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Time Forward by kianspo [23k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: While still at uni, Arthur Pendragon meets two people who become his best friends. He falls in love with one of them… but marries the other. This isn’t his story to tell; it’s Merlin’s. And Merlin will always remember that he met Arthur first. (Modern setting. Angst. Arthur/Gwen –> Arthur/Merlin).

Loaded March by Footloose [series, 1,261k+, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: The reason SAS Captain Arthur Pendragon can’t keep a communications specialist in Team Excalibur because none of them are good enough. And then Lieutenant Merlin Emrys gets assigned to his squad, and Arthur does everything he can to prove that Merlin isn’t good enough, either. Except he is.

Act the way you feel by bluevalentine69 [24k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: Merlin’s a young, hot, wildly uninhibited artist. Arthur’s a middle-aged, handsome, millionaire businessman. He bumps into Merlin on a train and decides to go with the flow and see what happens. Orgasmic, paint-splattered, very confusing shenanigans ensue. It’s exhausting … and completely addictive.

What We Choose by mab_di [71k, complete, cousin incest, underage sex] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: Modern, non-magical AU. Merlin and Arthur had always been close, made closer by early loss. But as Merlin comes out to himself and to the people who matter most to him, he finds it increasingly difficult to dodge that the way he feels about Arthur is not what it should be. Arthur is his first cousin, almost a brother, and he’s the gravitational centre of Merlin’s life. As they grow up, Merlin finds he can’t look at Arthur without it stirring something that makes him feel ashamed. When Arthur comes to spend a summer with Merlin and his mum in New York City, Merlin is forced to confront his feelings, and left baffled by Arthur’s. This story follows Merlin and Arthur from childhood, through late adolescence, and into adulthood: it follows them through a summer of sexual awakening, and leads them through harrowing loss, to finally confront what seems an impossible choice.

Graphite Rain: A Love Story in Twelve Parts by Allganne [144k+, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: It’s that time old tale, rewoven to fit: Merlin loves Arthur. But this is Arthur’s story. And, well… Arthur is thick. Cue six years of heartbreak, anger, loss, and most of all: love. There are people coming together and falling apart. There is awkwardness and pining and running away. And sometimes, at the end of it all, sometimes there’s a happy ending.

Crossroads by Bellobelle [5k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: “Your wife,” Morgana said loudly, “And your best friend. One of them must die.” She turned back to Arthur with glee. “You get to choose which one.”

No Queen of Hearts by anonymous [incomplete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: The reason why Arthur and Gwen have been married for years but they still don’t have a child.

That’s the Spirit by CaffeinatedFlumadiddle [12k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: In a time of myth and a land of magic, your soulmate’s spirit animal looks after you (even after you meet your soulmate). Arthur and Merlin are oblivious fools. We know this. That doesn’t change here.

The Pact by Cori Lannam (corilannam) [17k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: The ancient Albion Pact demands that the Prince of Wales must take someone magic born as his soul-bonded consort by the time he is 30 or face death. Before he was a Detective Inspector Warlock, Merlin Emrys was young and in love and made a promise to Prince Arthur — and now Arthur is calling it in.

For Want of a Nail by 0hHeyThereBigBadWolf [234k+, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: Fleeing from Essetir in the bloody beginnings of the Purge, Hunith finds herself on the doorstep of old friends. That’s all it takes to untangle the skeins of destiny and weave a new tapestry.

Pendragon by Seperis, Loss, And The Finding & What Is Now Found by Shine [series, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: The ring is cold and heavy, and there is blood, smeared and dry, along the crest.

Privileges of Rank by Seperis [complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: Arthur’s biggest problem to date, Merlin thinks darkly as he carries yet another load of suspiciously not-really-dirty clothing down the stairs, is an unaccountable fear of anyone, anywhere, suspecting he’s capable of being other than a complete and utter prat.

So Are They All, All Honourable Men by seperis [18k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: Considering Arthur’s future wife will be chosen less for compatibility than for her political value, Merlin may be the only marriage he’ll have that won’t end in bloodshed or a great deal of fortifying wine.

Rheged by McShame [124k+, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: Post S5 (AU); canon to the end of S4 & part of the way through S5. Gwen and Arthur have been married for several years, Merlin’s magic has been revealed and Arthur has now reached a kind of cold peace with it. Then a delegation arrives from a kingdom based on magic, and suddenly Destiny is starkly and ruthlessly to the fore. The question is should – can – it be avoided?

The Hands of a Hundred Winters by fourleggedfish [series, 359k+, wip] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: What if Arthur gave a different answer to the Disir, but no one knew it?

Together but Sometimes Apart by pepperlandgirl4 [21k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: They had been brave all day, watching with blank, neutral faces as King Arthur wed Guinevere. Merlin had known Lancelot wouldn’t do anything as unbecoming as shed tears in open court, but he didn’t have so much faith in his own ability to mask his emotions.

eleven thousand kings by orpheus_inwinter [6k, complete, major character death] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: The Old Religion abides by one rule only: for every life made, there must be one given.

royal au by glim [series, 11k, wip] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: It took Arthur years, but somehow he’s learned that there is the world, and then there is everything else…

The Once and Future Queen by Thursday_Next [8k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: Canon AU. Gwen ascends the throne following her father’s sudden death. With the arrival of a mysterious uncle, a neighbouring queen bent on war and an old friend back from the dead, she finds it is not easy to balance the needs of her kingdom with the desires of her own heart. But throughout battle, betrothal and betrayal Lancelot remains her most steadfast adviser. Or, Series 4, with Gwen on the throne instead of Arthur.

The Gravest of Miracles by RurouniHime [12k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: If there was one thing Arthur Pendragon was never without, it was a mood.

Percy at the Bat by Cori Lannam (corilannam) [743, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: Merlin gets gangbanged in verse.

Everybody wants to be a Cat by Clea2011 [1k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: It was an accident, the first time. He hadn’t meant to do it, the spell had gone wrong and instead of making himself move with cat-like stealth (and thus stopping Arthur complaining he was scaring off all the game on hunting trips) he had managed to turn himself into an actual cat.

Let Us Dare by kianspo [29k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: Uther dies instead of Ygraine when Arthur is born. Balinor helps Ygraine secure her position as regent, magic isn’t banned, and Merlin and Arthur grow up side by side. Camelot is different but not cloudless, destiny is still a troublesome thing, and Arthur is still charmingly oblivious when it comes to things that matter most in life.

Discretion by Lady_Ganesh [195, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: Gwen knows the value of silence.

A Modern Manservant by Mamalazzer [112k+, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: A modern magical comedy very loosely based on Ugly Betty. Publishing king Uther Pendragon has had enough of his playboy son seducing every female assistant he has ever had so he hires Merlin, a man he is sure Arthur will never sleep with. Merlin would be more insulted by this fact if he wasn’t so busy trying to juggle his duties, save Arthur’s skin from ruthless fashionistas and keep his magic a secret at the same time. Expect appearances by oil-lathered knights, the occasional mad druid, a perverted Will and a mental caretaker who lives in the basement and keeps harping on about coins and destiny.

Immortal and Imperishable by prettysailorsoldier [154k+, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: When Merlin first arrives in Camelot, he is certain of the destiny that awaits him: Clearing the throne of the Pendragon dynasty to make way for the Once and Future King. Working with Nimueh and a rebel band of druids, he is sent to infiltrate Camelot, working from the inside to overthrow those that will challenge the rise of Albion. He didn’t count on becoming the manservant of the crown prince–or, worst of all, liking him–and, slowly, Merlin begins to wonder if the king he has been searching for is a lot closer than anyone believed.

Touch My Skin to Keep Me Whole by Skitz_phenom [64k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: The Kingdom of Essetir has once again fallen under new rule, and Arthur travels to visit its new king, determined to make peace. Unfortunately peace is the furthest thing from this new king’s mind. Arthur and Merlin are forced to navigate his every attempt to make Arthur a scapegoat in starting a war between Camelot and Essetir. The new king is treacherous though, and he may have just found the one weakness that will force Arthur’s hand. Note: AU Post Season 4

Gamut by Nahara [13k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: Arthur is a recruiter for a branch of the Special Forces and goes to give a talk at Ealdor High School. Merlin is in the audience.

The Hands of Fate by f0rcryin0utl0ud [23k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: Merlin’s breath caught as he finally laid eyes on Arthur facing off against Mordred. He didn’t even give himself time to think, suddenly he was no longer on the top of the cliff, but standing between Arthur and the prophecy that had haunted Merlin’s dreams for months.

Until the Day I Die by Cookie [19k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: Arthur believed Dragoon had killed his father, and so he plunged his sword deep into the sorcerer. Now Merlin was dying in his arms and Arthur was facing the future alone.

rail against your dying day by helloearthlings [9k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: Arthur turned around, stomach churning at the thought of living the rest of his life without Merlin by his side. Merlin was his constant, his steady presence forever a guiding light. And now he was gone.

As a Sea Shell by bathilda bagshot (wellthengameover) [12k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: When Arthur discovers Merlin’s magic, he banishes him from Camelot. But Merlin is destined to serve Arthur until the day he dies.

Bucket up, all for Luck by ImperialMint [29k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: Merlin didn’t really expect it to take five Knights, two old men, a woman and a horseshoe for his plan to work, but then again the extent of his plan had been more along the lines of an adamant ‘I’m not in love with Prince Prat (except, really, I am)’ than an actual plan.

Shelter by sinestrated [39k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: Eight years have passed since Merlin fled Camelot after revealing his magic, leaving behind a home and a budding relationship with Arthur. Now, with his kingdom crumbling beneath a mysterious magical attack, Arthur reaches out to sorcerers throughout the land in search of a solution–and gets one sorcerer in particular he never expected. After so much time apart, Merlin and Arthur have to learn how to fit each other all over again, and all the while sinister forces bent on the destruction of Camelot threaten everything they have ever believed in.

With This Ring by marguerite_26 [9k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: After being enchanted, Uther forces Arthur and Merlin to marry.

A Night Without Stars by flowersheep [58k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: A time of peace prosperity in Camelot is interrupted when Prince Consort Merlin falls suddenly ill. Discovering that it is the result of someone poisoning the ley lines, Arthur embarks on a quest into the far north in the hope of healing the damage before it’s too late. Meanwhile, other dangers loom on the horizon. War approaches and Merlin isn’t so sure Camelot will be able to withstand it.

Between the Dusk and the Dawn by ZairaA [55k, complete, underage character] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: When Arthur is sixteen his father deems him ready to lead the knights on his first mission, which is to take care of a druid camp that has sprung up within the borders of Camelot. In the midst of chaos and bloodshed that leaves Arthur guilt-ridden, he manages to save one boy whom he swears to protect at any cost. Over the years Merlin becomes so much more than Arthur’s redemption, but is Arthur ready to accept their shared destiny, his own feelings for the younger boy and the chance for love Merlin is offering him?

The Map of Honor by Destina [12k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: Arthur sustains a mortal wound in battle, and makes preparations to accept his fate. Merlin has other ideas.

That Time of Truth by hwc [10k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: Druids start to slowly come out of hiding, living their lives peacefully in the kingdom and even sending a diplomat or two to Camelot. After a close call or two, Merlin has to have a chat with them about not revealing Merlin’s identity. While no one ever does reveal Merlin is Emrys, a lot of people start to talk about Emrys in Camelot.

A Study in Natural Philosophy by Mad_Maudlin [13k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: It wasn’t all that unusual for people to hide their daemons; Merlin, however, seems to be taking it a little far.

The Crown of the Summer Court by astolat [24k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: “The king sent me to get you,” Merlin said, with a tone that implied strongly that he wasn’t rolling his eyes where Arthur could see, but just wait until his back was turned. “He said you’re to get changed into formal clothes and meet him in the Great Hall, there’s a delegation coming from the Summer Court.”

Keep the Magic Secret by orphan_account [73k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: Someone tells Arthur about the legends of Emrys, an all-powerful warlock whose destiny is to protect Arthur and his kingdom and help bring about an age of peace. He is told that Emrys is someone close to him, and has hidden his identity and trials over the years to protect himself and make sure he can continue on at Arthur’s side. When Arthur asks who it is, the person turns to Arthur and shrewdly asks: “Arthur, who do you want it to be?” … Arthur’s mind automatically goes to Merlin.

To The Death by clotpolesonly [7k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: An unknown knight arrives at Camelot to challenge Merlin to single combat, a fight to the death. He accepts it willingly, but will he be able to survive the duel without using his magic?

Rend and Rebuild by PeaceHeather [103k+, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: One wrong move in the heat of battle changes everything. Merlin is a sorcerer, and Arthur has stabbed him.

Flood or Those Times in the Potato Storeroom by enjambament [6k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: After Arthur accosts Merlin in the potato storage room, it’s easier for a few days. They can’t help catching each other’s eyes across the hall and pausing, trapped by their own want, but Merlin is more conscious of how close he stands when he serves Arthur at dinner, and Arthur at least stops telling him to go groom his horse like what he actually means to say is please, if you would take off all your clothes.

Clouds On The Horizon by Diana_Prallon [49k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: The Golden Age has arrived. It’s been three years since King Arthur Pendragon legalised magic once again in Camelot. Side by side, magical and non-magical folk have worked to rebuilt the land that was torn in the war against magic just as the King and his sister try to heal the rift between themselves. In times of peace, Albions prospers. Prosperity, however, brings a new threat to the land, one that Camelot cannot face without the aid of its allies. Meanwhile, Arthur and Merlin have to figure out how to live with each other now that there are no more secrets between them.

Stars Above, Stones Below by Destina [46k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: After the disastrous end of his betrothal to Gwen and the regret of his offer to Princess Mithian, Arthur swears off finding a wife until he’s ready to wed. When Merlin offers himself to Arthur as bedmate, Arthur suggests they hand-fast in secret for a single year of mutual pleasure without obligation. As their year together unfolds, and secrets and betrayals unravel around them, Arthur and Merlin learn there is no such thing as uncomplicated pleasure. Everything they thought they knew can change in the span of a single year.

The Night is Long, The Beads of Time Pass Slow by StarkAstarte [2k, complete] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: Merlin longs for Arthur. Arthur longs for Merlin. Gwen has noticed.

Such Fractured Shadows by i_claudia [24k, complete, non-con] Fandom: Merlin. Ship: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon.
Summary: Lionel is the first, approaching Merlin one late summer afternoon as the sun slants through the dust in the stables and turns the air into heavy fire.

The Life and Times by Jewels5 [600k+, incomplete] Fandom: Harry Potter. Ship: James Potter/Lily Evans Potter.
Summary: She was dramatic. He was dynamic. She was precise. He was impulsive. He was James, and she was Lily, and one day they shared a kiss, but before that they shared many arguments, for he was cocky, and she was sweet, and matters of the heart require time.

Promises Unbroken by Robin4 [series, 710k+, complete] Fandom: Harry Potter. Ship: James Potter/Lily Evans Potter.
Summary: Sirius Black remained the Secret Keeper and everything he feared came to pass. Ten years later, James and Lily live, Harry attends Hogwarts, and Voldemort remains…yet the world is different and nothing is as it seems.

Tears on the Balcony, Kisses on the Balcony & Goodbyes on the Balcony by ByeByeBirdie [series, 1,900k+, complete] Fandom: Harry Potter. Ship: James Potter/Lily Evans Potter.
Summary: Lily & James have hated each other ever since their initial meeting took a wrong turn. After a shocking goodbye at the end of their 6th year, are things going to be any different in the following year when they are forced to work together as Head Boy and Head Girl?

While You Tell Me Stories by DawnieS [154k+, complete] Fandom: Harry Potter. Ship: James Potter/Lily Evans Potter.
Summary: Slightly AU. As their final year at Hogwarts ends and they are forced out of school, James and Lily find that the real world presents challenges they hadn’t been expecting and problems they don’t know how to overcome.

Commentarius by B.C Daily [739k+, wip] Fandom: Harry Potter. Ship: James Potter/Lily Evans Potter.
Summary: Lily has always considered herself ordinary. But as she enters her 7th year, things start changing and Lily starts going a bit mad. Suddenly, she’s Head Girl, her mates are acting strangely, and there’s a new James Potter she can’t seem to get rid of. PRE-HBP

The Stolen Glasses Shenanigans by afterthree [7k, complete] Fandom: Harry Potter. Ship: James Potter/Lily Evans Potter.
Summary: “If I promise never to try and flick ice-cubes down the front of your shirt again, can I have my glasses back?” Assorted MWPP-Era madness, letter-style.

Isolation by Bex-chan [284k+, complete] Fandom: Harry Potter. Ship: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy.
Summary: He can’t leave the room. Her room. And it’s all the Order’s fault. Confined to a small space with only the Mudblood for company, something’s going to give. Maybe his sanity. Maybe not. “There,” she spat. “Now your Blood’s filthy too!” PostHBP.

Say When Verse by ann2who [series, 328k+, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: A series rewriting MCU verse, beginning with an alternate version of Iron Man 2, in which, instead of Natasha, Steve got assigned to help Tony while the genius was slowly dying of Palladium poisoning. Continues there in unfolding Steve’s and Tony’s journey through acceptance, trust, and eventually love.

Celestial Navigation by sabrecmc [210k+, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: 18 year old Omega!Tony finds himself Bonded to Captain Steve Rogers. He isn’t happy about it until he is.
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Orbital Mechanics by sabrecmc [91k, wip] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: Freshly out of the ice, Captain Steve Rogers definitely does not want to Bond with anyone. Until he does. (Steve’s POV for Celestial Navigation)

Resurrection-verse by Elspethdixon, Seanchai [series, 338k+, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: Doom brings Steve back from the dead. Hijinks ensue, some of which might vaugely be considered plot.

When The Lights Go On Again by Elspethdixon, Seanchai [complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: Aliens have invaded earth, and the Avengers are scattered. While Steve leads the resistance, Tony once again finds himself playing captive scientist. In the midst of a violent alien regime, separated by seemingly insurmountable boundaries, Steve and Tony have nothing to keep themselves going but each other.

America Isn’t Chicken by Amuly [130k+, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: After a Civil War, death, rebirth, a takeover by Osborn, brain deletion, and the fall of Asgard, Steve and Tony might just be starting to get back on solid ground with one another. Things aren’t perfect, not yet, but they can be in the same room as each other without resorting to violence, and they’ve even managed to share a smile or two. Seems like the perfect time, then, for Tony to try and fuck it all up with a stupid game of gay chicken. Meanwhile, as if he didn’t have enough to worry about, Tony realizes some kind of supervillainous trouble is brewing when increasingly advanced armors start popping up all over Manhattan, looking strangely reminiscent of his tech. On the other side of the world, Steve gets news that Zola is on the move in Russia, with some sort of nefarious plan at work. Which will ruin them first? Will it be this unknown armored villain who is after Tony’s tech? Or will it be Zola unleashing his mysterious plan on the world? Or will Steve and Tony prove to be their own worst enemies, destroying the tentative truce they managed to forge with their own stubbornness?

A Higher Form of War by sabrecmc [292k+, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: Tony is a King with a surprising number of people out to kill him. Steve and the rest of the Avengers are fighting for Pierce’s rebellion and end up with Tony as their prisoner. Oops.

From Where We Began by RunningInThePouringRain [42k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: When Steve returns the stones he knows he is going to stay in 2012. This is the only chance he has. He can do better there. He knows what he needs to change so when Thanos comes, he and Tony are standing side by side. The only thing he didn’t plan on was confronting his own feelings for Tony Stark. (Or the fix it fic where Steve arrives in 2012 and tries to rewrite MCU canon in order to save Tony Stark).

almeno tu by silkspectred [series, 124k+, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: Tony drives off. Well, he wants to. But he can’t. Because. Steve Rogers is in front of his car. Steve fucking Rogers. Is in front of Tony’s fucking car.

what we share (and what we hide) by machi_kun [series, 335k+, wip] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: A SteveTony-centric series, dedicated to a long study of all characters involved and a plot-driven fix-it for the MCU verse.

Letters to My Love by justanotherrollingstony (adoctoraday) [series, 66k, wip] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: The void between them cannot be bridged by time alone, it requires words of love, of apology, of forgiveness.

Fireside ‘verse by GotTheSilver [series, 33k, wip] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: Canon divergence after Endgame. A what-if Tony lived series.

Shapeshifters: The Extra Fluffy Edition by janonny [series, 38k, wip] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: According to all the stereotypes, feathers and fur will fly when several different shifters have to work and live together. But the truth was that the animal instincts were easy to navigate. For Steve and Tony, dealing with their very human feelings was the hard part.

You Don’t Only Get One Shot by janonny [23k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: In which Tony voluntarily carries a tracker around, and learns how to talk to Steve all over again in-between and during kidnapping attempts.

Pyriscence by nostalgicatsea [6k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: In the wake of the Decimation, there’s nothing but total destruction, death and chaos that spread like wildfire, uncontained. All Natasha can do is hold fast to her hope in the aftermath—hope that there’s a way out. Hope that Tony will come back to them. To Steve.

Deep in the Heart of Me by Finely Honed (jaqen_hgar) [245k+, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: Veteran single dad Steve runs a tattoo shop. Pepper arranges for Tony to get that tattoo he always wanted, and he winds up with the mother of all crushes instead. Jumping out of airplanes is one thing, but love requires real courage. Steve struggles with letting someone into his life. Tony tries to keep his heart intact while Steve works on his issues.

I could lie tangent to your curves by RurouniHime [11k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: Steve is bodyguard to a prominent young socialite with too much genius on his hands… and who has taken an unfortunate shine to him.

endgame by starksrhodey [3k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: Alternate universe where you taste what your soulmate does. Or, Steve tastes the blood as Thanos stabs Tony.

Go Ugly Early by just_another_tinker [series, 288k+, wip] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: He’s The Captain? This was not good. This was so not good. There were theories of course, of what The Captain would look like. Most followed the typical Hollywoodesque belief that he was some version of the Godfather, sitting in a dark room with a cigar, commanding his forces with a flick of his wrist. There were even some that even thought that The Captain was not one person, but a whole network of people with eyes and ears everywhere. The blonde Adonis in front of him was definitely not what Tony was expecting. Of course, in the end it didn’t matter. There was a reason no one knew what The Captain looked like. Because anyone who saw his face never lived to tell the tale.

Yours, Steve by soniclipstick (veriscence) [8k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: Tony has read the news, he’s seen footage of the infighting and the arrest and Steve’s bloody body on the courthouse steps. He might not remember, but he understands why Steve can barely look him in the eye anymore. But there’s a ring on the chain of a set of dog tags that have no business being in Tony’s safe. And it fits his finger perfectly.

I’ve loved you for a hundred years (and I’ll love you forever more) by Saiya_tina [8k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: Steve Rogers meets Tony Stark, an integral part of Erksine’s project, during the Second World War. Basically, a retelling of Captain America: The First Avenger with Tony Stark in the midst of things.

Same old story. by spqr [7k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: “We’re toasting our regrets,” Tony explains. “Your turn.” / “Oh,” Steve says. / It takes him a long minute to think of something. Or, more likely, it takes him a long moment to work up the courage. But then he turns and raises his bottle to Tony. Looks him dead in the eyes, a sad, sort of wistful smile on his face, and says, “You.”

Turns Out, I Have a Rose Garden by betheflame [52k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: President Steven Grant Rogers was gearing up to run for president again and he had yet to deliver on his major campaign promise from the first term: reverse the effects of climate change by at least 40%. Luckily for him, billionaire genius inventor Tony Stark had just the technology to do it. Less luckily for Steve, he was totally into Tony, who had no idea Steve was gay because essentially no one knew Steve was gay. If Steve has to choose between a second crack at the office or a first crack at true love, which one wins?

Sex Lies and Newsprint by nightwalker [52k, wip] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: A year of Cap/Tony romance as told by the tabloids.

Check One by JenTheSweetie [4k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: Steve has an annoying best friend. Tony has an elaborate plan. Sam has allergies. Bucky has no idea what’s about to hit him.

A Movable Feast by copperbadge, scifigrl47 [74k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: The epic road trip of food truck hipster Steve Rogers, chef Tony Stark, and self-propelled trouble magnet DJ Fujikawa.

Pythagorean Expectation by slytherinski [182k+, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: Steve turns, feeling his heart fall out of his chest at the figure walking towards them. This has to be a dream. A nightmare— one that Steve has definitely had before. Tony Stark walking towards them does not compute. Even with his eyes shrouded by orange-tinted spectacles, there is no mistaking that lopsided grin and casual strut onto the field even from a distance. Steve’s head is swimming with questions. Tony holds so much notoriety right now that it would be near impossible to keep him transferring teams a secret, especially considering the team he would be leaving is owned by his own family. (Aka, the fic in which Steve and Tony are rivals both off and on the baseball field— until they aren’t. And it’s also in the 90s, because why the hell not.)

Making Ends Meet by itsallAvengers [13k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: Since eloping at nineteen, Steve Rogers and Tony Stark have been, for lack of a better phrase, broke as absolute fuck. That’s okay though. They have each other.

Janet van Dyne’s Guide to Wooing a Superhero on Behalf of Another Superhero by Amuly [10k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: …In Eight Simple Steps! When Arno Stark realizes that the fate of the world depends on Steve and Tony being in a romantic relationship, he goes to Reed Richards for help. Unfortunately, Reed doesn’t exactly have a head for matchmaking. Enter Sue, who brings in Jan to help her. Together, the two embark on a single-minded quest: convince Steve and Tony to get their mack on. When this proves harder than they could have ever imagined, Jan starts bringing in some additional conspirators to help.

In which Loki is having none of this bullshit (Or, the one where Loki plays matchmaker) by orphan_account [8k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: Basically? Loki notices Steve noticing Tony, and decides to do something about it, discovers Tony is oblivious to a fault, and takes Drastic Measures. Steve is not amused.

Thank You Fics Round 3 by sabrecmc [165k+, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: As a thank you to my followers on tumblr, I offered to write some fics based on prompts they sent. This is the third round of those.

Clint Barton Is Not a Traditional Matchmaker (but His Methods Are Foolproof) by Potrix [3k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: “What the fuck just happened?” Tony manages eventually. / “That’s a bad word,” Girl Barton, Lila, says, arching an eyebrow. / Boy Barton, Cooper, shrugs. “We won’t tell if you won’t.” / “What did he mean no big explosions?” Steve croaks helplessly. / The baby burps, entirely unconcerned.

Lost Love is Sweeter (when it’s finally found) by kenshincha [1k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: Tony had always encouraged Pepper’s expanding of his art collection, but it wasn’t art he was really looking for.

How Light Carries on Endlessly by nomadicbeard [5k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: Steve goes and has his family with Peggy and then finds a new one, eighty years later.

5 Times Steve Thought Tony and Clint Were Dating by Bam4Me [4k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: And One Time That Phil Told Him He Was An Idiot

An Ever Fixed Mark by Elspethdixon, Seanchai [70k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: Loki accidentally turns Tony into a woman. Steve is less than thrilled. Hijinks ensue.

Aesthetic Appreciation by theappleppielifestyle [2k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: Tony wears a crop top. Steve, among other people, notices.

gonna be trouble by fictionalcandie [8k, complete]
Summary: In which Bucky comes back, Tony is doomed, and the Avengers want their breakfast.

We stand together (or not at all) by Jana_C [33k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: It’s so easy to hate this man, so painfully easy. He’s the embodiment of rich, white male privilege. He’s irritatingly arrogant, and he doesn’t always think before acting, and even when he does, he manages to twist his logic around and shape it into something that will always benefit him, and yet, here he is, building the guy who killed his parents an arm, without having been asked; working his way through diplomacy and politics, even though he hates it with every fiber of his being, just so he can correct the mistakes all of them made. She watches him go and sighs, small and tired, before texting a single line to Steve. Get ready to come home.

This boy, half-destroyed by haemodye [7k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: A date raffle, a closeted Avenger, and a gold ring all find themselves at the Stark Industries Annual Holiday Party. What could possibly go wrong?

Under God by isozyme [40k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: Nobody was ever going to know. Steve would be a good husband, a good father, and he’d never give in to sin and touch another man. But Steve makes two mistakes, one after the other: he leaves two words out of the Pledge of Allegiance, and he doesn’t notice a camera flash among the strobe lights of a dark club, because he’s dancing with his clumsy hands on Tony’s hips.

You can make this figure with your hips by haemodye [6k, complete, major character death] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: Tony wakes up with a screaming headache, years into the future, where almost everyone he loves is dead. Stop him if you’ve heard this one before.

Teenage Dream by Etharei [7k, complete, underage] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: “That,” says Tony, tone unmistakably smug despite his split lip, “is Captain America. Who, by the way, happens to be my godfather.”

In All the World by wallhaditcoming (uvcatastrophe) [15k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: In a world where Sentinels, people with five heightened senses, bond mentally and spiritually with Guides, people gifted with empathetic powers, Tony Stark has spent thirty-three years overwhelmed by the emotions of those around him and running from his own. Sentinel Steve Rogers wakes up sixty years out of his own time and struggles to deal with the massive amount of new sensory input while trying to find his footing in a New York very different from the one he knew. When they finally find each other, how will their bond change them?

Purple Fleece and Honey by Morethancupcake [2k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: “Protecting Tony Stark is like keeping an open fire in the palm of his hand. It’s like fighting the rain. It keeps him alive, in a way.” All it takes is a tiny Tony, and suddenly being right doesn’t seem important anymore.

Like a Comet Streaming On by Sineala [32k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: Tony escapes Afghanistan with a functioning Iron Man suit and a perfectly normal heart. He even manages to bring Ho Yinsen home safely at his side. But he may as well have lost everything… because his wolfbrother is dead. Six months later, the Avengers find Captain America, frozen in ice, miraculously alive. Everything and everyone Steve has ever known is gone — except his wolfsister, the recipient of the lupine version of the super-soldier serum, who was frozen in his arms. Tony has everything but his wolf. Steve has only his wolf. This is how their lives fit together.

Midnight Confessions by msermesth [6k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: In order to infiltrate SHIELD in 1970, Tony and Steve need three things–
1. Some clothes
2. A plan
3. A grasp of the unresolved sexual tension between them

i just wanted you to know (that this is me trying) by tazziebubbles [8k, complete, eating disorders] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: It starts out with a diet.

Promises Made Not Meant to Be Broken by iam93percentstardust [21k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: In the aftermath, after he’s gotten the team back, after he’s sent that letter, after Natasha has found them, after Vision and Wanda have disappeared together, Steve looks at them all and asks himself, “Who’s there with Tony?” / And, not for the first time, he wonders what he’s done.

brooklyn’s baby by Areiton [series, 13k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Summary: Steve broke time for one reason–the beautiful bratty boy who stared at him with forever in his eyes.

Harmonies Verse by faeleverte [series, 246k+, wip] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: Following the death of his mother, Phil Coulson moves across the country to the “care” of his aunt. With no friends and little contact with everything he’s ever known, the last few months of childhood look as if they’ll drag on forever. He’s lonely, lost, and hurting until a guy with dancing eyes and a beautiful smile knocks him down, both physically and metaphorically. Suddenly, his last year of high school doesn’t seem so daunting and the hours and days don’t feel like they last nearly long enough.

Give a Dog a Bone by Laura Kaye (laurakaye) [86k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: What do you do when your dead best friend turns up alive after three years?
a) yell at him
b) hug him
c) ignore him to his face while following him around the Tower like a creeper
d) maybe fall in love with him a little
e) all of the above

Snapshots on the Long Road Home by Jo (jmathieson) [112k+, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: Clint Barton and Phil Coulson learned to work together and to trust each other, through years of dangerous missions. And during those years they went from being colleagues to friends, and eventually lovers. Snapshots on the Long Road Home is the story of that journey for Clint & Phil. Of the missions, the danger, the growing trust. Their road home to each other isn’t smooth, but by following it they find love.

Darling – I’d bare my neck to You by tillyenna [series, 27k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: In a world where submissives are only just beginning to get rights, 17 year old Clint Barton is recruited into SHIELD and is about to meet the most Dominant man he ever will.

Don’t Ask About the Limp by mrasaki [9k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: Maria was the worst friend ever, Phil thought, unsure where to put the emphasis to really get his feelings across on the subject.

The Things You Need to Know by lavvyan [3k, complete, dub-con] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: Let’s just say that Clint’s post-mission sessions aren’t rewards as much as they are sweet, sweet torture.

Warm Up by shadowenangel [4k, complete, dub-con] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: He thinks that maybe he’s spent his entire life freezing, and, for the first time, he’s finally getting warm.

Page-Turners by sabinelagrande [series, 20k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: A world of tops and subs: just as complicated and ridiculous as you’d think.

My Love is Vengeance by seikaitsukimizu [70k, complete, non-con] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: In a universe far darker than our own, Phil Coulson will do anything to get back his archer, even activate the Avenger’s Initiative. As he dares to lay siege to Asgard, his actions instigate a civil war that erupts on Earth. By the end, both worlds will be changed forever. If he doesn’t burn them first.

Just Another Guy With A Bow by myrmidryad [94k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: Clint’s life is a steady progression from point A to point B, but it’s everything that happens between those points that make the story interesting. Things like joining the circus, losing Barney, finding Barney, stumbling into SHIELD, trusting Coulson, making a different call when he’s sent to kill the Black Widow, and becoming part of the dysfunctional Avengers team.

Dance Dance Avengers by WriteThroughTheNight [1k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: Clint can’t make breakfast without putting on music, and everyone has just a little too much fun

Falling in Love is Hard on the Knees by orderlychaos [65k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: Clint Barton first met Phil Coulson minutes after he’d literally fallen through a warehouse roof in Estonia and really, that set the tone for their whole relationship; a relationship that over the years would grow to include friendship, respect, smartass comments, a redheaded assassin, slightly terrifying conversations with Nick Fury and a whole lot of pining. Falling in love really isn’t easy for SHIELD agents.

Try to Pacify this Hungering (while I deny your effects on me) by shaenie [190k+, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: The SHIELD D/s World AU that the world probably doesn’t need, but that I wrote anyway. Things don’t start out easy between Coulson and Clint Barton when Coulson attempts to recruit Barton to join SHIELD, but things eventually do start to settle between them, even as SHIELD tries to figure out what has been happening to all the submissives that have been disappearing from western countries.

Never Miss a Cue by infiniteeight [3k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: Written for the following Tumblr prompt: “Clint claiming possession of Phil. Not general D/s and not garden variety jealousy. Ownership. Marking. Collars are good. Collars are really quite lovely.”

That Couple by so_shhy [2k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: Written for this prompt on cc-feelsmeme: Clint and Phil are secretly that couple; you know, the one that’s still ridiculously in love even after 10 years together, can finish each other’s sentences, and generally drives all their single friends to homicide with how sweet and affectionate they are. They’re pretty good about hiding it at work. But off-duty? That’s a whole other thing.

What Are Friends For? by Saone [1k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: Phil and Fury have a history, and Phil is definitely not above using said history to get what he wants.

Ring Around the Roses by Tawabids [24k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: Tony Stark wants Agent Coulson to live in the tower with the rest of the team. But Coulson has responsibilities they don’t know about: caring for his partner Clint Barton, an ex-SHIELD assassin irreparably damaged after a mission that went wrong several years earlier. Tony wants to help. Coulson wants to keep everyone happy. Clint just wants a garden and for the Avengers to piss off and let him grow weed in peace.

Phil Coulson, Office Heartthrob by noelia_g [6k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: Every office has a ‘cute guy from Marketing with a great ass’ that everyone wants to sleep with. Among the junior agents at SHIELD, that person is Phil Coulson. Clint would find it hilarious, but he just wants people to stop throwing themselves at his boyfriend.

Making The Best Of It by dentalfloss [33k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: “He’s not telling us everything,” Fury reached out and shut the projection off, “I’m not comfortable with this.” Coulson didn’t respond, didn’t need to. “Let Rogers know I want Barton watched; he doesn’t go anywhere alone until we understand exactly what’s going on. I’m not losing him to some egotistical mind-f***ing blade-dancer who has mentor issues and wants to take it out on our asset.” Phil nodded efficiently. He couldn’t agree more.

Words May Fail by ladyflowdi [series, 107k+, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: There’s a beginning to every love story, Clint knows. Theirs just has more bullets and crazy people.

Cairo by WriteThroughTheNight [10k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: Clint has limits on what he can take, and when they’re passed all hell breaks loose.

Today is Enough by WriteThroughTheNight [21k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: The Avengers are mutants and it changes far fewer things than it should. There’s still a mission to be completed, a world to be saved, and relationships to be had.

The Biggest, Baddest Kids in the Sandbox by WriteThroughTheNight [12k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: An alternate take on The Avengers if Clint, Natasha, Coulson, and assorted others were villains.

Two Can Keep A Secret by WriteThroughTheNight [3k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: Clint becomes best buds with the Winter Soldier and there is surprisingly little death involved.

Burning From The Inside Out by WriteThroughTheNight [1k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: Clint Barton is a stubborn idiot, but he still makes the shot.

Clean Hands and Bloodstained Fur by WriteThroughTheNight [3k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: “Deputy Director Hill, I believe it’s time we activate the Avengers Initiative.” / The only sign of surprise is in her daemon. Clemen tightens his coils uneasily, before settling. / “Is that really wise?” Hill asks. / “We don’t have the time to be wise.”

Love in the Three-Ninth Kingdom by kalakirya, lavvyan [4k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: Clint and Coulson are in mutually unrequited love. Natasha has no patience for their drama. And if the world were a nicer place to live in, she wouldn’t have to deal with it. Alas.

Speaking of Which by Emeraldsnows [45k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: It starts when Clint brings a dog home to Avengers tower. It’s been hit by a car and has three broken ribs, a shattered pelvis, a broken leg, and he’s missing an eye. Clint names him Lucky. Because Clint. It leads to a series of practical jokes, pining, team bonding, new relationships, a box of puppies, and a kid. It ends with a wedding.

Prison ‘verse by arsenicarcher (Arsenic), hoosierbitch [series, 70k, wip] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: When he takes the rap for a crime committed by Barney and the Swordsman, Clint is charged as an adult at 17 and spends the next four years of his life without protection in prison. Enter one Neal Caffrey, who knows how to charm his way to whatever he wants or needs, and Clint’s life gets a lot more interesting. Pretty much, the story of Clint in prison, Clint getting out, and Clint, like always, finding his way to SHIELD, and Phil.

On The Edge by heartsdesire456 [45k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: For Phil Coulson, a middle aged writer from New York, getting an assignment to go to a military base in Afghanistan and spend eleven weeks living amongst the men and women who work there with no further instructions besides “Find me a story that’s human and will make people feel something” from his editor, Nick, sounded like it might be an interesting experience. Seeing up close and personal what it was like to be a part of the longest ongoing war in American history seemed like it might give him the kind of opportunity a writer of small, unimportant pieces like he wrote a chance to write something that people actually cared about. What he found instead was love in the most unexpected way and an experience that would change his life forever.

Toll the mountain by BeBunny [12k, complete, non-con] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: Clint has been suppressing for as long as he can remember. It’s no big deal, he has it under control. It’s just that when he was a kid there wasn’t anyone around to tell him how this was supposed to go, with nowhere safe to let go and deal with the heat it was easier to ignore it altogether. It’s always possible to get hold of suppressants on the street. He’s got dealers on speed dial and a routine. In fact, he’s gotten so good at this he has everyone convinced he’s a Beta with an attitude problem, including Phil Coulson. But it all goes to shit when some dickwad steals his pills.

Every Monster, First a Man by giddytf2 [56k, complete, underage, non-con] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: Omega!Clint and Alpha!Coulson in a dark, Alpha/Beta/Omega world of fangs, claws, purring and snarling, who somehow find and fall in love with each other anyway while a monster from Clint’s past returns and threatens to rob him of everything he loves.

ask ourselves what road to take by t_fic (topaz), topaz, topaz119 (topaz) [47k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: Clint knew it was going to be bad as soon as he looked up from whatever the hell Nat had gotten for him to eat and saw Fury standing in front of him.

Don’t be alarmed if I fall head over feet by sirona [18k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: “That little shit,” Jasper snarls, throwing himself in the seat across from Phil in the mess hall, glasses slightly askew and eyes sporting that look Phil has come to associate with a certain specialist recently collected into SHIELD’s fold.

Alphabet Cities by eigengrau [19k, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: Take Phil Coulson and Clint Barton. Add one part sexual tension and one part snappy banter. Mix in travel writing and the alphabet. Liberally sprinkle with angst and fluff. Stir. A series of one-shots, each focusing on Phil and Clint’s relationship over the course of their travels for SHIELD.

Passepartout by faeleverte, Kathar, Laura Kaye (laurakaye), zappedbysnow [147k+, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: Clint is bequeathed the world’s oddest safe deposit box, goes off to find out who Phil really was, and maybe just finds Phil again.

The Ultimate Kidfic of Ultimate Destiny by JHSC [series, 207k+, wip] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: Clint is seventeen. He has a girlfriend, a baby on the way, and a headlining act in the circus. Then, he doesn’t.

Male Order Verse by faeleverte [series, 222k+, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: Agent Coulson’s mission is simple: fly to Amsterdam; meet up with a fake mail order bride (a member of Dutch intelligence); fake a relationship; intercept stolen weapons plans; get home in one piece. But it’s the kind of operation where everything that can go wrong does, starting with a mixup in the introduction service paperwork. Mercenary Hawkeye’s goal is clear: grab a temporary spouse; keep his real identity hidden; get himself and his partner back to the US; forget that whole failed mission ever happened. Unfortunately he gets more than he bargained for when his groom turns out to be perfect… and hiding a few secrets of his own.

Two-Man Rule by faeleverte, Kathar [series, 211k+, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: A Bowtie arc for Agents of SHIELD Season One, composed nearly equally of conspiracy, action, and smut. Wrapped so closely to Season One canon we might as well be spooning it. (Pretty damn compliant for Season Two as well– and definitely not Age of Ultron compliant.)

Washed Ashore by Kathar [286k+, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson.
Summary: Phil Coulson has been the Keeper of North Bar, and about half hermit, for fifteen years by the time he finds the wounded man lying on the beach in the wake of a storm. (Actually– it was the dog that found him; blame the dog.) Clint Barton has been a circus act, a mercenary, a spy, and a superhero– now he’s a wanted man, and a half-drowned one to boot. When they start trying to clear Clint’s name, events spiral out of control in ways they can’t imagine. Their lives will never be the same — and neither will the Avengers, SHIELD, and the entirety of Long Beach Island, NJ.

Not Easily Conquered by dropdeaddream, WhatAreFears [series, 117k+, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers.
Summary: In 1945, Steve Rogers jumps from a nosediving plane and swims through miles of Arctic Ocean to a frozen shore. In 1947, Steve Rogers marries Peggy Carter. In 1966, the New York Times finds the lost letters of Sergeant James Buchanan Barnes.

Infinite Coffee and Protection Detail by MusingsOnBuckyBarnes, owlet [series, 264k+, complete] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers.
Summary: The mission resets abruptly, from objective: kill to objective: protect

the Kept Boy by moonythejedi394, Neutralchaos [235k+, complete, underage, non-con] Fandom: Marvel. Ship: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers.
Summary: Here is James Barnes, the most dangerous Alpha in New York. Rich, powerful, cocky and short-tempered, his only skill greater than his persuasion or intimidation is his marksmanship. Head of the Seyrbakov crime family, inherited over the heads of the late Aleksei Seyrbakov’s own sons, who he had deported when they attempted to murder him. Top of Interpol and the FBI and the CIA and probably the NSA’s most wanted lists, but there’s never enough evidence to bring even a parking ticket against him, as it has been for New York’s Bratva since the late 1910s. His company smuggles weapons, drugs, alcohol, tobacco, exotic animals, you name it, but you’ll never find a shred of proof. If land barons still existed, then Barnes – owning property in all the five boroughs, the state, the country, even on other continents – would easily be one. When you think of the Russian mafia, you think of Barnes. Here is James Barnes, gracing the scum and lowlifes of Brooklyn with his presence, and here is Steve Rogers, not-so-cheap yet consistently broke hooker, sitting on his lap like he belongs there. Very rapidly, that makes him the most dangerous Omega in New York.

Stand by Me by Penny Lane and Jenny Wren [complete] Fandom: The Beatles. Ship: John Lennon/Paul McCartney.
Summary: John survives.

Widow by abromeds [26k+, complete, major character death] Fandom: The Beatles. Ship: John Lennon/Paul McCartney.
Summary: If Paul had died in 1980 instead of John; and how John deals with that.

Summer Rose by chanderson [25k+, incomplete] Fandom: The Beatles. Ship: John Lennon/Paul McCartney.
Summary: John and Paul rekindle their relationship late summer 1980. John’s feeling lost, and Paul’s missing him in more ways than one.

i said something wrong by frogchorus [2k+, wip] Fandom: The Beatles. Ship: John Lennon/Paul McCartney.
Summary: In 1965, The Beatles performed on the ‘Blackpool Night Out’. It’s fairly well recorded that John and Paul had an argument pre-show, and this fic explores that.

new york woman by peculiar_mademoiselle [series, 5k+, wip] Fandom: The Beatles, Yoko Ono. Ship: John Lennon/Paul McCartney.
Summary: A series of loosely related one shots about Yoko Ono.

Having Coffee by dornfelder [16k+, complete] Fandom: The Beatles. Ship: John Lennon/Paul McCartney.
Summary: In a world where Mark Chapman doesn’t shoot John Lennon, the Beatles reunite in 1982. In 1983, John and Paul are outed by the tabloid press. / It’s 2020, and two journalists are on their way to meet them in their home in Central London.

six hours in august by stonedlennon [15k+, complete] Fandom: The Beatles. Ship: John Lennon/Paul McCartney.
Summary: John bumps into Paul at a gay bar in New York. They try to forget each other. August, 1979.

Tessellate by cloudy_blue [5k+, complete] Fandom: The Beatles. Ship: John Lennon/Paul McCartney.
Summary: 1962; 1964; 1968. Cynthia reflects on her husband’s relationship with Paul.

I Still Miss Someone / I Know That I Miss You but I Don’t Know Where I Stand by RosalindBeatrice [series, 64k+, wip] Fandom: The Beatles. Ship: John Lennon/Paul McCartney.
Summary: It’s 1976 and Paul keeps showing up on John’s doorstep with a guitar. Eventually John turns him away and Paul goes off to sulk in his hotel room the night before his flight from New York. Based on real events.

Throw the Wine by Savageandwise [51k+, wip] Fandom: The Beatles. Ship: John Lennon/Paul McCartney.
Summary: “But you realise that you’re in real life, and you don’t split up a beautiful thing with a beautiful thing.” -Paul McCartney / Or do you?

Cutting Water with a Knife by Savageandwise [5k+, complete] Fandom: The Beatles. Ship: John Lennon/Paul McCartney.
Summary: John and Paul’s relationship through May’s eyes.

Opposites by Selena [4k+, complete] Fandom: The Beatles, Yoko Ono. Ship: John Lennon/Paul McCartney.
Summary: On bargaining with your husband’s former partner, losing and gaining, war and peace, and the difference between art and a child. Eleven glimpses at and by Yoko Ono.

Love there that’s sleeping by Selena [4k+, complete] Fandom: The Beatles. Ship: John Lennon/Paul McCartney.
Summary: George and Paul through the years.

The Song Stuck in my Head by Savageandwise [14k+, wip] Fandom: The Beatles. Ship: Sean Lennon/James McCartney
Summary: Sean and James examine their fathers’ relationship and their own.

A Great and Gruesome Height by mokuyoubi [121k+, complete] Fandom: Hannibal. Ship: Hannibal Lecter/Will Graham.
Summary: In his mind, the fall lasts a small eternity. In reality, it’s maybe two seconds.
Will and Hannibal go over the cliff, just like they planned. Picks up where the finale ends, fills in all the blanks of the last episode, and continues through to their new life as Murder Husbands. My version of a fix-it fic.

Shark Tank by xzombiexkittenx [72k, complete] Fandom: Hannibal. Ship: Hannibal Lecter/Will Graham.
Summary: Will and Hannibal meet in prison. Hannibal is still the Ripper, Will is still a profiler who had encephalitis. Only now they’re cell mates

Just As Poised As I Remember by CarnivalMirai [5k, complete] Fandom: Hannibal. Ship: Hannibal Lecter/Will Graham.
Summary: When Will was in high school he had an incredibly handsome psychology teacher– tall and sharp with a thick European accent. And now, a decade later, said psychology teacher-turned psychiatrist… just swiped right on him.

As soft, as wide as air by BlackKnightSatellite [191k+, complete] Fandom: Hannibal. Ship: Hannibal Lecter/Will Graham.
Summary: After surviving the fall, Will finds he has far fewer hesitations about joining Hannibal than he would have guessed. Character death, but not Will or Hannibal.

Bright Hair About The Bone by MissDisoriental [485k+, complete] Fandom: Hannibal. Ship: Hannibal Lecter/Will Graham.
Summary: In a world where omegas are little more than trophies to be bought and sold, Will Graham has done the unthinkable by escaping a forced bonding. Already in high demand as a profiler, Will’s determined to find freedom on his own terms. For Hannibal Lecter the outlook is far more straightforward: a slow, systematic seduction of the most uniquely captivating omega he’s ever encountered. As the shadow of a new and terrifying serial killer falls over Baltimore, the stage is set to redefine all accepted meanings of passion, temptation, horror and beauty – and to discover the ecstasy of a genuine love crime.

Overcoming by purefoysgirl [548k+, complete] Fandom: Hannibal. Ship: Hannibal Lecter/Will Graham.
Summary: A Victorian A/B/O romance in which Hannibal Lecter is the future Duke of Westvale who has been away at war for the past ten years. His Grandfather has made good on a contract made shortly after Hannibal’s birth to procure him a wife. It was supposed to be easy. Naturally, with the Omega, Will, given in the place of his twin sister, it is anything but, because if there is one thing Hannibal Lecter despises, it’s Omegas.

Paragon by BloodyWar2411 [237k+, wip] Fandom: Hannibal. Ship: Hannibal Lecter/Will Graham.
Summary: When Hannibal met Will Graham (the man who had, three years prior, been mistaken for the Chesapeake Ripper), he expected amusement. What he got was his first taste of obsession. Dark and bitter in the back of his throat but achingly sweet on the tongue. He knew at once that this feeling, this Man, would consume him. And Hannibal would consume Will right back.

Enough by Miss_Lv [28k, complete] Fandom: Hannibal. Ship: Hannibal Lecter/Will Graham.
Summary: Will is Hannibal’s younger brother. That goes about as well as you would expect.

Black Rock Mountain by bokunojinsei [23k, complete] Fandom: Hannibal. Ship: Hannibal Lecter/Will Graham.
Summary: Will is a hitchhiker with questionable hobbies. Hannibal is a man who has questionable motives. When Hannibal drives by Will who just so happens to need a ride, things quickly take a turn from the questionable to the downright depraved.

Oddbodies by toffeecape [72k, complete] Fandom: Hannibal. Ship: Hannibal Lecter/Will Graham.
Summary: Will is an off-brand sentinel. Hannibal is a reputable guide. What could go wrong?

Gates of Ivory, Gates of Horn by borevidal [9k, complete] Fandom: Hannibal. Ship: Hannibal Lecter/Will Graham.
Summary: Will and Hannibal’s relationship plays out in a world where people can send each other dreams. Mid-Season 3 AU.

invidia by bleakmidwinter [5k, complete] Fandom: Hannibal. Ship: Hannibal Lecter/Will Graham.
Summary: Will Graham’s jealousy is a fickle thing.

Life is Sweeter When Traveled With a Dog by IWillBeYourPet [10k, complete] Fandom: Hannibal. Ship: Hannibal Lecter/Will Graham.
Summary: Hannibal takes a sulking Will to the dog park.

Hail Storm by vipjuly [11k, complete] Fandom: Hannibal. Ship: Hannibal Lecter/Will Graham.
Summary: Hannibal refuses to stoop to a dating app, but the fact of the matter is this: he needs someone. What exact role they need to fulfill is up for grabs–Hannibal just knows he needs company. Conversation. Intelligence. Someone that won’t bore him to death or, in some cases, bore him to murder. A sugar baby seems like the most obvious choice, since Hannibal knows the easiest way for someone to stand him is to pay them for it. Will Graham replies to Hannibal’s ad in an eye-catching manner and the instant he meets the boy, Hannibal is… taken. There’s a certain something about Will. Hannibal can almost put his finger on it.

Too Much is Never Enough by nihilistic_trout [9k, complete] Fandom: Hannibal. Ship: Hannibal Lecter/Will Graham.
Summary: After mostly recovering from their injuries, Will and Hannibal head for Mexico. Unfortunately, that means they’re stuck in a car together. Alone. And they have to sort through some of their shit. God help them.

Demonstration by HotMolasses [11k, complete] Fandom: Hannibal. Ship: Hannibal Lecter/Will Graham.
Summary: Will goes to a heat clinic a few days before he is due, to determine whether he wants to use the facility. But then he finds himself blindly following the scent of a delicious Alpha. Before he knows what’s happening, he finds himself naked, bound, and gagged on an examination table that is being prepared for a medical demonstration, given by Dr. Lecter to a room full of students on how to properly treat an omega during heat. At first he is mortified, but Dr. Lecter’s treatment soon has him enjoying himself to the point of begging for more.

One Way Out Of Many by hellotailor, nakamasmile [59k, complete] Fandom: Hannibal. Ship: Hannibal Lecter/Will Graham.
Summary: Hannibal planned to keep Will in the dark about his encephalitis so he could watch that brilliant mind burn itself up and become something new. In a world without daemons, he might have got away with it.

like a bird scared at an empty bush, trembling for nothing by onibi [2k, complete] Fandom: Iliad. Ship: Achilles/Patroclus.
Summary: various characters from the iliad/greek myth playing “never have i ever”

at least as deep as the pacific ocean by astrolesbian [5k, complete] Fandom: Iliad. Ship: Achilles/Patroclus.
Summary: It’s not that Patroclus somehow has not noticed that his new favorite coffee shop seemed to only hire possible models, but, well. There’s a thin line between noticing and admiring a person’s looks and being creepy about it.

Not Homer’s Iliad by kaufmanl [143k+, complete] Fandom: Iliad. Ship: Achilles/Patroclus.
Summary: Or, in which Patroclus pines after Achilles, Achilles pines after Patroclus, Briseis plays matchmaker, Odysseus has bad ideas, Diomedes has worse ones, Agamemnon sucks, Menelaus can’t hold down a girlfriend, and the entire school goes to war.

One Direction series by BelWatson [series, complete] Fandom: One Direction. Ship: reader-inserts.
Summary: {book 1} ✓ – ❝ Once upon a time… Wait, are you shitting me? This story doesn’t start like this. On the contrary! This story is about a girl who thought had enough of men but, of course, her words backfired on her face. Yeah, this girl is me. An average girl… Okay, not so average, more insane, I would say. Whatever. This is my story and if you want to know what happened, keep reading, because it all started with an eating contest. ❞

Step Two by jonius_belonius (Joni_Beloni) [150k+, complete] Fandom: Suits. Ship: Mike Ross/Harvey Specter.
Summary: Mike meets Harvey at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. He proposes becoming Mike’s sponsor, but with an unusual twist.

when our stars collide by tattooedsiren [52k, complete] Fandom: Suits. Ship: Mike Ross/Harvey Specter.
Summary: Mike has lived in New York all his life, so he’s not unaccustomed to seeing famous people in real life. He once stood in line at a coffee shop behind Hugh Jackman. He saw Matt Damon at a restaurant once. One time he got into a cab that Anne Hathaway was exiting. He doesn’t really get star struck. Except now apparently. Harvey Specter just walked into his shop and Mike’s body is reacting, heart beating hard in his chest, breathing becoming more difficult. Thankfully Mike is distracted from his minor freak out by someone attempting to rob him. [or: Harvey is a famous actor who walks into the bookshop that Mike owns, and yes, this is exactly what you think it is.]

Shackled and Drawn by Lupismaris [65k, complete] Fandom: Suits. Ship: Mike Ross/Harvey Specter.
Summary: Mike had never been to a boxing match before. A few of Grammie’s friends at the home watched them, and he’d settle down with them so they’d have company. But he’d never stopped to watch it closely. He’d never bothered to dish out the extra money for a ticket to a live fight. That had always been Trevor’s thing, the violence, the blood stains on the fabric, the thud of gloves hitting muscle and bone. He’d always thought it too much, not something to glorify, just people brutally beating the shit out of each other. But when he first laid eyes on Harvey Specter, towering in the ring, he realized that he’d been wrong.

5U175 by Closer [26k, complete] Fandom: Suits. Ship: Mike Ross/Harvey Specter.
Summary: Harvey sometimes moonlights as a Star Trek BNF. Mike might have an attitude problem on the internet. TiberiusGhost is strangely compelling, for a recluse who never goes to meetups, and Harvey’s finding this kid Photohead vaguely familiar…

From the Heart by laughter_now [76k, incomplete] Fandom: Suits. Ship: Mike Ross/Harvey Specter.
Summary: Christmas is approaching, and with it one of Harvey’s biggest problems. For all his talents and abilities, he absolutely sucks at finding the right gifts for his family. There have been some near-catastrophes in the past that Harvey’s family has made perfectly clear better not happen again. Usually, this is where Donna comes in and saves the day, only this year she goes on strike and insists that Harvey should buy his own presents. Harvey however wouldn’t be Harvey if he didn’t have a different plan to get himself out of the disaster that is shopping for presents one week before Christmas Eve. He asks Mike to help him out. In hindsight maybe he should have seen that involving his associate was going to have consequences beyond a single day of shopping. Harvey opened a door and things just…happen from there, and definitely not in a way Harvey imagined his Christmas holiday to go.

Grande Soy Triple Dirty Chai by friskaz [38k, complete] Fandom: Suits. Ship: Mike Ross/Harvey Specter.
Summary: Harvey is (still) a lawyer. Mike is the only barista that gets his coffee order right, and isn’t afraid of a bit of intelligent and snarky banter.

The Story of Us by Beautiful1Disaster [367k+, complete] Fandom: The Vampire Diaries. Ship: Damon Salvatore/Elena Gilbert.
Summary: The past four years have built up to the moment that will define everything for Damon and Elena. When reality comes crashing down around them, they find themselves looking back on the past and trying to decide where to go from here. AU. AH.

Physical Attraction, Chemical Reaction by Babi [135k+, complete] Fandom: The Vampire Diaries. Ship: Damon Salvatore/Elena Gilbert.
Summary: It all started with a night of hot sex. Where things could go from there to Elena and Damon? Could they fall for each other although they don’t believe in love anymore? AU/AH

Don’t give up on my son, a dying man’s wish by Heidi Mae [150k+, complete] Fandom: The Vampire Diaries. Ship: Damon Salvatore/Elena Gilbert.
Summary: AU AH Elena takes a job caring for her friend Stefan’s father. When Elena discovers his dying wish is to reconcile with his older son Damon she decides to make it happen. But Damon doesn’t exactly make it easy on her.

Beautiful Stranger by Rosesareforever [75k, complete] Fandom: The Vampire Diaries. Ship: Damon Salvatore/Elena Gilbert.
Summary: On her eighteenth birthday, Elena decided to throw a huge party at the Grill. Totally drunk, she slept with a blue eyed stranger. What will happen when four years later, he’d turn out to be her new boss?

Kiss Me, Break My Heart by LoveEpicLove [68k, complete] Fandom: The Vampire Diaries. Ship: Damon Salvatore/Elena Gilbert.
Summary: Elena Gilbert has been in love with her best friend Damon Salvatore for years, but when he asks her to help him win back the woman of his dreams, Elena decides she’s had enough. Now Elena wants to move on, but Damon’s not making it easy on her. AU/AH

Locked In A Loveless Marriage by LoveEpicLove [49k, complete] Fandom: The Vampire Diaries. Ship: Damon Salvatore/Elena Gilbert.
Summary: When Elena asks Damon Salvatore for a loan, he agrees on the condition that she marries him. What happens when she finds herself falling in love with a man who has told her he will never love her? AU. All human.

Somebody I Used to Know by newsgirl83 [221k+, complete] Fandom: The Vampire Diaries. Ship: Damon Salvatore/Elena Gilbert.
Summary: Grieving the sudden death of their parents, Damon and Elena are forced to face their past choices and mistakes. Take a wild a journey through 20 years of their lives…together, apart and everything in between.

foolproof, foolhardy by tennessoui [72k+, complete] Fandom: Star Wars. Ship: Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker.
Summary: Senior padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi’s best friend, Ahsoka, pisses him off. After a few too many drinks, he decides that the perfect way to get revenge is to sleep with her master. A sober, hungover Obi-Wan is horrified to remember the plan, and even more horrified to find that Quinlan, perhaps-a-bit-too-eager partner in crime, has no intentions of letting him back out of Operation: Seduce Anakin Skywalker, a foolhardy yet foolproof plan. Emphasis, of course, on fool.

‘Til the end, then hell and back by thedunesea [34k+, complete] Fandom: Star Wars. Ship: Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker.
Summary: Ten years after the Fall of the Republic, two parallel lines converge.

(did my love aid and abet you?) by alasse [11k+, complete] Fandom: Red, White & Royal Blue. Ship: Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor.
Summary: That night in Kensington Palace, Henry told Alex to leave. Eleven years later, Alex watches on the news as Henry comes out, and abdicates. A story of what came before, and what comes after.

Am I the Asshole? by everwitch [9k+, complete] Fandom: Red, White & Royal Blue. Ship: Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor.
Summary: In which Alex and Henry are college roommates, and a few thousand strangers think they should fuck.

and history remembered. by sherryvalli [74k+, wip] Fandom: Red, White & Royal Blue. Ship: Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor.
Summary: From cakegate to the leak – from Twitter’s POV.