#ficrecdays

For my first ever fic rec post, these are the first stories I thought of without checking my downloads. Some I read long enough ago that I don’t remember them exactly, but they must've hit me hard enough to recall their names off the top of my head. Some of them are definitely top tier ultimate favourites, but many of those are also missing from this list as I’ve spent the last year in Severe Lockdown feat. Hours Of Ao3 Every Day.

A caveat: I read wide - as in, I enjoy interpretations of the characters that contradict how I experience them in canon, as long as they have internal consistency. For example, in canon WWX doesn't read as self-loathing to me - he’s seethes confidence in his abilities; it's his place in the world that he struggles with - but I thoroughly enjoy fics rooted in self-worth issues. So, YMMV.

In the same vein, I like pure CQL, pure MDZS, and mash-ups, as well as RPF; my squicks are few and far between, my triggers nonexistent, and I have happily eaten many a dead dove. For our yown safety, read the tags.

+ Linger in the Sun by etymologyplayground, Teen/39k

"Tell Lan Zhan that I'm weeping uncontrollably," Wei Wuxian says to the juniors. "Tell him I'm truly pitiful and he needs to do everything I say until I'm well again."

Lan Congyi is in the middle of carefully holding his eyelids open to check his pupils, but he still obeys, bless him. "Hanguang-Jun, Senior Wei would like us to tell you that he can't stop crying and he'd like for you to do everything he says until he's better." There's a moment of silence, and then Lan Congyi says to Wei Wuxian, "Hanguang-Jun says he already does everything you tell him."

- Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji find themselves cursed, unable to see or hear each other. They figure things out anyway.

(I remember reading this on a long train ride home over a year ago, so spellbound even after finishing, that I alighted a stop too early.)

+ The Absolutely True Story of the Yiling Patriarch by aubreyli, Teen/20k

Wei Wuxian’s hand jolts, spilling a drop of wine onto the tabletop. “Love?” he croaks, then clears his throat and tries again. “Lan Zh— uh, Hanguang-jun, in love?”

“Have you not heard the story?” the other young woman asks, looking pitying. “You must, it is a truly heartrending tale of star-crossed romance and mutual pining — go to any storyhouse in town, everyone has been requesting a reading of this book.”

“There’s a book?” Wei Wuxian says blankly.

- In which the junior disciples (namely, Lan Jingyi, Ouyang Zizhen, and a reluctant Lan Sizhui) turn to RPF in an attempt to rehabilitate Wei Wuxian's reputation so that he and Hanguang-jun can get together and get married and live happily ever after. It's… surprisingly effective.

(My original comment, because it’s been too long, I think it’s long overdue a re-read: ‘Pure joy! This made my whole week. My cheeks ache from all the giddy smiling at my screen.’)

+ An Account of His Days by theherocomplex, Teen/3k

Someone, someday, may read it, though what they will gain from doing so is anyone's guess. They will learn he loves Wei Wuxian, but that is no secret. It never was.

(Utterly gorgeous and so very much exactly how I headcanon LWJ's inner life.)

+ (our friendship) up against the ropes by daltoneering, Explicit/36k

The reboot completes, and Wei Ying’s brain smashes this information together into two mind-shattering thoughts. Number one, he knew very well already, and is now further seared by defined muscles and a mouth-watering tattoo into his every waking moment: Lan Zhan is the hottest fucking person on the planet.

Number two: that guy wasn’t visiting Lan Zhan’s neighbour, he was visiting Lan Zhan, which means:

Lan Zhan fucks.

Lan Zhan fucks.

Lan Zhan fucks.

- Lan Zhan has been Wei Ying's best friend for years. Literally, years. How did he not already know? How has he missed this most important of facts? And more importantly, how is he ever going to get over it?

(My salivating comment upon the first read: ‘Ah I'm so glad I waited until you had finished posting the whole glorious thing so I could inhale it in one delicious go. Not that I did, I had to take a break twice, just so that it'd last longer, so I could live with it in my brain for a few hours more.’)

+ Meng Yao vs. the Board of the Homeowner's Association by Ariaste, Mature/114k (as of this post, series not concluded)

Two gremlins, their husbands, and the horrible HOA board. As long as nobody gets arrested for arson or murder, we're gonna call it a win.

(Mainly XiYao, with WangXian secondary, but this one is really about the ridiculously stupendously funny. As in, I discovered new sounds coming from myself, ever escalating levels of snortcackling.)

+ For a Good Time, Call by ScarlettStorm, Explicit/171k

The picture is of Wei Ying, that much is clear. It’s of a lot more of Wei Ying than Lan Zhan is used to seeing. He supposes that, technically, Wei Ying is dressed. It’s a bare technicality, since one of Wei Ying’s hands has rucked up his black tank top practically to his collarbone, showing a long expanse of abdomen and one nipple. Sweat beads on his sternum, catching the light like jewels. His other hand is--Lan Zhan feels his eyes widen, as though unable to look away from a train wreck--on his hip, one thumb tugging down the waistband of a pair of red briefs. Wei Ying is biting his lower lip and looking directly into the camera, sultry, his eyes dark and inviting. His erection is obvious, outlined against the red of the briefs and framed carefully with the hand on his hip. Lan Zhan’s brain goes wildly, screamingly blank.

Or: Lan Zhan accidentally finds his best friend's OnlyFans account and has an ongoing emotional crisis.

(This one has so much, the funny, the painful, the smut, it has such meaty substance to it. I get a craving every few weeks to re-read and it never fails to make my belly go swoop. ‘Just... one of the most satisfying reads EVER.’)

RPF

+ Fixtures and Fittings by ella_minnow, Explicit/42k

The client is tall and slim, the padded leather motorcycle jacket he wears adding artificial bulk to his upper body which angles sharply in to slender legs braced wide on either side of the bike. His face is fine-boned and delicate and -

Very, very familiar.

It’s a face that Xiao Zhan has seen daily for the last several months, although never in real life. No, he’s used to seeing it through his kitchen window, twelve feet tall on the billboard that graces the side of the building down the block from his apartment.

Fuck, fuck, fuck.

It’s Wang Yibo.

(One of my very first loves in this fandom way back when; wonderfully engaging and detailed.)

+ The Scent of Happiness by mrsronweasley, Explicit/49k

He raises his head up at the drinks menu and that's when the guy behind the counter turns around and greets them both with a smile.

Oh.

Yibo is aware that he's staring, but he just. Can't stop. The guy is tall--taller than Yibo—with long hair tied loosely into a bun. Soft bangs cover his forehead, with longer tendrils framing the most beautiful face Yibo has ever seen on a human person. And Yibo has met a lot of beautiful human people.

Stargazer by Lomonaaeren | M | 34k

There is no Boy-Who-Lived; Albus Dumbledore defeated Voldemort and destroyed his Horcruxes. Harry grows up as an ordinary boy—a very ordinary boy, with barely more magic than a Squib. He sets out to prove himself, but in private, because he doesn’t want to see the disappointment in everyone’s eyes if he fails. And that leads him to a very strange relationship, mediated by stubbornness on both sides, with Severus Snape.

The Joyous Kind of Living by Lomonaaeren | M | 10k

After the war, Potter is the only one to treat him with respect. It’s perhaps inevitable that Severus falls deeply, slowly, in love.

Anniversary by RaeWhit | E | 30k

After Voldemort is defeated on Harry’s eighteenth birthday, the Headmaster makes a deathbed request: that Harry and Snape spend the anniversary of that victory alone together, every year.

Cell Biology by Aucta Sinistra | M | 5k Close quarters and low temperatures and a manipulative headmaster.  

Hollow by Aucta Sinistra | E | 26k

After Voldemort’s defeat, Snape comes to Harry for help.

Quid Pro Quo by Aucta Sinistra | E| 28k Harry’s cursed, and he comes to Snape to ask for a cure.

Scratch by Aucta Sinistra | E | 54k Snape tutors Harry, Harry faces Voldemort, Snape and Harry do the nasty, blah blah blah. Same old thing. Oh there’s a cat as well.

Beech Hall by Aucta Sinistra | E | 28k Dumbledore sends Snape to Harry’s manor for his own protection.

Pariah by Aucta Sinistra | G | 13k

Snape pursues Harry.

Acceptable Weakness by dreadingnought | E | 21k

Draco tries to get even for his father ending up in Azkaban, and Harry needs a rescuer when none can be reached.

The Care Of Infants by Perfica E 17k

A curse from Voldemort regresses Harry to infancy. Snape must protect him while the Order tries to find a way to reverse the spell.

The Serenading and Seduction of Severus Snape by lightgoddess | M | 8k

What happens when a blind Harry returns to Hogwarts ten years after graduadtion? In that time he's moved to Texas and returned to England with a few new hobbies and talents, but why? Could it have something to do with a certain professor who's still not getting laid?

A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow by BelleRN | G | 29k Hogwarts has never had professors like Harry and Draco. Headmaster Snape doesn't know whether that's a good or bad thing.

I Was Wondering If by parsnips (trifles) | M | 1k

Severus Snape was by no means a man without humor.

The weight of a beating heart by Lilian M 20k

Harry gets captured by Death Eaters while "camping". They throw him into a cell to wait until Voldemort gets to him. However, Snape is also there as a prisoner, and he tells him about the prophecy. A story of love, friendship, and Severus Snape's heartbeats.

Tempus fugit by cathcer1984 E 33k

When Harry is thrown back in time, he falls in the middle of a Death Eater meeting. Voldemort recruits him, without fully giving him a choice. He will never truly help Voldemort, however. Severus is intrigued by this time jumper.

Life Before by Willidan M 51k

Harry’s been having some interesting dreams lately. But he’s not the only one.

Five Steps to Surviving Cabin Fever by hippocrates460 | E | 6k

Harry's worst nightmare comes true, instead of spending his days off lounging around his apartment he's been called in for a case. It all gets worse when the case drags on for longer than expected and Robards decides he'll need help.

Last Chance (or) The Chosen Two by chrmisha M 8k

It’s the night before the final battle and Harry Potter has one last chance to act on his desires.

Once More With Feeling by semaphoredrivethru | T | 10k

Snape wondered how it was that he had managed to land with a lapfull of student after coming through with the portkey. Or how he had managed to get said portkey jammed between his hip and his tailbone. At least it distracted him from the fact that Harry seemed incapable of extricating himself without rubbing Snape in a way that would be considered the right way if Harry weren't his teenaged student.

The Boy Who Died A Lot by starcrossedgirl | E | 71k

Harry’s always been known as The Boy Who Lived. Only Severus knows that this is a lie. (Or: a portrait of Severus Snape, in seven acts.)

The Perils of Misunderstanding by Cithara 6k T

Harry and Severus are both teaching at Hogwarts, and Dumbledore finally has enough of their constant war of antagonism and its effect on the Hogwarts staff. He decides to take drastic action to get them to confront exactly what it is that's going on between them.

Seeing Tomorrow by wenyuewen T 13k

After Voldemort's defeat, Harry discovers a hard truth - seeing the future really sucks.

Fucking Exams E 7k Greenie (orphan_account)

All seventh-years require lessons in sex magic. Harry's teacher, much to his horror, is Snape. | "The book has a high, breathy voice as though it's just on the edge of coming - and Harry supposes that if his pages had chapters headed 'When Punishments Aren't Punishments' he might be in a perpetual state of orgasm, too."

Winter Song by amanitamuscaria | G | 6k

We'll have to find you somewhere else, there are just too many cases of Frenzy Flu at the moment," Madam Pomfrey says. "You could come and stay with me." Harry sees Snape draw back involuntarily. "No, not at Grimmauld, I'm renting a place. In Muggle London. There's space, and it's quiet."

Expecting someone else by LoveRoundWorld | G | 3k

Having abused children at Hogwarts is not a new thing. But it never gets easier when you recognize the signs. And he can't help but to notice them in his Best Friends-Lily's, son.

Burying the Past Cayendi E 6k

Following his yearly ’ritual’ to drown his memories, Harry is too drunk to realise what he’s doing. But did he make a mistake or did he start something he never wants to end?

Potterzine by Writcraft @thehoneypotofsnarry E 10 k (check out other works by this author!!)

When Severus Snape finds a fanzine with a picture of Professor Potter in a compromising position with Draco Malfoy on the cover, he confronts Potter about the offending literature. Severus probably should have looked inside, because it turns out some of Potterzine’s writers have a different suitor in mind.

Life Has Just Begun by Writcraft E 6K  Harry has been carrying the weight of his secret desires for a long time. Severus is there when he’s finally ready to talk.

The Mathematician's Premise  Vasaris E 6k It has been a decade since the Dark Lord was vanquished. It is time to bring Harry Potter home. One would think it would be easier.

Harry Potter and the Pillars of Truth E 16k Vasaris [archived by HPFandom_archivist]

Seventh Year and the Final Battle are approaching. Prequel to The Mathematician's Premise. HPSS (eventually), RWHG, other pairings. Rating for future chapters.

True Minds by Tara Tory | T | 38k

Harry’s not happy to hear that Severus Snape is dead. When Snape’s widow shows up, Harry decides something is not right. Harry decides to take matters into his own hands.

Ripples by darkling M 6k

Harry tries to deal with his trauma in the best way he can find. Severus is not amused.

Dreams and Coconut Crème Caramel by Lychee E 6k

Harry has a fantasy, a dream that he wishes could come true. Then one night in the kitchens, with a nice helping of coconut crème... and a Potions Master…

The Bet by DarkCorgi | M | 4K

One Shot. Severus and Harry have a little wager.

You Look Just Like Your… by Ravenclaw_intheTARDIS_inWonderland | T | 18k

Harry had had enough of hearing he looks like his father. So he does something about it. Severus has been gone for eight years, and wants to know who the red head next door is.

Playing with Matches by emynn | E | 13k Harry Potter finds no greater happiness in life than helping others fall in love. But he can’t quite seem to summon that same joy when Severus Snape shows up and asks him to find his match. 

The Will of Vampires by beren | E | 8k

Snape disappeared a year ago, now the side of the Light find out what happened to him, and the price the vampires are demanding for their affiliation.

Addiction by Lizzy0305 | E | 16k

After the battle of Hogwarts, one more secret is revealed to Harry Potter. During his 8th year in the school, Harry intrigued by this newly found information, tries to get closer to his Potions Professor however Snape seems to ditch off all of Harry’s efforts with his trademark smoothness and elegance.

In Between Days by atrata | E | 68k

Snape kidnaps/rescues a clinically depressed Harry from the Dursleys, but nothing is quite what it seems.

In Thrall by  Ruhgozler E 10k Neville strikes again in Potions class and Harry and Severus pay. Harry thinks Sev is his "Master".

Stargazing by NestingHedwig_aka_LinW | E | 10k

When a potions accident de-ages Severus days before the Christmas holiday, Harry tries to make the time special for him.

Dreams Can Change by jhgoddess | M | 6k

Harry doesn’t take Severus’ leaving very well.

Magic and Mixology at McCauley's Pub by NestingHedwig_aka_LinW | M | 8k

A new bartender shows up in Harry's favourite bar. He looks vaguely familiar, but only if viewed from the corner of the eye. It's just enough to spark Harry's curiosity.

Cadbury by riffraff84 | E | 20k

All new Gryffindor quidditch players must attend initiation and the after party. Harry Potter is no different. However when secrets are spilled over fire whisky the boys take it upon themselves to help Harry out, with disastrous results.

Completely Innocent by Snarry5evr | E | 18k

Minerva keeps finding two of her professors in very compromising positions.

At Our Core by So_I_Write | E | 7k

Now that the war is over, and Harry Potter is old enough to be a professor at Hogwarts, Severus Snape allows himself to imagine what it would be like if Harry could ever love him back. Due to a potions accident, Harry's attentions are fully on Severus for who knows how long. And Severus finds himself wondering... Could Harry feel the same way?

Learning Curve by anonymous | E| 22k

Harry is sent to Snape for extra DADA lessons.

Lost in Cokeworth by maraudersaffair | E | 7k

After his divorce, Harry moves to Cokeworth to salvage his mum’s childhood home. Severus Snape offers to help in more ways than one.

All my love by maraudersaffair | E | 10k

VOLTRON:

those old, cold, claustrophobic stars by @futuredescending (Shiro & Pidge, Sheith)

Set during early Season 7. It’s a long, slow journey back to Earth. Shiro moves in with Pidge.

The Nature of Your Ways by @thatacepaladin​ (Shiro &/Keith)

Shiro always knew there was something special, something unique, about Keith. He never suspected that he would be half-alien, let alone half-Galra, but after learning that, everything seemed to fall into place.

or: five things Shiro thought were different about Keith, and the one two times he knew that Keith was still Keith.

i breathe disaster by arahir (Sheith)

After the wedding, Keith leaves Earth in search of something he can keep.

“Is that a tattoo?” Shiro asks, voice distant to his own ears. It isn't, but he has to ask.

The man sees through him. ”No,” he says simply, and repeats, “I’m sorry.”

just my soul responding by @hazelnatcoffee​ (Sheith)

Keith can't seem to stay awake, and Shiro can't seem to stay at all.

It would be funny if Keith wasn't out for two days. Shiro is pale when he asks, paler when Griffin answers, and he's halfway to going for the doctor before Keith has his wrist in an iron grip. There's no telling which one the action shocks more, but he settles on Griffin when the pilot starts backing out in Shiro's stead.

"I'm- gonna be okay," Keith says, haltingly. "Right?"

BNHA:

Roses are red and they taste like shit by @unbreakable-red-riot​ (Kiribaku)

Katsuki was really fucking sick of the smell of flowers.

cold in the hands that you left me by @winterblues​ (Kiribaku)

Bakugou forces his gaze level with Kirishima’s eyes—and he’s never been looked at so softly. Bakugou is not soft. If anything, he’s blood spat on concrete.

[or: it's been a month since bakugou's kidnapping & consecutive rescue, but he's still having nightmares. a series of 5 anxiety-peppered, surreal nights where kirishima's the only thing bakugou can allow himself to hold onto].

the stars are floating and we are flying by @prettytodoroki​ (Todoroki & Class 1-A, Todoroki &/Deku)

Aizawa starts walking towards the exit, obviously expecting Shouto to follow him, but Shouto's feet are frozen in place. His eyes flicker from the distorted reflection of himself in the ice to where All Might is giving him a long look, eyes kinder than anything Todoroki has ever been deserving of, and he feels sick.

“Todoroki-kun,” Midoriya says gently, squeezing his arm in what Shouto presumes is meant to be a reassuring gesture. “It’s going to be okay.”

He doesn’t think Midoriya is in any place to tell him what okay is, all things considered, but he chooses to keep quiet on the matter.

four feet, two hands by @eggxalted (Kiribaku)

Sound filters back in layers. There are emergency alarms, somewhere in the distance. Moans of pain and screaming. They’re far enough away from the damage that it’s mostly buildings now, but with an eerie lack of obstruction further down the streets. Like someone had taken a knife and just scraped the city away.

In Harm’s Way by VIKAN (gen)

Todoroki isn't feeling so good, Kirishima is concerned, and Bakugou doesn't care at all.

Don’t Paint Me Black When I Used To Be Golden by humanities_angstiest (Kiribaku)

With every nightmare-filled night that passes since his escape from Kamino Ward and every day following that is plagued with the remnants of those dreams, it becomes harder and harder for Bakugou to go about his day like he used to, full of confidence in himself and his ability to become the number one hero.

At this point, it would be impressive if you manage to become a hero at all.

rule 02: stay by @altinsky​ (Todobaku)

The vampire leans in close, expression utterly business-like in its seriousness.

And the last thing Katsuki remembers is the feeling of a tongue touching the bleeding wound at the juncture of his throat, the feeling of inexplicable anger, the fleeting thought of — this guy is so fucking dead — and then, nothing.

(or: katsuki is a vampire hunter who, thanks to a series of misfortunate circumstances and his potent werewolf's blood, somehow ends up striking a deal with the most aggravating vampire in existence)

Quiet Gratitude by @tharroswrites​ (Kacchako)

James/Thomas:

Idealism Sits In A Prison -  Sunnyrea

Thomas Hamilton's ten years without James.

Stimulus -  AstronautSquid

After ten years of separation and hardship, their hearts love each other the same.

It's their bodies that need longer to settle.

Thomas Hamilton: A Life -  AstronautSquid

Thomas Hamilton is born with two front teeth.

He dies with the morning sun in his eyes.

This is everything in between.

Les mille et une nuits -  andloawhatsit 

Abigail Ashe grows up, buys a printing press, and finds a man she thought she'd never see again.

On Kindly Beaches -  Theonenamedafterahat

Woodes Rogers tries to get Thomas Hamilton to help him persuade Captain Flint to accept the pardons. This does not go well for him.

A Break In The Clouds -  moonflowers

The end of his nose brushed the back of the man's hood; he smelt of oil and salt and wet canvas. For the first time that evening, Thomas was thankful he was cold and miserable - it provided a distraction from the firmness of the body pressed against his front, and how inconvenient it would be for Thomas to crave it.

In which Thomas is lost in the rain, and rather enamoured with his rescuer.

For whither thou goest, I will go -  OrangeLady

When Thomas is set free from Bedlam, he knows he has to see New Providence, the place that stole so much from him: his lovers, his family and his life.

wooden tides to run -  AstronautSquid

James was almost certain he had walked more miles on wooden planks than on solid ground in his life.

Fascination -  AstronautSquid

“Pirates,” was all James rasped above him.

“A general history thereof,” Thomas agreed. “Detailing the most fearsome scoundrels to ever plague the high seas. Though I have to say, this likeness doesn’t quite do you justice. Your moustache is not as ridiculously curly as that.”

Imitation -   AstronautSquid

In battle he was clear-headed and footsure.

Faced with Thomas' request for a taste of Flint, James felt anything but.

Reorienting -  Palebluedot

Thomas grabs ahold of his holy apparition with both hands and keeps him there, draws him nearer. Let them hold each other until they both bruise, he thinks fiercely, for tenderness needn't always step light. Love owes them kind wounds.

Eye of the Beholder -  Palebluedot 

“Open your eyes for me, love,” Thomas reminds him, voice husky, and when he does, the first thing he sees is Thomas's reflected grin, hungry as the gaze that caresses every inch of skin from James's parted, panting lips down to his flushed and leaking cock. “Just look at you,” he sighs in James's ear before he trails imprecise, open-mouthed kisses back down to James's throat. Author’s Note: ((alternatively, that time bean was like "so what if they fucked in front of a mirror" and I was like "shit what if they DID"))

Unaccommodated Man -  kvikindi 

It is at this point that, for the first time, Thomas Hamilton begins to consider that he has gone mad.

The Peaceable Kingdom -  kvikindi

William Manderly visits the plantation, some six years after the events of Unaccommodated Man.

Congress -  kvikindi

James and Thomas put the "fuck" in "fucked-up."

The Cup of Their Deserving (the wages of their virtue) -  DreamingPagan

Madi decides not to be sent away after her rescue. When she returns to Skeleton Island, she finds a betrayal in progress and takes steps to save her friend and put her people's choice regarding the war back in their hands. 

name one hero who was happy -  mapped

Lying in bed together, James and Thomas talk about the Iliad. (Thomas is practically ready to write Achilles/Patroclus fanfiction.)

Crescent Moon -  sebastianL (felix_atticus)

One shot of the months following the finale, with a focus on a certain tattoo.

Bent -  azarias

In a warm room in London, James tells Thomas about the events on the Exeter.

Thomas applies what he learns. (Established relationship, consensual kink.)

With Fire and With His Sword -  azarias

After the reunion, after the plantation, Captain Flint returns to the sea.

He takes James and Thomas with him.

katabasis -  csoru

Flint discovers Thomas is a passenger aboard the Maria Aleyne alongside his father, and events proceed from there. 

Lord Captain -  Apetslife

“Once a year, I send a letter to My Lord father, accounting for every penny of commerce I have cost the colony of the Bahamas, and every lover I have taken in that time. So far, he has failed to send a reply. An oversight, I’m sure.” (Pirate Captain Thomas Hamilton).

Sea Salt and Lavender -  moonflowers

James hadn't heard the song, nor spared it a thought, for years. He'd had no need of it. But her singing grounded him, reminded him that he'd had a home once, before everything, where his grandmother had sung those same words as she rolled out pastry, where he'd played as a boy, and dreamt of sailing away through those harbour walls and making something of himself. It came as a surprise to uncover something of James McGraw from so long ago, and to find it still intact.

With Sweet, Reluctant, Amorous Delay -  Magnetism_bind

For the Flinthamilton prompt: "There's no way you're getting me in /that/"

Thomas takes James to a costume party.

The Loaning of Books Between Friends -  Magnetism_bind

Thomas loans books to James in an attempt to get to know his new liaison better.

The Fields of Elysium -  Fyre

A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time. - The Odyssey.

The Pirate -  x_art

(Modern AU)  What if Pickram got there first?

The Sundering Sea -  x_art

Stepping into the foamy surf, gasping at the force of it, the surprise of it—it had been breathtaking. Thomas had been that for him, his boundless sea, and he wasn’t ashamed.

Folly -  x_art

It wasn’t too late to nip this in the bud. He could do it because he’d done it before, because his heart was always subservient to his head. Always.

Thomas the Mariner -  shirogiku

Thomas' voyage home takes slightly less than ten years, but not for the lack of misadventures.

a word like tiger -  bellis

A few months after Charlestown, Flint finds out that Thomas is alive. This is, by all accounts, terrible timing. 

James/Miranda/Thomas:

Feed Among The Lilies -  willowbilly

James has been warned that they are duplicitous people, and by all rights he should remain on guard.

He does not care to.

Thomas actually chuckles when Astraea meets his eyes as fiercely and haughtily and lingeringly nonplussed as only a raptor can be, and it is such a disarmingly lovely sound that she immediately discards all the proud composure she'd just managed to gather and swivels away to preen busily beneath her wing, her hot yellow glare in its bandit stripe of brown ducked and hidden with telling alacrity within the downiest and snowiest of her feathers. (Daemon AU)

Firebird -  Wind_Ryder

There are two truths in the world.

One: Before Thomas and Miranda leave London to begin Governing Nassau, they receive a note that reads: "Lt. James McGraw died a resident of Bethlem Hospital on December 25, 1705." And they have nothing left to live for.

and Two: on December 25, 1705, Admiral Hennessey takes James from Bethlem and brings him to his new life far away from London society. He is told he will never see the Hamiltons again.

These two truths were never meant to be spoken at the same time.

Elisha made the oil pour forth -  azarias

Miranda is a widow. Miranda has a husband, but not the one she wants. Miranda may have gone mad a month ago, but no one's had the guts to tell her.

Start Anew - Neery

James and Miranda rescue Thomas from Bethlem. This was supposed to solve all their problems.

As it turns out, things are more complicated than that.

Late night walk date -  fandomfan

Having just returned from the West Indies, James tries—rather unsuccessfully—to take his leave from the Hamiltons' London house. 

Where The Winds Sigh -  Chainofprospit

The last levee of tradition belaying him gave way, and with it any sense of reticence. James could feel his furrowed brow falling, his chin lifting, without needing to will it so. I am going to be kissed by Thomas Hamilton, he thought, and in the next second he was.

--

We've seen the moment that James and Thomas finally kissed; this is what I imagine comes after.

To The Upper Air - DreamingPagan

James Flint goes to sleep expecting a battle the next day. What he's not expecting is to wake, eleven years in his own past, with a very different fight on his hands - to save the people he loves and his own soul.

Full of Grace -  DreamingPagan

Alfred orders both Thomas and James to be taken to Bedlam. Miranda is left to rescue them with the aid of Admiral Hennessey.

You Can’t Handle The Truth -  Wind_Ryder 

Now, all of England and beyond were discussing how an MP of Thomas' reputation was actually gay, that a Naval Officer with James' CV was a home wrecker, and how Miranda was either the victim of her husband's deviations, or a slut begging for more. Modern AU: In which Thomas, Miranda, and James are outed to the press.

Thereto I plight thee my troth -  azarias

Thomas consults Miranda on the subject of his military liaison. Sexily.

a more rational burning -  sea_changed (foxlives) 

She had understood this as her role from the beginning, the head to Thomas's heart and James's hands.

and into what it will be changed - sea_changed (foxlives) 

His own heart, so often obscure to him, has become clear. (Tag notes: Political philosophy, art, naval policy, mostly threesomes.)

to ithaca -  sea_changed (foxlives)

Miranda finds him first.

A Savor of the Heart -  drivingsideways

In some cultures, speaking the name of the dead is taboo.

Apprehension -  orienter (orientinme)

For a year, Miranda watches them with fear. Until the day she understands why they feel none.

The Art of Asymmetry -  AstronautSquid

Her sketches of people tended to veer into caricature with their lively emphasis of all things out of the ordinary - a large nose, a double chin, a foppish gesture -, and had thus quickly been ruled unfit for display among polite company.

Thomas encouraged her to keep a rotating selection framed on a dresser in the chamber connecting their rooms.

It was a week into their affair that Miranda first sketched James.

No Part Behind -  atrata

James thinks of Thomas.

A Knock Upon the Moonlit Door -  FeoplePeel

A werewolf, a fairy, a witch, and a vampire walk onto a magical island and--no wait. Once upon a time, there was a Knocker who betrayed his friend and spent over a century in a Sidhe prison until he met a handsome werewolf and--hang on a minute.

There are stories that reach even the Sidhe's side of the Veil, of Nassau and its healing shores. But what use could the ghosts of giants, and vampires, and all of those who will never meet death find for a fountain of life? The obvious answer is: keep it away from everyone else.

Or: The story of how John Silver joined Flint's very non-traditional pack.

Miranda/Thomas:

May it happen to me (all) - drivingsideways

In the summer of 1695, Miranda Barlow meets Lord Thomas Hamilton.

James/Miranda:

book of days - sea_changed (foxlives)

He looks at her, lost, like he is trying to understand the distance between them and cannot. A line of longitude, incalculable, mysterious and imprecise.

whalebone, rigged to stem the floods - AstronautSquid

James had learnt how to unlace a woman's stays, and how to help put them back on.

The fine material of the cords had snagged on his callouses, but they were after all just delicate ropes, and ropes he knew. The knots came together between his fingers under Miranda's direction and adjusting the tension of the laces running through the eyelets felt surprisingly familiar, the same way he could almost feel in his own body the tension of a ship's rigging.