#gemfest

#gemfest - day 28

Author: Kattlupin Rating: Mature Word Count: 23,296 Type: Non-magic!AU

Summary: From the moment Sirius Black arrives at the Lupins French Countryside Villa, Remus Lupin’s life is forever changed as he navigates what it means to fall in love for the first time.

Je veux être aimé (I want to be adored) is heavily inspired and adapted from André Aciman’s Call Me By Your Name

#gemfest - day 30

Author: Suchsmallhands Rating: Mature Word Count: 37,168 Type: Non-magic!AU

Summary: In August of 1969, Sirius takes a job in west Texas.

Warnings: Period-typical homophobia

I’m so excited to announce #gemfest is happening this August! Only 9 months after I originally said I was going to do it...

#gemfest is a recathon that will be focused on recommending fics that have less than 150 kudos on Ao3. I’m looking for those hidden gems that deserve more love.

#gemfest - day 25

Author: toyhto Rating: Mature Word Count: 5,667 Type: World War!AU

Summary: They told him to run and he ran and certainly there was a point in all this but all he could think about was the boy in the trench.

Warnings: Period-typical homophobia

Comments: I always enjoy this author’s writing style, but this fic in particular was starkly beautiful. The dialogue was achingly realistic and conveyed a lot of emotion. War and hope is a devastating and fascinating combination.

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#gemfest - day 21

Author: Chromat1cs Rating: Mature Word Count: 16,293 Type: Non-magic!AU, Historical!AU

Summary: Taos, New Mexico, 1915. A trapper, a painter, and the earth beneath their feet just as red as their hearts.

Comments: Just gorgeous. You can really feel when an author has a deep love and understanding of a place to be able to paint it so vividly and fill it with such rich detail. And the pining, the emotion, ugh it was too good.

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Thank you so so much to everyone who sent in fic recs for this fest, I’m sorry I couldn’t get to all of them! But I hope everyone was able to find new fics and authors they might not have otherwise. :) Please give these fics all the kudos, comments, and love you can!

oh thou, my lovely boy by bigthief

For The Hunger by @sqvalors

reeling through the midnight streets by @swottypotter

boy, we can do much more together by @moonynpadfootforever

Yours, Always by the_gramophone

In Our Old Familiar Place by @professcrlupin

The Treasuries of Firenze by @jennandblitz

The Lord of Desperate Longing by @reytheghost

Dream Catcher by @yumenouveau

Desire Lines by @montpahrnah

just past the bend in the road by @vienna-salvatori

Gravity works slowly if you notice it at all by @maraudorable

resolution by @r-ougeatre

and sirius smiled by cowboyvalley

Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Original Dessie (Dessie)

Siren Songs by @thehufflebean

This City Is For Strangers by grandilloquism

in the current, moving forward by @alifeincoffeespoons

A Hogwarts Christmas by gwynseren

Nature by tastewithouttalent

Sangre, Sudor, y Lluvia by Chromat1cs

The King I Could Become by randoyoyo

The Tides of Swansea by newsbypostcard

Reasons to share a bed by @wanderingbandurria

Hope by @toyhto 

Letting loose (holding on tight to you) by @pan-and-ready-to-stan

The Season of Love and Death by mustntgetmy

Je veux être aimé (I want to be adored) by @kattlupin

How Fragile We Are, Between the Few Good Moments by @nineandthreequarterrrs

Valentine, Texas by @thisshipsailsitselff

The Secret Garden by @wayward-demigod-witch