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fic recs: archive edition

So earlier this week I was lightly complaining about how there are so many good fics I read back in 2021 (the good old 5A days. Christ.) that I never se recommended anymore, and @shitouttabuck asked if I could make a rec post of some of those fics.

Now, I still think of myself as somewhat new in the fandom - I joined within the first episodes of 5A - but it is true that a lot of people I see on my dash nowadays came into it much later. Fandom in general has a big recency bias when it comes to fics, and trying to find older fics can be a daunting project, unless they've ended up on the first page of most kudosed/commented/bookmarked on AO3 or you have a lot of time and patience on your hands. There are currently over 21600 fics in the buddie tag on AO3, so I don't blame anyone for not having the energy to go through all of that.

Side note - calling fics published during or before S5 old feels fucking weird. I already gave some friends crises when I mentioned reccing "older fics (aka 2020-2021 ones)" so all of you who have been here longer than me - I know, trust me, I know. It was yesterday. We are withering away.

There's no way I could fit all fics I want to recommend into one post (I want to keep it kind of short so people actually have a chance to look into all the fics on the list), so I might do this as a weekly thing for a while. I quite enjoyed going back to some of the fics I devoured in my early days of fandom, so this might turn into a proper nostalgia trip for me personally!

Without further ado, some fics published in 2019/2020 that I think you should read:

falling by @elisela Buck and Eddie take a walk up to an overlook and share one of the softest moments I've ever read. 1.3k words, rated G

Work Husband by hideeho (@agentlemuse) Chimney messes with Eddie's phone and changes Buck's contact to "husband." Eddie doesn't change it back, for some reason he can't articulate to himself. 1.4k words, rated T

four a.m. by asgardiun (@kitchenscene) Buck follows the rain up to the roof of the firehouse. Eddie follows Buck. 2.9k words, rated G

Medicine Man by @lovelylittlegrim Buck hits his head at work, and Eddie kisses his forehead to make it better. Buck gets stuck on it and thinks he'd like Eddie to do it again. 4.1k words, rated G

like a revelation by throughfire Maddie watches Buck and Eddie's casual intimacy and is confused by what their relationship status is, until she gets help realizing she doesn't need to be. 5.2k words, rated G

the meaning of the words you see by @florenceandthemachine Nurse!Buck gets a text from an unknown number who thinks it's someone they talked to in a bar, but they keep texting even after clearing up the mistake (and proving it with selfies), and things evolve from there. 8.6k words, rated E

[lover-of-mine]

Inspired by when the hardest part is over by throughfire on AO3

The hallway light catches on the sharp lines of Buck’s features, now, highlighting half of his face and making the unshed tears along his lash lines shine. He has curled a hand – seemingly reflexively – around Eddie’s wrist as though to stop him, and now they’re caught in the doorway as though they’re framed by it, painting the scene of a breathless, halted aftermath that neither of them knows how to navigate. A mess to be hung in a museum somewhere for other people to analyze to pieces.

The slightly shorter one is in love, they’ll say. The taller one has no idea.

[notsoinnocentlittleangel]

Headcanon + food

send  me  ‘ headcanon ‘  +  a  word  and  i  will  give  you  a  headcanon  around  it.

Joanna likes fried food.  Her two favorites are catfish and chicken.  She likes a lot of seafood, something she picked up growing up in south Louisiana.  She’s not particularly a fan of crawfish, however.  She knows the fried food isn’t healthy to eat all the time so she does try to moderate it.  She also likes most fruit and vegetables, and includes vegetables in nearly all of the dinners she fixes.  She’s more likely to want a burger and fry kind of meal than a fancy meal from an expensive restaurant.  

[backedagainstthewall]

Headcanon + sleep

send  me  ‘ headcanon ‘  +  a  word  and  i  will  give  you  a  headcanon  around  it.

James has some problems with insomnia and nightmares. While it's not a nightly thing, it is fairly common for him to have trouble either falling asleep or waking up at night. Sometimes he'll have several nights of bad sleep in a row and eventually has a night where he'll sleep 10 hours because he's so tired. It improves somewhat as he gets older, especially but never quite goes away completely.

[liftedrelics]

I love you. Don't forget. <3

I LOVE YOU TOO AND ALWAYS WILL NO MATTER WHAT I HOPE YOU KNOW! <3

[melsworldofmuses-to-be-deleted]

@throughfire said: *cough* Jackson is 31 *cough*

Kim: TOO YOUNG!! I’M A COUGAR!!!

.....ma’am pls....

[hisatonement]

Dennis's phone rings. It's an unknown number and the voice on the other end is an unfamiliar male. "Hi. Dennis? It's Jacob. Jess gave me your number, said you needed help tracking something?" [idk have a thing?]

He's surprised to hear Jacob's voice, Jess must be busy with another job, but he appreciates her sending someone else to help in her stead, "Oh, hey Jacob, yeah potential Werewolf reported over in Newport. Bodies, pawprints, howling, that kind of thing. If it's the real deal, I didn't wanna go facing it alone."

[dunamiser]

@throughfires​ said:‘ and proper families look after each other. that’s what they’re for. ’ (from beau)

        “ i wouldn’t know. “ essek responded easily, eyes unable to meet hers. he didn’t want her keen and practised gaze to bore into his, he had quite enough of that recently. but it easy to see that he is still picking up his own pieces.         “ is it the nature of families to forgive one another so easily? when you all found me out, i was sure that it was my end. that you would haul me to the bright queen. it would have engraced you to her even further, the rewards would have been... “ he faded off, closed his eyes and rubbed the back of his neck.          “ tell me honestly, “ his head raised to meet her gaze, searching for something, “ what you think. i have not known you to dance around your opinions. “

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[leothil]

fic recs: archive edition 2

Big thanks to everyone who told me they liked and appreciated the last post! Making lists like this is very fun for me, but it's extremely gratifying that others get some joy out of it as well!

As such, I'm continuing my project of bringing bringing older fics (relatively speaking) back into the limelight! Please enjoy another selection of fics from 2020!

until the sun comes around again by throughfire They are in love and soft in the kitchen. I can't emphasize enough how soft and sweet this is! 2.7k words, rated G

at the right time by @elisela I recommended this not long ago, but it bears repeating! Teacher!Buck meets and starts dating Eddie without knowing that he's the father of one of his students. Much delicious (mutual) pining ensues! 24.2k words, rated E

Against The Odds by an-alternate-world SWAT team leader Eddie gets ordered to find a hobby that can help him reduce his grief and anger after losing his wife. He begrudgingly takes up drawing classes, where the model intrigues him. Soulmark AU with intriguing worldbuilding, and one of very few fics where Buck doesn't meet Chris until he's already romantically involved with Eddie. 89k words, rated E

a picture of what life could be by @buckactuallys Buck wins a trip to a romantic wellness retreat, and when none of the couples around him can make it he decides to go himself and bring Eddie. Even if everyone there assumes they're a couple, what could go wrong? 29.2k, rated T

Capping the recs at four this week, since there are some longer ones in this selection! Hope you enjoy them!

[now-listening-to]

Awesome rock cover of Christina Perri's "Jar of Hearts".

[musiquedujour]

29 Jun 18

Brynn Cartelli: Walk My Way

Mike Shinoda: Crossing the Line

Troye Sivan ft. Alessia Cara: Wild

Tom Walker: Leave a Light On

Axwell & Ingrosso & Trevor Guthrie: Dreamer (Matisse & Sadko Remix)

Chromatics: Black Walls

The Weeknd: Call Out My Name

Five Stairsteps: O-o-h Child

The Spinners: Ooh Child

Antonique Smith: Higher (Let Your Guard Down)

Ne-Yo: Apology

Through Fire: Breathe

In This Moment & Rob Halford: Black Wedding

Billy Idol: White Wedding

Three Days Grace: Pain

Three Days Grace: Just Like You

Underoath: Rapture

Sixx:A.M.: This Is Gonna Hurt

Walk the Moon: Kamikaze

The Strokes: Reptilia

Weezer: Africa

Toto: Africa

Toto: Rosanna

Weezer: Rosanna

Weezer: Say It Ain't So

Bad Religion: Los Angeles Is Burning

Green Day: 21 Guns

Green Day: Welcome to Paradise

Parade of Lights: Inside My Head

Alice Merton: Lash Out

The Driver Era: Preacher Man