#this is one of my favourite fanfic tropes

[lemotmo]

Me, every time I open AO3 and I see a new 'Eddie jealous of Buck and Tommy, but keeping quiet about it, because he loves to see Buck happy with his boyfriend.'

Give me all the jealous pining Eddie fics! I will gobble them up like candy.

[fluffyartbl0g]

Holy crap this is like world record breaking pace guys

Speedrun/Time Travel AU masterlist

[foolishlovers]

MUTUAL PINING FIC RECS: Below you'll find a list of Good Omens fics in which Aziraphale and Crowley are pining for each other.

You can request more fic recs here.

you play with my feelings (right from the start) by PenroseSun (G, 3k)

There were three things of which Crowley was absolutely certain: 1. Aziraphale, being an angel, was required to be kind and loving towards all things, even when those things were flawed or sinful or fallen. 2. Notwithstanding that obligatory kindness, Aziraphale would never, and could never truly love a demon, in any meaningful sense. 3. Despite this, Crowley was desperately, hopelessly, in love with him.

For To Quench My Thirst by apliddell (G, 6k)

After moving to Sussex with Aziraphale, Crowley is trying so hard to be satisfied with friendship and the suddenly beautiful life he already has.

Slow by write_away (T, 9k)

It started like this: A boy with the ability to warp reality met an angel and a demon and he made assumptions. You might say it started like this: An angel and a demon found a marriage contract hung on the wall of the angel's bookshop. They didn't question it. It also could have started like this: Once upon a time, the angel told the demon he went too fast. The demon took it to heart.   Aziraphale and Crowley find themselves somehow married. Crowley fears going too fast. Aziraphale forges ahead. Neither know how to ask questions of each other.

got a pretty face, pretty boyfriend too by KissMyAsthma, leukozyna (T, 9k)

Aziraphale and Crowley are next-door neighbours. They’ve been attracted to each other since they met. The only thing keeping them apart is a thin wall between their bedrooms and Atticus and Freddie, Aziraphale’s and Crowley’s respective life partners… or are they? A human AU glued together by misunderstandings and wet food.

speed limits (and how to break them) by darcylindbergh (E, 13k)

There is a trick people do with a mint candy and a bottle of cola which results in a small eruption, and something very like it, for much higher stakes than a laugh in a car park, is about to take place in Aziraphale’s back room. Or: what happens when you finally unscrew the cap on a six thousand years of repression, and drop in Valentine’s Day.

Something We Were Withholding Made Us Weak by triedunture (M, 17k)

"Yes, exactly. Retire." Aziraphale reaches for the last remaining tartlet brimming with summer berries. "Somewhere along the south coast, perhaps." Or: Crowley and Aziraphale learn to move in tandem.

32 Questions That Lead To Love by ffonippop (E, 32k)

”First formulated in 1997, [32] questions to fall in love is a study by psychologist Dr. Arthur Aron which took place at Stony Brook University, New York. The aim? Speeding up the creation of intimacy between two strangers.” The Cosmopolitan Okay, fine. Crowley was 32-Questions-That-Lead-To-Love-ing Aziraphale. Sue him. He had no expectations, all right? Just, an innocent curiosity.

Flowers From The Grave Of Our Friendship by WaitingToBeBroken (E, 50k)

Crowley is very good at temptation, not so good with what comes afterwards. Aziraphale knows demons don't love so he is happy to take anything Crowley would give him. Both of them are too blind to realize the thing they want is right in front of them.

Fledging by FeralTuxedo (M, 53k)

Cool Dad was at the school gate again. Clambering out of his ridiculous sports car like a great big spider, all black denim and designer sunglasses. What a prat. He made his way towards the entrance, followed by his equally lanky son. All the mums' eyes were on him. Which was fine. At least they weren't staring at Aziraphale for a change. Cool Dad high-fived his son goodbye, because of course he did, then sauntered back to his car. Making it look so bloody easy. Aziraphale Fell is much too young to be looking after eleven-year old Pepper. He barely has his life together as it is, with his minimum-wage job and a half-baked dream of trading rare books for a living. And as if adopting a recently bereaved pre-teen isn’t enough, there are some rather more adult problems to navigate: playground politics, the shadows of his own childhood, and the growing question of how Crowley, the only other dad at the school gate, feels about him. A human AU/kid fic.

Style and Substance by Cabernet_Woebegone (E, 89k)

“But y’know, if my boss finds out I’m helping you even a little, they’re gonna throw me out on my ass.” “Yes, I understand it is a bit of a conflict of interest for you… Is there something I can offer you in return? Something you would like?” Aziraphale questioned hopefully. You, Crowley thought loudly as he took a second sip. I want to know if you moan when you kiss the same way you do when you try something delicious. I want to know if your lips taste like Zinfandel. “Yes, actually.” Aziraphale is having difficulty running his restaurant, and it isn't helping that he believes the place across the street is trying to sabotage him. To his surprise, chef Crowley comes to him on friendly terms. Together they come up with an arrangement that could benefit them both.

On Espionage and Prophecy (or How to Accidentally, but Wholly, Fall in Love With a Soho Bookseller) by RockSaltAndRoll (E, 133k)

1941 is the London Blitz and the year that MI5 really comes into its own with the now infamous ‘double cross’ system. The service keep tabs on suspects, root out enemy agents and try to turn them into doubles. Anthony J Crowley is fucking great at this job. He can be sneaky, underhanded and damn ruthless but also charming and kind. It’s what makes him good at turning. Aziraphale is just a regular Soho bookseller who loves his shop and books and good food and wine when he’s approached by a woman claiming to be MI5, wanting to recruit him for espionage. The poor man is too trusting and gets the shock of his life when he’s approached by a charming but dangerous-looking man also claiming to be MI5. Crowley recruits Aziraphale to double cross a double crosser and Aziraphale takes to espionage like a duck to water. Danger, hijinks, and sex ensue.

Old Vines by sevdrag (E, 189k)

A.Z. Fell, one of the most respected names in wine and food blogging, has been sent on assignment with his assistant Warlock Dowling to spend six months in California Wine Country. Under direction (by his boss, Gabriel) to use this experience to double his blog followers and write a novel, Aziraphale is both excited and anxious about the opportunity. Anthony J. Crowley is the owner and viticulturalist of Ecdyses, a winery that unexpectedly fell into his lap eleven years ago when he hit rock bottom. He may be in debt, yeah, but he’s paying off his loans — and despite pressure from his lenders and their team of inspectors, Crowley has found a kind of contentment tending his little corner of terroir and producing extraordinary wine. Crowley’s old vines are the heart of his vineyard, and he’s never let anyone in. Crowley finds Aziraphale intriguing; Aziraphale finds Crowley enthralling. Turns out a famous wine expert and an experienced viticulturalist can still learn things from each other. The summer of 2019 unfolds.

[emily-mooon]

Nothing to see here, just a 1960s Jancy sketch.

[eustassslut]

welcome back queen, Whats your favorite fanfic trope for each kid pirate?

this is actually the perfect question for me.

Kid: modern au! (specifically university and band AUs) or grumpy x sunshine

Killer: soulmates that involves him meeting the reader at a bookshop/library or colleagues to lovers (with Dive playing matchmaker)

Heat: friends to lovers but everyone knows (except for them) that the feelings are mutual

Wire: enemies to lovers but there is way too much sexual tension

Haikei: brother's best friend

Oscar: exes to lovers/second chance

Noe: childhood friends/boy next door or fake dating

Dive: parent trap AU where she wants you to as a parent and tries to trick you into dating one of the kid pirates

Bubblegum: one night stand that just never left

Reck: fake dating but both start to fall in love

[fitzrove]

[shaking and biting] but what does it MEAN. what does it SAY what is the THEME

[1pcii]

One of my favourite niche fanfic tropes is when one of the strawhats comes out to the crew as some flavour of queer and Luffy's reaction is just: "Oh, like Ace :D!"

Ace is Luffy's offscreen queer brother that learned what pronouns were with him as blissfully unaware childeren and I love him so much for that <333.

[isaac031]

I made a q!roier fic. Hurt/comfort. Go check it out!

[luxhesperus]

absolutely love it when love does change the story — though not necessarily the ending — but not because the character is loved by someone but because they love someone; when they are altered by their own love and so it alters the things around them

[lookingforthesilverstars]

Chapters: 9/? Fandom: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Obi-Wan Kenobi & Anakin Skywalker Characters: Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Sheev Palpatine | Darth Sidious, Original Characters Additional Tags: Sheev Palpatine is a Creep, Hurt Anakin Skywalker, Hurt Obi-Wan Kenobi, Slavery, Implied Childhood Sexual Abuse, Protective Obi-Wan Kenobi, Stripper sees 12yo Anakin in a bar and thinks the new Chancellor is a pedophile, Padawan Anakin Skywalker, Dai Bendu Language (Star Wars), Tatooine Slave Culture & Customs (Star Wars), highly irregular updates, like seriously, How Do I Tag, Bars and Pubs, Constructive Criticism Welcome, Not Beta Read, Self-Harm, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Panic Attacks, But better safe than sorry I guess, pls tell me what to do better, but it's barely there, only slightly hinted at Summary:

After Chancellor Palpatine takes young Anakin out into a bar on the lower levels of Coruscant and shows him the slavery happening right under the nose of the Jedi Council, Anakin's trust in the Jedi and his own Master is shaken and he decides to take matters into his own hands. the Jedi and the Senate are both clearly useless.

But things are not as they seem and Obi-Wan and Anakin soon learn that it takes more to overcome your past than a few meditation hours and some tinkering.

[chloefraazers]

sometimes i’m sad i never got to finish stuck au before burning shores came out… i just dunno how to go back to it now tho… sigh.

[thebraxiatelcollection]

I did not expect to be so emotionally involved in Love Between Fairy and Devil, but here we are.

[breakfastteatime]

(Just left a note to self in my current fic that reads "Insert a Cool Down Hug here plz")

[whysamwhy123]

WIP: The Architect and the Space Cowboy

*Wistful sigh* Ah, this is the big'un. Out of all of my WIPs, this is the one I most want to write. So naturally, it's the one I've had the most trouble even starting. I have SO many ideas for scenes and stuff, this hypothetical fic would be LONG as hell. Hopefully, I'll be able to give it a shot sometime. If it would even appeal to anyone other than me. It's a big, dumb, zany sci-fi AU, with aliens, robots and lots of crazy fight scenes. Dustin's a bounty hunter (although he prefers the term ''space cowboy'') who ends up being hired by Jim to be his personal bodyguard; that he needs because reasons. Stupid reasons! And so, in between fights with other bounty hunters (most of which will be other AEW wrestlers making cameos), the two end up getting closer than they ever expected...

''Not to pry, but can I ask why you need a bodyguard in the first place?''. He couldn't imagine how the man in front of him would have so many enemies. Maybe he was higher up on the corporate ladder than he was letting on?

James nodded. ‘’I guess that’s fair, you should know what you’re walking into.’’. There was a long pause after that though. Dustin had gotten good enough at reading people that he could tell James was weighing up what to tell Dustin and what to leave out. Whatever he said, there had to be more going on here.

‘’I got engaged recently.’’

That…was not what Dustin was expecting. ‘’Congratulations,’’ he said, hoping he sounded genuine and not perplexed, like he felt.

James smiled, another polite little nod. He spoke with nervous energy that only exasperated Dustin’s suspicions. 

‘’Thank you. It was, uh…a spur of the moment thing. My fiancée, she…she’s from an important family. She stands to inherit a lot from them someday. So naturally, there were a lot of people who wanted to marry into that. When word got out about our engagement, that’s when all these assassins started showing up. We think one of her old suitors put a bounty out on my head, to get me out of the picture.’’

Right. Because nothing screams ‘’Let’s start a lifelong commitment to each other’’ than having the person she actually wants to marry murdered. Rich people were weird.

Dustin nodded politely, as though all of this was completely normal.

[trashsketch]

trope: pining

A: Love it. Spend my time combing AO3 for it.

dUDE i love pining so much, whether it's mutual pining (wonderful when combined with shared stupidity at how they cannot see that the pining is mutual), or one-sided pining with feelings that can never be returned (sO GOOD FOR ANGST, a friend once shared with me a fic idea for unrequited kalluto/gon and i couldnt stop thinking about it for days)

[bigassfrog]

god i can't stop thinking about what happens after. what happens when the prophecy has been fulfilled and the world is saved. the chosen one, who themselves have never been given a choice, has to figure out how life goes on now that they've fulfilled their cosmic purpose. how does the world rebuild from a near-apocalypse. the hero is thanked and sent home only to realize that they don't have one