7iris
in
bandom_recs
What-If Wednesday Recs Are Not Vanilla
One of the great things about AUs is that they can let an author explore themes that just wouldn't work as well or as easily in canon. The theme for this set of recs is kink: BDSM, cross-dressing, sex toys, tentacles.
Given the nature of this week's theme, please pay attention to the warnings posted on the stories and recs.
wishfulclicking recced this story on Sunday, in an extremely thorough post of Spencer Smith recs, but just like you can't have a list of polyamorous AUs without mentioning missmollyetc's story The Watch, you can't rec AUs about kink without mentioning Tell Me to Stop by airgiodslv
Panic at the Disco
Brendon Urie/Spencer Smith
NC-17
~29,000 words
College AU
Warnings: s/D and BDSM. Strong kink content.
Brendon helps Spencer figure out some things.
Brendon laughs, pushing his hips off the counter and invading Spencer’s space until Spencer can feel the heat of his body through two layers of clothing. “I was thinking we should probably get the nervous first-time fucking out of the way first,” he suggests, and Spencer’s breath hisses in, sharp enough to bite. “Then you can handcuff all you want.”
Some part of Spencer is still saying assert, assert, even though logically, he knows that Brendon is probably going to let him have control. It doesn’t stop him from shifting his weight forward, backing Brendon up until he hits the counter again, crowded between Spencer’s hips and the countertop. Brendon is letting him, he can tell by the smile hidden behind Brendon’s eyes and at the corners of his mouth, but Spencer ignores that and stays focused, leaning forward with his hands on the counter to keep Brendon trapped with nowhere to go.
“Who’s nervous?” he asks, and when Brendon’s chin comes up, just that defiant fraction, Spencer kisses him.
A long, serious fic that pays attention to the rules and politics of BDSM. While the sex scenes are scorchingly hot, what makes this story memorable is the way it explores the changing dynamics of the relationship between Brendon and Spencer. This story would not have worked nearly as well for me if it had been set in the canon universe; the alternate universe allows the characters room to expand in a way that makes the story compelling and believable without being OOC.
There is also a sequel, Five times Spencer collared Brendon by airgiodslv, a sequel by disarm_d, Switch, and a gen, Brendon-centric prequel, The Definition of Overthinking It by formerlydf.
Worst Case Scenario by neery
Fall Out Boy
Patrick Stump/Pete Wentz
NC-17
words
High School AU
Cross-dressing
Sort of a high school AU, but really more a story about cross-dressing.
When the door banged open, he was already reaching for the hem of the dress, about to take it off. Patrick felt himself freeze, every muscle just locking into place without consulting his brain. Panic swamped over him, thick and stifling. He was all but praying when he looked up at the mirror. Let it be a teacher, please, please be a teacher… It would be awkward and horrifying beyond words to be caught like this by Miss Miller, their fragile, white-haired theater teacher, but at least she'd be discreet about it. If it was another student…
It was another student. It was, in fact, pretty much the worst-case scenario, staring back at him in the mirror with wide, shocked brown eyes. Pete fucking Wentz. Fucking perfect.
Another fic where the AU setting--high school, and all the terrifying newness and social awkwardness that goes along with it--gives the story more depth and interest than a canon setting would.
made me that much stronger by belladonnalin
The Used
Dan Whiteside/Jepha Howard
NC-17
~4,500 words
Genderswap AU
Warnings: Kink (domination/submission), het, slash and drag. Sort of.
Every tattoo after that, every time she gauged up her ears, every time she walked into a piercing shop and walked out with a new glint of silver at her nipples-ear-lip-clit, it was what she needed to do.
People stopped asking if she could carry a goddamn amp after she tattooed her wrist.
They stopped asking if she needed extra time to get ready in the morning when she started her chestpiece, stopped hovering over her at afterparties after she finished her calf and brought her ears up to a 00.
They stopped asking if she was okay entirely when she tattooed her neck and under her chin, the images and words like a taunt.
Choke her. Just try.
Nobody did. It was better than armor. It was a dare.
Really interesting exploration, both on a textual level and a meta level, about what it means for always-a-girl!Jepha to have a painkink.
Hold Still by paloma_cayendo, xoverau, and beatpropx.
My Chemical Romance/The Used
Frank Iero/Jepha Howard
NC-17
15,895 words
Professions AU
Kink warnings - mostly BDSM stuff.
Frank, Jepha, Quinn, and Branden work as punk hairdressers. Jeph suggests a few things to Frank, & Frank isn't sure he wants to accept the offer.
Frank is trying so damn hard not to give in already. Five minutes, and he's already on edge - a feeling he's used to, but not around Jeph, never like this. Normally, it takes a long night to get him like this, or a good steady fifteen minutes of tattooing - something constant. Not just Jeph, not even Jeph with his hands behind his back, making him sit straighter to keep his balance.
And sometimes an AU setting is just fun. Cuts back and forth between hot, dirty, BDSM sex between Frank and Jepha and scenes from the build-up to that relationship.
Untitled by schuyler
Fall Out Boy
Joe Trohman/Patrick Stump/Pete Wentz
NC-17
~2,900 words
Genderswap AU
Pegging
"I'll blow Joe," Pete says. "Sounds like fun," but he raises his eyebrows and Trish just rolls her eyes. Pete thinks about it that night, the worshipful look in Joe's eyes when he dropped to his knees in front of her on stage, and Pete wants to blow Joe. He wants Trish to watch.
Kind of rough around the edges, in a cleaned-up chatfic way, but it's always-a-girl!Patrick/Pete/Joe pegging fic. I rest my case.
My favorite view by inthekeyofpike
Panic at the Disco
Brendon Urie/Spencer Smith
NC-17
4,600 words
Professions AU
Mild D/s and power-play
Jon is a fetish photographer, and Brendon and Spencer volunteer to be his subjects.
Brendon blinks at Pete. "What do you mean, try it out?"
"Try modeling for Jon. I mean," Pete's grin has somehow turned both predatory and joking, and he looks over at Jon, "JWalk, look at this fine young specimen with his--porcelain skin and well-proportioned body. Wouldn't he be lovely in your photographs? Doesn't he just make you want to tie him up and do things to him?"
Ryan coughs into his hand. He distinctly remembers Spencer complaining once when he and Brendon had first moved in together that Brendon "never stops moving, I swear--Ryan, I'm just going to tie him up and gag him one of these days."
Probably the mildest kink content in this rec set, a lovely, understated fic about seeing people from a new angle. I desperately want a Jon/Brendon/Spencer sequel.
six are better than two by iphignia939
Panic at the Disco
Brent Wilson/Spencer Smith
unrated
~1,500 words
Nonhuman AU
Tentacles
Just call him Spencer "Cthulu" Smith.
"You said you weren't going to freak out!" Spencer yelled from outside the bathroom door.
"I LIED!" Brent shouted back, and threw a shoe at the door.
Quite possibly the funniest, sweetest fic you will ever read about tentacle-sex.
Kink is very subjective, so rec your favorite kinky AUs in the comments.
Given the nature of this week's theme, please pay attention to the warnings posted on the stories and recs.
wishfulclicking recced this story on Sunday, in an extremely thorough post of Spencer Smith recs, but just like you can't have a list of polyamorous AUs without mentioning missmollyetc's story The Watch, you can't rec AUs about kink without mentioning Tell Me to Stop by airgiodslv
Panic at the Disco
Brendon Urie/Spencer Smith
NC-17
~29,000 words
College AU
Warnings: s/D and BDSM. Strong kink content.
Brendon helps Spencer figure out some things.
Brendon laughs, pushing his hips off the counter and invading Spencer’s space until Spencer can feel the heat of his body through two layers of clothing. “I was thinking we should probably get the nervous first-time fucking out of the way first,” he suggests, and Spencer’s breath hisses in, sharp enough to bite. “Then you can handcuff all you want.”
Some part of Spencer is still saying assert, assert, even though logically, he knows that Brendon is probably going to let him have control. It doesn’t stop him from shifting his weight forward, backing Brendon up until he hits the counter again, crowded between Spencer’s hips and the countertop. Brendon is letting him, he can tell by the smile hidden behind Brendon’s eyes and at the corners of his mouth, but Spencer ignores that and stays focused, leaning forward with his hands on the counter to keep Brendon trapped with nowhere to go.
“Who’s nervous?” he asks, and when Brendon’s chin comes up, just that defiant fraction, Spencer kisses him.
A long, serious fic that pays attention to the rules and politics of BDSM. While the sex scenes are scorchingly hot, what makes this story memorable is the way it explores the changing dynamics of the relationship between Brendon and Spencer. This story would not have worked nearly as well for me if it had been set in the canon universe; the alternate universe allows the characters room to expand in a way that makes the story compelling and believable without being OOC.
There is also a sequel, Five times Spencer collared Brendon by airgiodslv, a sequel by disarm_d, Switch, and a gen, Brendon-centric prequel, The Definition of Overthinking It by formerlydf.
Worst Case Scenario by neery
Fall Out Boy
Patrick Stump/Pete Wentz
NC-17
words
High School AU
Cross-dressing
Sort of a high school AU, but really more a story about cross-dressing.
When the door banged open, he was already reaching for the hem of the dress, about to take it off. Patrick felt himself freeze, every muscle just locking into place without consulting his brain. Panic swamped over him, thick and stifling. He was all but praying when he looked up at the mirror. Let it be a teacher, please, please be a teacher… It would be awkward and horrifying beyond words to be caught like this by Miss Miller, their fragile, white-haired theater teacher, but at least she'd be discreet about it. If it was another student…
It was another student. It was, in fact, pretty much the worst-case scenario, staring back at him in the mirror with wide, shocked brown eyes. Pete fucking Wentz. Fucking perfect.
Another fic where the AU setting--high school, and all the terrifying newness and social awkwardness that goes along with it--gives the story more depth and interest than a canon setting would.
made me that much stronger by belladonnalin
The Used
Dan Whiteside/Jepha Howard
NC-17
~4,500 words
Genderswap AU
Warnings: Kink (domination/submission), het, slash and drag. Sort of.
Every tattoo after that, every time she gauged up her ears, every time she walked into a piercing shop and walked out with a new glint of silver at her nipples-ear-lip-clit, it was what she needed to do.
People stopped asking if she could carry a goddamn amp after she tattooed her wrist.
They stopped asking if she needed extra time to get ready in the morning when she started her chestpiece, stopped hovering over her at afterparties after she finished her calf and brought her ears up to a 00.
They stopped asking if she was okay entirely when she tattooed her neck and under her chin, the images and words like a taunt.
Choke her. Just try.
Nobody did. It was better than armor. It was a dare.
Really interesting exploration, both on a textual level and a meta level, about what it means for always-a-girl!Jepha to have a painkink.
Hold Still by paloma_cayendo, xoverau, and beatpropx.
My Chemical Romance/The Used
Frank Iero/Jepha Howard
NC-17
15,895 words
Professions AU
Kink warnings - mostly BDSM stuff.
Frank, Jepha, Quinn, and Branden work as punk hairdressers. Jeph suggests a few things to Frank, & Frank isn't sure he wants to accept the offer.
Frank is trying so damn hard not to give in already. Five minutes, and he's already on edge - a feeling he's used to, but not around Jeph, never like this. Normally, it takes a long night to get him like this, or a good steady fifteen minutes of tattooing - something constant. Not just Jeph, not even Jeph with his hands behind his back, making him sit straighter to keep his balance.
And sometimes an AU setting is just fun. Cuts back and forth between hot, dirty, BDSM sex between Frank and Jepha and scenes from the build-up to that relationship.
Untitled by schuyler
Fall Out Boy
Joe Trohman/Patrick Stump/Pete Wentz
NC-17
~2,900 words
Genderswap AU
Pegging
"I'll blow Joe," Pete says. "Sounds like fun," but he raises his eyebrows and Trish just rolls her eyes. Pete thinks about it that night, the worshipful look in Joe's eyes when he dropped to his knees in front of her on stage, and Pete wants to blow Joe. He wants Trish to watch.
Kind of rough around the edges, in a cleaned-up chatfic way, but it's always-a-girl!Patrick/Pete/Joe pegging fic. I rest my case.
My favorite view by inthekeyofpike
Panic at the Disco
Brendon Urie/Spencer Smith
NC-17
4,600 words
Professions AU
Mild D/s and power-play
Jon is a fetish photographer, and Brendon and Spencer volunteer to be his subjects.
Brendon blinks at Pete. "What do you mean, try it out?"
"Try modeling for Jon. I mean," Pete's grin has somehow turned both predatory and joking, and he looks over at Jon, "JWalk, look at this fine young specimen with his--porcelain skin and well-proportioned body. Wouldn't he be lovely in your photographs? Doesn't he just make you want to tie him up and do things to him?"
Ryan coughs into his hand. He distinctly remembers Spencer complaining once when he and Brendon had first moved in together that Brendon "never stops moving, I swear--Ryan, I'm just going to tie him up and gag him one of these days."
Probably the mildest kink content in this rec set, a lovely, understated fic about seeing people from a new angle. I desperately want a Jon/Brendon/Spencer sequel.
six are better than two by iphignia939
Panic at the Disco
Brent Wilson/Spencer Smith
unrated
~1,500 words
Nonhuman AU
Tentacles
Just call him Spencer "Cthulu" Smith.
"You said you weren't going to freak out!" Spencer yelled from outside the bathroom door.
"I LIED!" Brent shouted back, and threw a shoe at the door.
Quite possibly the funniest, sweetest fic you will ever read about tentacle-sex.
Kink is very subjective, so rec your favorite kinky AUs in the comments.