QNNNA's Den of Depravity

Pairings: Luo Binghe/Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu
Fandom: The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System open_in_new

Summary:

Luo Binghe stared back at him. There was something distant in his eyes, something Shen Qingqiu was too tired, too drained, to decipher. Then, Luo Binghe’s lips opened in a non-apology, a soft, murmured sentence—a quiet, “I need to know the truth.”

Shen Qingqiu frowned. He opened his mouth to question the damn-near imploring words, but he never got the chance.

He failed to notice something was in Luo Binghe’s hands until it was too late.

Or

Luo Binghe is determined to get answers this time, now that Shen Qingqiu can't run away. Even if he has to use a truth serum to do it.

aka A Water Prison Re-Write.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Every bit of BingYuan catharsis I needed 💞

Words: 8,945   Bookmarked Date: 27 Nov 2024

Pairings: Ling Wen & Pei Ming & Shi Wudu
Fandom: Tian Guan Ci Fu | Heaven Official's Blessing open_in_new

Summary:

See, before the CBD becomes awash in suits and ties, business calls and pager beeps, closed deals and train rides home, there’s really nothing that makes this part of the city different from any other part of Beijing. There’s the blue-black before the dawn. There’s the switch of the traffic lights cueing the first pass of drivers. And there’s the silence.

And what separates the strongest of the nine-to-fivers—the tip-top, the best of the best, destined to lead the Fortune 500’s that they slave for one day—from the wet, limp noodles?

[or; it's quarterly review day for The Three Tumors]

Bookmarker's Notes:

This was a work of art. A faithful interpretation of canon with a modern twist. This is easily my favorite TGCF fic – sheer sadistic glee.

Words: 5,555   Bookmarked Date: 27 Nov 2024

Pairings: Hyuuga Hinata/Uchiha Sasuke, Haruno Sakura/Yamanaka Ino, Hyuuga Neji/Nara Shikamaru
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Sasuke’s Rinnegan gives him the ability to open portals to other dimensions; with enough chakra, he can even bring other people along with him. What Sasuke’s Rinnegan does not do is give him the emotional bandwidth to deal with whatever the fuck he might find in those other dimensions.

Bookmarker's Notes:

I'm a huge fan of canon being told as a crazy, improbable joke where the punchline is that everyone is actually in a loving relationship. My heart is happy. I really love this Hinata in particular, she seems more comfortable in her skin and settled in her life. Compelling argument for at least one flavor of SasuHina for sure.

Words: 17,573   Bookmarked Date: 10 Nov 2024

Pairings: None
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Deidara doesn't remember much of his childhood. Reliving it, he finds out why.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Incredible. Very captivating, this backstory for Deidara makes a terrifying amount of sense. Read the first chapter if that's what you're here for, read the second if you want Tori shenanigans too. I can emphatically vouch for both.

Words: 11,167   Bookmarked Date: 30 Oct 2024

Pairings: None
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

A lot of things in life suck, like being reincarnated directly into the Third Shinobi War with a bad pun for a name. 'Not dying' just refuses to get less complicated. A Plasticity AU.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Excuse my descent into OC & canon madness. Please read Plasticity first. That being said:

What a joy to read. I'm obsessed with the Plasticity universe and all its spin-offs . . . it's insane that this would happen twice, though. Can you imagine?

My Collections: SI/OC open_in_new

Words: 12,923   Bookmarked Date: 30 Oct 2024

Pairings: Haruno Sakura & Orochimaru
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Orochimaru-sama comes to the Academy and asks for the student with the best calligraphy.

“Only the girls learn it,” Iruka-sensei says, and Orochimaru-sama clicks his tongue like he disapproves. “But we have several capable young kunoichi.”

Sakura has the highest marks in calligraphy, higher even than Ino-chan. She has good marks in their painting class, too, and any class that involves holding a pencil. She tells Orochimaru-sama this proudly.

“How wonderful,” he says, and she’s giddy with praise from the legendary war hero.

He wants to see her write, so she does. They go to Iruka-sensei’s desk and both her teacher and Orochimaru-sama watch her. Orochimaru-sama asks her to write smaller and smaller. She does. He praises her.

“Yes,” he says, “I think you’ll do.”

Bookmarker's Notes:

This is so fucking GOOD. Sakura not knowing what's going on as she absorbs Orochimaru's habits and outlook, Sakura slowly losing her outside life to her research . . . Here's a line which very clearly illustrates her outlook near the end of the story:

Orochimaru-sama wouldn’t waste precious resources like children if he didn’t need to. That research must have been important.

I'm in awe. Absolutely perfect. The mad science of it all tickled me.

Words: 6,066   Bookmarked Date: 25 Oct 2024

Pairings: Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku, Midoriya Izuku & Yagi Toshinori | All Might
Fandom: Boku no Hero Academia open_in_new

Summary:

“You really piss me off,” Kacchan grits out.
I know, Izuku wants to reply. I know, I know, I know.
“You never give a shit about...” His voice cracks. “...about what happens to you. Moron.”

Izuku is still running on the fumes of what remains of One For All. He's having a hard time coming to terms with his impending quirkless future. Getting randomly kidnapped with Kacchan really isn't helping.

Bookmarker's Notes:

This atmosphere is insane. Very heady, terrified and insecure. I love the anger here, it's deserved and cathartic.

(Would you believe that I'm not in this fandom? I watched just enough of the show to be a decent sounding board for a friend whose work I beta sometimes. I don't particularly care for the franchise, but I'm addicted to this specific author.)

Words: 4,605   Bookmarked Date: 13 Oct 2024

Pairings: Luo Binghe/Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu
Fandom: The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System open_in_new

Summary:

It’s like those pictures of two women’s faces, you know? It could also be a vase! Or an old woman–no wait, a young woman! In this case, it’s obviously a clown show. No! It’s an existentially horrifying psychological thriller-slash-nightmare! Oh, wait, actually… it’s definitely a clown show.

In other words: what if Luo Binghe found the bubble where the System was hiding Shen Yuan during the five years?

Bookmarker's Notes:

SO many good moments, but my favorites the bit at the very end and their roleplay in the middle. Binghe has discovered a VERY dangerous power in this one TToTT. Heart-melting.

Words: 10,150   Bookmarked Date: 09 Oct 2024

Pairings: Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku, Midoriya Izuku & Shinsou Hitoshi
Fandom: Boku no Hero Academia open_in_new

Summary:

Izuku has won a fan contest for redesigning Dynamight's summer costume. That means he gets to meet with the Dynamight in all his glory!

There are just two problems: 1) the costume that he submitted to the contest turns out to be his…er…more personal design, instead of the contest-appropriate one he thought he sent in. And 2) Kacchan definitely remembers him from junior high. Can things get any more awkward? (The answer is, of course, yes.)

Bookmarker's Notes:

Ignore the "teen and up" rating, this one gets horny. Katsuki's boobs should be tagged as a character.

Words: 8,071   Bookmarked Date: 08 Oct 2024

Pairings: None
Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga) open_in_new, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX open_in_new

Summary:

In which Mokuba, much like the rest of Kaiba Corp's senior staff, has some opinions the whole 'buying an island with an active volcano on it' thing.

Bookmarker's Notes:

So good. This is absolutely how the founding of Duel Academia(s) went and, as a bonus, this fic felt alive. Mokuba slice-of-life interspersed with the most batshit wonderful descriptions of fantasy tech interspersed with the insanity of both Kaibas. Would absolutely read again.

Words: 6,859   Bookmarked Date: 01 Oct 2024

Pairings: Denji/Hayakawa Aki, Denji & Makima
Fandom: Chainsaw Man open_in_new

Summary:

When Aki left the room Denji picked up the scab and ate it. It was chewy and a little salty, like a stale potato chip. Aki was such an idiot. Why would anybody throw away something they could keep on using?

—

A day in the life of Denji’s stomach.

Bookmarker's Notes:

This fic NAILED Denji's voice and appeal. He's weird and gross and rational and human (and not!). He's stupid but it's not his fault. He's a weirdgross feral boy and he's starved for food and affection. Magnificent.

Words: 3,204   Bookmarked Date: 09 Aug 2023

Pairings: Hiei/Kurama
Fandom: Yu Yu Hakusho open_in_new

Summary:

An estimated half of one percent of Japan's population is Christian. An estimated seventy-three percent of the general public celebrate Christmas by eating a cake. An estimated zero percent of demons care. (Or: why Hiei is having a hard time adjusting to ningenkai, and how Kurama does--or doesn't--make it easier for him.)

Bookmarker's Notes:

"QNNNA, did you read Yu Yu Hakusho just so that you could read this fic?"

YES. YES I ABSOLUTELY DID AND I HAVE NO REGRETS. Tend has this uncanny ability to merge interpersonal struggle with magical mundanity and the subtleties of changing seasons that I find myself inextricably obsessed with. Gnash my teeth and curl my toes for romance that is nothing more than proximity, negative space, and things left unsaid. Companionship. THe fucking lights on the ceiling from the city below. I'm so terribly in love.

Words: 10,592   Bookmarked Date: 25 Sep 2024

Pairings: Kaiba Seto/Jounouchi Katsuya
Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh! open_in_new

Summary:

It's a bad sign when you start to feel cold in July--not that you have to worry now. Domino hits a heat wave, Jounouchi can't get any sleep, nobody can keep the power on, and if Kaiba acts any weirder, the world really will end.

Bookmarker's Notes:

This was so effectively told that I was left almost breathless. I love utterly cloying, oppressive fics that build and build, especially with motifs of heat, intensity, or loss of self. In this fic, this presents as a reformation of self through hazy sleep deprivation and odd tenderness. The way this is portrayed is so raw that it feels almost intrusive to read. This genre of Yu-Gi-Oh fic is incredible. I'd recommend this fic to anyone.

Words: 46,230   Bookmarked Date: 20 Sep 2024

Pairings: Peter Parker/Wade Wilson
Fandom: Deadpool (2016) open_in_new, Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) open_in_new, Marvel Cinematic Universe open_in_new, The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types open_in_new

Summary:

‘It doesn’t have to change anything,’ he thinks to himself, staring in the mirror at the words that refuse to budge from where they’ve permanently etched themselves into his skin, his blood, his bones. ‘Nobody has to know.’

In a world where your soulmate’s first words to you end up on your skin, Peter and Wade take turns figuring things out, rescuing each other, and falling in love.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Unspeakably good; marvelous atmosphere and pacing. The soulmatism in this fic didn't feel like destiny so much as inevitability; call that a kind of destiny if you want, but for me the distinction is the "digging in my heels" component you get out of fics like this.

Words: 12,716   Bookmarked Date: 16 Sep 2024

Pairings: Uchiha Itachi/Original Character(s)
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

The water and power company that services the Akatsuki’s house (which they obviously have) sends a guy every month to read the meter. One day, a pretty lady comes instead. Itachi has a lot of feelings about this change.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Perfect in every way. I laughed. I cried. I adored this beyond what could possibly be considered reasonable. "The Akatsuki have Misadventures" is one of my favorite subgenres

My Collections: SI/OC open_in_new

Words: 3,572   Bookmarked Date: 15 Sep 2024

Pairings: Hidan & Kakuzu, Akatsuki (Naruto) & Original Female Character(s)
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

The number one reason to hate Uchiha Itachi is, of course, the familicide. This fic is about the other reason.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Brilliant work and a joy to read. This OC fits a really fun niche in the shinobi ecosystem, such a creative concept!

Words: 4,392   Bookmarked Date: 15 Sep 2024

Pairings: Kakuzu (Naruto) & Original Female Character(s)
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Maddie gets her mail, struggles with conflicting impulses, goes on a wee little adventure, and works toward her dream of exploiting other people's tragedies for her own personal gain.

Bookmarker's Notes:

I found this an absolutely delightful sequel to Tozette's other work, Deadbeat. (read that first!). Bonus points for the inclusion of Sasori and Deidara, the fact that Sasori and Deidara get to be complete losers, unconventional displays of tenderness, and Maddie's fascinating biology.

My Collections: SI/OC open_in_new

Words: 13,260   Bookmarked Date: 13 Sep 2024

Pairings: None
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

“So is this why you can just pass sharingan around like hot potatoes?”

Orochimaru paused in the middle of writing, blinking at her.

“Hot potatoes?”

OR: speculative biology gets real weird.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Ohoho, this was a fun one. Gestures vaguely. It's the speculative biology of it all . . .

My Collections: SI/OC open_in_new

Words: 3,298   Bookmarked Date: 13 Sep 2024

Pairings: Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian
Fandom: The Untamed open_in_new, Modao Zushi | Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation open_in_new

Summary:

There was no blood. No char. There was nothing to see except the strange softening of the Yiling Patriarch's mouth, as if just for a moment he was another person entirely.

"There is the mark of our bargain, and here is the challenge," said the Yiling Patriarch. "You may strike at me, exactly once, with your sword. I will not fight back; I will not resist you at all, Hanguang-jun." That silvery suggestiveness crept into his voice again. "And a year and a day from now, you will come to me and I will deliver exactly the same to you."

Lan Wangji heard his brother's voice raised in sharp and incomprehensible protest. His own heart was beating too loudly for him to hear anything else.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Adorable! Loved the identity bullshit and Lan Wangji at the Burial Mounds keepin' a promise. I really wish I could be there to see Xichen's face when he learns that his brother is marrying this man . . .

Words: 13,138   Bookmarked Date: 07 Sep 2024

Pairings: Bakugou Katsuki & Midoriya Izuku, Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku
Fandom: Boku no Hero Academia open_in_new

Summary:

His hand is tugged up, and moved so that it covers Deku’s mouth like a gag. He feels the other boy’s lips move, slowly. Repeating the same words over and over again.

Dread spreads through his chest.

Katsuki copies the movements with his own mouth, exhaling sound around them.

“I...can’t—” Katsuki stops. He is staring, but he knows he is not staring at Deku’s face. Who knows what he's staring at. He doesn’t know either.

“You can’t speak,” he says for Deku, and feels the other boy’s head move in an exaggerated nod.

This, Katsuki thinks, is pretty fucking bad.

Katsuki is blinded. Izuku is muted. Both of them are kidnapped. Things get worse.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Exploration of self in relation to the other.

Words: 5,461   Bookmarked Date: 01 Sep 2024

Pairings: Haruno Sakura & Hidan
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

The invasion of Konoha during the chuunin exam didn't fail. Team seven is broken, people are dead, and Sakura is hurt and frightened and a very long way from home.

Alternative summary: In which Sakura carries half of Hidan across two countries, leaving a trail of blood, bodies, and other people's legs.

 

Edit: Hey, can we please stop putting my fics on goodreads, thank you.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Fantastic fantastic fic that I've been procrastinating my read of since The Natural Habitat. I've said it before and I'll say it again but Tozette excels at portraying the interactions between women who are less normal than they appear and absolutely unhinged men. Beautiful fic that comes across as pretty damn believable within the boundaries of canon. Sakura finding her new equilibrium while sorting through torment and claiming it as her own was cathartic to me. Very strange to say, but I'm so incredibly grateful for Hidan's stabilizing presence in this fic. I adore them.

Words: 90,013   Bookmarked Date: 31 Aug 2024

Pairings: Bakugou Katsuki & Midoriya Izuku, Midoriya Izuku/Other(s)
Fandom: Boku no Hero Academia open_in_new

Summary:

Izuku goes missing in middle school. Four years later, Katsuki finds him.

What's left of him.

Bookmarker's Notes:

A beautifully intense, oddly soothing tearjerker. Amazed and disappointed to find myself reading BNHA in 2024. Such is life.

Words: 27,949   Bookmarked Date: 23 Aug 2024

Pairings: Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku
Fandom: Boku no Hero Academia open_in_new

Summary:

While on house arrest, awaiting trial for a murder he doesn’t remember committing, Izuku comes face to face with himself. Meanwhile, determined to find what no one else will, Katsuki sorts through a pile of notebooks and their lives.

Or: Izuku gets accused of murder and Katsuki tries to prove him innocent.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Recommended to me by a dear friend with good taste. Very fond of the tense atmosphere and fast plot. Casefics are very hit-or-miss, this one is a hit.

Also, my code still isn't formatted for multiple authors. I feel terrible about this. While I devise a new system, here's Wildmage.

Words: 44,413   Bookmarked Date: 23 Aug 2024

Pairings: Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku
Fandom: Boku no Hero Academia open_in_new

Summary:

“Everybody knows my type.” Kacchan’s breath is hot against Izuku’s face. “It’s pretty obvious, don’tcha think?”

Bookmarker's Notes:

One of my favorite dynamics and an absolutely horrifying fic. I had to include my favorite turns of phrase, as follows:

Kacchan’s teeth are bared in the low light, glistening with spit and pale as bleached bone. His mouth opens, tongue pink. Izuku can see into his dark throat, a swallowing thing.

and

A gold haloed monster gazes down at him, eyes hot coals.

I adore the sense of danger Izuku gets, and the patronizing, over-sexed way that Katsuki wants him. Leaves me numb.

Words: 5,680   Bookmarked Date: 22 Aug 2024

Pairings: Chu Wanning/Mo Ran | Mo Weiyu
Fandom: The Husky and His White Cat Shizun open_in_new

Summary:

The jokes about soulless, unfeeling AIs are in pretty bad taste. Mo Ran's always thought so. They've got the full range of emotions that comes with sapience — and, yeah, he knows what that means now, he looked it up. AIs just…process those emotions differently. Faster. In dimensions made of pure computational matter. Anger and happiness, all made of math. 

There's nothing that says AIs can't cry. It's still a shock when Mo Ran comes around the end of a row and finds Xia Sini crying under the haitang tree. 

 

*

Mo Ran learned a long time ago exactly how little Chu Wanning thinks of him, and he's given up trying to change things. Still, hating his teacher doesn't mean he can't be friends with Xia Sini, Chu Wanning's newest AI, right?

...right?

Bookmarker's Notes:

Sci-fi AUs of Xianxia scratch a very particular itch for me – the genres mesh together in such a satisfying way. This was a beautiful exploration of Mo Ran and Chu Wanning, ft. my favorite plot device, Xia Sini!

Words: 12,190   Bookmarked Date: 20 Aug 2024

Pairings: Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku
Fandom: Boku no Hero Academia open_in_new

Summary:

He wants to make a home inside of Kacchan.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Legitimately glad Katsuki's into all that, because Christ almighty. Beautiful fic.

Words: 11,139   Bookmarked Date: 20 Aug 2024

Pairings: Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo/Reigen Arataka, Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo & Reigen Arataka
Fandom: Mob Psycho 100 open_in_new

Summary:

The shame trickles back into him. It fills his spine with a chilly wet cold but his face grows hot and Mob doesn’t know what he’s supposed to say now, knowing that Reigen is half-smiling and that his father is dead.

(Despite Mob's best attempts, he has terrible, terrible timing.)

Bookmarker's Notes:

Quiveringpalm always knocks all the wind out of me. Almost painfully beautiful. I chose a random fic from my marked for later list, otherwise I would have probably avoided aged-up altogther, but I'm so glad I ended up reading this. The longing is palpable.

Words: 13,735   Bookmarked Date: 20 Aug 2024

Pairings: Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester
Fandom: Supernatural open_in_new

Summary:

"'Sacrificial'? What are you sacrificing?"

Dean's black eyes glittered in the fluorescent lights. Sam's head was pounding from blood loss, his wrist ached where the knife went in and and he was freezing, wearing just his robe in the dungeon. He sighed.

"A quart of blood and most of my dignity."

Words: 8,425   Bookmarked Date: 20 Aug 2024

Pairings: Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian
Fandom: Modao Zushi | Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation open_in_new, The Untamed open_in_new

Summary:

Wei Ying's body hurts sometimes; she lets Lan Zhan help her.

A fic about the complicated nature of having a body, and also the versatility of sex toys.

Bookmarker's Notes:

This one had me crying a little I must say. Intimate and bright, refreshing, lyrical prose. Longing and citrus.

My Collections: Genderbend open_in_new, Yuri open_in_new

Words: 13,734   Bookmarked Date: 19 Aug 2024

Pairings: Nico di Angelo/Percy Jackson
Fandom: Percy Jackson open_in_new

Summary:

The first inkling I got that something wasn't right was when Nico hugged me.

Bookmarker's Notes:

I opened this in my browser what amounts to about a year ago, but I'm glad I found it (again) when I did. I should probably warn that this is pretty intense, untagged dub/noncon. With that out of the way, this is absolutely magnificent. Badwrong and grossgood and disgustingly sticky-sweet delicious. I love love love victim having to comfort their aggressor, and I would've absolutely loved to see the aftermath of all this.

Words: 7,625   Bookmarked Date: 16 Aug 2024

Pairings: Jounouchi Katsuya | Joey Wheeler/Kaiba Seto
Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga) open_in_new

Summary:

Jounouchi opened his mouth, closed it, then opened it again. “Oh, fuck no,” he said.

“You’ll do it, because you don’t have a choice,” Kaiba said icily. “And neither do I. Unfortunately.”

Bookmarker's Notes:

Full disclosure: I thought I hated these two together. This may prove an exception to the rule. The hate and lust and tension are all so impactful. I've been brought back to my enemies to enemies who fuck roots for the day. Thank fuck for the "Unromantic" tag here, it really pulled its weight.

Words: 15,844   Bookmarked Date: 06 Aug 2024

Pairings: David & Max, David/Harrison
Fandom: Camp Camp open_in_new

Summary:

So basically Max finds out David is a pedophile and decides to blackmail him.

Bookmarker's Notes:

This is horror, plain and simple. Alcoholic_Kangaroo does it again!

Words: 6,969   Bookmarked Date: 08 Jan 2024

Pairings: Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester
Fandom: Supernatural open_in_new

Summary:

Dean was getting hard, watching Sam. The worst part was that he was surprised by it: he lied to himself, so perfectly and for so long, that he actually managed to feel scandalized, as if it were news to him. Me? Hard for my brother? Since when?

But it wasn’t news. It wasn’t the first time. It wasn’t the fifth time. Sparring last night. Watching him sleep last week. At a motel pool in Arizona last year. Dean had been sick for so long.

Bookmarker's Notes:

I could write an essay about Goshen's specific brand of wincest. I'm absolutely head-over-heels for this claustrophobic, angry, boundary-pushing awkward masichismo that's especially present in their unpolished years. It's just something about how far it goes and how far Sam is able to push within his self-imposed deadline. As for Dean, I'm obsessed with watching these rules he's carefully crafted for himself all they fall apart as he spirals forwards towards inevitability. That last line is just the cherry on top, what a gorgeous fic.

Words: 25,194   Bookmarked Date: 31 Jul 2024

Pairings: Uchiha Itachi/Uchiha Sasuke
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Satsuki's been having recurring dreams.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Imgur removed some of this comic, but it's still beautiful.

My Collections: Genderbend open_in_new, Yuri open_in_new

Words: 0   Bookmarked Date: 30 Jul 2024

Pairings: Uchiha Itachi/Uchiha Sasuke, Uchiha Itachi & Uchiha Sasuke, Uchiha Fugaku & Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Fugaku & Uchiha Sasuke
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

On the brink of ruin, Itachi is forced to make a decision that will change the course of the future: He aids his father, and the entire Uchiha clan, in the operation of a coup d'état against the leaders of Konoha. Following its success, he must bear witness to what becomes of his beloved village while recognizing his own responsibility in its creation.

Worse still, his relationship with his younger brother has grown fraught and distant over the years, burdened both by their father's influence and Itachi's own conscience. Bridging the gulf between them seems an impossible task.

Bookmarker's Notes:

“I don’t need it to work, I just need it. As many times as you decide you’ll give it to me.”

Jarring and brilliant and wonderful and terrible. This is what I want from canon divergence; Itachi's disassociation throughout, the bond between these two, and that final scene especially were masterfully done. This fic left me feeling cold dread.

Words: 34,658   Bookmarked Date: 24 Jul 2024

Pairings: Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester
Fandom: Supernatural open_in_new

Summary:

In 1988, three witches in Montana are growing a monster in their garden, and Sam is holiday snack. When Dean and John show up to get him, one witch is killed, and Dean gets a love curse that he keeps secret. As teenagers, Sam and Dean are living in a dying industrial town in Pennsylvania, where they come across a crooked old creature that takes an unusual interest in Dean. As adults, Sam and Dean return to Montana for a hunt and run into the two surviving witches who have been unsuccessfully trying to grow their monster. Dean, still carrying the love spell from the dead witch, is looking like perfect plant feed.

Bookmarker's Notes:

This author sold their soul to the devil for pretty prose. I have no explanation for the genuis and artistry present in every turn of phrase. The witches fit so seamlessly into this world, to the point that I was actually more invested in them than I was in Sam and Dean (sorry, boys). So creative and inspired, fitting almost entirely outside of the binary boundaries of trope categories. I feel so lucky to have read this.

Words: 30,348   Bookmarked Date: 12 Jul 2024

Pairings: Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester, Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester
Fandom: Supernatural open_in_new

Summary:

Everything Dean is, even all these years later, is still for Sam, only ever Sam, it beats through his blood more real to him than his own heartbeat, Sam, Sam, Sam. The common fucking denominator of Dean's entire life.

or

Four years later, Dean has Sam back. Some things have changed. The main thing hasn't.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Sequel to the next fic down. This was an arrow to the heart, so intense and smothering that it made me nauseous at times.

Words: 35,769   Bookmarked Date: 10 Jul 2024

Pairings: Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester, Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester
Fandom: Supernatural open_in_new

Summary:

dean makes sloppy joes for dinner the night before sam leaves for stanford.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Bare prose rife with pain. Feels like a bruise you can't stop poking at.

Words: 1,067   Bookmarked Date: 07 Jul 2024

Pairings: Dirk Strider/Dirk Strider/Dirk Strider/Dirk Strider
Fandom: Homestuck open_in_new

Summary:

“Four Dirks In Search Of an Author”
“The Unbearable Lightness of Being Four Dirks”
“Dirkencrantz And Gildensdirk And Two Other Dirks Are Dead”

Bookmarker's Notes:

I watched the video a few years ago without realizing that it was a written fic too. When I came back to the video, I bookmarked the fic. This is one of those Homestuck essentials.

Words: 3,689   Bookmarked Date: 01 Jul 2024

Pairings: Peter Parker/Wade Wilson
Fandom: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) open_in_new, Deadpool (2016) open_in_new, Marvel Cinematic Universe open_in_new

Summary:

“What did I fucking say?!” Deadpool yells from across the room. “‘Don’t go into the drug lord’s sex den without me.’ I was very specific!”

Bookmarker's Notes:

This one left me haunted and horny. The oppressive atmosphere tastes like old detective shows. This is exactly how I want them. Pure lyricism in prose form.

Words: 9,394   Bookmarked Date: 30 Jun 2024

Pairings: Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester
Fandom: Supernatural open_in_new

Summary:

Sam watched Dean hack up firewood with his hatchet. The magically-induced heat wave had his shirt soaked with sweat.

“Did you ever have a, uh… experimental phase?” Sam smacked his lips, trying to think of a diplomatic way to phrase it. “That kid–by which I mean you–has been staring. At me. Kind of a lot.”

(Sam and Dean get sent back to 1996 and go on a hunt with their teenaged selves. The kids don't know who they are.)

Bookmarker's Notes:

As much as I love the "It's the natural next step" Wincest, there will always be a special fondness in me for disgusting-messy Wincest and the unfiltered horror of familial codependency. This fic is that to a T. They're ugly and horrible and a fucking trainwreck and this fic really, really sells all of that. Something about the brutal inevitability of it all is just staggering – every stray scrap of symbolism contributes to this suffocating, inescapable atmosphere. The fever pitch is in the separation of seasons and thirteen years. The paranoid anxiety of it all is practically psychedelic.

This was such a unique premise and a faithful presentation of these characters in all the ways that are good, bad, and ugly.

Words: 105,324   Bookmarked Date: 28 Jun 2024

Pairings: None
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Madeline Arslan died in 2025.

And then she woke up in her new life as Murakami Madeline, the only child to a sad, vagrant ninja.

That was unexpected.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Tozette is one of my favorite authors for a reason. I don't want to spoil anything, but this one is a real treat.

My Collections: SI/OC open_in_new

Words: 33,259   Bookmarked Date: 22 Jun 2024

Pairings: Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian
Fandom: The Untamed open_in_new

Summary:

"Maybe you should get me out of your system," Wei Ying blurts. "Maybe that'll help."

*

Wei Ying finds out her best friend Lan Zhan is in love with her and offers a really super solution.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Engrossed me from beginning to end. I'm a lesbian Wangxian convert. As a bonafide fan of the "female bully" character archetype, I more than approve. The fantastic prose is the cherry on top.

My Collections: Genderbend open_in_new, Yuri open_in_new

Words: 20,359   Bookmarked Date: 20 Jun 2024

Pairings: Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester
Fandom: Supernatural open_in_new

Summary:

"The werewolf." Sam says, quick. Hushed. Scared. "I don't know how. I was…"He was standing above you and then he wasn't. And I think I did that."

Dean keeps whispering stuff to Sam, banal reassurances that Sam soaks up like a sponge, but he feels sick. Sammy did something impossible. Sammy's been doing impossible things.

For years.

Or: Pre-Canon/Teen!chesters AU in which Sam develops powers at age eleven, Dean will do anything to protect him, and they have to live with the consequences

Bookmarker's Notes:

This is one of the most beautiful fics I've ever read. Atmospheric and lovely, aching with possession and codependency, simple and gripping. They're only each other's . . .

Words: 55,501   Bookmarked Date: 18 Jun 2024

Pairings: Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian
Fandom: Modao Zushi | Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation open_in_new, The Untamed open_in_new

Summary:

Lan Zhan stops in front of one of the bespoke duplicates– a male figure, small, creamy-skinned and lithe. The name on the plinth reads Mo Xuanyu. Lan Zhan tested it on his first pass through the room. The doll was empty. No signals bouncing around its artificial brain, no operating programs queued to autostart. Not even a blinking dormancy light.

"Hey big guy," says Mo Xuanyu, chrome eyes sparkling with fun. "Who do I gotta fuck around here to get unplugged?"

Wei Ying is a rogue AI come to life. Lan Zhan is… handling it.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Head-over-heels in love with this setting and its worldbuilding. Extremely satisfying narrative arc, everything is true to character and canon. I loved this one.

Words: 70,100   Bookmarked Date: 29 May 2024

Pairings: Luo Binghe/Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu
Fandom: The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System open_in_new

Summary:

Ju Ying, a tsundere brothel-worker with a strong but underdeveloped foundation and some sort of mysterious backstory involving a dead teacher, was absolutely not one of Luo Binghe's wives. Ju Ying, with her intense gaze and her kind hands and her beautiful, calculating eyes, never crossed Luo Binghe's path in the novel. Shen Qingqiu would definitely remember. She would have been in his top five. Maybe at the top of his top five; he would have been screaming in the comments for her to get a better arc, for Airplane not to just shove her in the back of the harem to waste away into nothing. Maybe, Shen Qingqiu thought, she would have been his favorite.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Identity fuckery, BingYuan, and misunderstandings. What more could you want?

Words: 32,114   Bookmarked Date: 28 May 2024

Pairings: Luo Binghe/Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu
Fandom: The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System open_in_new

Summary:

They're calling HDF a miracle cure.

Shen Yuan could really use a miracle.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Delightful worldbuilding. I'd take an entire novel's worth of x_los's particular brand of witty smut blended with medfet. This has no right to be this good.

Words: 4,678   Bookmarked Date: 27 May 2024

Pairings: Luo Binghe/Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu
Fandom: The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System open_in_new

Summary:

Pretending to be Shen Qingqiu comes easily to Shen Yuan, who's spent his whole life pretending to be someone he's not.

Bookmarker's Notes:

This level of compartmentalization hurts just to read. The scene near the end of this fic was my favorite. It was full of mutual love and longing, sweet, platonic tenderness that's too much and not enough.

Words: 3,126   Bookmarked Date: 22 May 2024

Pairings: Luo Binghe/Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu
Fandom: The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System open_in_new

Summary:

Binghe grinds his sex skillset until he is authorised to re-enter more advanced quest areas on the game map.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Wit, fluff, and smut. Very charming fic

Words: 7,823   Bookmarked Date: 22 May 2024

Pairings: Luo Binghe/Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu
Fandom: The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System open_in_new

Summary:

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a stallion protagonist must be in want of a horse girl.

Bookmarker's Notes:

I'm so glad that I read this one. I ended up devouring it and losing all track of time. This is the most important fic of all time and I will not be taking questions. THis was a hilarious, scathingly witty, fantastically written love letter to canon. I adored the side characters' perspectives, and Binghe's vulnerability and astuteness. I loved Shen Yuan's sense of humor, and I loved Shang Qinghua's characterization on the whole. Prepare to laugh out loud.

My Collections: Genderbend open_in_new, Hetswap open_in_new

Words: 37,908   Bookmarked Date: 20 May 2024

Pairings: Luo Binghe/Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu
Fandom: The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System open_in_new

Summary:

Shang Qinghua's fertilizer has unexpected effects on the mushroom body. In addition to...that, Shen Qingqiu doesn't remember his death. Or anything at all after planting the Sun Moon Dew Mushroom seed in the dirt.But he doesn't need to, right? Shen Qingqiu knows PIDW and Luo Bing-ge like the back of his hand. He'll be fine. He just has to avoid getting noticed – you know what happens to beautiful women in PIDW!

…though would life in the harem be so bad?

Bookmarker's Notes:

Cannot stress enough how much I enjoyed this. Shen Yuan is DAMAGED. I love how he thinks. "Ohh, I have no choice, it's my body that's aroused by Luo Binghe for narrative reasons, no use fighting it, haha! Oh well, I guess I have to have sex with him. Poor me."

My Collections: Genderbend open_in_new, Hetswap open_in_new

Words: 15,790   Bookmarked Date: 20 May 2024

Pairings: Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester
Fandom: Supernatural open_in_new

Summary:

Sam breathes like it takes effort, and then he says, "Wanting you was the very first thing I realized was wrong with me. It was how I knew there was something sick inside."

(One of them had to fall first. A story about devotion.)

Bookmarker's Notes:

Apparently I started this in January and finished it in May. Despite what the time it took me to complete this fic may lead you to think, I'm unquestionably fond of it. Gorgeous prose, stellar pacing, rich, complicated explorations of their relationship, and a nice polish of incest kink to finish it off with. Hathfrozen is incapable of disappointing.

Words: 64,098   Bookmarked Date: 14 May 2024

Pairings: Kageyama Ritsu/Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo
Fandom: Mob Psycho 100 open_in_new

Summary:

Accidents happen. They were only playing. Sometimes kids get carried away, especially kids like Shigeo.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Legitimately beautiful. Shows all and tells very little, leaving much up to the imagination. I don't usually enjoy Mob initiating where these two are concerned, but this worked beautifully.

Words: 1,387   Bookmarked Date: 11 May 2024

Pairings: Luo Binghe/Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu
Fandom: The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System open_in_new

Summary:

The System gives Shen Qingqiu the ability to exchange B-Points for items, and what better way to earn points than by raising the satisfaction level of Zhongdian's favourite protagonist?

OR: The one where Shen Qingqiu starts seducing the fuck out of Binghe in order to enable his caffeine addiction.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Bookmarked for Shen Yuan's inability to hurt his Binghe!

Words: 18,992   Bookmarked Date: 07 May 2024

Pairings: Luo Binghe/Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu
Fandom: The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System open_in_new

Summary:

Shen Qingqiu falls with Luo Binghe into the Abyss in hopes that with this action, perhaps he can repay his betrayal to the blackened protagonist. Things don't get better.

Bookmarker's Notes:

This is one of those fics best left to stew in your brain for a few weeks. It absolutely gutted me to see tenderness in such a brutal environment. This fic was extremely, frighteningly in character, and a somber portrayal of the cycles of mistrust, abuse, and codependency at the crossroads of dissolution of self and surrendering to someone else's complete control. The love that tied it all together was the best and worst part. Deeply and delightfully nauseating read.

Words: 47,414   Bookmarked Date: 20 Apr 2024

Pairings: Luo Binghe/Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu, Original Luo Binghe/Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu
Fandom: The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System open_in_new

Summary:

Shen Yuan has been engaged to Emperor Luo Binghe from almost the hour of his birth. He grows up knowing his place in the world exactly; he is far less certain of his place in his betrothed's guarded affections.

Bookmarker's Notes:

I'm so obsessed with canon!Shen Yuan visiting Bingge to make sure he's being good. I love the research x_los put into this fic and the premise. I'm pretty sure this was my first x_los fic. Everyone has to start somewhere, right?

Words: 17,861   Bookmarked Date: 18 Apr 2024

Pairings: Regulus Black/Sirius Black
Fandom: Harry Potter open_in_new

Summary:

The street which your flat's on has only four streetlamps...The world has an edge of unreality, surreality: you feel like there ought to be a saxophone playing. You think you're a bit tipsy.

Bookmarker's Notes:

The imagery in this one was incredible. Finishing this fic made me feel delightfully hollow and lonely.The sheer amount of characterization conveyed in >2000 words with no dialogue. The beautifully elaborate sentences reeking of paradoxical ennui and desperation that go nowhere at all in the end. A keeper for making a rainy day rainier.

Words: 1,982   Bookmarked Date: 16 Apr 2024

Pairings: Meng Yao | Jin Guangyao/Mo Xuanyu
Fandom: Modao Zushi | Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation open_in_new, The Untamed open_in_new

Summary:

The first thing Mo Xuanyu does is gasp. He coughs hard and then rubs his wrists over his eyes to clear the tears that had gathered there.

"Very good," Jin Guangyao says, once again brushing his hair into place. "I think you should take a break. You've been working quite diligently, a-Yu, and I appreciate your work."

Mo Xuanyu stares at him, mouth agape again, but this time with the natural contours of shock. Tears cling to his eyelashes. "I…" he says, and then closes his mouth to swallow. Pain flickers across his expression as he does.

"In fact, I think we've both done enough work for the night," Jin Guangyao says. He has the two needles tucked into the fitted cuff of his sleeve. "Go on back to the disciple quarters. A-Su will be wondering where I am if I don't join her in the garden soon."

--

Jin Guangyao and Mo Xuanyu alone together behind the great bronze mirror.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Agony.

Words: 3,995   Bookmarked Date: 14 Apr 2024

Pairings: Original Luo Binghe/Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu
Fandom: The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System open_in_new

Summary:

Luo Binghe's destabilized more mid-level demonic regimes than he can count on one hand; setting up one untenured scum teacher for scandal and disrepute will be like snapping his fingers.

Luo Binghe mistakes Shen Yuan for his shitty brother and gets his ass domesticated. This will prove to be a mixed blessing.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Unforgettable. I loved the relationship progression in this one, and the relationship between the Shen brothers. Very fleshed-out, right down to the most microscopic worldbuilding details that make this universe feel lush and well thought-out. The beautiful art is a fantastic bonus.

Words: 108,096   Bookmarked Date: 14 Apr 2024

Pairings: Hua Cheng/Xie Lian
Fandom: Tian Guan Ci Fu | Heaven Official's Blessing open_in_new

Summary:

Immediately after his return, Hua Cheng realizes that he can feel whenever Xie Lian touches his ring. It doesn't bother him. In fact, he finds it endearing.

But he ignores it, because something else is worrying him: why is Xie Lian acting so guilty?

Bookmarker's Notes:

Love Xie Lian calling the shots. Quality.

Words: 9,885   Bookmarked Date: 11 Apr 2024

Pairings: Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian
Fandom: The Untamed open_in_new, Modao Zushi | Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation open_in_new

Summary:

The next time he reaches for his clothes, Lan Wangji slaps his hands out of the way. Wei Ying's eyes go momentarily wide, then narrow in fiendish pleasure. "Yes," he hisses. "There you are." He tosses his head, hair coming apart in pieces over his face, obscuring his beautiful mouth and shining eyes. "There you are, Lan Zhan. Fuck me. Fuck me, I don't want to–make me listen to you, make me better. Make me better. You could have, you could have–."

(It's one of Wei Wuxian's bad days)

Bookmarker's Notes:

Haunting character study. They're such a beautiful mess of broken glass that fits together just right. I'm haunted.

Words: 1,685   Bookmarked Date: 09 Apr 2024

Pairings: Asagiri Minori & Mogami Keiji
Fandom: Mob Psycho 100 open_in_new

Summary:

Mogami's palm lands solid against the door beside her head, and she barely stifles a whimper as he leans over her. "I expect you know all about that, Asagiri Minori. Tell me–have you always known that's why you choose to torment others? Or was it just for fun?"

"Please," she stammers.

"Please," he echoes. "You haven't even asked me for anything."

Bookmarker's Notes:

This fic – specifically the final scene – made me cry. Visceral, cathartic fic.

Minori has always been one of my favorite MP100 characters, though the horror of her story remains largely unexplored in canon, which works amazingly in a canon focused on Mob, but I still love her and appreciate getting more pieces of the puzzle that is Asagiri Minori. This fic did her justice in a way I can't fully articulate. Most of the fandom seems to fall into the trap of wanting to choose between letting her be a bully and a sad, manipulated girl, but this fic balanced those parts of her brilliantly and with a great deal of respect. Minori wasn't entirely helpless in this fic, but she's also not in control, and she doesn't know how to come to terms with it. A flawless read that will have a place in my heart forever.

Words: 10,961   Bookmarked Date: 08 Apr 2024

Pairings: Luo Binghe/Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu
Fandom: The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System open_in_new

Summary:

At a crucial moment in Proud Immortal Demon Way, Luo Binghe loses faith in his shizun. Shen Yuan, a brand-new reader of a novel still in the backstory chapters, feels so bad for him that it rips a hole in space-time. Now he's tasked with fixing the baby protagonist's broken heart, so Luo Binghe is ready to become the stallion he's destined to be!

Your classic reverse transmigration premise, but Binghe is fifteen.

Bookmarker's Notes:

I read this in one sitting and it changed my life forever. Reverse transmigration is one of my most beloved tropes for these two. Is this the perfect fic? Very likely.

Words: 54,248   Bookmarked Date: 07 Apr 2024

Pairings: Xiao | Alatus/Zhongli
Fandom: Genshin Impact open_in_new

Summary:

"So?" Zhongli asks. In his visible excitement, he gets up and leans over Xiao's arm to peer at the page too. "Can you see anything of interest?"

'Yes', Xiao wants to say, 'I see the most gorgeous hair I've ever seen. I see a sliver of a smile as cold and as warm as moonlight. I see the hint of a cheek I want to kiss and the line of an arm I want to feel wrapped around my neck.'

-
Based on an amazing thread by Marin.

Bookmarker's Notes:

I've never played Genshin. This was recommended to me by the same friend who put me through the pain of Pig's Blood, and it did not disappoint. Incomparably painful fic. My heart has been shattered into a million pieces and I am going to cry. Thanks for the rec, darling.

Words: 14,048   Bookmarked Date: 05 Apr 2024

Pairings: Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian
Fandom: Modao Zushi | Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation open_in_new, The Untamed open_in_new

Summary:

"Move again," Lan Zhan says, her voice too low and too dangerous in her throat, "and I'll cut you."

Wei Ying's dark eyes go wide. "Like. On purpose?"

(or, Wei Ying gets a haircut every time she dumps a boy.)

Bookmarker's Notes:

So maybe this was my fem!WangXian awakening? I'm so glad this fandom has such a thriving community of femslash writers. I adore "straight girl" Wei Ying.

My Collections: Genderbend open_in_new, Yuri open_in_new

Words: 3,822   Bookmarked Date: 03 Apr 2024

Pairings: Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian, Nie Huaisang & Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian
Fandom: The Untamed open_in_new

Summary:

Wei Wuxian and Nie Huaisang keep up a lively correspondence after their time at Cloud Recesses. It gets even livelier when, due to Nie Huaisang's limited allowance, they have to start writing their own porn to discuss. It's really not Nie Huaisang's fault that his brother thought the letters marked "Lan Wangji" were FOR Lan Wangji!

Bookmarker's Notes:

I think about this fic constantly. Came for the WangXian, stayed for the Wei Ying & Nie Huaisang friendship. Absolutely delightful fic.

Words: 30,989   Bookmarked Date: 03 Apr 2024

Pairings: Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian
Fandom: Modao Zushi | Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation open_in_new

Summary:

Wei Wuxian is settling in for a boring night at a Cultivators' hostel when Lan Wangji shows up with a sex curse. What kind of terrible friend would he be if he didn't offer to help?

Bookmarker's Notes:

I remember this one being very good, but I didn't leave much in the way of bookmarker's notes. Please just trust that this author writes good smut and that modern cultivation can be a lot of fun.

Words: 13,303   Bookmarked Date: 01 Apr 2024

Pairings: Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian
Fandom: The Untamed open_in_new, Modao Zushi | Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation open_in_new

Summary:

There's nothing for a moment, then what sounds like frustrated pacing. "Lan Zhan?"

"Food."

Wei Wuxian's laugh sounds strained. It sounds like he shouldn't be laughing. Lan Wangji doesn't like the sound.

"I can't eat, but thanks."

"Are you…?"

"Still so horny that I want to die?" Wei Wuxian almost shouts. "Yes."

--

Or, Wei Wuxian manages to get himself cursed and Lan Wangji just wants to be helpful.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Seems I read a lot of sex pollen this week.

Words: 5,231   Bookmarked Date: 01 Apr 2024

Pairings: Nie Huaisang/Nie Mingjue
Fandom: Modao Zushi | Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation open_in_new

Summary:

According to Nie Huaisang's teachers, there was a small voice in people's heads that told them what was good and what was bad, and that voice was called the conscience.

Nie Huaisang concluded, after some observation, that this was true – for other people, that was.

Nie Huaisang himself did not appear to suffer from this particular affliction.

(in which Nie Huaisang realized that he was just too greedy to give up either his da-ge's affection or sex, and in fact would ideally like them both at the same time, and what happened next)

Bookmarker's Notes:

Delightfully messy fic brought to us by the author of the first HashiTobi fic I read. I adored this one.

Words: 9,815   Bookmarked Date: 31 Mar 2024

Pairings: Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian
Fandom: Modao Zushi | Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation open_in_new

Summary:

It is pure impulse that has led Wangji to press Wei Ying to his desk, smearing the brush he'd been using, crumpling all his papers. Perhaps Wei Ying had expected him to draw his sword, for Wangji to meet his impropriety and shamelessness with violence. Whatever he expected, it is obviously not this particular act of–can it be called violence? The way Wangji is devouring the other boy's lips could be considered such, perhaps, as he is not gentle, biting and licking his way into the other's mouth.

-

Or, the one where Lan Wangji has a very different reaction in the library pavilion.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Marriage. Now.

Words: 5,304   Bookmarked Date: 26 Mar 2024

Pairings: None
Fandom: Death Note open_in_new

Bookmarker's Notes:

This one is on Livejournal.

Words: 1,806   Bookmarked Date: 25 Mar 2024

Pairings: L/Yagami Light
Fandom: Death Note open_in_new

Summary:

More Death Note fic, wut wut. Pointless, mediocre L/Raito that progressively gets stupider, written only because it was a long, dull Saturday and I wanted to explore the possibility that they could get together without bucketfuls of angst. Shaken, not stirred. Spoilers for chapter 37. Around 1500 words.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Don't listen to the author, this one was lovely. Very in character, somehow also very sweet.

Words: 1,542   Bookmarked Date: 25 Mar 2024

Pairings: Original Luo Binghe/Original Shen Qingqiu
Fandom: The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System open_in_new

Summary:

"A demon my age begins to think about his legacy," he had explained, and clapped Luo Binghe's shoulder hard. "He wants to see his family settled."

Luo Binghe stiffened under the touch and stared at the side of his father's face with barely concealed disgust.

"My son speaks of his time at Qing Jing Peak often," Tianlang-Jun continued, ignoring the mounting tension in the room and the expressions of barely concealed violence. "What sort of father would I be if I didn't give him what he desires."

"Your Excellency," Yue Qingyuan began, diplomatically, "Perhaps we could host your son again for a time as our guest."

"How lovely! What an excellent idea. Perhaps after the wedding."

The stomach of every peak lord dropped.

"Junshang," Luo Binghe gritted out, jaw clenched.

"Don't interrupt, boy," he said and stepped closer to the sect leader. "I need to negotiate a bride price for your old master."

Bookmarker's Notes:

I love them so much, especially evil-ish Tianlang-jun(shang) who is still a massive BingQiu shipper.

Words: 15,182   Bookmarked Date: 19 Mar 2024

Pairings: Original Luo Binghe/Shen Yuan
Fandom: The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System open_in_new

Summary:

The System drops PIDW Luo Binghe at a convention.

Binghe is going to have sex with this actor who's disguised as his Shizun. It's going to be satisfying and cathartic, and won't awaken any feelings in him whatsoever.

Bookmarker's Notes:

I loved Binghe's breakdown in the middle. Top tier.

Words: 9,756   Bookmarked Date: 17 Mar 2024

Pairings: Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter
Fandom: Hannibal open_in_new

Summary:

"A war of attrition," Will says.
Hannibal's eyes do not leave Will's fingers, tight on the railing.
"Waged by whom?"
"Both of us," Will says, voice suddenly very rough.
"Won by whom?"
Will feels himself smile. "Both of us."

Bookmarker's Notes:

Fucking incredible. I accept absolutely nothing less for these two. Twisted in all the right ways.

Words: 9,254   Bookmarked Date: 16 Mar 2024

Pairings: Song Lan | Song Zichen/Xiao Xingchen/Xue Yang | Xue Chengmei, Xiao Xingchen/Xue Yang | Xue Chengmei, Song Lan | Song Zichen/Xiao Xingchen, Song Lan | Song Zichen/Xue Yang | Xue Chengmei
Fandom: Modao Zushi | Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation open_in_new, The Untamed open_in_new

Summary:

"If you touch him," Song Lan says, voice cold enough to hurt, "I will ruin every part of you."

Xue Yang says, "Don't make promises you can't keep, Zichen."

Bookmarker's Notes:

The blade's edge of violence and eroticism here is phenomenol. Expect nasty Xue Yang who refuses to be tempered by affection, horny violence, and violent horniness. A bonus is that this is the most well-oiled threesome I've ever read. Don't miss this fic.

Words: 10,701   Bookmarked Date: 06 Mar 2024

Pairings: Senju Hashirama/Senju Tobirama
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

A brawl over the last rice ball turns into something neither Senju brother could have expected.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Exactly what I needed at the time of reading this. I was thinking about Hashirama and Tobirama being goofy brothers, and this scratched that itch and then some. Mwah! Chef's kiss. Absolutely delightful

Words: 1,554   Bookmarked Date: 06 Mar 2024

Pairings: Lan Yuan | Lan Sizhui/Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian
Fandom: The Untamed open_in_new, Modao Zushi | Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation open_in_new

Summary:

Two years after his return and 'happy ending', Wei Wuxian is married to Lan Wangji and wasting away in his home, cocktail in hand. He struggles to bond with Sizhui, who he can't connect in his head with the kid he once knew. When Wei Wuxian catches Sizhui with empty wine coolers in the back of his car, he sees an opportunity for a bonding experience.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Bleak, desolate, and sad. Something about the mundanity of distance and the way Wei Wuxian's self-hatred is cloying even as he lets things happen the way they end up happening really got to me. The way he carries himself and accepts his situation is very true to his martyrdom in canon. This beautifully-written fic made me feel visceral digust, nausea, and sadness. 10/10

Words: 4,306   Bookmarked Date: 02 Mar 2024

Pairings: Chousou/Itadori Yuuji
Fandom: Jujutsu Kaisen open_in_new

Summary:

Curiously, Choso doesn't seem to know that he should feel embarrassed for having been witnessed by Yuuji, completely unaware that what he just did was masturbate in front of his little brother.

Yuuji decides to keep that little secret to himself for a while.

Choso discovers blood can travel to… curious places. Yuuji is more than willing to teach him how that works.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Oddly sweet. I'm of the mindset that characters with powers in any capacity should be using their powers during sex. This fic delivered whilst cracked me up. Really, what more could I ask for? Brocon Choso? Well, great news: this fic has that too!

Words: 7,973   Bookmarked Date: 01 Mar 2024

Pairings: Sect Leader Nie/Nie Mingjue
Fandom: The Untamed open_in_new, Modao Zushi | The Untamed open_in_new

Summary:

You blink a little more, rally, and say, "So that must be a symptom of qi deviation, right?"

Your father sits back, blowing air through his lips. "Ming'er&hellips;" he says slowly, and your chest starts to tighten. "You mean touch your brother's cock? Any other places?"

You nod, affirming both.

Slowly, as if it causes him pain to form the words: "That's not a symptom I've ever heard of."

There is a long silence.

--

Nie Mingjue is corrected by his father.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Very icky fic. I imagined these three as my other fucked up father/son/brother trio, HashiButsuTobi, and it just about killed me. I'm so glad that we can't see Sect Leader Nie's thought process here, it makes the whole thing more convoluted and upsetting to soley experience the story from Mingjue's perspective. Please be warned that this fic is a very uncomfortable read. Look out for yourself.

Words: 5,671   Bookmarked Date: 29 Feb 2024

Pairings: Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian
Fandom: Modao Zushi | Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation open_in_new

Summary:

When Lan Zhan was mad, he got petty. And when Lan Zhan was petty, Wei Ying made some questionable choices.

Words: 2,408   Bookmarked Date: 29 Feb 2024

Pairings: Nie Huaisang/Nie Mingjue
Fandom: Modao Zushi | Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation open_in_new, The Untamed open_in_new

Summary:

There was something in the creature's domain–something soft, something yielding. Something with sweet flesh ready and ripe for the taking, something perfect for the creature's purposes. The creature could sense it, could smell the warm scent of living flesh. Its myriad tentacles slithered forward across the great vastness of the cave, seeking out the prey caught in its territory.

(Nie Huaisang gets stuck in a bad spot during a night hunt and finds himself the prey of a tentacle monster, and Nie Mingjue has to help him afterwards.)

Bookmarker's Notes:

This pressed buttons I didn't know I had. This is extremely high quality tentacle porn, and that's really all you need to know going in.

Words: 6,748   Bookmarked Date: 20 Feb 2024

Pairings: Nie Huaisang/Nie Mingjue
Fandom: The Untamed open_in_new, Modao Zushi | Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation open_in_new

Summary:

He didn't know until this moment just how much he wanted Mingjue to ask for it–for anything–to take the reins Huaisang has been holding out for so long and pull them tight and demand.

Bookmarker's Notes:

I love love love my bratty princess Nie Huaisang. He's so wanted in this one and I love that he knows it. This fic was absolutely delightful, right down to the most minute turn of phrase.

Words: 7,258   Bookmarked Date: 20 Feb 2024

Pairings: Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian
Fandom: Modao Zushi | Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation open_in_new, The Untamed open_in_new

Summary:

Lan Wangji cannot survive in a world without Wei Wuxian.

But this is a lie, and lying is forbidden in Cloud Recesses.

Bookmarker's Notes:

A simple drop-kick to the soul.

Words: 2,285   Bookmarked Date: 15 Feb 2024

Pairings: Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester
Fandom: Supernatural open_in_new

Summary:

An account of the times Sam jizzed himself while Dean pinned his hands down, starting with a game of cowboys and indians.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Great scenarios.

Words: 2,674   Bookmarked Date: 29 Jan 2024

Pairings: Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo/Reigen Arataka
Fandom: Mob Psycho 100 open_in_new

Summary:

If Mob wants to fool around like they're a couple of horny teenagers, Reigen isn't about to turn him down.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Love how small Mob is and how much Reigen enjoys that.

Words: 4,142   Bookmarked Date: 12 Jan 2024

Pairings: Senju Hashirama/Senju Tobirama
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

All of the joyous memories Tobirama has ever made circle back to his larger-than-life brother. There’s no question as to how deep his love runs, nor how adulterated that preoccupation has become.

 

A submission for Naruto Smut Monday over on Tumblr. ^_^

Bookmarker's Notes:

The longing and pining are palpable. Absolutely delicious beyond a shadow of a doubt.

Words: 4,561   Bookmarked Date: 06 Jan 2024

Pairings: Senju Hashirama/Senju Tobirama
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Dead Dove read the tags

Tobirama kept a keepsake all to himself

Bookmarker's Notes:

I'm not usually a fan of dom!Tobirama, but this was an incredibly compelling argument. Extremely hot, I love pathetic basement!Hashirama. They should do this again.

Words: 3,515   Bookmarked Date: 06 Jan 2024

Pairings: Senju Hashirama/Senju Tobirama
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Words: 1,884   Bookmarked Date: 06 Jan 2024

Pairings: Rose Lalonde/Dave Strider
Fandom: Homestuck open_in_new

Summary:

He's always at his sickest after he has her cooking. But she's so happy to do it, and he's so missed a maternal touch.

Bookmarker's Notes:

I requested MBP DaveRose on Tumblr and I got this lovely fic in return. I swear I just about swooned.

Words: 488   Bookmarked Date: 25 Dec 2023

Pairings: Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo/Reigen Arataka
Fandom: Mob Psycho 100 open_in_new

Summary:

"One and Only One" is a zine, a collection of over 40 works by different contributors, focusing on the relationship between Mob and Reigen.

This free zine features MobRei, Reimob, MobReiMob, and has both sfw and nsfw pieces of fanfic and fanart.

Chapters are tagged.

Bookmarker's Notes:

This is a zine written collectively by a number of extremely talented authors and illustrators. It was published for free on AO3 in late 2023! I strongly suggest checking it out.

My Favorite Chapters

"Me and the Devil" by escapiste. The descriptions in this one were absolutely beautiful.
"As the Sun Sets" by deadjerkk absolutely ruined me. The imagery was so lovely I adore when things left unsaid pile up to something nauseating and unwanted.
"Imagine Me and You" by quiveringpalm was an adorable start to their relationship.
Chapter 16: Artwork by maeverade's artwork in this chapter was awe inspiring.
"Bird on a Wire" by Randstad and artwork by T1mco. I want to twirl this tenison around a fork like spaghetti and eat it. I need them to fuck nasty.
Artwork by Nyamiiscares. Salivating.
Chapter 37: Crika's artwork was a gorgeous take on a classic.
"Hair's Breadth" by crowtoes sticky-sweet and cute as all hell.
Mofeta's artwork had me in stitches. Canon.

Words: 50,400   Bookmarked Date: 19 Dec 2023

Pairings: Uchiha Itachi & Uchiha Sasuke, Uchiha Itachi & Uchiha Mikoto, Uchiha Mikoto & Uchiha Sasuke
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

His mother grows lotuses in the pond. His father is a shadow that only appears at the dinner table. In the middle of the night, the sounds downstairs wake him up but it’s safe, it’s all right. It only comes from his brother who cannot sleep.

The house is dark, they are haunted, and this is home.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Mikoto's conflict and the space that Fugaku doesn't occupy will haunt me forever methinks. The imagery here has me by the throat, I love the build and the decay.

Words: 10,438   Bookmarked Date: 19 Dec 2023

Pairings: Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo/Reigen Arataka
Fandom: Mob Psycho 100 open_in_new

Summary:

Mob's fists clench. He nods, his lips pressed tightly together. He still wants it more than anything. Reigen knows this, he can see it, he understands perfectly. He still wants it, too, like all hell even though Mob is too young and too dangerous for him and the back of his throat still tastes like rust.

Bookmarker's Notes:

My beloved friend recommended me this one and it destroyed me. It's a beautiful exploration of character that takes Mob's canon power trajectory into account. I love the grit in this one, and how dangerous Mob is. I'll be thinking about the descriptions in this fic for years to come.

Words: 8,941   Bookmarked Date: 11 Dec 2023

Pairings: Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo/Reigen Arataka
Fandom: Mob Psycho 100 open_in_new

Summary:

Reigen slings a casual arm around Mob’s shoulders, his fingers sifting delicately through Mob’s fine hair. He’s always so damn careful, he only ever gives Mob what he asks for and nothing else. Mob’s heart catches painfully in his chest. Reigen only ever gives him so little. And lately, all Mob wants is more, more, more.

Maybe tonight he'll finally get it.

Words: 6,728   Bookmarked Date: 09 Dec 2023

Pairings: Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo/Reigen Arataka
Fandom: Mob Psycho 100 open_in_new

Summary:

The word shouldn't has become a cornerstone of Reigen's vocabulary.

Words: 2,051   Bookmarked Date: 08 Dec 2023

Pairings: Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo/Reigen Arataka
Fandom: Mob Psycho 100 open_in_new

Summary:

Ritsu doesn't remember when the thoughts started, doesn’t remember when they shifted from a want for brotherly affection into something else.

Bookmarker's Notes:

This author had me at "Ritsu and his massive brocon energy". Bless. We are so on the same page it hurts.

Words: 1,493   Bookmarked Date: 08 Dec 2023

Pairings: Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo/Reigen Arataka
Fandom: Mob Psycho 100 open_in_new

Summary:

The end of the world, Mob thinks. An apocalypse. Barren wastelands. Vacant streets. Neon signs flickering, half-burnt out. A cataclysm. He could survive it. Reigen probably could too. They could live off canned vegetables and pre-packaged ramen.

And Mob thinks about Reigen's hair, golden under yellow light. The shadow of his eyelashes across his cheekbones. The softness of his lips. The taste of salt and smoke on his fingertips. Skin; sin. They could fuck whenever they want.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Some of the most haunting prose I've ever read. The imagery of decay is fantastic, extremely vivid.

Words: 2,265   Bookmarked Date: 08 Dec 2023

Pairings: Hyuuga Hinata/Hyuuga Neji
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Things are very simple for Hyuuga Hinata, until they're not.

A Hyuuga worldview, based on some goofy fan theories about tenketsu, Byakugan, and juuken. Mostly AU in that Hinata is six when she’s kidnapped, not three.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Absolutely heart-melting. See for yourself:

Others have told her that Neji is a cold man. They describe frosty glances, cool formality, icy disdain.

That is not the Neji Hinata knows.

He has always been her warmth.

The Hyuuga world-building we deserved!

Words: 5,522   Bookmarked Date: 01 Dec 2023

Pairings: Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester, Jessica Moore/Sam Winchester
Fandom: Supernatural open_in_new

Summary:

Sam Winchester has an eating disorder.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Absolutely lovely fic. I'll admit that I skipped the sex scene because it didn't feel emotionally conguent, but the build-up of the eating disorder felt very realistic and scratched my brain just right. Jess handled Sam's ED extremely well and Dean did exactly the wrong thing pretty much every time. Delightful.

Words: 30,027   Bookmarked Date: 13 Nov 2023

Pairings: Elliot Schafer/Luke Sunborn
Fandom: In Other Lands open_in_new

Summary:

There was no chance in hell that they would reach the merpeople today in this weather.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Brought me close to tears. This author GETS it. They're awkward fools after they get together. Raving to myself. Written in the style of the book down to the very last detail. A must-read for them.

Words: 2,439   Bookmarked Date: 13 Nov 2023

Pairings: Deidara/Sasori
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Sasori outlives Deidara. He handles it well.

Oneshot, Sasodei.

Bookmarker's Notes:

You would not be able to convince me that this wouldn't be how this would happen. I knew what was coming and I was still sucker-punched in the gut - if anything, knowing what was coming made this hurt a lot worse. Sasori's recollections were so accurate, and when he turns around . . . I won't spoil it too much. I love love love the part where Deidara disapproves of the puppet made in his likeness. Sasori KNOWS you can't convince me that he doesn't. Vague mumbling.

Words: 3,346   Bookmarked Date: 11 Nov 2023

Pairings: Roxy Lalonde & Dirk Strider
Fandom: Homestuck open_in_new

Summary:

Roxy deserves better than this. If he could Dirk would lay the world at her feet and crown her like the queen she was meant to be. Instead he's locked in a basement, wrist-deep inside her, giving her a gift that might kill her.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Absolutely horribly lovely. The author's prose is beautiful and perfect for depicting this actual nightmare. The closeness feels so in character for them, and the cherry on top was Dirk promising to kill the twins if anything happened to Roxy. I gave my heart away with my kudos.

Words: 1,127   Bookmarked Date: 10 Nov 2023

Pairings: Rose Lalonde/Dave Strider
Fandom: Homestuck open_in_new

Summary:

Making it through a suicide mission with someone and then both ascending to godhood at the same time will do that to a person. Pair of people. Whatever. It will bind you somehow. It will push you to crave the other’s company. It will make you, in some ways, inseparable.

There’s not that much left of you that Rose does not in some capacity share. Not even your bone and blood and breath.

Bookmarker's Notes:

A whirlwind blend of past, present, and future. The codependency in this one is on point, and their eyes being green at the end! AH? This fic feels like trying to wake up from a dream that you're drowning in. Absolutely beautiful.

Words: 2,455   Bookmarked Date: 10 Nov 2023

Pairings: Hidan/Kakuzu
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Dying a slow, miserable death, Hidan wonders if Kakuzu will come save him.

Bookmarker's Notes:

I love them so dearly for the way they carve intimacy out of violence.

Words: 4,424   Bookmarked Date: 07 Nov 2023

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

Summary:

Just a slight spin-off from My Body's Broken, Yours is Spent - what if L did keep Near instead of sending him to Wammy's House?

Bookmarker's Notes:

A spin-off of a fic where Near is a child prostitute and L gets him out of the brothel and into the Wammy house. I love this style of writing from Near's perspective, this is definitely up there with "His Reassuring Visions Were The Pillars Of Your Faith", also by this author. It's one of those fics that I'll be thinking about for a while for the way it haunted me and hollowed me out.

Words: 4,710   Bookmarked Date: 04 Nov 2023

Pairings: Hidan/Kakuzu
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

In the aftermath of a perfect ritual, Hidan is awarded the highest blessing his god can give. Kakuzu reaps the benefits.

“His partner eyes him knowingly, and it seems like only seconds pass, but the next thing Hidan knows they are gone from the clearing and is his face pressed into the bed they share. A strong hand grips at the back of his neck as Kakuzu tears away both their clothes, his threads expediting the process. The rosary is left where it always is, the blood flecked metal smooth under his palm, forever warmed from Hidan's skin.”

Bookmarker's Notes:

Didn't build a way for my program to recognize multiple authors in the author field. Link to ninjacat (lordkuronekosama).

Words: 3,773   Bookmarked Date: 04 Nov 2023

Pairings: Remus Lupin/James Potter, Lily Evans/James Potter
Fandom: Harry Potter open_in_new

Summary:

For James, it's always been Lily. With one exception. You think you'll tell him about it one day, maybe when you're in your twenties and a bit drunk, how for one spring you sort-of fancied him, and you'll laugh and then he'll laugh and it won't be awkward at all.

Bookmarker's Notes:

This author captured exactly what it feels like to have a crush at fourteen, an experience that I hope to never repeat, but it's somewhat cathartic to read this style of bittersweet longing from someone else's head.

Words: 1,263   Bookmarked Date: 02 Nov 2023

Pairings: Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester
Fandom: Supernatural open_in_new

Summary:

Sam grew into wanting Dean the same way he grew into his bones. It isn’t something they can will or trick or ignore away. It isn’t something that can be undone.

Bookmarker's Notes:

This one left me at a loss for words. The smut and tension were next level, the prose was phenomenal.

Words: 31,576   Bookmarked Date: 26 Oct 2023

Pairings: Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester, Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester
Fandom: Supernatural open_in_new

Summary:

“So this morning,” Dean ventures as they blast down the highway in pitch black night toward a probable werewolf case.

Sam looks over at him, thin eyebrows raised, eyes clear and calm. He’s not even difficult about it, doesn’t ask what Dean is after, doesn’t deny what had happened. Instead he says, very simply, “I just figure, why lie?”

Alright then.

Bookmarker's Notes:

The CODEPENDENCY. Weirdcest at its finest. Please give this a read if you love blurring of boundaries in any context.

Words: 5,994   Bookmarked Date: 23 Oct 2023

Pairings: Gaara/Sai
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

“Are you single?” Gaara asks. He’s not sure how he’s meant to do this.

“Oh, I see,” the man says after a pause. “I’ve read about this. You’re asking me out, and I should answer based on my interest rather than my actual relationship status.”

Good, he’s making this easy, Gaara thinks.

OR: Gaara asks Sai out.

Bookmarker's Notes:

One of the funniest things I've ever read. Hands down. They're made for each other.

Words: 2,050   Bookmarked Date: 17 Oct 2023

Pairings: Original Character & Kakuzu, Original Character & Hidan, Background Hidan/Kakuzu
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

In which Atsuko breaks up with her boyfriend, moves in with a weird new ninja housemate, and avoids her problems for, like, months.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Tozette's talent is for shoving normal people into the chaos of the Akatsuki and making it work. The plot is cute and satisfying, the OC is lovely, and Kakuzu and Hidan are a joy per usual. Siccing them upon shitty ex-boyfriends everywhere.

My Collections: SI/OC open_in_new

Words: 9,807   Bookmarked Date: 17 Oct 2023

Pairings: None
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Sakura moves to a new town to attend university and desperately needs to find a cheap room in a share house.

Luckily, the Akatsuki need a new housemate.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Hands down one of the fics nearest and dearest to my heart. I devoured it in what amounts to a day, which is unprecedented for me. Despite this, I need to warn that the ending is incongruent and sudden, and that there are a LOT of loose ends that will never be tied up. If you can sacrifice a little bit of narrative satisfaction for the best modern AU Akatsuki I could imagine, this should be your jam!! Otherwise, you should probably look elsewhere.

(Also note that this is what woke the SakuAkatsuki shipper in me. There's some sort of love square going on in here and it's TASTY.)

Words: 166,813   Bookmarked Date: 16 Oct 2023

Pairings: Nico di Angelo/Percy Jackson
Fandom: Percy Jackson open_in_new

Summary:

...and that has made all the difference.

Post-BoO, Nico accidentally travels back in time to just after The Titan's Curse, and meets 14-year-old Percy again.

Words: 9,346   Bookmarked Date: 12 Oct 2023

Pairings: Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester
Fandom: Supernatural open_in_new

Summary:

How do you escape the person who's supposed to be keeping you safe?

 

You wear anxiety like an old hat. But this is a home, not a graveyard. This is a friend. (This is a friend.)

Bookmarker's Notes:

The Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy of my dreams. I treasure my beloved whump fix. I've reread this fic dozens of times, it's so cozy and horrible and wonderful. It's insanely well written and it helps that it triggers my specific synapses. A must-read, give this fic some love.

Words: 4,058   Bookmarked Date: 05 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: None
Fandom: Homestuck open_in_new

Summary:

"And then there's a customized copy of PONY PALS, a gift to you on your 14th birthday from the slippery Mr. Strider. Each page contains lovingly hand-written commentary on the deeds of this intrepid young horse. Later, about halfway through the book, rather than see the gag through to the bitter end, Strider began pasting over entire pages of original text with his own completely rewritten version of the story, while keeping all the chapter titles. His revision is a tough, emotionally draining read. But it's cathartic, in all the worst ways possible.
He tends to get carried away with his projects."

Note: this work is an altered book, and it plays on the physical relationship between the original pages and the edited text. As such, it's presented as a series of images. Reading the images is the only way to get the full experience, but I'm aware that some people can't/don't want to read it that way. So if that's the case, you can skip to chapter 13, which is a text-only version of the story, including rough descriptions of the most important illustrations.
Originally posted on detective-pony.tumblr.com

Bookmarker's Notes:

This is an actual literary masterpiece that captured Dirk's voice perfectly; truly goes to show that some things are classics for a reason. I read this straight through in September 2023 and then spent most of July 2024 listening to this marvelous Detective Pony audiobook to fall asleep. Highly recommend. Your dreams will be insane.

Words: 40,809   Bookmarked Date: 28 Sep 2023

Pairings: Fujimoto/Granmammare
Fandom: Ponyo open_in_new

Summary:

On the beach below the Institute of Algological Research, graduate student Fujimoto Hiroshi finds something more than the seaweed he's after.

Words: 4,806   Bookmarked Date: 20 Sep 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: 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: Hatsume Mei/Yaoyorozu Momo
Fandom: Boku no Hero Academia open_in_new

Summary:

Hatsume desperately needs a specific part for her newest baby, but she can't seem to get it through normal channels. When she hears that Yaoyorozu might be willing to make things with her quirk for her friends, she gets the bright idea to become friends with her and eventually get the part she needs!

...Yaoyorozu does not interpret Hatsume's behavior as platonic.

 

“I-” Yaoyorozu coughed, face getting redder, “I’ve never received such a- a bold confession before.”

Bookmarker's Notes:

Hilarious, utterly adorable fic.

My Collections: Yuri open_in_new

Words: 14,697   Bookmarked Date: 10 Jul 2023

Pairings: Deidara/Sasori
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Sasori considers his partner, as told through snapshots over the years.

(Or, alternatively titled, Sasori's Many Existential Crises, As Caused by Deidara).

Part 1 of athanasia, Sasodei.

Bookmarker's Notes:

The fine line between love and hatred and violence is walked so neatly here. Sasori's voice is so in character. I love quiet Deidara at the beginning, he's so clever and everyone seems to forget it because he's also impulsive. It would make sense that he would take time to scope out his new partner.

The injury scene was achingly sweet, it reminds me of a canon line where Deidara references Sasori chastising him for not being prepared/careful enough which like?? It gets me every single time. Their discussions on art being so detailed that they've exhausted every topic? And yet they still argue? At that point it's a love language.

And Sasori trying to hard not to care. Lovely lovely lovely. He may have a strange way of taking care of his loved ones, but it's caretaking nonetheless. Sasori training Deidara is canon to me now. Sasori's discomfort with just . . . not knowing things. Deidara is a mystery to him and that fascinates him! The chakra strings, the way he always comes close to snapping but something stops him every time, Deidara's nonchalance to the point where you can't tell if he actually has no regard for his life, and that scene at the end. OUCH. I always think about the irony of Deidara outliving Sasori, it makes me so sad and this didn't help. Fluff with the promise of canon events getting in the way always gets me. I'm rambling now but god this one's going to stick with me.

Words: 10,265   Bookmarked Date: 06 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