#thesecretdetectivecollection

[storyshark2005]

Carraville Rec List !

See below, self-explanatory!! I'm sure I missed some bangers, so feel free to reblog and add more, or comment. I pulled all these straight off my AO3 bookmarks list. They are ALL COMPLETE, so I didn't add any WIPSs! Please note I separated "older/classic" recs from the amazing fountain of NEW works we've been blessed with in the past 3-4 months or so. Note: IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER!

Enjoy you little dancers!!

⚽️❤️ MY CLASSIC CARRAVILLE PICKS ❤️⚽️

Lockjaw by anonymous - Workplace blowjob fic that grows into a much deeper story. Sexy-with-feels MNF era Carraville. Amazing ‘show don’t tell’ characterization, top top dialogue.  Gary hiding past trauma and Jamie finding out. A crime this is anonymous, I want to read more from this author!! 

the ghosts of you and me by @blindbatalex - ahhhmazingly written, MNF-era Carraville. Uses ‘snowed in’ trope to delve greater depths of a break up; old wounds, things unspoken, beautiful writing and a really pulled-back tone that aches. 

the ocean and the coast by @carraville - Valencia!Gary. Jamie POV. Jamie pining. Lovely poetic style. “I have a separate plate for you.” <3 <3 <3 

In Your Boots by @thesecretdetectivecollection- funny, sweet, MNF-era. SO CUTE Gary jumping to conclusions and panicking over Jamie leaving. Lots of Jamie-scenery descriptions of pretty eyes and "absurd cheekbones" and "Jamie's reliable heart" <3 

keep your silver, give me that gold by @blindbatalex - MNF-era Carraville. Jamie decides to box Rio Ferdinand. Gary has SERIOUS RESERVATIONS about his beefy colleague (just colleague, no feelings, cough cough) putting himself in harms way for a stupid charity wager. Thing come to a head in a good way. Lots of verbal eye candy Carra. <3 

Loss / loss / win by milleseptcent guuuuh the SCALE! The FEELS! Soulmates Carraville. Takes place from playing days to MNF-era. Gary and Carra, both without soul marks, fuck around in a casual relationship... for about twenty years. The ending is SO SWEET!

Anything That Isn’t This by @kloppend the sleeping death apocalypse fic, read if you want to ruin yourself for two or three days but ALSO the beauty of the writing is 100% worth the devastation, one of the finest written pieces in the fandom imho. HAUNTING, gorgeous, aching, amazing. 

Play the Whistle by @zevons - Referee!AU Carraville!! What more do you need to know?! Gary and Jamie’s football dreams never came true, so they do the next best thing. Lovely Jamie&Stevie friendship. Enemies to lovers. So much snippy banter before they realize they are actually besties who want to smootch. FEEL GOOD but with tons of depth as well. 

amunt by @carraville short, punchy, poetic = classic redandgold! Valencia!Gary, pining!Jamie. Also incredible that this was written only two weeks into Gary’s appointment, BEFORE the Barcelona loss, before things unravelled, so it’s an amazing time-capsule into the fandom in late 2015 (when they didn’t know if Gary would ever come back!) 

Through fresh eyes by @aramblingjay - Jamie comes to MNF. Gary deals. Truly top-notch writing, amazing language, deft characterization. It never overindulges while remaining poignant throughout. Can be read as pre-Carraville or platonic-soulmates type friendship. It’s tagged as incomplete but it is finished. Essential reading, a classic!

Advantages of Playing Away by @zevons MNF-era testimonial blowjob in Old Trafford dressing room Carraville!! Sooo sweet, soooo hot, dialogue is sharp and funny. Just perfect <3 

Remedial Exercises in Teamwork by @zevons - more saltstreets!!! HOGWARTS AU, both of them are Gryffindor beaters (so in character for them), both obsessed with quidditch. Background!gerlonso. Implied Professor Pep/Mou !!! Detention!flirting!! I mean!!! Sir Alex the owl!!! Checks all the boxes, nostalgic, sweet, enemies to boyfriends. <3 

⚽️❤️RECENT AMAZING 2023/2024 CARRAVILLE WE ARE BLESSED WITH ❤️⚽️

Tasting Syrup on My Tongue by @heyyjulien - PLAYERS ERA!!! Jamie and Gary have a casual relationship that gets put to the test after Jamie’s injured in a derby game. Great banter-to-feels ratio, you will want to put Julien’s sweet Jamie in your pocket and give their Gary a big hug. Great romantic closing scene where they negotiate the implications of Jamie’s injury scare. Also SCHOLESY!! <3

It’s just not what’s done by @player1064 truly a Carraville writer that ‘burst onto the scene’ as fast and furious as Micah Richards! My fave of theirs. A truly hysterical premise on the surface that they plumb deep to turn up real emotion. I love the time-jump style. Wonderful David&Gary friendship, as well as all of the Co92 rallying around Gary. Covers all eras up until today, with a January 2024 Carraville in Courcheval scene!! <3 

Package Deal (It’s Valentine’s Day, ye dimwit) by @kloppinthekop My fave of their “Holiday Husbands” series. So cute and sweet and the love scene is sooooo (SOOO) hot and poignant !! Jamie taking care of Gary in every way on Valentine’s Day. Domestic feels. 

Love You More by @effervescentdragon outstanding emotional excavation, Jamie POV Carraville. Uses a slightly disorienting (in a good way) jump around style that isn’t time stamped, but if you know your Carraville, you get your footing in a sentence or two. It’s a bookended journey between ‘fuck you too’ (visceral hatred) to ‘fuck you too’ (affectionate). 

Gary Neville is Still a Red, Just a Different Shade by @fanficburner - your ultimate ABO Carraville! This isn’t for the faint-of-heart, angst abounds, I would not call this a romance! But a great character piece. Gary gets unwillingly bonded with Jamie, while still in love with Beckham. The standout part of this fic is the world-building and social implications of what an ABO society might actually look like; separate Omega changing rooms, registration offices for Omega registration, the harsh realities of an owned class of people.

#carraville #football rpf #fic recs #carraville fic recs

[unstable-river]

“the heart that bleeds for the unworthy”

by @thesecretdetectivecollection

“Frank looks at him before taking his jaw in his hands and gently tilting it towards the window. Matt gives up any effort to focus his eyes, lets them drift.”

It’s such a lovely work!<3 I’m not finished yet but I love it! Go check it out! Hope you like your gift as well, thesecretdetectivecollection!

Made for the @daredevilexchange 2022!

Picture description: A nearly naked Matt and Frank are standing by a big window. Frank has Matt’s chin in his hands and looks at him.

#daredevilexchange #daredevil #Matt Murdock #fratt #frank castle #marvel #art #Illustration #sketch

[seancefemme]

I am seriously obssessed with your fratt fanarts, it makes me wonder... do you care to share your fratt fic recs?

aw ty!

as for fic recs....well you see i have too many beloved mutuals i refuse to embarrass myself in front of…..but here’s a couple of my favs that I remember under the cut :)

Heed the tags on the actual fics pls <3

Just Because You Can by serpentinefiend (one of my absolute favourites, Karen recruits the Defenders + Frank to find Matt after Midland Circle, but what she doesn’t know is that Frank and Matt were slowly becoming close just before, the tension is SO good, I LOVElovelove how Frank is written in this fic, frank has a dog :(((( also love how Jess and Frank’s interactions are written, chapters alternate between before Midland Circle and after :((( SO sad, made me cry a couple times ngl, *slaps frank* you would not believe the amount of emotional trauma we can put this guy through)

protect what I found by allofuswithwings (matt takes a grenade for Frank so Frank has to play nurse for a couple weeks out in a cabin in the woods)

one bad day by a_platypus  (season 3 rewrite now featuring frank castle, also featuring an angry at god and everyone season 3 matt, LOVE this one cause of the shenanigans…matt and frank wrestling/destroying the Liebermans kitchen in the middle of the night, matt having to be the getaway driver (no frank I CANNOT drive ‘well would you rather shoot at the people after us huh???’) matt happily eating breakfast while sarah and frank look in horror at the front page photo of the punisher and daredevil making out)

like a crateful of grenades by luulapants (fake-dating, I’m not familiar with the avengers at all but matt and frank are so funny in this one and the miscommunication is so good, Matt’s like whatever ill just tell the avengers im dating the punisher so they leave me alone….SHIT why is he so good at this, and Frank’s like I got the stupid fuckin nice apartment and bed for YOU, featuring matt telling frank that elektra pegged him <3)

only fools by sk8erboi_npc (Matt takes a half-dead Frank back to his apartment instead of handing him over to the police after the graveyard scene….oh and then Frank goes to the gala with Matt instead ;) 

murdock wins by tulikettu (uhhh matt owns a boxing gym and frank’s a boxer AU, idk i like it when people write frank as an awkward and earnest gentleman…and matt as a whore :))

buzz by tulikettu (matt gives frank a haircut, nothing more :)))))

the good side of you by jayyxx (oh look its another fic where matt gets seriously injured and frank takes care of him <3)

muscle memory by roipecheur (in desperation matt kills someone to save frank and himself….problem is that when he wakes up he doesn’t remember. Frank tries to keep the truth from him as long as possible)

double vision by roipecheur (matt and frank meet their au selves, nothing irritates them more than someone who knows them too well,,,and those someones are well…somewhat healthier versions of themselves)

twenty questions by roipecheur (frank gets kidnapped so leo and zach track down dd to help save him, featuring all my fav side characters; elektra, curtis, and the liebermans :)

the heart that bleeds for the unworthy + the unworthy by thesecretdetectivecollection (oh look another graveyard scene rewrite my beloved, a panicked matt tries to drag a half-dead and delirious Frank to the church and then to his apartment and then their slow burn goes on from there, the dialogue and matt’s internal monologue are written really well imo)

Bang. Bang. by wobuzhidao322 (alternate meeting, the punisher bleeding out on some blind lawyers roof lol)

i have never once in my life been asked for fic recs so idk the etiquette but yeah…here’s some i think about a lot

#i know there are more but these are all i can remember rn ;w; #but yeah i def need to re-read some of these cause i think about them all the time #love slow burns love angst love patching each other up :) #also love soft/awkward frank.....some people write him too mean

[daredevilexchange]

@thesecretdetectivecollection's gift for @ieatcomicbooks

General Audiences Frank Castle/Matt Murdock, Matt Murdock/Claire Temple (mentioned) prompt: wound care Summary: Frank meets Claire for the first time after accidental friendly fire. (The shot wasn't accidental, hitting Matt was... if Matt jumping in the way of a bullet counts as an accident). Witnessing the intimacy between Claire and Matt raises questions in Frank's mind about their history and clarifies some feelings about his own present. Words: 3,002

#daredevil #the punisher #punisher #frank castle #marvel #matt murdock #dde2022 #fanfiction

[ao3feed-fratt]

intricate rituals (can oft go awry)

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/WYGtdyX

by thesecretdetectivecollection

Frank meets Claire for the first time after accidental friendly fire. (The shot wasn't accidental, hitting Matt was... if Matt jumping in the way of a bullet counts as an accident).

Witnessing the intimacy between Claire and Matt raises questions in Frank's mind about their history and clarifies some feelings about his own present.

Words: 3002, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Daredevil (TV), The Punisher (TV 2017)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, Gen, M/M

Characters: Frank Castle, Matt Murdock, Claire Temple

Relationships: Frank Castle/Matt Murdock, Matt Murdock/Claire Temple (mentioned)

Additional Tags: prompt: wound care

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/WYGtdyX

#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #Fratt #FrankMatt

[eluvion]

the unworthy by thesecretdetectivecollection MY LIFE AND LOVE

#fic rec #THE mattfrank fic series of all time

[acesammy]

“Pain is temporary.. you taught me that”

Daredevil exchange time! This is my gift for @thesecretdetectivecollection

[image description: A mostly black and white drawing of Matt murdock and Battlin’ Jack murdock. Both are portraits. Matt is in the upper left and jack in the lower Right. They each have red wounds on their faces. In script font it reads “Pain is temporary... you taught me that”] 

@daredevilexchange

#daredevilexchange #thesecretdetectivecollection #matt murdock #jack murdock #daredevil #marvel #matt #ddexchange2020

[carraville]

Write threesome fic I beg

SCREM u write....

#i actually have lots of ideas about this remind me to send them to you <: #thesecretdetectivecollection

[a-ship-is-safe-in-harbor]

@thesecretdetectivecollection WHY MUST YOU HURT ME IN THIS WAY:

#look at how dark his hair is!#ugh forever bitter that I was flying home from Wellesley during his last game 😭😭😭#my first retirement and I fucking missed it #but my poor dear sweet baby#course he didn't cry #jamie carragher #the shock came after#when he woke up the next day and the next and the next#when he was on vacation and the lads got called up for preseason and he kept looking at his phone#checking their posts obsessively#waiting for the phone call telling him he was fined for missing training because of course he wasn't retired yet#of course he wasn't how could he be?#how do you leave behind everything your life has ever been?#he has to take the train up to London and none of the lads are there because they're training within the warm familiar Melwood walls#so he just sits there and stares out the window#and Gary Neville sits beside him completely asleep and snoring softly#and jamie can pinpoint exactly where his snores differ from Stevie's- all those nights in hotel rooms with quiet insomnia#and the sound of the telly with the volume low until he turned it off and let those snores be his lullaby#and that's gone now #gone forever#and he wonders what possessed him to throw his life away when he knows he could've played another year or two#and he worries about Stevie too of course#who would look after him now? the others didn't see him #not properly#he was marble to them#already a statue outside of anfield and who would be there to hold him when he wanted to fall apart?#it's a long quiet train ride #but jamie doesn't cry #he can tell you that much

#thesecretdetectivecollection #help #I wasn't braced for so many feelings all at once

[patrice-bergerons]

The answer is yes You may absolutely turn that into a fic

I have ideas already and it’s definitely going to be carraville heh :D

#alex answers #thesecretdetectivecollection

[sadiiomane10]

What game are you watching? Is it NHL? Also the puck is so fucking tiny and fast I lose track of it a solid 40% of the time I watch ice hockey :)

boston v blackhawks , it is, everything is tinier than football its so wierd, tho i do watch football on blurry streams so im used to not seeing the thing they play with :DDD plus its so much faster too

#i just love the way they skate ok #it fascinates me #and im so interested #i find it lit #thesecretdetectivecollection #answered

[professorlupins]

Hullo. You don't follow me so I couldn't send you a message, but I hope you feel better! Being sick really is miserable, and it can't be easy when people get upset about the films when you're just giffing them. It's not like you made the things, after all. Anyway, hope you feel better!

Yes, I’ve had enough of this cold! Yes, I really wish if people didn’t like a scene, they just wouldn’t reblog it and move on, instead of giving me grief about giffing it. Thank you!

#not hp #answered #thesecretdetectivecollection

[boomkloppthesoundofmyheart]

A Softer Prem: i'm used to being left behind. i can pick up the pieces like before.

(Inspired by @thesecretdetectivecollection's

i lost love, but i found you series. Quote from here.)

#such an awesome fic #jamie carragher #gary neville #carraville #david beckham #carrabecks #carraville fics #carraville edit #a softer prem #a softer world #my posts #my football edits #my edits

[daredevilexchange]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Daredevil (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jonathan "Jack" Murdock & Matt Murdock Characters: Jonathan "Jack" Murdock, Matt Murdock Additional Tags: welp this is how i find out that Jack's full name is Jonathan lmao, dde2023, prompt: jack lives, just a lot of feelings about a Good Dad doing his Best and Loving His Son, that's it tbh, just fully giving Matt a good dad Summary:

Roscoe Sweeney shows up at his gym. “I can win this one,” Jack says quickly. “I’ve been training hard, and—“ An oily smile. “I don’t wan’ ya to win it, Jack,” he says in his Irish brogue. Jack shouldn’t be surprised. He’s been in this game long enough now that he shouldn’t be surprised by this anymore. But he is. Damn fool of a boy, his mother’s voice says in his head. You were always a damn fool of a boy, Jack.

@thesecretdetectivecollection’s fic for Prompt 351, Jack Murdock survives!

#daredevil #Matt Murdock #jack murdock #battlin' jack #ddepromptfest23 #fanfiction

[thefutureduchessmarie]

nothing's gonna pass you by, looking at the same night sky by thesecretdetectivecollection 

Jamie wakes up to the blinding sun and a warm body in his bed.

And a wedding ring on his finger.

"Jesus Christ, Carra, what a morning it’s been, and it’s only what, eight?”

Oh yeah, and the warm body belongs to none other than Gary Neville.

If only that was the end of it.

                                             BEA’s FIC RECS

#it appears it takes me 2 months to do a moodboard and then I start doing them on a daily basis #fine by me tbh #carraville #fic rec #fic moodboard #bea's fic recs

[frattweek]

@thesecretdetectivecollection’s sweet, sweet whump h/c fic for the prompt Water !

Summary: Matt takes an unexpected dip in the Hudson in the middle of winter and proceeds to collapse into the first abandoned space he finds. It's just his luck that that happens to be Frank Castle's safehouse. --- Frank's on his way back from patrol when he sees a broken window and a heap of wet red fabric. Someone in hell is definitely looking up and laughing at him.

#fratt #frank castle #Matt Murdock #Daredevil #the punisher #frattweek4 #fanfiction #fic4 #prompt: water