and she thinks that they’re pushing her out but really it’s just Luke trying to work through his feelings? I’ve been trying to find it for days now 😩

It sounds familiar, but none of us remember the exact fic off the top of our heads. If any of our followers know, please drop the link!

[thereigning-lorelai]

Not 100% sure but it might be this one:

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

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Are y’all familiar with the fix where Luke performs love songs with Reggie and Alex without telling Julie and she thinks that they’re pushing her out but really it’s just Luke trying to work through his feelings? I’ve been trying to find it for days now 😩

It sounds familiar, but none of us remember the exact fic off the top of our heads. If any of our followers know, please drop the link!

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Are We Lovers or Zoommates? by Anonymous

Explicit | Multi-Chapter | 75.3k | Complete

Select Tags: The Boys Are Alive, Aged-Up Characters, Explicit Sexual Content, Mutual Pining, Friends to Lovers, and they were zoommates, Zoom Sex, COVID-19, Long-Distance Relationship, Anxiety Attacks

Luke thought he knew how hard it would be to go into lockdown without Julie.

Then they started hooking up over Zoom. Now going a year without touching her feels basically impossible.

Anonymous says: This fic is a beautiful childhood friends to lovers journey during the pandemic. Kinda slow burn because Juke gradually get together while they’re in lockdown so they haven’t touched yet, and they’re navigating some long-distance awkwardness. The relationship feels so real, and there’s lots of great found family content woven in too. Fluffy and hot and soft with just the right level of angst. Can’t recommend enough!

Anonymous says: this fic is 🔥🔥 i’m not usually a fan of phone sex (zoom sex?) in fic, but the smut is super well written and emotional. juke characterisations are on point, whole fic is a masterpiece

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A Hundred Bad Days (Made a Hundred Good Stories): The Car Sessions [PODFIC] by @ladybessyboo [bessyboo]

Based on A Hundred Bad Days (Made a Hundred Good Stories) by @pearlcaddy

Mature | Theatrical Cut: 4hrs11min, Extended Cut: 5hrs13min | Complete

Select Tags: Alternate Universe - University, Living!Phantoms AU, Pining, Enemies with Benefits to Bandmates to Lovers, Fluff and Angst, Aged-Up Characters, Unedited Podfic, I guess it's been a decade since I posted a drunk and horny recording of me reading fic, seems right for my brand that I follow that up 9 years later with, "I just get high and have a lot of feelings for five hours"

Julie is a voice major and Luke is a townie with a major chip on his shoulder when it comes to music school students. Their first meeting is a disaster and hooking up definitely makes it worse, but Luke can’t seem to stop being a disaster or hooking up with her. Please send help, he’s honestly such a mess.

The Enemies with Benefits to Bandmates to Lovers AU that I’m pretty sure no one was asking for.

Anonymous says: The unedited, car session vibes of this podfic are the perfect tone for the fic. Feels exactly like being at a college party, in a good way lol. The reader’s voice is great--super expressive, really brings the fic to life and their commentary makes me laugh. It’s basically like re-reading my favourite fic with friends which is now what I want all podfic to be.

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could be dangerous to keep this up by @catty-words [cori_the_bloody]

Teen And Up | One-Shot | 4.0k | Complete

Select Tags: in which the writer’s protectiveness over julie molina is rivaled only by luke patterson’s, just. the thought of precious angel julie getting into such an exploitative industry makes me itchy, so that’s a big theme here

“Julie, we’re not here to discuss me. We’re here to discuss the panic attacks you’ve been having.”

“One,” Julie corrects, her eyes jumping from Luke back to Dr. Turner. “The one panic attack I had.”

“Okay,” Dr. Turner says, placating. “Tell me about it.”

“It was…” Julie trails off, at a loss for words. Her eyes slide back to Luke.

“Terrifying,” he supplies.

or, Luke crashes Julie’s therapy session.

@pearlcaddy says: This fic is such a lovely blend of so many things I hold dear: therapy, explorations of the emotional ramifications of being in the industry, Julie being loved by everyone she encounters, protective Luke, and immaculately soft Juke vibes. The characterizations are so on point and the banter made me giggle. A perfect slice of post-canon Jukebox!

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the lucky one (i think it might be you) by @tangledstarlight [itsagamefortwo]

Teen And Up | Multi-Chapter | 43.6k | Complete

Select Tags: Fluff and Angst (the angst is very small though), Christmas, Swearing, there’s only one bed AND a snow storm, whatever will they do, Aged-Up Characters

“So you know who I am then,” it’s not really a question but Luke shrugs anyway, turning to glance at her quickly before looking back at the road.

“And you know who I am,” he pauses so long Julie thinks that’s all he’ll say on the matter but then he speaks again, and she can just make out the hints of a smile through the shadows on his face, “Reggie posts a lot on instagram stories. You’re in a lot of them.”

“I recognised your hat. From your christmas card,” she offers and feels her own lips pulling into a smile at his bark of laughter. aka julie needs to get the hell out of la for a few days and finds herself in a small town with a familiar face just as a snow storm rolls in.

@pearlcaddy says: I love this fic so much! It’s so soft and beautifully written. The pairing of famous Julie and post-famous Luke’s emotional journeys is really lovely, and I’m already deeply in love with the small town that adopted Luke and with small town!Luke himself. It’s one of those fics that can completely cure a bad mood with warm and fuzzy feelings.

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Pulchritudinous by @thatbitchmabel

General | One-Shot | 3.0k | Complete

Select Tags: Established Relationship, Banter, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, and some minor angst showed up, kissing in a stairwell, Flirting, Luke Patterson Loves Julie Molina, Luke Patterson is Bad at Flirting, Julie is smooth as hell, Ghost Problems

“I know synonyms.” Luke pouts. “I know all the synonyms. Equivalent. Metonym. Analogue. See, I even know the synonyms for synonym.”

“Okay then.” Julie turns to face him full-on, putting her hand on her hip. “Give me one for Pulchritudinous.”

Or, Julie and Luke flirt using vocab homework.

@pearlcaddy says: This fic is such a lovely slice of canonverse established relationship Jukebox! The banter is A+, the characterizations are wonderful, and the blend of fluff and angst is pitch perfect.

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We Put the World Away by @claire8216

Teen And Up | One-Shot | 3.7k | Complete

Select Tags: Fluff, Established Relationship, Aged-Up Characters, POV Alternating, Mild Swearing, Power Outage, Luke is just craving some quality time with Julie

Luke and Julie find themselves in the middle of a city wide blackout. But with how busy and hectic their lives have been lately, it might just be the best thing for them and their relationship.

@pearlcaddy says: This fic is such a soft and sweet exploration of established relationship, adult Jukebox, and the power outage creates such a beautiful atmosphere. Such a lovely wee fic to get lost in!

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something big something crazy (our best days are yet unknown) by @vastrooms [bylamplight]

Teen And Up | One-Shot | 3.2k | Complete

Select Tags: Interviews, Talk Shows, Mutual Pining, Edge of Great, Living!Phantoms AU, First Kiss

“Some people on the internet have pointed out the way you look at him when you’re performing. Molina heart eyes, they call it.”

“It’s not that different from the way I look at him when we’re not singing.” Luke turns to face her sharply and the host raises an eyebrow. Shit.

The band has done a million morning talk show interviews in the press tour for their first album, so even though Julie still gets nervous, she figures she knows what to expect. But then the host decides to discuss Luke being a Hot Guitar Sex God, which is… new. And maybe she gets a little flustered. And maybe she sorta confesses her crush on live television. And then they have to perform. So.

AU where everyone lives, but the band’s performance of “Edge of Great” has just as much tension as canon.

Anonymous says: this fic is super cute. adorable take on julie’s heart eyes and a really sweet remake of the edge of great guitar solo scene. the internet being a matchmaker for famous!juke is so perfect.