i think one day in bee's office, aaron asks andrew why he wears his armbands. aaron had assumed when he first saw them (thanksgiving), that they were wounds from a monster like drake, and that's not something to be shameful of--they both know that.
andrew doesn't answer for a while, jaw clenched in contemplation and bee just watching silently to see how this turns out. after a few minutes of tense silence, andrew lets out a sigh and says "I did these," with a tap on his forearm.
aaron's eyes widen in confusion, then they fill with understanding. he slides the end of his shorts a bit up to expose the outside of his upper thigh, where his own scars lie. with a coy smile (because he can be obnoxious like that) he looks up from the pale lines of healed tissue and locks eyes with andrew before letting out a "matching,"
that's where the session ends, but both of them have clearer insight of the other's suffering and growth. a newfound connection and quiet understanding.
andrew, who thought that his scars would be interpreted as an act of weakness, finds that they can't be. not if aaron carries those same scars with him, too.
and aaron, who at some point thought of his brother as a heartless monster, smiles at the proof of his emotions. that they match. they both went through shit, but survived through it all and here they were.
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i think one of the funniest aspects of andreil that ive seen portrayed in fanfic a lot is neil's relationship to orgasms and intimacy w andrew being similar to that of someone w their adhd meds. and andrew is aware of this. neil, vibrating at the speed of light and on the verge of crawling out of his skin bc he's so restless: im fine. andrew, witnessing this: i need to fuck him. HE needs me to fuck him.
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In my silliest delusions Nicky Hemmick is a normal, very lonely college student and he doesnât have any friends really so he goes out and buys two bunnies to keep in his dorm (#itâs a secret, donât tell the dean) and he uses the bit of money his parents gave him for âbooksâ to make them both very nice enclosures but the tiny yellow ish bunnies end up crying any time theyâre separated so Nicky ends up having to put them in the same cage where they cuddle and snuggle and donât cry anymore because they have their brother back and itâs really cute and Nicky of course wants to see about just getting a bigger enclosure for them to share instead of the two smaller ones so he goes back to the pet store and meets #his future husband Erik Klose who is the sweetest pet shop worker and has the prettiest eyes and nicest smile and Nicky starts âinviting him over to see the two lil bunny twinyardsâ and over time Nicky gains not just two new lil friends who keep him company all the time but also this precious guy who he most def has a crush on & suddenly his lonely days arenât so lonely anymore and itâs so sweet and cute and perfect siiiiighhhh
hello! do you have any recs for underrated long fics, that mix both plot and character driven narratives? ideally stories that feel that they could be published books in their own right, rather than fitting to specific tropes
thank you for all the work you do!
Weâve pulled together previous asks & recsâincluding some long staff and fandom favouritesâand are highlighting several great long fics that deserve more love. -A & S
previous asks:
staff fave long underrated fics hereÂ
underrated long fics hereÂ
staff fave long fics hereÂ
staff fave long fics 2 hereÂ
must read fandom classics hereÂ
staff faves 30-40k hereÂ
staff faves 40-50k hereÂ
fave long fantasy fics here
staff top long post-canon hereÂ
more long staff & fandom faves:Â
âfinders keepers,â âShut Up and Dance (With Me),â â12 Ways to Woo a Minyard,â âthat's just something people say,â â00:00 (Zero o'Clock),â and âInked Truthsâ series here
âWe Used To Be Friends,â âSurreal But Nice,â and âThe Bachelor of Baltimoreâ here
âprogress comes in small stepsâ series here
â(donât fear) the reaperâ here
âon the tip of my tongue (say something)â series here (completed)
âThe Sun Still Risesâ here
âFeels Like Falling,â âSleeping with ghosts,â âWalking a Tightrope,â and âNorth Starâ here
âi heard you in the windâ here
âIâd die to be somebody you could loveâ here (completed)Â
âFlavors of Fall,â âOf Smoke & Bone,â âdoes the dog die at the end?,â âDear Advice Guy,â âThe Shoulder of Orion,â âHush, Don't Say a Word,â âquicksand,â âThe Heat is On,â âSixteen hours,â âAurora,â âjust a footnote,â and âCan We Burn Something, Babe?â here  Â
âStill Universeâ here
âA Falling Starâ series here
âFluent Freshmanâ here (completed)
âThe Later Paradeâ here
âat least it's not neverâ here (updated)
âInnominateâ (updated), âShake My Tomb,â and âYou Don't Even Know Me (It's Only A Feeling)â here
âBlack As Is The Raven, Heâll Get A Partnerâ here
âRead between the lines,â âdating & other disasters,â and âNine Weddings and No Funeralsâ here
âRaise Your Spiritsâ here
âOaklandâ here
âI Want to Believe,â âAbove the Clouds,â and âSo Let the Stars Fallâ here
âThe Wonders I've Seen,â âif you get lost (you can always be found),â âNeon Lightsâ series, âBeautiful and Splendid Things,â âF.O.X.E.S. Division,â âwatcher of the skiesâ (completed), and âThe Real Folk Bluesâ here  Â
âNo Place Like Homeâ and âWhat if we kissed...and we met on tinder?â series here
you may also like:
andreil longish romcom here
long cute fake dating here
long fae/magic aus hereÂ
canon universe:
Hush, Don't Say a Word by waterwings [Rated M, 74972 Words, Complete, 2022]
Previously recced here
Excerpt from local newspaper, January 10, 2016
A Killer Is on the Loose at Palmetto State. Are You Safe?
For a detailed re-telling of the gruesome events that gripped the Palmetto State campus over the past eight months, please see the pages below. But I beg you, dear reader, tread lightly. You donât know whatâs waiting for you, out there in the dark.
~Katelyn Golightly, Student Journalist
tw: graphic depictions of violence, tw: murder, tw: blood/gore, tw: body horror, tw: flashbacks, tw: implied/referenced torture, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced csa, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: animal death, tw: vomit, tw: implied/referenced drug addiction, tw: homophobia, tw: hate crime, tw: nonconsensual drug use, tw: self harmÂ
NB: art for this fic by @stillmadaboutpetra is available here
youâre losing me. by Ateiluj [Rated M, 75069 Words, Complete, 2025]
Part 1 of youâre losing me.
You say, âI donât understand,â and I say, âI know you donâtâ
We thought a cure would come through in time
Now I fear it wonâtÂ
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Songfic inspired by Taylor Swiftâs âYouâre Losing Meâ.
Metal by satancalledmedarling [Rated E, 65423 Words, Complete, 2025]
Previously recced here
Long before there were Foxes and Ravens, David Wymack fell in love with a sport in its infancy and the two people behind it.
When an empire crumbles twenty-five years later, he finally learns the price of the game that saved and destroyed them all.
A story of Exy's tangled roots, told over three decades through the eyes of a man caught between a dreamer's vision and a family's iron grip.
The Way We Were by orphan_account [Rated E, 386974 Words, Complete, 2025]
Previously recced here
Three years after the End, Jean and Jeremy find themselves on the same professional exy team in Chicago. As past, present, and future collide, they have to confront old wounds and long silences to make the most dangerous decision of their lives: What is worth a second chance?
All the cookie wrappers, and the empty cups of tea by ProblemDuetest4life [Rated E, 131041 Words, Complete, 2024]
Previously recced here
âNo, seriously. That makes you feel good? Aside from the physical part?â Cat persisted. Jean looked away. Answering that question involved him thinking back on it all, thinking deeper than he probably wanted to. Cat felt a rush of guilt for causing him to flash back to his past. She wished she could snatch her words back but it was too late. As his eyes glazed over she could imagine him clicking through the events like the slides of a projector.
âThatâs... not the pointâ he said.
âIs the point to feel bad?â she asked.
Speaking In Silences by Aelys_Althea [Rated T, 33477 Words, Complete, 2021, Locked]
Previously recced here
It had been months since Binghamton's game and the world hadn't readjusted itself. It still stood as tipped askew as Andrew had always known it to be, yet since that game it had been worse. It was so askew that he could barely keep his feet.
Neil was gone. Not dead, Andrew knew he wasn't dead, but gone. The worst part was that for once Andrew could do nothing to bring him back.
Terms and Conditions by buggybugs [Rated M, 52518 Words, Incomplete, Updated Jan 2026]
Part 1 of The BugBeetle CanonVerse, previously recced here
Four years. One therapist. Two brothers trying to survive each other.
A character study about grudges, grief, control, and the slow, uneven work of healing.
I Ran and Felt the Wind Rush Through Me by Eel_Bell [Rated M, 34777 Words, Incomplete, Updated June 2026]
The rumors started long before Jean agreed to join the Trojans. It was idle chatter around the Edgar Allan campus. A few online forum discussions. The odd remark from a reporter. Conspiracy theories thrown around the locker room before a team was set to face off against the Ravens and the object of their curiosity.
Every single Raven daemon had been spotted at some point or another. All except one.
The rumors became a living thing when Riko died.
NB: this is a lot like soulmates who feel each otherâs painâactually, each otherâs everything. Please see authorâs tags for daemon-specific trigger warnings.
The Ones Who Walk Away by Hour_of_Blue [Rated M, 35204 Words, Complete, AFTG Big Bang 2025]
Jeremy had seen death.
It was neither peaceful nor violent. It just was.
After witnessing the death of his grandmother, Jeremy's life begins to spiral. Battling addiction amidst his first year at USC, he finds himself repeatedly meeting strange figures who take their games a little too seriously. For a long time, he thinks it's just a stroke of bad luck. When he meets Jean Moreau in a dim, neon diner playing two-man Texas Hold 'Em, he comes to realize that luck had been on his side after allâand it was about to run out.
Death Parade style AU, also loosely inspired by the short story "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas."
tw: graphic description of natural death, tw: minor character death, tw: vomit, tw: gun violence, tw: suicide, tw: alcohol abuse, tw: recreational drug use, tw: drug addiction, tw: laced narcotics, tw: tweaking, tw: traumatic psychedelic trip with hallucinations/panic/medical distress, tw: overdose, tw: implied/referenced abuse, tw: implied/referenced murder
NB: accompanying art by @milkgoblinart here, on ao3 here
Exit Wound by stillmadaboutpetra [Rated E, 59131 Words, Complete, 2023, Locked]
Previously recced here
Catching Neil Josten is the worst thing Andrew ever did in all his bounty hunting days, and thatâs including letting Kevin Day ride shotgun the last five years.
Sometimes, the gun makes the man. Sometimes, the man is the gun.
tw: graphic depictions of violence, tw: nonconsensual drug use, tw: malnourishment, tw: vomit, tw: maiming, tw: body horror, tw: nonconsensual body modification, tw: blood/gore, tw: torture, tw: suicidal ideation, tw: implied/referenced drug addiction, tw: gun violence, tw: murder, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced self harm
NB: fic art by @stillmadaboutpetra here and here (tw: slight body horror)Â
The Town and the Trees by letsjustayhere [Rated T, 37548 Words, Complete, 2021]
Neil peered into the dark of the forest and knew with creeping certainty that something peered right back.
âI am not afraid of you.â
It was watching him, waiting for him to step closer.
âYou will not make me afraid.â
He raised his chin.
âI have faced worse than you.â
And with his final words, he grinned his fatherâs grin.
âAnd I will protect them. Even if it means burning this entire forest to the ground.â
Of Smoke & Bone series by wishbonetea [Rated M, 2 complete works, Updated Apr 2026]
Part 1 previously recced here
**Part 1: Of Smoke & Bone [220989 Words]
In general, Neil Josten managed to keep his two lives in balance. On the one hand, he was a nineteen year old art student in Prague with a part-time job in a mostly-normal coffee shop. On the other, he, Allison, and Renee worked for an inhuman creature, running errands in exchange for wishes. For the most part, these two lives rarely intersect. But it's fair to say that the Foxes bring their own brand of trouble, and Neil's two lives soon start to collide.
tw: violence, tw: implied/referenced abuse, tw: implied/referenced csa, tw: recreational drug use
**NB: This links to a reupload, as the original was accidentally deleted. Weâre very sad for the authorâs loss of kudos and comments!Â
Find more on OSAB (incl. a mood board) here. Art for this fic can be seen here (by @incendavery), here (by @habakos), as well as here (@lautjess)
Part 2: Of Fear & Fury [273906 Words]
Neilâs second year at Palmetto State School of the Arts was going about as well as he expected: his likelihood of survival was barely above zero, heâd managed to secure himself an enemy as dangerous as Riko Moriyama, and despite three months of being paired together in a compulsory art project, he still hadn't been able to convince Andrew to collaborate with him properly. Neilâs life was on the line, but he was starting to realise that there were some things in life that he was ready to risk it all to keep.
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An art school / urban fantasy AU (Reupload)
Corrupted by thisgodforsakenmess [Rated G (we say M, 78347 Words, Complete, 2026]
Uber pays shit, so Andrew takes a private driving job. It should be easy money, some posh lycra wearing daddy's girl, right?
Ah no. It's a red haired demon who's hiding some secrets.
NB: authorâs Neil Abram Josten playlist and Jean Yves Moreau playlistÂ
false start by boxysmiles [Rated T, 35493 Words, Complete, 2026]
After an injury forces Neil to retire from his Olympic track-star career, Andrew brings Neil to the sleepy town of Palmetto to try and piece his life back together.
Of course, he catches everyone's interest, even though he's trying his hardest to avoid attention. And it seems Andrew's on a streak of terrible, terrible ideas when it comes to Neil Josten.
The Lavender AU series by scribbleb_red [Rated M/G, Collection, 2 complete works, Updated Aug 2020]
Part 1 previously recced here
Part 1: LâAmour parle en fleurs [M, 61919 Words]
Andrew and Neil don't meet in Millport, they find each other ten years later in the South of France, near the crumbling walls of Chateauneuf de Grasse, just before the hills begin to bloom with lavender.
This is a story about memory and loss, love and healing, and how even a flower that has been stepped on can grow back in time.
tw: previous major character death
Part 2: pourquoi le monde [G, 4419 Words]
Andrew hates surprises. Unfortunately for him, Katelyn's brought one with her to France this year. And it's wearing speedos.
NB: Art for âLâAmour parle en fleursâ by @i-did here and @reinventlinda here
from rain by ratbandaid [Rated T, 62807 Words, Complete, 2023]
Previously recced here
Over time, Jean grew unsure as to why he'd been so intent on running from the mafia. He barely took care of himself and could hardly call whatever he was doing living. After all, he knew that one day, he'll be caught and dragged back, kicking and screaming, to be killed or worse: put back in the hands of Riko Moriyama.
But when a snot-nosed, cocky brat, Neil, stumbles into his life, Jean slowly realizes what he's running for.
NB: fanart by @/aftg_art on instagram here and by @/MASSLOW5 on twitter here
Regicide by lydjah [Rated M, 101024 Words, Complete, 2025]
Part 1 of A Little Left of Heaven
âMusic is the only thing in my life that has never let me down. The only thing that has been consistently there for me.â
Itâs 1975, and The Kingsâ Men are one of the biggest bands on the planet - a juggernaut of hit rock songs, in the midst of a marathon North American tour, and more money and groupies than sense. But lead guitarist Kevin Day has severely injured his hand in a skiing accident, and Jeremy Knox has received the call up to replace him for the remaining tour leg. For an artist who has been trying to make it solo, itâs a dream come true.
Bassist Jean Moreau is angry, and withdrawn, but he and Jeremy click quickly, and as the tension between them grows, a different kind of tension is also brewing within The Kingsâ Men. And when the curtain calls time, will they all go home alive?
tw: implied/referenced drug addiction, tw: recreational drug use, tw: alcohol abuse, tw: homophobia, tw: nonconsensual drug use, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: assault & battery, tw: major character injury, tw: implied/referenced torture, tw: implied/referenced child abuse
NB: spotify playlist for âA Little Left of Heavenâ series
whenever someone tries to hit on Neil, by stepping into his personal space, casually leaning a shoulder against his, wrapping an arm around him under the guise of a joke, or finding any excuse for unnecessary contact, Neil never realizes whatâs actually happening. what he does notice is that he suddenly feels uncomfortable. without even thinking about it, he instinctively drifts closer to Andrew and farther away from the other person, simply because Andrewâs presence makes him feel safe and understood. watching the whole thing unfold from the sidelines, Andrew immediately recognizes whatâs going on. he knows perfectly well that someone is shamelessly flirting with Neil, and Neilâs oblivious response is so absurd that Andrew canât help finding it quietly amusing. still, he doesnât say a word, he never bothers explaining it.
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