A blast from the past, this is a work of art, hitting every beat perfectly.
Rescue Me | Natasha/Clint – YouTube
Oh, this is glorious! These two deserved better. (Especially Nat, obviously.)
The Curious Nature of Felines, by rallamajoop – The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (TV) [Archive of Our Own]
The thing is, Illya’s daemon doesn’t behave like a daemon. She behaves like, well, a cat.
Source: The Curious Nature of Felines, by rallamajoop – The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (TV) [Archive of Our Own]
I adore daemon!AUs, and this one has some great world-building as well as a Napoleon who can’t stop himself from wondering – and touching…
The Sicilian Defence, by probablynotadalek – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV) [Archive of Our Own]
Spock looked back down at his hand again. He hadn’t been able to stop looking at it, to stop stroking over his palm with his other thumb and consider what it had felt like to shake Kirk’s hand. He’d touched other people, familiar pats with Pike and Ortegas’ arm around his shoulders and Chapel’s hands at his face, but no one had grabbed his hand like that except T’Pring.
Maybe that was why Uhura kept watching him. He had behaved abnormally and she was trying to figure out why. Perhaps she knew the significance of the gesture for Vulcans and was shocked by the display.
But Kirk had held a hand out like he expected it. He had looked at Spock like it was a challenge. And Spock, newly experimenting with what it meant to feel, had decided to rise to it.
Source: The Sicilian Defence, by probablynotadalek – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV) [Archive of Our Own]
Another lovely post-“Lost in Translation” fic, because it’s such a great SNW!Spock POV. Also, chess!
where one man has gone before, by cicak – Star Trek, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV) [Archive of Our Own]
“Fancy a game?” Jim asks, ignoring the question, gesturing at the chessboard that lay abandoned on the side. “I’m not ready to call it a night just yet.”
“I would enjoy that,” Spock says, “but I came over to communicate that the mess will be closing for cleaning in ten minutes,” Spock says, with a regretful tilt to his head.
“I should probably get to the transporter,” Jim sighs, but he doesn’t get up. That old mischief is still creeping its way down his spine.
“I would be happy to escort you,” Spock says, which is…interesting.
No surprise, after my boys finally met in SNW’s “Lost in Translation” (and that handshake!) I simply needed more – and this fic delivers, with lovely flirting and (in the second part) smut!
When You’re Loving Me (That’s When I’m Loving You), by redgoldblue – NCIS: Los Angeles [Archive of Our Own]
Then his phone starts vibrating in his pocket, and evidently he’s still panicking, because the first thing he does after pulling it out is turn the screen to face Ilyse and say, “It’s my boyfriend.”
Oh, the fluffy joys of fake dating!
Where’s My Love | Kara and Lee – YouTube
A gorgeous look at this complicated, compelling relationship.
Losing My Mind, by pupeez4eva – 魔道祖师 – 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī – Mòxiāng Tóngxiù [Archive of Our Own]
Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji sat at one of the low tables, Lan Wangji staring at Wei Wuxian with his normal blank expression, and Wei Wuxian chattering away cheerily. They both glanced up at the interruption.
“Jiang Cheng!” Wei Wuxian said, waving. “What are you doing here?”
For a moment Jiang Cheng just stood there, staring blankly. He looked around the room, expecting to see someone else — but no, it was just the two of them; Wei Wuxian grinning widely, and Lan Wangji looking like he was made of stone. Nothing strange there.
And then Wei Wuxian fluttered his eyelashes teasingly at Lan Wangji, and Lan Wangji —
Oh God.
Source: Losing My Mind, by pupeez4eva – 魔道祖师 – 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī – Mòxiāng Tóngxiù [Archive of Our Own]
Poor Jiang Cheng can hear people’s lustful thoughts – and one person is particularly loud, must to Jiang Cheng’s chagrin and our amusement. 🙂
Want To Be Your Everything, by brooklinegirl – เพราะรักใช่ป่าว | Why R U?: The Series (TV) [Archive of Our Own]
“Am I better?” Tutor asks. “Is it better, with me?”
“Everything’s better with you,” Fighter says, his voice coming out rough the way it does when he’s all worked up. Tutor likes him so much. So much.
“Better than high school kisses?” Tutor says, teasingly.
Fighter nudges at his chin with his lips, pushing Tutor’s head to the side so he can nibble at his neck. “I didn’t kiss anyone in high school,” he mumbles against Tutor’s skin
Tutor finds out he was Fighter’s first – for everything. He likes it. A lot. 🙂
Tripped at Every Step, by brooklinegirl – 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV) [Archive of Our Own]
Wei Wuxian knows that Lan Zhan is the same Lan Zhan as before, but also so, so different. This Lan Zhan is soft for him. This Lan Zhan has a set jaw and a steely look in his eye, ready to fight anyone who gets in Wei Wuxian’s way. This Lan Zhan puts up no fronts – it almost hurts to look at him, he’s so open.
Wei Wuxian looks at this Lan Zhan, and he wonders.
Source: Tripped at Every Step, by brooklinegirl – 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV) [Archive of Our Own]
Wei Ying is a complete disaster – luckily Lan Zhan knows exactly what he wants… 😉