• jayce talis/viktor
  • nature of praising: jayce is exceptionally receptive to the praise. viktor finds this fact curious.
  • the touching art of communication: jayce touches viktor all the time. viktor carefully catalogues all the touches jayce gives him.
  • perchance to dream: viktor despises even the notion of being treated like he's fragile. jayce handles him like he's delicate. there's a difference.
  • inside the star shine: yes, viktor will always crave things he cannot have, and by some cruel twist, the latest unattainable thing is jayce.
  • shoulders of men: viktor knew how to climb, and when a man started at the bottom, he quickly learned that the shoulders of others were the best footholds.
  • leash in my mouth: a good dog should listen to his master.
  • the leathersmith: "the letter, on the inside." the cold metal ring of the collar was pressing into v...

• L/light yagami
  • covetous: l takes light to a work party. light finds a new game to play with him.
  • not according to plan: light will do anything to win this game against him and get what he wants.
  • two bodies: light comes down with a poorly timed rut, and, with no one but each other, light and l find the things left unsaid become impossible to ignore.
  • triumph of the sheep: l's heat hits him unexpectedly, but, chained together and trapped in a hotel room, l and light find a way to make use of their time.
  • must be like the genesis of rhythm: light frowned some more. “don’t you get bored, sometimes?” l considered this. “well, yes,” he said at last. then he darted a glance at light, mischievous. “used to be pretty bored, yeah.”
  • babooshka!: it’s three weeks after light is released from his confinement that l starts rece...

• harry potter/draco malfoy
  • alive is a color you don't own: they say that the savior came back from the forbidden forest completely unscathed. and draco? well, draco thought otherwise.
  • a light for another's dark: every touch leaves a memory. for unspeakable draco malfoy, this is literal.
  • fervor: draco hates being woken up in the middle of the night. but he likes sex, and he loves harry. so maybe it's not so bad after all.
  • the willing flesh: draco shows harry how to do blood magic. harry shows draco just how powerful The Chosen One can become.
  • trapped in a blue haze: as their relationship grows, so do draco’s misgivings about harry’s past.
  • recursion: recursion can happen in a temporal context when, for instance, the powerful magical force that is true love drags you back in time so it can create itself.

• CAPTAIN AMERICA
• steve rogers/james "bucky" barnes
  • falling back on forever: bucky falls from the train in 1945. steve jumps right after him. the winter Soldier and the midnight patriot are the world's most feared duo, serving HYDRA and leaving a trail of bodies a mile wide behind them. But then they remember.
  • the blind leading: steve is specifically told not to fraternize with the independently contracted winter soldier.
  • lethe: "do it," he goads. "do it or come back home with me and let me help you. but you gotta do it now, buck, because I can't take another moment of this hell."
  • accidentally on purpose: after bucky drunkenly kisses steve by accident, it just seems to keep on happening, until it's not so much by accident anymore.
  • despite the threatening sky and shudderi...: “those are pins,” steve realized. “...

• dean winchester/castiel
  • radiance: "you do want that. you acted out for attention. for my attention."
  • that shipwreck of your heart: as dean is thrown into the world of the krushnic mafia, he finds himself getting closer than ever to castiel krushnic himself.
  • love, sex magic: the last thing dean wants to do is fuck this up. and hey, consent is sexy.
  • when i reach for you: “i’m a busy guy. deals to make, souls to collect. you know how it is," dean says. cas works in investment banking. he does not, in fact, know how it is.
  • psalm 40:2: dean meets an angel who says he's from the future. it all gets a lot more complicated from there.
  • and you can use my skin: (non-nsfw) cas comes back. dean can’t stop touching him.
  • handlebars for tender touch: (non-nsfw) dean can’t meet cas’s eyes, so he watches his clasped hands on the ...

• geralt of rivia/jaskier
  • home is nowhere, therefore you: _ "true love's kiss. there's—ah—there's nothing to it." and he bends, the utter imbecile, and kisses geralt full on the mouth._
  • come softly darling i love you so much: geralt, beneath him, looking up at him with his black eyes glistening and his teeth bared like he wants to sink them into his throat.
  • out of season: something sets off geralt's rut out of season. eskel is left to explain to geralt's very human bard exactly what a rut is, and why it's a very bad idea to try and fuck their way out of it.
  • watch a while longer: "hmm, why? more bandits and monsters than when i left?" "no," geralt says. "jaskier's in heat."
  • fever song: on the road to kaer morhen, jaskier takes ill.
  • wrapped around your finger: "come here," geralt tells him. he nods at...

• tim drake/jason todd
  • listen: "i don't wanna hurt you," jason murmurs. "not again and not like this."
  • who needs sleep: tim’s halfway to sleep when he feels the weight of the mattress shift.
  • in every melody and in every little scar...: tim’s brand of assholery is a little bit of the cold shoulder. his other brand of assholery is a little bit of making jason beg.
  • safe with me: the first time tim and jason have sex, tim thinks: this is it. finally. turns out it’s only the beginning.
  • save a horse, ride a jason: tim raises an eyebrow. "you have a broken arm." jason's mouth stretches into a languid grin. "you can ride me, cowboy."
  • get stuffed: leaning down, jason asks in his ear, “is this okay?”
  • not the hurricane: it had been a shit day. a shit day. tim was tired. as he limped back into their apartment, he really hoped jason would be t...

• shinazugawa sanemi/tomioka giyuu
  • surface tension: what would have happened if tanjirou didn’t interrupt sanemi and giyuu’s fight.
  • one year: (non-nsfw)"i invited muichiro to live with me," tomioka says, "and he accepted. so i wanted to-" "why the fuck would you do that?' sanemi blurts, more confusion coating his voice than anger now.
  • if i stayed: sanemi knows they aren’t really together, even if they like to play pretend sometimes. maybe one night, giyuu will stay.
  • hatsu arashi: he has to tell him, if only so that giyuu knows how much he means to sanemi, how vital and precious his existence is.
  • crosscurrent: logically, sanemi can retrace all the steps it took for him to arrive at this particular place at this particular time: the swordsmith’s village, bathing in their famous hot springs, with tomioka giyuu a...

• eddie kaspbrak/richie tozier
  • eddie kaspbrak, office uncle extraordina...: (non-nsfw) eddie's coworker finally convinces him to bring his elusive spouse to an office party. it goes about as well as you might expect, which is to say spectacularly.
  • the courtship of eddie kaspbrak, executi...: (non-nsfw) two weeks into her new job as Executive Assistant to the world's most anal-retentive, pent-up ball of pure fury, lucy thought she was coming to grips with her boss's particular brand of crazy.
  • good in me: “damn, eds,” richie says, looking closer at the tear. “ass so fat you busted a seam.”
  • drives me wild: "i cannot fucking stand you," eddie's voice is hushed, low and dangerous.
  • keep my arms the rest of the night: this thing between eddie and richie is kind of new and kind of old, and they'll figure it out eventually.
  • an itch you just can't scratch: eddie's got a pretty bad case of beard bu...

• bakugou katsuki/izuku midoriya
  • promises kept: after barely surviving the war, katsuki swears to do right by izuku. no matter what it takes.
  • on this night, in this light: "so, here it is, deku. you’re hot as fuck, and you deserve a lot more than the shit you got. get your dick hard, because i wanna suck it.”
  • crimson headache, aching blush: when izuku opens the door, katsuki doesn’t hesitate. "give me a hickey."
  • feline: his gaze lands on the small, pointy cat ears nestled in katsuki’s hair.
  • all i need is you: in which katsuki surprises izuku with a visit, says he's celebrating something, but refuses to tell izuku what.
  • go slow with me: despite katsuki's fragile heart, izuku can't resist giving him what he asks for.
  • to wrap around your dreams: izuku comes home late after a mission.
  • cause your love is all i need: when izuku comes home, exhausted and in need of release, kacchan more than just pr...

• mikey sano/ryuuguuji ken | draken
  • hard candy: how ironic that such a small omega that smells like a damn lollipop could pack such a punch– or kick, for that matter.
  • every melody wasted: draken is fresh out of the hospital, but it’s mikey who needs some healing.
  • we did enough: (non-nsfw)there’s no getting away from mikey’s gravity, and he’s okay with that.
  • negative kilter: “do those tactics work for you in a real fight?” draken teases, using his own weight to pin mikey down.
  • as long as you can: “you my bitch, ken-chin?”
  • hold my own: it’s rare that draken finds himself tired before mikey.
• haitani ran/haitani rindou
  • born to be yours: rindou knows that his friends like to joke about him being oblivious, but he thinks he’s really outdone himself this time...

• 19 DAYS
• he tian/mo guan shan
  • knee high, stage fright: (non-nsfw) no matter how hard he may try, guan shan can't hide all his problems.
  • need the deep end: five times he tian's dick is smacked, in increasing order of intentionality/kinkiness.
  • submission is a gift: (non-nsfw) little mo spends the night.
  • allergy season: (non-nsfw) “you know, they say that sneezing a lot means you’re on someone’s mind.”
  • beings: ‘no, guan shan, that’s—this isn’t yours. did you think that’s what this was?’
  • vulnerability: he tian and guan shan try something new.
• zhan zheng xi/jian yi
  • i'll keep you safe: an unexpected heat presents itself as the perfect opportunity for zheng xi to realize the things he’s been avoiding.

• denji/hayakawa aki
  • stressed: aki’s standing, eyes following the curve of denji’s neck, the messy tuffs of his hair, the movement of those stupid lips. aki’s definitely fucked.
  • responsibilties: aki's nothing if not responsible. denji knows it too. the mess gets messier.
  • mirrors: denji needs help. aki helps him. it’s a mess.
  • cause you said forever: the world might end tomorrow, and aki's kissing him like he knows for certain that it will.
  • smash, boom, pow: denji can't sleep. aki sleeps a little too deeply.
  • dwindling mercurial high: aki had known bringing an alpha mutt into his home would prove to be a terrible idea.
  • natural selection: aki and denji are stuck together, in more ways than one.
  • the road to hell: aki takes a cue from makima in denji-mana...

• THE SECRET HISTORY
• richard papen/henry winter
  • epilogue: in essence, henry lived.
  • thousand times i've fallen: henry finds richard at just the right time. what right means for the two of them, neither know.
  • the self is not so weightless: the two times richard helps henry unwind, and the time henry returns the favour (and they unearth their feelings along the way).
  • auto-da-fé: in which richard is left alone with his mind and unconscious henry for a few days.
• richard papen/francis abernathy
  • i'll be so alone without you: richard is dense. francis is stressed. they're both very gay.
  • there are many names in history: so; i spent my nights with my fingers entwined in francis' hair as he slept soundly in my arms, recalling of every instance...

• getou suguru/gojo satoru
  • i'll do anything you say: suguru shows up at satoru's place for their monthly rendezvous, only to find him prisoner of a killer migraine.
  • from the bottom to the top: satoru insists that he can top just as well as suguru can, and suguru invites him to try.
  • let's climb the cliff and jump again: coming out of prison realm, satoru finds himself in suguru's room circa 2007.
  • lay my curses out to rest: three years after his defection, suguru’s rut leads him back to satoru, right as their mating bites have finally started to fade.
  • guard down: suguru just wants to touch satoru without the barrier. despite not allowing himself to be touched in years, satoru lets him.
  • patience is virtue: satoru makes suguru come untouched for the first time.
  • swelter: suguru ingests a curse that has some inte...

• steve harrington/billy hargrove
  • drip: "leave the door unlocked." nothing from steve but a few hitching breaths. "harrington," billy hisses, "you hear me about the door?"
  • animal in the flesh: when steve finds billy, he is a little less human than before, and a little bit more like an animal.
  • hot like a fever, make you a believer: fresh from the breakup with nancy, steve doesn't go home. instead, he decides to drink his pain away, find a distraction from dwelling on it, and to get back his crown.
  • only thing i'll ever do: “stay there,” billy says tersely. “stay there and shut up.”
  • in your heart, i find my home: it’s been over a month he’s been living with harrington, three since he’s been back and four since he died.
  • made monstrous: season 3 starts when the fight at byers house ends, fresh bruises and all, no brea...

• HAZBIN HOTEL
• valentino/vox/velvette
  • silken sparks: being the youngest overlord in hell, velvette is fond of technology. vox is her favorite toy.
  • uh oh, the tv is buffering!: in which vox's people find him in the aftermath of his musical breakdown.
• valentino/vox
  • it never worked before: valentino doesn’t think Vox’s mind control works on him at all. vox tests that theory.
  • i'm selfish, i'm obscene: valentino likes to party. vox doesn't. he isn't bothered in the slightest. he isn't.
• alastor/angel dust
  • go with the flow: to his credit, alastor has an incredible poker face.
  • death's own dream: (hazbin hotel) alastor has no problem def...

fics that are particularly special to me, in order of most recently read.

• special fics
  • time speaks: (l/yagami light) in his first life, l died in the arms of his greatest enemy. in his brief second one, he died alone. and in his third, too-long life, l died anticipating finally getting even with the man who'd won their game one too many times.
  • answer me: (midoriya izuku/shigaraki tomura) "i hate that your little friends keep interrupting us,” shigaraki whispers into the corner of izuku’s mouth. “let’s try it this way, pretty rabbit. you come find me. promise we’ll get a moment alone.”
  • recursion: (harry potter/draco malfoy) recursion can happen in a temporal context when, for instance, the powerful magical force that is true love drags you back in time so it...