Weekly Fanfic Friday post for 1/31/2020

[shy_magpie]

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[shipperslist]

In Wade We Trust by dentalfloss.
“Wade Wilson dropped by last night,” Clint explained, like it was any other Friday. “Brought pizza and beer.” There was a thoughtful silence through the phone and then:
“You had a pizza party with Deadpool.” Phil said and Clint slid down the couch onto his back. Yeah, that pretty much summed up the situation.
Or: the one where Clint does something nice for Wade, and Wade decides to never let him go.

[shy_magpie]

This sounds fun! Thanks for sharing!

[alexseanchai]

Not fanfiction but useful for fanfiction creators and I keep running into people who have no idea any of this is possible: my bookmarked works/series that demonstrate how to use AO3 work skins for things like "getting the look of embedded tweets without going to the hassle of creating images or the risk of sacrificing accessibility" and "creating Choose Your Own Adventure fics".


We Didn't Start The Fire (2770 words) by silveradept
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Alya Césaire/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir & Alya Césaire
Characters: Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Alya Césaire, Original Miraculous Ladybug Character(s)
Additional Tags: Bisexual Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Bisexual Ladybug, Post-Reveal Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Press and Tabloids, Polyamourous Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Miraculous Cure Is Scary, Cataclysm Is Scary, Social Justice, Global Warming, geopolitics, Why Send A Superhero To Do A Billionaires Job?
Summary:

The world has decided that Ladybug has the power to change everything and is demanding she do so. Ladybug calls a press conference to explain what she thinks about this.

Chat Noir adds the stinger.

And then Marinette, Adrien, and Alya have a study session that's nominally about economics.


Under Lock and Key (34972 words) by Maerynn, EdenDaphne
Chapters: 10/10
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Adrien Agreste/Marinette Dupain-Cheng
Characters: Adrien Agreste, Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Manon (Miraculous Ladybug)
Additional Tags: 17 years old, Fluff, Blush Fest, stuck together, Handcuffed Together, Sleepovers, Meeting the Parents, handcuffs are involved but it's 100 percent innocent, adrienette - Freeform, lots and lots of Adrienette XD, also some steampunk influences later on, eventual identity reveal, cavity inducing fluff, LadyNoir - Freeform, Marichat, ladrien, all sides of the love square are included in some way lol, Kwami Shenanigans
Summary:

Marinette is thrilled. She's spending her afternoon at the museum with Adrien, and even Manon's unexpectedly tagging along with them can't tarnish her happiness.

After all, what can go wrong for two seventeen-year-olds watching over a seven-year-old?

Turns out, a lot of things.


Miraculous: Tales of Captain Turtle and Honeybee (10997 words) by ghostlyhamburger
Chapters: 4/?
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug
Characters: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Pollen (Miraculous Ladybug), Wayzz (Miraculous Ladybug), Alya Césaire, Nino Lahiffe, Classmates (Miraculous Ladybug)
Additional Tags: Kwami Swap, Alternate Universe - Power Swap, everyone has a brain, Podfic Welcome
Summary:

When Hawkmoth begins to terrorize Paris, the Guardian of the Miraculous must choose the proper miraculouses to fight him. But what if he didn't start with the most powerful ones right away? A kwami swap AU.

[Updates weekly.]


United (16023 words) by 11JJ11
Chapters: 5/?
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug
Characters: Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Tom Dupain, Sabine Cheng, Gabriel Agreste | Papillon | Hawk Moth
Additional Tags: Identity Reveal, Marriage Proposal, Bad Parent Gabriel Agreste, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Eloping, Guardian Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Marriage, Marriage of Convenience, But they do truly love each other, They are stressed and young with too much on their shoulders, They have limited options for the future, Light Angst, Family Issues, LadyNoir - Freeform, Romance, Pre-Reveal Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Established Relationship
Summary:

Ladybug and Chat Noir are almost adults, and with the threat of Hawk Moth still lurking above Paris they are beginning to realize just how limited their future is. They can't leave the city, and no matter how hard they try it will be impossible to keep their hero and civilian lives completely separate.

They love each other, they can't deny that, but marriage at eighteen just feels a bit too rushed for them. Revealing who they are behind the mask will also change everything. So the fact that it may be their only option isn't a comfort. With their partner by their side though, they're ready to face whatever the world throws at them.

[Updates a couple times a month.]


extra life (don't give it up for me) (5771 words) by Taliax
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug
Characters: Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir
Additional Tags: Episode: s03 Gamer 2.0, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Identity Reveal, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir Identity Reveal, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug Identity Reveal, Ladynoir | Adrien Agreste as Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng as Ladybug, a Tali Brand fic but angstier, hence the lowercase title
Summary:

Chat Noir refuses to let anyone else play as Desperada. Ladybug doesn't know why. But she /does/ know that if he sacrifices himself one more time, her heart won't be able to take it. He doesn't know how it feels to watch her vanish in front of him... right?


to the ends of the earth (11639 words) by GuardianKarenTerrier
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Alya Césaire/Nino Lahiffe
Characters: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Nino Lahiffe, Alya Césaire, Plagg (Miraculous Ladybug), Tikki (Miraculous Ladybug), Wayzz (Miraculous Ladybug)
Additional Tags: Found Family, Friendship, nonbinary rena rouge, Identity Reveal, frankly more identity reveals than planned, every lovesquare corner at some point, lovestruck chat noir, Snowed In, the murder tunnels, Team Bonding, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir Needs a Hug, Autistic Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Protective Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Protective Nino Lahiffe, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir Identity Reveal, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug Identity Reveal, Nino Lahiffe | Carapace Identity Reveal, rena is keeping their secrets, (no they are not), rena rouge wil gladly fight all of paris for their nonbinary fans, Podfic Welcome, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, WHY are we in the murder tunnels, that was a bad plan, Blizzards & Snowstorms, Gabriel Agreste's A+ Parenting
Series: Part 17 of tumblr prompts/ask game answers
Summary:

The blizzard doesn't leave them with a lot of options, but at least the tunnels offer some safety from the storm. Chat Noir might be the only of them who can see in them, but that's hardly a deterrent for his partner and their team, especially when their other option is to stay out in the snowstorm that envelops all of Paris.

Besides, it turns out there's a whole lot they need to say to each other in the shelter and the dark of the tunnels beneath their city.


rumor has it (6111 words) by suzukiblu
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Mai/Zuko (Avatar)
Characters: Zuko (Avatar), Iroh (Avatar), Mai (Avatar), Sokka (Avatar), Toph Beifong, Ty Lee (Avatar), Kuei (Avatar), Arnook (Avatar), Original Characters
Additional Tags: Post-Series, Rumors, Misunderstandings, Not Compliant with Avatar Comics, Not Canon Compliant - The Legend of Korra
Summary:

“I seriously have no idea how Zuko has gotten this good at making tea,” Sokka says, taking a sip of his. He doesn’t even particularly like tea, but Zuko’s is great. Definitely an improvement from the Western Air Temple. They’re in Iroh’s tea shop, because it was there and they had some time to kill.

“Takes after his uncle, I guess,” Toph says, and Ty Lee laughs on the other side of the table. “What’s so funny?”

“Well, you know,” Ty Lee says with another bright little laugh, waving them off.


kintsugi (8389 words) by discordiansamba
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Toph Beifong & Zuko
Characters: Zuko (Avatar), Toph Beifong, Lao Beifong
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, toph didn't get her field trip so she gets to hog zuko for three whole years
Series: Part 1 of kintsugi
Summary:

After his ill-fated Agni Kai, Zuko is cast out of the Fire Nation without even so much as a hope of returning. Dumped on Earth Kingdom shores, he's forced to come to terms with the fact that his father likely wants him dead- and that maybe the Fire Nation was never that great to begin with.

That's the painful part.

The weird part? The weird part is breaking into a nobleman's manor in order to steal food, getting caught and then being hired to protect (babysit) said nobleman's blind daughter. Then again... maybe it's exactly what he needs right now.

(or, toph never got her field trip so now she gets to hog zuko for three whole years)

[The series is not complete, but we are up to six works now, each of which is.]


A Familiar's Work is Never Done (8554 words) by Triscribe
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hedwig & Harry Potter
Characters: Hedwig (Harry Potter), Harry Potter, James Potter, Sirius Black, Lily Evans Potter, Remus Lupin, Albus Dumbledore, Rubeus Hagrid, Dursley Family (Harry Potter), Minerva McGonagall, Hermione Granger, Mrs Granger (Harry Potter), Mr Granger (Harry Potter), Parvati Patil, Padma Patil, Mr Patil (Harry Potter), Mrs Patil (Harry Potter), Ron Weasley, Neville Longbottom
Additional Tags: Time Travel Fix-It, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Hedwig (Harry Potter) Lives, ...in a sense
Series: Part 11 of Alternate Living Arrangements
Summary:

(Have you ever read a time travel fix-it where a *bird* is the one to travel to the past? No? Didn't think so, which is why I decided one needed to be written.)


Alive (39632 words) by greensearcher
Chapters: 8/?
Fandom: Beauty and the Beast - All Media Types, Beauty and the Beast (1991), Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Adam/Belle (Disney), Adam & Belle (Disney), Beast/Belle (Disney)
Characters: Adam (Disney), Belle (Disney)
Additional Tags: Pining, Romance, Drama, Aged-Up Character(s), Heartwarming, Hurt/Comfort, Some Plot, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Implied/Referenced Domestic Violence, Suicide Attempt, Suicidal Thoughts, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Domestic Violence, Violence, Happy Ending, Suspense, Sexual Content
Summary:

Years of abuse have left Belle empty; years of solitude have left the Beast hopeless. But while it’s far too late to break the curse, it isn’t too late to heal. And it's never too late to find the one who's been waiting for you.

[Updates irregularly.]

[shy_magpie]

Thanks for the recs! I'm adding The Last Airbender ones to my list!

[musyc]

More Reylo! Theme of the week, AU! (Other than new, I read several old MCU favorites, I needed some comfort reading this week.)

Insta-heart (17111 words) by slipgoingunder
Chapters: 3/3
Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kylo Ren/Rey, Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
Characters: Rey (Star Wars), Kylo Ren, Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Finn (Star Wars), Luke Skywalker
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, POV Rey (Star Wars), Instacart, Texting, Obnoxious customer Ben Solo, Gig Economy Rey, Oh No He's Hot, Shameless Smut, Counter Sex, Hurt/Comfort, a little bit, Grocery Shopping, there was only one fridge, Ben Solo just wants to go down on Rey, as usual, Gratuitous Smut, we really need to talk about the gig economy, Alternate Universe - Grocery Store
Summary:

Ben Solo is an Instacart shopper's worst nightmare: rude, demanding, and extremely particular about his produce.

Fuck this guy.

No, really: Fuck. This. Guy.

Two to Tango (6771 words) by crossingwinter
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kylo Ren/Rey, Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Blowjobs, Friends to Lovers, Friends With Benefits, me: how about a fun bj romp?, reylo: ok but only if we throw in some unexpected angst before we end up essentially married, me: why are you like this??
Summary:

Rey: I need to ask you something awkward.
Ben: What’s up?
Rey: Can I give you a blowjob? Please?

Fidelius (11030 words) by HeartSabers
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Kylo Ren/Rey, Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Rey & Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Kylo Ren & Rey
Characters: Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Ben Solo, Kylo Ren, Rey (Star Wars), Snoke (Star Wars), Maz Kanata
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Harry Potter Setting, Alternate Universe - Hogwarts, Enemies to Lovers, Angst, Fluff and Angst, Fluff and Smut, Smut, Slytherin Rey, Ravenclaw Ben, Rivalry, Serious Injuries, Battle Injuries, Injury Recovery, Loss of Virginity, Virgin Ben Solo, Virgin Kylo Ren, Virgin Rey (Star Wars), Patronus, matching patronuses, POV Ben Solo
Summary:

"Fidelius. An immensely complex spell involving the magical concealment of a secret inside a single, living soul. The information is hidden inside the chosen person, or Secret-Keeper, and is henceforth impossible to find — unless, of course, the Secret-Keeper chooses to divulge it."

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A Harry Potter AU inspired by reylo_prompts

Prompt: "Harry Potter AU: Rey and Ben are the two best aurors of the Ministry of Magic. They are rivals since Hogwarts, competing with each other for anything. During a mission where they need to work together, Rey discovers that they have the same Patronus."

[shy_magpie]

Thanks for the recs! I never thought about an instacart shopper AU, bet it gives you a weirdly intimate peek into someone's life.

[thady]

A WiP story I'm obsessed with:

Soldier's Heart (214089 words) by Alex51324
Chapters: 21/30
Fandom: Downton Abbey
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Thomas Barrow/Original Male Character(s)
Characters: Thomas Barrow, Anna Bates, Elsie Hughes (Downton Abbey), John Bates
Additional Tags: World War One, Great War, Period-Typical Homophobia, Edwardian Gays, Thomas/Happiness
Series: Part 2 of Halo Effect
Summary:

Following the events of "Halo Effect," Thomas Barrow goes to war.

Sequel to:

Halo Effect (81331 words) by Alex51324
Chapters: 8/8
Fandom: Downton Abbey
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Thomas Barrow/Original Male Character(s), Thomas Barrow & Anna Bates
Characters: Thomas Barrow, Anna Bates, John Bates
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, season one AU, Edwardian Gays, Historical Accuracy, Great War, Period-Typical Homophobia
Series: Part 1 of Halo Effect
Summary:

The Halo Effect is the tendency for a positive impression in one area to produce a more generous or optimistic interpretation of ambiguous information in other areas.

When Thomas rescues Lady Mary from the nefarious attentions of Turkish houseguest Kemal Pamuk, his employers and coworkers begin to see him differently...and Things Get Better.

A Season One AU diverging from canon in Episode 3, The One Where The Turkish Gentleman Dies in Mary's Bed.

Soldier's Heart is finished and the author is updating it as they edit it. It's such a great story, with great characters, and character growth. I love how much research went into this story, and I love reading the comments. There are only 9 chapters left, and I both can't wait and dread it ending.

[shy_magpie]

Thanks for the rec!