Marti x Nico fic rec list
Inspired by: 1) the ask I got requesting nicotino fic recs 2) the lack of fic rec posts in this fandom and 3) my own procrastination
my personal favorites are marked with a ★
explicit fics are marked (E)
and incomplete chaptered fics are marked with ✐
canon-compliant/divergent & post-canon & slice of life
Martinese by ginnyred ★
summary: Nico has always been fairly good at languages.
Londra A/R by ginnyred ★
summary: i miss you already. Or, Marti leaves on a four-day school trip to London.
tre giorni by akmongs ★
summary: "I think this summer is going to be good.“ Snippets of Marti and Nico’s life over three days.
maybe… by Princess_sized
summary: Hi! I didn’t like the idea of Marti being so upset after the fundraiser and not seeing any kind of resolution for him so… here ya go! Ele’s POV because it’s her season, of course.
Matched by ginnyred
summary: When Marti told him the five-a-side football tournament began in two weeks, Nico smiled gently and said: “That’s great. Is Chinese okay for dinner?” With hindsight, he might have underestimated the whole thing a little bit.
tell me what you need by crucios (E)
summary: There’s something a little off-kilter tonight that Marti can’t pinpoint. Nico’s smile doesn’t quite reach his eyes and there’s a strained and anxious sort of energy thrumming through him. Like it’s just under the surface of his skin but hasn’t quite broken through.
quicken the heart by crucios
summary: The words come spilling out a bit like a cup clumsily overflowing. Marti can feel his cheeks heat up a little. It’s not even that he’s embarrassed. Not really. It’s Nico. He can tell Nico anything. It’s just… a strange thing to hear himself say. Before Nico he had never properly imagined that he would ever be this intimate with someone—intimate enough to be able to have conversations like this.
clean breaks by ladyballs_and_manboobs
summary: Mamma Rametta angst or Nicotino angst? Why not both!
let me face hurricanes by ladyballs_and_manboobs
summary: Martino’s courage is tested.
he ain’t heavy by ladyballs_and_manboobs
summary: Chapter 1: Gio reflects on Marti’s confession (Episode 6) Chapter 2: Gio becomes the Love Magician (Episode 7) Chapter 3: Gio gets to know Marti’s boyfriend better (Episode 8) Chapter 4: Gio takes care of his boys after the fight (S3)
Old Flames by claudinedelyon
summary: Through sheer bad luck, Martino never receives Nico’s post-its or the antidote. The next time they see each other, ten years have passed and they are back in very familiar territory.
don’t know where you start, and where i begin by akmongs (E)
summary: Marti thinks another reason why they have anticipated this trip so much is this. Having a hotel room to themselves for five nights. No one else’s schedule dictating how much time they have. No one interrupting them. No biting his hand to keep quiet when Nico slips a hand in his boxers while his mom is sleeping next door. Just the two of them, alone in a room with a double bed and what feels like endless hours to spend wrapped in each other.
Forget The World Outside by givemesumaurgravy
summary: “Stay with me,” Niccolò says, and it’s not so much a question as a request, one that Martino could never deny him. Martino would stay forever if Niccolò let him. Or, what happens after the pool kiss scene.
Buttons by Princess_sized
summary: “I know it sounds crazy, but I never meant to hurt you.” Or, Marti starts wearing his shirts buttoned all the way up sometime between the end of their 3rd year and the start of 4th. This is why.
pda (private displays of affection) by lamourestout
summary: s3 ep2 missing scene (except not really since it’s not marti’s season anymore) but after nico whispered to marti and they left while ele and eva were talking aka making out in edoardo incanti’s guest bedroom because they’re very in love with each other
Unforgivable by ginnyred
summary: There is a moment, it lasts maybe a couple of seconds, in which Marti wonders if Nico has been listening to him at all. But then Nico looks at him. Really, really looks at him and Marti knows he knows. “What is it that you’re ashamed of?” Nico asks, kind but resolute. He kisses his forehead and holds Marti’s face in his hands. “Betraying your friend’s trust? Or the feelings you had for him?” Marti tells Gio, but first he tells Nico.
alternate universe:
Nico the fitness trainer AU by ladyballs_and_manboobs ★ ✐
summary: Martino has to take pilates classes with the girls after losing a bet to Elia. It doesn’t turn out as bad as he feared.
For art’s sake by ginnyred ★
summary: Being an art critic, Marti thought he knew what posh artists were like. Not bothering to show up at one’s own art opening has got to be a new low, though.
focal point by GiuliaMed ★
summary: Finding new friends is Niccolò’s priority after changing schools, but somewhere along the line, one of the four boys he meets becomes more important. Snapshots of Nico slowly falling in love.
Mezzo Forte by silver_etoile
summary: Martino knows falling for a straight guy is bad news, but his heart just doesn’t seem to listen.
but nothing ever stops you leaving by akmongs (E)
summary: Nico moves to Milan after university. Marti doesn’t cope as well as he thought he would. Over a month since they last saw each other, he decides to book a train and surprise him.
Threading the Needle by claudinedelyon
summary: Anybody who has so much as met Martino could probably tell fashion is not his biggest passion in life. But he has rent and bills to pay so he will happily take the position offered by Brava, a small but growing clothing company. The fact that the job turns out not as crappy as he feared and that the people working there welcome him with open arms, those are all perks that just make his life easier. And the presence of one dark-haired designer who seems to draw great amusement from his lack of knowledge or interest in the company’s line of business, well, it’s something else entirely.
Do you Feel a Comma in your Heart? by claudinedelyon
summary: Martino is a professional, somewhat experienced, translator. He’s worked with all kinds of proofers before, and it’s mostly gone well. And then, he’s introduced to the new proofer who is working with him on his latest project and has got green eyes, an infectious smile and opinions on the proper use of commas.
Io non ci credo, alle giraffe by Akira14 ✐
summary: Once upon a time, there was a boy who couldn’t sleep. This is the story of his quest for a cure, for the song of a wounded soul and the tears of a mythical creature. And what if he finds love, along the way? Love… Everybody seems so obsessed with that, but Martino had seen with his own eyes how dangerous, how painful, it was to fall for someone and he would rather avoid it. Will he?
Bewitched by ginnyred
summary: Marti looks down at himself. Long, lean pianist fingers that are not his at all. He’s swimming in his blue t-shirt, suddenly a lot slimmer. He puts his hands in his hair and it’s weird because the feeling is familiar, but the angle is wrong. He touches his face, the long line of his nose, his jaw and prominent cheekbones. “What the fuck?” he whispers, looking up again, and his own voice startles him with how deep it is. “I’m you!”
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PLEASE ADD TO THIS WITH ITALIAN FICS I BEG OF Y’ALL
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don't know where you start, and where i begin 💕
thank you sarah 💕 for this one, i don’t know if i had a specific scene in mind, i just had the idea of the whole fic in my head for literal months, i wanted to write that specific smut but also some soft moments. i don’t know about you, but i either start writing because i have a precise dialogue or a precise image in my head. i think in this case i had a general picture but what got me in the flow was the little dialogue in the first part, when they look at the pictures and choose what to put on instagram and how to caption it, the “fucking hipster”, the “capital n?” and this whole bit:
"What's up?" he asks.
Nico shakes his head, moving to stroke Marti's cheek with the back of his fingers.
"I'm happy," Nico whispers.
"Yeah?"
"Yeah."
where the switch happens. i really wanted the reader to hear the softness of their voices, see the look in their eyes (especially imagine marti’s big bambi eyes) and... yeah. after this, writing the smut was a devastating process lol, but worth it, i think. <3
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I cannot stop thinking about Besse saying he never makes the characters in skam italia say I love you, because showing it is more important than stating it.
And to me these lines of dialogue are one of many examples of how they create such great character dynamics and relationships that feel deep, without ever using tropes like emotional love declarations.
Not only is this line perfectly in character for both of them, it also makes the clip end on a positive note. And most importantly, tells us so much more about them in that moment.
Marti showing he’s still frustrated with the fisherman situation, but he accepts Nico’s words that calmed him down. It’s a much needed safe space after what they went through in the past weeks. But Nico being Marti’s safe space never changed, and now they’re back together, and they’re a team again, and Nico is the one he can count on to make a decision for both of them.
I trust you to navigate me through this, and I trust your decision. They can only do this if they do it together, if they’re on the same page.
Nico saying what we have is stronger than his words that want to hurt us. Celebrating and having a good time is more important to us right now.
It’s I am choosing you, I am choosing us above anything else.
This is such a nice contrast, because Marti spends the season mocking Gio for his ‘devotion’ to Sofia. He makes fun of the “Amore, amore mio”, of the constant kissing. And he knows how rocky their relationship is in reality, how they don’t spend quality time together, don’t make each other a priority, how it’s not what Gio needs. Marti sees how a relationship that seems to be full of terms of endearment and PDA is actually shallow.
And then the content look on Nico’s face, how happy he is that they’re finally back together, that he has something to look forward to today, that he can hold Marti in his arms, that he can provide comfort again.
He knows they will be okay, because he will protect what they have.
It’s one of the things skam italia is full of: showing the love in relationships by showing the dynamic, by showing how they take care of each other, and how they learn to make each other better people.
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