fic rec: Are You Mine? and I Want Some More by PoetHrotsvitha
fandom: Assassinās Creed: Syndicate
pairing: Evie Frye/Jacob Frye
word count: 54k and 50k respectively (one is a direct sequel to the other)
Is it canon: yes
Is it explicit: this is the most explicit material i have thus far reviewed on this blog
Is it endgame: yesssss
Is it shippable: yes
One thing you guys should know about me is I donāt read a great deal of smut. I donāt actively avoid it either, and I for sure consume more smut in the context of fanfic than in professional published fiction because I feel the following quote in my bones: āIt wasnāt that friendship needed to be sexualized, it was that erotica needed to be ā¦ friendship-ized.ā So when I stumbled on this fic that is 80% smut stretched over the thinnest pretext of plot, based on source material I have zero familiarity with, what did I do but fall headlong for this pairing and this story. Bless you, anon who brought Fryecest to my attention, and praise the Lord for modern AUs where knowledge of canon is not mandatory.
Jacob and Evie Frye are twins born into an Assassin family and raised by their exacting taskmaster of a father to take down the Templars. Thereās no Templars or Assassins in this modern AU of course, just Evieās looming A-Levels and their absent academic of a father. Evieās still the golden child, of courseāsheāll follow in their fatherās footsteps and get her Ph.D. Jacob is the problem child. Heās already fallen in with the Wrong Crowd, heās impulsive, he drinks and gambles and mostly solves problems with his fists. His relationship with their dad is hella strained. And because this is supposed to be PWP the author wastes no time in ratcheting the sexual tension up to 11 by having Jacob pick Evie up from her posh school on his MOTORCYCLE, each of them pretending not to be so turned on they could have combusted from desire by the end of the ride. Cool cool cool.
Their relationship begins barreling in a dom/sub direction almost from the word go. Evie is one thousand percent the take-charge, Type-A personality, so the idea is that she needs to relinquish that control in the bedroom, and Jacob is the only one she trusts to dominate her. Because theyāre twins and they balance each other out adfkdfkdfjdkfd. The scene in the beginning where Jacob tells her not to button up her blouse while sheās making breakfast, and she actually listens to him instead of ignoring or insulting him, holy shit that was hot. It starts so small but eventually heās got her wearing a wireless vibrator to class and begging for her āpunishmentā when she takes it out without his permission because it was too distracting.
I imagine this is what the 50 Shades of Grey phenomenon was about. I havenāt read 50 Shades of Grey myself, but Iāve interacted with people who rave about it and clearly got something out of those books, bad as they were. Iām not trying to compare the quality of this story to 50 Shades of Greyāitās lightyears superior to that dreckājust that when I finished this fic I had the dazed realization that this was why people read smut.
Thereās a throwaway line in Jacobās internal monologue where he muses āthey seem to be going about this backwards,ā because heās buying flowers for her the day after fingering her to a screaming orgasm, and yes I am 100% here for this trope. Ffs he sits with her in the library to keep her company while she studies! He waits for her/escorts her to her one hundred and one extracurricular activities! Heās a really immature 17-year-old and heād never dream of doing this for anyone else, but when it comes to Evie he becomes suddenly sweet and thoughtful and solicitous. Heās constantly pausing in the middle of sex to ask for her enthusiastic & affirmative consent and reminding her to use the safe word. At the same time heās madly jealous when anyone else shows a flicker of interest in her and he regularly makes her admit he āownsā her during their role-play. They are each otherās firsts which for some reason is really important to me in these kinds of theyāre-teenagers-exploring-their-sexuality setups. This is Evie hitting up the lingerie boutique in preparation for their FIRST WEEKEND GETAWAY:
āIām going away for the weekend with my-ā Evie almost stumbled on the word, ā-boyfriend.ā What a strange concept.
I AM TRASH FOR THIS INCEST TROPE i love the way she stumbles over that word. Bc thatās not the box that Jacob occupies for her, is it? Heās much more than that. I love the way she alternates between begging him to put it in her cunt and calling him a prat and a shitheel; just because heās the love of her life doesnāt make him stop being her insufferable little brother. You know what else Iām trash for? ALL the sneaking around tropes. One time while sexting with him in a storage closet at school sheās busted by one of the teachers and only barely has time to lock her phone before he confiscates it.
So the first fic ends with their dad finding the sexts and nudes on Evieās phone, disowning them both, and Evie choosing to go to University of Edinburgh because their dad knows too many people at Oxbridge. The twins get a flat together and itās happily ever after. Except no! In the sequel itās ten years later and Evie and Jacob have returned to the house they grew up in to say goodbye to their dying father, and theyāre ESTRANGED OH NO WHAT HAPPENED. Evie has a four-year-old in tow. We find out in fairly short order that the kid is Jacobās, but Jacob doesnāt find out the truth until weāve sent him through the angst wringer. The fic is about how they grieve and reconcile and how Jacob learns to parent, and this one is actually like 60% plot and I think I like it even better than the first one. This authorās note really spoke to me:
Iāve read a fair number of sibling incest modern AU fics in a few different fandoms and they all tend to end at āand then they ran away from their families and lived happily ever after/epilogue of sexy fun times possibly with the introduction of hey they've had a kid!ā. And I mean I love that, don't get me wrong. But I guess Iām also weirdly preoccupied with the part about what comes after that, because it always seemed far too dreadfully simple an outcome. Normal relationships are rarely that easy, so why would these be? Then again I'm probably putting too much thought into a porn fic, LOL.
DEAR @poethrotsvitha, THIS IS A SIGNED PETITION TO PLEASE NEVER STOP OVERTHINKING THE PLOT OF YOUR PORN FICS. Like, nobody starts fucking their brother unless they really mean it, because the risk of the relationship going pear-shaped and the two of you still being stuck in each otherās orbit because thereās no ābreaking upā with family? Thatās a big risk. And also why incest pairings feel so high-stakes and I am trash for them, obvs. One of the reasons the dom/sub dynamic is so integral to their relationship was because Evie had a tendency to dictate to Jacob what he ācan and canāt do,ā and he understandably chafed against it sometimes. Itās what led to their breakup five years ago. And so him taking charge in the bedroom is a kind of counterbalance, and thereās a scene in this fic where she lets him role-play a noncon situation as a way to partly soothe his jealousy.
To a large extent itās their son who brings about their reconciliation, but their son is also a hyperactive little git who throws a monkey wrench in their sex life, so now instead of hiding their relationship from their dad theyāre tiptoeing around a four-year-old. And the big character development that happens on Jacobās part is him recognizing that Thomas is Evieās #1 priority now, and there comes a moment where he has to make a difficult decision to prioritize the two of them in his own life, too (by quitting his job and ending a toxic relationship). The other thing I really liked was how Jacob thinks ruefully he could have gone a another round if he were ten years younger, which heās not, but Evie seems satisfied and thatās what matters. The recognition that heās not a teenager anymore, and doesnāt have the stamina of one, but heās also more mature and this time heāll be able to give Evie what she needs? Oh, my heart. Like I said I loved them being each otherās firsts as teenagers but this, this second chance theyāve got as adults, this is beautiful.
Ok so this is Evie begging Jacob to fuck her in a closet in the middle of their dadās funeral service??!:
āPlease, I just need to forget. Just for a little bit- I need to forget, please-ā Oh, God, this was a terrible idea. A terrible idea that she would die before she stopped- she felt like an addict after years of sobriety, pushed by stress and grief to needing that all-consuming high that she'd never quite been able to forget. Her fingers worked at his belt, pulling it open, unbuttoning his trousers to draw the heel of her palm along where he was already hard. āEvie,ā he rasped, shuddering against her touch. āShh,ā she said, tucking his pants down enough to pull his cock free, giving it a few firm strokes. āShh.ā If they talked, it would be too real. It had to be rushed and frantic, to feel like it was just the once, to ease the ache in her chest.
And this is after they finish (āif only it could have lasted foreverā):
Silently, she turned to let him zip up her dress ā¦ There was a warmth against the back of her neck as she felt him draw her hair aside and press a kiss to the sensitive skin, hesitant and uncertain.Ā "Thank you," she breathed into the darkness, listening to the click of his belt as it slid back into place.Ā He just sighed, leaning his forehead against her shoulder, saying a million things without speaking a word.Ā
LEANING HIS FOREHEAD FOR A MILLISECOND AGAINST HER SHOULDER OMFG I AM DECEASED
Ok so to return an earlier point: When you want a canon incest happy ending in a modern setting (as opposed to if youāre both Targaryens) the most popular option is run away and live as an unrelated couple, which necessitates cutting ties with everyone youāve ever known. This may be more or less difficult depending on the quantity and quality of those ties; unless this is Flowers in the Attic and youāve literally been locked in the attic for years thereās bound to be people you care about other than your sibling so this is a monumental ask. The Fryes choose option B, āliving openly as siblings and keeping the incest on the dlā. This option is not without risk, of course, since exposure is always a possibility, and Evie has to put up with the other moms at Thomasās preschool eyeing Jacob like a piece of meat. Still, it means Thomas gets to bake cookies with his grandmother, who would not have let Evie and Jacob back in her life if they flaunted the truth. I mean, itās not that she doesnāt know her kids are fucking, itās just that a donāt-ask-donāt-tell policy allows everyoneās relationships to remain intact:
She seemed to be struggling to get the words out. āIs Thomasā¦ā There were a few ways that this question could go, as far as Jacob could see, and he didnāt particularly want to deal with any of them. He leaned against the counter, palms rigid against the cold surface. āIām really tired, Mother.ā āI know. I justā¦ā There was a terrible pause. āAreā are you and Evieā¦ā Still facing the toaster, Jacob closed his eyes. He couldnāt muster a lot of fake outrage, but he planned to deny everything anyway. He didnāt care about how plausible it was. It was easier for everyone that way, especially Mother. Before he could open his mouth, though, Motherās chair scraped back. āActually, never mind. Itās nothing. Donāt worry about it.ā
Every Wednesday Evie (whoās moved back in with her mom) leaves Thomas with his grandma and goes to ābook clubā which is really date night at Jacobās. And the two of them get right up to their old tricks:
When he gave her just the slightest nudge upwards with his hips, she finally let a broken whisper rasp out. āI can't- I want- please-ā Jacob clicked his tongue. āYou know what I want you to say.ā She twisted her neck around again, and he could see that her eyes were now glassy with longing. āHuh?ā āIt's simpleā just āMy greedy cunt belongs to my brotherā. ā āI will not."
The process of turning that initial ānoā into a āyesā is scorchingly hot so there you go, I love these two, I love this fic, I have definitely seen the light and I'm ready to embrace smut.
