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You know what makes me feel better? Willex. Fic. Recs. 

Willex Fic Recs is a blog dedicated to bringing forward all the favorite Willex fics of this fandom. These fics may be complete or incomplete, written or designed (SMAUs), and can be anything that you really love. 

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Please submit fics that were written by someone other than yourself 

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empty spaces in my soul (right where you belong) by @hearjessroar 

Teen and Up Audiences | 5k | Oneshot | Completed 

It's been awhile since anybody has been affectionate with Willie.

Alex doesn't really think twice about it.

or, five times Willie gets the kiss he deserves instead of the kiss he wants.

Tagging: Rated T for Tender, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Kissing, Fluff, Established Relationship 

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I Got Your Flower (Kick His Ass, Baby) by @kybee1497 

Teen and Up Audiences | 5k | Oneshot | Completed 

So now Alex, brand new Royal Bodyguard, was standing in Pushing Daisies watching his new charge humming over a bouquet, the sunlight from the wall of windows (bad strategic design choice by the way, it was terribly hard to keep Willie safe from potential harm when the entire front of the store was floor to ceiling glass) was streaming in, lighting Willie’s hair up and making it glow.

Oh

Oh no

Tagging: Alternate Universe - Flower Shop, Royalty, Bodyguard, Flirting With Flowers, Injury 

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Piss Off Your Parents (Date Me To Scare Them) by @alexthedrummerboy 

Teen and Up Audiences | 43k | Chaptered | Completed 

Alex Mercer doesn't want to go home for Christmas; but if he has to, he's certainly gonna raise a little hell. Enter: Willie, the cute guy in his history of English class who would be the perfect fake boyfriend candidate.

So if you wanna piss off your parents, date me to scare them, show them you're all grown up. If long hair and tattoos are what attract you, baby then you're in luck.

Tagging: Alternate Universe - College/University, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Christmas, Homophobia 

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Kiss Me With Your Cleats On by @alexthedrummerboy

Teen and Up Audiences | 86k | Chaptered | Completed 

It’s a well-known fact, or rather an indisputable law, that the Los Feliz High Phantoms and the Belmont High Tigers do not mix. If Alex were to so much as suggest something involving the Tigers that didn’t involve toilet paper and varying degrees of legality, Luke would no doubt throw a temper tantrum; but Alex’s opinion on the Tigers is quick to change when he meets their new star defender, Willie Covington.

Tagging: Alternate Universe - High School, Sports, Everyone is Alive/Nobody is Dead, Secret Relationship, References to Bullying and Homophobia, Rivals, There Was Only One Ball 

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Don't come into a man's house and insult his shampoo (unless it's your boyfriend's) by @michelangelinda 

Teen and Up Audiences | 4k | Oneshot | Completed 

“After I told you three times that you shouldn’t because you’ll fall and break something, you actually did it and fucking broke something?” Alex groans and closes his eyes, dragging a hand over his face dramatically. “I don’t want to say it, but I really want to say it.” “Say it.” “I told you so.” . . . the one where Willie breaks his wrist and Alex comes over to help him wash his hair

Tagging: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Let Alex Mercer Say Fuck, Injury 

Anonymous: It’s a super adorable and a quick read. I frequently reread it when my attention span is short but I still want to read a good fic

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Heaven Help a Thief (Who Falls In Love) by @theobligatedklutz 

Teen and Up Audiences | 26k | Chaptered | Work In Progress 

Alexander Mercer’s life begun with thievery and if he has anything to say about it, it will end with his own island surrounded by an enormous amount of wealth. Too bad, it’s not in his hands. Probably because Willie, a boy with extraordinarily long, brown hair frypans his way into his life and changes the course of it drastically.

Willie? He just wants to see the floating lights.

Two days worth a lifetime follow.

A Willex Tangled AU

Tagging: Inspired by Tangled (2010), Fluff and Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Rapunzel!Willie, Flynn Rider!Alex, Manipulative Relationship, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Child Abduction, Swearing 

Anonymous: sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good 💜🖤 It's a willex tangled au hehe

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His Last Name by @kybee1497 

General Audiences | 1k | Oneshot | Completed 

2 bros holding hands in public cause... they're bros?

Tagging: Crack Treated Seriously, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Accidental Relationship, Concussions, Minor description of injury 

Anonymous: the entire series especially the first part is one of my favorite willex reads

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close your eyes and jump by @on-irratia 

Not Rated | 12k | Oneshot | Completed 

"Oh my god, I’m so fucking gay.” The doors haven’t even fully shut behind him, but Alex is already tossing his backpack aside and falling down onto the plushy new rug in the garage. He hears Luke mutter an exasperated “Jesus Christ.” Alex, lying face first on the ground, just groans. The rug is very soft, and he wants for it to swallow him whole. Reggie snickers. Julie enters. “What’s Alex doing on the floor, is he okay?” “He’s being dramatic,” Luke says. “I’m so, so gay,” Alex says, rolling onto his back. “Yeah, we kinda got that from the 15 messages you sent to the groupchat,”

OR

Alex is an anxious, gay mess with a huge crush and when said crush starts talking to him he doesn't know what to do.

Tagging: Alternate Universe - High School, First Kiss, Pining, Swearing, Implied/Referenced Homophobia 

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It Takes Its Toll, It Breaks My Soul by @wr0temyway0ut 

Teen and Up Audiences | 3k | Oneshot | Completed 

“It’s my fault,” Willie sighs. “We found these really steep stairs and I dared him to skate down the rail.”

“Oh my god, you idiots,” Alex hisses, squeezing his eyes shut and raising his face to the ceiling like he’s praying. For what, Willie doesn’t know. It’s probably a good thing he has his eyes closed, anyway, because he misses the way both Willie and Reggie tense at his words. Before Alex can look back down, Reggie uses his non-injured hand to wipe away the tears that have fallen, and Willie steps away to wrap his arms around himself, thumb rubbing at his bicep.

Or, Willie and Reggie aren't dumb. They're kind of sick of being told otherwise.

Tagging: Willie Uses He/Him and They/Them Pronouns, Alex and Reggie are trans but it’s not relevant, Broken Bones, Hospitals, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Reggie Has ADHD, Willie Has ADHD

herequeerandcantdrinkbeer: My favourite fanfic author, and all of his Willex works are so good! It was hard to just pick one…

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In Your Starlight by @floating-in-the-blue

Teen and Up Audiences | 58k | Chaptered | Completed 

“The Sunset Curve vanished into the nebula 25 years ago. The last ever heard was a distress call. All you guys were declared dead.”

“We’ve been in a buffer for 25 years?!” Alex was trying very hard not to panic.

* Knowledge of Star Trek not required!

Tagging: Alternate Universe - Star Trek, There’s Only One Bed, Minor Angst, Fluff, Happy Ending 

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you showed me faith is not blind (miracles happen) by @sunsetcurbed

Teen and Up Audiences | 62k | Chaptered | Completed 

Willie squeezes his hand. "Do you want to talk about what happened today, or do you wanna go watch me crash and fall off my skateboard at the park while I try some gazelle flips?"

Alex laughs. "I want to talk."

"Okay. Take your time, okay? We've got all the time in the world, yeah?"

"Two days ago my mom told me my grandmother was in town and wanted to meet with me," Alex starts, not giving himself any more time to think. Willie's thumb traces circles on the back of his hand, comforting him. "I thought, maybe my grandmother wants to connect with her only remaining family. That's how it started out, too. It really seemed like that was her intention. But then she asked about—I can't even remember his full name. But she asked me about the prince of Beasiga. The prince of Beasiga, who was my father." Willie's thumb stops.

(*)

(or: the willex princess diaries au that no one asked for but I wrote anyways)

Tagging: Inspired by Princess Diaries, Modern Royalty, Friendship, Friends to Lovers, Fluff, Hurt/Comfort, Implied/Referenced Homophobia, Prince Alex Mercer, Anxiety, Alternate Universe - High School 

Anonymous: It’s one of my absolute favorite comfort fics

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I can’t wait until we get some place where the fics aren’t served out of the back of an oldsmobile. 

... 

Well what if we... just... made that happen? 

That’s the exact aim with Willex Fic Recs! A place for you to go where you don’t have to worry about spilling pickle juice on cables scouring through pages on AO3 or tumblr. Willex Fic Recs will be an organized page, sorting fics about your favorite gay ghost boyfriends. 

We need your help to run this page though! It is, after all, called Willex Fic Recs! We want your recommendations of your favorite Willex fics you’ve read, whether they’re some of the most well-known in the fandom, or whether they’ve only got a few kudos. We want them all. We want to share them all. 

You can send them to us via ask or submission. We ask that you include: link, title, and author. 

We’ll see you around, Fantoms. 

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