i never do fic recs but nu yur nu meh etc. i’m in the mood so here we go for some pynch goodness - I’m just focusing on complete stories rn as I was going to include incomplete works and then realised that that would be a lot and take more time than i have rn, so hopefully I’ll make another post with those at a later stage. i’m also just posting these three stories as a lot of my other complete fic recs are much more popular/generally rec’d so i thought it might be nice to give these a boost (they’re all relatively recent too)
not that damn impossible by @douxamers / douxamer Rating: E | Length: 15,909 ‘I was thinking,’ Adam says eventually. ‘I’m lucky. That we’re friends.’Friends, Ronan thinks, and the word shakes him back to earth. He’s supposed to be Adam’s fucking friend. non-magical au, ronan pov, pining/slowburn, robert parrish warning - ronan is so wholesome, the barns is so wholesome, it starts with an alternate beginning to ronan and adam’s friendship and evolves into catching feelings and i cannot, but also you know that the shadow of robert parrish looms large in the background so there is also deep dark concern. i could read more and more of this a+ character work Witchcraft Celebrates by eheyeh (anyone know this author’s tumblr url?) Rating: M (though there’s an additional extra scene in the series which is E) | Length: 42,117 A slow burn, assholes-to-friends-to-lovers au, featuring cameos of Gansey being Gansey, but mainly about Adam and Ronan. Well, to be honest, mainly about Adam. But that makes it about Ronan. Or maybe it’s the other way around. There are feelings and bad music and boys throwing things. Also pie. non-magic au (though persephone is her all-knowing self), mixed pov, set in new york, as above assholes-to-friends-to-lovers, robert parrish warning - while this is a non-magic au, the author does a really interesting job of altering elements of canon, particularly in relation to adam’s arc with his parents, to make them gel in a really realistic way. again character work is fabbb (i really liked the mention of the gadgets that ronan created as a prolific insomiac) & also adam’s approach to ronan’s birthday left me deceased
Walls and Bedrock by @douxamers / douxamer Rating: M | Length: 15,835 ‘Adam?’ said the therapist, with maybe a tinge of impatience creeping into her voice. It wasn’t – it wasn’t like if he said the wrong answer she’d tattoo Adam’s forehead with ‘fucked-up.’ (Ronan had said that this morning. Well, garbled it through a mouthful of eggs.) Author’s Note: Non-magical AU, except Ronan’s still a dream-thief. Set in the summer and fall between junior and senior year – Ronan has dropped out of school and is living alone in the Barns, while Adam is in an apartment and in school/working. Some things from canon are the same, some are different. WARNING: In this fic Adam mentally re-lives many scenes from his abusive childhood. The abuse itself is not re-lived but there are several references to violence. Adam and other characters discuss, in depth, the psychological effects of his abuse. adam sees a therapist, adam pov, adam feels unknowable, established relationship, hurt/comfort, secrets, non-linear narrative, sickfic, mental health and relationships, adam and ronan are good with kids, flashbacks to violence, flashback to animal cruelty in chapter 11 - this fic is heavy on the feels. ronan is extremely supportive and gentle and loving in an extremely ronan way. adam struggles to be on the receiving end of this and with his own understanding of his ability to love him back, or to think of a future where they’d grow a family of their own, due to the nature of his childhood. tbh i felt the way the books ended the storyline with adam and his parents was sort of abrupt? like suddenly his trauma evaporated or something. as a result, i’m completely here for adam not being suddenly okay, with him dealing with his past and seeking therapy and struggling with this. it’s tough and adam falls apart and ronan aches for him and it’s all expertly executed, you should read it if you can.
