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: 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