#ray's fic recs

[syn4k]

hallo came here to ask. I really liked the little things ya write, the stuff I've read is really really cool n i finally have the time to read some long fics n stuff, so what are some fics of yours that you could recomend? idk where to start n I'd like to hear more abt the stuff ya make :]]

oh my goodness this is actually a really nice ask to receive,, hello anon! glad you're enjoying our shorter works!

we have three long-ish fics that are all up on our ao3 as well as a couple multichapters in progress.

the two finished long(ish) fics of ours that i'd reccomend:

twice. (40,503 words) | Hermitcraft, No Romantic Relationship(s), Teen and Up Audiences, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death

An alternate universe with a fantasy setting, Xisuma and Evil Xisuma-centric. This work follows the journey of one Xisuma Void, King of Hermit's Hollow, and one Xelqua (Exy) Void, his younger brother who came into the world under less than usual circumstances and has picked up a hobby that X isn't too fond of. Misunderstandings occur and spiral. If you're worried about the MCD, it might help to know that they do get better, just not within the timeline of the work!

the younger years (10,557 words) | Empires SMP, No Romantic Relationship(s), General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply

In the desert capital of Pixandria, the king has gone missing without so much as a trace or a warning. A curious young girl slips into his house to poke around and perhaps get some clues, running into another Emperor on the way. About a thousand years later, a tired history major who lives in that same desert unearths a chest while digging a garden, leading him on a journey around the Empires.

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now, we also have some works in progress that are either already decently long or which we're planning on making longer! both of these are Empires fics because we have a hyperfixation

works in progress of ours that i'd reccomend:

(i'll tend to the flame, you can worship the) ashes (currently 16,572 words) | Empires SMP, No Romantic Relationship(s), Teen and Up Audiences, Creator Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings, check the tags on this one for more information

In the aftermath of the Empires S1 apocalypse, Fwhip and his sister Gem are headed towards an obscure corner of the world in which a portal sits. Their plan is to go through this portal to a kinder world, one where they can escape all of the horrors of this one. One night, they touch down in the desert and, almost by accident, come into contact with Pixlriffs, the Copper King, who has been missing for eight years. They decide to bring him with them on their journey, but it becomes clear immediately that something is very wrong with Pix, and he's not talking. The story follows the three as they journey across the world, have arguments over food rations, survive a freak plot-relevant bear attack, and try to navigate both the crushing weight settled on Pixl's shoulders as well as their own. Things do get bleak a lot, but I promise it doesn't have a bad ending.

invisibility (What?) (currently at 3,422 words) | Empires SMP, Jimmy | Solidarity/Scott Major | Smajor1995, General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply

This one started as a oneshot and then we realized that oh hey, it could have a plot! Scott goes out at 3am one Sunday evening to meet up with his lover, but things go wrong when he feeds his horse a diluted invisibility potion. (The horse is fine, don't worry.) A guard at a watchpost nearby notices, and soon the message is out to all the allies of Rivendell that a minion of Xornoth may or may not have been spotted going away from the site. Despite this being an M/M shipfic (from us? The horrors!), the focus is less on Scott and Jimmy's relationship than it is on the political shenanigans that ensue when Scott tries to walk the line between "no, guys, Xornoth isn't coming back" and not outing himself as gay. It's sure to be a ride, both to read and to write.

that's it really hope you enjoy

[reineydraws]

i have this fic series i'm still working on where mihawk sort of becomes rayleigh's kid and spends ages 11-17ish on the oro jackson.

shanks and buggy imprint on him (bugs considers him a sort of older brother figure/sparring inspiration and shanks has a crush that eventually turns into full-blown love) and this is how i imagine they're like on the day mihawk sets off on his own haha.

[wangxianficrecs]

Follower Recs

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This one was fun to read @ladyunderthemolehill

What a Difference a Ray Makes

by miffmiff (@miffmiff) & Yoo_im_finally_writing (@writing-prompts-for-wangxian)

T, 7k, Wangxian

Part of the MDZS Reverse Big Bang: 2024

Summary: Lan Wangji loves animals. Everyone who’s ever taken care to get to know him even a little bit (which, admittedly, aren’t many) knows that. He regularly donates money to animal welfare organisations, he doesn’t eat meat, he pets random stray cats. Also, he’s been thinking about getting a pair of rabbits for a long time now, the only obstacle being that he’s still living on the family estate with his uncle, who is very adamant about adhering to the Lan clan’s ancient no pets allowed rule. It has now, however, become very clear to him how criminally he has neglected to consider what it might feel like to actually be a pet. -- Lan Wangji finds himself in the disadvantageous situation of being turned into a stingray. Wei Wuxian helps. Jiang Cheng yells. Lan Xichen panics. Lan Qiren is on the brink of qi deviation. All in all, it’s a rather unremarkable Tuesday.

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(Please REBLOG as a signal boost for this hard-working author if you like – or think others might like – this story.)

[scriggle-scraggle]

Due South Fic Recs

Academic Punk by TheHoyden (RayK/Fraser): The quintessential college professor AU

Busted & its sequel Tapestry by JiM: A year after CoTW, and a life-changing experience, Ray goes back to Canada

Like a House on Fire by @bethbethbeth01 & kelliem (RayK/Fraser): “In the immortal words of Yogi Berra, ‘It’s deja vu all over again.’”

With Six You Get Eggroll by @cesperanza (RayK/Fraser): The story of how Ray & Fraser ended up with six kids.

Ray Is Not Actually Graphing The History Of His Relationship With Fraser–That Would Be Pathetic, And Ray Is Not Pathetic–But If He Was Graphing It, Even Just In His Own Stressed-Out, Messed-Up Brain, It Might Look Something Like This by sprat (RayK/Fraser): The sex has never not been good. That is not the confusing part of Ray-and-Fraser. They are naturals at the sex; the sex is their friend. If there was some kind of sexathalon, the two of them would be All-State, trophy-winning champs.

Like a House on Fire by Beth H (bethbethbeth): "In the immortal words of Yogi Berra, 'It's deja vu all over again.'"

Ping by Speranza: I am not the only person here who wants a do-over.

Tip, Slide, Tumble by j_s_cavalcante: Ray knew when he found the body in the alley it was going to change someone's life. He just didn't expect that life would be his.

All the Comforts of Home by rattlecatcher: post-CotW

Family Portrait by Journey [archived by dsa_archivist]: A slightly AU Ray Kowalski meets Constable Benton Fraser.

This Is Us Series by AuKestrel: how was the decision reached between Kowalski and Fraser to embark on the quest for the Hand of Franklin?

Near Wild Heaven Series by AuKestrel: This was, almost literally, the first thing I wrote, and certainly the first long thing I ever wrote. (Coming to Terms was the first "short" story I wrote and posted.) I worked on this off and on for over a year and did not write it in any kind of linear fashion. The first part was actually finished last, in part because I was stuck in getting them to a plausible misunderstanding that was necessary for the plot (such as it was). It's rough, and could have done with more work, although I did fix a lot of the (popular at the time, I swear!) dialect.

I'm posting it in part because I had SUCH a great time writing it (in fact, there are still parts of it that make me laugh), because I learned so much by/while writing it, and also because it's sort of "historical": a lot of the tropes in dS fandom did not exist when this was written (hard to believe, but there were only 27 F/K stories on Hexwood when I came into the fandom, and only about 5 of those had any kind of M/M sex!), and I thought it would be fun for other people to see how we earlier writers managed such things as tropes before they were tropes. But, in essence, you are about to read a "first novel," with all the alarm bells that ought to ring in your head.

Hawks and Hands by Dira Sudis (dsudis): Eighteen sex scenes strung together with angst and hockey.

Finding the Words by Berty: When luck finally runs out, who's there to pick up the pieces?

Wildly Courteous Ways by Starfish [archived by dsa_archivist]: A new assignment has Ray worried until Fraser steps in to help.

When the Ice Goes Out by Kellie Matthews [archived by dsa_archivist]: Long past CotW, Fraser and Ray K. discover that life both it and isn't as simple as it seems.

What We Talk About When We Talk About Wolves by Penelope Whistle [archived by dsa_archivist]: From stake-out to make-out.

Unguarded Protectorate by Bone [archived by dsa_archivist], Mairead Triste [archived by dsa_archivist]: Smut and angst. This story was previously published in the zine SERGE PROTECTOR.

Somewhere Else to Be by Kellie Matthews [archived by dsa_archivist]: This is an AU. Fraser's not a Mountie, Ray's not a cop, but as someone once said, things once linked remain that way. In any universe, they are meant to be partners.

The Reaching Out One by Alex51324: (AO3 account required) It's ten years after the events of CoTW (in other words, the present day). After the Quest, Fraser and Ray went back to their regular lives--

The Course by Bone [archived by dsa_archivist], Aristide [archived by dsa_archivist]: Randomness. Inevitability. Smut.

If It Walks Like A Duck . . . by Beth H (bethbethbeth): When an old friend of Ray Kowalksi's returns to Chicago, it takes almost no time at all for her to draw the obvious - and erroneous - conclusion about Ray and his "partner."

Genesis by kalena: In the beginning, Ray Kowalski meets Benton Fraser, geologist and volcano cowboy, in Hawaii. AU.

[raycatzdraws]

I'm gonna put this here and then probably make it private but I want to say

There's discussion happening in the LU fandom so if you don't care for that scroll on:

But, I love creating with the LU fandom. I don't create in a void. My work is a conversation. I hope that it inspires you to create, to think, to chat with friends! Thank you to everyone who's shared their art and let me be a part of it, and to everyone who's played a part in mine!

to copy paste something I've said on my main:

isn’t it interesting that there’s Jojo’s LinkedUniverse and then also the LinkedUniverse fandom’s LinkedUniverse? That LU became a conduit through which to examine and compare and contrast Zelda games with this cast of characters as a base? That was their original intention and the fans went “heck yeah!” and ran with it? The LinkedUniverse fandom’s LinkedUniverse is a monster of the week story where everyone contributes, it has hundreds of authors and storytellers all working together and trading tales. It’s a scenario in which Jojo’s LinkedUniverse is both the source material and also just one instance in the larger weave. And the LinkedUniverse fandom’s LinkedUniverse lore deviates from (and is much deeper than imo) that of the original comic mainly because of that 1 person building a thing vs hundreds of people building a thing. And isn’t that so cool? But then also with the decline of the fandom I dunno I feel like the LinkedUniverse fandom’s LinkedUniverse has been dying. Updates would spawn a burst of creativity and multitudes of branching ideas and what-if scenarios explored through art and fic and discussion, building on it, adding it in to pre-existing stories. I feel that activity around updates has been ticking more towards exploring the comic within the context of the comic itself (or just reposting clips), and less within the fandom’s takes on it (not taking that step forward of “yes, and,” and “yes-anding” fanworks as well.) Or not updates in particular, but the state of the fandom is deviating from taking this base and running and sharing to something more controlled and wary? Isolated? The LinkedUniverse fandom is a phenomenon to me. And it’s not something I think should be replicated in regards to other LinkVerse comics but it’s also something beautiful and creative? Like, Jojo to a certain extent has or had lost control of the fandom’s versions of these characters. She made them and we respect her wishes for them but they no longer belong to her? The LU fandom’s LU is a collectively written LinkVerse and exploration of the loz games, using these characters and relationships as a base (which is why I think people mistag by accident so much.) Sure, you could use the characters directly from the games or make your own LinkVerse to explore the relationships between the loz games. However, within the context of the LU fandom, you get the advantage of the template already being there for the character’s personalities, meeting, secrets, and an open ended goal, and these things are understood by a large number of invested people, leading to this huge collaborative project. This is what’s so special about the LinkedUniverse fandom to me. Watching this thing be built and getting to be a contributing piece of it. Maybe it shouldn’t have happened. Like, if something like that were to happen to anything I’ve made I think that’d be really scary. But it’s also something incredible? It’s why I have a hard time accepting it when people say they hate the LU fandom. How could you hate the creativity? The shared stories? What’s been made? Isn’t it incredible? It’s another LinkVerse, in a way, one that belongs to many. I'm frustrated by the instances where people have tried to police the way the characters are written, both within the fandom and towards Jojo’s comic, and the issues in communication, and callout posts asjhfksdf Problems in reconciling the LU fandom’s LU, Jojo’s LU, other LinkVerses, and gen loz. But the phenomenon of the fandom itself, the shared collaborative LU fandom’s LinkedUniverse? I think it’s such a cool thing. I think it’s such a cool way to explore and examine the loz games and craft stories with so many other people. I really enjoy all the LinkVerses that are around now. I don’t think the fandom for LU is something that can be replicated. (or should?) (it’s both something odd and a loss of control for Jojo but also a conduit for an incredible amount of creativity and community.) It’s really interesting to me. It’s really interesting to witness. Or to have witnessed?

and now tired rambling, but,, aaa

What I love about the fandom is seeing ideas and headcanons and art and fic be shared and then built upon. The community projects! The LU Zine. The valentine's day cards! The artist and writer appreciation projects! The weekly polls and prompts from the main LU server! The master door post! Long haired Sky! Tick-tac-toe on Legend's forehead! Crop top Roolie! Cheer up buttercup! Seeing small headcanons being adopted into fanon lore and being able to watch that progression. Seeing these tropes develop and being a contributing part of it! It's something we're building together and watching that happen in real time is so special! Again, it's that 1 person building a thing vs hundreds of people building a thing that is so alluring to me.

The creators, and analysis folks, and people who leave comments and nice tags: I see you as my peers! I want to create with you! I'd love to participate in collabs and trades! I haven't been able to be involved as much as I want because of a lack of spoons. But, I admire so many of the people here. Thank you all so much for sharing what you've made! Thank you for allowing me to be a part of it! Thank you for supporting me and my silly ideas for these characters! My art is a conversation and I approach what the LU fandom's made in the same way. It's not content to be consumed. It's an open hand. I'm so grateful to those who have taken it. You've inspired me to create. It's the greatest honor if I'm able to do the same for you. I want to keep making things with you guys.

(To anyone who's made fanart for fic and vice-versa, to anyone's who's seen a headcanon and let the poster know that it's changed how you view the characters, to anyone who's contributed game information to analysis, to those answering asks and doing requests? ya'll are the best keep it up!)

[thatswhatsushesaid]

haha

it is SO rich for the jgy critical crowd to insist that it's the jgy stans who are being weird and defensive given /gestures @ all of this. like what's the opposite of defensive 🧐 because that's what this is.

as i said to someone else earlier tonight, i'm manifesting the capability to climb through these anons' phone screens so i can chase them through their houses with a nerf gun. every little foam projectile will include a relevant printed out page from the EXR translation. probably with highlights and notes in the margins. maybe some frowny faces for emphasis.

anyway this is why i'm insane

[cherubic-cherry]

“What’s your name? Not that sweetheart, a bad nickname and all but I’d think you’d prefer something else.” the joke didn’t land right, it came out stilted and a bit awkward. The punchline tasted salty in his mouth. This really was his all-time low. Maybe he couldn’t do this.

The boy's eyes shot up at him when Dick began speaking but then immediately went back down to his feet instead of answering the question.

“Tell me yours,” he finally responded, continuing to look at his own footprints in the snow.

“ Nightwing’’

“I’m the Night Stalker.”Dick half-heartedly glared at him. The attempt was cute, he would admit.

“Your real name, please?”

“Nightwing is not a real name.” the boy pointed out. He was snarky but he still didn’t look up. His speech was mumbled either because the boy was very shy or very tired.

“Give me a real name,” he repeated.

“Niccolo Machiavelli,”

“That’s your name?!’’

‘’No, you said to give a real name and Niccolo Machiavelli is a real name. He wrote The Prince in 1513 and was one of the most influential writers during the Italian Renaissance.”

Dick couldn’t be shocked by a sarcastic answer nor him just not answering the question at all. That, though, he did not expect.

Read the rest of the chapter here:

[writtenonreceipts]

In honor of my birthday I am sharing blogs and fics that deserve all the love and support.

@the-lonelybarricade

LB. Where to even begin. I've got so much I could say about you about your stories and everything. You've always been such a positive light in this fandom and have been so kind and supportive to everyone. Thank-you for being you and making this space better. You're such a creative and talented writer, could not be more grateful to have your fics in my life!

>>Once Bitten Twice Shy--This one has turned into one of my comfort reads! Wholesome grumpyxsunshine and Christmas time fluff. This one always brings a smile to my face <3

>>Til Death Do Us Part--GRIM RHYS!!! When I say I love this fic/world/au I mean I LOVE IT. Every addition, headcanon, etc just make it all the more enjoyable. It's so much fun and never fails to brighten my day on a re-read.

>>They Are the Hunters, We Are the Foxes--Really any of the stories in this universe (patiently waiting nessian to continue but not one iota of pressure my love). The magic system and world of these stories is so enjoyable. Cat!Rhys got me through airport downtime while travelling and I will forever be grateful for that.

Truly, LB is so wonderful and talented. You deserve all the shout-outs and recommendations. Thank-you for being you!<3

[johnslittlespoon]

title tag game! ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ.

morninggg, creating a little tag game today <3

rules: write out any fic titles you have that are based off of lyrics, list what songs they're from, and tag some writers! :-) (if you don't have a lot of finished fics, you can include your wips, or if you have way too many to list out, pick your faves!) i'll start:

1. you're a dog (i'm your man) – 'i'm your man' by mitski 2. the fuse to my fire – 'bloom' by aidan bissett 3. four–by–four – '4x4' by dominic fike 4. breathe me in (exhale slow) – 'lucky strike' by troye sivan 5. i don't wanna be alone tonight – 'cross my heart' by marianas trench 6. you put your arms around me (and i'm home) – 'arms' by christina perri 7. i see you in the daytime (i hear you at night) – 'amen' by amber run 8. walking towards those green neon lights – 'delaware' by briston maroney [wip] 9. i let you win (i love to lose) – 'leaves' by joe p [wip]

tagging @air-exec, @triggerlil, @counting0nit, @hauntingcontradiction, @swifty-fox,

@bcolfanfic, @nicijones, @avonne-writes, @don-humes-tiny-shorts, and anyone else who wants to do this, i'm so keen to read everyone's lists! (+ apologies if you don't yoink lyrics for fic titles lol <3)

[inconclusionray]

new(ish) due South fic, anyone? In ascending order of spice, we have Strawberry Jelly, written as a gift fic for @cro-mignonette back when we were both on the tumblrs, on the stresses that can lead to alcohol abuse in remote areas, on Ray moving to the middle of nowhere and being undiagnosed ADHD starting to get bored out of his gourd, but mostly about... fruit preservation. As it were. Ahem. Rated T for teen because there are allusions to canon-typical violence between our beloved duo. Then there's Know I'll stay beside that telephone line, which wasn't directly responsible for the change in relationship status between me and @hereeatthiskitten but also wasn't not, so. Kept private because sometimes things are just too precious to be public for a while; she gave me permission to post it years ago, nonetheless, but did I? Look, it's there now, isn't it? Anyway, it's about longing, and repression, and how challenging it can be to change the shape of a relationship, even when you both know the other knows you want to. Talking is awkward, okay, sometimes it's easier in a chat box over the telephone. Rated M, because there is sex, but it's mostly alluded to, not described. Finally, we have the fully smut rated Book, Book, Duck, which if I recall correctly was just me trying to prove to @hereeatthiskitten that Fraser and Duck could so do the deed (ish), what that would look like, and what Ray's reaction would be. It's about... libraries? and alleys? okay it's about dopplegangers and public-ish sex and jealousy and desire. Explicit, no question, though once again, the point is the feelings. Please leave comments on this, it took me over seven years to finish, I crave the validation. That's it! Enjoy! Feel free to use this to promote your new-ish old fandom creations, too! Fic, art, gifs, meta, squees, literally any engagement with this cheesy buddy cop show that is way too good for being as absurd as it is!

[syn4k]

are you an understimulated motherfucker who needs something to read while sitting on your ass this summer but doesnt want to look up books to actually read?

well baby are you in luck because i have books that i like to read. and im throwing reccomendations at you now. Bitch.

The Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson

Wingfeather Tales by various authors, compiled and edited by Andrew Peterson. Especially the last one, The Places Beyond the Maps by Douglas Kaine McKinley. Shit's stuck with me for years.

All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Tales of an 8-Bit Warrior + Tales of an 8-Bit Cat by Cube Kid

Nox by Anne Carson

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (bigolas dickolas wasn't lying, it fucking SLAPS)

if you look closely, every single one of these books/series (minus Time War because we just found it a week ago) has had a huge influence on our writing style. if you like our fics, you'll probably like these books. you're all welcome i'm gonna go bake brownies now

[sammaggs]

oh my god i guess i write gay 90s cop porn now

warnings: they fuck nasty

[farm-witches-fic-recs]

Any recs featuring minor characters, with or without David and/or Patrick? If that's too specific, how about Twyla to start?

Hi friend!

We'll do better than that. Here's a round up with a smattering of everyone:

Clint and Marcy

all the joy that is to come - @myolivebranch

Clint and Marcy - houdini74 (@mostlyinthemorning)

Good People - @trueillusion82

he hung the moon so he could paint the stars… - startswithhope (@language-of-love)

He Shines - @smallumbrella369

He’s Not Coming Home (Because He’s Already There) - @delilah-mcmuffin

Make it Better - @agoodpersonrose

an old-fashioned man - the_hodag

You Might Say I'm Here for You - @weathereyehorizon

Rachel

Filled your cup until it overflowed - yourbuttervoicedbeau (@kiwiana-writes)

I'm no aesthete - firmandfruity

Meant to Be - @trueillusion82

Ray

A Day With Ray - AWorldOfDreams

MURDER in Schitt's Creek - @rosedavid

Swiping Regret - @treepyful

You look fine - @lizzie-bennetdarcy

Ronnie

Climbed a mountain and I turned around - another_Hero

Come In From The Cold - Amanita_Fierce, @doublel27

Conference Companions - @rosedavid

Conflict Control Group - @authorbynight

Finding Her Own Way - @statueinthestone

Five Times Ronnie Was a Friend to David and One Time She Was a Friend to Patrick - @unfolded73

A Good Breakfast Ruined - @mallpretzles

A Little Less Alone - @neelyo67

When the Tiers Start to Fall (I Won't Wipe Them Away) - @landofsonlali

Stevie

between nothing but the thin air and the unknown - @dinnfameron

bound to happen - @apothecarose

Fit - @wellschitt

Fresh Coat of Paint - @doublel27

Home at Last - @januarium, RhetoricalQuestions (@rhetoricalk)

I Don't Wanna Talk - @jettestar

I never saw it happening - yourbuttervoicedbeau (@kiwiana-writes)

A Paradigm of Stitches - middyblue

Towels - therapychicken

you got me (and i get you) - middyblue

Twyla

All my secrets are safe in your heart as well… - RhetoricalQuestions (@rhetoricalk), Typewrites

Captive on the carousel of time - @designatedgrape

Doing What Makes You Smile - @alysiswritingao3fics

Everything That We'd Ever Need - middyblue

Hide Your Diamonds, Hide Your Exes - middyblue

Hop on the Purple Line - @kindofspecificstore

i got a feeling (there's a miracle due) - doingthemost (@sarahlevys)

Knits by Twyla - edriss (@pretendtofly)

and my task’s but begun - @treepyful only if you let me - roseapothecarys

[gayvecchio]

Short, one-shots under 5k

Stained by Jenn

mornings most of all by ifreet

were no crime by sionnain

Four A.M. in Chicago by mireille

Somewhere Else by Azar

Our Dancing Days by sdwolfpup

On Golden Pond by Belle_Evans

You're just my type by deathbyOTPin123

Repeat by SLWalker

Untitled by Jenn

On a map the gap's three fingers by belmanoir

Medium length, 5k-10k

Acharnement by pqlaertes

Reconstruction by brynnmck

Ray Vecchio, Sixty-Four, in Canada in the Summertime by Scribe

Long, Slow Drift by belmanoir

Red Ruse by Cherilyn (Ankh)

Heart Held Out Like A Tin Cup  by brynnmck, sdwolfpup

This Error by Laura Shapiro (laurashapiro), Pares (kormantic)

No Son of His by m. fae glasgow

Come In From the Cold by Nos4a2no9

Longer stories, 10k+

Disposable Teens (teachers au) by Jenn

Cold Heart (Twin Peaks Crossover, ft. Fraser/Cooper) by Dorthy Marley

Through the Night, Behind the Wheel, the Mileage Clicking West by neverfaraway

I Miss You, etc. by portlandwithyou

Bye Bye, Bookman by Muriel_Perun

Long Way Home by Justine Bennett, Morgan Dawn

Double or Nothing by brynnmck

The Diner by rose_malmaison

Power Out by NewEyes

The Poker Night Series (four stories in total) by Ruth_Devero

Shooting Star by Lazuli_Kat

Burn this Town to the Ground by vailkagami

Prodigal Mountie by amaruuk

[charmsandtealeaves]

All my reading got done on Friday this week as it was my birthday and a bunch of my faves dropped smut.

Read This Week:

‘O’ is for Outstanding by @kay-elle-cee

Complete (1.2K), post-hogwarts no Voldemort Jily , Rated E

You swot,” Lily teases, breath hitching as James’ fingers travel back down and brush against her waistband. “I’ve been standing in the doorway for ages waiting for you to look up. You’ve just been completely enraptured trying to figure out crossfunctional theory.” “Well, then.” James places a kiss on her stomach, honey-flecked eyes looking up at her through his lashes. “Allow me to make it up to you. I believe this swot scored an ‘O’ in my Pleasing Lily Evans N.E.W.T.s.”

A Little Risk by @jamesunderwater

Complete (999), married Jily, Rated E

Lily and James get caught in an even more compromising position. Two times is just a coincidence, though. based on the Jilymicrofics July 4th prompt: storage

Third Time’s A Pattern by Jamesunderwater

Complete (1.4K), married Jily, Rated E

At James's father's 75th birthday party, surely they'd have locked the door... based on the Jilymicrofics July 5th prompt: lazy

The Best Damn Thing by @petalsthefish

Complete (5.3k), order!jily, Rated E

Evans, you are the hottest dueler I have ever seen, holy shit,” James moaned as he deftly dodged a flash of green light, rolling into a side street with practiced ease. “You just missed the Killing Curse by the hair on your chin,” she remarked cheerfully, seamlessly following his lead. She conjured a shield spell, its bright light burning into the eyes of their enemies. “I’ve been meaning to shave that,” James said, rubbing his chin with a cheeky grin. Her free hand brushed over the shadow of hair on his chin with a loving touch. “You look so handsome, though.” "Be careful, I have a praise kink," he partially teased. "Then don't let me forget to tell you how good it felt to have you fuck me in the shower three days ago." She'd kill him faster than any curse.

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The Tragedy, Comedy, and Miracle That is Tim Drake snippet

“I’m not gonna hurt you, sweetheart, I'm Nightwing, I work with Batman and I just wanna help you get home.”

His plan wasn’t working. If only Nightwing wasn’t so nice, but of course he was. Tim knew that Nightwing would never just abandon a little kid on a rooftop in the dead of the night, it would be really great if he would, though, just this once. Another plan came to him, a better plan than just crossing his fingers.

He gingerly snuck his arm into his bag that was still resting on his shoulders. He wondered how long he could stand there seemingly motionless while facing outward before Nightwing tried to approach him. Hopefully a few minutes but probably not given his rotten luck.

His hands glided over the ridges on the flashlight, the smooth wrappers on the granola bar, and the cold, metal flip phone but he still couldn’t find what he was looking for in his overly packed bag, not without being able to properly look at it.

“Are you okay? I just wanna help. Can you come closer?’’ Nightwing egged, his voice had an edge of begging, but he sounded so sweet and soft. He dropped the fake-sounding voice he usually used. His normal voice made Tim be able to place him around his early twenties (just around the first Robin would be by now) and his voice sounded deeper and rough, it must’ve been hoarse from yelling but he still managed to sound so nice.

It was the perfect voice to use on what Nightwing thought was a scared and innocent little kid. Nightwing might have worked with kids as his day job. His gentleness was wasted on Tim, though, who, although was definitely scared out of his mind, could not claim innocence when it came to how he managed to get into this particular position.

His fingers finally found it: two chalky feeling spheres that lay on the very bottom of his bag, unused.

“Sweetheart, can you please turn around and step away from the ledge for me?”

The snow must’ve made Tim hard to see from where Nightwing was standing. Tim took a step closer, ignoring how weird it felt to walk when his joints still needed time to defrost. He forced himself to get as close to the vigilante as possible while still making sure he couldn’t make out his face with the heavy snow coming down.

“There we go,’’ Nightwing said to himself but because of their proximity Tim was still able to hear him. Guilt curled into Tim's chest from the translucent relief in Nightwing’s tone, Tim really was the worst kid on the planet. He edges himself as close as his body would allow him before freaking out.

“Hi there-’’ Tim didn’t allow him to finish his sentiment. He grabbed the mini smoke bombs from his bag and chucked them in Nightwing's direction. The snow was thick and his arm was tired from holding up his camera. He didn’t mean to throw the smoke bomb at Nightwing's face, he planned for it to fall at his feet or somewhere behind him and have it serve as a distraction. Instead, he ended up throwing the aluminum ball directly into the hero's nose, causing the smoke bomb to go off in his face.

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