Itās been a comfort-needing sort of week; Iāve been ill, work is lame, and people are just awful. So, while Iām in bed, Evils nearby, kitty snuggling, socks on, and eating some grilled cheese and spicy tomato soup, I list you: some of Kianaās go-to comfort/favorite fanfics!
Rec: Star Wars, Qui-Gon/Obi-Wan, NC-17
Title: Braids
Author: Hilary
Characters/Pairings: Qui/Obi, Anakin, Yoda
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Kinks: None given/needed
Summary: Of braided hair and misunderstandings. Lots of misunderstandings.
Ā This fic. This hits so many of my happy places: angst, misunderstands, fix-it fic, happy ending, smut. It has been my go-to for so many years, and I can still read it and happy sigh.
Ā (Also: I randomly just found a place where @xanitoast and I were rereading this fic and being happy -- on 11 Sept 2005. Oh, eljay.)
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Rec: The Big Bang Theory, Penny/Sheldon, PG-13
Author: Ā relenafanelĀ
Title: Apocalypse Week
Characters/Pairings: Penny/Sheldon, Raj, Howard, Leonard
Rating:
Warnings/Kinks: None
Summary: Sheldon Cooper is crazy, but also kind of made of awesomeness. Or at least that's how Howard puts it. Penny thinks there's a possibility he's made of sexy, and really, the world must be ending if she has to suppress wayward urges to kiss him.
Sheldon, however, would explain it a different way: "Apocalypse Week is a series of training exercises, skirmishes, and aptitude tests based on survival simulations for various apocalyptical events. It serves to debunk a number of myths perpetrated by Hollywood and popular culture and to ensure personal survival scenarios are reliable and well-practiced."
Ā This is probably my favorite Big Bang Theory fic out there (and there are a LOT of good ones). I just love everything about this, from the characterization to the plot to the way the romance between Penny and Sheldon is handled. I can read this fic over and over. Ā Ā In fact, I'm going to re-read it tomorrow - now that I found the link (I somehow lost my bookmark to this and was quite put out! I'd be pretty sad if I never was able to read this again.) I feel as though I'm not doing the fic justice, and that's because it's just too damn good that no matter what I say, it's not quite enough.
Rec: Supernatural, Castiel/Dean, NC-17
Title: The Path of Fireflies
Author: Ā Museaway
Characters/Pairings: Castiel/Dean, Sam/OFC
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Kinks: Amnesia?
Summary: After his humanity is restored, Dean wakes up in bed with Castiel, a wedding ring, and no memory of the past twelve years.
Ā This is the "newest" fic in this rec list, but it's well deserved. I read it one day because I was looking for a long Dean/Cas fic to get me through a pre-holiday, very long day at work. It sounded okay, although there seemed to be some elements that aren't usually my thing.
I am so, SO glad I was so, so wrong. This is an amazing fic, well written, and just dhbjshbjhbhs. Keyboard mash worthy, even. It takes what could be just another trope is someone else's hands/story and keeps you hanging on to every word, feeling for the characters and the ache is so perfect.
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Rec: Sherlock, Sherlock/John, PG-13
Title: A Winter Walk
Author: cathedral_carver
Characters/Pairings: John/Sherlock
Rating: PG-13
Warnings/Kinks: Ā None
Summary:Time is the longest distance between two places.
Warm and cold and happy and sad and gorgeous and LOVELY. I want to hug this fic and wrap it in a wooly sweater, feed it a cuppa, and cuddle for an evening under stars with snow on the ground. Obviously.
