2009 top 50 fics rec list
the top 50 fic list of 2009
by pairing, then in alphabetical order. author summaries included, if any.
this list is a collaborative effort by all eight of the moderators.
a lot of fics we loved didn't make it onto the list. look for them in our weekend themes.
big bang: gdragon/seungri
method | cupcake4mafia | gdragon/seungri | r
seungri kisses jiyong for the seventh time (fourth time sober) and it’s almost convincing.
of kids and the stupid things they do | the_nez | gdragon/seungri | nc17
jiyong loves seungri. seungri tries. it doesn't always work.
of olive branches (and boys who don't want them) | fading_sun_sock | gdragon/seungri | pg13
sometimes the things jiyong says are upsetting, even to seungri.
pure morning | cupcake4mafia | gdragon/seungri + ofc | r
seungri gets in way over his head, but he's not alone.
silly games | noelliex | gdragon/seungri | pg13
games they play.
slipping | sunnystarr | gdragon/seungri | pg13
seungri watches. jiyong sketches.
so naive | heechul_oppa | gdragon/seungri | pg13
let's play love. let's play the game.
throw on the lights | preorder | gdragon/seungri | pg
where do you see yourself in ten, twenty, thirty years?
big bang: gdragon/top
all the king's horses | gdgdbaby | gdragon/top | nc17
astronaut au. jiyong is the first south korean in space.
beautiful in the lowlight | preorder | gdragon/top | pg13
seunghyun only knows love, or whatever one would call this, late at night.
because of you | redcottonstar | gdragon/top | pg
seunghyun just wants to forget. jiyong can't. life goes on anyway.
car crash hearts | cranperryjuice | gdragon/top | nc17
a chronicle of g-dragon and top's early days.
c i t i e s | lovelyable | gdragon/top | r
jiyong goes soul searching.
diaspora oratorio 2 3 | butterflyweb & rawthornewrites | gdragon/top + others | r to nc17
the law of the desert allows no concessions, but the human heart is not nearly as unwavering in the face of desire.
dirty cash | butterflyweb | gdragon/top | nc17
when jiyong shows up at a hotel room to meet his latest client, what he gets is not what he expects.
fucked-up plans | bitterwhitejam | gdragon/top (+ofc) | pg13
a retelling of the "haru haru" mv.
head under water | butterflyweb | gdragon/top | r
au. where people who've committed suicide live in the same afterlife.
high card | butterflyweb & rawthornewrites | gdragon/top | nc17
iris-verse. a john and his client. not your typical hooker au.
a measure of salvation 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | butterflyweb & rawthornewrites | gdragon/top (hints of taeyang/seungri) | nc17
earth's atmosphere is obliterated, and seunghyun operates a ship in space with a small crew to try and survive.
the morning after | gdgdbaby | gdragon/top | pg
college au. jiyong and seunghyun brave black friday.
only in dreams | jandi | gdragon/top | pg
a series of dream sequences. seunghyun sleeps a lot.
the pinocchio folk | lovelyable | gdragon/top | r
92037 is a puppet, but he just wants to be jiyong.
the placebo effect | lovelyable | gdragon/top | r
jiyong lies still, seunghyun touches.
shadowplay (incomplete) | jandi | gdragon/top | r
future fic. seunghyun comes back from the army.
stronger than blood 2 3 | butterflyweb & rawthornewrites | gdragon/top | nc17
ot5; some ties are stronger than blood.
symphonetic 2 | lovelyable | gdragon/top | nc17
a beautifully constructed alternate universe that sucks the reader in until the very end; the author uses the “g-dragon is a hooker” cliché and manages to make it her own.
today, there are no birds | bitterwhitejam | gdragon/top | r
but today there is no singing, and that’s fucking weird. jiyong always sings in the shower, even when he’s pissed, even when he’s depressed.
tomorrow is a long time 2 | butterflyweb & rawthornewrites | gdragon/top | nc17
what could've been, what might've been, what should've been, and what is.
miscellaneous: het pairings
birds of a feather | mytigerhobbes | gd/cl | pg13
chaerin is an uninspired high school student. jiyong's an inspiring street rat.
four times a lady | quirke | teddy/cl | pg
friendships last you; heartbreaks not always.
kinsey 5.9999... | cranperryjuice | perry/cl | nc17
"maybe you'll turn him straight."
a little privacy | quirke | top/bom | pg13
bom sleepwalks. seunghyun has a weakness for bunny pyjamas. don't mess with cl.
a matter of habit | quirke | gdragon/cl | pg
it takes a while to get used to jiyong.
miscellaneous: m/m pairings
bringing sexy back | cranperryjuice | perry/seungri | nc17
seungri is slightly desperate.
greater good | cranperryjuice | gdragon/music executives | nc17
dubious consent. dark.
guahanitis | cranperryjuice | jinu/sean | nc17
stuck in guam and the things that ensue.
motivation | cupcake4mafia | top/taeyang | r
seunghyun starts exercising with youngbae and soon can't think about much else.
not-so-strong baby | cranperryjuice | seungri/perry | pg
seungri's ego is a little inflated.
one, two, three, four | gdgdbaby | gdragon/taeyang | pg
love is patient, love is kind.
only do what i'm told | bitterwhitejam | taeyang/seungri | pg13
his entire life has been planned, written out on a piece of paper and magnetized to the front of the fridge.
untitled | cranperryjuice | teddy/taeyang | pg13
teddy says something to cl to fend her off, and then accidentally gains taeyang instead.
other: crossovers
on schedule | jandi | taeyang/iu | pg
in which taeyang is awkward and iu is even more so.
the sweetest thing | quirke | minji/taemin (shinee) | pg13
minji first meets a beaten-up taemin in a grimy alleyway.
all: ot3's
ache | cranperryjuice | gdragon/taeyang/cl | nc17
an extremely realistic and introspective look into hypothetical reasons behind g-dragon’s spiral into depression in early 2009.
all that i can give | heechul_oppa | gdragon/gummy/top | pg
character sketching and stream of consciousness of the highest caliber; the last line packs like a punch.
things we keep quiet | todefinebeauty | top/gummy, gdragon/top | g
told in seunghyun’s point of view; the subtle usage of angst in this piece stays with the reader a long time after finishing the fic.
all: no pairing
easy | jandi | gen (taeyang-centric) | pg
taeyang deathfic. OT5?
getting a grip, big bang | risabet | gen (hints of gdragon/top) | pg13
the members of big bang each react in their own way as jiyong nears his breaking point.
the line between good and evil is a thin line indeed | preorder | gen | pg
everyone except jiyong gets superpowers. this is a problem.
michaelangela | gdgdbaby | gen (cl-centric) | pg
a 2ne1 (both literal and figurative) character sketch.
by pairing, then in alphabetical order. author summaries included, if any.
this list is a collaborative effort by all eight of the moderators.
a lot of fics we loved didn't make it onto the list. look for them in our weekend themes.
big bang: gdragon/seungri
method | cupcake4mafia | gdragon/seungri | r
seungri kisses jiyong for the seventh time (fourth time sober) and it’s almost convincing.
of kids and the stupid things they do | the_nez | gdragon/seungri | nc17
jiyong loves seungri. seungri tries. it doesn't always work.
of olive branches (and boys who don't want them) | fading_sun_sock | gdragon/seungri | pg13
sometimes the things jiyong says are upsetting, even to seungri.
pure morning | cupcake4mafia | gdragon/seungri + ofc | r
seungri gets in way over his head, but he's not alone.
silly games | noelliex | gdragon/seungri | pg13
games they play.
slipping | sunnystarr | gdragon/seungri | pg13
seungri watches. jiyong sketches.
so naive | heechul_oppa | gdragon/seungri | pg13
let's play love. let's play the game.
throw on the lights | preorder | gdragon/seungri | pg
where do you see yourself in ten, twenty, thirty years?
big bang: gdragon/top
all the king's horses | gdgdbaby | gdragon/top | nc17
astronaut au. jiyong is the first south korean in space.
beautiful in the lowlight | preorder | gdragon/top | pg13
seunghyun only knows love, or whatever one would call this, late at night.
because of you | redcottonstar | gdragon/top | pg
seunghyun just wants to forget. jiyong can't. life goes on anyway.
car crash hearts | cranperryjuice | gdragon/top | nc17
a chronicle of g-dragon and top's early days.
c i t i e s | lovelyable | gdragon/top | r
jiyong goes soul searching.
diaspora oratorio 2 3 | butterflyweb & rawthornewrites | gdragon/top + others | r to nc17
the law of the desert allows no concessions, but the human heart is not nearly as unwavering in the face of desire.
dirty cash | butterflyweb | gdragon/top | nc17
when jiyong shows up at a hotel room to meet his latest client, what he gets is not what he expects.
fucked-up plans | bitterwhitejam | gdragon/top (+ofc) | pg13
a retelling of the "haru haru" mv.
head under water | butterflyweb | gdragon/top | r
au. where people who've committed suicide live in the same afterlife.
high card | butterflyweb & rawthornewrites | gdragon/top | nc17
iris-verse. a john and his client. not your typical hooker au.
a measure of salvation 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | butterflyweb & rawthornewrites | gdragon/top (hints of taeyang/seungri) | nc17
earth's atmosphere is obliterated, and seunghyun operates a ship in space with a small crew to try and survive.
the morning after | gdgdbaby | gdragon/top | pg
college au. jiyong and seunghyun brave black friday.
only in dreams | jandi | gdragon/top | pg
a series of dream sequences. seunghyun sleeps a lot.
the pinocchio folk | lovelyable | gdragon/top | r
92037 is a puppet, but he just wants to be jiyong.
the placebo effect | lovelyable | gdragon/top | r
jiyong lies still, seunghyun touches.
shadowplay (incomplete) | jandi | gdragon/top | r
future fic. seunghyun comes back from the army.
stronger than blood 2 3 | butterflyweb & rawthornewrites | gdragon/top | nc17
ot5; some ties are stronger than blood.
symphonetic 2 | lovelyable | gdragon/top | nc17
a beautifully constructed alternate universe that sucks the reader in until the very end; the author uses the “g-dragon is a hooker” cliché and manages to make it her own.
today, there are no birds | bitterwhitejam | gdragon/top | r
but today there is no singing, and that’s fucking weird. jiyong always sings in the shower, even when he’s pissed, even when he’s depressed.
tomorrow is a long time 2 | butterflyweb & rawthornewrites | gdragon/top | nc17
what could've been, what might've been, what should've been, and what is.
miscellaneous: het pairings
birds of a feather | mytigerhobbes | gd/cl | pg13
chaerin is an uninspired high school student. jiyong's an inspiring street rat.
four times a lady | quirke | teddy/cl | pg
friendships last you; heartbreaks not always.
kinsey 5.9999... | cranperryjuice | perry/cl | nc17
"maybe you'll turn him straight."
a little privacy | quirke | top/bom | pg13
bom sleepwalks. seunghyun has a weakness for bunny pyjamas. don't mess with cl.
a matter of habit | quirke | gdragon/cl | pg
it takes a while to get used to jiyong.
miscellaneous: m/m pairings
bringing sexy back | cranperryjuice | perry/seungri | nc17
seungri is slightly desperate.
greater good | cranperryjuice | gdragon/music executives | nc17
dubious consent. dark.
guahanitis | cranperryjuice | jinu/sean | nc17
stuck in guam and the things that ensue.
motivation | cupcake4mafia | top/taeyang | r
seunghyun starts exercising with youngbae and soon can't think about much else.
not-so-strong baby | cranperryjuice | seungri/perry | pg
seungri's ego is a little inflated.
one, two, three, four | gdgdbaby | gdragon/taeyang | pg
love is patient, love is kind.
only do what i'm told | bitterwhitejam | taeyang/seungri | pg13
his entire life has been planned, written out on a piece of paper and magnetized to the front of the fridge.
untitled | cranperryjuice | teddy/taeyang | pg13
teddy says something to cl to fend her off, and then accidentally gains taeyang instead.
other: crossovers
on schedule | jandi | taeyang/iu | pg
in which taeyang is awkward and iu is even more so.
the sweetest thing | quirke | minji/taemin (shinee) | pg13
minji first meets a beaten-up taemin in a grimy alleyway.
all: ot3's
ache | cranperryjuice | gdragon/taeyang/cl | nc17
an extremely realistic and introspective look into hypothetical reasons behind g-dragon’s spiral into depression in early 2009.
all that i can give | heechul_oppa | gdragon/gummy/top | pg
character sketching and stream of consciousness of the highest caliber; the last line packs like a punch.
things we keep quiet | todefinebeauty | top/gummy, gdragon/top | g
told in seunghyun’s point of view; the subtle usage of angst in this piece stays with the reader a long time after finishing the fic.
all: no pairing
easy | jandi | gen (taeyang-centric) | pg
taeyang deathfic. OT5?
getting a grip, big bang | risabet | gen (hints of gdragon/top) | pg13
the members of big bang each react in their own way as jiyong nears his breaking point.
the line between good and evil is a thin line indeed | preorder | gen | pg
everyone except jiyong gets superpowers. this is a problem.
michaelangela | gdgdbaby | gen (cl-centric) | pg
a 2ne1 (both literal and figurative) character sketch.