Pet Shop of Horrors fic rec.
1.) El Tango by Homebound_Stranger. On ao3. Oneshot. Rated M. Summary: They say that life is a dance with many interchangeable partners, some more significant than others. They can be fun or passionate. They can be sad and downright frightening. But never could you have guessed how this one dance would ruin you.
2.) Devour by xannish. On ao3. Oneshot. Rated T. Summary: Leon scowled. “Look, you’d better be doing more than assuming. We get a guy disappearing out of his house, car still in his driveway, with a wife who won’t say jack. That’s already really suspicious. When the last person she called on that night was you? Well, I’ve got more than a few questions.”(An early case in the first series. Leon investigates the disappearance of one of D’s clients.)
3.) Not Amused by Cinnie. On ao3. Oneshot. Rated G. Summary:Soulmates have the first words of their soulmate written on their bodies.
4.) Eyes of the Beholder by Lady_Ganesh. On ao3. Oneshot. Rated G. Summary: Sometimes D makes a match that doesn’t end in tears.For gryphonsegg’s winning bid in the Save_Liz community! Thanks to lynndyre for her excellent beta.
5.) Parallels by KH Ivywater (khi). On ao3. Oneshot. Rated M. Summary: Takes place after volume ten of the original series (ignoring the future scene). Leon has left a lot of things unsaid in the past. But he isn’t a little boy anymore; he’s chasing airships instead of cars. So this time he’ll say what he needs to say, but the question is: will D listen?
6.) The Cat Burying Girl by takadainmate. On ao3. Oneshot. Rated T. Summary: There was once a girl who wrote a story about cats, and how she always seemed to come across them where they had been left to die. She buried them. She put them out of their misery. She learned to carry a shovel.
7.) Mercy by Rose_Gialle. On ao3 (you have to login in to read it). Oneshot. Rated G. Summary: Leon’s had a hard day
8.) Ditz by Cheloya. On ao3. Oneshot though part of a series. Rated T. Summary: Old, imported. Dee is not the most together TA.
9.) It - something by Litaraniel. On ao3. Oneshot. Rated M. Summary: It’s funny, in a not-funny way. Leon shouldn’t be where he is. Shouldn’t be doing what he does. Only he absolutely must. That is, until he remembers. Or, perhaps, especially then.I dunno. A drabble? I blame sleep-deprivation. Totally. Rated for - well what do you expect?
10.) Hospital Flowers by orphan_account. On ao3. Oneshot. Rated T. Summary: He feels resentful (towards the assassin), guilty (that just when he finally got close to Chris he left him again, and now he may never have the chance to be a decent big brother), and frustrated (that fifteen months after leaving LA he’s still no closer to finding D).
11.) Dappled by GreyLiliy. On ao3. WIP. Rated T. Summary: Leon finally finds D in Japan and gets more than he bargined for from the not so mysterious Count D and his latest stalker, Taizu.
12.) Bound by Fear by MyraMint. On ao3. Oneshot. Rated T. Summary: After trying some of Count D’s tea, Leon wakes up to find himself transformed into a lion and stuck inside a cage.
13.) Stakeout by Litaraniel. On ao3. Oneshot. Rated T. Summary: Agent Howell is covertly watching Count D. Or so he thinks…
Currently an oneshot, although probably can be seen in continuity with “Wild strawberry”. Contains slashy hints at Vesca and D the second.
14.) Five Things That Never Happened to D by Dusk. On ao3. Oneshot. Rated T. Summary: An unhappy AU, or how D learned to be the son of his father.
15.) Hard Sauce by Feather_Qwill. On ao3. Oneshot. Rated G. Summary: Four Christmases, in varying states of disrepair.
16.) Displaced by Vituperative_cupcakes. On ao3. Completed multi chapter fic. Rated G. Summary: Adopted after their first daughter was kidnapped, Kara has never really felt completely at home with the Vogels. Will adopting a pet from D help her, or will it make things worse?
17.) china town by mothicalcreatures (laelreenia). On ao3. Oneshot that’s part of a series. Rated G. Summary: While looking for D after his disappearance Leon comes to terms with his position as a former police officer in relationship to the history of the police’s presence in Chinatown and his desire to do things differently than Vesca.
18.) Narcissus by Vituperative_cupcakes. On ao3. Completed multi chapter fic. Rated T. Summary: D gets a young, beleaguered housewife as a customer. The only thing is…she doesn’t want a pet. What does she want? Can D help her?
19.) Many Happy Returns by Cheloya. On ao3. Oneshot. Rated Not Rated. Summary: Imported, from 2006. The holidays are hard for Papa D. Vesca helps.
20.) Devotion by Vituperative_cupcakes. On ao3. Completed multi chapter fic. Rated T. Summary: Nobu is in love with pop idol Eriko. He knows she loves him too, even though they'e never met. So he gets a pet in a bid to impress her. But how far will his devotion take him down the path of madness?
