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Play Hard, by Hartzy – Game Changers Series – Rachel Reid [Archive of Our Own]

Ilya had been in a lot of fights. He’d racked up penalties and put his fist where his mouth often was. But the way he’d lost control was terrifying. It was like he’d stepped out of himself and become…

Ilya paled, and pushed the thought away.

He had started the day in the wrong mindset—thinking Shane needed protection, assuming Ilya knew better than his coach, letting the Montreal players dig under his skin in a way he hardly let anyone do. It all snowballed from there. 

Now his team was out there, trying to clean up Ilya’s mess. 

Source: Play Hard – Chapter 1, by Hartzy – Game Changers Series – Rachel Reid [Archive of Our Own]

Adult, post-canon. This is an amazing Ilya POV – not only seeing how much he loves Shane, how he fights for him, but also how much Shane does the same for him when his mind goes to dark places. Absolutely exquisite, this made me melt so many times.

Rock me, Roll me, Take Control of Me, by BirdBoneGirl

“Let’s get you to bed.” Straightening from his kneeling position, Adam, still fully clothed, his erection now obvious in his trousers, stepped away from him.

As soon as he wasn’t touching him, sense returned. What was he doing? Why was he cheating on Tessa? “Adam, what are we doing?” He asked, trying to locate his conscience who seemed to have taken a vacation.

Adam paused, as if he too only now could start thinking, he placed a hand on Duncan’s chest.

Source: Rock me, Roll me, Take Control of Me – Chapter 1, by BirdBoneGirl – Highlander: The Series [Archive of Our Own]

Adult, AU in which Methos is in the music business and Richie takes Duncan to the concert of local celebrity Byron (yes, that one). Outside the venue Duncan and Methos experience a double quickening that has some… interesting and intense side-effects. Dubcon due to compulsion, but their involuntary obsession with each other is oh so delicous!

Baby’s First Fight (How’s That For Boring), by SageGreenSadness – Heated Rivalry (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

“You were defending my honour, Hollander?”

There’s warmth laced in the words, and Shane can’t help but laugh ever so slightly, but he catches something serious in Ilya’s expression.

“Can I tell you something?”

Shane nods, hoping he’s finally going to get some sort of explanation for Ilya’s bizarre behaviour. For a second, he worries that he might be mad, although it would be ironic for Ilya to lecture anyone on reckless behaviour since he’s been its number one proponent since birth.

“It was so hot.”

Source: Baby’s First Fight (How’s That For Boring), by SageGreenSadness – Heated Rivalry (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

Adult, post-canon, soft D/s. Shane go feral defending Ilya leads to a delicious, delicious switch in their power dynamics… Love this!

to have & to holler, by badmetaphors

Two years of playing together, and it still hit him every time. The casualness of it. My husband. Said out loud, in public. After years of hiding—stolen moments in hotel rooms, careful distance in public, the constant exhausting performance of just teammates, just rivals, nothing to see here—now Ilya could say it like it was nothing. Like it was easy, like it was the most natural thing in the world.
Because it was. Finally.

Source: to have & to holler, by badmetaphors – Game Changers Series – Rachel Reid [Archive of Our Own]

All, post-canon. Ilya can’t shut about how amazing his husband is. Shane feels the same. These two are just so gone for each other, and it’s adorable and heart-warming.

I Don’t Care, by antichrist

I Don’t Care, by antichrist

All Steve knows for sure is that some of the frustration and anger that keeps building inside him leaves him whenever he pushes into French, and it takes a long time for those feelings to return. It feels good.

Mature, post-canon. I’ve not yet finished season 1 of this show, and while normally I’m all about friends-to-lovers, I’m finding myself intrigued by Steve and French’s relationship. This is hot and sweet, and I want more. 🙂

Still Life With Flowers – Anonymous – Agatha Christie’s Poirot (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

Still Life With Flowers – Anonymous – Agatha Christie’s Poirot (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

Japp has a funny little idée fixe about Poirot and Hastings. He is, of course, completely mistaken.

Teen, tv verse. This is simply lovely – from start to finish a perfect little gem, absolutely in character.

What Tomorrow Brings, by IAmAllYetNotAtAll

What Tomorrow Brings, by IAmAllYetNotAtAll

Magnus finds young Alec and Isabelle living on the streets of New York in a time of chaos among the Downworlders and takes them in. He doesn’t know their last name, how they ended up on the streets, or why they seem to have so many secrets, but they have the Sight and he can’t bear to leave them on their own. 

As they grow older and discover the atrocities happening in the Shadoworld, Alec takes on the mantle his mother had left behind to protect his family. And Jace? He’s a whirlwind of flirting and secrets that crashes into their lives and refuses to leave. Together they may bring about the change the Shadoworld needs.

Teen, canon-divergence. This is simply wonderful – an epic-length story that’s about family and Shadow world politics as much as about two boys falling in love.

Not A Kind Man, by Pegasus_Eridana

Not A Kind Man, by Pegasus_Eridana

Barca does not speak gently to him, barely even acknowledges his presence, but often he sees the boy following him as if a shadow. And if Barca makes it known that none of the men are to touch Pietros in any way, that is not kindness. It is merely that the boy clearly believes himself to be under Barca’s protection, and it costs Barca nothing to grant it. 

But Barca is not a kind man.

Adult, canon divergence, fix-it. This pairing deserved better, and this fic delivered.