You said you'd read a lot of tales fics, do you have any recs 🥺
oh ABSOLUTELY. i'll share some of my favourites. as always, there are some on my fic recs page, but that hasn't been properly updated in years and was missing plenty of stuff to begin with, so :sweat: (update, NEVER MIND, i just checked and only 3 tales of fics are on there, oops. so yeah i never got around to adding all my faves, oh no!!)
i'll do this by game, but i don't have recs for every one of the top of my head, mind you :p it's been a long time since i actively read fic for any talges prior to graces taking me by the throat. also, no commentary, sorry. but obviously i adore each and every one of them and that's why i'm including them!
tales of phantasia:
my slumbering heart by orphan_account (i do know who the author is, but i'm assuming they don't want it tied to their name anymore. if they see this they can correct me if i'm wrong!) - chester/mint, G, 1.1k words
tales of symphonia:
cascade effect by aquietdin - zelos/lloyd, T, 36k words
(i hate) sleeping alone by kitkatt0430 - zelos/lloyd, m, 6.6k words
wayward sons by nolandsman (when i say i originally read this on ffn and am amazed it's on ao3 now...) - kratos & lloyd, T, 158k words
the sweetheart tree by @krisseycrystal - zelos/lloyd/colette, G, 518 words
the autopsy of zelos wilder by @crush3dmary - zelos/lloyd (zelos-centric), M, 19k words
tales of hearts:
paved with good intentions by tammaiya - shing/hisui (/kohaku, a bit), not rated (but includes sex), 2.2k words
assassin by spectralguacamole - gen, T, 3.7k words
tales of graces:
the wagtail by @magic-biscuit - richard/asbel, T, 9k words
discipline denied by @mcalhenwrites - malik/asbel (one-sided), E, 2.5k words
mixing in the dark by catking_catkin - hubert & asbel, G, 5.5k words
tales of hard-headed brothers by taoroo - hubert & asbel & malik, G, 3.7k words
time machine by @the-honey-bear - hubert/asbel, E, 5.7k words (but picking just ONE of nina's lhantcest fics was hard and you should read them all, old and new!!!)
the wrong kind of reconciled by bmouse - hubert/asbel, E, 3.4k words
feeling so small by @hungrydolphin91 - richard/asbel, T, 20.7k words (but again, go read all of dolphin's fics!!)
tales of xillia:
my little lack-of-light, my swaddled soul by strawberrytrain - alvin & jude, G, 5.8k words
tales of zestiria:
with so much of himself by @krisseycrystal - sorey/mikleo, T, 7.3k words
tales of arise:
don't touch by catsuits - shionne/alphen, E, 2.1k words
that's all that's coming to mind currently, but i know i've read some good abyss and berseria fics too, and there are probably other symphonia and zestiria fics i'd recommend if i could just...remember them, lol. sorry!! maybe whenever i update my fic recs page i'll find those ones~
