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Malec Fic Recs

Something like six years ago I tried to read The Mortal Instruments books. I got partway through the third before failing out pretty hard. There wasn’t enough Magnus for my taste and the Magnus/Alec storyline wasn’t enough to keep me slogging through the rest of it. Then the movie was terrible too, and when the TV show came out I was like, “Nope, I’ve been on this crazy train before.” 

Luckily, I don’t live in a vacuum, and the odd gif started popping up on my dashboard. People seemed genuinely impressed with how the TV show was adapting the source material. I was bored over a weekend and decided to give it a shot. Boy, am I glad I was, because three days later I was completely caught up and making my way through the Magnus/Alec tag on AO3.

Here's the inevitable rec post that’s resulted.

Pillow talk by lachese

Alec Lightwood falls in love, one nap at a time. 

wrong in the dark by sarcasticfluentry

After Magnus crashes Alec’s wedding and Lydia is attacked, the Institute goes on lockdown. Magnus stays the night in Alec’s room.

this type of mine by thisissirius

alec and magnus have a bond. it’s probably going to be telepathic.  or the one where the lightwoods are put on trial in more ways than one and alec slowly falls in love with magnus one day at a time.

until we go down by leraiel

“Alec’s been taken -”

Magnus stands, hearing only those three words, frozen - trying to process. He attempts to compose himself; he is centuries old - the most powerful warlock in Brooklyn and perhaps even further. The wine glass, held usually with such a sure elegant grip, smashes to the ground. It cuts through the roaring sea of shock.

“How did this happen?” He struggles not to lash out in blame at dear Clary. She was innocent - save it, he warns himself.

A Perfect Arrangement by KouriArashi

To keep the peace between the Shadowhunters and the Downworlders, a treaty designates an intermarriage between the two groups every seven years. Alec isn’t exactly happy to be chosen, but then he finds out that his intended is nothing like what anyone expected. 

Never Stand Between Two Mirrors by oncethrown

Alec has enough on his plate right now. His parents are furious at him, Magnus Bane is making him feel things he’s trying so hard not to feel, his wedding is coming up, and his world is breaking apart.

What he doesn’t need is a fussy mundane version on himself showing up in the Institute basement. What he doesn’t need is Magnus telling him that they’ll just have to wait for Seelie Magic to suck that version of himself back to his own dimension.

But since when does Alec get what he needs?

Alternate Dimension Alec gets trapped in the Shadowhunter reality at some point after the “I know you feel what I feel” scene. The gang desperately tries to stop chaos from ensuing.

The Diary of River Song by DemiraWatson

Magnus first meets Alexander on a veranda outside a glittering spectacular ball in 1852.

Alexander first meets Magnus at a Downworlder rave in 2016.

Dark Horse by neonnex

As cliché as it sounds, timing truly can be everything. What if Alec hadn’t had a chance to propose to Lydia yet? What if Isabelle figured out what was going on much sooner and was the one to try and help Hodge when the Institute was breached? What if Hodge was knocked out and she was left alone to fend off the Forsaken? What if she took a crushing blow that left her unable to fight back and Magnus was the one who ended up saving her life? And not just once, but yet again when they realize that Isabelle has been poisoned and needs his magical expertise in order to save her?

Timing can be everything, and yet somehow, things are still just as complicated for Alec.

Hold Onto Me (Cause I’m a Little Unsteady) by MagnificentlyMagic

His parabatai rune was burning, not with death, or injury, but with betrayal.

Post Ep 9.

Anything You Say by milobinderminder - WIP

Detective Alec Lightwood likes his job. He likes the order of it, likes helping people, likes that he gets to work with Jace and that Izzy is always right downstairs in the morgue too. He’s wanted to be a cop ever since he was a kid, just like his parents before him, and now he’s living that dream. His life should be perfect.

There’s just one problem. Their precinct has just gotten a new forensic expert – Magnus Bane.

And honestly, he’s so cute that Alec’s kind of losing his mind.

The Hanged Man by LittleDarlingXOX

An alternate ending of episode 1x12 “Malec” and moving into episode 1x13 “Morning Star”. It isn’t just the cup that’s stolen from the institute on the night of the wedding. Valentine has plans to reunite his family, whatever the cost, and Alec just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Home by redskyatmorning

A few weeks after the wedding incident, the Clave has Alec arrested and put on trial to have his runes stripped for what seems like no reason. Faced with exile, Alec must come to terms with himself, his feelings for a certain warlock, and the world that he was raised in. 

my heart that you helped to build by oh_la_fraise

Magnus isn’t what he expected. Alec had thought his soulmate would be serious, tame, and, well, female.

Okay, maybe he was lying about that last one.

Blue by Spun

Magnus is all about color. Alec isn’t, though not for lack of trying. “If you ever get fired from being High Warlock, you’ll have a lucrative career as the paint person in a Home Depot or something." 

Appassionato by Chonideno

Alec plays the piano every day, with great talent. One night, a note slips under his door: it’s a request from an anonymous neighbor. Before he knows it, Alec picks up the habit of leaving his window open so his neighbor can listen to him. Requests keep coming. Slowly, two strangers start a conversation without words and let the music do the work for them.

ever the years you wept by Pameluke

Magnus has lost faith, Alec has lost hope. 

Fusion by prfctdaze

Magnus gets the surprise of his life when he walks in to Jade Wolf. 

Glorious Technicolor by alittlebriton

“Hi,” Magnus says, moving closer and smiling softly like he knows what’s going on in Alec’s head, running his thumb over one of Alec’s eyebrows and cradling his jaw. “Are you ok?”

Alec swallows and nods, fingers splayed over Magnus’ ribs as he takes a shuddering breath at the contact. It takes a little while for the words to come, and when they do his voice is low and thick. “I never. I didn’t think I could have this.”

Missing scene from the end of S2E07, How Are Thou Fallen.

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Steter Fic Recs

Look, I don’t known how this happened. I’ve spent the last two years basically blacklisting the whole Teen Wolf fandom and then suddenly I’m binge reading everything in the Stiles/Peter tag on AO3. I didn’t even like this ship when I was actively watching the show, but apparently it pushes all my buttons.

At least it’s not Sterek?

Stiles Stilinsky - New Kid by Triangulum

Peter makes it a point to know who every student at Beacon Hills High School is. Even if they’re completely unremarkable, he likes to know the basics about them. He’s a senior, still a child according to his sister, but he’s tapped to be her right hand, her enforcer. It’s his job to know about everyone that could be a potential threat. She calls him paranoid, he calls it practicing. So when a new student comes, the first in a long time (in years really. No one moves to Beacon Hills.), Peter pays attention. OR The one where Stiles is a new student and Cora’s new best friend. Derek is traumatized after Paige, Peter’s trying to keep his pack safe, and why does Stiles smell so weird?

The Pack Comes First by RebaKitten

The Hale Pack and the McCall Pack have bordering territories and both can benefit from being affiliated with each other. And the surest way to do that is for a mating between a member of each pack.

The Unexpected Marriage of Peter Hale by moonstalker24

This is the story of how Peter gets married without technically dating anyone. “You can bring your boyfriend with you,” Talia says. Peter stops giving Henry more bits of dried fruit to stare at his sister “Boyfriend?” “Of course!” Talia gestures at Stiles who looks around behind him with wide eyes. “I’m sure the whole family would be interested in meeting your young man.”

Schrodinger’s Wolves by wynnebat

When the Hale pack of Talia’s day learns of their upcoming deaths, they summon an emissary from the future to weigh their loss against his future. They get Stiles, who has never been able to be impartial when it comes to people he loves.

Baby Stilinski-Hale by Triangulum

“You’ve been avoiding me,” Peter says. Stiles just shrugs. “Are you going to tell me why, or do I have to guess?” Stiles would love to glare at him and snark back like they always do, but her nerves are just too frayed and she doesn’t have it in her. Peter seems to sense this and frowns, his face morphing into one of concern. “Stiles..?” He takes a few steps closer, slowly as if he’s trying not to startle her and that makes her want to let out a hysterical laugh, but she keeps it in. He sets his hand on her shoulder, the other going to the side of her neck. He frowns at the way her pulse is racing, as if he needs to physically confirm what his ears are already telling him. She lets him touch her, knowing without even needing to think about it that he won’t hurt her. She does let out a bitter little laugh at that. Well, physically he won’t. “What is it?” he asks and the genuine concern in his voice almost breaks her. He leans down and stares into her eyes, their faces so close, and she sees his nostrils flare. “You smell…different.” Well, that’s her cue. “I’m pregnant,“ she whispers. Or The one where Peter gets Stiles pregnant and is a big old softie about it.

Fools Rush In by Gryvon

Peter opens the door to the cottage, a greeting ready on his lips and freezes. His nostrils flare as a strange scent hits him right in the gut, the smell as solid as a punch to the stomach. He almost flinches from the force of it. The scent is complex, something like honey and cedar and the burnt ozone left behind after a lightning strike. He finds the source of the smell in the den. There’s a stranger—several, actually—sitting in front of the fireplace, talking animatedly with large hand motions. Peter drops to one knee in front of the young man who is the source of the scent and all of Peter’s instincts scream at him mate-claim-mine. "What’s your name?” Peter asks. “Stiles.”

A voice on the phone by Thatbookishgirl

After the Hale fire Peter distances himself from the entire pack. He remains in the pack but travels and keeps in contact. While he is away the pack grows and gains a new emissary. This emissary is one Stiles Stilinski and he develops quite the friendship with Peter over the phone. They’ve talked almost daily for years and have never seen each other’s faces and feelings have been developing along the way, but something happens that forces them to finally meet. What happens then?

If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out by mia6363

Commander Stilinski looked like he fell out of a propaganda video, his armor still smoking as he pulled off his helmet and handed it off to First Officer Argent. He had a few bruises down his neck but his smile was bright. “Glad to see you safe and sound, Mr. Hale. I’d hate for Derek to lose a member of his family.” “I told you,” Derek snapped at his superior, “he’s not worth this, Commander.”

Light A Fire by ladyoneil

It’s been a week since his dad disappeared and slowly everyone is giving up on finding him except Stiles. Desperate, he turns to the one person he thinks can track him. Unfortunately he first has to break him out of Eichen House, and he just knows Peter’s going to want more than his freedom in return for helping him.

Whose Woods These Are by moonstalker24

Stiles chooses the house simply because it’s far enough out in the wilderness to be away. His… reticence for human contact on any given day coincides entirely with how much pain he’s in when he wakes up the morning. His patience is limited, and he has more bad days than good… So Stiles moves into an old house out in the woods like a creepy serial killer. Reminds himself that other people suck on a regular basis and just sort of gets on with it… It isn’t until after several sightings that Stiles realizes that the wolf is following him. If the wolf decides it wants to eat him, Stiles would be a pretty easy meal….

Magic and Misunderstandings by covarla

Stiles returns to Beacon Hills after ten years away in order to start training as the Hale pack Emissary. Except, what’s meant to be a relaxing summer getting to know the pack before he officially accepts the position turns into Friday night D&D games, a not-so-secret crush, dead bodies in the forest, and a series of misunderstandings.

A Sliver of Sunlight by LeeBlack

The last thing that Stiles expected to see after coming into his room was Peter Hale, back from the dead and apparently sane. Well, relatively sane, all things considered. And with everything that had happened in Beacon Hills recently, was it really so impossible to believe that, without the Alpha power trip, Peter was the sort of person who couldn’t be trusted but was too interesting to be ignored?

Opportunity Knocks by WhereDestiniesMeet17

At that moment, something moved across the yard. His heart kicked up, fear making him flail and latch back onto the fence. He sucked in a deep breath and repeated to himself, don’t freak out, don’t freak out. It’s just a shadow. It isn’t a murderer or house owner looking to kill you. Just turn and look and you’ll see it’s nothing but a trick of the eye. Stiles turned his head ever so slightly more to the side, ignoring how Scott held up his hand to show the splinter wedged in his palm. His eyes cast back to the shadow, and yep, his first instinct was correct. There was definitely someone in the fucking yard with them. - Or, the one where Stiles dives head first into a supernatural shit storm and drags everyone he knows down with him. And he takes up with Peter Hale of all people.

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Victuuri fic recs

Over Christmas I discovered Yuri!!! On Ice. I went into it with all of the enthusiasm of my past teenage otaku self and Victuuri has been plaguing me ever since.

I didn’t notice until I was compiling this list, but most of my favourites tend to be slightly canon divergent rather than full on AU or canon compliant. Gotta admit, I just like what I like.

Winning Hearts by Dawn on ICE (Dawn_Blossom)

When Victor Nikiforov is 17, he meets Yuuri Katsuki, and they become quick friends.

Crash Into Me by nerdlife4eva

Yuuri and Victor begin the Sochi Grand Prix Series at Skate America in Detroit. When Victor becomes entranced by Yuuri's skating during warmups, he finds himself moving too close and causes them to collide. Their journey starts with a crash, but along the way, they learn what it really means to fall.

Strangers to Lover Series by therings

Victor takes on the responsibility of watching out for the stunningly beautiful drunk Japanese skater at the Sochi Grand Prix Final Banquet. But he wasn't counting on falling in love. Now he only has one night to try and catch Yuuri's attention as much as Yuuri has already caught his.

i know my madness by astoryaboutwar

It's hardly a secret that Victor Nikiforov is a massive player.

(In which Yuuri doesn't blow the Grand Prix Finals the first time round, does blow Victor, and everything changes but ends up the same.)

Tous Les Chemins by translated into English by Edgedancer.

A photo without context, a few careless words, an embellished article.

Thus was born the idea, so patently false it would have fit better in a politician's speech, that Yuuri hated Viktor.

The original work by shakeskp can be here in HERE in French.

Something so wholesome about you by crossroadswrite

It was supposed to be his year. He was supposed to-

Celestino stops talking and squeezes his shoulder. Yuuri looks up at him, opens his mouth to say something when someone says his name.

He freezes, holds his breath for a full second against the painfully familiar voice, not daring to hope. Then, very slowly, he turns towards the source, eyes going wide with disbelieve.

“Mari?”

(Or: in which Vicchan lives, Yuuri doesn't quite fail and doesn't quite get drunk, but manages to accidentally woo Victor Nikiforov anyway.)

Katsuki Yuuri: Ascended Fanboy by DefiantDreams

“And wow, that was a beautiful Viktor—I mean, a beautiful Quad Flip by Viktor.” Yuuri visibly winces and he momentarily covers his face. Morooka glances at him in concern but Yuuri shrugs it off quickly and shakes his head as he continues, “Really, others try to do it, but no one does a Quad Flip quite as well or quite as clean as Viktor—if they even manage to land it.”

Or:

AU where Yuuri goes into commentating instead but he still has a Huge Gay Crush on Viktor Nikiforov and everyone can tell.

A day for all the rest by etharei

Phichit clears his throat. "You, ah, might want to wear your scarf again." He taps meaningfully at his own collarbone.

Victor touches the indicated spot on his neck. The skin is markedly sensitive. He presses down, unable to help himself, and the sweet little ache summons a sense-memory: strong fingers carding through his hair, then digging into his shoulder, powerful thighs like a vice around his hips, his name gasped into his ear before a hot mouth seals over the skin of his neck.

The day after the Cup of China.

Re: Yuuri Katsuki by Ishxallxgood

Phichit Chulanont is fiercely loyal to his best friend Yuri Katsuki. So when he randomly gets a direct message on Instagram from one v_nikiforov, it's only natural for Phichit to assume it's a prank.

That is until he comes to realize it's not a prank.

A story about how Phichit and Viktor bonded over their most favorite topic; Yuri Katsuki.

Phichit knows all the things.

Souls bond, hearts follow by dianamoth (lunaemoth)

In a world where soulmates are individuals connected on a spiritual level, able to communicate with variable degrees of empathy or telepathy, there is an appropriate time and rhythm for everything, even for a soulbond. Yuuri knows this. Viktor will learn.

Those Three Words by Azriona

Their one night of passion in Sochi left Victor Nikiforov with a bit more of a souvenir than either he or Yuuri Katsuki bargained for. Oops?

Intersections Series by lily_winterwood

Intersections in the lives of Eric Bittle and Yuuri Katsuki. Notes: Yuri on Ice and Check Please crossover series.  Check Please belongs to the amazing ngozi, go read it at @omgcheckplease on Tumblr!

You can have everything… by shysweetthing

AU. Before the Grand Prix Final starts in Sochi, Yuuri finds Victor's phone. He returns it--and hijinks and heavy flirtation ensue.

(Just about everything that happens at the Sochi GPF happens here, so if something that happens there might bother you, check the tags?)

Now with bonus epilogue!

~~~

Yuuri hated looking at pictures of himself. His hair had started sticking up again. And he had that horrible star-struck smile on his face. Plus, he was blushing, and blushing always made him look so young. “Aaaaaah.” Yuuri winced. “I look so…”

Victor winked at him. “Cute!”

Before Yuuri could protest, Victor dropped the photo into Instagram and started typing a caption.

My champion! I thought I lost my phone this morning, but look who returned it? Our very own…

Yuuri watched as Victor’s agile thumbs (so agile, and no, he was not going to think about what else Victor could do with them) stopped moving. That fan-struck part of him that had been screaming mentally in the back of his mind came to a slow halt.

Victor didn’t know his name.

Victor Effing Nikivorof by shysweetthing

AU in which Yuuri still doesn’t remember the banquet, somehow doesn’t blow Japanese Nationals, runs into Victor at the World Championships, and has absolutely no idea why his idol is suddenly friendly and incredibly handsy.

Does Yuuri care about his reasons? No. It’s Victor Effing Nikiforov.

Basically this is an excuse for total fluff. And porn. And shit-talking with bonus smut. (Edited for accuracy.) Happy birthday, Victor.

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Victor turned back to him, supernova smile in place once more. “I really, really like you. Promise you’ll still dance with me at the banquet if you take gold this time around.” Yuuri stared at the man. He looked at their entwined hands—he hadn’t wanted to pull away—and their thighs, pressed together despite there being plenty of room in the backseat of the cab. That scent of Victor’s cologne—just a dab, lightly applied somewhere on his neck—swirled around him. This was too real to be a dream, too physical for him to have imagined it.

“I’m sorry,” Yuuri said slowly. “But…have we talked before?”

No Less Unthinkable by rageprufrock

In which Katsuki Yuuri fights a losing battle with chronic anxiety, the quadruple Salchow, and his own judgment four drinks in — but wins the war.