Human AU fic recs please!
Heya! Here are my favorite Human AUs, separated by ship:
The Totally Normal Coffee Shop. by anantipodean (Not rated but if it was it'd probably be T, QPR, complete) is the most delightful tale of Lucifer taking on a position as a barista at a coffee shop owned by Angel Dust's family, meeting a "debt collector" named Alastor, and being the most hilariously, adorably oblivious person on the planet.
You bring the worst out of me by RoxaHazbinHere (Rated E, ongoing) is a MOSTLY human AU, in which Alastor is human and his recently-reunited childhood friend Lucifer is Decidedly Not. :D
The Murderer's Two Step by anantipodean (Rated T, complete) is a glorious, glorious murder mystery fic that I've previously gushed about here.
The lunatics have taken over the asylum by TrashDemonx (Rated E, ongoing), colloquially referred to as the Mad Doc AU series, is another "mostly human AU" in which Alastor is THE worst psychiatric doctor, and Very-Much-The-Devil Lucifer, disguised as the asylum's new patient, is delighted by his sinful new "conquest". This story features mutual toxicity in the best of ways, and I especially love the way the kinks are worked into it: I usually have limits personally as far as humiliation fetish goes, but when the recipient is as Unabashedly Terrible as this one is, and when the worst-case scenario is "you die and then you just wind up swapping locale and continuing to get up to your kinky shenanigans in Hell", it means there are functionally zero limits for how far they could go, and I for one am here for it. :P
You're So Bright In My Eyes by titanic_trash (Rated E, ongoing) is a medieval-style AU, which has a fascinating sense of multidimensional politics as well as characterization!
The Five Senses of You by MixkaRules18 (Rated E, ongoing) is THE Piercing AU. Gloriously smutty, and it has inspired several folks to get piercings of their own! Including one of my friends, literally today!
Hope Against Hope by OrlesianHat (Rated E, complete) is a completed short fic in which RadioApple has a blind date, and it is the perfect combination of sweet, smutty, and What The Fuck Alastor. xD
Something in Me Understood by winterveritas (Rated E) is a Mostly-Human AU where Alastor meets the mysterious owner of a bookstore, and they bond over puns. Honestly I am WAY overdue for a reread of this one, the vibes are the perfect combination of murdery and cozy. <3
Strange Appetites by Gotllphi (Rated E, ongoing) is one I've loved for AGES, I've written about it here.
ethical egoism by Anonymous (Rated E) is a red-hot human AU in which Alastor is Charlie's ethics professor, and he sees that his overachiever student Charlie is flagging, and goes to...investigate, her new nighttime job.
Right Round by BoyToyNamedNoiz (Rated E) is a completely unrelated fic in which Alastor is significantly older than Charlie and goes to see her at a strip club for Reasons! xD (I really enjoy this trope with this pairing, sue me. :P) And this fic also features a fascinating dynamic in which Alastor and Lucifer have an unspecified QPR going on. Alastor is the very picture of kindly domesticity around Lucifer, while bringing out his feral side around Charlie, and it is DELIGHTFUL.
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