#soulmate au bargain bin

[onyxbird]

OK, the idea of a soulmate au where you can't look anyone but your soulmate directly in the eyes was not done with me yet.

Leverage version:

Sophie knows all the tricks for faking full eye contact. For a third-party observer, it's nigh-impossible to tell that she's not quite achieving direct eye contact short of using cameras with very good eye-tracking software. Trying to fool a mark into thinking she's their soulmate via “eye contact” is tougher, but on a mark who hasn't met their own soulmate (and thus has never experienced true full eye contact), Sophie still has a pretty good success rate. Every member of the team has been drafted as her fake soulmate on a con at least once. Or, at least, Sophie has tried. Parker failed to pick up on any of the hints Sophie was able to drop without blowing their cover, so Sophie had to switch tactics. Hardison tried valiantly to hold the near-eye-contact, and they pulled off the job, but he was struggling and his resulting nervous blather did not help the illusion at all. Eliot picked up her cues and pulled off the illusion flawlessly… and hated every second of it. The first time they faked prolonged eye contact, he ducked away to Nate's bathroom the second they got in the door, and Sophie (slightly insulted) wondered if he was going to throw up. He didn't, just practically boiled his skin off in the hottest shower he could stand. Nate is by far Sophie's most frequent “soulmate” on the job… None of the rest of the team are entirely sure whether the eye contact is fake or not, and neither Nate nor Sophie is telling.

Parker has never had any interest in making eye contact, and was genuinely unaware that this was a serious thing people actually believe in. (Sure, people talk about finding their “soulmate” through eye contact, but people also talk about summoning Bloody Mary through the bathroom mirror. That doesn't mean it's real.) The first time she looked directly into Hardison's eyes was both accidental and jarring. She averted her eyes and assumed they would never mention this uncomfortable situation again. She was not expecting Hardison to suddenly want to have an intense, excited conversation that was clearly loaded with some meaning she wasn't picking up on, and she definitely wasn't expecting him to do so while trying to eagerly stare into her eyeballs. When Eliot happened to walk in, she latched onto him like a spooked cat, demanding he do something about Hardison; there was something wrong with him, like he's possessed or something; make him stop!

Eliot has habitually avoided even the possibility of eye contact with anyone since he was in high school. (He certainly wasn't trying to lock eyes with people even before that, but, well, he and Aimee had tried once, back when they were young and naive and thought maybe they were meant to be. They weren't.) In his line of work… it was better not to know. There was just no way that would end well. He doesn't have anything against other people finding their soulmates, though. Really. So he's not quite sure why there's such a bite to his words when he snaps at Hardison to knock it off—that “soulmates” is no excuse for trying to look someone in the eye when they don't like it. But he's sure he can feel a headache forming as he's stuck between Parker's “'Soulmates'! Ha! …Oh, come on. You're kidding, right? That's not real” from one side and Hardison's horrified “Oh my god, I'm sorry! Parker, I am so, so sorry—I was just so excited, you know? I didn't realize—” start of what was clearly going to be a long and heartfelt apology on the other.

Hardison thinks soulmates are very romantic, and he's always hoped, you know? He tries not to talk too openly about it—dreaming of finding your soulmate was deemed “girly” and “wussy” by the popular boys at his high school, and he had more than enough targets on his back for bullying as a kid without drawing attention this one. He's always kind of thought he'd probably never find his, if he even had one. He did so much of his socializing with like-minded people online, and you can't make eye contact—not real eye contact—over a webcam. There have been some near misses that made his heart flip (Hell, back during that first Dubenich job, when Eliot had taken out all the Pierson guards and then given him that smug little smirk, for an instant—just for an instant—Hardison had almost thought their eyes met directly. He must have imagined it, too caught up in the incredibly sexy and unexpected display of competence on display in front of him to avoid a split second of daydreaming about what it would feel like to look straight into those incredibly blue eyes. Anyway, it had never happened again, and after working together for so long, they surely would have looked each other in the eyes by now if it were possible.), but no dice. Until now. Parker, though… Even while apologizing (he should have realized to be more careful with Parker), Hardison could barely keep the absolutely giddy smile off his face. There had been no mistaking that, and god when people talked about “getting lost” in their soulmate's eyes… Wow, they weren't kidding!

Nate will expound at length about how the concept of “soulmates” and consequently the act of making eye contact have been exploited and commercialized for all of recorded history, the absence of any scientific evidence that the rare ability to make eye contact with another person actually correlates with any real measures of relationship compatibility rather than being a random biological quirk that has been superstitiously fetishized, and (if the person who brought it up isn't desperately trying to escape the conversation yet) whether the concept soulmates is compatible with Catholic theology. Very few people last long enough through his disparagement of the entire concept to notice that he has skirted around ever actually saying whether or not he's ever made direct eye contact with another person, and even fewer are willing to risk touching off another lengthy tirade to press him on the matter.

Thanks @soulmate-au-bargain-bin for the fun idea!

[soulmate-au-bargain-bin]

Soulmate au where you have innate knowledge of your soulmate's nicknames.

[juneknight]

Take These (Sunflower Seeds)

About this: The Soulmate AU trope where a goose will lead you to your soulmate. (Yes, this is a trope?? When I heard it, I knew I needed to write this, I'm so sorry). Steven Grant/fem!reader. Fluff.

Immersivity: this reader wears high-heels and works as a secretary in a law-firm. She is given no physical description nor name. Any further details which hinder your immersive experience are welcome to be pointed out to me.

*

You press your forehead to the cool glass of your office’s entrance, eyes scanning back and forth. Beyond is a patch of grass nicely landscaped: flower beds filled with hardy geraniums and lobelias surrounded by wood chips, iron benches, bins with special lids to keep the critters out. Bisecting the grass is the concrete sidewalk that leads to the parking lot, and just beyond the lot, one of the busy streets of London. 

Besides typical foot traffic on the sidewalk and through the parking lot, the yard is empty. 

“You haven’t fooled me, you bastard,” you mutter beneath your breath.

Someone clears their throat behind you. Whirling, you see one of the lawyers who had made partner standing behind you, not very patiently waiting for you to move so he could access the door. 

“Oh, sorry, Mr. Giovanni,” you say, stepping out of the way. Your customer-service persona immediately assumes control over your body, speaking through your mouth with a measured politeness that the man doesn’t deserve. “Have a lovely weekend.”

He hums, breezing out the door and down the sidewalk. You watch his peaceful, easy retreat with a scowl. 

“Best bite the bullet and run for it,” one of the other secretaries teases you, slipping past you and out the door. You’ll add that to the list of helpful advice you’ve received. Towards the top, even. 

You reach down to slip your heels off and tuck them into your tote. Out come your tennis shoes. The feeling of wearing them with only your tights to act as socks is a sensation you will only be able to stand for the sixty seconds it takes you to sprint to your car. You must look like a madwoman, your running shoes at sharp odds with your prim work-wear, your tote clutched to your chest like you are about to run across a patch of hot coals. 

Convinced it is now or never, you take a deep breath and rush through the door. 

And you make it to the bins before you hear it: the most obnoxious honk you’ve ever heard. The goose comes barreling from around the corner of the office, cutting off your retreat. 

This fucking goose. 

When your law firm changed locations in the spring, you had been grateful for the shorter commute. The atmosphere was certainly better as well, what with the flowers at least—as a matter of fact, your building’s little thirty-by-thirty plot of grass was some of the only greenery within the surrounding three blocks. 

Perhaps that’s one reason why the goose always comes back. For the atmosphere. 

The second must be because it’s a dark little creature born of sulfur and brimstone with the singular goal in life to torture you. 

You consider yourself a woman of slightly above average resilience. You are the one the girls in the office come to if there is a spider that needs squashed (little do they know you scoop it up in one of the paper cups from the fountain and deliver it to the nearest potted plant—little bastards never did anything wrong besides have a few extra legs). You carry pepper spray. You are capable of asserting yourself when necessary. 

But your fear of geese is new. Something about the throaty honk of this particular goose turns you into a child, shrieking, incapable of defending yourself. If you thought you could bargain with it, you might have tried. Please Mr. Goose, kindly leave me the fuck alone and I promise I’ll donate more to charity, I’ll return my trolley to the designated spot and stop leaving them in the parking lot beside my car, I’ll never tip less than twenty-percent. But a part of you believes that this goose would accept no bargain. There will be no parlay. There will only be blood—yours. 

The goose, its ridiculously wide wing-span spread, comes towards you like a child running into the arms of its mother. 

“Get the fuck away from me!” you shriek. You clutch your tote tighter, dancing between fight or flight. Should you turn and run? Should you punt the thing like a football? Are geese a protected species? No, couldn’t be, there’s so many of them—but then your rushing thoughts come to an end because it is upon you, the air rustling around you from its wings, its honk deafening. It will go for your eyes first, you know it, that’s exactly what a cold-hearted killer would do—

“Hey—shoo!”

The geese swerves away from you so suddenly that you nearly slip, your tennis shoes sliding in the grass after the bird had ushered you off of the concrete pathway. A man comes rushing from the parking lot. There is a black bag strapped across his chest, which he has reached into. He withdraws a handful of sunflower seeds which he scatters in the grass. The goose, to your utter amazement, dives for the seeds, pecking at the ground with the same decisive pleasure it might have used on your eyes.

The man looks at you, and oh. Oh, he is pretty: tanned and tired, hair dark and curly, with dark eyes and a nicely curved nose. The smile he gives you is a little bashful as he offers you his hand to help you back onto the concrete pathway. 

“Are you alright? The bleeding geese in this city—a little too domesticated, if you ask me. Not that I’m helping much, what with the sunflower seeds but—” 

“That goose wants me dead,” you say, pointing at it with a shaky finger. 

The man’s pretty face twists into an expression of such poignant grief that you can’t doubt it for an instant. “I wish I could say he didn’t, but never in my life have I seen a bird so absolutely fixated on choosing violence. I’m Steven.” 

“Steven,” you repeat, testing the name in your mouth. You offer him your hand and your own name. His palms are cold, but you know the saying: cold hands, warm heart.

Reaching into his bag, the man pulls out a small package of sunflower seeds. “Please. It’s dangerous to go alone. Take these.” 

“I couldn’t possibly,” you say, even as you gently accept the gift. 

“They were less than a pound, love, hardly breaking my bank.” 

Love. Such a familiar moniker from a strange man would ordinarily repulse you—but instead, you find yourself softening. This man isn’t like the weirdos you encounter on the tube. 

“Nevertheless,” you say. “Could I buy you coffee? To repay you for the seeds. And for saving my life.” 

He stares at you. “Me—coffee? You want to get coffee, with me?” 

“Very much.” 

“I—alright. Sure. That would be lovely. Did you walk?” 

“Somewhat.” 

“Well at least you came prepared,” he says, glancing at your tennis shoes. “Would you like to pick the place?” 

“There’s one nearby—” 

“Down the block, yes. Very good choice. Not a single goose hangout on the way.” 

You laugh. “It sounds like I’m exaggerating, honestly, but that goose has been hunting me for the last six months, and no one else ever seemed to take it seriously. As a matter of fact, for a few weeks in the beginning, it was sort of a big joke for the ladies in my office to gather in the lobby and watch me try and make it to the street. I’ve had nightmares about that fucking goose, honestly. I—” you stop, suddenly, face growing warm at how childish your next statement sounds. “—this is silly, but I even named it.”

Steven absolutely melts. He stops in the middle of the parking lot, turning to face you full on. “Oh come now. I must know.” 

“Truly?”

“Without question.”

“Well if you insist—I named it Mark.” 

Steven blinks at you. The strangest expression passes over his face. He points back towards the goose and says with absolute conviction, “You know, he does strike me as a Marc.”

“You think?” you reply, delighted. 

“Absolutely, yes—watch your step, love, there you go. Now, I'm all turned about. Which way is that coffee?”

[michelangelinden]

Gif from the show by @willexmagic, post by @soulmate-au-bargain-bin, both used with permission, edited by me

[invisibleraven]

To get you to 500, a prompt from the @soulmate-au-bargain-bin because I know you love soulmate aus: Soulmate au where ever day you receive one polaroid of a random moment from your soulmate’s day + your most self-indulgent pairing

The first time Julie remembers getting a photo in the mail is when she was five. A shot of a brand new Star Wars lunchbox and book bag sitting by a front door. She has to smile, since right by her door are matching lunchbag and bookbag, though hers are Disney princess themed, and she wonders what grade her soulmate is starting. Maybe she might even meet them today!

Julie pays attention at school that day, and really likes it. But she still keeps a keen eye out for any glimpse of Star Wars, but never sees the ones she's looking for.

She knew it was a long shot, you rarely meet your soulmate as a child, but Julie could always hope.

But as time goes on, Julie is grateful for the glimpses she does get; a cherry red bass guitar, a banjo, an electric keyboard. Julie's pretty impressed, her soulmate is exceptionally musical, and she's blown way by the number of instruments they can play. She asks her mami about learning piano from her, and also shyly asks about playing the fiddle. Hey, it's that or the washboard to accompany a banjo, and Julie would rather the former.

Then she gets a picture of a funny looking candle holder, a strange litte hat, a scroll full of words in a language she doesn't understand. She tells her papi about them, and he laughs a little. "Sounds like your soulmate is Jewish mija." They do some research after that, and Julie likes all the holidays surrounding food, but not the rules about what her soulmate is not allowed to eat. She doesn't think she could live without tia's pork adobo. She also wonders how that will work, given her house is full of crosses, and they go to church every week.

Her parents assure her everything will work out like it's supposed to, and the two of them will figure out the whole issue of faith after they meet.

Julie knows her soulmate loves horses, getting lots of pictures of animals, leading her to believe he lives on a farm. But horses dominate-especially a rusty coloured stallion with a sign over his stall saying Old Red. Julie loves Old Red, hopes she meets her soulmate soon so she can ride the magnificent beast. Pet the dog wearing a bandana that seems to always be lurking. Taste the delicious looking peach cobbler she gets one day.

Actually, peaches feature a lot, and Julie wonders if it's her soulmate's favourite fruit.

"Well that or he lives in Georgia," Carlos quips from the couch as she wonders loud. "We learned all about the different states in school. Georgia is known for their peaches."

Julie rushes to a map and traces with her finger the length from LA to Georgia. It is not a short distance, which means it might be ages before she and her soulmate meet. Julie is pretty despondent after that, but the next day the image is of a map, a finger pointing to Georgia with a sad face dotting the line between it and LA. So she knows she's not alone is wanting to meet.

Then when Julie is nearing ten, the images change. Suitcases and moving vans. A tear stained checkered apron that screams grandmom. Then endless stretches of road, of mile markers, of state signs.

Her soulmate is heading west.

Towards her.

Julie has a minor freak out over that. Especilly when one photo shows the Hollywood sign.

Then it becomes endless shots of the beach, the pier. Other instruments joining his bass as a guitar case is filled with change and a few bills. Julie almost begs her parents to bring her there, but they caution her not to test fate.

"You'll meet when you're supposed to mariposa," her mother cautions.

"Waiting will make it more special," her father adds. Carlos says nothing, as he doesn't talk about his soulmate much. Julie doesn't pry, but she hopes that whoever they are are good enough for her brother, as much of a pain in the butt as he sometimes is.

So Julie waits.

And waits.

And waits.

Wonders what her soulmte thinks of LA. If he still plays banjo (she's gotten pretty good at the fiddle-she hopes not in vain). What kind of music his band plays, what his friends are like. Aches to tell him about Flynn and Carrie, about falling in love with the new Taylor Swift album, about perfecting her own peach cobbler recipe.

She thinks about if he likes the dress she picked out for her quinceañera-all poofy and purple and making her feel like a princess even if she wishes he was here to dance with.

But then her mom gets sick. Really sick. She's sure her photos are all of hospital walls, heart monitors, and silken scarves as Rose loses her wild mane of hair. Her soulmate sends back cute dogs he meets (he must walk them because some of them repeat, and always in groups). Or the yummy food he's gotten to try-he seems to be a fan of pizza. It all seems to be in effort to cheer her up, and Julie hass never loved him more.

Well as much as you can love person without knowing what they look like, their name, any real details. She won't say without knowing who they are, becuse despite never meeting, she knows this guy. They've known eacch other all their lives.

But then Rose dies, and no amout of puppies or pizza will cheer her up. The piano gathers dust, and Julie feels like it's settling on her as well-unable to move on or truly live without her mother. She can't imagine what her father is going though.

Eventually Julie returns to herself, is able to sing once more, even though it hurts. She cries through the last song her mother wrote her, voice rough from lck of use, but it feels freeing to sing once more. Hopes her photo that day is of the sheet music she found.

But then the photos from her soulmate start to worry her. An open window looking out over a dark night. An arm in a sling. Broken glass.

Then... Los Feliz Group Home.

Julie cried at that, heart breaking for the boy who holds her heart, wishing she was there to comfort him, to tell him that he'll always have a placce in her family.

Which is when Julie decides she's don wating on fate. Her parents thought they had all the time in the world together-and they cherished each moment, she's sure, Julie wants to have as many moments as she can. Ask her aunt, who sometimes volunteers at the group home to find out anything she can.

Victoria comes back a few weeks later, squeezing Julie's hands in hers. "Are you sure you want to know?"

Her aunt had a platonic soulmate, a penpal more than anything. Butn she still understood why Julie had asked. Julie nodded, anxious for any tidbit, any scrap of information that she could learn.

"His name is Reggie," Victoria said.

"Reggie..." Julie breathed out, the nme sounding right on her lips. "Is he cute?"

"I'm sure you'd find him exceptionally cute," Victoria replied. "Freckles to die for."

Julie giggles at that, and wonders if she could kiss each freckle or if they blend together. Doesn't press for more, and just thanks her unt. "You can tell him my name, if you want."

"What makes you think I didn't already?" Victoria responds with a wink.

Every so often, she gets a new bit of information, and they usually coorespond to the photos she receives. A worn copy of The Hobbit and a D&D manual. A leather jacket and worn red flannel in unwrapped boxes-so now she thinks she knows his birthday. It's in January, just a few months before her own.

A cone with two scoops of strawberry ice cream.

A Han Solo action figure that looks well loved.

A math text book. Julie tries not to judge him too much for that, but seriously, whose fvourite subject is math?

Then, a shot of The Orpheum. Julie knows of it, her mom used to waitress there in her Petal Pusher days. Hazel had promised to take her there for her first concert whenever she was ready.

And when she gets the shot of the flier for Sunset Curve playing there in late July, Julie makes the call.

Is it cheating? Maybe.

But Julie doesn't care, she's going to meet Reggie. Find out if his hugs are as warm as she hopes they are. If he'll taste of peaches or pizza or his favourite flavour of soda, some weird Japanese melon thing he gets in Little Toyko. Julie tried it once an spat it out, woofing down a red bean bun to erase the flvour. Just... ew.

The day of the show, the photo she gets is of two tickets saved at the box office, one marked with her name. She doesn't know if Reggie knows she's coming, or just hopeful. She grins at her relfection, dark lipstain and a cool purple dress under her mom's leather jacket. She looks cool. Hopes that it fools everyone because inside she is a massive bundle of nerves.

The line to get into The Orpheum is actually pretty long. Wow, this band must be popular. She has no idea how she's going to find Reggie in there, but she'll search all night if she has to.

Hazel steers her inside, gets them both drinks, even if Julie's is just a soda, it helps. Scans the crowd for a familiar red flannel and comes up empty. But does see the merch table and buys a shirt plush a CD from the long haired guy in the rainbow crop top manning it. "Enjoy the show!" he shouts as the crowd starts chanting.

Julie goes closer to the stage, watches as the lights drop, a cord is plugged in, and the room goes silent.

Which makes the explosion of noise all the louder as the guitars roar to life. The song is a bop, Julie hss to admit. The guys up there are magnetic, all grins and bouncing as they ply. They look like they're having the time of their life.

And then she sees it-the red flannel and leather jacket.

And the bassist-playing an extremely familiar looking red bass is wearing them.

Well her aunt was right about her finding him cute.

Reggie is beaming as he dances around the stage, never missing a note. His dark hair is coming loose from sweat, so he flips it out of his face, then runs a hand through it and Julie damn near swoons. He catches her eye and winks.

Then he freezes.

Because she knows he's looking at her necklaces, and he knows them, just as she knows his bass.

She grins, blows him a kiss. He catches it, placing the hand over his heart, then goes right back to rocking out.

Julie jumps in time to the music, can't help but smile as she does. Idly wonders how these guys would sound if she threw her pino into the mix, but then goes right back to dancing.

Nerly dies when Reggie steps up to the mic, as he shots her another devastating wink and all but croons into it. His voice is a light, clear tenor, straight out of the Rat Pack days. His range is impressive, and the song lush and gorgeous.

Also one she's seen the sheet music for, and she sings along, Reggie's eyes on her the whole time.

And even with hundred of people surrounding them, it feels like the world's most intimate duet.

After the show is done, and the encore, Reggie hands his bass off to someone, runs a towel over the worst of himself and leaps off the stage, making beeline right for Julie. "You came."

"I did," she replied, taking a step closer. Seeing the bridge of freckles, the sparkling green eyes, the crooked grin.

Neither of them know it, but Hazel takes a photo of the two of them in that moment.

Afterwards, it becomes Julie's favourite, and it finds a place of honour in her room. And then in the place she shares with Reggie less than a year later.

Well... at least until the shot of their first kiss as Mr. & Mrs. Molina that is.

[daintyduck99]

Three sentence Aus: Soulmates and PeterPatterLina

Based on this Soulmate AU from the Soulmate AU Bargain Bin

Reggie bursts into the studio like a hurricane, launching himself straight over the table and onto Luke’s couch, forcing Luke to look up from the lyrics he’s been working on all morning as Reggie shoves his head into Luke’s lap. 

“I finally got my patches! Sorry, I know you’re busy, I just needed to tell someone and like—it’s a little weird actually because they’re different. I didn’t even notice one of them at first because it changed my back pocket but now there’s a yellow smiley face on it and it’s sort of adorable but the other is a skull and they don’t feel like they belong to the same person and—” 

He stops rambling as his eyes drift from Luke’s to his beanie, which is good because Luke is still stuck on the fact that he got his patches, but then he lifts a trembling hand to snatch Luke’s hat, revealing the patches of plaid and the yellow smiley face that have appeared on it.

[draconida]

BKDK Fic Recs

I've a lot of bookmarks in my AO3 profile and I needed to make a list with all those wonderful stories! 

[This list will have other parts]

1- Mechanical Bull by warschach [Explicit]

Katsuki has a track record of bad choices, it's a condition, but Izuku might be the one choice that's right.

2- Dull by choimarie

“What? Never have seen a hot dude before?”

3- Caught Looking by EAter [Explicit]

He hadn’t meant to look, but once he did, he couldn’t stop. Izuku always knew Katsuki was attractive, in a sort of removed, passive way. He’s obnoxiously fit- with good posture and clear skin and those sharp, dangerous eyes.

Really, it’s a wonder Izuku hadn’t stopped to stare sooner.

4- Sour Silk by BrightEyesEren [Explicit]

Midoriya Izuku starts to receive random gifts at his door. Chaos ensues when he realises he has a sugar daddy.

5- Drinking Watermelon by warschach [Explicit]

For whatever reason, maybe divine fate, Izuku turned and looked over his shoulder and waved to them.

Katsuki’s heart full on stopped right then, and his fingers forgot their duty on the rails, and his body neglected its job to keep Katsuki balanced.

Izuku’s summer sweet smile fell into concern as Katsuki went airborne and cracked his skull on the porch.

Or Katsuki works as a camp counselor, and Izuku is a boy made of summer heat and sunlight.

6- Sucker Punch by warschach [Explicit]

But, whatever, Disney Boy over there was—

Prettying up real damn good that Katsuki got kind of distracted—totally understandable, like god those CGI pine eyes—and didn’t see the straight path he made for the metal trash bin in the center of the area until he was tipping forward and waist deep in discarded bottles, plates, balled up tissues sticky with he prayed was chocolate ice cream and nacho cheese.

Mina howled behind the gate. “Look, Katsuki returned to his home.”

(Or Katsuki works security at Six Flags and moonlights as a derby dude and continuously looks uncool around Izuku)

7- K-9 by warschach [Explicit]

Izuku takes in a stray on one rainy night, except it's not a dog, it's a dog shifter who goes by the name, Katsuki. After the initial wave of panic and embarrassment, Izuku thinks his new pet/roommate is pretty cute.

8- Misfire by deplore

Life's difficult when you're a teenager and your hormones make you lose control of your quirk. Alternately: A PG-13 version of "Sex Sent Me To The ER."

The pleasant sensation that comes from kissing Bakugou – the knowledge that it’s because he’s touching Bakugou so intimately that’s got Bakugou making such vulnerable noises – it tingles satisfyingly underneath his skin in a way that almost feels like when he activates One for All.

– and then there’s the sickening sound of something snapping just as Midoriya realizes, half a second too late, that the feeling is actually exactly like when he activates One for All.

9- Sugar Stardust by milkcandie

Between baking pretty macarons and sculpting wedding cakes, Katsuki slowly falls in love with a certain green-haired coworker who has effervescent stars in his eyes. Maybe working as a pastry chef in Nowhere, Japan isn't so bad after all, especially when he’s in such close proximity to a boy who manages to beautify every little thing in his presence.

A pâtisserie AU where Katsuki and Izuku are really the perfect ingredient for each other.

10- Gravity by warschach [Explicit & Omegaverse]

Izuku is back in his hometown and plenty hasn't changed much from the 8 years he was gone. Except, Katsuki Bakugou, the alpha king of their small town. He's hotter- because that's fair, right, God? -, stronger, a now-famous pro fighter, and noticeably nicer this round.

Not that he cares, pfft.

Ha, Izuku Midoriya caring about Katsuki Bakugou, thinking he's pretty cute and not half bad once you get past the asshole persona; though that gargantuan ego of his could take a dive off a very tall cliff.

(Fine, he cares.)

11- In Which Bakugou Finds His One Tru Luv by Erina

Welcome to the Explodo-kill agency! We can destroy your buildings, crash your cars, and help you solve one of the seven mysteries in life: who is Bakugou Katsuki's mysterious boyfriend?!

The Misadventures of Explodo-kill Agency It is a really fun series! Super recommended ❤

12- Cherish Me by Justaperson1718

“What?”

Izuku looked back down at his menu and flipped the page, a small smile on his face. “Nothing.”

Katsuki glared at Izuku from across the table. “If it was nothing then you wouldn’t be staring at me.”

“It’s just a little funny watching you try to look your best for our date when you always look great anyway,” Izuku explained. He wouldn’t look up from his menu while he spoke, but his words remained ingrained with confidence nevertheless. He considered what he was saying to be fact, and nothing else. “Even when you’re not trying in front of the cameras, it’s still hard to take my eyes off of you.”

13- Chewed Up by warschach [Explicit]

Zombie apocalypse, more than a third of the population currently dead or in the state of undead, and Katsuki still somehow managed to get his shit stolen by two chicks and Freckle boy.

Fuck this new generation.

14- Manage Me by Justaperson1718

Izuku caught himself moving forward, his head tilted somewhat to the side, and his eyes shot wide open. His gaze met Katsuki’s half-lidded eyes now that he was no longer in a dreamlike state, and seeing the way Katsuki was looking at him—waiting for him—made him realize Katsuki would’ve let him do it. He might have even wanted him to do it.

“You’re both doing fabulous!” the photographer called out to them, packing his camera into his bag and getting ready to leave. “I just got word that what we have now should be good, so we’ll stop there. Thank you for your time! Lock the door on your way out after you change.”

The pair stayed frozen in place, with Izuku’s arms around Katsuki’s neck and Katsuki’s hands resting on Izuku’s waist, while the photographer and his supervisor left.

“Kacchan,” Izuku cooed once they were gone. “Did you want to…?”

15- I'll Hold You In My Heart by InkspillsNotebook

"Someday, everything you own, everything you love... will be mine."

When a threat from the past comes to light, the budding romance between Prince Katsuki Bakugou and Prince Izuku Midoriya is put on hold as Katsuki struggles to save the love of his life, and Izuku puts up with being turned into a swan.

The Swan Princess (1994) AU

16- King Tide by warschach

Izuku meets a sea prince.

17- Play It Cool by warschach

Izuku accidentally becomes Katsuki's secret cuddle buddy.

(or that time Izuku and Katsuki snuggle on real pretenses then false ones, each finding a way to poorly miscommunicate their emotions cause what do these boys do aside of making carters in infrastructures and in each other, make the whole class of 1-A weep for them, and manage a romance to bring Ryan Gosling to the brink of tears.)

18- Boom, Badoom, Boom by warschach

Izuku's working the kissing booth at the school fair, it just so happens Katsuki has been crushing on him since the first grade.

“Did you—“ Izuku parted his mouth with no sound leaving it, “Did you pay?”

“Yea.”

“For a kiss?”

19- Bad Dog by Morpheel [Explicit, Omegaverse & Hybrids]

Katsuki Bakugou is a Wolf-Dog hybrid who has been returned more times than he can count.

His natural aggression and anger is excessive, even for an Alpha. Every time he's been purchased he's wound up blowing it one way or another. Yet when another chance comes around to prove his worth, he'll do whatever it takes to stay-

That is, until he runs into a minor roadbump. He isn't the only pet in the Asai household. When said pet is also an Omega, currently in the throes of his season, how the hell is he supposed to not blow it? (Literally).

20- Cafe Mocha by HG_Wells

Everyone has a timer on their wrist that appears when they turn thirteen, they can never remove it until the moment the timer reaches zero and you find your Soulmate. Izuku Midoriya works at a cafe in downtown Tokyo and he finds his Soulmate in the worst way possible.

21- Heartbreak Aftermath by HG_Wells [Explicit & Omegaverse]

After a harsh breakup with his ex-boyfriend, Todoroki Shouto, his friends decide to take him out to get his mind off things. A few drinks with a stranger turns into something more and he gets more than what he bargained for.

22- It's Better Than Drinking Alone by osakakitty [Explicit]

On the fourteenth of July, Izuku Midoriya's girlfriend called him to her place, and dumped him. And now, on the morning of the fifteenth of July, he woke up with a gruesome hangover and no one to celebrate the day with.

Or not.

Modern-day AU where Midoriya and Bakugo are strangers who meet in a bar, and then have wild and crazy sex later that night. The morning after, it's Midoriya's birthday, but he can't quite remember everything that happened. Bakugo is still willing to give him a present.

23- The Morning After 'The Morning After' by VRios

Izuku gets his keys back. Short epilogue to "It's Better Than Drinking Alone".

24- Fishy by warschach for DriftingGlass [Explicit]

Izuku’s convinced his hot co-worker/neighbor, Katsuki, is a mermaid-or merman- you gotta consider genders even with mythical creatures- and plans to prove it.

(or this is kinda like the show ‘Monster Quest’, except Izuku actually finds said monster, falls in love, and have sexy times.)

25- Piggyback by deanvspanties

I found this prompt and I wanted to do it for Bakugou's birthday but I'm a bit late:

Person 1 complaining about how long the walk to wherever is, and Person 2 constantly telling them to shut up and that they’re almost there. After Person 1 doesn’t stop complaining, Person 2 picks Person 1 up like a child and tells them that’s what they get for complaining like a child, and carries them all the way there.

“If you’re going to act like a fussy goddamned brat, I’m going to treat you like one.”

Really I just wanted to write adult Izuku getting a piggyback ride from Kacchan.

26- The last dragon-blood king by claimedbydaryl [Explicit & Omegaverse]

Katsuki Bakugou was the alpha heir to a forgotten throne, reigning lord and warden of the Fyre Isles, a famed warrior of vicious repute in the Western Seas, and he would be wed to Izuku Midoriya by the day’s end. 

27- Storge by Mellosweet [Omegaverse]

“Hold on,” Aizawa said, his voice harsh as if he couldn’t believe what he was just told “let me see if I heard it right. You went to Midoriya’s house with Eri and Kouta, because they wanted to see him, but Midoriya is in heat. Then he called the kids his ‘pups’, took them to his bedroom, and now Bakugou won’t let you near the house?” “Yes” Togata looked up to the building behind him “What should I do?” Aizawa sighs “I am not paid enough for this.”

28- Where's the Fire? by InfiniteTeal

Uraraka is on a mission, a mission to find out whether or not Bakugou and Midoriya are actually together. The evidence stacks up to prove that they are, even everyone else she brings with her sees it, but there's nothing she can do when the couple denies the evidence.

29- Curse the Way to Heaven by InfiniteTeal

Midoriya actually knows how to swear, and Bakugou gets turned on at the simplest moments.

30- Head Game Strong by InfiniteTeal [Explicit]

Some of the students from class 1-A decide to go out to dinner together for the evening. Midoriya hadn't planned to joined them, but it's no surprise that he's under the table fooling around with Bakugou. It sounded like a good idea at first, but Bakugou has a hard time keeping it together when Midoriya gives him a secret blowjob while everyone else is sitting around him.

31- Kacchan's Piercing by InfiniteTeal [Explicit]

Bakugou is bombarded by his classmates about his not-so-secret piercing. He finds out about what the other classmates did to Midoriya, and decides that he wants to feel Midoriya's tongue piercing for himself.

32- Memorized by SchrodingersCat_DoA [Explicit & Fem!Izuku]

Stupid. It was stupid.

Bakugou leaned down and grabbed her scarred wrist to pull her to her feet. He made his way to the dance floor, dragging Deku behind him. He could hear her sputtering behind him, trying to find words to say, but failing.

As he reached the edge of the dancing mass, he turned to face Deku and pulled her into him. Her hands met his chest and fisted in his shirt, pinching some skin, but he didn’t wince. “There, now you have someone to dance with.”

33- Blonde Haired Bunnies by Morpheel [Explicit, Omegaverse & Hybrids]

In an attempt to create a new genetic pattern in the Rabbit-Hybrid Gene, Izuku Midorya is paired with a very strange (and almost unorthodox) stud. The end goal is blonde haired, red eyed rabbits- though only one Alpha truly fits that bill.

Surely a wolf and a rabbit can't breed?

34- Never Skip Leg Day by SecretKiwi [Explicit]

Deku loves leg day, and so does Katsuki- just in a different way.

35- F.U. by warschach [Explicit]

Izuku smiled; Katsuki understood why people warned that the devil wore a Sunday hat and fine clothes because deception worked better if no one expected it.

Not anymore. He knew Izuku’s evil ways, and his ass might be a 20 on the hotness meter but Katsuki held grudges.

“Izuku,” he sneered; he too could be evil right back.

(Or Katsuki's a football player; Izuku's a cheerleader; they have a rivalry until it isn't one)

36- A Rare Exchange by aideyn [Explicit]

"Oi Deku! Heard you're looking for some "Rare Might"~?"

37- How To Fall In Love With Your Enemy by Insomnia_Productions

When you find the soul that is perfectly matched to your own, any mark that appears on their skin will appear on yours, as well. Everyone knows that.

Midoriya knows it... but, somehow, he's never imagined it happening to him.

Bakugou knows it, too... but he doesn't have time for stupid things like that.

And, although both of them know that Fate is never wrong... there have got to be exceptions. After all, this match cannot possibly be anything but a mistake. Right?

38- One Exception by GreyLiliy

If you’d have told Katsuki when he was in middle school that every day after his shift he’d come home to Deku waiting with a soft smile and dinner, he’d have laughed and set off an explosion in your face. But Deku is stubborn, Katsuki was weak, and now they share a home.

Routine is broken, however, when a Villain makes himself known by taking the lives of Pro Heroes with no trace of motive. With the entire Hero community on edge, Katsuki can only be grateful that Deku has given up on his childish Hero dreams and is safe at home instead of in the line of fire.

39- Swipe Right by Cellaira [Explicit]

Kirishima had another stupid idea, and Katsuki had nothing to lose. Then, he discovered a witty, freckled, attractive stranger, and he had everything to gain.

(Like some damn good sex.)

In other words, the Grindr AU no one asked for but everyone secretly needed.

40- Matchmakers by Trashreciptical

When Katsuki agreed to be Jirou's wingman at a school dance for his students he expected to be bored out of his mind, he expected to laugh at his students suffering trying to communicate with the opposite sex, and he expected being subjected to shitty pop music all night.

What he wasn't expecting was the gorgeous teacher from the other school with forests in his eyes and stars on his cheeks....fuck he has it bad.

In which Katsuki is a chemistry teacher that is one explosion away from being fired and Izuku is the adorable english teacher from a different school, who sweeps Katsuki off of his feet and he doesn't know what to do.

41- Between ink and thorns by soulstring

There are a lot of things people are amazed at when it comes to Bakugou Katsuki. The thing that stands out the most – especially since it comes from a man with so little patience and an explosive temperament – is his unsuspecting love for botany. In an ideal world he would look after his flower shop and get paid for it without having to deal with an annoying element attached to his work; namely bother, namely aggravation, namely humans.

And that day, the worst of them is about to enter his flower shop and his life.

42- Daisies bunches and heather branches by halcyonwhispers 

Izuku falls in love with the foul-mouthed tattoo artist next door.

43- Unknown Number: I Love You by Lillabelle

Opposites attract right? Well that's what Midoriya's friend, Uraraka, thinks. Her friend from another school talked about another guy, Bakugou Katsuki, and the two girls decided the two were perfect for each other. Now Midoriya is left with the number of a guy he didn't even know.

How bad could it be?

44- How IKEA Sells All Their Beds by thankyouforexisting

The next day, Kacchan turns on the cold water while Izuku is showering, resulting in a screaming match that the whole floor gets involved in, and soap bars starts flying everywhere, while Mineta throws his purple balls so that people can grab onto them and not slip on the wet floor, earning a “You’re not that bad, dude,” from Kirishima (It's a lie. Literally everybody hates him). Aizawa punishes them all by making them run laps for an hour the next morning.

Two days later, Izuku retaliates by lowering the thermostat until Kacchan can’t summon fire to burn his clothes, and Iida appears in the doorway holding a flag and shouting, “JUSTICE FOR CLOTHES! NO MORE DESTRUCTION OF FABRIC! WE MUST FIGHT THIS STRIKE AGAINST THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY, COMRADES!”

Kacchan rips the thermostat from the wall with his fire cannons and burns the flag, half of Izuku’s wardrobe, and his bed.//Deku and Kacchan are roommates, and everyone fears for their safety.

45- Yes, They're All Safe by teaandtumblr

Villains have entered UA grounds and are disposed of just as quickly, but that doesn't mean a headcount of the students doesn't need to be done. Toshinori would admit, he wasn't quite prepared for what he found in Bakugou Katsuki's room.

46- I’ll share this with you, so leave it behind by yabakuboi [Single Dad!Izuku]

For the sake of the story, All Might is never in need of a successor, and, when Izuku saves Katsuki from the sludge monster, encourages young Midoriya down a different path. Thus, Katsuki and Izuku part ways after junior high, as Katsuki enters U.A. and the Midoriyas move overseas. It’s later that Katsuki realizes that there’s something missing, that he drove that something away.

Years after, Katsuki finds him in the last place he looks, in the cereal aisle at the local grocery store of their childhood neighborhood.

47- Catharsis by dollcewrites [Explicit]

It's been six years since Izuku graduated.

It's been six years since he confessed to his childhood friend; his classmate and his inspiration.

It's been six years since he deleted Bakugou's number, asked his friends not to mention the name, spent every last effort of his heart turning off the TV and averting his eyes from the newspapers.

It's been six, long, long years since he gave up on Katsuki Bakugou ever loving him back.

48- Stopping All Stations by glamour_weeb [Explicit & Rape Fantasy]

Izuku begs Katsuki to roleplay as a pervert that feels him up on the train. Katsuki only agrees if Izuku wears a slutty school girl uniform. They both get a little bit too into it.

49- Go the Fuck to Sleep by glamour_weeb [Omegaverse]

Izuku can't sleep and Katsuki takes care of him aka Izuku is needy and Katsuki is whipped.

Takes place during the training camp.

50- Serpents by glamour_weeb [Explicit & Omegaverse]

Izuku goes into heat and leaves a trail of scent across Katsuki’s territory. When the Alpha catches his scent, he tracks Izuku down and mates with him.

51- Let's Get Closer Still by bionic_heehaw (nmhotel21) [Explicit, Fem!Izuku & Incest]

Izuku has a week to find out if her brother wants her the way she's desired him since middle school. After their parents come back from holiday, she probably won't have a chance like this again.

52- What’s up danger by The_Crafty_Cracker [Omegaverse]

Because apparently,The fic where Deku punches a bigoted entailed asshole Alpha in the face wasn’t an appropriate title.

Poor Katsuki has his handful with his mate nearly getting arrested, again!

53- Devil in Me by glamour_weeb [Explicit & Omegaverse]

Katsuki's usually the one getting into fights over Deku when they go to the club, but this time, his Omega's the one that starts a fight over him, but he doesn't stop there. Deku's determined to mark his territory.

54- You've Got Mail! by glamour_weeb [Explicit, Omegaverse & In process]

Izuku is a Quirkless Omega and Katsuki is an Alpha pro hero. Their paths might have never crossed if they hadn’t started using the anonymous mail service where Alphas and Omegas can buy and sell their clothes as heat/rut aids.

Izuku wonders if it's possible to fall in love with an Alpha's scent and Katsuki wonders if he'll ever meet the Omega that smells like his True Mate.

A very horny love story in three parts.

55- Pets take after their Owners by San121 [Explicit, Omegaverse & Hybrids]

Shouto and Eijirou are a loving couple, Shouto recently got a rabbit Pet and Eijirou wants his Katsuki to like his boyfriend's Pet. Katsuki does more than like.

56- Way more than a handful by Morpheel [Explicit, Hybrids & Trans!Izuku]

Izuku wasn’t quite sure what to expect in bringing a rescue to his home.

While most owners would pride themselves in adopting a mixed breed of dog, or perhaps a stray cat; Midoriya had completely bypassed the beginners circle and brought home a fiery wolfdog hybrid with a bad temper.

It... has up and downs.

57- Dii Consentes by Souzoshiyou [Explicit, Fem!Izuku, Torture, Gore and Blood & Slight TodoBakuDeku]

The two ran along the secret passage with Izuku running ahead, dragging Katsuki by the hand with giggles. The blonde looked at their joined hands before looking the heiress' back. God, he loves her so much. He'd do practically anything for her, even become her plaything if she wants. He had never met anyone that reflected and complemented him so much. He'll chase after her everywhere even to the pits of hell.

58- Wild Thing (You Make My Heart Sing) by Gezelligheid [Fem!Izuku]

A series of mostly unrelated one shots revolving around genderbent Izuku, mostly involving her relationship with our favorite hothead.

59- Earned It by Morpheel [Explicit & Omegaverse]

Because within the illumination of lantern light stood a brothel’s worth of Omegas, all in various states of disarray, giggling and washing themselves without a care in the world to the army in their path.

Bakugou’s eyes narrowed in suspicion. Bakugou Katsuki wasn't expecting any interruptions in his conquest of the Capital. Let alone for that interruption to backfire.

60- When the sunset shifts by ser_problematique [Explicit & Werewolves]

Katsuki has a problem; Izuku is there to help him through it. Smutty fantasy au with werewolf porn.

61- ¡NO CULPES AL ALCOHOL! by GABY_NEKO [Fem!Izuku]

"Oh my god, did I steal Kacchan's virginity?!"

62- Maid You Mine by glamour_weeb [Explicit, Omegaverse & Hybrids]

“Welcome to Yuuei, Master!” A squeaky voice greets Katsuki when he pushes through the door of the Omega maid cafe, the little bell on the inside jingling, announcing his arrival. “Oh, hi, Kacchan!”

“Deku,” Katsuki growls back, his own fluffy golden tail flicking behind him irritably.

A hybrid AU where wolf Katsuki begrudgingly puts up with his obnoxiously cheerful coworker, bunny Izuku, until the day Katsuki comes into work and goes into heat.

63- The Piano Knows Something I Don't Know by oyasumi_yue [Fem!Izuku]

‘Intrigued’ is an understatement for the Bakusquad as they notice Bakugo Katsuki, a guy who has a tongue that could rival Satan himself, is refusing to eat spicy food.

64- Do You Know What I'm Seeing? by oyasumi_yue [Fem!Izuku]

Katsuki Bakugo prides himself with a headstrong attitude, his only goal is to be the best Hero, 'distraction' is not part of his majorly curse-composed vocabulary. But then, it all wavered when that purple perverted bastard made a comment about Deku's prominent body features.

Alternative Title: When Did Deku Become So Hot?

65- Little Bad Girl by SchrodingersCat_DoA [Explicit & Fem!Izuku]

Bakugou tossed the All Might sleep pants back on the shelf but held onto the oversized t-shirt. He let it fall open and brought it to eye level to study it. It was two sizes too big for Deku – at least in the terms of length. It was a simple grey t-shirt and soft – it was also a men’s shirt. As he was studying the shirt, the tag caught his eye. Bakugou adjusted his grip and brought the shirt closer to his face. He grabbed the tag and sneered.

On it was written T.S. Of course that Half’n’Half bastard would write his initials in his clothing.

Bakugou’s smirk fell from his face as it finally clicked in his head that Deku had a shirt that belonged to Half’n’Half. His blonde eyebrows pulled into the center of his face until they met and could go no further. The smirk continued to fall until it was twisted into an ugly grimace. The t-shirt in his hands started to singe as his Quirk fired off.

This wouldn’t do. No, this would not do at all.

66- Reflections by Kreativekilljoy

Where hero Bakugou Katsuki keeps having impromptu encounters with officer Midoriya Izuku.

67- Changeling by Souzoshiyou [Fem!Izuku & Attempted Rape]

'He's not an angel, nor a demon. I guess I can call him a ghost... But I prefer to call him a soul in need.'

In one whole month, how did they affect each other? Did Izuku help Katsuki? Did Katsuki help Izuku? We'll never know, but one thing's for sure; they changed each other.

68- Izuku and the Stag by Sarcastic_Metaphor

Katsuki is a god, a patron of war and a conqueror of nations. Trying to court a puny, green-haired mortal shouldn’t be giving him as much trouble as it is.

Meanwhile, Izuku lives in the forest and studies magic. All he wants to do is continue his work, but he finds himself continuously running into a strange, angry boy in the woods.

69- Please Scent Me by fleurown [Omegaverse]

In which Deku needs a quick favor at a party and Katsuki can't deny such a cute face.

70- Mamma Is Here by KurageMonsta [Explicit, Omegaverse, Non-Con & Incest]

Midoriya Izuku really really loves his son.

71-  Thrill of the Hunt by DrProblematic [Explicit & Omegaverse]

It began the way it always did — Izuku running, and Katsuki chasing after him. Despite both knowing where it would inevitably lead, they persisted for the sake of the journey: for the thrill of the hunt, of being hunted.

72- Drabbles and drabbles by kacchansass [Incomplete]

A collection of writing prompts sent to me on my tumblr! Typically gonna be BakuDeku prompts, but other pairings may pop up as well. Not all will be canon compliant either!

73- I'm So Glad I Found My Mate Today by kittiegirl1616 [Explicit & Omegaverse]

Pro-Hero Ground Zero has captured a villain when he senses his mate is nearby.

74- Nesting - The Omega Superstore! by Swifty_Heart [Omegaverse]

Imagine a store that wall to wall full of the softest blankets, pillows, and gourmet food! A superstore where Omegas go for all their nesting needs!

75- His Reflection by CarCarWong545 [Omegaverse]

Forced into a life that doesn't feel like his own, what shall Izuku do when he meets a not too pleasant alpha?

76- Eternity by PeppermintLeo [Explicit & Omegaverse]

Izuku was Kacchan’s partner, in every sense of the word. He ruled right next to Kacchan’s side, an alpha and an omega, leading Kacchan’s tribe against all sorts of odds. As well as his romantic partner, steady and solid by his side but giving when emotions called for it.

Izuku has adapted to the ways of the barbarian tribe with the help of Katsuki Bakugou, the barbarian king. From the beginning, he knew their connection would be special, but he never expected the man to ask him to spend forever, and after, with him.

77- If you can't find the morning light, i'm here tonight by yabakuboi [Omegaverse]

“You’re still you.” Katsuki can’t look at him as he says it. “You’re still Deku, but you’re not useless. You got dealt a shit hand, but you didn’t give up. You’re strong as hell, and you always have been. I didn’t see it as a kid, but I do now.”

Katsuki swallows. There’s a sharp smell to the air, blossoming up from where Izuku sits across from him at the little breakfast table, and it smells like grief, but like relief. And when he meets Izuku’s teary eyes, he feels his heart thud heavily in his chest. Slowly, cautiously, he slides his hands across the table and takes Izuku’s into his own.

Katsuki was never sure what happened to his childhood friend, quirkless Izuku who had presented as an omega and was whisked away to a traditional matchmaking house. Katsuki never saw him again after that, and tried to convince himself it was for the best. Many lonely years pass before he finds Izuku in the last place he ever wanted to, in the middle of a battlefield with a child clutching to his shirt.

78- Katsuki and the Hare by GreyLiliy [Hybrids & In process]

While hiking in the forest, Katsuki finds a wild hybrid caught and injured in a hunting trap. He performs his due diligence to call for help, not expecting to see the hybrid again.

However, on future hiking trips in those same woods, he spots hints of green in his peripheral and before he knows it, Katsuki finds himself with a curious tagalong that becomes a part of his life in a way he could have never predicted.

79- Dogged Love by GreyLiliy [Hybrids]

While helping out his friend Uraraka with her work, Izuku notices the client’s pet locked in a kennel wearing a muzzle. Izuku’s chest ached with the desire to help and before he knew it, he’d gathered the money and bought the dog from the other man, becoming a pet owner for the first time in his life.

Katsuki, however, wonders how he went from having a bad owner to one that needed a master of his own to keep himself out of trouble.

As time goes by, though, Katsuki and Izuku find out they’re both exactly what the other has always needed.

80- A Burrow for You and I by GreyLiliy [Explicit & Hybrids]

Katsuki and Izuku grew up together as neighbors, a human and a hybrid that most would call the best of friends. But after an unexpected step forward in their relationship, Izuku backed away and put distance between them—too much distance.

When Izuku arrives back home after a year of absence, he makes sure Katsuki is the first to see the fruits of his labor.

81- Izuku's Home for Wayward Pets by glamour_weeb [Explicit, Omegaverse, Hybrids & In process]

Izuku works at the Bureau of Companion Protection as a rehabilitator for abused and abandoned Companions, animal-human hybrids. He’s seen his fair share of cruelty cases and even fostered a few Companions, but he’s never had a Companion of his own, until now. After rescuing Katsuki from a life in an illegal, underground Companion fighting ring, Izuku must take in the wolfdog that no one else can handle.

Eventually, Katsuki comes to love his new home, as well as his new Master.

82- Does your mother know? by setitoff

It's hard for anyone to impress katsuki bakugou, much less catch his eyes, really. so when izuku midoriya, their new english professor shows up, katsuki is more than a little interested.

83- My ex-man brought his new boyfriend by setitoff [In process]

izuku's desperate to get a date after being persuaded (forced, more like) to go for a family reunion back in his hometown, in which he will most definitely see his ex, todoroki shouto, with a date of his own.

in a last attempt to find someone, izuku asks for help and ends up getting bakugou katsuki.

84- Payphone by flowercafe [In process]

Izuku’s in trouble — like, SOS trouble. Lucky for him, he’s one phone call away from salvation. Hopefully his trembling fingers dial the right number, because it would really suck if he accidentally called a stranger right now.

Or

The “I was walking home alone in the middle of the night and someone started following me so I ran into this phone booth with a lock on the door to call for help, but my hands were shaking so badly I accidentally dialed the wrong number and I don’t even know who you are but please help me" au — ft. a Quirkless Izuku whose misdial connects him to the personal cell line of pro hero Ground Zero.

85- For whatever we lose by kindaopps [Dubious Consent]

He locks the pelt up in a chest, and keeps the key hanging from his neck.

The boy's face was devastated, but Katsuki found even that quite beautiful.

86- Plucking the Heartstrings by K1NGKYO

Izuku never expected to become attracted to a customer in the cafe, but sure enough, Katsuki 'Boom Boy' Bakugou catches his attention. As he pursues a friendship with Bakugou, Izuku discovers he is secretly a popular horror writer, but what's most surprising is Bakugou's musical prowess.

Music without words can say many things and Izuku discovers how.

87- In A Sky Of A Million Stars (Who Cares If One More Light Goes Out?) by Stringlish [Suicide Attempt, Depression, PTSD & In process]

He could never forgive himself.

It was his fault.

He’d planted the idea like a seed he’d never known would grow.

(Or: What if Izuku jumped?) (OR: The one where Izuku jumps and lives and Katsuki visits him every day and Class 1-A not-so-secretly finds it adorable that their designated angry pomeranian brings flowers to his comatose childhood friend.)

88- Printer Daddy by deanvspanties [Explicit]

Izuku knows the only way to fix a broken printer is to buy a new one, but printer repairman Bakugou is here to exceed all of his expectations.

And there's nothing hotter than a guy who knows his way around a printer.

89-  How to Train Your Shitty Omega by deanvspanties [Explicit]

Izuku will have Bakugou's knot. He's Izuku's alpha after all.

90- The Tale of an Extra by Anzul

In which Katsuki channels true holiday spirit by inviting himself to his former middle school classmate's party and then sitting in a corner glued to his phone. Psh, like his secret-not-so-secret boyfriend is having a better Christmas anyway.

(Someone please save his former classmate.)

91- You Ready For This? by sabasama

“You’re saying you wanna fuck?” “Oh my god, don’t say it like that!” “What? It’s the same thing.” “No, it’s not!” Izuku wailed; he couldn’t be alone on this subscription of thought.

92- warm hands by flowercafe

"Your hands are so soft," he blurts.

Katsuki gives his fingers a threatening squeeze. "What the hell, Deku? Are you sayin' there's a problem with having soft hands, hah?"

Izuku never thought that Bakugou Katsuki, of all people, would willingly give him a hand massage. But here they are, sitting knee to knee, with his fingers lying innocently in those explosive palms.

Or

a 5+1 featuring copious amounts of massaging, a dollop of mutual pining, many ridiculous competitions, Izuku’s achy joints, and one very tactile Katsuki.

93- After Hours by Morpheel [Explicit & Trans!Midoriya]

Who would have thought school locker rooms were a bad place to get it on at?

Midoriya and Bakugou decide to wind down together after training past hours within U.A. Little do they know they weren't the only ones with the idea of staying after class. This could get pretty messy, pretty fast, if Bakugo can't brush off the fact he had Midoriya pinned to the shower stall.

94- Eat Your Damn Dinner by glamour_weeb [Omegaverse]

"Katsuki's been with Deku long enough to know the signs of when his Omega is about to go into heat. Hell, he’s more in tune with Deku’s cycle than the fucking nerd is with his own body. No surprise there, Deku’s always been absolute shit at taking care of himself. That’s why Katsuki's going to take care of him, like always."

Katsuki Bakugou is not whipped. He just likes taking care of his Omega.

95- As Fate Would Have It by ScientificallySinful (VampireGaaraCheesepuffs) [Explicit & Omegaverse]

Katsuki Bakugo had plenty of reasons why he wasn't mated yet, not that he was going to explain why to just anyone. But now, Ground Zero was running out of time. If he didn't find someone soon, he'd lose his position as a Pro-Hero and he'd never get to be #1. So, when he finds out there's a male Omega recently arrested for prostitution that's headed to prison if he too doesn't get a mate…well it must be fate.

Izuku Midoriya doesn't know if he should laugh or cry when his childhood bully shows up in front of his jail cell asking him to be his mate. He also didn't know if it was good or bad that Kacchan didn't seem to recognize him, but fate hasn't been kind to him before so why should it start now?

96- since some liar brought the thunder, the land is now deserted by baby345 [Omegaverse]

"17 years ago 5 omegas was each taught the act of espionage, when they graduated they were given careful instructions to follow their mission and regroup when the time came." the old man revealed casually. "omegas were often sought after by outside agencies especially as little kids because they were so much easier to mold and teach. they were perfect for undercover missions simply because they had the talent of being able to flawlessly work a room, nobody ever suspected the little omega in the corner of being a assassin until they were standing over them with a blade in hand."

"two of the omegas who excelled brilliantly in their training were code named flicker and cottontail or as you know them: Izuku Bakugou and Denki Shinso." He revealed.

Katsuki and Hitoshi whole world is flipped upside down when their mates are accused of being sleeper agents and are missing, trusting nobody but each other and the clues left behind they have no choice but to wonder what's the truth and whats a lie.

97- You Wonderful Motherfuckers by BeyondPhantomhive [Explicit]

In which the Bakusquad unwittingly get Bakugou and Midoriya together through a series of pranks.

98- torn fur, blunt teeth by SageMasterofSass [Past Non-Con]

After eight months of being collared, Izuku is finally free. But a dark, stormy city is no place for a lonely shapeshifter on the run.

99- Get on my Level by Mikacrispy

Bakugou Katsuki is a Pro Hero whose boss demands him to take an intern. Midoriya Izuku is a UA student who needs an internship. When the two of them are put together, they learn about what it truly means to be a Hero and what it means to be in love.

100- Just Like The Comics by brichibi

If this were anything like the comics, Izuku Midoriya being quirkless would be the norm while heroes would be treated as a rarity. As it stands, everyone’s got a super power, except for Izuku, of course. No worries, though, because he’s over it (nope) and has moved on to bigger and better things (again, nope) like working at a tiny comic book shop and indulging in stories where being able to lift a bus with your bare hands was deemed impossible until proven otherwise.

Oh, and running into your heroic ex-boyfriend? Also unlikely. But Izuku’s life isn’t like a comic book (maybe?) and Katsuki Bakugou is standing right in front of him: still perfect, still handsome, and still putting his combat booted foot in his mouth.

[Or: AU where Izuku works at a comic book shop because that’s as close to a hero as he’s gonna get, and Katsuki plays the part of heroic ex-boyfriend who is good at everything except winning Izuku back... maybe]

[kegareki]

dameamaryllis replied to your post “The video opens to the Five Nights At Freddy’s title screen and a...”

Oh, I love this! May we know more about Jaz, pretty pretty please? (Does Jason still dies? Please say no!)

it’s ME, do you think that i could let jason die if i could help it??

jason has a much larger weakness to mother figures than jaz does. jaz is a lot less willing to extend any amount of trust towards possible bio mom sheila--which is good, considering that if they went along with it with their guard down, they would’ve been lured into a trap and brutally murdered by the joker. no thanks!

as you can imagine, jason is more well-adjusted than in other canons because he was not killed or almost killed by the joker at 16.

jaz and jason are robin at the same time. it was suggested that they have separate codenames, but this was shot down because they both want to be robin.

(”do you want one of us to be batboy?” jason demands. “i’m not gonna be batboy.”

“i don’t wanna be batboy, either,” jaz says. “that’s the name of a reject robin.”

“the name of a shitty bargain-bin robin.”

“technically, i am getting a deal on robins,” bruce says.

“you can be batboy then!”)

because no one has an untimely death, the role of robin does not pass over to tim during a time of desperate need for a stabilizing influence on batman, and therefore jason doesn’t resent bruce for replacing him or tim for being his replacement. tim becomes robin in the same way that everyone else does: bruce sees a tiny child in need, sees that he is in a position to help them, and goes “oh, no.”

jason and jaz respectfully retire from the position of robin and move cities entirely to help dick over in bludhaven.

(”WHAT IS A GOTHAM GOLDEN CHILD DOING IN BLUDHAVEN,” someone tweets in distress. accompanying their tweet is a photo of jaz, who is sitting on the other side of their classroom.

someone else responds with: “grayson went to bludhaven around the time bruce wayne picked up the todds & bruce wayne is apparently in the process of adopting another kid rn. bludhaven might just b where gotham kids go to escape their adopted sibs”

the original poster replies to this, shaken, “are you telling me that gothamites view bludhaven as a vacation spot? this is the most terrifying thing anyone has ever said to me”)

more under the cut because this answer is getting Very Long

jaz’s vigilante name is nightingale, which immediately pegs them as a double-act with nightwing, but i wanted a bird name and if leliana could use the name nightingale, so can i

they’ve got the same sort of blue stripe that nightwing’s got going on, as well as the domino mask, but their outfit as a whole is more reminiscent of red hood’s--suit beneath a jacket and trousers, belt, boots, etc. they use escrima sticks like nightwing does, but they transition comfortably between impact and edged weapons, with the same sort of “if they don’t go down when beaten, they’ll go down when bleeding” mindset that jason has

jaz, dick, and bruce are all similar in that they all go where the need is. sometimes you have to make a choice on what thing or person needs you more, because you can’t take care of everyone and everything at the same time. you can’t. something will always be your priority.

in ‘verses where it’s just dick who’s trying to meet people’s needs, he gets so strained, because he can’t give all of himself to everyone who needs something from him. jaz helps, though. they can go where he can’t. like--between damian and tim, dick’s gonna go after damian. damian’s a kid and dick’s responsible for him. and jaz can go after tim in his stead

in one of my aus, where jaz lands in an alternate universe where there’s no native jaz and therefore everything went predictably to shit:

"Dick is the only Robin who made it to eighteen," Jaz says. "Have you thought about what you'll be after?"

Tim pauses, expression shifting. "Not really," he admits. "I haven't needed to. Until now, I guess."

Jaz puts a hand on his shoulder. "Hey. Even if Damian does become Robin, that doesn't mean you're being kicked out. Damian is a ten-year-old who's been trained by the League of Assassins. He needs to be supervised, and you don't anymore. And besides," they add, "you're not the only one whose partner is being stolen. We could team up."

He smiles hesitantly. "I haven't patrolled with you yet. Let's start there."

(i gave up on understanding the dc timeline so the ages i go by are “if damian is 10, tim is 18, jason is 22, and dick is 25″ since i think that dick is 28ish when damian is 13?)

dick, jason, and jaz are all pretty tight-knit with each other, but their next favorite batkids are all different? dick is close with babs and damian, jason is close with cass, jaz is close with tim...

ALSO if it was not obvious, jaz/dick is a thing. generally i do not write romantic relationships involving si/ocs, because i am aromantic, but i make an exception for dick grayson. (”you are my only exception” by paramore plays in the distance) they’re very cute together and playful and fun and sweet. i have a soulbond au where they’re soulmates. i almost never write soulmate aus. that is how much i love them

more things i want to say but that i’ve run out of steam for paragraphs about:

jaz adopts a black cat and names him catman. they take snaps of him zooming around their apartment with the caption “nya nya nya nya catman”

they are the singular robin whose favorite hero/vigilante is batman. however it should be noted that bruce wayne is not their favorite; batman is. the absurdity of a growling man of the night accompanied by a brightly-colored acrobatic child is so utterly charming

in jazverse canon, jaz is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns and tim is trans and uses he/him pronouns. bruce wayne has not messed up their pronouns Once and, when other people misgender his kids, he always makes sure to say The Correct Pronouns Or Terminology in his response. #BruceWayneSaysTransRights is a real hashtag

jason and jaz are protective of each other. i’m not saying that jaz would’ve decked sheila in the face, but i’m also not saying that they wouldn’t

the imagery of jason and jaz attending gotham academy is so funny. like. they’re from fuckin crime alley and then they get adopted by bruce wayne and now they go to the Elite Private Academy of gotham where everyone is rich and snobby. they read the lord of the flies for english class and agree that the events of the novel are made possible only by virtue of being populated entirely by rich white cis boys. their discussion immediately goes to “so if that happened with our class, who would die first” because, to quote jason todd, “even if no one tried asserting dominance, these kids have the survival instincts of a toddler��

jaz’s full name is jasmine and their nicknames are jaz and jazzy. dick calls them hummingbird sometimes because they’re short and have adhd. also because they looked Utterly Betrayed by dick and jason both having -bird nicknames but not them

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Oh MyGOSH the list is everything I could ever want and more! But you tempt me with wildly AU fics and rarepairs. You fiends I love you give it all to me! Please and thankyou xoxo

Hey @whataboutthefish​ :)

Sorry it took a while to get to this! Following on from the last rec list we made you which featured mostly canon-ish and a couple of AUs, here are some AU and rare pair fics for you. We’ve tried to include a selection including some on the longer side and perhaps our readers can recommend more.

As always, we’ve only included selected tags, so please heed the tags when you land on AO3.

Hope you enjoy!

Recs Under The Cut

Hannigram AU:

Burn Through the Night by bymoonlight @mads–hatter​Explicit // M/M // Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter // Tags: Underage, Size Kink, Age difference, Warlord!AU, Mpreg, Alpha!hannibal, Omega!will, Eventual Fluff, Shameless SmutSummary: Hannibal, a leader of a fierce, nomadic pack, comes across a rare gem during one of his raids – a male omega.Words: 9,552 Chapters: 4/4

Consortio by kelex Explicit // M/M // Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter // Tags: AU, prima nocte, Alpha!hannibal, virgin omega!willSummary: Every Omega in the land is brought to the lord on the evening of their first heat. Lord Hannibal usually doesn’t choose to exercise that right, but this night’s offering is too much for him to pass up. A virgin Omega in his first heat, with brown hair, blue eyes, and a spirit that can’t be broken.Words: 23,088 Chapters: 4/4

The First Second Chance (series) by TheMarvelousMinniPinExplicit, // F/F, M/M // Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter, Alana Bloom/Beverly Katz, Bella Crawford/Jack Crawford, Abel Gideon/Matthew Brown // Tags: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Alpha Hannibal, Omega Will, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Hannibal is a Cannibal, Possessive Hannibal, Dominance, Submission, all consensual, No Rape/Non-con, Hallucinations, Anxiety Attacks, Trauma, Will is in the Loony Bin, Sugar Daddy Hannibal, Reluctant Sugar Baby Will, Mating Rituals, Mating Cycles/In HeatSummary: Will’s life is falling apart, as per its usual habit. He has been selected as a prize Omega in the Alpha Dominance Fights. He’s waiting for the worst to happen; he will be claimed by the victor, forcibly mated, bred, and kept away from any real life outside of the home.Hannibal is rather unwilling to let that happen. He missed his chance to tell Will his true feelings, but he may be redeemed. There is only one way to get an Omega out of a Dominance Fight: Win.Words: 42,090 Works: 3

Fortunate Souls by HotMolasses @hotmolassesExplicit // M/M // Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter // Tags: Rape/Non-Con, Underage, Tentacle Sex, Underage Sex, Will is 16, dubcon, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Mpreg, Bonding, Soulmates, Mating Cycles/In HeatSummary: Angry at his father, the omegan merman Will seeks the help of the sea-witch, Hannibal, to give him legs so he can escape the sea. Hannibal, seeking revenge on his nemesis, King Crawford, sees this as a golden opportunity. Neither gets what they bargained for, but both come away much richer instead.Words: 3,400 Chapters: 1/1

Omiai by extremelyperturbed Mature // M/M // Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter, Will Graham/Nigel (Charlie Countryman), Matthew Brown/Will Graham // Tags: non-cannibalism AU, Dramedy, Light Angst, Romance, Alpha Will, Omega Hannibal, Omega NigelSummary: Created in response to this kinkmeme prompt: Nigel and Hannibal are Omegas and Will is their Alpha. However, I decided to add a lot of other things like Uncle Robert trying to find someone suitable, an amused Mischa. Words: 13,562 Chapters: 10/10

Picture Imperfect by shiphitsthefan @shiphitsthefanExplicit // M/M // Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter // Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alpha Will, Omega Hannibal, Photographer Will, Musician Hannibal, True Mates, Virgin Will, First Kiss, Scenting, Oral Knotting, courting, Tooth-Rotting FluffSummary: Will Graham has made a name for himself in the magazine industry for being the one and only alpha photographer that can be trusted. It isn’t that he doesn’t have hormonal urges; Will is simply able to control himself. In a society run by omegas, Will’s empathetic nature is a gift; he can easily assume the omega mindset, almost as if he shares their biology, their behavior. Omegas feel safe with Will, because he isn’t innately predatorial.He’s just walked into a photo shoot with concert harpsichordist Hannibal Lecter.He’s about to ruin everything.Words: 13,645 Chapters: 7/7

Seek Your Enemy by Della19 Mature // M/M // Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter // Tags: Cannibalism, Alternate Universe, Summary: William La Fontaine hates the opera. The music is fine, but the people are unbearable. All the backstabbing simpering society climbing omegas that look down at him for the – unwanted – attention he receives from the boorish, old money alphas, who look at him like he’s a piece of meat, caring only for his body and his last name.Also, he might have just imprinted on some alpha doctor with a foreign accent and beautifully tempting monsters in his compelling dark eyes, whom his sister thinks has a ‘serial killer face.’Will thinks it’s possible that she’s more right than she knows. It’s also possible that Will could care less.Will is going to need something much stronger than this champagne.William La Fontaine hates the opera.A Wage Your War AU, based on the idea of what if Will’s mother hadn’t left Will and his father when Will was three, as in that fic, and that he was raised in his mother’s rich household. You should read that fic first, as otherwise this one won’t make too much sense. Hannigram A/B/O.Words: 9,720 Chapters: 2/2

Tribal Relations (series) by Entity_Sylvir @tumbleweedforyouExplicit // M/M // Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter // Tags: Alternate Universe, Vague historical-esque setting, Denying sex, mild violence, Possessive!Will, Will has a cool dad, Dash of politicsSummary: Hannibal pays a diplomatic visit to the leader of neighbouring tribe, and is treated to a somewhat unusual brand of negotiation. “Hello?” Hannibal greeted a little quizzically. “Do you have a message?” “Um,” the boy replied softly, seeming to have a little trouble getting his words out. “No. I—I’m here on behalf of our tribe. And our hospitality.” He gave a little hesitant smile. “Compliments of the chief.”Words: 22,560 Works: 2

Unexpected Heat Series (series) by HotSauce418 @hotsauce418Explicit // M/M // Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter // Tags: Alpha Hannibal, Omega Will, Heat on a plane, Making friends mid air, True Mates, Mating Cycles/In Heat, Mating BondSummary: Hannibal is flying home when the flight is almost landed due to a distressed omega.Words: 4,551 Works: 2

What We Do Is Secret by IWillBeTheEndofYou Explicit // M/M // Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter // Tags: Sadness, Smut, Courtship, Loss of Virginity, Mating, Heat Cycles, BondingSummary: Hannibal Lecter, Will Graham. Perfect strangers in an imperfect world. When Hannibal wins Will in a hand of poker, he has to convince the Omega to love him.Words: 16,750 Chapters: 12/12

Will and Hannibal’s Eggcellent adventures (series) by dandelion_wishes Mature // M/M, Multi // Series in Progress // Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter, Matthew Brown/Will Graham // Tags: Underage, Alternate Universe - Teenagers, Alternate Universe - High School, Fluff, Romance, Gangs, Drug Use, Attempted Rape/Non-Con, Murder, Child Abuse, Drug Addiction, fluff lots…, Running Away, Angst, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Awkward Flirting, Bullying, ViolenceSummary: Health class, sex ed and egg care. Joy and trials of High School. Words: 49,356 Works: 4

Rare Pairs:

Canis Majoris (series) by LectersDaughter, LittleSpacePrince Spacedogs - Nigel (Charlie Countryman)/Adam RakiExplicit // M/M // Tags: Alpha Nigel, Omega Adam, Mating Cycles/In Heat, Breeding, First Time, Autism, Mental Health Issues, Asperger Syndrome, Mpreg, Fluff and Smut, Outdoor Sex, Pregnancy Kink, Soulmates, Bottom NigelSummary: All he knew was the biological need to be taken and bred by an alpha, by Nigel, and that he was afraid.“Nigel… Nigel, I… I'm… Nigel, I think I presented.” Adam whispered shakily, grabbing tight to Nigel’s hand.If Nigel thought he was shocked before, he was terribly mistaken. His heart all but stopped altogether when those few words slipped from his angel’s lips.He inhaled deeply, scenting the air for that unmistakable smell. He sat up abruptly when he found it, the scent of an omega. His omega.And his omega was in heat.Words: 68,014 Works: 4

California & Beyond by TigerPrawn @desperatelyseekingcannibalsSpacedogs - Nigel (Charlie Countryman)/Adam RakiExplicit // M/M // Tags: Accidental meeting, Nigel has amnesia, Adam is pretending to be a beta, set after both movies, Fear/Comfort, making new friends, Wooing, courting, Dating, shirt swapping is a thing, Nigel trying so hard not to be bad, Unexpected Heat, Alpha Nigel, Omega Adam, Established Relationship, Nigel is violent, Protective Nigel, Hurt/Comfort, Nigel recovering his memories, Vulnerable Nigel, Bonding, Mating, Fluff and Smut, Happy Ending, True Mates, tiny bit of angst/hurt, discussion about pregnancy (female pregnancy), No mpreg, Anxiety, Anxiety Attacks, Fluff and Angst, revisiting the past, Canon-Typical Violence, Wedding Fluff, Honeymoon, so. much. fluff.Summary: Spacedogs ABO series - NOW COMPLETE. Set after the events of both Adam and Charlie Countryman.Omega Adam is moving to California to take up his new job. Alpha Nigel leaves Bucharest with a head injury and amnesia and is off to start a new life in the States. The pair meet by accident and may find their lives become entwined… Charting their relationship from first awkward meeting, through shirt swapping and various trials (not least Nigel dealing with his past), to their fluffy happy ending!Words: 72,923 Works: 8

A Companionable Silence : #ValhallaEnchanted Series (series) by HotSauce418 @hotsauce418Valhalla Enchanted - Prince Charmont (Ella Enchanted)/ One Eye (Valhalla Rising)Explicit // M/M // Tags: Alpha One Eye, Omega Prince Charmont, First Meetings, Violence, Past use of suppressants, first heat, Mating Bites, Semi graphic violence, submitting, Consensual, Mpreg, Male Lactation, Lactation Kink, Mating Cycles/In Heat, heat sickness, Omega Char was raised an Alpha, Unplanned PregnancySummary: Alpha One Eye rescues Prince Charmont - neither could have anticipated the relationship that blooms between them. Words: 26,151 Works: 3

A Fair Fight by HotSauce418 @hotsauce418Young Boots - d'Artagnan/Comte de RochefortExplicit // M/M // Tags: Omega d'Artagnan, alpha Rochefort, Scent blockers, True Mates, Claiming, BondingSummary: Young omega d'Artagnan decides to leave home and join the Musketeers.Words: 3,377  Chapters: 1/1

Hop and Howl (series) by nightliferogue @slashyrogueSpacedogs - Nigel (Charlie Countryman)/Adam RakiExplicit // M/M // Tags: Alternate Universe - Shapeshifters, Bunny Adam, Wolf Nigel, Alpha/Beta/Omega elements, Jealousy, Animal Ears, Mating Bites, Bunny Heat, mentions of mpregSummary:  It all starts with a bunny shifter who has been stealing wolf shifter Nigel’s underwear. He has no idea who the thief is until they meet quite unexpectedly. Words: 5,724 Works: 3

Never Have I Ever by shiphitsthefan @shiphitsthefanBearDogs - Lee Fallon/Nigel (Charlie Countryman)Explicit // M/M // Tags: Alpha/Alpha, Alpha/Omega, Alpha Nigel (Charlie Countryman), Alpha Lee (The Big C), Casual Sex, Dirty Talk, Roleplay, Trans Character, (Hannigram In Last Chapter)Summary: After finishing an entire day’s worth of the rehabilitation required for violent alphas, Nigel hits the bar in hopes of finding a nice omega to take home with him to his cousin Hannibal’s safe house. Lee, another alpha, convinces Nigel to sleep with him, instead. Nigel’s never fucked an alpha before, and Lee is certainly easy on the eyes.Turns out there’s more to this encounter than just a simple fuck, and Nigel’s about to find himself in the right kind of trouble for a change.Words: 7,592 Chapters: 4/4

Nice and Weird by victorine @victorinebSpandexChickens - Elias (Men & Chicken)/Grigg HarrisGeneral Audiences // M/M // Tags: Alpha Elias, Omega Grigg, True Mates, First Kiss, gratuitous literary referencesSummary: Grigg’s a nice guy. Elias is a weird guy. Somehow, that might just result in something wonderful for both of them. Or: Elias joins Grigg’s book group, and manages to irritate every member. When Grigg decides to help the alpha win them over, he finds himself getting unexpectedly attached in the process.Words: 4,871 Chapters: 1/1

Oops… (Griggel ABO) (series) by TigerPrawn @desperatelyseekingcannibalsGriggel - Grigg Harris/Nigel (Charlie Countryman)Explicit // M/M // Tags: Alpha Nigel, Omega Grigg, drunken kisses, Accidental Bonding, Nigel stalking Grigg at his job with good reason!, Getting to Know Each Other, Separation Anxiety, Angst, Bonding, Sick Character, Reunions, Little bit of angst, this might be a romcom, Mating Cycles/In HeatSummary: Grigg and Nigel meet one drunken night and end up accidentally bonded, it could be the start of a horror movie, but they find they might just be meant for each other.Words: 16,441 Works: 4

Personal Interest by shiphitsthefan @shiphitsthefanBasic Chickens - Elias (Men & Chicken)/Adam TowersExplicit // M/M // Tags: Alpha Elias, Omega Adam, Humor, Accidental Voyeurism, Masturbation, Crying, Wet & Messy, Truly Unnecessary Amounts of Come and Slick, Vaginal Fingering - omega males written as intersexSummary: All Adam Towers wants is to be taken seriously as a journalist. Unfortunately, he’s an omega, and that means he’s doomed to all of the assignments the alphas of the press pool don’t want. So here he is, on his way to interview Elias Thanatos, a reclusive man who builds dollhouses for birds.This assignment is a fucking joke.Elias, however, very much isn’t.Words: 7,368 Chapters: 1/1

Why are you smoking? by HotSauce418 @hotsauce418DogsDogs - Will Graham/Nigel (Charlie Countryman)Explicit // M/M // Tags: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, also Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter, Alpha Nigel, Omega Will, Alpha Hannibal, Mating, Mating Bond, Manipulative Hannibal, Jealous Hannibal, Possessive Nigel, suprise bond, set during season 1, Stress induced heat, KidnappingSummary: “Why are you smoking?” Wills voice came out raw and deep. It had definantly been a wild night. Will furrowed his brows at Hannibal, watching the smoke slowly waft from his nose and lips seductively.The man looked at him quizzically. “You didn’t complain about that before, gorgeous.”Will heard the honeyed voice and his eyes widened.“You don’t know who the fuck I am, do you?”Words: 27,715 Chapters: 7/?

The Wolf and the Artist by Hannigrammatic @hannigrammatic Chocolate Dogs - Aiden (Blood and Chocolate)/Nigel (Charlie Countryman)Explicit // M/M // Tags: First Meetings, Werewolf!Nigel, Knotting, Rough Sex, Mating BitesSummary: “I saw you here yesterday,” Aiden spoke as he worked. “I wanted approach you but you looked like you would have bitten me.”“And I didn’t look that way today?” Nigel asked curiously, not moving an inch.“Less bitey and more glarey,” the artist said with a shrug. “I decided to risk it today.”Nigel meets Aiden and finds himself very interested indeed.Words: 6,810 Works: 2

We hope these keep you going for a while! You may also like this ongoing series by one of our mods which is both Hannigram, Hannigram AU and rare pairs -

Trope Trope: Exploring fic tropes in an Omegaverse setting (Series) by TigerPrawn @desperatelyseekingcannibalsWill Graham/Hannibal Lecter, Nigel (Charlie Countryman)/Adam Raki, Will Graham/Nigel (Charlie Countryman), Aiden (Blood and Chocolate)/Le Chiffre, Mortimer Granville/Jon Jensen, Adam Towers/Elias (Men & Chicken), Prince Charmont/One Eye (Valhalla Rising), Galahad/Tristan (Arthurian)Summary: Series of one shots and short(ish) fics, exploring different fic tropes in an Omegaverse setting. Various pairings and ratings. Words: 85,288 Works: 12

Be sure to check back in July and see what everyone has come up with for #SummertimeSlick fest!

[nocteverbascio]

the ways we meet: kara/m’gann + bartender au

Pairing: Kara Danvers/M’gann M’orzz Summary: Megan is a bar owner and a rowdy group of college students make their way in. And NO she does NOT think that birthday girl is cute. A/N: soulmate au in which when you make physical contact with your soulmate, you hear their thoughts

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Megan knows that evening is gonna be hell when Mike calls out last minute on her and no one is there to help cover. It’s just her and Harley at the bar, who spends half the time flirting with customers. And it gets a hell of a lot worse when a giant group of what looks to be college students comes out to celebrate a birthday.

Megan has to suddenly prepare 10 drinks in a row, when she gets an order for a round of shots.

By no means does she feel like a youth anymore, but she’s lucky to keep up with her workout regimen to run drinks quickly to nearby tables and intercept used glasses to clean.

She places the bin of glasses at the end of the bar for Pamela to grab before making her way to the bar.

A frat boy excitedly tells a story and whips his hand back, nearly hitting Megan in the face with his beer. Luckily, she catches him by the wrist and the only victim of spilt beer is his frat bro telling him to watch out.

Megan warns the guys to be more care and walks around them.

There’s another crowd: the birthday crowd. Megan has been keeping an eye on them in case they get rowdy (not that the birthday girl was cute or anything--Megan tries not to notice considering the girl just turned 21 and everyone's been buying her drinks).

The crowd starts yelling, “CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG!” And Megan pauses as two girls with half pitchers worth of Harley’s Martian Mixer are starting to sit up straighter and straighter in their high chairs, glancing at each other as they intensely drink.

Megan steps in a little closer because the blonde one looks dangerously close to standing to one up her red haired opponent.

They’re neck and neck with a quarter of the half pitcher left without any signs of stopping. And the blonde rises up, standing on the foot rails of the high chair. Down to the wire and Megan is also wondering who is going to win. There’s a loud cheer that distracts her and suddenly they both slam their half pitchers down.

“I beat you, Alex! Suck on that! WHOOOOOO!” the blonde hollers.

“Shut up, Kara, I totally had that!”

Kara is happily laughing, when she leans in to rub her nose against Alex’s when the chair tips.

Megan curses, she doesn’t need a lawsuit today. She lunges forward quickly, arms outstretched to catch Kara as she starts to fall. She barely makes it because the younger woman is a bit heavier than she looks.

Megan catches her in the nick of time.

Wow, are you my guardian angel? Kara looks up at Megan through her glasses with wide baby blue eyes.

Megan tries not to stare because the first thing that comes to mind is. Oh god, she’s just a child, Megan.

Kara pouts at Megan. “I am not a child! I just turned 21!” she exclaims as she tightens her grip around Megan’s biceps. Oh wow, she’s super strong.

It’s then that Megan realizes what’s happened because half of their conversation are their thoughts.

She’s my soulmate! They both think simultaneously.

Megan stands Kara upright quickly and moves to grab the empty half pitchers. If she can disappear quickly enough, she can forget that her soulmate is 15 fucking years younger than you! She makes her way quickly to the bar, where she should get back to her post.

“Hey! Hey!”

Megan tries to ignore it because she is either hearing Kara in her head or it’s actually happening. Regardless, my soulmate is way too young. Is this some sort of joke?

“Megan! Come on, talk to me!” Kara says as she tries to fit herself through the crowd at the bar.

Megan shakes her head. This is crazy. It’s not a good time. She shuffles to take more drink orders. “This is really not a good time!”

“But when will it be? I think finding your soulmate is pretty important!” Kara says excitedly as she follows Megan along the patron side of the bar.

Megan moves faster though, dancing around Harley pouring shots.

“Come on! You’re not that old, Megan, stop freaking out!” Kara yells over the bar.

“Not that old?” Megan asks incredulously.

“Yeah, you’re like what? 4 years older?” Kara deadpans, catching her breath because Megan’s finally stopped moving.

Megan glares at Kara. “That’s sweet of you but honey, I’m 15 years older than you,” she throws back sarcastically.

Kara melts, with her glossy eyes and pink cheeks. “Aww, you called me honey already,” she coos affectionately. “I love that.”

Megan shakes her head, letting out a laugh. That was cute.

“You think I’m cute!” Kara beams.

Megan purses her lips in frustration. “Get out of my head,” she says.

“Or what?” You’ll come punish me? Kara wiggles her eyebrows playfully.

Megan’s eyes widen at the surprisingly salacious comment from her seemingly innocent looking soulmate. Stop it. Megan puts her hands on her hips.

Kara pouts. “Come on, you’re my soulmate! This warrants a celebration, we should sit down, talk, hold hands, or something!”

“You are literally here celebrating your birthday and I am manning the bar,” Megan reminds.

“Let me buy you a drink then!” Kara offers quickly.

Megan laughs harder than before. “I own the bar, Kara. I can have as many drinks as I want.”

“Then you can have one with me.” Kara hops a little excitedly when a seat opens up and she sits down.

“You’re not going to let this go are you?”

“Nope! You’re my soulmate and I am nothing if not persistent.” Kara drums her hands on the bar as she looks up and down the rows of alcohol. “So are we going to do this?”

Megan huffs as she grabs her favorite vodka off the shelf and pours two shots. “One drink and you can go back to your merriment.”

“And your number?” Kara bargains smartly.

Megan shakes her head. “Why are you---”

“Being so persistent?” Kara finishes quickly with a perceptive smile. “Why are you being so persistent? I’m not a child. I’m an adult that can make my own decisions. I’ve always known that the only person I’d ever care to be with or ever care to have feelings about is my soulmate.”

“You have your life ahead of you and I’m a bar owner who has just as much life experience as all these people sitting along the bar alone. Why do you sound so confident that this is going to work out?”

“Because we were made for each other,” Kara answers easily and confidently. She smiles so hopefully that Megan has to look away, like she’s the fucking sun. “We can read each other’s minds, Megan. Not only is that ridiculously cool but think of how much it’s helping us communicate. We’re doing it now about this weird age issue that you have with me.”

“It’s not weird because it’s a very real issue. I’m old enough to be...like your aunt or something,” Megan can’t help but argue.

“But not my mother,” Kara quips in return, to which Megan rolls her eyes. “Look, I know that you’re probably in a place in your life where you need to think seriously about your future and do real adult stuff, but we all have to do that. I take my life very seriously in all respects, especially for things that matter. My soulmate and my future. And I definitely have to be serious about my future because I’m graduating soon.” Megan opens her mouth when Kara interrupts her again. “I know we’re at two different points in our lives, but that doesn’t mean we can’t be going through the same thing. We both have anxieties, but at least we know what they are and we can really help each other.”

“Are you trying to say we’re going to be better together?” Megan throws sarcastically.

Kara shakes her head and reaches across the bar, tapping it quickly. She places a palm up for Megan to take her hand, which she does to acquiesce her soulmate’s needy demands. “I am saying, we’re stronger together,” Kara responds simply. And somehow that makes a world of difference because Megan can hear Kara thank her mom and dad.

Megan rolls her eyes because it’s not like the younger woman was wrong. In fact, she was very right. It’s been far too long since Megan’s had to rely on someone else. Maybe it was time to start learning.

She squeezes Kara’s hand before reaching for the vodka. “One shot.”

Kara perks up in a brief confusion as Megan downs her shot. A small smile curls at the edge of her lips and she understands what Megan means. “One shot is all we need.” And she downs her shot like a champ.

[magnusalec]

Hey do you have any malec fic recs?

*rubs hands together* okay let’s do this!!

please make sure to heed the warnings/tags on the actual summaries. don’t read anything that might upset you!

enjoy!

** = fics i read repeatedly

The Boundless Saga**

A canon divergent Malec AU. 

In the Sin Bin - WIP

As the goalie for the New York City Blazing Angels, Alec Lightwood thinks he’s finally found the team he can go all the way to the championship cup with. Then his agent and financial advisor are arrested for stealing their clients’ money, and Alec is forced to take on a side job doing endorsement deals, plus find a way to trust his new agent–Magnus Bane.

Alec hates Magnus the first time he sets eyes on him.

Magnus hates Alec more.

But they’re going to have to find some way to work together if Alec is going to make it to the championship.

Magnus Bane’s School for Young Warlocks - WIP

Alec had never dreamt he’d be a father by the age of 25, let alone the father of a Warlock. He’s sure he can handle it alone, though. He doesn’t need anyone and neither do his kids.

(Or: Alec takes Max to Warlock School and finds himself falling fast for his teacher).

Strange Love

Alec is in love with Magnus. Magnus needs Alec to be his fake boyfriend. What could possibly go wrong?

A Fighting Chance

When Magnus Bane bought the space for his dance studio, Pandemonium, he had no idea that the wall between it and the MMA Training Gym next door was so thin. Neither did he realize that a dispute over the loud music would lead to him becoming involved in the world of MMA and, more importantly, guide him to the man who would end up changing his life.

Wrong in The Dark

After Magnus crashes Alec’s wedding and Lydia is attacked, the Institute goes on lockdown. Magnus stays the night in Alec’s room.

Once Upon a Time In Brooklyn

Once upon a time, in a faraway land called Brooklyn, an older-than-he-seemed Warlock lived in a fashionable loft apartment…

Magnus Bane angers the wrong warlock and ends up with more than he bargained for. Not only is he cursed to live out fairytales that risk his life in increasingly creative ways, he also has to find his One True Love within the year or face dire consequences.

An AU set in the canon universe.

Setting Fire to a Stone**

There hasn’t been an omega in the Lightwood family for generations, and Alec is intent on making sure that nobody finds out that he’s the first. Then he meets Magnus Bane, who turns his world upside down.

Step Onto My Balcony

Alec did not smoke. He hated smoking. He hated everything about it, from the smell to the taste. Yet, there he was, at ten in the evening, buying cigarettes at the grocery shop down the road for the only purpose of having an excuse to hang on his balcony and talk to his very handsome and very taken neighbor. Alec felt really stupid right now.

The Gray Area

Alec Lightwood lives his life in monochrome. He lacks the color and the vibrancy that he knows he needs- it’s what he longs for everyday. He just doesn’t know how to find it. The first year of college can be a confusing time for anyone, and Alec is no exception. He’s at a point in his life where he begins to question everything about himself.And then he meets Magnus Bane.

And the Oscar goes to…

Working for Magnus isn’t easy. Magnus is out of control and Alec has to yell more often than not to get him to listen to him. He hates everything formal because it means he has to watch his mouth. Most importantly, Magnus is an incorrigible flirt.

Which would be alright if Alec wasn’t utterly, irremediably, unfathomably in love with him.

think of me when you shoot your arrows

Five times Alec gets off thinking about Magnus and one time he doesn’t have to.

AKA a character study of Alec and his thirst throughout season 1.

Bright Lights, Small Town

When Magnus gets to Nashville, Indiana to handle his late mother’s will, he doesn’t expect to be forced to stay there for six months. Six months away from New York and lost in the wildness of the countryside.

It quickly appears that he is going to go through six months of living hell.

The fact that he hates the local veterinarian on sight isn’t helping.

I Won’t Let You Fall - WIP

Alec Lightwood is the most beautiful and talented classically trained ballet dancer at the New York Arts Institute. He’s pressured by everyone in his life to carry the honor of the Lightwood name in the New York performing arts world, he feels trapped in a box. Magnus Bane is the most liked, respected, gorgeous, and innately talented hip-hop freestyle dancer who was accepted to the Institute on scholarship. He puts on the happy face for everyone around him, but inside he is broken and badly scarred by his past. When Alec finds himself wanting to branch out and add free movement to his final senior piece he seeks the help of the one person he’s been secretly drawn to for years. The one person he knows lives very much outside of the box.

Quid Pro Quo**

A What if…? taking off from the “I’ll do you pro bono” scene in 1x11. Alec accepts Magnus’ initial offer; things grow complicated from there.

(Aka the PWP that grew a plot and transformed into a full-on canon remix au. XD)

No Sweeter Innocence

Magnus is Alec’s first kiss, first relationship, first everything. So when they start having sex, he’s a little overwhelmed at first.

(Or: Five times Alec accidentally ‘finished’ early, and the one time he finally outlasted Magnus.)

coax the coals (please heed the tags)

Raphael, in turn, looks at the ginger root Magnus is holding and says, “Díos, this again?”

“What do you mean, again?” Jace asks, looking curious.

“Have we just abandoned all social rules?” Simon asks, going mostly unheard as he follows Raphael into the loft. “Does no one say ‘hi’ anymore?”

One Show Only

It’s hard to stay in the closet when the guy you had a one-night stand with two nights ago turns out to be your new partner … but Alec will be damned if he isn’t going to give it a try.

Magnus, How Long Have You Been Twenty?

Soulmate AU where you age to about 18/21, and then you stay that age until you find your soulmate.

It’s Time To Lose Your Virginity, Brother Dearest

Magnus Bane is a famous stripper, used to pretty boys falling in love with him after one dance. The feeling is hardly ever mutual. But when he meets the freshly turned twenty-one year old Alec lightwood, he can’t take his eyes off him, and they find themselves in love quicker than they expected.

oh, i’ve waited for you

He’d been willing to maybe try messing around with a shadowhunter—his first—but a married one? Hell no. (And he’d been to hell before, so he knew exactly how serious it was).

The Children of Merlin- WIP

Magnus Bane has everything he could have hoped for: a job at Hogwarts, a chaotic made-up family that he loves more than anything and the freedom of doing what he wants whenever he wants.

When his friends manage to drag him to a Quidditch game, he doesn’t expect it to change his life. For better or worse.

They call themselves the Children of Merlin and they are going to make his life a living hell.

The Arrangement

When a meeting with a debt collector at a randomly chosen night club starts to go wrong, Alec meets a man who might just change his life with one unique offer.

Addicted To You

Magnus Bane’s the head of his own company. Alec Lightwood is in his last year of law school. They’ve never met but have one thing in common: neither does relationships. Just one night stands. That is until they find themselves matched on a hookup app and suddenly one night is not enough.

Also known as the one where Magnus and Alec meet and think they can have no strings attached sex and not develop feelings.

Fall Without Wings - WIP

Alec has been told the same stories all his life. He’s been taught the same lines, over and over again. Downworlders are reckless, impulsive, demonic. They’re not to be trusted.

And Magnus Bane is the epitome of everything evil about Downworlders.

At least, that’s what people keep telling him. Alec’s not quite so sure anymore.

Or: In which the Nephilim have wings, are taught to loathe Downworlders, and Alec is presented with a conundrum when Magnus Bane saves his life.

You’re Taking My Heart by Storm

They’d been doing this… thing for weeks now. Actually it was more than that, it was months. Four to be exact. Not that Alec was counting. Except that he totally was.

5 times Alec and Magnus gets interrupted and 1 time they don’t.

Appassionato

Alec plays the piano every day, with great talent. One night, a note slips under his door: it’s a request from an anonymous neighbor. Before he knows it, Alec picks up the habit of leaving his window open so his neighbor can listen to him. Requests keep coming. Slowly, two strangers start a conversation without words and let the music do the work for them.

My True Love Gave To Me

Magnus Bane had a plan, a perfect Christmas Eve just like always. Hang out with his friends, bask in the Christmas Spirit. Then everything went wrong.

Now he’s stuck reliving the same day again and again and again. The bright side? Maybe Alec Lightwood isn’t as terrible as Magnus always thought.

Home

A few weeks after the wedding incident, the Clave has Alec arrested and put on trial to have his runes stripped for what seems like no reason. Faced with exile, Alec must come to terms with himself, his feelings for a certain warlock, and the world that he was raised in.

secrets that you keep - WIP

Alec Lightwood wasn’t used to doing things for himself. He had grown up looking after his siblings and learning how to be the perfect Shadowhunter: never had he considered even the idea of falling in love.

For over a century, Magnus Bane had closed himself off to feeling anything for man or woman. After a particularly nasty break up, he worried that opening his heart up again would result in nothing but another heartbreak.

When the two of them meet at a mundane coffee shop, it’s a rush of feelings that Alec has never felt before, and that Magnus had thought he would never feel again.

The only problem? Both think the other is a mundane, and for centuries, Downworlders and Shadowhunters have been forbidden from falling in love.

This Is a Bad Idea

Alec Lightwood had a good life in Columbus, Ohio. He was growing strong as a lawyer in his mother’s law firm and achieving his dream-career step by step. He had a good life, comfortable and steady, if not a little boring.

So, when headhunter Magnus Bane offered him an interview at the prestigious IDRIS LLP in New York, Alec decided that it couldn’t hurt to take a look. After all, one didn’t turn down IDRIS LLP off the hat, even if they weren’t really interested.

Little did he know that New York offered much more than a job in a bigger company. The city was fast, insanely alive, but most of all, it had Magnus. And Magnus changed everything.

It’s a Yes from Me

Reclusive singer Alec Lightwood has been taking some time away from the spotlight for a few years now. He has lost his inspiration, his reason to keep making music.

That is, until his manager, Luke Garroway, asks him to enter the panel of the ridiculous singing competition The Angel’s Voice. Alec only says yes because that means keeping an eye on Clary and Simon. He hates those fixed, degrading TV shows with a burning passion. Hopefully, Alec figures, he’ll get some inspiration back watching new comers try their luck on TV. Some of them are bound to be good.

It isn’t until Magnus Bane walks on stage, however, that Alec realizes just how right he is.

aaand that’s it for now! enjoy!

[onyxbird]

Burglary of the Soul

Summary: The Leverage crew is extraordinary in many ways, so it shouldn't be surprising that they managed to form a team that included soulmates, something most people never find. Eliot wishes his teammates the best, but wants nothing to do with the whole concept: given his line of work, he really doesn't want to know. Unfortunately, when your soulmate is revealed by something as simple as being able to make direct eye contact, that's more difficult than it sounds... Complete fic (4 chapters) on AO3

Ch. 1: A stolen glance

Eliot balanced a heavy package of imported beer on his hip to fumble for his key and slide it into the lock. He winced as the box shifted, digging its edge into a fresh bruise where a guard's baton had landed a solid hit. One last thing to to grab from HQ, and then he could head home to relax and crack open his long-awaited Slovenian stout.

Behind the door, Hardison's muffled voice vibrated with excitement. Don't set the box down; don't get pulled into conversation, or you'll never get out of here. Hopefully whoever Hardison was currently gushing to would continue to hold his attention and let Eliot slip in and out with little notice.

Instead, Eliot's heart nearly stopped as Parker's shout of “What is wrong with you?” rang through the hallway.

The door slammed open under his shoulder, hard enough to hit the wall and bounce off. Parker and Hardison, alone in the room, whirled towards him. A split-second later, Parker was wrapped around his right arm, shoving him towards Hardison and babbling something about possession and making Hardison be normal again.

Eliot scanned rapidly over a stunned-looking Hardison and his surroundings, looking for the threat. Not physical, surely—even if Hardison would, Parker's speed and wariness were more than enough for her to keep out of reach. Still, he let the box slide down his leg to the floor and kicked it aside, freeing his hands and footing. His brain filed the accompanying clank of glass as a problem for later.

“What the hell did you do, Hardison?” Eliot demanded, glowering.

Hardison's mouth flapped helplessly for a moment. “I don't—We just—” Two fingers waved vaguely around his upper face. “Eyes, you know?”

“He's being weird,” said Parker, still huddled halfway behind Eliot's shoulder with her arms wrapped around herself. “He was normal until a few minutes ago, and then we looked right at each other when he was telling me about his game, and now he won't stop.”

Eliot glanced from one to the other, slowly, fitting the garbled explanations together in the only way that made sense. Eye contact.

His teammates were also soulmates.

“Knock it off, Hardison,” Eliot snapped, with more venom than he'd intended, his own eyes skittering down the line of Hardison's jaw to focus on the corner of his mouth. “'Soulmates' or not, there's no call to be staring people in the eyes when they don't like it.”

Eliot had avoided even the possibility of eye contact with anyone since he was in high school. (Not that he'd been trying to lock eyes with people before that, but, well, he and Aimee tried once, back when they were young and naive and thought maybe they were meant to be. They weren't.) In his recent lines of work, whether you really believed in soulmates or not, it was better not to know. All well and good for people who were into that sort of thing, but for a hitter, there was just no way for that to end well.

Eliot didn't need to look at Hardison's eyes, not even obliquely, to see the expression of absolute horror settle across his features before belatedly averting his gaze from Parker's face. “Parker, I am so, so sorry! I was just so excited, you know, and—” His nervous energy rerouted into pacing and expansive gesticulation.

Hardison's apology in one ear collided with Parker's loud “Ha! 'Soulmates'!” in the other, and Eliot could already feel the resulting headache forming.

Her mirth faded as she took in their expressions. “You're kidding, right? That's not real. You don't actually believe in that, do you?”

“...Yeah?” said Hardison.

“Seriously?”

“What? Not being able to look other people in the eyes is a demonstrable fact. Like, the actual compatibility side is technically anecdotal, I guess, but the eye contact bit isn't, and if it weren't a thing, wouldn't you hear a lot of counterexamples of people who found their 'soulmate' and hated them?”

Parker's face screwed up skeptically. “Uh, have you been trying to look in people's eyes? Ew.”

“Well, not actively, but when you look at people it comes up! Come on, man, back me up here!”

“It doesn't 'come up' unless you're being a weirdo. Right, Eliot?”

Eliot pinched the bridge of his nose. “Don't—don't pull me into this. Yeah, fine, lots of people try to make eye contact, most of 'em can't, and lots of people believe in soulmates. Y'all need to sort this out yourselves—I'm just here for my jacket.”

Adrenaline ebbing away, Eliot glanced down at his box on the floor. A small puddle of liquid already pooled on the floor beneath a slowly spreading damp patch on the cardboard, indicating at least one casualty from the rough handling. He scrubbed a hand over his face, suddenly feeling every ache and bruise from the job and wishing he'd just forgotten about his jacket until the next briefing.

It shouldn't have been that big a deal. It wasn't that big a deal. He had other beer at home. There were probably still unbroken bottles. He honestly didn't even know for sure if it was good, just that an old military pal had recommended it.

His teammates were in the middle of a legitimately life-altering discovery, and he was crying over spilt beer.

“Goddammit,” he muttered, “I've been waiting for this to come in for weeks, and I didn't even get to open the damn box.”

Hardison loomed suddenly in front of him, peering down at the box. “Oh, man, I'm so sorry; that's on me. I didn't mean to—apparently there's a lot of things I didn't mean to do today that're making trouble for my people anyway.” Hardison's phone was already in his hand. “I'm sorry, I will replace your beer. Just tell me what kind it is.”

Parker leaned around Eliot, practically draped over his shoulder, to read off the name of the brewery for Hardison.

“It's fine, Hardison. Y'all have…” Eliot waved a hand vaguely, trying to subtly untangle himself from Parker's octopus-like cling. “…stuff to deal with.”

“Yeah, and your stuff got broken 'cause you ended up playing mediator for our 'stuff', so it's only fair I order you some more.”

“Yeah, you said you were waiting for it. If anyone can figure out how to get it shipped faster, it's Hardison,” agreed Parker.

Ch. 2 on AO3.

[soulmate-au-bargain-bin]

Soulmate au where quotes or phrases your soulmate has memorized will appear to you on scraps of paper.

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Soulmate au where you have amazing luck at finding things your soulmate is looking for.

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Soulmate au where you can't look anyone directly in the eyes except your soulmate.

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Soulmate au where the GRAND HIGH WIZARD knows all soulmate connections, but he is a petty bastard and getting information out of him often requires QUESTS and MENIAL CHORES!