MY BANDOM FIC REC MASTERLIST!!!
entirely fob and mcr, mostly peterick, some petekey, and the stray frerard
all found on ao3 (some may be member locked fyi!)
đ = archive users only
⨠đ The High Way To Hell by acareeroutofrobbingbanks
- bandom magical/supernatural au! (literally supernatural not the show lol)
- focuses on fob as a band by day and monster hunters by night while being 3/4ths magical themselves
- over 1.5 MILLION WORDS in total. holy cow. itâs still being actively updated after 11 YEARS and is in its (i think) final installment of the main story
- peterick is the central romance! itâs the worlds slowest burn but super rewarding. also features ryden and petekey at points
Pete in Boots by earlgreytea68
- peterick puss in boots/fairytale au
- pete is a cat/human hybrid (who can also turn into an actual cat itâs strange) and patrick is a human from a poor family
- pete befriends patrick as a cat then whisks him off into adventure! itâs a super cute story that made me watch puss in boots after lol
đ SchrĂśdingerverse by earlgreytea68
- canon (can you say that ab rpf?? lolz) au where pete has a son named tennyson with an absent mystery woman (Ă la irl really. i understand not wanting to write about real life children) and through buying valentines for his sons class, he ends up joining tinder in an agreement with patrick
- iâm not really doing it justice here but itâs super fun. the first story is the slow burn and the rest of it is family fluff that goes through the covid pandemic and the making of smfs and tourdust and wwwy and so on
Your crooked love is just a pyramid scheme by earlgreytea68
- au where patrick is The Devilâ˘ď¸ and pete is the lowly human who he falls in love with. also features a greek chorus of bandom guys as patrickâs demons
- super duper cute and has a trope i usually hate as the ending but its done super well in this one
- i think this one is pretty well known in fandom and for good reason
⨠lost in the falling dark by seimaisin and tuesdaysgone
- peterickey werewolf au!
- pete is bitten by a werewolf before warped tour 2005, is discovered by patrick who takes care of him during full moons, and then meets mikey (a born werewolf) during the summer of like. love triangle ensues.
- or is it a love triangle?
Just To Know Youâre Alive by seimaisin
- peterick vampire au where patrick is a real-life vampire through non-magic means
- also kinda a roommate au in a way
đ vignettes from a married life by xpatxperience
- au where pete and mikey get together during the summer of like and then stay together forever
- superrrr fluffy, even the angsty works are sappy (which is not a bad thing at all!)
- the first two works are epistolary through social media posts and articles but the rest of the series is traditional prose!
- personal fave works in the series are ashes to ashes; season to season, the verge of love or giving up, and dude looks like a lady!
The One That You Are Looking For by tabluaxrasa
- mcr/frerard werewolf au! i love me my werewolf aus what can i sayyy
- frank is poisoned by silver dust during a full moon and gerard must nurse him back to health while tracking down his attacker.
- super cute with some pretty high stakes throughout
â¨đ iâm not going home alone (âcause i donât do too well on my own) by across_waxponds
- super well written canon (lol) complaint peterick fic that focuses on peteâs mental health
- genuinely all of across_waxpondsâ work is absolutely A+ and deserves a read, some of the BEST modern peterick fic
â¨đđ standing ovations or b-b-b-boos by across_waxponds
- peterick omegaverse au! one of the only fob omegaverse series that i can find really
- patrick is an omega and pete is an alpha but they donât exactly mesh well with those designations. super well written and provides great characterizations for both pete and patrick.
asking to be born by longtime_lurker
- peterick (pete) mpregâŚ.stay with me now stay with me
- pete and patrick are in a friends-with-benefits sort of arrangement so pete wishes on a shooting star for something that would keep them together foreverâŚ.you can guess what happens next
- i think sometimes mpreg stories can be really strange but this is in a good way. please please just give it a chance
Like Stardust, â¨Twice The Dreams, and Liars and Thieves all by The9thDoctor
- all of these are peterick as the romance, but fob as a unit centric
- like stardust is an au of what iâd say is most like guardians of the galaxy. patrick, andy, and joe are the crew of a starship and find pete as a new hyperspace navigator after their previous one retires. cue romance and eventual angst. super cool world building and high stakes
- twice the dreams is truly so strange but soooo amazing. without spoiling it, as i think itâs best to go into this one with little knowledge, itâs an au where pete starts noticing that his notebook keeps disappearing and reappearing from his apartment. i really canât capture what the hell goes on in this one but itâs absolutely amazing and i really recommend it
- liars and thieves is a criminal au where fob are a team of, you guessed it, thieves. like now you see me thieves not skyrim. found family galore and really sweet peterick moments!
- this author also has an actively updating peterick fic at the time of my posting this called Nobody Here But People thatâs turning out to be a super cool mystery which i also recommend!
Dead and Dreaming by SnitchesAndTalkers
- peterick au where pete is a fake psychic for television and patrick is an honest-to-god ghost that pete can somehow see
- snitchesandtalkers always has such amazing fics but this is definitely my preference out of all of them! such a cool fic and the slow-ish burn is very satisfying
Louder Than Bombs by SnitchesAndTalkers
- fallout-esque au where right after tttyg is released, nuclear war breaks out and the US is bombed. cue a fob roadtrip back to chicago/civilization that has a happy ending.
- there is no slow burn, as peterick are already together at the beginning! one of the only estab on my rec list
â¨đ How could you think, darlinâ, Iâd scare so easily? by MxMorden
- another peterick vampire au, specifically compliant with the 16 candles video! takes place after the end of the video.
- patrick and co must find a way to satiate peteâs bloodlust as theyâre trapped in a warehouse after the dandiesâ attack. patrick then becomes peteâs personal blood bag which leads to crazyyyy sexual tension like holy cow
- super cool final act, it had me on the edge of my seat
i will love you when you are still a day, i will love you when you are a hurricane by emptypalm
- the ONE trohley fic on this list
- joe is misogynistic to hayley williams in front of the WRONG witch and gets andy cursed to be a girl until he (joe) can figure out how to be nice to women
- it sounds really silly (and it is) but itâs actually super sweet and funny
- both trohley and peterick are already established at the beginning. peterick are very minor in the story, theyâre just there as supporting characters really
Iâve Swallowed Your House Keys by alpheratz and inlovewithnight
- this fic is pete/mikey/alicia and was written when mikey way was still married to alicia simmons
- mikey and alicia find pete living in the park by their house during a depressive episode and take him home to help him
- the writing style of this is so amazing, it gives alicia many personal traits that you donât see in other fics, as sheâs often reduced to the obstacle in petekeyâs way
đ I am a collapsing star with tunnel vision but only for you (I will protect you) by TooRational
- pete breaks everything like that guy from spongebob by falling through a faulty stage during a show. cue hurt/comfort from patrick and fluff
- just super cute and i love peterick fics where pete is in some sort of predicament or ailment
â¨đ Normal People by Anonymous
- this might be wrong to say but i wish this work wasnât anon bc itâs actually so incredibly amazing i wish i knew what else the author has written
- this is peterick as a friendship focused and is strictly NOT romantic! itâs the only fic iâve ever read that is focused on their platonic relationship. it also focuses on patrickâs adhd and autistic traits that he exhibits in interviews sometimes
- i also want to shoutout the characterization of joe in this bc itâs SPOT on, not many fics get him right
- another devil au! this time itâs based on the movie Bedazzled. basically patrick is sick of his mundane high school life and accidentally summons the devil (pete) who grants him seven wishes of increasing absurdity
- another iconic bandom fic, i see this one recommended a lot
- so good it made me read a real book called The Devil She Knows that has basically the exact same plot but itâs YURI!!!
⨠Abstract Impressions by folie_aplusieurs
- maybe what happened after patrick posted âwe liked you better fatâ in 2012. basically pete sees the blog post and then beats down patrickâs door thinking heâs going to k!ll himself.
- despite that setup itâs super hurt/comfort and slow burn with a happy ending. i found this one through the tag âbath s3xâ and was delightfully surprised
đ Nightswimming by waxjism
- one of the FIRST bandom fics i ever read. also super old, like pre-2010 old
- frerard/petekey high school au. itâs a series but i think the second part is better than the first. you donât need to read part 1 to understand part 2. part 1 is petekey centric and part 2 is frerard but they all appear in both
- i want to disclaimer that this is underage between a high schooler and a college-aged person on the frerard side. itâs super accurate to what would happen in this situation irl though, so take it with a grain of salt but totally understandable if itâs not your thing
đ at some point it becomes true by sceptick and whatimages
- canon slow burn peterick story where pete is trans male. the story is more focused on peteâs mental health and how it affects his relationship with patrick than him being trans, however
- super well written and lengthy for a one-shot
đ how the futureâs done by whatimages
- patrick obtains a child from his cousin who doesnât want one and raises him with pete alongside his daughter luna
- super duper cute and fluffy. love me a kid fic
The Boys Time Canât Capture by scarredsodeep
- canon au where pete is a fairy, specifically a changeling, Ă la the high way to hell đ¤
- nice and lengthy and has an absolutely EXPLOSIVE ending, truly one for the ages
- can you tell i love my magic/supernatural auâs
Come Into The Water by Das_verlorene_kind
- peterick little mermaid au where patrick moves to a coastal town to run a small museum and pete is the merman who washes up on the beach during a storm
- super duper cute and has a sweet ending
⨠By Carousel Lights by Shattered_Mirrors_and_Lace
- super duper short (compared to my other recs) americaâs suitehearts (hey thatâs my name!) au
- i really wish there was more of this au on the archive but alas
đ A Charmed Life (orphaned work âšď¸)
- au where pete is the famous owner of a magic bookstore that employs a cast of bandom people. patrick is a broke college student playing gigs on the side to pay for school. he gets a job at peteâs shop playing for customers and pete tries his absolute hardest to keep magic from patrick. shenanigans ensue.
- super cute and well written. i want to do poetry magic bro. also has a very brief sequel that has nothing to do with peterick so iâve only linked the main work
- i hope the author is doing well itâs sad to see any orphaned works
