#trc fic

[no-chair]

and some very messy loose scribbles

[theskybetween]

do you have a pynch rec list???????!!!! Especially angst 🫢

why yes, I have endless pynch recs! but I'll stick to 20 for now :) starting off with angst since that's what you really want: Bicoastal Angst by flightspath @flightspathfic (E | 7,701) this one hurts so good! cruising altitude by toyourdetriment @yiiiiiiiikes25 (E | 62,545) uhhhhh don't even know what to say about this other than if you haven't read it yet, drop whatever else you're reading and pick this up asap. the centerpiece of this series, 19A, features some of the most elite pynch angst you will ever encounter. truly masterful stuff. every single character in this is amazing, and the writing is gorgeous, precise, heartbreaking, life-affirming, and funny.

pro bono by sonofadream @sonofa-dream (E | 74,755 so far | WIP) all-time great pynch fic already and it's not even finished yet. and ok fine maybe it isn't actually all that angsty but it has its moments and they are juicyyyy! just brimming with gorgeous prose throughout too. DO NOT SKIP THIS.

come to me feathered and frayed by deathscapes (M | 3,965) I have a particular weakness for St. Agnes sleepover fics, and this recent one, full of angst and melancholy, is my very favorite. I really hope this author writes more for trc!

screamland by thesehands @thesehandsfic (E | 148,944) in this series Adam and Ronan crash into each other's lives and eventually realize they have to deal with their shit if they want to be together. super hot at times (def one for the D/s pynch enjoyers), super heavy at times, and super hopeful in the end

(The Time It Takes) To Believe in Fate by LydiaStJames (M | 100,057) this one is a beloved fandom classic for a reason. when run-of-the-mill pynch pining and angst just won't cut it, add time travel to the mix for an extra dose of heartbreak!

To Feel Your Heartlines by renlybaratheon (E | 119,188) my favorite au based on other media. this is inspired by Four Weddings and a Funeral but you don't actually need to know the film to enjoy the story. more pining than angst here, but there's a lot of it and it's sooo good. also... Ronan is Irish in this! (like, he lives in Ireland) ok the rest of these recs are not angsty, sorry, but they are excellent, I promise!

Price of Admission by clotpolesonly @clotpolesonly (G | 9,632) absolutely lovely pre-canon au in which little kid Adam goes to the carnival alone and meets Niall and the Lynch brothers. beautiful prose, incredible characterization all around, full of aching and sweet moments.

it's time you found another reason to stay by cloverspies (T | 6,651) the gangsey, a cabin, spring break. this is such a sweet pynch fic, and it features my all-time favorite alternate first kiss. read it!

The Ties that Free Me by hokay (E | 3,184) another fave St. Agnes sleepover one-shot featuring pre-relationship pynch, hot and bothered, literally and figuratively

burning all the bridges by orphan account (T | 6,329) hot & sweet lil one-shot featuring pynch smoking up together and surrendering to the mutual attraction they're both aware has been building for a while

"How about I drive for once?" by rosych33ks (E | 5,903) my all-time fave one-shot of the first time pynch escalate things beyond kissing. basically Ronan is in a car with a beautiful boy and he simply cannot hold it together. this feels so in character for them, like it could be plucked right out of the books if only they weren't YA.

that night (something sweet in the air) by earthquaker (E | 1,788) another very hot & very sweet pynch first

fwb by flightspath @flightspathfic (E | 19,243) forever obsessed with the way flightspath writes pynch getting together, always sort of dazed by their own inevitable collision course. this one in particular always puts a huge grin on my face. #1 comfort fic for real!

The Backup by cheeryos @cheeeryos (T | 36,266) fake dating + holidays + rom com vibes with a delicious slow burn. this one is very sweet and very fun!

(don't shut your eyes) Until we fade to black by earthquaker (E | 20,392) love this fake dating-ish getting together au in which pynch are both actors cast in a film together if you say the word by sleeptodream (E | 28,887) aged-up pynch trying and failing at a casual fwb arrangement

soul misses the body by cathedrallight @cathedralight (E | 9,493) a fantastic dreamer trilogy missing scene fic, this follows pynch in the immediate aftermath of their reunion at the end of Greywaren

pretty dreamer/beautiful non-believer by underthedancingwillow @river-moons (E | 4,277) my favorite contribution to the trc kinktober '25 collection. smoking hot and deeply heartwarming aged-up domestic (freaky as ever) pynch. the sweetest blasphemy kink you'll ever read! Concorde by Anonymous (M | 176,286) this fic is the most beautiful love letter to canon I've ever read. in this au, 10-year-old Adam meets Niall Lynch and gets tangled up in his web. the story follows two different timelines and features so many dazzling nods to and twists on beloved canon elements. stunning character work, intricate plotting, emotional arcs, and just so much wonderful stuff for pynch lovers. and a bonus rec...

just stopping by by lizpaige @lizpaige (E | 1,439) maybe this is cheating since it's really more decladam than pynch (Declan walks in on pynch and a hot decladam moment follows), but it's fresh in my mind since I just ran into it again... and pynch is there and central to the action so I'm throwing it in the mix!

[harlotsforcinnamon]

Sometimes I remember that Noah was a kid who was very much a Kid: laid-back, kind of a dick, but probably no worse than any other teenage boy, liked shitty pop punk and fast cars and being alive, two parents and sisters at home, girlfriends,

And then he was murdered.

It wasn’t even premeditated.

And he never got to grow up.

Everything that made him Alive died that day. Everything that made Noah Noah

And when Blue walks in the room he gets a little jolt because all of a sudden he Remembers. Remembers the taste of cilantro. Remembers his chest burning while he held his breath underwater, swimming in a lake with his sisters.

He’s forgotten what it was like to be alive and all of a sudden he’s hungry for it, starving. He comes right up to her and presses his cheek to hers, heedless of how weird it is, how animal, how inhuman, heedless of whether or not she wants the contact, and when he touches her he gets a flash of turning and seeing Whelk with his skateboard already mid-arc, a starburst of pain like nothing he’d ever felt before and then

Nothing.

He blinks himself back to reality, or whatever passes for reality for him these days and Blue’s backed up from him, hugging herself, and there are goosebumps all up and down her bare arms. He wonders for a second if she saw what he saw, felt what he felt, but no. They were his memories. She was just the light in the projector booth.

“Sorry,” he says, and he didn’t know ghosts could feel hate but he hates the faded sound of his voice, hates the faded afterimage of real anger that seems to be all he can muster.

He used to be More, once.

[cheeeryos]

pynch movie* ficlist:

*directly based on, or inspired by

Anyway, It's About Old Friends by pinkhorizon

When Harry Met Sally: Adam and Ronan keep meeting.

The Backup by me @cheeeryos

Holidate: Ronan Lynch is not lonely. That sounds like a line, but he’s not; not really. He is chronically single, and constantly hounded about it by friend and foe alike, but the only thing that bothers him about it is that people keep asking. Being single is fine. Sometimes, though, he wonders what it might be like.

Beyond the Edge of Our Hope by @seekthemist

Pacific Rim: In every story worth telling, a hero would rise to the challenge of monsters and win the battle to save the world. No one had ever bothered to tell Ronan about the fate of a hero in a world that had overcome the edge of disaster.

Came in Like a Thunderstorm by renlybaratheon

Notting Hill: Ronan Lynch owns a small bookshop in San Francisco. Adam Parrish is a world famous actor. Awkwardness and hilarity ensue. And love. Obviously.

Give Me the World by @magicienetreveur

While You Were Sleeping: Adam finds himself accidentally engaged to a handsome coma patient. Unfortunately, he's also falling for the patient's brother.

i'm your man by @ahotknife

Secretary: The door opened to reveal Adam Parrish, Esquire, Attorney at Law. He was well dressed, tall and slender, with piercing blue eyes set deep in a handsome, angular face. His forehead was furrowed in a perturbed manner that made his fair eyebrows look like one long pale, blonde line. He had not one single hair out of place anywhere on his head, nor a wrinkle in his neatly tailored suit. He had dark circles underneath his eyes, and a few faded freckles dappled the bridge of his nose. Despite those two very human and almost boyish physical attributes, there was an innate peculiarity to his demeanor. He looked uptight, just like his office. He looked annoyed, just like Ronan.  Adam Parrish frowned at Ronan, and then he said, “I’m sorry. I don’t take criminal defense cases.”

kick start my rock and rollin' heart by @emmerrr

Almost Famous: When reclusive rock band Firefly Forest make a sudden return to the limelight after a six-year long hiatus, Adam Parrish gets the opportunity of a lifetime as he's sent to join them on their nationwide tour for the behind-the-scenes scoop. But trying to remain professionally at arm's length with a band who mean a great deal to him personally is easier said than done, especially when it comes to one Ronan Lynch.

Like Constellations by @behindtheatlantic

The Martian: In uncharted deep space, the starship Glendower is on a mission to search for a planet with enough ley energy to sustain the growing, spacefaring human population. But just a few days into the crews’ investigation of a strange planet covered in dense forest, strange things start to happen.

Nothing Like a Love Song by me @cheeeryos

Notorious: Adam Parrish has a reputation. He’s a grifter, a drunk, the notorious son of a notorious criminal. He’s the last person you’d expect to be recruited to take down his father’s shady connections—which makes him the ideal spy. Ronan Lynch has an assignment. Location: Biloxi, Mississippi. Target: Dixie Mafia. Weapon: Adam Parrish.

You're Just Too Good To Be True by @toast-the-unknowing

10 Things I Hate About You: Blue likes Gansey. Gansey likes Blue. But Gansey can't date Blue until his best friend finds a boyfriend. Who could possibly be brave enough -- or desperate enough -- to date Ronan Lynch?

[reggiesgrinningsoul]

Does anyone have any Pynch fic recommendations that isn't just smut or one shots? I can't find any and I want more of them.

[kings-perhaps-gods]

what if alternate universe in which gansey grows up to join a long family line of corrupt politicians and pynch are the weapons he keeps in the shadows to take out every opposition and inconvenience...what if i already wrote approximately 1k words of this in a mildly possessed state....

[adamprrishcycle]

In From The Snow ❄️

(AKA doctor adam x florist ronan au, but make it christmas)

When Adam Parrish buys a Christmas tree from a local farm for the holidays, he meets the surly, mean-looking farmer, Ronan Lynch and their lives become quickly intertwined.

But then winter intervenes, and Adam realises that he has let himself get way in over his head. Feelings that arrived too soon threaten to leave abruptly, before waiting, quietly, for the courage to come back.

🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲

This is first and foremost a rom-com, but there is a heavy helping of angst because this is MY indulgent little pynch fic. You can find it here on ao3!

DISCLAIMER: This is a Christmas fic in the same way that Die Hard is a Christmas movie, in that it’s not about Christmas, it just so happens to take place at Christmastime.

[aqueerwindinthewillows]

thinking about touch starved adam …. so i had to write a whole fic abt it obviously

5 times ronan stayed at st. agnes and 1 time it meant something:

Ronan's fingers wrapped around his wrist. The pads of his fingers pressed gently into the underside, just over the tendon. Adam let him maneuver his arm around, his fingertips grazing his arm as they moved upwards. He felt it in more than his arm.

"Could you feel all of that?" Ronan asked, his hand still on Adam's arm. His hand was so warm.

"Yeah," he breathed. Understatement of the fucking century. He was acutely aware of every single point of contact between them; all he felt was the brush of Ronan's fingers on his wrist.

Ronan dropped his arm. "Then congrats. You're healed."

They stared at each other through the dark for a long moment, then Ronan flopped back down onto his blanket. Adam slid down under his sheet. He felt weird.

It was starting to warm up outside now, and he suddenly wished he'd opened the window before bed. There wouldn't be much noise outside at this hour, but at least there'd be something. The silence felt tangible, thick and heavy.

He rolled over and pressed his face into the cooler side of his thin pillow. He could ignore this. Ignore that more days than not, Ronan was only inches away and sleeping on an old comforter. Ignore that said comforter lived here now, spending the day poorly folded and shoved in the corner.

It didn't mean anything.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/85227671