#my gosh i love platonic g/t scenarios

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NEW BRAIN ROT

A borrower and his pregnant wife hunker down in a new and safer house after a last minute move due to their old residence adopting a cat. She is dealing with constant cravings, so the husband takes it upon themselves to try and steal more and more random (and frustratingly hard to open/carry foods).

Prying open the fridge, stealing whole cans to try and crack open, trying to figure out how to steal various liquids without just puncturing the cartons...

Inevitably, this risky behavior gets them caught. They managed to pry the fridge open again, only for the human ( who moments ago was asleep) to sleepily open up the fridge. In their panic they manage to get their legs stuck in the barred rack, leaving them in full sight of the human.

The human shouts falling back at the unexpected sight and for a moment the two just stare.

The human reaches for him and this time it's the borrower who falls back, leg still stuck between bars. Their pleas just slip out-

"Please, I have a wife and a child on the way- "

The human pauses, his hand changing orientation, going from reaching to grab to offering an open palm to help the borrower stand.

They're caught by a young man roughly the same age as them. Though taken aback by the bizzare scenario, the human offers a nervous smile and asks them what they were trying to get.

The borrower sheepishly admits they were trying to get pickles and peanut butter.

The human man lets out a genuine laugh, nodding as if agreeing.

"Dude, my wife gets the same craving!"

The borrower is surprised at the revelation, but for some reason he finds the similarities between their situation reassuring.

The man helps him out of the fridge and packs up some food for him, adding a few extra snacks as well as multivitamins for his wife. All the while the two quickly bond over their situation. Both are first time fathers, both are terrified yet excited, both are head over heels for their wives etc...

The borrower doesn't leave right away. They stay up talking, opening up a beer or sharing a late night coffee. Regardless, the two somehow manage to put the bizzareness of their situation on the back burner due to the excitement of finding someone else that can relate.

AHH

Just two soon to be Dad Bros trying to navigate uncharted water.

Bonus points if both their wives are listening in like "What the fuck is going on?" But neither of them want to go through the hassle of getting up to investigate because they're sore and everything sounds fine..

[bunnykaye]

Disclaimer: this list would be HELLA LONGER but @aosrecweek made such a comprehensive division of fics per day for the whole week that this list is mostly canon-divergent/canon fix-it/AUs 😝😝😝

Palmer's Kiss by @sunalsolove (E, 18k words) - Academy AU featuring one of my most favorite tropes -- SOULMATES! And the way two people finding out who is their soulmate is SO INTERESTING in this fic ;) P.S. There is a FANTASTIC fanart by @agentofship​ and graphic by @antoine-triplett​! ❤️

F.I.T.S. by TomatoBookworm (T, 25k words) - S1/post 1x02 AU where Jemma cooks up a plan to convince Fitz to explore a romantic relationship! OH! And also: F.I.T.S. means Fall In Twenty Steps. Haha!

Undercover by @ritalara​ (E, 39k words) - 2x22/S3 AU where Jemma DOES NOT get swallowed up by the monolith and instead goes through with her date with Fitz. The story jumps from before and after their date but don’t let that confuse you! This is a must-read!

All Through the Night by @blancasplayground/@libbyweasley​ (E, 31k words) - S2 AU where undercover Hydra!Jemma talks to Fitz through dreams. Alternating POVs between Fitz and Jemma (it gets hot *fans self*)

Model Agent by @robotgort​ (E, 13k words) - S1 AU where Fitz goes undercover as a model and Jemma is veeeery affected 😜

The Sleeping Beauty Curse by @libbyweasley​ (E, 26k words) - EEEEEEEE!!!!! S1 AU where Jemma pricks herself with an 0-8-4 and wakes up in the future. Alternate POVs between Fitz (present) and Jemma (future). GOSH you should see future husband!Fitz. *swoon*

Impossible by @sunalsolove​ (T, 22k words) - QUITE POSSIBLY MY MOST FAVORITE S1 AU FIC EVER!!! I re-read this a lot 😍 a S1 AU where Fitz and Simmons gets handed a mysterious baby and how that baby connects to them.. you’ll see! AAAAHHHHH!!!!! THIS IS ADORABLE YOU HAVE NO IDEA!!!!!

I'll See You on the Other Side by @jemmafitzsimmons​ (T, 36k words) - WHAT I WOULDN’T GIVE FOR THIS TO BE CANON, TBH. Framework AU where there is no SHIELD, Fitz isn’t head of HYDRA (he has his own corporation) BUT Jemma and Daisy is. Their lives inevitably intertwine in the FW world though, and this is an amazing take on it!

Burn Down the Disco by Rozjozbrod (E, 28k words) - this is a Black Mirror AU (and techically should be in Day 7 of AoS rec week) but the PLOT TWIST at the last chapter will make sense *wink wink* THIS IS AMAZING.

It Sucks to Be You by @memorizingthedigitsofpi (M, 48k words) - another post 2x22/S3 AU where Jemma gets sucked by the monolith... AND SO DOES FITZ. 😱 And the monolith doesn’t transport a body to another galaxy but instead swaps two bodies! A hilarious fic BUT WITH LOTS OF FEELS!

I See My Future in You by forestfantail (G, 19k words) - Academy AU where Fitz gets a glimpse (or more like a play-through) of the future... BUT WITH THE WHOLE ACADEMY (AND JEMMA) TO SEE. Feels-inducing coz there is MISUNDERSTANDING involved, but oh when both of them find out what happens in the future though! 😜

While You Waited in Darkness by @the-nerdy-stjarna (G, 67k words) - S3A AU where Jemma gets transported to Maveth, meets Will but the relationship is PURELY PLATONIC. Also, something happened between Fitz and Jemma before she got transported to another galaxy 😱 YOOOO this fic made me BAWL MY EYES OUT 😭😭😭

Fake It 'Til You Make It by @kienova66 (E, 21k words) - S1 AU where FitzSimmons tricks Skye into pretending they’re doing the frickle-frackle by making sex sounds so Skye could hear 🤣 Man I love pretend relationship tropes 😍😝

Can't Take the Heat by @memorizingthedigitsofpi​ (E, 70k words) - FIRST OF ALL... *fans self* SciOps/pre-S1 AU where Fitz bunks in with Jemma’s apartment for a bit because of a busted air conditioner.. and gets their relationship sorted out waaayyyy earlier. Smutty McSmutsterson!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥 Misunderstandings by AmandaRex (E, 25k words) - post-S3A AU where Jemma leaves SHIELD but gets pulled back to SHIELD (and Fitz) coz her life is in danger. Douchecanoe Ward is involved.. but in the process Fitz and Jemma work out their misunderstanding (hence the title!)

No Time for Words by @blancasplayground​ (T, 12k words) - 2x04-2x05 AU where a still-strugglng-with-hypoxia Fitz (and without Jemma who’s undercover in Hydra) meets Deke Shaw. It’s like the relationship reset we wished for in S6 (and we had, TO A POINT! lol) but it happens in S2! The Fitz x Deke relationship in this is soooo endearing! ❤️

The Storm Inside by @agentverbivore​ (E, 116k words) - a post 2x10 AU wherein someone from the team undergoes terrigenesis..... AND IT ISN’T SKYE. (SPOILER ALERT: IT’S FITZ and he gets the quake powers 😱😜) Fitz and Simmons work out in mending their cracked friendship and also pursuing a romantic one. Features The Afterlife, Gordon and Lincoln as a magnificent wingman! (PS: this is the longest fic in this rec list!)

Ten Thousand Mile by @sunalsolove​ (E, 64k words) - a WHAT IF? scenario post 5x22 where S5 Fitz/Marauder Fitz doesn’t DIE in the battle of Chicago... BUT LIVES? And then proceeds to help rescue the other Fitz under cryostasis in space??? A two-Fitz paradox fic where Jemma gets HER TWO FITZES so *cough*LOTS OF SMUT*cough* but also LOTS OF FEELS because DOUBLE THE FITZ is DOUBLE THE ANGST lol

Detour by @agentofship (E, 8k words as of this post’s writing) - the ONLY WIP in this list, and I know it’s only 8k atm but this is 10 chapters total and it’s only on Chapter 2 BUT IT’S SO GOOD! A post 1x22/S2 AU where Fitz still gets hypoxia because of what Ward did to him. He crosses paths with Jemma, which PLOT TWIST: isn’t with SHIELD, but instead owns a coffee shop and a guest house in... YOU GUESS IT: PERTHSHIRE!