The word ‘wish’ refuses to register, popping up and then redacting itself like Netflix when George forgets his VPN. “If I, hypothetically, were to wish for, er—three rubber ducks, one after the other, that would—liberate you?”
And Alex looks at him then, properly, and it’s really quite striking. He has a very intense look, George realizes, when his face isn’t being warped by squinting eyes or a laughing mouth.
“You could wish for that,” Alex says slowly. “But come on, George. Is that really, like, your deepest desire?”
written for @motorsport-halloween!!!! officially the longest fic i have EVER written and a massive learning process for all involved. shoutout to redscarez for the beta :-)
okay! i was inspired by a few friends to spin up an actual fic rec post, so... here we are. this is just about everything i read and really loved during the 2025 calendar year, with the caveat that i'm sure i've missed a few. some of these fics were published prior to 2025, but since i took about a decade long break away from hrpf, there was quite a bit to catch up on. there's no particular order here outside of pairing. *
mackleno, willmackleno, and/or will/leno
feel my temperature risin' (macklin celebrini/ryan leonard, ryan leonard/will smith, macklin celebrini/ryan leonard/will smith, 3k) by @moondoggiestyle
teamwork makes the dream work (macklin celebrini/ryan leonard/will smith, will smith/macklin celebrini, ryan leonard/will smith, 19k) by @bigdogenergy
the entire i think i'm going to boston series (macklin celebrini/ryan leonard/will smith, 78k) by @whitch-bhitch
parallelism (macklin celebrini/ryan leonard, 2k) by @winningmachine
there for it (macklin celebrini/ryan leonard, ryan leonard/will smith, 2k) by anonymous
running fast and missing (ryan leonard/will smith, will smith/macklin celebrini, 5k) by @workingforitallthetime
farther than they appear (macklin celebrini/ryan leonard/will smith, ryan leonard/will smith, will smith/macklin celebrini, 34.5k) by @drivestraight
arc up (macklin celebrini/ryan leonard, 9k) by @winningmachine
you are who you hang out with (macklin celebrini/ryan leonard, ryan leonard/will smith, will smith/macklin celebrini, 2.5k) by @rockyteriyaki
whatever ground you stand on (will smith/macklin celebrini, macklin celebrini/ryan leonard/will smith, 2k) by borderlinecall
gold and bones series (ryan leonard/will smith, 10k) by @aquilotti
heaven with you (ryan leonard/will smith, 7k) by xminiminx
silence on the other side (will smith/ryan leonard, will smith/gabe perreault, frank nazar/isaac howard, 10k) by @workingforitallthetime
willmack
i scratched, you won (will smith/macklin celebrini, 4.5k) by @allthespoons
one of your girls (will smtih/macklin celebrini, 5.5k) by @stonemitts
boy blue (will smith/macklin celebrini, 5k) and ask not (will smith/macklin celebrini, 31k) by @litafordvsferrari
woke up like this (will smith/macklin celebrini, 18k) by @bigdogenergy
warm blanket (will smith/macklin celebrini, 5k) by @allthespoons
the thing that gets attached to you (will smith/macklin celebrini, 10k) by @stonemitts
anywhere but home (will smith/macklin celebrini, 14k) by @bliksemflitsenblog
aphasia (will smith/macklin celebrini, 53k) by @moncuries
tiny vessels (will smith/macklin celebrini, 2.5k) and dog teeth (will smith/macklin celebrini, 57k) by @kevingorg
put me on a pedestal (will smith/macklin celebrini, 10k) by @brotherbite
with wild abandon (will smith/macklin celebrini, 20k) by @utahmammoth
different kind of buzz (will smith/macklin celebrini, 3.5k) by @lagerloutfic
always comes first (will smith/macklin celebrini, 38k) by @toxotesjc
best guess (will smith/macklin celebrini, ryan leonard/will smith, gabe perreault/will smith, 55k) by @litafordvsferrari
come on (leave me breathless) (will smith/macklin celebrini, 10k) by @moondoggiestyle
swan dive at sunrise (will smith/macklin celebrini, 10k) by @valoaa
park effects (will smith/macklin celebrini, 6.5k) by @redgerines
the ache has hands (will smith/macklin celebrini, 11k) by @valoaa
first seed (will smith/macklin celebrini, 4k) by @intrinsicness
i got time, i can give you some (will smith/macklin celebrini, 6k) by @bliksemflitsenblog
comiskey park (will smith/macklin celebrini, 4k) by @moncuries
seven days a week (will smith/macklin celebrini, 18k) by kerfluffle
blush (will smith/macklin celebrini, 10.5k) by @moondoggiestyle
connor dewar/brandon duhaime
new fevers (connor dewar/brandon duhaime, 39k) by @teethkick
hurt me, i'm yours (connor dewar/brandon duhaime, 8k) by @litafordvsferrari
two-thirds full (connor dewar/brandon duhaime, 5.6k) by saintlambs
jerk (connor dewar/brandon duhaime, 9k) by @kevingorg
umich ensemble
forever too much to take (matty beniers/brendan brisson, 50k) by @workingforitallthetime
i don't wanna only see you in my wetter dreams (rutger mcgroarty/frank nazar, 7k) by borderlinecall
take me home tonight (thom bordeleau/brendan brisson, 38.5k) by @moondoggiestyle
cruel summer (rutger mcgroarty/nolan moyle, 65.5k) by @moondoggiestyle
ryan leonard/caps
lapdog (ryan leonard/pierre-luc dubois/maddie azar, 4k) by @moondoggiestyle
let me tell you something (and i’ll tell you something else) (ryan leonard/spencer carberry, ryan leonard/will smith, 10k) by @boehmenliegtammeer
mercy mercy (ryan leonard/tom wilson, 4k) by kerfluffle
shotgun waiting to sound (pierre-luc dubois/ryan leonard, 13k) by @teethkick
tknp
nothing to prove (travis konecny/nolan patrick, 42k) by @bigdogenergy
wins above replacement (travis konecny/nolan patrick, 22k) by sparcck
how the future knew (travis konecny/nolan patrick, morgan frost/joel farabee, 64k) by @bigdogenergy
wax poetic (travis konecny/nolan patrick, 24k) by @atswimtwobros
washing machine heart (travis konecny/nolan patrick, 15k) by @selkiefinalist
happy endings (travis konecny/nolan patrick, 30k) by @makeit-takeit
other hrpf
heat check (trevor zegras/jamie drysdale, mike richards/jeff carter, 4k) by @hyggles
snowed in (jj peterka/jack quinn, 7k) by @litafordvsferrari
veteran leadership (macklin celebrini/luke kunin/nico sturm, 2k) by caltrain
hands down (mathew barzal/anthony beauvillier, 12k) by @ladyeggplant
non-hrpf
first love, late spring (fushiguro megumi/itadori yuuji, 113.5k) by cityboys
familiar as a bottle and a glass (john "soap" mactavish/simon "ghost" riley, 12k) by @queeniegalore
poison apple (john "soap" mactavish/simon "ghost" riley, 16.5k) by surveycorpsjean
whatever may happen (brad colbert/nate fick, 3k) by @makeit-takeit
four weddings and no funeral (colin hughes/jamie tartt, 16k) by heartofwinterfell
kick it to me (i could make you better for it) (colin hughes/jamie tartt, 11k) by heartofwinterfell
first, violent love (roy kent/jamie tartt, 5k) by @liesmyth
the hang of being alive again (ronan lynch/adam parrish, 13k) by applecrumbledore
keep those eyes wide (ronan lynch/adam parrish, 15k) by fahye
not nothing (neil josten/andrew minyard, 23k) by therainbowelectric
until you fit beneath me (and you’re breaking like a wave) (ryan bergara/shane madej, 17k) by beethechange
*i read quite a bit of m*ttdrai during the first half of the year, and while many of those fics deserve, objectively, to be recced, i don't feel comfortable including them on this list.
Thank you to everyone who participated this year and submitted a prompt or a fic! Please make sure to change your publication dates to today so your work shows up in ao3's recently published feed, and reblog this post to get the word out. If you make an individual fic post linking your work, please tag it with "#knock him up november" so we can find each other's work here on tumblr!
I hope everyone had a wonderful November and happy reading!!
A deer called shotgun (max/daniel, 2.4k, rated mature)
Summary: “Land yacht,” says Daniel with a low whistle, barrel-lensed gaze drifting along the old ‘95 Fleetwood spinning out of the nearly vacated mall lot. “Real beauty, ain’t she? Became a man in the back of one of those — spacious things, those cars.”
fics are now live!! thank you so much to everyone who participated either by writing fic or submitting prompts or helping authors on behind the scenes. I can't wait to read what everyone's written! you can find all of the amazing works in the collection right here.
remember that authors are going to be revealed on monday august 25, so there's still a little more fun in store for everyone.
"I'm gonna be cheeky here, you've served me this cold [judges furiously] so, umm ... [giggles] ... it's not as enjoyable as it could be. [has a moment of realisation] To be fair, I did arrive late, so— [turns bright pink] —I won't put you too in the mud."
02/10/16, Kuala Lumpur. Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen embrace in parc ferme after finishing the F1 Malaysian Grand Prix 2016 in P1 and P2 respectively. Photos by Hazrin Yeob Men Shah & Clive Rose, edited. Inspo.
