hey! you probably get tons of asks for fic recs, and i’m not sure if you’ve made a list before, but I’m currently reading cast no shadow and (like you, probably) desperately waiting for an update! i saw you mention it in a post and i’m loving it so far.
i wanted to check if you have any other fic recs that aren't super sex-centered? I don't mind explicit content at all, but right now it’s just not what I’m in the mood for, ya know? would love to hear if you have any favorites!
hey, you're actually the first, i have not done a fic rec list yet even though ive been meaning to for the longest time because im just horrendous at bookmarking fics i really loved, but i'm gonna try and find some of my faves for you in no particular order (holy shit this list is getting long 🤡)
ps: i added some perrempe and celleno fics at the end as well
Like Grass Through Concrete (complete)
a soulmate fic that starts in 2022 and is mostly canon compliant, i don't often read soulmate fics but this one was really good
we'll figure out who you're meant to be (complete)
historical AU set in the gilded age where will gets sent away to the wild west after being caught with a boy and gets kidnapped off the train by outlaw mack, it's incredible
You'll Be the Showgirl of the Whole Team, I'll Be the Narrator (in progress)
a 00s college AU where mack is still a hockey player but will quit some time before college, he's an out music major who is the campus radio DJ, it's super cute, it's been a minute since it's updated but i really hope it continues eventually
stare slave djedovino (complete)
life changing mack character study, it's set during the summer between their rookie and sophmore seasons during the croatia trip, it's so incredible, there's this whole scene visiting their great grandmother that had me gasping, and absolute must read
will you lay down your armor (and be with me forever)? (complete)
a halifax fic with some background sid/geno in the second book in the series, it was one of the first fics i read i think
first tracks (complete)
skiing AU set in a ski town where mack is a local and the smith family visits during the season
your boy (complete)
trade fic, they reconnect over a 50th anniversary documetary
teenage dream (complete)
kiefer talks mack down from a spiral, i cried
dead reckoning (complete)
i don't fully remember what this fic was about but i copy pasted a passage from it into the GC that just killed me so i think it should be on this list
Captain Canada (complete)
sid mothering over mack during worlds
you look perfect (you look different) (complete)
i don't usually do kid fics, but this one blew me away, basically mack gets a call from a one night stand who doesn't want to keep the child but already had it and he immediately just considers smitty his co-parent even though they're not together at the beginning of the fic
significant lover (complete)
will gets a boyfriend while he's on IR, mack gets jealous (duh)
best guess (complete)
they meet up during the college year
the promised land (complete)
will gets drafted to the kings instead of the sharks, he stays with kopitar, somehow they still find their way to eachother
The Celebrini-Smith Wedding (no, not that one) (complete)
Aiden and Grace get married, they go as eachothers plus ones and everybody assumes that they're dating, hijinks ensues
backwards walking (complete)
they get married for the hell of it because mack sees that MPP and Laura Stacey got married and thinks it would be cool to play with your spouse
say it once again with feeling (complete)
the celebrinis moved to boston instead of san jose when leaving canada and will and mack grew up together and spent summers at the cape, it's non linear and the whole story comes together really beautifully
like a comet (pulled from orbit) (complete)
they wake up married in a vegas hotel room after a wild night they don't remember, the world finds out and they have to figure out how to spin it
schrödingers dead kennedy (complete)
mack is in switzerland for worlds and will is at the cape for the entire fic, incredible work
the sixth degree of seperation (complete)
will gets traded to vancouver gets really depressed and they don't talk for years
Stupid Obvious (complete)
will takes mack as his +1 to a smith hockey family wedding, everybody assumes they're dating
Bloodsport (complete)
will started his career with the bluejackets and gets traded to the sharks, they don't get along right away
byline of this prologue (complete)
will leaves the USNTDP to play for the steel and mack billets with the smith hockeys in chicago
marigold (in progress)
mack is a coach for children's girls team in vancouver, will had a kid with emma maltais in college and quit hockey to be her primary caretaker while emma pursued hockey, emma gets traded to the goldeneyes and their daughter starts playing for mack's team, also will owns a bakery, it is soooo cute
What Is Wrong with You People (in progress)
Charlie's POV of Will's recent Van visit, she does NOT understand why everybody loves him so much
this is what the living do (complete)
mack quit hockey to take care of RJ after their parents die, when RJ gets drafted to the sharks he billets with will
starfucker (in progress)
mack is a football player for the san jose earthquakes, will is still a hockey player
Captain Celebrini's Canadian Chaos Camp (complete)
vancouver trainig camp fic that has an INCREDIBLE celleno sequel
while we're at it here are some of my favouite celleno and perrempe fics cause im a sucker for those two ships as well
between your teeth (in progress)
the line "Rick Celebrini didn’t breed lions. He bred hunters. Manicured, composed, and deadly accurate." immediately hooked me, celleno
your soul is blue too (in progress)
rick and robyn die in a car accident and aiden moved to van to take care of charlie and rj, meanwhile leno gets traded to the canucks, background willmack
I'll learn the language of your faded scars (complete)
this is the first of a 3 part series, the third one is still in progress, aiden and leno hook up during college, later on they spend almost an entire summer together, then they have a nasty breakup and eventually they are forced to confront eachother again, foundational celleno work, background willmack, of course
the aiden and ryan thing (complete)
mack tries to figure out what's going on with aiden, background perrempe and background willmack
L'Action de Grâce (complete)
rempe shows up at gabe's door with ingredients for a canadian thanksgiving meal while gabe is playing for the AHL team in hartford, very cute
Leaving With My Lips Bruised (complete)
perrempe with some past bc line stuff and background willmack
The Power of Hockey Yaoi (complete)
matt reads heated rivalry with his sisters and starts a tumblr about it, it's a silly little crack fic but it's quite fun
okay, i think that's enough for now, i can almost guarantee that there are many more that should be on this list but im sooooo bad at remembering to bookmark fics when im in a reading binge
i hope all the links are correct, let me know if one of them is wrong and i'll try to fix it
