a list of my all-time favourite fics from across the years in no particular order!

• Kent by PunkHazard; wolf 359, 267k at the time this list was written. a series of pre- and post-canon fics focused on si-5, especially kepler and jacobi
• JUNO by perennials; haikyuu, 93k. atsuhina royalty au. the writing is so beautiful
• The Murder Ballads by BetteNoire ; captain america, 172k. specifically the 2nd installment Number One With a Bullet is my favourite. i read this just after the 2nd part finished in 2016 and i still reread it to this day
• Don’t Ask by AnnaFugazzi; captain america, 21k. set during the war, steve and bucky get outed to the 107th
• United States v. Barnes, 617 F. Supp. 2d...; captain america, 21k. bucky’s trial in incredible detail
• to the beat of my heart by kittebasu; haikyuu, 69k. kurotsukki idols-turned-actors

• NCR Workplace Misconduct by suspiciousfl...; 54k, naruto. the narusasu canadian mortgage and housing corporation au
• melon collie and the infinite sadness by...; 12k, bungou stray dogs. thee soukoku of ever
• Sunset in Your Veins by baejax; 100k, patroclus/achilles. it's tagged with hades game and also the song of achilles and also the iliad. so take your pick
• and judgment is just like a cup that we ...; svsss, 31k, sqq gets outed as a transmigrator
• A tiny, brilliant light by animegoil; 29k, ongoing, vanitas no carte. a malnomen turns noe into a child. so sweet
• cheers to the tin man by Pixim; doctor stone, 73k. an alternate universe. if this series ever gets updated i'll give the author everything i own

i am very picky about quality and incredibly un-picky about ships

chili

• dare to breach the surface by reuniclus , 9k, zhongli moults
• Matryoshka by longk, 34k. goes along with the liyue archon quest, nice characterization

cynari

• oof, tough crowd by goodnight, 38k, cyno visits gandharva ville for a few weeks during tighnari’s rut and stumbles onto a somewhat unserious assassination plot. not an a/b/o fic tighnari is just like that
• when i look at you by shrimpheavnnow, 12k. fluff and porn. i love this tighnari

gen

• xiao & collei: fragile things by isnt_it_pretty, 20k. chronically ill xiao
• kaeya & childe: the woods, whispering by izabellwit, 63k. when childe falls into the abyss he meets kaeya because of abyss time shenanigans

genshin

illuflins

• fool for you by DFP, 6k, pwp. i think DFP understands flins more than anyone else on the planet. top illuga rights
• you i can't deny by DFP, 3k, pwp. more of the same
• Tell The Same Tales by princesscas, 9k, pre-canon. princesscas fics are always funny

kavetham

• anything not saved will be lost by liyue..., 27k. beautiful writing. would have ended up on the all-time favs list but the ending went over my head lol
• no time to lose by rysarium, 21k, modern au, esports. fun and cute
• flower of my flower by bringingglory, 44k, the only hanahaki ill ever enjoy
• when we die, we will not be martyrs by l..., 51k, angel au
• Two Structures of Dreaming by ringtheory..., 5k

rarepairs/other

• baizhu/herbalist gui (trust me okay): anticipation, then flesh by DFP, 9k. baizhu <3<3<3<3<3<3 this one is so cute

mostly genshin with some hsr stuff. i didn't include authors that i like but only have 1-2 fics, bc in those cases i will just rec the fic itself...

• Sath
• atropinings
• caniculeo
• goodnight
• intimatopia
• princesscas
• relationshipcrimes
• DFP
• cutieterrarium
• praecipitanter
• quillifer