Kat Recs All The Fics, Round 5 - Day 6
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So, a while ago I also got into Common Law, which was sadly only ran for one season but had awesomely slashy buddy-cop premise. No really, they’re in couple’s therapy, it’s great. If you get a chance, do check it out. Here are some fic recs for it!
Common Law
5 Things Wes Doesn't Like Because of Travis - Wes & Travis. This is tagged as pre-slash but it is pretty mild so you can read it as friendship fic if you prefer. Travis keeps lists of things Wes doesn’t like. Quite a few of them have something to do with Travis, and not the way you’d expect. This was a lovely exploration of Wes’ awkward ways of showing he cares. Plus lists! I love lists :D
Accidentally (Committed) - Wes/Travis. In which Travis accidentally moves in. This is one of my favourite tropes and really nicely done here with casual intimacy and freak outs and banter.
Breakfast At Tiffany's - Wes/Travis, AUs/tropes. This is essentially a rollicking good ride through five beloved fandom tropes: soul bond, handcuffed together, pretend couple, friends with benefits, and kid fic. Fun and sexy and awesome, really enjoyable. I would have happily read more about each scenario but at 8k this is a good length as it is so I won’t complain!
Bruised and Battered - Wes/Travis. Wes is beaten up badly. Travis helps him cope with the aftermath. Lovely h/c.
King Of The Nile - Wes/Travis. Wes is denying himself happiness. Travis notices. And then he does something about it. Ah, but this is lovely and you just ache for Wes and his guilt complex and brittle control. The ending is palpably fragile and tense, until the happiness of course.
Make it Work - Wes & Travis. You could read this at pre-slash if you preferred, but works beautifully as a friendship fic about dysfunctional families and difficulty of talking about things that are painful to us. Perfect balance of humour, banter and genuine caring.
Paranormal Romance For Dummies - Wes/Travis, supernatural AU. In which Wes is a vampire and Travis is a werewolf and that isn't the reason for their problems. Though it does explain the mutual territorial possessiveness... This is fun and sexy!
Seven Digits - Wes/Travis, AU. In which Wes drunk texts a stranger. Who texts back. This is a delightful meet-cute which caters to my love of epistolary fic too because text message romance!
The Smartest Thing To Do - Wes/Travis. In which there are some cases and Travis is very good at compartmentalising. Until he isn’t. I like how the ending is both unexpected and isn’t, because on hindsight you could see it coming :D
the wedding march - Wes/Travis. Going undercover as a couple to lure in a thieving wedding planner turns out to be not as easy as Wes thought. And he always thought it would be complicated as fuck. Twisty, difficult emotions wrapped in everyone's favourite cliche. Delicious.
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So, a while ago I also got into Common Law, which was sadly only ran for one season but had awesomely slashy buddy-cop premise. No really, they’re in couple’s therapy, it’s great. If you get a chance, do check it out. Here are some fic recs for it!
Common Law
5 Things Wes Doesn't Like Because of Travis - Wes & Travis. This is tagged as pre-slash but it is pretty mild so you can read it as friendship fic if you prefer. Travis keeps lists of things Wes doesn’t like. Quite a few of them have something to do with Travis, and not the way you’d expect. This was a lovely exploration of Wes’ awkward ways of showing he cares. Plus lists! I love lists :D
Accidentally (Committed) - Wes/Travis. In which Travis accidentally moves in. This is one of my favourite tropes and really nicely done here with casual intimacy and freak outs and banter.
Breakfast At Tiffany's - Wes/Travis, AUs/tropes. This is essentially a rollicking good ride through five beloved fandom tropes: soul bond, handcuffed together, pretend couple, friends with benefits, and kid fic. Fun and sexy and awesome, really enjoyable. I would have happily read more about each scenario but at 8k this is a good length as it is so I won’t complain!
Bruised and Battered - Wes/Travis. Wes is beaten up badly. Travis helps him cope with the aftermath. Lovely h/c.
King Of The Nile - Wes/Travis. Wes is denying himself happiness. Travis notices. And then he does something about it. Ah, but this is lovely and you just ache for Wes and his guilt complex and brittle control. The ending is palpably fragile and tense, until the happiness of course.
Make it Work - Wes & Travis. You could read this at pre-slash if you preferred, but works beautifully as a friendship fic about dysfunctional families and difficulty of talking about things that are painful to us. Perfect balance of humour, banter and genuine caring.
Paranormal Romance For Dummies - Wes/Travis, supernatural AU. In which Wes is a vampire and Travis is a werewolf and that isn't the reason for their problems. Though it does explain the mutual territorial possessiveness... This is fun and sexy!
Seven Digits - Wes/Travis, AU. In which Wes drunk texts a stranger. Who texts back. This is a delightful meet-cute which caters to my love of epistolary fic too because text message romance!
The Smartest Thing To Do - Wes/Travis. In which there are some cases and Travis is very good at compartmentalising. Until he isn’t. I like how the ending is both unexpected and isn’t, because on hindsight you could see it coming :D
the wedding march - Wes/Travis. Going undercover as a couple to lure in a thieving wedding planner turns out to be not as easy as Wes thought. And he always thought it would be complicated as fuck. Twisty, difficult emotions wrapped in everyone's favourite cliche. Delicious.
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