list i’ve been working on for a bit, I feel like I’ve read almost all the culmets fic out there lol. this is very roughly organised by length. check the authors’ warnings.
Happy New Year by @misereremei- ao3 link Cute cuddle ficlet, based on a prompt about cuddling in public, so adorable I love it
Untitled by @stellaviatorii- Coffee shop au ficlet? yes please. also smooth talking Hugh and clueless Paul, I’m a huge fan
Did You Know I Loved You by @parvasilvi - My favourite culmets ficlet oh my goodness. Based on that one line where Paul asked Hugh is he knew he loved him and Hugh said Paul showed him all the time. Just a few of the ways that Paul showed him :’)
more under the cut :D
with tides in your favour: basically ‘we’re the only two single people at this wedding table lets get drunk and talk shit about that asshat of a groom’ au. the banter and the flirting here is A++. (this one is only available if you have an ao3 account)
This series of Hugh carrying Paul around by @soundofcosplay- a series of ficlets and art of Hugh picking up Paul whats not to love oh my goodness, they’re all so cute but part 2 is my fave. part 3. part 4. part 5.
Didn’t Sign up for This by @jmalkki- I’m sure that her art is a fandom staple at this point but this is my favourite fic of hers. Its an episode fill for Context is for Kings about Paul prepping to visit the Glen and all the emotions surrounding that and his feelings about being part of Starfleet now. The interactions between culmets are so good here and its so true to their characters that its basically canon for me.
if it all goes wrong darling just hold on - Paul and Hugh are stuck floating through war-torn space trying to hang on with few resources when they come across a young girl struggling to do the same. angsty but like wholesome too. give culmets kids! they’d be the best parents!
DNA by @lucyisalive - Paul works to get Hugh back from where he’s trapped in the network. This story has really gorgeous writing and there are a couple of parts that made me tear up a bit. Very nice balance between angst and a happy ending.
a history of mushrooms by @cerebrosbeforehoes: amazing fic Paul and Hugh’s relationship at different stages of its development written in an incredibly beautiful nonlinear style. I love it and the characterisation is gorgeous here.
Loving Someone by @scienceofdeducjohn: academy au with pining and adorableness and paul’s emotional obliviousness what more could you want? also straal, we don’t get enough straal.
unfinished history- soulmate au! One where the first words your soulmate says to you are written on your skin. Paul is his emotionally closed off self and Hugh is decidedly not. This one is unbelievably great I love the characters here and the writing is beautiful.
Unintentionally Smooth by @sleepymccoy- Series of stand alone one-shots about Culmets that are really amazing or cute or funny or all of the above. chapter 7 is a fave of mine, so is chapter 11.
As Great As the Galaxies, As Bright As the Stars- another series of one-shots that I really really love. The writing is amazing and so is the characterisation. chapter 3 is canon and no one will ever convince me otherwise. Its
I Cried to Dream Again by @godblessintheflesh- Another really touching fic about Paul’s attempts to rescue Hugh from the mycelial network. This one gets pretty dark and angsty, but there is also some quality fluff/comfort thrown in. I really love it for its build up of Michael, Paul, and Tilly’s relationship. The focus on it is really good.
A Very Sweet Heart/A Not so Sweet Heart (WIP) by @mushroommantakemebythehand - *reads the latest update of this fic, walks slowly but with purpose to my local library. prints out all 70k (x2!) of this fic. eats it* and thats all i have to say about that.. except not really, go read this fic its unbelievably gorgeous and sweet and soft and frustrating, like the slow burn between culmets is straight up austen-like at some points. Its the academy au we deserve. I usually don’t like to rec things unless they’re finished but for this and sunrises i make an exception.
A Hundred Sunrises (WIP) by @shroom-boi - android!paul au that takes place on a future war torn planet. Paul is assigned to protect Hugh, a medic for the war effort. Trying to describe it is hard without saying that i would also eat this fic if i could. This has amazing writing and world-building, and a slow burn that is to die for. I never thought i’d scream over a wrist touch but here we are.
also hey if you’re on tumblr and i didn’t tag you in this let me know :) I just didn’t make the connection
also, if you wanna send me asks with topics for ficrecs like ‘coffee shop au’ or ‘fluff’ or ‘getting together fics’, etc. please do? I’ll point you towards a few good ones
Okay guys as much I love your prompts. I currently have 3 seperate discovery fics requested and I am out of idea's for them atm, so if you've requested and I haven't posted thats why.
