REC #050 {“I'm here and so are you”}
Holy crap! The great FIVE-ZERO! It's so silly but it feels like such an accomplishment. Who would've thought that this would run this long, hey? I think I'm gonna do five more issues (dipping into early dec) and then take a break for a bit. Who knows what will happen next year~
It's a mixed bag of fics this week... enjoy?
FIC PICK: {TEENW} nothing safe is worth the drive
by
korynnvictoria
|| isaac/scott, pg-13, canon, 7,484 words ||
Sometimes he talks to Stiles about it, though. Stiles, who will let Isaac lay in his bed, listening to Stiles’ music and drinking Stiles’ Diet Dr. Pepper while Stiles edits Isaac’s school essays, points out where there are run-on sentences, and where Isaac needs to break things into paragraphs, while Isaac lies there and thinks and thinks about his life and how he got here. He talks to Stiles about ice cream with his dad and lacrosse drills with Cam, and Stiles smiles sadly and says, “There’s another run-on sentence; you’re the worst with them. You use ‘and’ too much. What was his favorite ice cream flavor?”
Why you should read it: It's not an epic fic but just the theme of best friends becoming more than that makes my heart melt! I also love how friendship (specifically between isaac & stiles) played a major role in this. Definitely worth a read (+ bonus bg derek/stiles if you're still remaining undecided)!
WEEKLY PICKINGS || great fic & art from this week!
✒ {MARVEL} The Boys of Summer by
Khirsah || billy/teddy, nc-17, canon, 4,723 words
It feels…pretty good, actually, once he gets past the reflexive embarrassment. The faint wind is cooler against bare skin than it was through the hot black cotton. The sun feels amazing against his shoulders. Billy drops his T-shirt into his lap and anxiously picks at the hem, feeling color staining his cheeks even as he refuses to look at Teddy. He’s pretty sure one look will send him diving back into his shirt, or sprinting across the field, or teleporting to Siberia or something and, wow, okay, he’s sitting shirtless next to Teddy Altman and he really doesn’t need to throw up or get turned on or anything, so his body had better behave right the fuck now.
OR: Billy is literally not cool.
✒ {MARVEL} tell me your wish by
isawet || clint/phil, pg-13, au, 1,173 words
Clint is a bartender, Phil comes into his bar every night.
✒ ✪✪ {MARVEL} 99 problems (and the dice ain't one) by
kellifer_fic || steve/tony, pg-13, au, 10,783 words
Tony's life is almost perfect. He lives in a converted warehouse full of friends (and one frenemy), has a job that leaves him plenty of time to think about other things and a regular Friday night campaign. If his best friend, Steve Rogers, hadn't moved away to New York and left him behind, then perfection would've been achieved.
Tony can roll with the punches though and he's almost all the way over that little bump in the road (shut up Bruce, he totally is) when Steve moves back, looking taller and broader and more confident than ever and Tony's left with a converted warehouse full of friends (and one frenemy), a job that leaves him plenty of time to think about other things, a regular Friday night campaign and the uncomfortable realization that maybe he's in love with his best friend and has been since he was sixteen.
✒ ✪ {TEENW} It's Bad Enough We Get Along by
FireEverything &
MarieLikesToDraw || chris/peter, nc-17, canon, 13,032 words
“Why won’t you stop pushing?” Chris demands, chest almost flush with his.
“A fatal flaw in my character,” Peter forces out, reveling in the harsh pull of breath past Chris' grip.
✒ ✪✪✪ {TEENW} Halloween Saga by indecentdrawer || derek/stiles, pg-13, au, .FANART.
2001-2012
✒ ✪✪✪ {TEENW} Howlin' For You by
Lenore || derek/stiles, nc-17, au, 33,050 words
A college AU with strippers, crime bosses, and a mystery to solve.
✒ ✪✪✪ {TEENW} You Were a Kindness When I Was a Stranger by
DevilDoll || derek/stiles, nc-17, au, 8.076 words
"It's not all handcuffs and spankings and learning to deep throat." This is an AU with consensual BDSM sex acts, in which Derek supports Stiles financially in exchange for a sexual relationship. Stiles is of legal age.
✒ ✪✪ {TEENW} A Cookie For Your Heart by
allyarra || derek/stiles, g, au, 10,445 words
Stiles is in college and he's working at Laura Hale's bakery for the summer in an AU where the fire never happened and the Hales are all alive.
✒ ✪ {TEENW} 5 Times Stiles Tried to Feed Derek (+1 Time Derek Fed Him) by
vodkaanddebauchery || derek/stiles, pg-13, canon, 10,235
Keeping werewolves fed and happy isn’t so much a job as it is a survival imperative. Unfortunately, Stiles cannot stroll into PetCo and ask where they keep the economy bags of Wolf Chow, because that would just be making things too easy for Stiles and his Incredible Life of Murphy’s Law. Which is a shame, really, because it turns out that alphas are incredibly picky eaters.
✒ ✪ {TEENW} I Think the Problem Here is There's Nothing Wrong by
wait_for_it || derek/stiles, pg-13, canon, 5,156 words
"Stiles wasn’t really sure what was going on, but if he had to guess, he’d say Derek Hale was losing his touch. The amount of times he’d been called out with the guy, presumably to stake out some new supernatural baddie only to have it be a false alarm, was starting to inch into the double digits."
In which Stiles and Derek are dating and everyone knows it. Except Stiles.
✒ ✪ {TEENW} i thought it make believe by
leah k || derek/stiles, pg-13, au, 2,631 words
Stiles scrolls up on his text message history and sure enough finds "I'm OK, don't worry, I'm going back to the hotel room" with a timestamp of 1:30AM and "I think I'm in love I think he's a werewolf" at 3:00AM.
Stiles stares at his phone for a while in horror.
Scott: HEY LYDIA WANTS TO KNOW WHY YOU CHANGED YR FACEBOOK STATUS TO MARRIED
Well, so would Stiles.
✒ {TEENW} A Boy in Wolf's Clothing by
kyaticlikestea || derek/stiles, pg-13, canon, 5,226 words
Stiles doesn’t really understand what’s going on any more because Derek is Derek and Stiles is Stiles and they’ve always been separate, even though they’re technically mated now, and he doesn’t know when they were expected to become 'Derek and Stiles' the unit. He doesn’t know when Derek wanted to become that, because even though Stiles is at college now and he’s grown out his buzz cut and started working out every Thursday, he’s still Stiles Stilinski, the kid who’s about as co-ordinated as a peace march in Israel, and Derek is still Derek Hale, he of the cheekbones and perpetual sex-hair and brooding looks.
Or, five times Stiles turns to the wolf for Halloween, and one time the wolf turns to him.
✒ {TEENW} It’s Monday I’m In Love by
Swing Set in December || derek/stiles, g, au, 438 words
Stiles pines for hot business men on Mondays. Erica can't take it anymore.
FIC VAULT || great fic & art from weeks passed!
✒ ✪✪ {INCEPTION} Nearly Home by
toomuchplor &
xenakis || arthur/eames, nc-17, canon, 25,127 words
Arthur and Eames are on the verge of giving up mind crime when Cobb convinces Arthur to be his point man on one last job - which rather inevitably goes wrong. Eames is pulled into the mess as Cobb’s simple heist spirals into an attempt on inception. It’s time to stop trespassing on the dreams of others; building a home takes two sets of hands.
✒ ✪✪ {MARVEL} Kissing by cris-art || billy/teddy, pg-13, canon, .FANART.
A quick kiss in the school hallways just before they head off to their separate classes. I imagine Billy looking around and then grabbing Teddy’s shirt. Teddy understands and lifts his notebook up to their faces, and they quickly kiss and say, “See you!”
✒ ✪✪ {MARVEL} Fanboys by cris-art || billy/teddy, g, canon, .FANART.
a favorite visit to the comic book store one afternoon.
✒ ✪ {MARVEL} Mr. Coulson's Technicolor Dreamhouse by
Not_You || clint/phil, r, au, 13,788 words
Phil is Mr. Coulson, beloved children's entertainer and purveyor of quality television for humans. Clint is the new cameraman, and this is the tale of their love. And of Steve and Bucky's, and other people's as they appear. Coulson is afraid he's too boring and Clint that he's not classy enough. They are both wrong.
✒ ✪ {MERLIN} Coming Up by
Thursday_Next || arthur/merlin, nc-17, au, 40,278 words
90s high school AU. Merlin can think of a billion reasons why moving to Camelot-on-Sea in the middle of his A-levels is a terrible idea. He would much rather play his guitar than work in his uncle's chip shop and he has no intention of making friends. Until he joins head boy Arthur Pendragon's wannabe-Britpop band and finds himself falling head over heels for the stuck-up prat.
✒ ✪ {SPORTS RPF} Don't be afraid to knock on the door by
zanzibar || michael/ryan, nc-17, au/canon, 21,193 words
If I look at this and squint my eyes we're not dating, I’m stalking him. He’s a nice guy, he taught my kid to read and he’s crazy good looking.
In which Michael accidentally falls in love with his kid's Kindergarten teacher.
✒ ✪✪ {TEENW} Seasons!meme set by n3vh33r4 || derek/stiles, pg-13, canon, .FANART.
Seasons meme set
✒ ✪✪ {TEENW} I’ve found a way to shut you up!!! by n3vh33r4 || derek/stiles, pg-13, canon, .FANART.
I should’ve known it wouldn’t work…
✒ ✪✪✪ {TEENW} Hide Of A Life War by
Etharei || derek/stiles, nc-17, canon, 26,050 words
“We have received confirmation that there is a hostage situation in progress at a warehouse compound two hours out of Los Angeles, following a multiple-vehicle pileup on Highway 101 this morning...”
The one in which Stiles has lived to (legal) adulthood and, along the way, become a bit of a badass himself.
✒ ✪ {TEENW} Safe at Anchor by
Jerakeen || derek/stiles, pg-13, canon, 11,371 words
All hail Stiles, the Fixer of Wolves.
✒ ✪ {TSN} We Wander Through Difference by speakfictions || eduardo/mark, r, au/canon, 17,980 words
Mark never expected to fall in love with the cashier at his neighborhood Safeway, but life seems to have other plans.
✒ {TSN} the man who never lied by thisissirius || eduardo/mark, pg-13, canon, 16,007 words
mark writes his memoirs and fucks shit up in the process.
✒ ✪ {TSN RPS} Can't Hug Every Cat by princewardo || andrew/jesse, r, au, 12,000 words
Jesse loves cats. He loves every type of cat. He just wants to hug all of them, but he can't. He can't hug every cat. He can, however, accidentally post a humiliating dating video that goes viral.
1. ✪ = must reads!!!
2. for past recs, click here
3. feel free to check out my delicious for more links
IN THE LIFE OF DHU: SIGH LJ, YOU CRAY CRAY. As much as I hate the new f-list/feed (& that the new lj cuts will mess up my LJ stats), I'm still going to be a paid member and use this because 1) emotional attachment 2) all my RSS feeds are set up here and it'd be a hassle to transfer them elsewhere & start anew 3) I like having 115 icons to pick and choose from.
It just saddens me that more and more friends are abandoning this site for DW or Tumblr ): I thought about returning to tumblr but I'm afraid I just do not have the time to spare ): Thank god for twitter and the fact that everyone seems to be posting fic to AO3 now! At least I'm not too detached from fandom, hey?
What about you, my lovelies? Are you all bidding a last goodbye to good ol' LJ? If you do, please don't forget about me!!! <3
It's a mixed bag of fics this week... enjoy?
FIC PICK: {TEENW} nothing safe is worth the drive
by
korynnvictoria
|| isaac/scott, pg-13, canon, 7,484 words ||
Sometimes he talks to Stiles about it, though. Stiles, who will let Isaac lay in his bed, listening to Stiles’ music and drinking Stiles’ Diet Dr. Pepper while Stiles edits Isaac’s school essays, points out where there are run-on sentences, and where Isaac needs to break things into paragraphs, while Isaac lies there and thinks and thinks about his life and how he got here. He talks to Stiles about ice cream with his dad and lacrosse drills with Cam, and Stiles smiles sadly and says, “There’s another run-on sentence; you’re the worst with them. You use ‘and’ too much. What was his favorite ice cream flavor?”
Why you should read it: It's not an epic fic but just the theme of best friends becoming more than that makes my heart melt! I also love how friendship (specifically between isaac & stiles) played a major role in this. Definitely worth a read (+ bonus bg derek/stiles if you're still remaining undecided)!
WEEKLY PICKINGS || great fic & art from this week!
✒ {MARVEL} The Boys of Summer by
Khirsah || billy/teddy, nc-17, canon, 4,723 words
It feels…pretty good, actually, once he gets past the reflexive embarrassment. The faint wind is cooler against bare skin than it was through the hot black cotton. The sun feels amazing against his shoulders. Billy drops his T-shirt into his lap and anxiously picks at the hem, feeling color staining his cheeks even as he refuses to look at Teddy. He’s pretty sure one look will send him diving back into his shirt, or sprinting across the field, or teleporting to Siberia or something and, wow, okay, he’s sitting shirtless next to Teddy Altman and he really doesn’t need to throw up or get turned on or anything, so his body had better behave right the fuck now.
OR: Billy is literally not cool.
✒ {MARVEL} tell me your wish by
isawet || clint/phil, pg-13, au, 1,173 words
Clint is a bartender, Phil comes into his bar every night.
✒ ✪✪ {MARVEL} 99 problems (and the dice ain't one) by
kellifer_fic || steve/tony, pg-13, au, 10,783 words
Tony's life is almost perfect. He lives in a converted warehouse full of friends (and one frenemy), has a job that leaves him plenty of time to think about other things and a regular Friday night campaign. If his best friend, Steve Rogers, hadn't moved away to New York and left him behind, then perfection would've been achieved.
Tony can roll with the punches though and he's almost all the way over that little bump in the road (shut up Bruce, he totally is) when Steve moves back, looking taller and broader and more confident than ever and Tony's left with a converted warehouse full of friends (and one frenemy), a job that leaves him plenty of time to think about other things, a regular Friday night campaign and the uncomfortable realization that maybe he's in love with his best friend and has been since he was sixteen.
✒ ✪ {TEENW} It's Bad Enough We Get Along by
FireEverything &
MarieLikesToDraw || chris/peter, nc-17, canon, 13,032 words
“Why won’t you stop pushing?” Chris demands, chest almost flush with his.
“A fatal flaw in my character,” Peter forces out, reveling in the harsh pull of breath past Chris' grip.
✒ ✪✪✪ {TEENW} Halloween Saga by indecentdrawer || derek/stiles, pg-13, au, .FANART.
2001-2012
✒ ✪✪✪ {TEENW} Howlin' For You by
Lenore || derek/stiles, nc-17, au, 33,050 words
A college AU with strippers, crime bosses, and a mystery to solve.
✒ ✪✪✪ {TEENW} You Were a Kindness When I Was a Stranger by
DevilDoll || derek/stiles, nc-17, au, 8.076 words
"It's not all handcuffs and spankings and learning to deep throat." This is an AU with consensual BDSM sex acts, in which Derek supports Stiles financially in exchange for a sexual relationship. Stiles is of legal age.
✒ ✪✪ {TEENW} A Cookie For Your Heart by
allyarra || derek/stiles, g, au, 10,445 words
Stiles is in college and he's working at Laura Hale's bakery for the summer in an AU where the fire never happened and the Hales are all alive.
✒ ✪ {TEENW} 5 Times Stiles Tried to Feed Derek (+1 Time Derek Fed Him) by
vodkaanddebauchery || derek/stiles, pg-13, canon, 10,235
Keeping werewolves fed and happy isn’t so much a job as it is a survival imperative. Unfortunately, Stiles cannot stroll into PetCo and ask where they keep the economy bags of Wolf Chow, because that would just be making things too easy for Stiles and his Incredible Life of Murphy’s Law. Which is a shame, really, because it turns out that alphas are incredibly picky eaters.
✒ ✪ {TEENW} I Think the Problem Here is There's Nothing Wrong by
wait_for_it || derek/stiles, pg-13, canon, 5,156 words
"Stiles wasn’t really sure what was going on, but if he had to guess, he’d say Derek Hale was losing his touch. The amount of times he’d been called out with the guy, presumably to stake out some new supernatural baddie only to have it be a false alarm, was starting to inch into the double digits."
In which Stiles and Derek are dating and everyone knows it. Except Stiles.
✒ ✪ {TEENW} i thought it make believe by
leah k || derek/stiles, pg-13, au, 2,631 words
Stiles scrolls up on his text message history and sure enough finds "I'm OK, don't worry, I'm going back to the hotel room" with a timestamp of 1:30AM and "I think I'm in love I think he's a werewolf" at 3:00AM.
Stiles stares at his phone for a while in horror.
Scott: HEY LYDIA WANTS TO KNOW WHY YOU CHANGED YR FACEBOOK STATUS TO MARRIED
Well, so would Stiles.
✒ {TEENW} A Boy in Wolf's Clothing by
kyaticlikestea || derek/stiles, pg-13, canon, 5,226 words
Stiles doesn’t really understand what’s going on any more because Derek is Derek and Stiles is Stiles and they’ve always been separate, even though they’re technically mated now, and he doesn’t know when they were expected to become 'Derek and Stiles' the unit. He doesn’t know when Derek wanted to become that, because even though Stiles is at college now and he’s grown out his buzz cut and started working out every Thursday, he’s still Stiles Stilinski, the kid who’s about as co-ordinated as a peace march in Israel, and Derek is still Derek Hale, he of the cheekbones and perpetual sex-hair and brooding looks.
Or, five times Stiles turns to the wolf for Halloween, and one time the wolf turns to him.
✒ {TEENW} It’s Monday I’m In Love by
Swing Set in December || derek/stiles, g, au, 438 words
Stiles pines for hot business men on Mondays. Erica can't take it anymore.
FIC VAULT || great fic & art from weeks passed!
✒ ✪✪ {INCEPTION} Nearly Home by
toomuchplor &
xenakis || arthur/eames, nc-17, canon, 25,127 words
Arthur and Eames are on the verge of giving up mind crime when Cobb convinces Arthur to be his point man on one last job - which rather inevitably goes wrong. Eames is pulled into the mess as Cobb’s simple heist spirals into an attempt on inception. It’s time to stop trespassing on the dreams of others; building a home takes two sets of hands.
✒ ✪✪ {MARVEL} Kissing by cris-art || billy/teddy, pg-13, canon, .FANART.
A quick kiss in the school hallways just before they head off to their separate classes. I imagine Billy looking around and then grabbing Teddy’s shirt. Teddy understands and lifts his notebook up to their faces, and they quickly kiss and say, “See you!”
✒ ✪✪ {MARVEL} Fanboys by cris-art || billy/teddy, g, canon, .FANART.
a favorite visit to the comic book store one afternoon.
✒ ✪ {MARVEL} Mr. Coulson's Technicolor Dreamhouse by
Not_You || clint/phil, r, au, 13,788 words
Phil is Mr. Coulson, beloved children's entertainer and purveyor of quality television for humans. Clint is the new cameraman, and this is the tale of their love. And of Steve and Bucky's, and other people's as they appear. Coulson is afraid he's too boring and Clint that he's not classy enough. They are both wrong.
✒ ✪ {MERLIN} Coming Up by
Thursday_Next || arthur/merlin, nc-17, au, 40,278 words
90s high school AU. Merlin can think of a billion reasons why moving to Camelot-on-Sea in the middle of his A-levels is a terrible idea. He would much rather play his guitar than work in his uncle's chip shop and he has no intention of making friends. Until he joins head boy Arthur Pendragon's wannabe-Britpop band and finds himself falling head over heels for the stuck-up prat.
✒ ✪ {SPORTS RPF} Don't be afraid to knock on the door by
zanzibar || michael/ryan, nc-17, au/canon, 21,193 words
If I look at this and squint my eyes we're not dating, I’m stalking him. He’s a nice guy, he taught my kid to read and he’s crazy good looking.
In which Michael accidentally falls in love with his kid's Kindergarten teacher.
✒ ✪✪ {TEENW} Seasons!meme set by n3vh33r4 || derek/stiles, pg-13, canon, .FANART.
Seasons meme set
✒ ✪✪ {TEENW} I’ve found a way to shut you up!!! by n3vh33r4 || derek/stiles, pg-13, canon, .FANART.
I should’ve known it wouldn’t work…
✒ ✪✪✪ {TEENW} Hide Of A Life War by
Etharei || derek/stiles, nc-17, canon, 26,050 words
“We have received confirmation that there is a hostage situation in progress at a warehouse compound two hours out of Los Angeles, following a multiple-vehicle pileup on Highway 101 this morning...”
The one in which Stiles has lived to (legal) adulthood and, along the way, become a bit of a badass himself.
✒ ✪ {TEENW} Safe at Anchor by
Jerakeen || derek/stiles, pg-13, canon, 11,371 words
All hail Stiles, the Fixer of Wolves.
✒ ✪ {TSN} We Wander Through Difference by speakfictions || eduardo/mark, r, au/canon, 17,980 words
Mark never expected to fall in love with the cashier at his neighborhood Safeway, but life seems to have other plans.
✒ {TSN} the man who never lied by thisissirius || eduardo/mark, pg-13, canon, 16,007 words
mark writes his memoirs and fucks shit up in the process.
✒ ✪ {TSN RPS} Can't Hug Every Cat by princewardo || andrew/jesse, r, au, 12,000 words
Jesse loves cats. He loves every type of cat. He just wants to hug all of them, but he can't. He can't hug every cat. He can, however, accidentally post a humiliating dating video that goes viral.
1. ✪ = must reads!!!
2. for past recs, click here
3. feel free to check out my delicious for more links
IN THE LIFE OF DHU: SIGH LJ, YOU CRAY CRAY. As much as I hate the new f-list/feed (& that the new lj cuts will mess up my LJ stats), I'm still going to be a paid member and use this because 1) emotional attachment 2) all my RSS feeds are set up here and it'd be a hassle to transfer them elsewhere & start anew 3) I like having 115 icons to pick and choose from.
It just saddens me that more and more friends are abandoning this site for DW or Tumblr ): I thought about returning to tumblr but I'm afraid I just do not have the time to spare ): Thank god for twitter and the fact that everyone seems to be posting fic to AO3 now! At least I'm not too detached from fandom, hey?
What about you, my lovelies? Are you all bidding a last goodbye to good ol' LJ? If you do, please don't forget about me!!! <3