✩ WEEKLY FIC ROUND-UP ✩
All the fics I’ve read and really enjoyed in the past week-ish. Reminder: This list features any and all ratings and themes.
The Witcher
The Tale of Jaskier's Grudge Against Historians (and how they gave him his happy ending anyway) by notebooksandlaptops
[Text Sent From Ciri] Is there a reason why a love letter to Yen and Geralt is in the British Museum signed from you?? -C [Text Sent to Ciri] Because Historians are nosey pricks. Do NOT tell your parents. -J [Text Sent From Ciri] ;) – C The winking face of a semicolon and a bracket stared up at him, composed of unforgiving pixels. She wouldn’t, would she? No. No. She couldn’t. She wouldn’t. She wouldn’t. -///- Or, an exploration of the reason (immortal) Jaskier hates historians (hint: it's because they keep stealing his shit and putting it on display)
To Sleep Perchance To by sospes
Jaskier gets kidnapped and tortured. Geralt comes to rescue him.
Except it's not quite that simple.
Stranger Things
What a Way to Make a Living by Silvercyclops_Shit
“Dustin? Are you home?” Oh god, why wasn’t he home yet? Just as the panic set in, a car pulled in and a short kid jumped out. Steve’s body sagged in relief before he strode to the door and pulled it open. “DUSTIN HARRINGTON!” “Oh shit!”
sub-culture by palmviolet
“Is he whining about Eddie being mean to him again?” Robin is leaning in the doorway, eating a leftover slice that’s probably cold by now. “You talk about him more than you talk about girls, Steve, it’s getting concerning. Anyone would think you had a crush.” or, steve is pretty convinced eddie now hates him. turns out eddie has the opposite problem.
Original Works
so take those lyrics serious (and sing your life away) by PotatoLady
603 is, in the eyes of the law, less than human. Born out of a tube and trained as a soldier, he's fought hard for his freedom; but even the vastness of space with all its stars can become lonely for someone with no place in any world.
Caius is a slave. Disfigured and no longer fit for brothel work, he's unsure what to expect of the half-human creature that, for some strange reason, has bought him. Still, it's nice to not be the only one with scars for once.
By His Merciful Hand by TremblyBird
An omega mage is suffering in the middle of battle, but it isn’t sickness or heat. He doesn’t know what this is at all. He just feels hollow and panicky. So he pulls himself from the conflict to hide away in a ruin, biding his time to calm down. But it only gets worse. He’s shaky and weak, he doesn’t understand why, and it isn’t stopping. And then the alpha commander of the enemy militia finds him. It should spell doom for him, but the other man is suddenly more empathetic than he’s ever seen him. The alpha seems to understand what’s happening to the omega in a way he hasn’t been able to comprehend himself.
He’s starved for kindness, and he’s finally breaking from the lack of it. Merciful to the sight, the enemy commander takes pity and works to soothe the aching omega.
Resigned and Receive by TremblyBird
An exhausted, touch-starved target runs into the arms of his would-be captor—desperate for touch, warmth, and comfort—and he’s hopeless to find it anywhere else. Luckily for him, the man is more than willing to fulfill those needs. Tonight, he’ll be touched and gently handled until he finally feels comfortable and safe enough to indulge his most intimate desires.
DC (Batfamily)
If I Asked (Would I Receive?) by Miss_Lazy_Tuesday
Tim gets dosed with a knock-off truth serum that lowers his inhibitions and he ends up admitting a few distressing things to his brothers. It’s just plotless emotional hurt/comfort, heavy on the snuggles.
Love Is Violence by Miss_Lazy_Tuesday
Tim gets drugged at a gala and Jason has No Chill. Negative Chill, in fact. Approaching Absolute Zero Chill.
Hey, Brother, There's an Endless Road to Rediscover by TheSilencer
"Someone needs to go with him." Diana said. "She's a goddess of family. Her blessing will come from the strength of his familial ties." All the more reason I should go. Damian thought. Bruce and Dick shared a long look. Perhaps to the others in the room, it was a fast, indecipherable look, but Damian caught the pull of Dick's mouth and the tightness to his father's jaw. However, it was Bruce that said "Red Hood and Red Robin." Damian's eyes widened. Grayson was as good as dead. (Or the one where Dick's brothers manage to royally piss off an ancient deity that sends them careening through memories he'd rather they didn't see.)