QNNNA's Den of Depravity

Pairings: L/Near | Nate River
Fandom: Death Note open_in_new

Summary:

[Abandoned fic] Years after L's death, Near looks back at his relationship with a clearer vision as he accepts that he was groomed by somebody he admired and loved.

Bookmarker's Notes:

This is a beautiful and heartbreaking piece that left a bit of itself in my heart. It's all grief and love and mourning recollection. The last chapter was particularly hard for me, and the ending, though open, was very satisfying. Would recommend if you want something emotional and meaty.

Words: 25,794   Bookmarked Date: 11 Oct 2023

Pairings: Manjoume Jun | Chazz Princeton/Yuuki Juudai | Jaden Yuki
Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh! GX open_in_new

Summary:

The next time Manjoume saw him, Judai had a head full of spirits and a desperation that almost showed through.

Bookmarker's Notes:

If every fic in the world spontaneously disappeared, this would be the one I would mourn the most. The banter is top tier and the story is grounded enough to get away with feeling like a series of dreams. This person's prose is excellent, I want to build a house out of their words and live in it.

Straying is a love letter to GX first and a realistic slow burn second. I love hearing about the author's thought process behind every single major match. There isn't anything I would change about this fic. I have to physically restrain myself from rereading all two-hundred thousand words of it every time it so much as crosses my mind.

Words: 219,653   Bookmarked Date: 02 Oct 2023

Pairings: Roy Kent/Jamie Tartt
Fandom: Ted Lasso open_in_new

Summary:

It's not like he wants Roy Kent saying nice things about him to be the only thing that gets him off, but he's got to work with what he's got.

Bookmarker's Notes:

NAILED Jamie's stupid voice. The cadence is just right. That's honestly enough to cinch this one.

Words: 7,080   Bookmarked Date: 12 Sep 2023

Pairings: Greg House/James Wilson
Fandom: House MD open_in_new

Summary:

House subtly seduces Wilson. Somehow.

Words: 12,958   Bookmarked Date: 30 Aug 2023

Pairings: Roy Kent/Jamie Tartt
Fandom: Ted Lasso open_in_new

Summary:

The first time they hook up, Roy pauses mid-thrust to say, “This is a one-time thing, got it? I’m still messed up over Keeley.”

Bookmarker's Notes:

My fucking SOCCER BOYS. This was so beautifully Freudian. The sentence structure has me by the throat. The characterization was perfect and I am sincerely in awe of this author's command over the English language.

Words: 8,648   Bookmarked Date: 30 Aug 2023

Pairings: Deidara/Sasori, Nara Shikamaru/Temari, Gaara/Rock Lee, Hatake Kakashi/Maito Gai | Might Guy, Hidan/Kakuzu, Hoshigaki Kisame/Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Sasuke/Uzumaki Naruto, Past Third Kazekage/Sasori, Past Kakuzu/Sasori
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

On a night submersed in rain, Sasori picks up young “trimmigant” Deidara half a mile from the Garberville bus station out of sporadic pity. An isolationist and a scorpion amongst frogs that prefers to keep to the woods, Sasori is thrust into taking on this new apprentice in tandem with “The Suna Three”, his niece and nephews hiding out from their relatives for the season. Within the forests of the Emerald Triangle in Northern California, we explore a tale of mental illness, family, and the cutthroat world of marijuana’s black market.

Bookmarker's Notes:

I've been with The Moss since 2021, and it's become such a comforting constant in my life with its richy furnished world and beautiful art. I have written multiple manifestos on it. I finally caught up to it (for the first time) in August 2023, and my life is better for the time I put into this fic.

I'd qualify this as (recent) historical fiction with a focus on a very, very broken family and all the ways intergenerational trauma manifests. There's also weed.

The Moss is an incredibly unique fic that is near and dear to my heart. I'd definitely recommend seeing if it's for you!

Words: 452,466   Bookmarked Date: 27 Aug 2023

Pairings: Atem/Kaiba Seto, AI Atem/Kaiba Seto
Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh! open_in_new

Summary:

Kaiba just wants to program a hyper-intelligent dueling AI and possibly recreate the soul of a dead Pharaoh. What could go wrong?

Bookmarker's Notes:

Someone forgot to install the consent module! Uh oh . . . tell me you have safe and sane somewhere in your hardware? Anyway holy fucking shit. This is DirkHal to me. The mind games are intense and delicious.

Words: 30,023   Bookmarked Date: 17 Aug 2023

Pairings: Deidara/Sasori
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

cic·a·trix
noun
noun: cicatrix; noun: cicatrice; plural noun: cicatrices

the scar of a healed wound.
a scar on the bark of a tree.

Deidara would give up his body one hundred times over if it means Sasori will methodically, brutally stitch him back together again, piece by broken piece.

Part 1 of mithridatism, Sasodei.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Absolutely gorgeous. Sasori takes care of his things, but he will break them and make them again and again as many times as he needs to achieve his purposes. They're so messed up I'm actually obsessed. Deidara's smittenness, the stifled survival instincts . . . peak. Just perfect. Sasori's cruelty to the point that kindness is almost the cruelest part? Drives me absolutely batshit!! The poison is the cherry on top. All in all quite the wild ride, rendering me absolutely incoherent. (Do you ever read something so good you wonder about the wellbeing of the author? Yeah. Yeah.)

Words: 6,570   Bookmarked Date: 29 Jul 2023

Pairings: Hyuuga Hinata/Hyuuga Neji, Hyuuga Hinata/Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke/Uzumaki Naruto
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Hyuga is a house with many rooms. A Neji & Hinata-centric work of fanfiction. Expect madness, love, sex, and murder. This is the story of two lives, thus pairings will vary, including Naruto/Hinata, Neji/Hinata. Complete

Bookmarker's Notes:

Painful, beautiful, and gothic. I'm amazed that this managed to end happily. This fic will haunt me.

Words: 38,576   Bookmarked Date: 04 Jul 2023

Pairings: Senju Hashirama/Senju Tobirama/Uchiha Madara, Senju Hashirama/Senju Tobirama, Senju Tobirama/Uchiha Madara, Senju Hashirama/Uchiha Madara
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Hashirama is the best of brothers and the best of friends, and he's going to show Tobirama and Madara just how much they mean to him.

By force, if necessary.

(no one is ever leaving him again)

Bookmarker's Notes:

Horrifying in a comforting way. I love the codependency and the way that Hashirama has been grooming Tobirama since FOREVER. The gold standard for HashiTobi and a favorite of our (remarkably small) fandom. My favorite part is chapter 9. Madara is in the rest of it but I won't hold that against him.

Words: 42,269   Bookmarked Date: 17 Jun 2023