#makeit_takeit

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Hockey RPF Recs from 2023

I realized recently that I haven't done a great job keeping up with hockey fic beyond the authors I was already subscribed to, so I did some reading in the tag for the past year (and of course fell in a hole and neglected other parts of my life, you know the drill). Mattdrai is even bigger than I thought?? (She said, having been living under a rock.) Also, wow, *amazing* writers out there I had no idea about! Here are my favorites of the stories I've read so far:

so is the longing by dogjuice (mattdrai): This one might win as my favorite fic of the year. You know how sometimes you read something that's not quite as well written as you want it to be but it's doing the thing you want so you read it anyway? This is NOT that fic. It hits such good juicy trope buttons and also is clever and hilariously written. Top marks.

i'll tell you when to stop by dogjuice (mcmattdrai): Sadly this is the only other fic dogjuice has posted, but it is also excellent. The premise could be ridiculous in someone else's hands but rings so true. I was on tenterhooks for it all to work out.

In From the Cold by makeit_takeit (TK/Patty): FERAL. OVER. THIS. All three stories in this (loosely related) series are impeccable, but this one gave me the most feels. I am weak for a repressed closeted character gradually discovering happiness, and the depth of characterization is breathtaking.

Baby, I'm a Wildcard by wearemany (mattdrai): The writing!! This fic is mostly developing/established relationship, which is not usually my fave, but somehow I loved the entire thing?? Just really compelling character-focused writing that had me completely absorbed without needing to rely on angst or drama (much as I love those in other stories).

Edmonton 10 by Helenish (mattdrai): Helenish is incomparable. I cannot express how happy I am that they've (she's?) gotten into hockey lately. Read everything; I don't even know if this is the best one because I *am* subscribed to them so I read the stories as they came out and didn't rank them or anything, but this one is excellent and also you can't go wrong.

this must be the place by rafting (Jamie/Trevor): Love me some sexuality exploration. The USNTDP ensemble was so vividly and delightfully present in this one. Also, Trevor is so dumb. How can you not love it.

let me look at you by isozyme (mattdrai, mcmattdrai): This one is emotionally ROUGH but so well done. Heed the warnings, but there's plenty of emotional satisfaction as well. I read it several weeks ago and it's still living in my head.

roughed up in the afterglow by notthequiettype (mattdrai): This one is pretty short but gets a lot done in not too many words. Really excellent character interactions and dialogue.

linger by bropunzeling (mattdrai): Top-notch A/B/O content. Sometimes you just want Matthew to have heat sex with Leon and pretend not to have feelings until he can't anymore.

in the honey by donderwalk (Jamie/Trevor): Okay it's been a while since I read this one but I remember it as the highlight of my Jamie/Trevor tag search at the time, so I'm gonna say it's probably great. 😄

Serenity in Those Deep Waters by angry_geno_is_score (larsdunn): This mashes the D/s buttons sooooo good. Has it inspired me to write more D/s? Oh yes. Check it out; You Will Have Feels.

how lovely are thy branches by quadratics (mattdrai, Brady/Tim): Hilarious premise, charming execution. This isn't even about characters getting together and yet I loved it.

Hourglass Theory by puckedup (mattdrai): So short, and totally managed to punch me in the chest (in the best way).

#i'm sure there are more great ones but i am but one reader #also i've gotten sidetracked by the necessity of reading everything makeit_takeit's ever written #which is a delightfully large amount #fic recs #hockey rpf #2023 in review

[warcorrespondence]

Review: Born Ready

Born Ready by makeit_takeit / @makeit-takeit (whose complete works I, Nikki / @gorgeousundertow will now be reading, thank you)

fandom: generation kill

pairing: bradnate

explicit, 98199 words

I have literal pages of notes on this fic - that's how much I loved it. It's an unusual approach, but such a wonderful one, and it's helped me understand these two characters (about whom I had already given a great deal of thought) so much more deeply. Like this is basically canon for me now. It's the long road of how they got to be the people they are before OIF, how they (eventually) come together, and how they stay together.

Spoiler I really do feel you should know before going in: Brad and Nate don’t have so much as a conversation until you’re fully one-third of the way in. (The first one they have with actual dialogue tags, Nate is half naked though so DON’T WORRY THIS FIC WILL DELIVER).

This is actually a spoiler - heavy review, so if you’re not into that, leave now, knowing only this: this fic is incredible, read it immediately.

Born Ready genuinely is a character study, of both of them, the deepest I’ve ever encountered. It explores their (very different) paths to uncovering their sexualities which (another spoiler) they do before they meet. This is not a Brad meets Nate or vice versa and discovers whoops! I’m gay! (The guy I lost my virginity to said he lost his “accidentally" like he tripped over something, and I always think of that….anyhoo).

So there’s a lot of sex with people who aren’t each other, for the first 1/3. But it’s all for a reason, as my favorite kind of sex-in-a-fic is (whether it’s exploring a developing relationship, emotional state, stakes, etc). In this case, it’s character study and if you don’t think a BJ can be character study well you just haven’t read makeit-takeit yet. (And again, DON'T WORRY WHEN THEY DO BANG THEY BANG VERY WELL, IT'S EXTREMELY GOOD YES)

It also skips OIF entirely which I’ll confess I was sad about, because with this level of character study I actually wanted to get makeit-takeit's take on every single scene at least some crucial scenes at least the final unreadable look okay??? But the show is treated as canon we already know rather than something the author needs to fill us in on and contextualize…which, fair! And respect!

Even after they take the first steps they take a long time - A LONG TIME - to really make it work. Which, having understood these characters and their individual fears and hesitations so well, felt absolutely true and right. Frustrating? Yes. But right.

But they do make it work, and it's entirely in character and just the right kind of sweetness - because it's earned.

"I'm flattered, Nate." He looks at Nate resolutely. "But I"m not the guy you want, or-or the guy you should have. If you're honest with yourself, I think you know that." It sounds so final, like the Iceman has fucking spoken, and that's that. Nate can't keep the sneer off his face. "Fuck you." Brad's head snaps up. "Are you fucking-" "No, Fuck. You. Fuck you for not believing you're worth anyone's time - my time - just because some shitty people did a shitty thing to you, once. And fuck you for not trusting me to stick with you even when it's hard. Fuck you for treating me like I'm too fucking fragile to be burdened with any of the shit you carry around with you every day. And mostly, Brad? Fuck you for acting like you're doing this to protect me, when you're just trying to protect yourself."

#generation kill #bradnate #nikkirecs #90k-100k words

[teex]

Have you ever done a list of your favorite Jamie x Trevor works?

hello! i am going to assume this ask is about fic. if it isnt, please just ignore!

i have definitely recced various drygras fics before but i dont know that i have ever made a list, so here's one! everything on here is Wonderful and i have reread at least once, tho the list def isnt comprehensive. ao3 has tonsss of great fic for them, and i am forgetful

anyway! in no order except for the first fic bc its the goat:

checked swing by dilangley

Every morning, Jamie walks out into the kitchen of the little team-provided apartment and sees Trevor Zegras in his kitchen. And it ruins his fucking day. Every fucking time. (Baseball AU)

-fucking just, incredible writing. incredible characterizations and chemistry. only rated T but still one of the most satisfying fics YK!!

2. ain't going down without a fight by countthestars

Trevor may not be patient, but he is persistent. (Werewolf AU)

-Such a great exploration of their first season together, enemies to friends to lovers, now with werewolves!

3. If A Group of Ducks Is Called a Raft You Keep Me Afloat by neerdowellwolf

"I wish we could go to the beach." "Right now? That's how you get eaten by sharks, Jamie." "Oh, is that how?" "Yeah. It is how. Nice boy like you, pale little legs in the dark? Practically a beacon." Jamie hadn't known what to expect. That the chirping, shit talking player he'd lined up across from would turn out to be this smiling, laid back girl keeping up a near continuous running commentary as they play COD. She's funny, in a dry low-key way and she asks him questions about his life, his family. Jamie finds his shoulders relaxing without thinking about it. (girl!Trevor AU)

-hot! and funny and a little bit angsty. i loved the depictions of trevor and jamie here and the way trevor being a girl changes and doesn't change the dynamic

4. Fever Dream High by canary

Every single person at this party was taller than Jamie, and tanner, and glowier, like an impenetrable wall of Southern California cool. (non-hockey AU)

-trevor and jamie recently met and recently fucked and now they are seeing each other again at a fancy party ;))

5. She don't pay rent but she stays on my mind by theaa

He’s never kissed a girl with short hair. Honest to god doesn’t think he’s ever done it. (girl!Jamie AU)

-trevor going against his usual type bc he is just fully infatuated with jamie. so much sex and so much fondness and just a reallyreally great fic

6. Short Sleeves in December by makeit_takeit

Outside the windows that look out into the gym, is a guy. He’s got dirty blond hair, sun-bleached ends curling shaggy and disheveled around his ears, sticking out from under a flat-brimmed hat. He’s wearing a t-shirt with the sleeves cut out, sides hanging open down past his ribs, and athletic shorts that are hiked up to stretch around the considerable width of his upper quads. He’s standing there on the wooden floor of the basketball court, barefoot and sweaty and tan all over, looking like what California would look like if it was a person. And his pale blue eyes (of course they’re blue eyes) are narrowed, laser-focused, and they’re staring right at Jamie. (Highschool AU)

-i just read and recced this! but i will still happily put it on an actual rec list. this was a great alternate enemies to lovers story for them, and somehow perfectly captured the way it felt to be in high school with a crush, and the eventual giddiness of finding out that crush liked you back

#i hope this is what you were looking for! #all the jamietrevor fics by these writers are gold #along w many other writers #donderwolk has incred stuff notthequiettype too. bropunzeling. god there are a lot #andthreequarts. steviethenarwhal #happy reading! #fic rec #hockey rpf #hrpf #drygras #611

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Fic Feature Fridays:

I'm going approach this by just jumping back through my archive of bookmarks and try and choose the ones that fill me with that "i want to read this again" feelings.

i'm my best when i'm with you by faith_girl222 (faithgirl) • Sidney Crosby/Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby/Evgeni Malkin/OFC

Day 29 by Anonymous • Sidney Crosby/Evgeni Malkin

Captain's Heat by snickfic • Sidney Crosby/Pittsburgh Penguins, Sidney Crosby/Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby/Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby/Matt Murray

Erythema by makeit_takeit • Ryan Graves/Cale Makar

Fire to the Sun by downjune • Sidney Crosby/Kris LetangKris, Letang/Olli Maatta

#fic recs #hockey rpf #sidgeno #and others

[lostcol]

People You’d Like to Get to Know Better

tagged by @thedoctorajcrowley 💚

3 Ships (I have more but these are my main 3 right now)

TKNP (TK/Nolpat, men's hockey rpf)

FirstPrince (Alex/Henry, RWRB)

Britin (Brian/Justin, QAF US 2000)

First Ship

First ship I was really invested in was Buffy/Angel (I was 11, let me have this, I've since upgraded to Buffy/Spike). First ship I wrote for was Brooke/Lucas from One Tree Hill back in high school.

Last Song

Rock Me - One Direction

Currently Reading - and highly recommend all!!

Fic:

Going Platinum by cricketnationrise (FirstPrince, camboy!Alex au)

In From the Cold by makeit_takeit (tknp, oil field worker!tk au)

Respite by lavieenrose (britin, deaf!justin au)

Audiobook:

When a Man Loves an Alien by Chloe Archer

Last Film

Ummmm maybe Saltburn? I don't watch a lot of movies anymore.

Currently Craving

Chocolate. Yoga, which I'll probably do later.

no pressure tagging: @eusuntgratie @bigassbowlingballhead @matriaya @bartbarthelme @getmehighonmagic @madsworld15

#ask games

[cgsf]

Fics Based on a Trope:

Internalized Homophobia

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Teen Wolf (TV)

"Between Men & Lions" (E) by standinginanicedress | Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski | 102,164

"I know that you love me, even when I lose my head" (E) by LunaCanisLupus_22 | Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski | 135,585

"No Homo" (E) by anonymous | Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski | 84,092

"Constantly on the Cusp" (E) by alisvolatpropiis | Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski | 40,884

"frat au" (E) by endversed | Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski | 32,318

"Space Age Crystals" (E) by A Devil Like You | Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski | 1,235

Men's Hockey (RPF)

"A Month of Sundays" (M) by Kelfin | Erik Johnson/Gabriel Landeskog | 68,667

"Let It Be" (E) by juliusschmidt | Patrick Kane/Jonathan Toews | 60,127

"it's not gay if they don't come" (M) by Penelopiad | Patrick Kane/Jonathan Toews | 12,812 words

"Wide Eyes" (E) by Tedda | Patrick Kane/Jonathan Toews | 44,832

"The Scars That Words Have Carved" 🔒 (E) by Linsky | Patrick Kane/Jonathan Toews | 15,694

"not your baby" 🔒 (E) by claudine | Patrick Kane/Jonathan Toews | 975

"dress me in your favorite disguise" 🔒 (E) by 19red | Patrick Kane/Jonathan Toews | 7,250

"I'm on fire" 🔒 (E) by TheNorthRemembers | Jamie Drysdale/Trevor Zegras | 5,658

"my blood is red and unafraid of living" 🔒 (E) by clementiae | Jamie Drysdale/Trevor Zegras | 6,888

"Don't Want You Like a Best Friend" 🔒 (E) by Linsky | Jamie Drysdale/Trevor Zegras | 9,508

"une ivresse qui m'anéantit" 🔒 (E) by puckthisshift | Thomas Chabot/Josh Norris | 5,746

"Someone Else's Solid Ground" 🔒 (E) by Linsky | Travis Konecny/Nolan Patrick | 21,757

"How the Future Knew" 🔒 (E) by canary | Travis Konecny/Nolan Patrick | 63,728

"River for the Sea" (E) by LoveLeah | Travis Konecny/Nolan Patrick | 39,152

"Two Halves of a Whole Idiot" 🔒 (E) by littleconnections | Travis Konecny/Nolan Patrick | 19,089

"Happy Endings" 🔒 (E) by makeit_takeit | Travis Konecny/Nolan Patrick | 29,650

"Next Level Bromanship" 🔒 (E) by disarm_d | Jamie Benn/Tyler Seguin | 7,974

Hannibal (TV)

"swear it won't take you long" 🔒 (E) by ladyalysv | Jamie Benn/Tyler Seguin | 9,823

"as good as gold" 🔒 (E) by bropunzeling | Kent Johnson/Owen Power | 29,766

“Sea Change” (E) by xzombiexkittenx | Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter | 4,375

“Faded Fantasy” (E) by Phenobarbital | Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter | 232,599

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This is probably my favorite premise; I just wish there were more good ones out there under this tag. If you have any favorites with this tag, let me know so I can check them out.

#fanfiction #fan fiction #fanfic #fic recs #internalized homophobia #teen wolf fanfiction #teen wolf #teen wolf fics #ao3 #mens hockey rpf

[grittyreadsfic]

this tknp future fic by makeit_takeit absolutely slaps

#fic rec #hockey rpf #hrpf

[tapedsleeves]

1, 7 for fic meme!

1 👍🏽 A fic you bookmarked recently

Oh, I'm going to have to admit this now: I don't bookmark fic. My memory is pretty good, so I'm usually able to find the fic I want with just. Filters on ao3, unless it's been deleted. Keeps me on my toes?

Instead I offer a fic series I read recently and really liked: All Caps by makeit_takeit - Tom Wilson/Nic Dowd and it was just. Ugh. So good. It really hit all the right buckets for me for some reason: small cock worship, rare pair, self-esteem issues (on both sides). I could read like, probably 50k more of this.

I would also recommend Lionheart by Aliquis - Jonas Siegenthaller / Nico HIschier modern royalty/bodyguard AU and UGH it’s SO GOOD.

7💯 A fic that makes you think #writergoals

Misethere by Astolat Look. I know it’s not Hockey. I know that Astolat is also a published author. But the things this fic did in the wordcount are just so. If I say economical, it’s going to sound bad, but I really mean that in the *best* way. Like. The author sets up this love potion/spell that is so effective that it drives people to die in the first like, 2000 words in such a believeable way, and then spends the rest of the story showcasing what inhuman control the person who gets *dosed* with said potion has. It’s just. It’s so good. That and, it’s a whole mystery story! And a love story! And political intrigue! all in less than 50k words.

Also, pretty much everything by my good friend Anonymous/ @himbeaux-on-ice but especially become what you’re supposed to be they have this specific way of absolutely blindsiding me with things I didn’t even know I wanted, and then describing them perfectly.

#ask meme #i'm so sorry i don't bookmark fic? #i just remember! #except right now #because it's the 'you asked therefore i've forgotten everything i've ever done' dilemma #aa thank you these were good questions i'm just an awful person #also this took so long because ao3 kept going down while i was looking for fic #i could learn from this and bookmark #but no #i won't #(i'd have to be organized at it and i can't devote energy to that rn)

[fictionallemons]

J2 Fic Rec: all-time faves

These are my favorite of my favorites, as of today, in no particular order. All on AO3. Enjoy!

Yours by Any Other Name by Nyxocity: 3491 words, the first J2 fic I read that made me a fan for life. Non-AU, character bleed. Jensen gets jealous after watching Jared make out with an actress on set most of the day. Jensen then proceeds to show Jared he belongs to Jensen no matter who he is--especially if he's Dean Winchester.

What You Should Know by sonofabiscuit77: 16412 words, amazing AU with so many gorgeous feels. Jared is a mechanic in a small Texan town with a big secret. Jensen, a Staff Sergeant in the Marine Corps, is that secret.

Full Service Firm by rivkat: 11881 words, maybe my actual favorite J2 fic of all time. AU and extremely hot but with the most satisfying ending. Jared thinks Jensen’s a sex worker and Jensen just goes with it, for...reasons.

I Kind of Liked It Your Way by Chash: 10027 words, I love a good virgin story, and it’s a college setting, to boot. Chad gets Jared a hooker for his birthday, assuming (probably rightly) that Jared will never manage to get laid on his own.

we're still more in love than you think we are by forallthewords: 24824 words, one of the best high school J2 stories there is, and I’ve read A LOT of them. Jensen Ackles is not perfect. The thing about Jared is he never wanted him to be.

Homework verse by Nyxocity: 200K, 10 works, every story deepens the relationship. Toppy!Teacher!Jensen in glasses and Student!Jared.

Screw You, We're From Texas by makeit_takeit: 74894 words. Angsty but amazing J2 roommates-to-friends-to-lovers with lots of Texas culture. This is what could have happened if fate twisted differently, if they never got those big Hollywood breaks and instead ended up living the lives they grew up expecting to lead. More or less.

One Small Step series by sandymg: 62,750, 3 works, made me think a lot about space. Jared has had a secret crush for months. But it’s not like publishing genius and gay activist Jensen Ackles is going to notice the tall, weird guy pushing the mail cart.

I just realized that for some reason there is no coffee shop au on this list, so here’s mine: Worth the Wait by fictionallemons: 6290 words, Jared and Jensen are just two guys who see each other at the coffee shop a few times a week. Jared doesn't flirt with married customers, and Jensen is very married. Until he isn't.

#fic rec #j2 fic rec #j2 #fanfiction #j2 fanfiction #nyxocity #fictionallemons #rivkat #sonofabiscuit77 #chash #forallthewords #makeit_takeit #sandymg #my faves #j2 au

[twobrothersfuckingeachother]

J2 fic rec

Missing the boys together? Want some J2?

I picked some fics from my bookmarks that are a bit on the longer side. I hope everyone finds something they can enjoy and/or don’t know yet

Pharmakon by cherie_morte

Words: 35305

Jared is a farm hand, the sole breadwinner of a poor and growing family. When his brother steals an herb from a witch to save his sick wife, she curses the entire family, turning them into swans.

Jared returns home to find his family missing. The witch makes a deal with him: if he can knit six shirts out of poisonous nettles in three years and put one on each of his cursed relatives, it will break the spell. But Jared must also promise not to speak…which seemed like a pretty easy thing to do, until a beautiful prince stumbles upon him and takes him in. Basically, a J2 retelling of The Six Swans fairytale.

Never by saucyminx 

Words: 44335

Jensen Ackles is thirty years old and he’s never been with a man before. When he finally works up the nerve to try it out, he thinks picking up a hooker from the street will keep things from getting too complicated. No part of him is ready for the slightly broken Jared and the boy’s wishes for a life he could never have.

Happy Plastic People by anyothergirl415

Words: 48414

In the wake of his family’s hatred, Jared is left to deal with the pieces of himself. Being friends with a perfect Christian boy like Jensen is downright terrifying but Jared can’t seem to stay away.

Call Me Freedom by bad_peppermint

Words: 59225

Jensen spends all year looking forward to summer, his own version of heaven: Two months of nothing but soccer, Jared, and soccer. The South Coast Summer Soccer Championships are his best chance to be recruited professionally once he graduates from high school, but this time, real life encroaches on his sanctuary. In the picture perfect confines of John Hart Academy, during the hottest summer in Texan history, Jensen tries to come to terms with his fellow players, his new position as captain of his team, and his confused sexuality. And then Jared kisses him. Struggling to make things work with his best friend turned boyfriend and his unaccepting teammates, Jensen is beginning to think that winning the Championships might turn out to be impossible.

Lazarus Rising by cherie_morte

Words: 61265

Jared’s had a rough year. His boyfriend dumped him and he's out of work, saddled with a pile of student loan debt after dropping out of school to care for a sick relative. Hoping to cheer him up, his sister enters him into a contest for an unusual prize: ten days alone with world famous rock star Jensen Ackles, Jared's childhood hero. No cameras, no entourage, just a chance to get to know one of the biggest names in music one-on-one.

Jared wins, but it's not the dream come true it should be. It's been a long time since Jensen's glory days, and he's fallen on hard times himself. Fresh out of his fourth stint in rehab, Jensen is now better known for his bad attitude and party lifestyle than his music. When he arrives, Jensen turns out to be even worse than the tabloids say. Jared can hardly stand him and the feeling seems to be mutual, but Jensen's label is offering a generous per diem and Jared needs the money almost as much as Jensen needs the good press.

As the days pass and Jared begins to see through Jensen’s bad boy act, he discovers a heart that beats to the same broken rhythm as his own. But ten days go quickly, and it's hard to imagine a future outside of the quiet world they've shared in Jared's home.

A Dime If You Tell Me That You Love Me by cherie_morte 

Words: 66488

Jared wastes his days idly riding buses in quiet rebellion of his family's extravagant lifestyle and suffocating demands. One day, he sees a man from the bus window who is everything he isn't allowed to have. After talking to the stranger, Jared learns that he can have Jensen after all—as long as he's willing to pay.

Screw You, We're From Texas by makeit_takeit 

Words: 74894

This is what could have happened if fate twisted differently, if they never got those big Hollywood breaks and instead ended up living the lives they grew up expecting to lead. More or less.

Beware of the Jade God by sparklingice 

Words: 97786

When clumsy exolinguist Jared's ship crashes on a planet classified as uninhabitable, he is prepared to find his death there. But what he discovers in Saxet-d's vast jungle gives him a new take on life instead.

"Jared can’t believe what his life has narrowed down to. Stranded on an alien planet while possibly carnivorous creatures fight over who gets to chomp on his bleeding wounds. And to make matters worse, the dotted one won't stop staring with those neon green eyes of wild fascination."

Bonus J3: 

A Very Neighbourly Christmas by soy_em

Words: 10151

When Jensen and Jared meet Jeff, their new neighbour, they are definitely interested in getting to know him better…

Three Halves Make a Whole by whisperedstory 

Words: 20762

Jared resigned himself to the fact that he doesn't have a soulmate years ago. He never felt the bond that is supposed to form as teenagers, guiding two people together. He has tried to find happiness elsewhere instead, focusing on his job and friends.

And then, one day, Jensen walks into his bookstore and the bond snaps right into place. Jared knows they're soulmates instantly; Jensen's the person he's been hoping to find all his life.

The only problem is that Jensen already has a soulmate.

#J2 #J2 fic rec #J3 #fic rec #yes I noticed three fics are from cherie_morte but I happen to love them lol #i binged the two fics by them in the middle a while back #three halves make a whole got me into J3 #also if you're only gonna read one fic off this list read beware of the jade god #i didn't pick fics with like a thousand kudos cause I figured everyone knows those #anyway #happy reading #(ive been sitting on this for aaages #i started it after the wincest rec list but only now actually finished assembling it)

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A fic someone else recommended to you:

Post-Industrial by makeit_takeit!! I love restaurant fic, it's just such an interesting niche in fanfiction. So now I also have to recommend One Time Too Many, One Step Too Far by Ferritin4 and acquired taste by goodnightpuckbunny

A fic that brought you aboard a new ship:

Orion by Plethoriall -- This is one of my favourite fics, I've read it so many times and it really brought me aboard the Sid/Shea train. I love the themes of grief and searching for belonging throughout

Also dadvans' maritime boys series!! It has me deep in tinhatting Sid/Nate/ Andy every summer 😂

#asks #fic red

[seekingxanadu]

Some fics are short but they pack so much into them - imagery, heart, tension. Involuntary Reaponse by makeit_takeit is about Nate and Brad reaching out and hearing each other in a suspended moment in time in the middle of battle.

#bradnate #generation kill #nate fick #brad colbert #gen kill #hbowar #fic recs

[oh-fuckberries]

Entirely new to hockey,, and the mount of RPF fics out there is daunting,,, any fic recs? (I don't really care about the pairing atm but quality content 😌)

hello, sorry for taking so long to answer this! i've loved plenty of fics, but these ones are my absolute faves. they vary in length from a few thousand words to 150k+, and from fluffity fluff to steamy porn. i will not be shamed.

ok, so i'm gonna put these by pairing

Patrick Kane/Jonathan Toews - Like You Have a Secret by Linsky - Beer League MVP (among other things) by orphan_account - Trust Fall by trademarkgiggle

Sidney Crosby/Evgeni Malkin - i've run out of places to run by amosanguis - talk to me, baby by CloudCover (RainyForecast) - And Never Been Kissed by thehoyden, twentysomething - Once Upon A Dream - omelet - The Sheriff of Consol by james - Pass It On by knight_tracer, thefourthvine - This is my game and you better come to play by sheyrenawyrsabane (+ /Alex Ovechkin)

Travis Konecny/Nolan Patrick - save your first and last dance for me by manybumblebees - Last Ones Standing by makeit_takeit - The Most Dangerous Game by Mellow_Yellow - purrda boys by arzoensis - a tenderness grows by rusesdeguerre - Kitten Play by iaintafraidofnoghostbear (+ /Claude Giroux) (I recommend all of iaintafraidofnoghostbear's works very strongly, they write incredible porn) - peg city, bitch by Jongley (+ /Kevin Hayes)

Nicklas Backstrom/Alexander Ovechkin - Whatever happened to all this season's losers of the year by Thorne - The Washington Cat-pitals by Fourthlinewinger, saltlicorice - A Long, Long Getaway by McSpot (i also highly recommend anything by mcspot, they are a creative genius and i worship the ground they walk on)

Various Other Ships - Eyes on me by Vidriana (Henrik Lundqvist/William Nylander) - Rats R Us by McSpot, scribe-tuesday (Leofuller) (Johnny Gaudreau/Kevin Hayes, Matthew Tkachuk/Jake Virtanen) - Non-Traditional A/B/O by whitchbhitch (Michael Latta/Tom Wilson) - coiled and tucked by paperdolls (J. T. Compher/Tyson Jost) - Stockholm Therapy by barefootstarz (J. T. Compher/Tyson Jost/Alexander Kerfoot) - it only gets sweeter by sevener (OMC / OMC)

Gen - Catch and Release by McSpot (Mario Ferraro-centric)

i'm also going to promo myself, because i'm working on being more positive with myself and i think my writing's good, dammit. hope you enjoy these recs!

#My Asks #Anon #Anonymous #Fic Recs

[crosbytoews]

you didn't hear this from me but benediction by makeit_takeit is a very good fic. and rare-pair.

adding it to my list 📝

[grittyreadsfic]

makeit_takeit really nailed the magic of live music in this tknp fic

#hrpf #hockey rpf #fic rec

[thisishowgalaxiescollide]

Breathing Room - makeit_takeit - Men's Hockey RPF [Archive of Our Own]

Summary:

“What’s with you,” Pat grumbles, eyes fixed on his phone while his heel prods at Travis’s calf.

“What’s with you,” is the automatic response, because nothing is with Travis, not really.

“No, you’re being like,” Pat shrugs at his phone, still not even looking up, “all weird and like. Quiet.”

And while it’s technically true that Travis has been staring silently out the window for a while now, that doesn’t have to mean he’s being weird. Necessarily.

“Shut up, I’m not,” he shakes his head. “It’s just.”

It’s just, it’s the sixth day of a 5 game, 10-day west coast roadie, right at the point where things really start to drag. And even though the weather is a welcome change from Philly in February, there’s still always something about the stops out West that make him feel. Some kind of way, that’s like - .

Not great.

#soft soft soft #1119 #fic rec #nolan x tk