đđKlave Fic Recs!! đđ
Surprising probably uhhh no one, I go absolutely WILD for Klaus and Dave, but this list is the restrained edit. It deffff could be longer. This ship means so so much to me, and that is absolutely the product of reading such incredible, beautiful fic about them. I have never before felt as strongly about a fictional couple, which I guess means itâs my first actual otp? So so many thanks to the writers who wrote fic about these two and taught me what longing and love are.
Ten Months by @fanthingsâ
It makes him sad, sometimes, that in order to find acceptance, Klaus has to travel back fifty years into one of the bloodiest wars of American history. Most of the time, he doesnât care. His family probably doesnât even notice heâs missing anyway.
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Dave is looking at him, eyes soft and heavy lidded. âWhat did you say to that guy?â he asks, head resting on the wall, body turned towards Klaus.
âAh,â Klaus laughs, dropping his hand to take a drink. âJust mouthed off. You know how I am.â
âThat mouth will get you in trouble some day,â Dave says softly.
Klaus looks up, swallowing. âSome people like my mouth,â he says.
âI do.â
Rating: MâWord Count: 122k+âIn Progress (10/14)
Fuck. Fuck! I canât explain how much I love this fic. Iâve gone out of my mind over it. Itâs so so good. Covering Klausâ ten months in Vietnam, and his and Daveâs relationship. Itâs so well written and detailed and all the characters even OCs are so well-realized and realistic. Dave is fully fleshed out too, with strengths and flaws and his own person, not Klausâ prop. It made me realize that Klaus and Dave fighting is my favorite thing, because then they get back together. They always work to fix things with each other and ahhh god Iâm emotional just thinking about it I adore this fic.
Oddities Observed, Vietnam 1968 by @charmingpplincardigansâ
âThere are people who care whether you live or die,â Dave said, because he felt it needed saying.
He couldnât imagine not caring. This man was erratic, but he was also fragile in a way Dave couldnât quite put his finger on given how he was apparently also indestructible, and deeply intuitive about people and their moods. When he wasnât as high as the army doctorsâ pills and black-market heroin would allow, he was paying attention. Dave knew, because while Klaus was paying attention to the others, he was paying attention to Klaus.
âDo you think?â Klaus pulled a joint out of his metal cigarette case, lit it, and took a hit. He offered it to Dave, who didnât take it. He was always offering his things to Dave, even when he knew they werenât things Dave wanted.
âYes,â he said. âI do.â
(Or, Vietnam, but from Daveâs point of view.)
Rating: MâWord Count: 17k+âComplete (1/1)
An absolute classic. I donât think Iâve seen it on other lists this week and thatâs simply a crime. One of the first Vietnam fics I read and still one of the best! Itâs got such a good blend of that lethal combination of all Klaus and Dave fics - on fire with the fear and violence of their situation, but so full of tenderness and love. Itâs got desperation, in the best way. Itâs beautiful.
the kind of love iâve been dreaming of by katplanet
âYou agreed to be a designated driver,â Klaus says, because of course heâs as good at this as he is at every other thing he and Dave have done in bed together. âAll your stupid Varsity Lacrosse friends started annoying you, so you were looking for someone else to talk to. And lo and behold, a sad twink in a crop top, alone on the couch with a half-finished vodka cranberry.â
âWhatâs a twink?â
âMe,â Klaus says. âIâm a twink.â
Rating: EâWord Count: 6k+âComplete (1/1)
The only explicit fic Iâve ever recced? I donât read too much smut, but this fic. The tenderness in this fic is enough to kill you, and then also there is smut, which is a potent combination! This is the fic that gave me my Klaus and Dave tag, because reading this fic, I cried and came to some realizations about Love.
Slow is in My Blood by @sunriseseanceââ
Dave touches him, sometimes. In dances through root systems lit by a diffused moon, Dave puts a hand on his lower back, his arm, his shoulder. To help, he says. Your balance, he says, it isnât good. I donât want you to fall. These pits are endless, he says. You donât like the dark. A touch to help. It helps.
A meditation on Klaus and allowing himself to be loved. Dave doesnât die at the end.
Rating: NRâWord Count: 1k+âComplete (1/1)
Itâs so so gorgeous. Itâs Klaus making the decision to love and be loved, even as he considers all the frightening ramifications of it. Itâs had a huge impact on the way I think about their dynamic. I love it so much.
My night sky by apathyinreverie
The first time Dave sees Klaus, he is wearing nothing but a bloody towel, clutching a briefcase to his chest like his life depends on it and looking up at him with big eyes from where he is sitting on the floor next to his cot.
And immediately, Dave is spellbound. Over the ten months they know each other, that doesnât change.
Rating: GâWord Count: 3k+âComplete (1/1)
Such a great look at Klaus from Daveâs outside, but smitten perspective. Almost like a character study of him, during a time when heâs going through so much. And itâs so well-written - right from the start thereâs a line about Klaus being made of contradictions that has stuck with me for so long.
Bad Habits by @siriuspiggyback
Dave shook his head. âI wasnât asking you to- I wanted to talk. Thatâs all. Not-â
âWhy are you making this so difficult?â accused Klaus. âI made you mad. So I was going to suck you off, so you wouldnât be mad anymore,â he said simply, like he was explaining something obvious.
Or, after a lifetime of sleeping with guys just to get off the streets for the night, Klaus has a bad understanding of consent. Dave isnât okay with that.
Rating: TâWord Count: 3k+âComplete (1/1)
And if we are talking about things that have stuck with me, this fic is one that I must have read so early on that I just folded it in with my baby developing Klaus and Dave dynamic headcanons, and itâs never left me. I think this is the only one on here that is set in some kind of post-not-apocalypse where they are navigating what a ânormalâ relationship looks like for them.
Iâll Be Cleaning Up Bottles With You On New Yearâs Day by @sunriseseance
Sitting behind him on the windowsill, in a truth that still feels false, is Dave. Quiet, right now. Rubbing Klausâs neck. Kissing it occasionally. New clothes, even, though still only things Klaus saw Dave wear in life. The closest he came to fancy enough for New Yearâs was the outfit he wore on the night they first kissed. The dates still get muddled in his head.
Dave still smells like Dave. Klaus can bring that back, too. The earthy-clean skin, the slight scent of sweat, the cotton of the polo. Something else, underneath all that. Something that Klaus could recognize anywhere, could follow to the end of the world, could die to protect.
Rating: NRâWord Count: 1k+âComplete (1/1)
I know Iâve recced this and her fics before but this fic is so incredibly beautiful that it really is the perfect fit for being the final one I rec for this event. Reading it feels like warmth. Itâs a concentrated dose of the exact kind of happiness that Klaus and Dave share at the best of times. I love it, and I love them, and I love her, and I love everyone in this fandom who is sharing their love with everyone by posting their creations <3
thanks for this week nine days of positivity, @tuafeedbackfest and everyone who participated!