SoâŚ..I took some time off. Iâm not back, but hereâs my favorite fics from my hiatus.
The Protector by syntheticcathedral, Thorinsmut (FormlessVoidbeast)
(Nori/Dwalin), 27k, Gender Exploration
Dwalin has been searching for decades for the one relic she believes will give her the strength she needs. Ushmaru Khazâd, the protector of the Dwarves.
Meanwhile Nori is sincerely regretting touching that overwhelmingly perfect set of knives he found while ruins-searching.
Flowers Among the Fallen Leaves by garafthel(sister_wolf)
(Multi), 112k, WIP, Elven and Dwarven PoliticsÂ
Bilbo Baggins returned home in mourning after the Battle of the Five Armies. All of Middle-Earth knew that Thorin and his nephews had fallen in the battle. It seemed that all that was left to him was a quiet, lonely existence in his empty smial. Then fate in the form of a pregnant Silvan Elf came knocking at his door one night. Bilbo Baggins, it seemed, had never been meant for the quiet life.
Enthrallment by smilebackwards
(Magnus Bane, Alec Lightwood), 5k, POV Outsider
It does look a little bad, Parmela thinks, looking at it from outside. As more specialists had been called in for consultation, theyâd decamped to one of the larger conference roomsâeschewing attendance at A, B, AB, & O: The Impact of Blood Type on Non Subject Specific Blood Magic, because this was vastly more interesting and potentially importantâand there are a round dozen high-level warlocks clustered around Alec, poking at him with magic.
Or: Alec attends the Magical Inventions and Advances convention in hopes of recruiting warlocks for another Downworld Cabinet. The warlocks, however, are more interestedâand concernedâby the blue magical aura following Alec around.
Your Name for a Capital by theprophetlemonade
(Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood), 22k, Time-travel, 5+1Â
[âI canât wait another hundred years to see you again, Alexander.â
He hates it, he does. He hates the way Alec looks at him with a history they havenât yet shared.
Alecâs fingers dig into his ribs. A moment of hesitation. âYou wonât have to wait that long,â he murmurs, quiet enough to be a secret. âI promise.â
âYou donât know that.â
Alec stops, forcing Magnus to stop too. Magnus squints at him, seeing double, but Alec shakes his head. âMagnus, I do.â
âHow?â
âBecause,â says Alec, and once again, Magnus feels the tug of magic kneading at his skin, a string of fate that wraps around his bottom rib and leads beyond his chest and enters Alecâs in exactly the same place. âYou and me, we always find our way back to each other. Whatever happens.â ]
Magnus Bane meets a man from his future, interwoven throughout moments in his past.
[Podfic] Keeping Crows by greedy_dancerÂ
The Witcher (Geralt of Rivia/Jaskier), 1-1.5hrs
If it was some kind of weird religious thing, it was for a god Geralt had never heard of. Probably it was just a weird Jaskier thing. Crows, of all creatures! Corpse eaters. Grain stealers. No one liked crows. But Jaskier was voluntarily traveling with a Witcher; maybe he just had poor taste.
Love was the Law by ruinthatboyÂ
Arcane (Jayce/Victor), 6k, Season 2, Time Loop
âThis is wrong,â Jayce rasped, his voice strained with torment, so unlike the Jayce that had left mere hours ago to dance and drink and make merry and maybe even make love to the beautiful Mel Medarda. âThis is too far back, I shouldnât be hereââ
This Jayce was like a wild animal, bearded and shaggy, furious and heartbroken.
The huge weapon thudded to the floor once again, and Viktor finally dared to speak.
âJayce, is that⌠you?â
Stewing in his loneliness, research assistant Viktor witnesses an Anomaly take place in the laboratory he shares with Jayce Talis, potentially altering life as they know it (or might never come to know).
Highway through the Stars by Tayijo
(Brian OâConnor/Dominic Toretto), 77k, Queer themes and identiesÂ
"After totaling his life as a cop in Los Angeles because he couldn't bear to see Dominic Toretto go to prison, Brian O'Conner did his best to escape the authorities and his own broken heart by burying himself in the southern Florida racing scene. Now, restless, his eye is set on a dangerous job in Las Vegas. Danger, after all, is one of just two things in the world that make him feel alive...
"Dominic Toretto almost destroyed his family when his high-risk hijacking scheme went south. It's taken him three years to get his team back in working order, and it's meant making compromises. Now he's throwing a wedding for the love of his life--but she's marrying another man. Good thing Vegas is a city full of distractions..."
These are a few WIPs that Iâve been reading as theyâre updated. Theyâve appeared in roundups before so I gave them their own special section.
The Accidental Warlord and His Pack series by inexplicificsÂ
(multi) 600k, Canon DivergentÂ
From the kinkmeme: AU Warlord!Geralt receives Tribute!Jaskier as a sacrifice to appease him in every way possible. Jaskier has no choice on the matter and heâs fully aware of the awful rumours that have spread about Geralt and his ruthless conquests. (But we all know those arenât legit.) A classic angst with a happy ending please! A dash of smut to heal those scars and a sprinkle of new found love!
The Golden Trio - A Trinity of Trouble by Aria_Lerendeair
(multi), 80k, BAMF Everyone, Consular High Warlock Universe
When a request comes through from the Vienna Institute, asking for assistance in partnering with their downworld, Jace jumps at the opportunity to take Alec's place.
The chance to see Oberon and Qinemru again isn't one Jace is going to squander, even if he is uncomfortably aware that this parabatai knows precisely why he is willing to run there and far away from the ghosts that haunt New York.
It was going be the break that he desperately needed. It would be a chance to have more fun with them, and do some good work in the name of his parabatai.
It was going to be perfect.