Persian's Recs

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

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Our Flag Means Death (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Stede Bonnet Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Gay Bar, Oral Sex, Slight feminization, Stede has Feelings, Leather Kink, no beta we get stabbed in all the important bits Summary:

“Everyone’s got a tribe. Like finding like. Where do you think you fit?”

Stede’s never felt like he fits anywhere. Like a lighthouse, obstructive and crude, stuck on a cold, craggy shoreline, Stede is perpetually catching sight of others skirting around him in his light, before looking away again. 

“Honestly, I’m just– just Stede.”

Boring. Divorcee. A late-bloomer and metaphorical virgin to the nuances of the modern gay man. 

Ed hums, stretches his legs again. The leather of his pants crinkles. “I like that.” 

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Our Flag Means Death (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Stede Bonnet, Lucius Spriggs, Fang (Our Flag Means Death), Israel Hands Additional Tags: Fix-It, Post Season 1, Reunion, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Suicidal Thoughts, Post-Canon Fix-It Summary:

That was the real trouble, wasn’t it? Letting Stede run him through with a sword had been nothing, in the end. He’d survived dozens of near-fatal wounds. It was exposing his soul to Stede that had finally done him in.

Ed has retreated far into his grief, and he's gotten rid of everyone--and everything--that can possibly remind him of Stede. Then, one morning, a dingy shows up at the Revenge.

Or, my contribution to the universe of canon-compliant season 1 fix-its.

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Our Flag Means Death (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet Characters: Stede Bonnet, Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Oluwande Boodhari, Israel Hands Additional Tags: Post-Canon Fix-It, Actual Kraken Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Threats of Violence, Choking, Knives, Near Death Experiences, Apologies, Love Confessions, Crying, Consentacles, Tenderness, Hand Jobs, tentacle jobs??, Oral Sex, First Time, Praise Kink, Humiliation, just a dash, as a treat, Forgiveness Series: Part 1 of Kraken!Ed AU Summary:

The Kraken ate Edward Teach, and Stede Bonnet is determined to save him.

Unfortunately, Stede's not very good at saving himself.

(or, the one where ed has breakup tentacles, stede has no self-preservation instincts, & they're both a mess!)

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

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Our Flag Means Death (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet, Blackbeard | Edward Teach & Israel Hands Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Israel Hands, Stede Bonnet Additional Tags: Books, Canon Compliant, Canon-Typical Behavior, Canon-Typical Violence, Falling In Love, Getting to Know Each Other, Izzy Typical Behavior, references to cannibalism, References to harm to children, The Kraken - Freeform, (the man the myth the infamy) Summary:

If Edward Teach peeled off his skin, the question has never been who would he find underneath.

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Chapters: 4/? Fandom: Our Flag Means Death (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet Characters: Spanish Jackie, Israel Hands, The Crew of the Revenge Additional Tags: Post-Canon Fix-It, Canon-Typical Violence, Reunions, But It Goes Badly, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Confessions, These Bad Boys Can Fit So Much Insecurity In Them, Explicit Sexual Content, Angst with a Happy Ending, Does the Revenge Have A Strangely High Rate of Stabbings, Or Is It Just The Effect Stede Bonnet Has On People Summary:

Red sky at morning, sailor's warning.

Blackbeard hadn’t been lying when he'd said he didn’t feel fear. Fear was about having something to lose, and Blackbeard always wins.

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Chapters: 4/5 Fandom: Our Flag Means Death (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet, Oluwande Boodhari/Jim Jimenez, Black Pete/Lucius Spriggs Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Stede Bonnet, Crew of the Revenge (Our Flag Means Death), Israel Hands Additional Tags: Post-Season Finale, Reunion, Angst with a Happy Ending, Suicidal Ideation, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, unhealthy drinking, Canon-Typical Violence, Self-Destruction, Found Family, Fix It, First Time, Before you talk it through, You've got to save your crew Summary:

Izzy is used to covering for his Captain. Blackbeard’s had bad turns before (haven’t they all?) and he’ll come out of this one. Izzy will make sure of it.

Things are unravelling aboard The Revenge with her Captain spiralling further into self-destruction with every night that passes.

On their trail, a smaller ship with a familiar crew. Stede Bonnet knows it's asking a lot to expect his friends to help him reunite with Ed but he's learned from his mistakes. This time he won't be leaving anyone behind.

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

Chapters: 12/12 Fandom: Our Flag Means Death (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Stede Bonnet, Israel Hands, Lucius Spriggs Additional Tags: Pining, POV Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Hurt/Comfort, Non-Explicit Sex Summary:

He doesn’t know that a buffoon with blond curls and a nervous smile will end him as surely as a bullet to the temple. He will lose everything from his boat to his beard and his name along with it, and the worst part is that he will be glad for the loss. Edward Teach will fall in love and Blackbeard will die, and neither fraction of himself sees it coming.

Edward's perspective on the story, starting with s1e03 thru post-finale.

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

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Our Flag Means Death (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Stede Bonnet Additional Tags: Oral Sex, Hair-pulling, coming real quick due to the unsubtle eroticism of discovering a new kink in your middle age, ed voice: this better not awaken anything in me (spoiler: it does), Tenderness, Post-Canon, offscreen reconciliation, a bouquet of wildly misappropriated historical detail with notes of classism, bathing in a stream because why the fuck not, some meta commentary about sex scenes because i'm a big nerd Summary:

It's Stede's turn to stare incredulously at him. Ed notices, somewhere in the back of his brain, that he refrains from being smug about it. "You mean you don't-"

"Of course not," Ed breaks in, awkward. "It's - immoral."

"You're a pirate," Stede says, pointed.

"Yeah, but that's different," Ed says, surly.

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

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Our Flag Means Death (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet Characters: Stede Bonnet, Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Israel Hands Additional Tags: Post-Season/Series 01, Rough Sex, Making Up, mild violence, Coitus Interruptus, Lovers to Enemies to Lovers Again, a bit feral, Additional Warnings In Author's Note Summary:

Forgiveness takes a while. But it doesn't stop lust (or love).

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sometimes the old ways are best - cumaeansibyl - Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett [Archive of Our Own]

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

Harrison. Cortese. Figging. Caning. What more could you want from a demon and an angel in disguise?

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Good Omens Rec Dump

Lie Back And Think Of Dinner

(11014 words) by jessthereckless

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)

Characters: Crowley (Good Omens), Aziraphale (Good Omens)

Additional Tags: Ineffable Husbands (Good Omens), Dining at the Ritz (Good Omens), Food Porn, First Time, perhaps we could go on a picnic, that's not what power bottoming means, Pining, Mutual Pining, Fluff and Smut, schoolboy mash notes, making the effort, First Kiss, Awkward Sexual Situations, kiss me like one of your French crepes, Aziraphale loves Crowley (Good Omens), Idiots in Love

Summary:

"Crowley, this is a disaster. This is everything I ever wanted. We’re in love. And there’s a picnic. And we don’t seem to be able to get…amorous without causing earthquakes.”

Aziraphale attempts subterfuge. Crowley sees right through him.

This fic is utter, utter perfection, capturing the spirit of the book right down to the footnotes with additional bonus porn.

Get Thee Behind Me Foul Fiend (5061 words) by Princip1914 Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens) Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens) Additional Tags: Ineffable Husbands (Good Omens), Bottom Aziraphale (Good Omens), Top Aziraphale (Good Omens), Bottom Crowley (Good Omens), Top Crowley (Good Omens), Oral Sex, Porn with Feelings, Angst with a Happy Ending, Praise Kink, Sort of I guess?, Crowley loves Aziraphale (Good Omens), Aziraphale loves Crowley (Good Omens), but deliberately ignores it for as long as he can, supernatural sex, Idiots in Love, no explicit genitalia but lots of explicit content Summary:

“I’m not kind, I’m terribly wicked.” Crowley’s face is suddenly very close. Aziraphale gulps a little, wondering when exactly the demon slithered so near.

“I’ve never seen you be terribly wicked,” Aziraphale breathes. “Prove it.”

This fic is a masterpiece of writing sex with enough detail to be hot, but not so much that the reader can’t imagine what they will.

how big the hourglass, how deep the sand  (27557 words) by Handful_of_Silence

Chapters: 4/4

Fandom: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)

Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens)

Additional Tags: Life After the Apocalypse, Kidnapping, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, co-dependancy, Mutual Pining, Nobody Uses Their Words Properly, The South Downs Retirement Dream™, Imprisonment, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Ineffable Husbands (Good Omens), BAMF Aziraphale (Good Omens), Determined Crowley, After All This They Deserve a Little Cottage and a Spring Wedding, Angst with a Happy Ending, Domestic Fluff

Series: Part 1 of how deep the sand

Summary:

After the Apocalypse, and with characteristic slowness, both Crowley and Aziraphale think there might be something they need to sit down and talk about.

And then Aziraphale disappears.

Bring your hankies. There is much Angst. A happy ending, too, but it takes a while.

lest they be angels in disguise (856 words) by Raven

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)

Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens)

Additional Tags: Mixed Media, Crowley's Plants (Good Omens), Wingfic, Queer as Fuck, Crowley is an instagram sensation

Summary:

Buzzfeed, July 2019, "Top Five Off-the-Wall Theories About the Scary Instagram Plant Man"

Something funny to cleanse your palate after all the angst: Crowley has an Instagram. It goes viral to predictable results.

Pandora's Box (2103 words) by DHW

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)

Summary:

Fill for the Good Omens Kinkmeme.

Prompt: Aziraphale has a secret collection of deeply embarrassing demon erotica: 19hC purple prose, salacious wank fantasies disguised as "warnings" about evil, innocent angels being deflowered by the agents of Hell, etc.

Crowley stumbles upon it.

Because of course Aziraphale has an antique porn stash. Funny *and* hot.

Mandatory Training From Heaven (497 words) by Anonymous

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Good Omens (TV)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Characters: Gabriel (Good Omens), Uriel (Good Omens), Michael (Good Omens), Sandalphon (Good Omens), Aziraphale (Good Omens)

Additional Tags: Prompt Fill

Summary:

Uriel looks up at the ceiling and rolls her eyes. She makes a little projectile out of the most offensive of the diagrams, and lobs it expertly at the back of Aziraphale's head.

"Ow!" Aziraphale looks indignantly towards her.

"Shh, silence please. Aziraphale, I would like you especially to pay close attention to this next bit."

Heaven makes the angels attend sex ed. It goes exactly as well as you think (that is to say, hilariously).

Adventures In Attempting To Purchase A Book From That Weird Old Soho Bookshop, A. Z. Fell & Co.

(1348 words) by Quandtuniverse

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Characters: Original Character Ensemble, Crowley (Good Omens), Aziraphale (Good Omens)

Additional Tags: outsider pov, Epistolary, internet forums, brief mentions of Gabriel and Sandalphon, Aziraphale's Bookshop, mostly TV canon but with book canon flavour, really just a bunch of OCs talking about events that happen in the show, Humour

Summary:

A rare book collector posting on a niche internet forum is dismayed to discover the last missing book is only available at the best worst bookshop in London.

More humor, this time in the form of someone *actually* trying to buy a book from Aziraphale (the horror!).

who were captured, who would not yield (7005 words) by Raven

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)

Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens)

Additional Tags: Wingfic, Wing Grooming, Broccoli Test, Psychic Bond, Perfectly nice sex, and an avocado

Summary:

“Why do you keep pronouncing the P in ‘psychically’?” Aziraphale asks.

“Because, angel, I am exceedingly inebriated.”

(On psychic bonds, wings, and fear of falling.)

Slice of life, or what happens when a demon and an angel fall out of sync (and why).

If We've Got Nothing (We've Got Us) (3588 words) by Kedreeva

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Good Omens (TV)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens), Aziraphale & Crowley (Good Omens)

Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens)

Additional Tags: Fluff, Fluff and Angst, at least a little angst anyway, Happy Ending, Wingfic, Wings, Angel Wings, Asexual Character, Asexuality, Asexual Relationship, Platonic Cuddling, Couch Cuddles

Summary:

Two months after the world didn't end, Aziraphale finds the first dark feather growing in his wings.

Fluffy like a pigeon wing.

In Snakeskin and Leather (5906 words) by Onefalsestep

Chapters: 2/2

Fandom: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens), Aziraphale & Crowley (Good Omens)

Characters: Crowley (Good Omens), Aziraphale (Good Omens)

Additional Tags: First Time, Body Swap, Handcuffs, Blow Jobs, footnote fetish, Smut, Snark

Summary:

"Many people, meeting Aziraphale for the first time, formed three impressions: that he was English, that he was intelligent, and that he was gayer than a tree full of monkeys on nitrous oxide. Two of these were wrong; Heaven is not in England, whatever certain poets may have thought, and angels are sexless unless they really want to make an effort."

Before Aziraphale and Crowley trade bodies, they attempt to lay down some ground rules. It goes about as well as you'd expect.

Have a some ice cubes ready, because this fic is hot.

Love is a Battlefield (2225 words) by Gigi_Sinclair

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens), Deirdre Young/Arthur Young

Summary:

" Crowley looks out the window. “Forever can be a fucking long time, know what I mean?”

Deirdre knows all right. She loves Arthur, that's never been in question, but the sheer grind of it, the banality of day after day spent with the same person, with the same peculiarities, having the same disagreements can wear you down. Does wear you down."

This is an interesting one because it’s Deirdre Young giving Crowley relationship advice. The outsider perspective is great.

Indulgence (2190 words) by pantsoffdanceoff

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Good Omens (TV)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)

Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens)

Additional Tags: Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Xenophilia, Oral Sex

Summary:

Aziraphale gets a little carried away inspecting Crowley for injuries. Crowley's not going to complain…much.

Snake sex! (kinda)

in the eye of the beholder (2850 words) by brawlite

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)

Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens)

Additional Tags: Sex, Anal Sex, Biblical References, Angel Sex, but like biblical angels with all the eyes and the fire and the fear, you picking up what I'm putting down?, Wings, but also many more wings than just two, Eyes, Many eyes, A Sheer Multitude Of Eyes, Catholicism, a gentle smattering of catholic feels, Body Worship, Devotion, Love, Just so much love, Centuries of it, maybe also:, Body Horror, yeah that feels right, Biblical Body Horror, Blasphemy, but mostly on the part of the author

Summary:

“That’s quite a lot of eyes,” Crowley says.

The purest form of angel-fucking (or fucking an angel in its purest form).

The Oldest Habits (5767 words) by Anonymous

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)

Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens)

Additional Tags: Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, sex - freeform, Genderless Characters, genital switches and transformations throughout, Double Penetration, (and more than double), Vagina Dentata, not-quite-penis dentata, Hemipenis, I made a lot of this up, so I don't know what to tag it, basically monsterfucking

Summary:

The oysters are an agreed-upon signal. Once the main course is finished, dessert begins.

Or: Crowley and Aziraphale ignore both human biology and reality.

How many kinds of interchangeable genitalia can fit in one fic? A lot, it turns out.

afternoon delight (3292 words) by vowelinthug

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)

Summary:

on the 7th day, She rested

on the 2,193,694th day, they lounged

Adorable little queerplatonic retirement fic.

The Understanding (37918 words) by Zetared

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)

Additional Tags: BDSM, Light BDSM, Praise Kink, Anxiety, Orgasm Denial, Porn With Plot, Very Tiny Plot

Summary:

Crowley is untethered. Aziraphale knows how to secure a knot. (He’s read many books on the subject, after all).

Starring Aziraphale as the world’s most caring Dom, Crowley as the world’s most needy sub, excellent BDSM etiquette, and everything coming out just perfect.

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Gensday recs

A Study in Observation (1981 words) by Jupiter_Ash

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Sherlock (TV)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: None

Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Greg Lestrade, Sally Donovan

Additional Tags: Drugs bust, Not Serious

Summary: There’s a drugs bust and Sherlock isn’t being co-operative, but nothing goes quite as expected.

Persian’s Notes: This is a lovely little story with more to it than you’d think. The world building is extremely subtle and yet implies a great deal.

A Safe Place to Hide (11403 words) by Knitwritezombie

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: The Avengers (Marvel Movies)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Characters: Clint Barton, Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, Bruce Banner, Thor (Marvel), Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanov, Jasper Sitwell

Additional Tags: Kid Clint Barton, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Time Travel, Deaf Clint Barton

Series: Part 1 of A Safe Place to Hide

Summary: Eight-year old Clint Barton was in his third foster placement in two years. He'd become an expert at finding out of the way places to keep himself hidden when the adults or bigger kids got mad.

Only this time, his hiding didn't really go as planned.

Persian’s Notes: Fair warning: this fic deals with child abuse, but it’s in the context of how found families can help with the long-term consequences. Within that framework, the author does an excellent job of showing what the Avengers look like through the lens of a scared, abused child and how they cope with both child!Clint and adult!Clint.

The Whole Gender Thing (526 words) by Psilent

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Relationships: Groot & Rocket Raccoon, Peter Quill & Rocket Raccoon

Characters: Rocket Raccoon, Peter Quill

Additional Tags: Language, Pronouns, Pronoun Trouble, dialogue only

Summary: Quill and Rocket have a conversation.

"Genders and pronouns kinda lose something between translations, y'know?"

Persian’s Notes: You wouldn’t expect Peter Quill, semi-professional asshole, to take an interest in getting anyone’s pronouns right. You’d be wrong. A dialogue only fic with personality.

Journey to the South (1098 words) by dogmatix

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Safehold Series - David Weber

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Characters: Pei Shan-wei, Cayleb Ahrmahk, Haarald Ahrmakh

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon

Summary: A PICA awakens under the Mountains of Light.

Persian’s Notes: This is a fic in my tiniest fandom, which seems to consist mostly of me and @dogmatix. It’s for a good book series, though, and the spin on canon in this fic is spot on.

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On-time Gensday for once

Lost for Words (57092 words) by awanderingbard 

Chapters: 16/16 

Fandom: Sherlock (TV) 

Rating: Mature 

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply 

Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes, Molly Hooper, Mrs. Hudson, Mummy (Sherlock), Greg Lestrade, Sarah Sawyer 

Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Friendship, Male Friendship, Depression, Medical Trauma, Head Injury, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Swearing 

Summary: Sherlock is assaulted by an unknown assailant while John is away at a medical conference, leaving him with a severe brain injury. While his intellect and personality are intact, he's lost the use of his right-side limbs and his ability to speak freely. John suddenly finds himself as the main source of support, and possibly a caregiver, to a flatmate who is struggling to do the things he loves most. And Sherlock Holmes has never been the best of patients.

Persian’s Notes: I have an inexplicable weakness for fics about mute characters, so this story was right up my alley. Furthermore, it’s a gen hurt/comfort story, which can be a little thin on the ground in fandom. Add in a compelling plot and solid writing and you’ve got a story I read over and over again.

User Since (3848 words) by rageprufrock

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: The Avengers (Marvel Movies)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Major Character Death

Series: Part 1 of Howling Commandos HQ

Summary:

To: PC ([email protected]) From: Buck ([email protected]) Subject: Report! Date: May 10, 2012

Phil — where the hell are you, man? Let us know if you're all right, or if there's anything we can do to help. HQ's freaking the fuck out.

Persian’s Notes: An epistolary tale of Philip J. Coulson, giant fucking nerd (I will pause for your surprise). It’s told from an outsider perspective entirely in emails, letters, forum posts, and text messages. You get a great picture of Coulson and all the OCs shine through, too.

we are here and it is now (3596 words) by victoria_p

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Rey & Luke Skywalker, Rey & Anakin Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker & Luke Skywalker

Characters: Rey (Star Wars), Anakin Skywalker, Luke Skywalker

Additional Tags: Jedi Training, Force Ghosts, Forgiveness, the skywalker family tragedy

Summary: "So either you're not here or you're not living," she says.

"I'm definitely here," he replies, and there's amusement in his voice.

Persian’s Notes: Because of course Anakin is going to haunt Luke’s new student. The advice he gives is pretty good, but he’s still Anakin with all the baggage that comes with it. It’s a good thing Rey is wiser than she seems.

Inside the Blanket Fort with Self Care Bear (131 words) by Feanor_in_leather_pants

Chapters: 4/4

Fandom: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Characters: Bucky Bear, Captain Ameribear, Falcon Bear, Self Care Bear, Bruce Banner Bear

Additional Tags: Bearvengers, Hurt/Comfort, Recovery, Blankets, Cuddling & Snuggling, Tea, talking about feelings, Pajamas & Sleepwear, Past Torture, Medical Examination, with informed consent, Fanart, Fluff, self-care, Baking

Summary: If Arts and Crafts Hour with the Hydra Tentacle Monsters is the hurt, this is the comfort.

Persian’s Notes: A not-quite-story told in adorable fan art. Self Care Bear is the hero we all need. Did I mention the art’s adorable? Because it really, really is.

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Gensday Recs

No Fare (1996 words) by PrettyArbitrary Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: John Watson, Cabbie (Sherlock) Additional Tags: Episode: s01e01 A Study in Pink, AU, BAMF!John Summary: John doesn't stop for Stamford. Instead, he takes Jefferson Hope's cab home.

Persian’s Notes: Ok, this one is cheating a little because I was the one who gave @prettyarbitrary the prompt. She was the one who transformed it into awesome, however. BAMF!John taking down Hope is everything you want and John’s thoughts on Sherlock are worth the price of admission.

Risk Management (1105 words) by orphan_account

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Clint Barton/Laura Barton, Clint Barton & Natasha Romanov, Laura Barton & Natasha Romanov

Characters: Laura Barton, Natasha Romanov, Clint Barton, Cooper Barton

Additional Tags: First Meetings, Friendship, Pre-Movie(s), Avengers: Age of Ultron (Movie) Spoilers

Summary: Laura's first impression of Natalia Romanova is that she looks just like the 'cute kid' her husband's been going on about for nearly two years now, ever since he came home from that one assignment with a dozen minor stab wounds, a not-so-minor gunshot wound, an official reprimand, and one defecting Russian spy in tow.

Persian’s Notes: I don’t caaaaaare if other people aren’t thrilled about Laura Barton. I thought it was nice they gave Clint a family (that I have many headcanons about. This fic spotlights the relationship between Laura and Natasha and the beginning of Natasha’s road to god-motherhood.

The Family Expert (1647 words) by Minutia_R

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Relationships: Mark Vorkosigan & Gregor Vorbarra

Characters: Mark Vorkosigan, Gregor Vorbarra

Additional Tags: Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Advice

Summary: Gregor had obviously mistaken Mark for someone else. (Mark hated being mistaken for someone else.) A regular human being, who knew how to do the friend thing. He felt sick and helpless, like when he’d walked into Kareen’s dorm room to find her in tears because she’d just gotten a vid from her family and she missed them so much. “Sire,” Mark started, but no, that wasn’t right, Mark could figure out that much. “Gregor. Do you, uh, want to tell me what’s wrong?”

After his wedding, Gregor has an unexpected problem, and calls Mark for help.

Persian’s Notes: Oh, Mark, my screwed-up fave. You have so many issues and  do not get enough love. And yet sometimes there comes a fic that lets you shine the way you deserve. Gregor is also a character who needs more attention, so that’s awesome, too. Seriously, if you are a Vorkosigan fan, go read this fic.

on biohazard contamination and survival (682 words) by kamisado

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Criminal Minds

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Characters: Spencer Reid, Derek Morgan, The BAU Team

Additional Tags: Amplification, Past Drug Addiction

Summary: When you first see the glass vial shattered on the floor and the AC running on full, realise that you are in serious trouble. The clock is ticking; your time is already running out. Ciprofloxacin can’t save you now.

[or: how spencer reid got infected with anthrax and managed not to die]

Persian’s Notes: Reid is my Criminal Minds cinnamon roll (he is everyone’s Criminal Minds cinnamon roll). This fic captures his terror and his desire to be brave with bonus reference to his addiction (which doesn’t get explored enough).

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

Chapters: 15/15 Fandom: Sherlock (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Sherlock Holmes & Victor Trevor, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Sherlock Holmes/Mary Morstan/John Watson Characters: Victor Trevor, Sherlock Holmes, Mrs. Hudson, John Watson, Greg Lestrade, Mary Morstan, Mycroft Holmes Additional Tags: Past tense Victor/Sherlock, Cuddling & Snuggling, Developing Relationship, Conversations, Touch-Starved, Canon Divergence- His Last Vow, Light Dom/sub, Fluff and Smut, Hand Jobs, Oral Sex, Anal Sex, Threesome - F/M/M, Polyamory, Penetrative Sex

Summary: This fic goes canon divergent for everything following Mary acting as a client in His Last Vow. Sherlock misses John. John misses Sherlock. Victor Trevor, Sherlock's oldest friend (and a super nice guy in this version) and participant in the 'great sexual experiment of '98' shows up to cuddle the hell out of a touch-starved Sherlock, get him talking, and get those two idiots back together. He'll work on Mary later. One fucked-up couple at a time is all he can handle.

Complete!

Persian's Notes: Victor Trevor is a genius and John, Sherlock, and Mary are all silly buggers. Everything works out well in the end, thankfully. Victor is an excellent OC and brings good snark.