Robron Fanfiction Recommendations (Dec-2021)
The below were/is recommended during Dec-2021 on Twitter!
Build You Up (Brick By Brick) (2019) 30.4K words
Peaky Blinders AU. Robert is the son of an Earl with an adopted brother Andy who’ll take over the title. Robert goes off to war and becomes lead kicker of a tunneling squad who happens to include bagger Aaron. Post-WW1, Robert, jaded by the killing in the war and his standing in life, decides to help Aaron with his desire for power and elevate The Firm to be the deadliest ‘kings of the North’. Soon enough the attraction Robert felt for Aaron during the war surfaces as well as realizing certain types of violence are freeing…
GET OUT OF MY LIFE ROBERT (2017) 19.2K words
It’s one time too many for Aaron when Robert interferes again when it came to Jason and the boxing telling him to get out of his life. The thing is, Robert takes his words to heart this time, believing Aaron stopped loving him, and actually leaves without telling anyone. Aaron’s heartbroken Robert’s left when he didn’t really mean the words and Victoria and Liv offer up cold hard truths. In the end, Aaron makes the decision he wants his husband back but finding him is a totally different matter…
Last Love (2017) 22.1K words
Aaron notices a smug Robert picking up guys regularly at a bar. At one point, the two have a one off with Aaron leaving afterwards. Robert goes in search of the mechanic and offers up a Ferrari for the two of them to work on. Aaron begins to open up about his wreck of an abusive home life with Gordon and Chas while there is more going on with Robert than meets the eye that involves a bucket list and unfortunately not a happy ending...
Finding Home (2017) 58.9K words
It’s the end of 2010 and Aaron has accepted himself as being gay and both Adam and Paddy are nudging him to get himself out there. At this time Robert has returned home hiding the fact that his business is failing and in desperate need of money to pull himself out of the mess while keeping Camila, his girlfriend, in the dark. Soon enough, Aaron and Robert’s paths cross leading to first Aaron learning a secret and later embarking on an affair (Robert becoming his first). What happens when Camila shows and Robert’s money problems worsen?
Even though you’re my best friend (2016) 26.2K words
On his 19th birthday, Robert gets dumped by his latest girlfriend. Drunk, he winds up at his best mate’s, Aaron’s. He confides to his mate how he doesn’t want to be alone and unloved, trying to make himself feel something he didn’t. In the end, an inebriated Robert tells Aaron he loves him and that if he’s not married by his 30th, the two of them will ‘get hitched - screw what the world thinks, we’ll be buddies forever with a paper to prove it too.’ It’s a deal for Aaron. What follows is a series of Robert’s birthday’s through the years and how his friendship with Aaron survives (or does it?).
Reiteration (2019) 69.1K words
For Robert, it was Aug-2017 and then it was Aug-2014, having woken up as his younger self. Knowing how things turn out with Aaron, Robert sets out to change things for the better by saying goodbye to Chrissie and the Whites, coming out as bisexual, getting the Porsche and buying the Mill right off the bat. With journal in hand of key events involving Aaron (along with other ones), Robert sets himself on a journey that will lead him to a healthier relationship with Aaron… and maybe save certain lives in the end. Will he succeed? Includes a short follow up in the series.
don’t get caught up in caution when love exists (2019) 17.0K words
Robert is miserable. At 19, he was all set for a gap year of traveling, first stop Thailand, until dear Jack had a heart attack curtailing that potential one-way ticket out of the village. The only bright spot is Aaron at the garage. Things reach a breaking point at a party for Jack’s coming home when one snipe too many makes Robert come out bisexual to all in the pub. Good thing Aaron’s there to whisk him away from furious Jack.
You belong with me (2018) 16.1K words
Bookshop AU. Aaron is filling in for Paddy at the bookshop while he’s away. He meets the spectacled shy Robert, a writer waiting for his big break, who lives above the bookshop. The two soon become smitten with one another but don’t admit it off the bat. A sheet of Robert’s writing piques Aaron’s curiosity if it’s about him. Daily tea in the bookshop, texts ending with kisses, and going out with Aaron and his friends slowly brings Robert out of his shell. Quite a sweet story.