The Fanfic Federation

A library of fanfiction dedicated to defying the stereotype

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Darker Pieces of the Night

Title: Darker Pieces of the Night Author: zuben_eschamali  Fandom: Supernatural RPF Pairing: Jensen Ackles/Jared Padalecki Category: Superhero/Mutant AU Rating: NC-17 Summary: Even in a world where extraordinary mutations are increasingly common, being born with wings makes it difficult to lead anything like an ordinary life. Jared is a solitary semi-superhero who makes a rescue one night that puts him in danger with only the man he rescued to guide him through it. Word Count: 16 488 Warnings: language, violence, non-graphic sex Commentary: Really well written, really interesting and such a captivating piece! This fic is part of a verse, that really had great character development and showed different sides about different issues. The feeling to it was very comic-like making it fun and dark at the same time, as the writing flowed like a great novel. 

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Bel Canto

Title: Bel Canto Author: bendingsignpost Fandom: Sherlock Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Irene Adler/Kate, Irene Adler/Sherlock Holmes Genre: AU, angst, multi, Rating: Teen Summary: After years of waiting for wealthy patrons to faint, Dr John Watson discovers a far more interesting patient in the opera house basement. (AU through a Phantom of the Opera lens.) Word Count: 127,481 Warnings: major character death, angst, fake relationship, secret identity Commentary: My god, this fic. This fic flipped my whole world upside down, it made me reevaluate Sherlock and John’s relationship and fall in love with the natures of their characters. It’s a Phantom of the Opera AU with some incredible classic music appreciation and secret identity mischief. I was so drawn in, I couldn’t put my phone down. The writing is beautiful and intelligent, too - the music that Sherlock composes for the show weaves through the story as elegantly as John’s pining. It keeps you on edge and has you screaming at John for being an idiot. Really, really incredible, and really hot despite no explicit smut scenes. This fic had me thinking about it for like, months after. Amazing piece.

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I wake up and I wake up and you’re still dead

Title: I wake up and I wake up and you’re still dead Author: thisprettywren Fandom: Sherlock Pairing: Sherlock/John Genre: angst Rating: Gen Summary: Sherlock might have been the one to jump but John fell, too. Now Sherlock isn't the only one who's lost. Word Count: ~24,000 Warnings: amnesia, suicide Commentary: So, this fic. The author included a timeline because the plot is so thick. The writing is interesting, and I don’t usually like first person, but somehow this fic makes it work. Amnesiac John actually tattoos notes onto his body because his mind resets every night since Reichenbach. It’s crazyBut the writing is cohesive and clear and smart. Worth a read.

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Nobody Told Me There'd Be Days Like These

Title: Nobody Told Me There'd Be Days Like These Author: Jmetropolis Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke Pairing: Midorima/Takao Genre: slice of life, domestic life, future fic, fluff Rating: mature Summary:  Takao knows it's impossible to predict the future, but he never expected his life to turn out quite like this. Word Count: 30,435 Warnings: dysfunctional family, homophobia, bad parenting Commentary: This fic is simply beautiful. The characterisation is great, the characters' backstories and family members are completely believable. The ocs are interesting but not overbearing... Seriously, just read it. It will make you laugh, and smile, and sometimes it will make your heart ache, but mostly, it will make you want to fall in love! :)

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Pick Up the Pieces

Title: Pick Up Pieces series Author: tessa crowley Fandom: Harry Potter Pairing: Draco Malfoy/ Harry Potter Genre: Post Hogwarts Rating: Explicit Summary: A duology comprising of "The Unbearable Burden of Caring", wherein Draco and Harry meet again fifteen years after the War (though neither of them are quite aware of it at the time), and the not-really-planned-for sequel "Sins and Scars and Shattered Things", wherein they have to deal with the media fallout of their relationship. Word Count: 43,940 Warnings: Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Depression, Graphic Violence, Mental Illness, Mentions of Self Harm Commentary: I’ve literally just finished reading this in a space of less than 24 hours thanks to how addictive it is and feel kinda emotionally drained. This series is so beautifully and coherently written that you feel that you are right there in the story. The characters themselves are on point and exactly how you’d imagine them to be 15 years on from Hogwarts. 

This fic has pretty much just wrecked me the mental illness was so accurately depicted and also with the level of angst it contains, in particular the sequel which at some points was so agonising and just left me emotionally exhausting. It’s made me laugh and squee and most of all ball my eyes out. (Also so don’t recommend listening to All Time Low - Kids in the Dark while reading because I think the fact it went with the fic so well is partly why it was so painful to read) 

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Promise

Title: Promise Author: prettysailorsoldier Fandom: Sherlock (Tv) Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson Genre: AU, Kidlock, Teenlock Rating: Explicit Summary:  The story of two lifetimes told in moments. Sherlock Holmes and John Watson are five years old when they meet, but it will take them the next three decades to get it right. Word Count: 30,231 Warnings: Drug Use, Past Drug Use. Commentary: This is a beautifully written, bittersweet story of Sherlock and John as they grow up together. The ups and downs of their relationship, their struggles to stay together through distance and the promise they make together. 

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we’ll marry our fortunes together

Title: we’ll marry our fortunes together Author: jontinf Fandom: Doctor Who Pairing: Twelve/Clara Genre: AU Rating: Explicit Summary: Twelve is a busker and Clara is a waitress. They forge an unlikely bond after he visits her diner. Word Count: 16,996 (so far) Warnings: amnesia, suicide Commentary: So this is the first DW fanfic I have read, and it’s so well-done! I’m not even very familiar with the show (only enough to know that Twelve and Clara are adorbs) so reading this AU was like reading normal fiction. The plot is well thought out, and it’s written in little vignettes where Marcus (the Doctor) and Clara have adventures or spend time together. Very plausible--and it’s being updated! One chapter to go. It keeps you on the edge of your seat, definitely.

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Dark Side of the Moon

Title: Dark Side of the Moon Author: fleshflutter Fandom: Supernatural Pairing: Sam/Dean Genre: hurt/comfort Rating: NC-17 Summary: Dean is left blind and deaf after a hunt, and Sam ends up taking care of him in a little hut, their relationship evolves, Dean is desperate, lots of codependency and wincest feels, and some smut. Word Count: 20 000 Warnings: cursed!dean, blind!dean, deaf!dean Commentary: This is truly an amazing fic. I adored the twists and turns of the plot, and the writing is wonderful. The way Dean is written when he is coping from such a curse shows how fleshflutter manages to portray the brothers in a way that is true to them. I highly recommend this.

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Lacuna

Title: Lacuna Author: coloredink Fandom: BBC Sherlock Pairing: Sherlock/John Genre: angst Rating: Explicit Summary: God, it must have been terrible, to think that he would never have this again. Warnings: none really? Word Count: 15,607 Commentary: This is the first amnesia!fic I ever read. It’s gorgeous. The language of it is so advanced, it could be an actual published work. Should be an actual published work. When John (who has amnesia) is trying to remember Moriarty’s name: “summoning that name had been like pulling toffee from a loose tooth.” The imagery is beautiful, the descriptions are vivid, and the dialogue is realistic. And the characterizations, as usual, are flawless.

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For a Body in the Garden

Title: For a Body in the Garden Author: Liviania Fandom: The Raven Cycle Pairing: Adam Parrish/Ronan Lynch  Genre: One shot, Magical Realism, Horror Summary: It is a cool day, when the colors of autumn are just beginning to show, when Ronan and Adam get the bright idea to have sex in Cabeswater. Word Count: 1,088 Warnings: no warnings listed Commentary: Ok, so this fic is obviously pretty sexual but it’s not even slightly smutty or pornographic. The imagery is so profound, I felt like I was actually reading a scene from the series (only better). Adam and Ronan’s dynamic, which, if you haven’t read the series (YOU SHOULD), is so complicated and unlike any other pairing that few fics can capture the authenticity of it, so this fic is definitely a good read!

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The Proof of Sentiment

Title: The Proof of Sentiment Author: crimsonwinter Fandom: BBC Sherlock Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson Genre: slow burn, case fic, domestic!lock, demisexual!sherlock, Rating: Explicit Summary: Taking place a year after their first anniversary, John and Sherlock play the complicated 'game' of attraction, which explores their unnamed relationship and Sherlock's fluid sexuality (or lack thereof). Will they ever cut the veil and become the couple everyone assumes they are? ...Yes, the answer is yes. They will. Word Count: 77,985 Warnings: mention of past sexual assault, self-hatred Commentary: Okay, so I wrote this. This is basically my headcanon for how things would have went, or at least my headcanon more than a year ago. Up until this point, I’d only written little ficlets and taken prompts from other people. I hadn’t written anything for me, based on my own thoughts and ideas about johnlock. So I wrote this 35 chapter monster, molding around mutual pining and Sherlock coming to terms with his (demi)sexuality. A lot has changed in the world of writing for me since I wrote this, but one thing hasn’t - my devotion for John and Sherlock and their relationship. It’s so painfully clear that I love these characters, this relationship. And while my writing has definitely improved since this, it’s not badly written. I mean, I devoted months to it! And I’m also a creative writing major, so I definitely like... care. If you want a long, juicy, slow-burn domestic!lock fic with a lot of struggling communication and discovery of feelings and attraction, I’d rec this. Also, the author is really cool and pretty. 

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The Ballad of the Invisible Boy

Title: The Ballad of the Invisible Boy Author: dollylux Fandom: Supernatural Pairing: Sam/Dean Genre: Angst, hurt/comfort Rating: Explicit Summary: This is a love letter for the slow burn, for Led Zeppelin, for the 90s. Sam and Dean didn’t fall in love. They never had to. Word Count: 57,490 Warnings: graphic depictions of violence, self-harm, underage, incest Commentary: I honestly have never felt so raw during a fic as I did while reading this. In third person Sam POV, dollylux perfectly captures Sam as a boy, teenager, and young man. Because she writes pre-series, a lot of the characterization is the author’s own, not the show’s. Viewers don’t know much about how Sam and Dean acted as children, but they are perfect here as not-fully-formed characterizations of themselves in the show. And the writing is gorgeous: one particularly poignant moment is (not spoiling anything) when Dean has a scare with 7th grade Sam. Later, after the fact, when they’re lying in Sam’s bed, “Dean runs his finger over Sam’s back again, but it’s a word this time. He traces it over and over and over, so that Sam couldn’t mistake it. Safe. Safe. Safe safe safe.”

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Electric Pink Hand Grenade

Title: Electric Pink Hand Grenade Author: BeautifulFiction Fandom: BBC Sherlock Pairing: Sherlock/John Genre: hurt/comfort, slight angst, fluff Rating: Explicit Summary: Sherlock Holmes does not do anything by half, not even a migraine. It falls to John to witness one of the greatest minds he has ever known tear itself apart, and he must do his best to help Sherlock pick up the pieces. Word Count: 67,718 Warnings: none really, graphic descriptions of pain Commentary: Alright guys this fic took up my entire Sunday today. Because it’s amazing. For one, it switches between Sherlock POV and John POV (in third person) which I normally don’t like, but BeautifulFiction makes it flow in a way that doesn’t feel disjointed or like the reader is missing something. Also, the descriptions of Sherlock’s migraine are wonderful--they’re realistic while still being more than the usual. And Sherlock as a character is just, perfect. And Mycroft! Is characterized! Perfectly!!!

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Text Talk

Title: Text Talk Author: merlywhirls Fandom: Harry Potter Pairing: Remus Lupin/Sirius Black, Wolfstar Genre: None listed, but I’d say Romance, little bit of Angst, Comedy, modern AU Rating: Not Rated, but i’d say T. Nothing explicit.  Summary: Sirius is in boarding school, Remus is in hospital, and they don't know each other until Sirius texts the wrong number. Word Count: 113798 (so far) 11/? chapter, unfinished Warnings: none listed, but there is mention of family abuse, mention of depression, some homophobic slurs, and some illness.  Commentary: The entirety of the Wolfstar fandom is obsessed with this fic, and it is entirely warranted. The characterizations of Remus and Sirius is so on point, as well as updated to suit a modern non magic environment. I laughed out loud several times reading this fic. Nearly the entire fic is told solely as though the reader is just reading Sirius and Remus’s text feed, which I find really innovative and interesting and just really really funny. I love this fic, it makes me feel warm and happy and like my two favorite characters aren’t dead. 

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This Is How You Lose Her

Title: This is how you lose her Author: attica Fandom: Harry Potter Pairing: Draco/Hermione, Dramione Genre: Angst/Romance Rating: M Summary: "There wasn't always nothing between us. Once upon a time, there was something. A very good something.” Word Count: 6,427 Warnings: none listed but I mean it’s so angsty it hurts Commentary: Guys. I do not know how to talk about this fic, in all honesty. It is inspired by the Junot Díaz novel (also titled This is how you lose her) and I love this fic so much I bought the novel immediately after. It is just entirely formed, so well crafted. I have never felt so IN a fic, so connected to it’s characters, it physically affects me. I mean just hearing the title alone gives me the chills. I have to warn you, this is not a happy ending story. You are not going to get any closure. You are only going to get hurt, and you are going to love it. 

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rid your bones

Title: rid your bones Author: allisonarrgent Fandom: Pretty Little Liars Pairing: Spencer/Jason Genre: angst Rating: T Summary: How long will you run? Word Count: 3,503 Warnings: half-sibling incest Commentary: This fic is one of those that you appreciate being words on a page (er, screen) instead of something you can watch because the writing is that good. The descriptions in this fic--of some of the most minute details, like the quirk of a smile--are so fully-formed they feel as real as the characters we know and love. There is one phrase in particular that always stuns me, hundreds of syllables left unsaid. It’s such a cliche concept, biting back words, and allisonarrgent manages to convey that here with a new detail you don’t generally think of: a syllable count.

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The Simple Life

Title: The Simple Life Author: JustBFree Fandom: Revenge Pairing: Emily/Nolan Genre: fluff, curtain Rating: M Summary: “We’ve come this far, but it’s finished now. It has to be.”  Word Count: 92,140 Warnings: n/a Commentary: Alright let me tell you, it took me YEARS to be able to weave humor and appropriate dialogue/jokes into fanfiction, especially concerning such a multi-faceted character as the cunning, bisexual, hacker-extrodieaire Nolan Ross. But somehow, JustBFree does that exceedingly well. She also makes good use of one-line paragraphs (something many fanfic writers--and professional writers--overuse) without them being cliche. Actually, she just avoids cliches altogether, which I don’t exactly know how, considering she’s domesticating two characters who never, ever are domesticated by the actual show.

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