Hi! I'm currently on Kurtbastian fics binge read, so I was wondering if you could share your 10 favourites?
Wow, my top 10 favorites. That’s going to a tough one. I’m obviously going to skip the major well-known ones that this fandom knows - A Change In The Weather - cacophony, Don’t You Remember - discordandrhythm and Glad You Came - daftydraw and JWMelmoth. With that being said, any other stories from that authors are bangers as well! But off to the actual list (in no particular order)
TOP 10 KURTBASTIAN FICS (MULTI-CHAPTERED, COMPLETED)
1. Europe Is Our Playground [Explicit] - GlassParade
Summary: Eight years and half the world away from home, a chance encounter in a Paris club leads Kurt and Sebastian - each running from the ghosts of their pasts - into the diversion of chasing each other across Europe.
2. A Shot In the Arm [Explicit] - somebetterwords
Summary: Kurt Hummel was a catch. Kurt was a catch, and Santana didn’t know what she was talking about. That’s what he’d tell himself until he believed it. But actually, talk was cheap. Kurt was going to go out and dangle himself at the gayest nightclub in the tri-county area and watch the men clamour to catch him. He wasn’t having a slutty meltdown or anything. His self esteem was not dependent on the attentions and opinions of strangers. He just needed an ego boost, one single night of his life for recalibration and encouragement from unbiased observers and also drinks. He just needed… a shot in the arm.(Though it wasn’t exactly a needle he was looking to stick in himself, and he didn’t want it going in his arm either.)
3. Live Without Shame / Call Me Anything You Want [Teen and Up Audiences] - Walden_pond313
Summary: Kurt is fed up with being heartbroken or disappointed when it comes to guys. Maybe it’s time for some fun… / Sequel to Live Without Shame. Basically, season 2 if Kurt/Blaine never happened
4. Barista Confessions [Explicit] - TheFirstMrsHummel
Summary: Unsure of his future following graduation, Kurt finds the status quo impossible to maintain. And when Sebastian Smythe comes crashing back into his life, it gets even more complicated. PLEASE NOTE NOT KLAINE/BLAINE FRIENDLY
5. The Boys of Summer [Mature] - MoreThanTonight
Summary: A camera. A jacket pin. A phone. Lemon balm leaves. A bottle cap. A box of condoms. A bottle of sleeping pills. On the last days of summer before college, Sebastian remembers the most eventful summer of his life and the items related to it. Kurtbastian.
6. Before You Met Me [General Audiences] - ellodoctor
Summary: When Kurt goes to Dalton to spy, he meets Sebastian Smythe who then points out lead singer Blaine Anderson, his latest “goal.” After Kurt runs into him again at sectionals (and actually meeting Blaine), he suddenly finds himself to be a fast and slightly coerced friend to them both. He’s thrown right into figuring out how much Sebastian cares about Blaine, how Blaine feels about Sebastian, confessing his bullying problems and dealing with Sebastian’s ego. And it actually seems to be worth it. But will that last?
7. give your heart (a break) [Mature] - drunkonwriting
Summary: Post-TBU AU. Life moves on after heartbreak: Kurt knows that more than most. As he tries to put his life back together after Blaine, he finds an unexpected ally in his new coworker and Isabelle’s nephew: Sebastian Smythe. As Kurt goes through his new life as a single man, he finds an unexpected depth to Sebastian and realizes that losing the first love of his life doesn’t mean he’ll never love again.
8. (Let’s give them) Something to talk - MemeKonGlee (MemeKonYA)
Summary: “I need you to—”“I heard you the first time,” Kurt interrupts, putting his fork and knife down on his plate and pushing his half-finished pancakes aside. “What I meant was: what the hell?”He points towards the neglected pancakes, trying to stall in the face of Kurt’s reaction.“Are you sure you don’t wanna finish that first?”The look in Kurt’s eyes tells him in no uncertain terms that no, he doesn’t want to finish his pancakes, Jesus.And so Sebastian has no option but to take a deep breath in, exhale slowly through his mouth and just… get on with it, internally cringing at how unbelievably ridiculous it all sounds when he puts it in words, all out there for the world (and more importantly, Kurt fucking Hummel) to judge. It all boils down to: I fucked up and I’m too proud to deal with it the mature way.
9. Twitch Verse [Teen and Up Audience] - sincerelyjessy*
*A series of oneshots that explores Kurt Hummel and Sebastian Smythe’s relationship
10. Would You Hold It Against Me [Mature] - deliriumbubbles
Summary: The Warblers discover that they and McKinley will be doing the same musical during the fall semester. After a spot of espionage against their rival school McKinley, new Warbler Sebastian finds himself fascinated by one of the young auditioners… and unintentionally becoming the Warblers’ nefarious leader.
TOP 10 KURTBASTIAN FICS (ONESHOTS)
1. The Daily Grind - orphan_account
Summary: Kurt Hummel is a bored barista, and Sebastian never gets off his phone.
2. The One with the Amusement Park [Teen and Up Audiences] - a_storm_of_frustration
Summary: “It was the only place I could think of where we could have ‘fun’”, he grits his teeth.Snorting indelicately, Kurt rolls his eyes as he fixes the lapel of his sky blue pea coat. “And by 'fun’ you mean snark at each other and insult each other’s weak points until we feel like murdering the other? And whoever gets to do it first wins?”Sebastian immediately grins. And he had to bite down that grin the minute that he sees Kurt grinning at him. “Well, I did pick a public place. Full of people. Potential witnesses.”“There are rides that provide some sort of privacy. I’ll take the chance, however brief it is.”“There’s always the Tunnel of Love.”Kurt gives him a look. Sebastian bites his tongue so hard he could taste blood.–In which Sam thinks that his best friend and his boyfriend should get to know each other better and…Well, bond.
3. Weather With You [Teen Audience and Up] - chocoholicannanymous
Summary: Kurt Hummel might not exactly be the last person Wes expects to see at the club, but not far from. Who he’s with, and what he’s doing however… Yeah, that might the last thing he expects.This is a fic-of-a-fic, showing a scene from “A Change In the Weather” from another point of view.
4. The Truth About Sebastian Smythe [Mature] - DasWarSchonKaputt
Summary: Sebastian Smythe does what he wants. Fuck the world. Now, if only the world would quit fucking him back. AKA: Sebastian Smythe’s therapy journal, ages 17 to 18.
5. Misery Loves Company [Teen and Up Audiences] - prettypurpleflower
Summary: Kurt and Sebastian keep getting ill and it messes everything up. Especially their feelings.
6. One Shots, Drabbles and Prompts (Oh My!) [General Audiences] - bastiankurts (orphan_accounts)
Summary: A collection of various pieces of written work for Kurtbastian that are either too short to upload individually or that I just felt worked better archived in this bundle. The majority of these have been shared on my own tumblr in the past and are labelled with their titles and the blurb they originally were given when first uploaded, and they include different scenarios for Kurt & Sebastian as well as a few familiar faces along for the ride!
7. Joysticks and Glitter [General Audiences] - supercanaries
Summary: Series of daddies!Kurtbastian drabbles and oneshots going through Kurt and Sebastian’s path as parents and their choices that drove them towards this direction.
8. First Brick [Teen And Up Audiences] - supercanaries
Summary: It’s only when he has almost managed to suppress any thought about his boyfriend’s unusual silence that Sebastian speaks, his breath heavy and preceding a revelation Kurt has been aware of for a long while now.“I’m gay.”
9. Let Them Look [Not Rated] - AnarchyWretch
Summary: Sebastian observes his boyfriend in his element, surrounded by adoring NYADA boys. It’s kind of an inflation to his ego, really.
10. The Textactive Stalker [Teen And Up Audiences] - Wednesday Thunder (wednesdaythunder)
Summary: Sebastian: Ever since he started getting text messages from an unknown number, it becomes evident with every new text that the other person knows exactly who he was. Yet, even the creepy stalker factor wasn’t enough to stop Sebastian from forming a real connection with a friend he only knows by written words. Or does he? Kurt: Never the one to go down without a challenge, he anonymously starts texting to Sebastian Smythe, trying to find any weakness in his armour. But never was he prepared for the boy he got to know, or the feelings to grow stronger with each unopened message…
Honorable Mention (if you truly want a binge)
1. Lady Divine (fhartz91)
