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The Trouble with Wanting by waldorph [E, 60k]

“Once, when Draco had been six or seven, his parents had taken him to summer on an island off the coast of Greece. The water of the Mediterranean had been blue and beautiful and Draco had been entranced by it wholly, and had spent hours in the water at a time. And then one day there had been a storm off the coast somewhere, and the waves had been beautiful and huge to the small boy he had been. He hadn’t known about rip currents, not until his mother had been shouting his name—he remembered that still, that his mother had shouted , and it had been more startling than not being able to get back to shore, suddenly unable to touch the ground.

Kissing Harry Potter felt like that, a bit. Suddenly too deep, a little terrifying. Potter kissed like he was feral , all biting teeth and sucking, bruising, like an onslaught, and Draco tilted his head up as Potter pressed his thumb to the underside of Draco’s chin, his fingers curling behind Draco’s ear. The kiss was filthy, and hot, and Draco felt like he might come from this—that he might immolate. ”

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Hi! I hope you're all doing well. I'm looking for a fanfic where Draco moves to a house near Grimmauld Place. At first, he has a relationship with Theodore Nott, but it's more physical and he doesn't enjoy it that much. He meets Harry in a park; coincidentally, it's Harry's birthday. I remember reading it before on Ao3.

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The Trouble with Wanting

waldorph @waldorph

Chapters: 8/8 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Additional Tags: Canon - Book, Harry Potter Epilogue What Epilogue | EWE, Not Epilogue Compliant, Post-War, do not copy to another site, Slow Burn, Minor Draco Malfoy/Theodore Nott, Tattoos, Bottom Draco Malfoy, Top Harry Potter, Post-Canon, Getting Together

Summary:

Draco Malfoy is cleared of all charges; this is what happens next.

Excerpt:

“This looks like chocolate,” Blaise said, holding the package up in George’s face. It was hard to tell, but George just looked…well, not furious, for a start, which was good. “Is it going to do something dreadful to me?”

“It’s going to make you want to shag,” George said.

“Oh, so no change,” Blaise said with a truly foully lascivious look as he took a bite, and Draco groaned as Potter burst into quiet laughter.

George looked a little stunned, and then intrigued.

“I refuse to watch this anymore,” Draco announced, and then looked down at his arm, which was still in Potter’s possession, and Potter was stroking his thumb over the jut of Draco’s wrist bone. “Potter you brute, unhand me.”

Potter, who Draco understood now had never properly been socialized and was also under some sort of delusion that if he wanted something he should have it, smiled and said, “No.”

Draco, who had been flawlessly socialized and was under no delusions that if he wanted something he should have it (because it wasn’t a delusion if it were true, as long as his wants were simple and easily obtained instead of outrageous things like happiness or his father’s love), stared up at him.

“You can’t just say no,” Draco informed him.

“What will you give me for it?” Potter asked, and it was so—close, here, under the stairs. Claustrophobic, really. Draco was certain the building couldn’t be up to code. Blaise would be very distraught when Draco shut down his dream of banging Weasley by bankrupting him, but Draco had a duty to his fellow citizens to—

“Oh,” Draco exhaled, because apparently Potter had decided to just take a kiss like a thief, like a terrible sneak thief and frankly Draco should have— oh . Potter’s hands were hot and settled in the small of Draco’s back and in his hair and it was.

It was—Potter pulled back and Draco took two seconds to compose himself where he absolutely did not lean in and he absolutely did not have to force his hands to unclench from Harry’s robes because he had more dignity than that.

“So do I get it back?” Draco asked, because Potter, moving like a snake, had recaptured Draco’s wrist, pressing his thumb into the palm of Draco’s hand.

“Why a snitch?” Potter asked instead, his eyes glued to Draco’s collarbone. “Are you—you’re killing me, do you know that?”

“That is demonstrably untrue and I have witn—” he broke off in a soundless rush of air because Potter had dipped his head and pressed his lips, then teeth (not properly socialized, clearly Weasley hadn’t properly trained him when they’d been dating) to Draco’s neck.

“Mate.” George Weasley’s voice broke the moment, and Draco looked up and then shoved at Potter, who moved away reluctantly and with no shame, maybe that died when Voldemort tried to kill him as a baby, too.

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Fanfic Rec #109 James T. Kirk/Spock (Star Trek) part 9

Sha Ka Ree by ThereBeWhalesHere The year is 2258. Jim Kirk is a Lieutenant on the U.S.S. Farragut, Spock the science officer of the U.S.S. Enterprise. When the ships come together for a priority landing party, these two strangers find themselves fighting against the odds for a chance at life in an alien world, and the only way they'll make it through is by relying on each other.

i got my swim trunks (and my flippie-floppies) by amosanguis Jim celebrates his newly awarded captaincy with, what else? A cruise. And a cruise is exactly the last place Jim thought he’d ever find a Vulcan. Spock, the victim of a prank, decides to spite his tormentors and treat the cruise as a training exercise to prepare himself for the Enterprise’s upcoming deployment under its new captain – whoever that may be.

Definitions by WerewolvesAreReal "We call it t'hy'la," Spock says.

Send Me the Moon by lily_winterwood Vulcan is sixteen light years from Earth. When James T Kirk is twenty-two, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute receives a transmission from a six-year-old Vulcan child named Spock. 21st Century AU.

Illogical (√π233/hy7) by waldorph If Kirk was a maths genius, and never took Pike up on the dare to do better, but still managed to get to Starfleet?  This is what that would look like.

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Natasha Romanoff Masterlist of Fic Recs - Version 2.0 - Page 5

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Updated June 2021

This is not an exhaustive list (and in no order whatsoever) of the brilliant fic that is out there. Please let me know of any i have missed or any recs to put in and I will endevour to add it. I have not included warnings or ratings. Please make sure you look at the tags, judge for yourself and as always take care of yourself first. (19 authors under the cut)

edeabeth

Clairvoyant- tony/Nat - Natasha gets deaged, tony helps her back.  1/1

Russian Winter - Clint/Nat - after a mission in Russia, Clint helps out Nat back together again. 1/1

Intervention - Nat/team - nothing triggers her; she’s just triggered. 1/1

crash and tremble - Natasha/team. Natasha comes back from the red room worse for wear. The team takes over. And also gets her a dog.  1/1

Crash and begin - sequel to above. 1/1

igrockspock

Introduction to Western Literature - Clint/Nat/Maria - in the beginning Natasha only had books in common - 1/1

The time machine - Natasha/Clint - time machine sends them back to the red room - 1/1

Junk food and dirty socks - Clint/Nat - how they show their love - 1/1

Congratulations on an Excellent Kill - Nat/Clint - Natasha navigates gift giving - 1/1

Six Cities that are not Budapest - clint/Nat - what do normal people do on vacation?- 2/2

CaraLee

silver arrow - clint/Nat - after the winter soldier Natasha hopes everything is not a lie.   2/2

Bettybackintheday @bettybackintheday 

until my casket drops - Nat/Clint- Natasha wakes up in hospital -1/1

All in the family - Barton family - 1/1

Aliceinchainmail

confirmed mutual admission - Clint/Nat - you can’t take the Russian out of Nat but you can take her somewhere safe. 1/1

wewillalwaysenduphere

two weapons - Clint saved Natasha when given the orders to kill her. This is them, getting to know each other. This is Natasha, discovering her humanity. 1/1

atraphoenix/calloftherunningtide

of spectrums and spoons. Natasha - Natasha has autism. The team figures it out - 1/1

Waldorph

fubar- Clint/Nat - after the avengers, Natasha takes Clint to Russia. 1/1

RED - Natasha - this is what she remembers. It’s not enough. 1/1

Queenriley

of languages - clint/Nat/team - Natasha and Clint speak all the languages. The team tries to figure it out. 

Unconventional lullaby - team - orphans and family dynamics, clint is having a hard time.  1/1

A place to be safe - team - Five lonely, broken people have five lonely, broken beginnings.   1/1

hazellazer

movie night - team/Clint/Nat - tony keeps inviting them for movie nights, it must be nice to have free time.  1/1

Chess Pieces (or five times Clint and Natasha didn’t sleep together and the first time they did) - Clint/Nat - Clint Barton trusts Natalia Romanova, even when he probably shouldn’t.  6/6

Fearful Passage - Clint/Nat- mission - things go from bad to worse.  3/3

Frances

Five Times Natasha Throws Up On One Of Her Teammates - team - And one time she doesn’t. 5 + 1 -  6/6

But Not Worth Writing Down - team - Of lessons in humanity, the wisdom of drunkards, the people that keep you whole and finally having that chat with your partner. Sort of. -  1/1

persiflet/anonymous

problem solving - team - when shield goes down, pepper is there to pick up the pieces -1/1

Trojie

Homecomings - team - team as family. Coming home. 1/1

Leverage - clint/Nat - they’ve been stood down, they need to make their own fun (if you know what I mean). 1/1

Sarea Okelani (sarea)

chasing the light - Clint/Nat - a mission goes awry, they’re still spies but they have to pick up the pieces -  4/4

Geckoholic @lostemotion

dropping glasses just to hear them break- Clint/Nat- Clint is supposed to bring in the black widow. A third party intervenes and Clint needs help. 1/1

Stay away from the sun - Clint/Nat - they know who the are/were. 1/1

With her there comes a hunger - Clint/Nat- Natasha’s been anxious to try this out a better way, with less desperation and uncertainty and worry. Less of the whispered voice in the back of her head telling her that she’s reviling in hurting the man she loves and shouldn’t be allowed near him ever again. 1/1

All your worries spent - Clint/Nat - kink and handcuffs - 1/1

The opposite of falling (sequel to above) - the come down is worse than the highs and lows. 1/1

The company you keep - Clint/Nat -Clint and Natasha get to know each other in the biblical sense the first time they meet and don’t catch feelings until later. 1/1

VictoryCandescence

shades - Nat/bruce - the mental manipulation and sterilisation of Natasha - 1/1

Kali588  @itsnotokbutwereallright

me too - marvel ladies - #metoo 1/1

Darkest Secrets - Clint/Nat -  things you said when I was crying and you made me feel like shit. 1/1

Its always a test - Clint/Nat - Natasha is cleared for missions but isn’t on Clint’s team.  1/1

Does Pizza have healing properties - Clint/Nat/Kate - Clint Loses his memory, the whole team is there. 16/16

RougeTwelve

Stay with me - Nat/Steve - secrets that Natasha had never intended to reveal were ripped to the surface without her consent 4/4

EppyWeppy

Together again - Natasha/team - Natasha gets captured on the raft by Ross. It brings the team back together. 14/14

CarlyWrites - @natandwandaseries

Rec ced - Natasha and Wanda Series - Nat & Wanda / Clint & Wanda

[mitsususu]

I’m so sick of running as fast as I can, wondering if I’d get there quicker if I was a man. They’d say I hustled, put in the work. They wouldn’t shake their heads and question how much this I deserve. Genderbend and sexism! Below are My Top 5 Favorite stories:

*Misogyny Level refers to how much the women have to put up with

“Fully Formed, in Armor” (M, 50k) by bythedamned

Captain Stella Rogers is remembered as a symbol of American victory and the founder of modern-day feminism. That leaves big shoes to fill when she's pulled from the ice alone, ill at ease in her own skin, and missing a love she can’t tell anyone about.

Becky Barnes has gone through too much of her own shit to have any time for Stella’s. But she knows how hard it is to rebuild a life in New York City and, besides, she’s got a type.

+ Shrunkyclunks. Captain Stella and modern Becky get off on the wrong foot but eventually become best friends/lovers as Stella navigates life, missions, and PR in the 21st century. Misogyny Level: Low.

-☆-

“Christmas in Connecticut” (T, 12k) by waldorph

“I have a farm in Connecticut,” Howard announced into the melancholy silence. “And nothing to do this Christmas but play the white knight. Darling, marry me? Mr. Stone will get his Christmas, you’ll get your article, the soldier will get his all-American holiday, and Ms. Carbonell will keep her job, for whatever that’s worth.”

+ WW2 AU. Female Steve fake marries Howard to keep her fake-housewife columnist job, and then regrets everything when she meets dashing Bucky. Based on the movie, very crack. (You may have read the Modern AU) Misogyny Level: Low

-☆-

“Gold to Airy Thinness Beat” (T, 178k) by ISeeFire

The list of reasons Stephanie Rogers couldn't enlist were long.

She was small.

She was frail.

She was in poor health.

She was female.

The list of reasons for why she fully intended to ignore all that and do her best to enlist anyway was short.

Bucky was going.

Her best friend.

Her only friend.

The friend who'd been there her entire life, every time she'd needed him, every time she'd called.

Always.

And she'd be dammned if anyone was going to stop her from returning the favor.

+ Alt Canon. Steph gets the serum but Brandt smears her reputation and never stops. Despite everything, she saves her husband, falls off the train, gets a Hydra arm, crashes the Valkyrie, and wakes up in the 21st century with Bucky. History got her all wrong, but Bucky loves her and that’s all that matters. Misogyny Level: Extreme

-☆-

“back in line for love again” (G, 3k) by defcontwo

But in the end, what matters is this: Stella Rogers walked out of that camp in Azzano a chorus girl and walked back into it a war hero.

+ Defrosting to Post WS. Historians haven’t been too thrilled with Stella and female Bucky leading the Howling Commandos, let alone with how the winter soldier events play out. Comes with a honeymoon sequel. Misogyny Level: Medium

-☆-

“it's been a long, long time” (G, 3k) by junko (orphan_account)

Stephanie Rogers realizes that she doesn't want to die.

Stephanie Rogers kicks to the surface, and she was never a good swimmer, but she pulls herself up onto a slab of ice, scrabbling for land, spitting out water anyway.

(Or, in which Stephanie doesn't die in the plane crash, and she and Private Lorraine rescue Bucky Barnes, take down HYDRA from the inside, and have Friday Girl's Nights.)

+ Alt WW2. Exactly as the summary says. A fix-it where Zola dies and Hydra gets destroyed. Misogyny Level: Medium 

-☆-

-☆- And a freebie incomplete work -☆-

“Reconstruction” (E, 95k, incomplete) by rageprufrock

In which Stephanie Rogers is the complicating element in the sweeping romance of Bucky Barnes and Lady Liberty.

+ Alt Canon. Stephanie became Lady Liberty, saved her husband, froze in the sea, and woke up in the 21st century. No one knew her identity, history thinks Bucky cheated on his wife the entire war. Currently stops right after her defrosting when she doesn’t know Bucky’s still alive. Misogyny Level: High

 -☆-

+ More Stucky stories here

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Spock met Jim when he was 7 and Jim was 6. It has since been generally agreed that this was a mistake (or: the one where they grow up together and things are simultaneously better and worse for it).

Cover art + variant for @waldorph‘s Star Trek fic “Magpie”. This story is an incredible look at what might have been if Jim and Spock met as children, and I simply can’t recommend it enough - read it here on AO3!

This fic also has an AMAZING podfic, read by @dr-fumbles-mcstupid, and I urge you to go listen to it because it is an experience and my favorite way to read this story! Download and listen to it here on AO3!

[wanderingthroughwonder]

Miranda’s Fic Recs

I’ve been wanting to do this for a while because I just have a lot of fics in different fandoms that I truly enjoy. These are mostly long fics because that’s what I read the most. Fandoms included: Teen Wolf, Harry Potter, MCU, Star Trek, Kingsman, and Avatar: The Last Airbender. Find them below! (Some fanfic spoilers ahead)

So I’m starting with completed fics and then I have a few not completed fics at the end that I’m just really liking.

Embers by Vathara

Rating: Not Rated, Word Count: 704,200 Fandom: A:TLA

Dragon’s fire is not so easily extinguished; when Zuko rediscovers a lost firebending technique, shifting flames can shift the world....

This is an Avatar: The Last Airbender rewrite. It’s Zuko centric and it splits off while Zuko and Uncle Iroh are on the run and Zuko learns of healing firebending. The world building is so good and interesting and the whole fic does a great job of reimagining the A:TLA world. You meet a lot of new characters that are super well written and fit the world nicely.

The Debt of Time by ShayaLonnie

Rating: E, Word Count: 715,940, Fandom: Harry Potter, Ship: Hermione/Sirius

When Hermione finds a way to bring Sirius back from the veil, her actions change the rest of the war. Little does she know her spell restoring him to life provokes magic she doesn’t understand and sets her on a path that ends with a Time-Turner.

This fic is so good and I’ve reread it before. I love Hermione centric fics and this is definitely one. When she goes back in time she goes through school again with the Marauders and it’s so good you guys. I think the fic does such a good job of showing her grow with these new people. The relationships in this fic are so intense and I love them.

Hook, Yarn, Sinker by pprfaith

Rating: Not Rated, Word Count: 65,675, Fandom: Teen Wolf, Ship: Stiles/Peter

Stiles is happy with his store, his hobbies, his friends. Peter’s just trying to figure out how to raise his nieces and nephews without fucking them up too badly.

Paths cross.

This is the first in a series of fics. It’s a Human AU with aged up Stiles and friends but with little kids Derek, Laura, and Cora. This fic is a good time and sweet and honestly low stakes which is so nice to have these days. I think a lot of Steter fics are more intense and I enjoy them but this is such a nice change of pace where you really get to know the characters in these fairly different circumstances. The whole series word count is 161,859.

A Sequence That You Never Learned by AnnaTaylor

Rating: E, Word Count: 64,624, Fandom: Star Trek: AOS, Ship: James T. Kirk/Spock 

“Spock,” Jim breathes out, completely overwhelmed by the gesture—not quite believing that Spock knows him so well, that he’s already started researching, that he trusts Jim with a member of his own endangered species.

When Jim gets it in his head to adopt an eight-year-old Vulcan, Spock presents a logical solution to the issue of Jim’s of humanity: marriage to a Vulcan citizen.

This was one of my first Spirk fics and I honestly love kid fics. Vulcan kids are so different from Jim, but I love the idea that Vulcans still love him anyway. This is such a great Fake Marriage fic.

If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out by mia6363

Rating: E, Word Count: 13,232, Fandom: Teen Wolf, Ship: Stiles centric but technically Stiles/Peter 

Commander Stilinski looks 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.”

This is the shortest fic on my list but I love this take. It’s got a Star Trek vibe and I LOVE how everyone is made into these different aliens. Stiles being human here is so interesting and it reminds me of those “humans are the craziest of the aliens” posts. It’s got multiple POVs and I think they’re written really well and do a great job of coming together.

Where Thou Art, That is Home by ShanaStoryteller 

Rating: Various, Word Count: 94,108, Fandom: Teen Wolf, Ship: Stiles/Derek 

Stiles is 10 when he saves the Hales from their burning home and Derek from a wolfsbane bullet, and this establishes a pattern that seems to continue indefinitely.

“Then he’s facing a burning home, and he wraps the hood of his sweatshirt around his mouth before he pushes the door open and steps inside. There’s Mr. Hale asleep - he hope asleep - on the couch, next to - Stiles thinks that’s his brother but there are so many Hales, who can keep track. He rushes over and starts shaking him, can see the rise and fall of the man’s chest so he knows he’s alive, but he’s not waking up. He shoves away his hood so he can shout, “Mr. Hale! You have to get up, there’s a fire! Mr. Hale, get up!” Nothing, he’s not even twitching, both of them taking in deep even breathes like they’re having the most peaceful of rest, and Stiles is going to cry. “Wake up, wake up, wake up!”

There’s a moment where all Stiles can here is the blood rushing in his ears and not the roar of the flames or the creak of wood, then with a violent, silent pop it’s all back and both men are gasping awake, eyes open and jumping to their feet.”

This is another series! It creates a Hales Survive AU and it’s got BAMF!Stiles. The Hales in this fic are so interesting and it’s an expanded family from what we see in canon. Magic!Stiles is written so well in this fic and things get intense but it’s so good.

Counterpart by sara_holmes

Rating: M, Word Count: 217,400, Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Ship: Steve/Tony 

coun•ter•part [koun-ter-pahrt] [noun] 1. a person or thing closely resembling another, especially in function. 2. a copy; duplicate. 3. one of two parts that fit, complete, or complement one another. 

Just because Hydra used the DNA of a Captain America from another dimension to create a lab-grown, six-year-old super-soldier, it doesn't mean that said six-year old super-soldier is biologically Steve's, right? 

(Where Steve wants to ban Clint from bringing things home from alternative dimensions, until he doesn't.)

This is an amazing kid fic. Things are so messed up because of how the kids was raised up to the point they find him.I love Tony so much in this fic but also you sympathize a bit with Steve. The kid whose name I will leave out is my absolute favorite. This is also a series!

Fallout by Whisper91 kingsman

Rating: E, Word Count: 164,971, Fandom: Kingsman, Ship: Eggsy/Harry/Merlin 

As far as the rest of the world is concerned, Gary 'Eggsy' Unwin is a registered Dominant. It's on his driver's licence. It's on his National Insurance card. Hell, it's even on his bloomin' GCSE certificates. And the fact that it's all a load of bollocks is a secret Eggsy had intended to take to his grave. 

Course, he hadn't been expectin' a bloody sub-drop to sweep in and knock him on his arse in the wake of the Valentine Massacre. Turns out grief and adrenaline ain't a good combination.

I really enjoy the dynamics between the three of them. D/s fics are always so amazingly well built and I love fics like this where they’re hiding their dynamic. I think this fic does a great job of going further with the D/S world and giving it more biologically. I just reread this fic recently because I love how it’s done. 

It’s Insanity But... by rosepetals42

Rating: M, Word Count: 71,477, Fandom: Teen Wolf, Ship: Stiles/Derek 

The doorbell interrupts what had turned out to be quite the epic shoe hunt but, really, he’s grateful for the break. Or at least, he is until he heads down the stairs to grab the door, trips over a stuffed animal of some kind, bashes his head on the wall and barely manages to catch himself from falling down the entire flight of stairs. As with all things, Stiles would like to state, for the record, that this is Scott’s fault. 

Or: Scott and Stiles are raising seven children. Derek is the entertainer they hire for a birthday party (not a clown though, he’s very specific on that fact.)

This fic is such a good time! I love two bro’s raising kids together. It’s a hilarious setup and also just so good for the Stiles and Scott dynamic. Each chapter is like a slice of life. Some chapters are more about the kids and some are about Stiles and Derek. It’s just a fun fic and I love that it’s still got werewolves because I think a lot of fics that focus more on regular stuff go full on human AU. Keeping werewolves is much more fun and it’s so well handled here!

So Wise We Grow by Deastar 

Rating: M, Word Count: 81,248, Fandom: Star Trek, Ship: James T. Kirk/Spock 

”Commander Spock, we have located your son,” the Vulcan lady on the screen says, which would be great, except Jim can tell by the look on Spock’s face that he’s never heard of this kid before in his life. “If it is expedient, the child will be sent to join you on the Enterprise within the week.”

This fic is two long chapters. Again, I love kid fic and this one does such a great job. We’ve got pining and hurt/comfort and all kinds of good feels here. There’s one line about t’hy’la that is just *chefs kiss* so good and hits you hard.

Play It Again by metisket 

Rating: T, Word Count: 63,206, Fandom: Teen Wolf, Ship: Stiles/Derek 

In which Stiles goes along with one of Derek’s plans and ends up in an alternate universe as a result. He should’ve known better. He did know better, actually, and that means he has no one to blame but himself. “Laura wants to lure the kid in with food and kindness and make a pet of him, like a feral cat. Derek wants to have him arrested for stalking. They’re at an impasse. (And the rest of the family is staying emphatically out of it in a way that suggest bets have been placed.)”

This is fairly Stiles centric. It really looks into the emotions of jumping universes. The alive Hale family is so good and it’s magic!Stiles which is always interesting. What I think makes it extra good is that in a lot of universe jump or time travel fics it’s more about adjusting to how things will be now. But this fic does that while also having the new universe with its own problems. It’s just fun to see Stiles deal with all these things.

Happy Lights by LadyShadowDrake

Rating: E, Word Count: 108,237, Fandom: MCU, Ship: Mixed 

An interdimensional portal opens over New York and drops a tentacled alien in the middle of Central Park. The Avengers are called out to investigate, and hopefully return the visitor home. Steve has been brushing up on his diplomacy, but he never expected to be a liaison to an alien in such an intimate capacity, or that the alien would be so friendly, and the unusual visit turns into the world's best team-building exercise.

This is a series that is so much fun. The alien (aka the colony) is so interesting and sweet in the long run. I love seeing the team grow and as you go through the series you really get to see more of them coming together. This is just a playful fic that you can have a good time reading.

Magpie by waldorph

Rating: E, Word Count: 57,648, Fandom: Star Trek: AOS, Ship: James T. Kirk/Spock

Spock met Jim when he was 7 and Jim was 6. It has since been generally agreed that this was a mistake (or: the one where they grew up together and things are simultaneously better and worse for it).

This is such a deep dive of both Spock and Jim. It’s them growing up together and it splits off some as far as events that happen in canon. It ends before they become Starfleet. I think this fic creates such an interesting bond between Spock and Jim. I also really love where it goes as far as Spock not having grown up alone on Vulcan.

These are the unfinished fics. The first two are in progress and the last one seems to be abandoned.

Survival is a Talent by ShanaStoryteller 

Rating: T, Word Count: 353,015, Fandom: Harry Potter, Ship: Harry/Draco 

In the middle of their second year, Draco and Harry discover they're soulmates and do their best to keep it a secret from everyone. 

Their best isn't perfect. 

~ 

“Are you trying to get killed, Potter?” Malfoy drawls, stalking forward. Quick as a serpent himself, he reaches out and grabs the snake just below the head. It thrashes in his grip, but is no longer able to bite anyone. “This is a poisonous snake, and I doubt anyone brought a bezoar with them.” 

Harry glares. He opens his mouth, and feels the beginning the snake’s language pass his lips, and this isn’t what he wants, what’s the point of insulting Malfoy if he can’t understand him – 

Malfoy’s eyes widen. He slaps his hand over Harry’s mouth, “Potter, what the hell–”

This fic is in progress updated within 2020. It’s a rewrite of the Harry Potter series where Harry and Draco are soulmates. As you can imagine, that changes some things. I love this so much, I’ve read it like 3 or 4 times now. The characterization is amazing and I love the differences we see. Harry is Indian in this fic and the way it ties in is so good. You really get to see the difference in culture as well between muggleborns and blood traitor families and the purebloods.   

You great unfinished symphony (you sent for me) by ketchupcrisp

Rating: E, Word Count: 227,792, Fandom: MCU, Ship: Steve/Tony and also the whole Team 

The last thing Steve Rogers ever expected to see on a Wednesday afternoon was his (their) dead submissive tumbling out of a portal and practically into Phil’s lap, very much alive and frantic about Soul Stones and timelines and some other version of the team.

This is an AU but like literally. Tony comes from the universe we know into a D/S universe. The worldbuilding here - again like I think a lot of D/s fics excel at - is so good. It starts with everything a mess and things are intense. There’s multiple POVs which I think is really helpful in a fic like this where the relationships are so tangled. 

Born From the Earth by venusm 

Rating: E, Word Count: 277,602, Fandom: MCU, Ship: Tony Centric, Steve/Tony 

Tony Stark's born an omega in a world where that means he's supposed to follow certain social rules. He becomes Iron Man anyway: Fuck biology.

If only his biology (and the world) would quit fucking him back.

To start off, some warnings: this fic gets a bit messed up. It’s an Omega verse in the worst possible way at certain points. It’s not a fluffy fic. It also doesn’t get that far into the Stony stuff because it’s unfinished. Honestly I’m worried this writer has died and I’ve gone through the comments and looked for them online to see if they’re out there and just not writing but I haven’t found any proof of that. BUT ANYWAYS. This fic is intense but it’s such an interesting take on Omega fics. It gets pretty dark but that darkness is pre-Steve and I’m hopeful that one day it might get finished so I can see where it was going to go.