Damian’s Fic Recs - Ace Attorney
[August 2022]
hello everyone! today I’m starting up something I’ve wanted to do for a while, and that’s rec lists! because fanfic authors deserve all the publicity they can get, and I’m here to provide! I’m thinking I’ll publish at least one a month, showing off all my favorite fics that I started/found that month, but since this is the first one, I’m just posting them all!
because of that, this one is a bit... long. so I’ve tucked it all under a read more. happy reading! <3
check out the rest of my recs~
Ratings Guide:
🌹 - Shippy
🌷 - Hints/mentions of ships, but not the main focus
🌻 - Purely Platonic
💚 - General Audiences
💛 - Teen
🧡 - Mature
✅ - Complete
❌- In-progress
🌹💛❌ Dating for a Turnabout by Mikomikono
Word Count: 79k Chapters: 17/19
First Published: April 9th, 2022 Latest Update: August 8th, 2022
Investigations into a smuggling operation lead Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth to a hotel on a beautiful resort island. To catch their smuggler they have to stay there undercover ― as a couple?? The close quarters draw ~unnecessary feelings~ to the surface for the both of them, and just as the investigation starts going smoothly, someone gets murdered! What awaits them at the other end of their weekend getaway? Will they be able to accept the truths that are staring them right in the face? And can Larry finally catch a break?
[Notes: I can’t describe how much I love this one. I have it all formatted on my computer so that the second that final chapter comes out, I can print it all out so I can actually hold it in my hands. there’s so many little things to love. currently updates weekly, meaning this slow burn’s almost finished!]
🌻💚✅ Notes to Fill the Silence by estelraca
Word Count: 11k Chapters: 1/1
Published: October 20th, 2015
Klavier breaks his hand during an investigation, and though it will heal, he finds the intervening weeks difficult.
[Notes: do you want everyone being really sweet and nice to Klavier, including my favorite only-shows-up-in-one-game character Sebastian Debeste and even Winston Payne?? well, here you go! it’s fairly angsty, but it’s a really good character study.]
🌹💛✅ i'm sticking with you by cosmicpoet
Word Count: 2.2k Chapters: 1/1
Published: June 13, 2022
Midway through his morning routine, Apollo realises that he's out of hair gel. What follows is a bad attempt to DIY an alternative, a pep talk from Klavier, and a simple solution that neither of them even considered.
[Notes: this fic is unbelievably funny. also, in the comments this author introduced me to the phrase “he’s so lame is he free on friday,” a mantra which I repeat daily.]
🌹💚✅ heartstrings by cosmicpoet
Word Count: 2.8k Chapters: 1/1
Published: September 15, 2021
Apollo goes to Klavier's office to pick up a report, only to find himself curiously playing one of Klavier's many guitars. When he's interrupted by Klavier himself, there's a lot that they have never said to each other. (and some things you can only say in song)
[Notes: oh look, it’s cosmicpoet again. what can I say, they do good work. this fic actually convinced me to learn to play guitar. it really nails the feeling of losing yourself in song.]
🌹💛✅ Variegation In Ruffled Petals by HavenJunde
Word Count: 1.8k Chapters: 3/3
First Published: April 29th, 2022 Finished: April 30th, 2022
Just after Bridge to the Turnabout, Miles Edgeworth receives a gift from none other than Phoenix Wright and struggles to understand what that gift means.
[Notes: flower language and our dearest narumitsu being somehow extremely perceptive and extremely dense at the same time? yes.]
🌹💛✅ I’m Asking if I Can Stay by WednesdayTheWriter
Word Count: 5.7k Chapters: 1/1
Published: April 5th, 2022
Phoenix’s heart sank as he scanned the rest of the page, his suspicions confirmed almost immediately. Organize B-14 case files. Prepare for Phoenix and Larry to come over this weekend. Pick up the new law books. Phoenix exhaled shakily, closing his eyes for a moment. This wasn’t Miles’s notebook. It was his father’s. _________ In which old memories resurface, and new ones are made.
🌹💛✅ An End to Sleepless Nights by couchPosting
Word Count: 5.2k Chapters: 3/3
First Published: June 6th, 2022 Finished: June 11th, 2022
Phoenix finds himself facing difficulties sleeping ever since a big case forced him to practically ruin his schedule. Now he also must face his constantly further developing feelings for his childhood best friend and part-time rival Miles Edgeworth. Will they be able to get on the same page?
[Notes: did you order soft?? because this is soft. sharing a kitchen as they cook. sharing a couch while they watch nostalgic movies. sharing a BED! this is the first fic this author has uploaded in a very long time, so be sure to show them some love!]
🌹💛✅ Unseaworthy by palant1r
Word Count: 13k Chapters: 6/6
First Published: December 24th, 2021 Finished: February 21st, 2022
Phoenix is mourning the death of his friend when he finds a pelt in Manfred von Karma's possessions. Edgeworth is in Germany when someone touches his skin for the first time in 15 years. A story of a sealskin passing hands.
[Notes: selkie fic!! can we all appreciate selkies for a minute? underrated beasts. anyhow, this fic has prose so good I can’t even describe it. it’s wonderful.]
🌻💚✅ Karmic Christmas by Solarpfeifer
Word Count: 5.4k Chapters: 1/1
Published: December 31st, 2021
Three years after Mr. von Karma took him in, Miles is prepared to spend another Christmas ignoring the holiday, locked up in his room. His 'older' sister doesn't have quite the same idea.
[Notes: von karma siblings! my beloved! I have this fic to blame for making me obsessed with the idea of Franziska sewing.]
🌻💚✅ Wake up, babe, I love you! by aceattorneybiatch
Word Count: 1.2k Chapters: 1/1
Published: April 14, 2022
Apollo realizes that he loves Klavier and decides to tell him. <3
[Notes: somehow, this fic will get you invested in the words “scunglo of my bunglo.” wild. also, relationships that don’t fit neatly into the categories of “platonic” and “romantic,” but it doesn’t really matter as long as they have each other? hell yes <;3]
🌻💚✅ guess who’s touch-starved? right. me. by aceattorneybiatch
Word Count: 872 Chapters: 1/1
Published: April 11th, 2022
Klavier and Apollo watch a horror movie and cuddle. :)
[Notes: another aceattorneybiatch fic, because they truly write klapollo like no other! also, aromantic apollo! woo!]
🌻💛✅ Midnight Talks by aceattorneybiatch
Word Count: 1.2k Chapters: 1/1
Published: March 15, 2022
Klavier calls Apollo in the middle of the night. They have a very... interesting conversation.
[Notes: ...yes, aceattorneybiatch again. I’m a little bit obligated to share this particular fic, considering they dedicated it to me. apollo and klavier are both ace in this one! and has my favorite klavier-specific trope of all time, which is him tormenting his friends by subjecting them to the weirdest stan tweets he can find.]
🌻💚✅ Das Debüt der Wilden Stute by Ultraviolet_Ink
Word Count: 1.5k Chapters: 1/1
Published: December 29th, 2021
It’s Franziska’s first trial, her father hasn’t shown up yet, but a pesky “little” brother has!
🌻💚✅ Small Gesture (not that it matters) by ColourfulVoid
Word Count: 1k Chapters: 1/1
Published: January 3rd, 2021
Franziska is not his friend. That much has been made very clear to Miles, as they both grow up and fight one another to be the best. No, it's not a sibling rivalry, what sort of idiot would think that? No, Miles is knocking on the nine-year-old's door because he needs a book, and she's not answering. Wonderful. He supposes there's nothing let to do but go in, now is there?
[Notes: more pre-canon von karma siblings, because I love them dearly. and they do too, even if they won’t admit it.]
🌻💚✅ Where The Heart Is by grievingAuthor
Word Count: 911 Chapters: 1/1
Published: October 27th, 2021
"What was the topic you were assigned?" Miles asked. "Describe what 'home' means to you," she sneered. Miles paused in his reading, lips twitching briefly as he tried to mask his amusement.
[Notes: yeah, these two again. forcing Franziska to actually think about feelings and be sentimental? wonderful.]
🌻💚✅ your voice is a great background noise by aceattorneybiatch
Word Count: 817 Chapters: 1/1
Published: March 6th, 2022
Apollo can concentrate better when there's some kind of background noise. He especially likes having Klavier's voice as a background noise.
[Notes: okay listen. after this there’s just one more aceattorneybiatch fic. I promise. it’s all about the platonic intimacy, you know?]
🌷💚✅ The Intimacy of Eating Poppy-Seed Cake Together by aceattorneybiatch
Word Count: 2.1k Chapters: 1/1
Published: March 11th, 2022
Klavier invites Apollo over for coffee and cake. :) aka How To Get Your Bestie To Admit That You're Their Bestie, Too - A Guide By Klavier Gavin
[Notes: last aceattorneybiatch fic, and the very first one I read from them! terrifyingly, the entirely poppy-seed cake here is apparently based on a true story. I don’t even want to think about it. at least it gave us all this lovely, sweet fic.]
🌹💚✅ Turnabout Coming Out by pantswarrior
Word Count: 2k Chapters: 1/1
Published: November 25, 2009
In which Maya finally explains to Pearl that she and Phoenix are never going to get married and live happily ever after. Phoenix agrees... until she gets to the 'why' part.
[Notes: judging by the hit count of this one, I feel like most people reading this have seen this gem already, but what’s the harm in reading it again?]
🌹💚✅ Peach Parfait And Other Sweet Things by indigorose50
Word Count: 1k Chapters 1/1
Published: February 11th, 2021
Miles stays up to wait for Phoenix, who should really be home by now...
[Notes: if that summary sounds vaguely threatening, don’t worry, it’s not. just some nice domestic fluff. by one of my favorite authors, too!]
🌹💚✅ Ever the Fool by idgiebay
Word Count: 1k Chapters: 1/1
Published: March 6th, 2008
“Yeah, I'm awful, I get it.” Phoenix waved his hand. “I was just messing around. As if you could do any better, anyway,” he added, raising his glass to his lips before he remembered it was empty.
[Notes: fun fact, this is one of the first narumitsu fics ever uploaded to the archive! and one of my favorite fics, ever. just a short story about waltzing and intense yearning. everything you could ever want, really.]
🌷💚✅ Foolish Frivolities by ohheyitsyouagain
Word Count: 3.5k Chapters: 1/1
Published: June 19th, 2022
Valentine’s Day had always stirred up some rather conflicting feelings within Franziska. The focus on romance soured the holiday quite a bit. But February fourteenth had another meaning for Franziska: it was the day she’d been born. And she couldn’t hate her own birthday, could she?
[Notes: yeah, I’m putting my own fic in here, too. I think I deserve it. this fic was written for Aggressively Arospec Week, so Franziska being aro is the focus here! if that doesn’t make you want to read, at least do it for the cats. you want to see Franziska’s kitties, don’t you?]
