fics i've read and love: a thread (with links)
pls pls pls make sure you read the description and tags before you read a fic, some of them have MAJOR triggers and some are super smutty
pls pls pls make sure you read the description and tags before you read a fic, some of them have MAJOR triggers and some are super smutty
starting with the classics:
young and beautiful
https://archiveofourown.org/works/838537/chapters/1597776
young and beautiful
https://archiveofourown.org/works/838537/chapters/1597776
tired tired sea
https://archiveofourown.org/works/19277764/chapters/45847267
https://archiveofourown.org/works/19277764/chapters/45847267
baby heaven's in your eyes
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1897185/chapters/4089726
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1897185/chapters/4089726
here in the afterglow
https://archiveofourown.org/works/8598145/chapters/19717942
https://archiveofourown.org/works/8598145/chapters/19717942
we’ll play hide and seek to turn this around (give me love like never before) (aka strawberry milk fic)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1368217
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1368217
unbelievers
http://archiveofourown.org/works/3592992
http://archiveofourown.org/works/3592992
soft hands, fast feet, can’t lose
https://archiveofourown.org/works/5799241
https://archiveofourown.org/works/5799241
love is a rebellious bird
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1162438
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1162438
relief next to me
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1117942
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1117942
and then a bit
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1415272
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1415272
all we can do is keep breathing
https://archiveofourown.org/works/14143905/chapters/32596458
https://archiveofourown.org/works/14143905/chapters/32596458
cocaine for breakfast
https://archiveofourown.org/works/15476535/chapters/35927082
https://archiveofourown.org/works/15476535/chapters/35927082
apples always fall (as i do for you)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/12470300/chapters/28382064
https://archiveofourown.org/works/12470300/chapters/28382064
let’s fall in love in a place where you want to stay (tarzan au)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1577993/chapters/3350435
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1577993/chapters/3350435
99 days without you
https://archiveofourown.org/works/654628/chapters/1192536
https://archiveofourown.org/works/654628/chapters/1192536
after hours
https://archiveofourown.org/works/3237521
https://archiveofourown.org/works/3237521
another hazy may
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1045076
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1045076
close to nowhere
http://archiveofourown.org/works/18216794
http://archiveofourown.org/works/18216794
cupid’s defence
https://archiveofourown.org/works/11351361/chapters/25404783
https://archiveofourown.org/works/11351361/chapters/25404783
don’t tell the gods (we left a mess)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/4615377/chapters/10519737
https://archiveofourown.org/works/4615377/chapters/10519737
gods and monsters
http://archiveofourown.org/works/2090982
http://archiveofourown.org/works/2090982
got the sunshine on my shoulders
https://archiveofourown.org/works/10785375
https://archiveofourown.org/works/10785375
it’s my pleasure to introduce you
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1124575
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1124575
just me, you and this box of matches
http://archiveofourown.org/works/626568
http://archiveofourown.org/works/626568
like a bastard on the burning sea
http://archiveofourown.org/works/956061
http://archiveofourown.org/works/956061
something great
http://archiveofourown.org/works/6778243
http://archiveofourown.org/works/6778243
the best i ever had in my entire life...or death (aka the afterlife fic)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/5776201
https://archiveofourown.org/works/5776201
the finish line (is a good place for us to start)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1136964
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1136964
things have gotten closer to the sun
http://archiveofourown.org/works/705664
http://archiveofourown.org/works/705664
through eerie chaos
http://archiveofourown.org/works/10875072
http://archiveofourown.org/works/10875072
say hallelujah, say goodnight (one of my absolute favs)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/10749141
https://archiveofourown.org/works/10749141
run like the devil
https://archiveofourown.org/works/6625750/chapters/15161950
https://archiveofourown.org/works/6625750/chapters/15161950
ain’t that a kick in the head!
http://archiveofourown.org/works/14225523
http://archiveofourown.org/works/14225523
all the right moves
http://archiveofourown.org/works/7062664
http://archiveofourown.org/works/7062664
as you are
http://archiveofourown.org/works/3095600
http://archiveofourown.org/works/3095600
blue lips, blue veins
http://archiveofourown.org/works/4558926
http://archiveofourown.org/works/4558926
california sold
http://archiveofourown.org/works/5157680
http://archiveofourown.org/works/5157680
can i make it anymore obvious
http://archiveofourown.org/works/739915
http://archiveofourown.org/works/739915
can’t fool me
http://archiveofourown.org/works/11712921
http://archiveofourown.org/works/11712921
hoping this cold blue water scrubs me clean and spits me out again
https://archiveofourown.org/works/12955197
https://archiveofourown.org/works/12955197
empty gold
http://archiveofourown.org/works/8198647
http://archiveofourown.org/works/8198647
want it flowing through my streams
https://archiveofourown.org/works/26216251#main
https://archiveofourown.org/works/26216251#main
leave it to the breeze
https://archiveofourown.org/works/3674742#main
https://archiveofourown.org/works/3674742#main
we gotta get away from here
https://archiveofourown.org/works/15323151#main
https://archiveofourown.org/works/15323151#main
i wanna bring you home
https://archiveofourown.org/works/18450848/chapters/43710998#workskin
https://archiveofourown.org/works/18450848/chapters/43710998#workskin
even angels have their demons
https://archiveofourown.org/works/10125005/chapters/47067601
https://archiveofourown.org/works/10125005/chapters/47067601
he was a different league (when i was nothing much)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/20991053#main
https://archiveofourown.org/works/20991053#main
lock me up with love
https://archiveofourown.org/works/13249176#main
https://archiveofourown.org/works/13249176#main
i sail with you
https://archiveofourown.org/works/13913520/chapters/32020818
https://archiveofourown.org/works/13913520/chapters/32020818
swim in the smoke
https://archiveofourown.org/works/5677141/chapters/13078219
https://archiveofourown.org/works/5677141/chapters/13078219
a sea without water, a compass without direction
https://archiveofourown.org/works/13808952/chapters/31751706
https://archiveofourown.org/works/13808952/chapters/31751706
don't let it (me) break
https://archiveofourown.org/works/20766641/chapters/49346075
https://archiveofourown.org/works/20766641/chapters/49346075
stole my heart
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23882182/chapters/57411916
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23882182/chapters/57411916
he kissed my lips, i taste your mouth
https://archiveofourown.org/works/4257726/chapters/9637197
https://archiveofourown.org/works/4257726/chapters/9637197
you smell like
https://archiveofourown.org/works/5095511/chapters/11718584
https://archiveofourown.org/works/5095511/chapters/11718584
the blood hounds
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23473699/chapters/56277346
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23473699/chapters/56277346
be with me so happily
https://archiveofourown.org/works/10529823/chapters/23246466
https://archiveofourown.org/works/10529823/chapters/23246466
seasons change
https://archiveofourown.org/works/4932148/chapters/11317375
https://archiveofourown.org/works/4932148/chapters/11317375
small doses (loving you it's explosive)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/11389398/chapters/25504686
https://archiveofourown.org/works/11389398/chapters/25504686
flour and chocolate
https://archiveofourown.org/works/4332363/chapters/9824244
https://archiveofourown.org/works/4332363/chapters/9824244
so let's cross the lines we lost
https://archiveofourown.org/works/6753253/chapters/15433537
https://archiveofourown.org/works/6753253/chapters/15433537
don't make this easy (i want you to mean it)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/2853293#main
https://archiveofourown.org/works/2853293#main
the healing song
https://archiveofourown.org/works/15753720/chapters/36636954
https://archiveofourown.org/works/15753720/chapters/36636954
shadow holding me hostage
https://archiveofourown.org/works/3823333/chapters/8525044
https://archiveofourown.org/works/3823333/chapters/8525044
the wrath of the emerald eyes
https://archiveofourown.org/works/13706832/chapters/31485849
https://archiveofourown.org/works/13706832/chapters/31485849
sip it slowly and pay attention
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23555062
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23555062
i see the love light in your eyes
https://archiveofourown.org/works/7668076#main
https://archiveofourown.org/works/7668076#main
even as young as you are
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1147429#main
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1147429#main
teenage dreams in a teenage circus
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1144676/chapters/2317203
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1144676/chapters/2317203
my boy, i love you more tomorrow than i did today
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1243006#main
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1243006#main
the stars above you and the streets below
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1189101#main
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1189101#main
a million one, a million two (a hundred more will never do)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1150838#main
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1150838#main
counting the steps between us
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1168858#main
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1168858#main
here (in your arms)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/6428719/chapters/14715565
https://archiveofourown.org/works/6428719/chapters/14715565
we are full of stories to be told
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1163407#main
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1163407#main
wear it like a crown
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1816771/chapters/3900322
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1816771/chapters/3900322
hands clasped tight
https://archiveofourown.org/works/12476132?view_adult=true#main
https://archiveofourown.org/works/12476132?view_adult=true#main
loving you's a bloodsport
https://archiveofourown.org/works/19736515/chapters/46711957
https://archiveofourown.org/works/19736515/chapters/46711957
led by your beating heart
https://archiveofourown.org/works/5090168#main
https://archiveofourown.org/works/5090168#main
and I'll judge the cover by the book
https://archiveofourown.org/works/4775945/chapters/10924319#workskin
https://archiveofourown.org/works/4775945/chapters/10924319#workskin
bitter tangerine
https://archiveofourown.org/works/21276128/chapters/50659784
https://archiveofourown.org/works/21276128/chapters/50659784
turning page
https://archiveofourown.org/works/11826345#main
https://archiveofourown.org/works/11826345#main
beautiful stranger
https://archiveofourown.org/works/19242040/chapters/45756115
https://archiveofourown.org/works/19242040/chapters/45756115
a darker shade of love
https://archiveofourown.org/works/13865517/chapters/31895964
https://archiveofourown.org/works/13865517/chapters/31895964
bring your body baby (i could bring you fame)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/4263903/chapters/9652944
https://archiveofourown.org/works/4263903/chapters/9652944
red brick heart
https://archiveofourown.org/works/969552/chapters/1904081
https://archiveofourown.org/works/969552/chapters/1904081
from eight until late, i think about you
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1155802#main
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1155802#main
i'll throw away my faith (just to keep you safe)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/5474921/chapters/12652145
https://archiveofourown.org/works/5474921/chapters/12652145
let me be your goodnight
https://archiveofourown.org/works/7874887#main
https://archiveofourown.org/works/7874887#main
all the love, h
https://archiveofourown.org/works/8234329/chapters/18870862
https://archiveofourown.org/works/8234329/chapters/18870862
ever since i tried your way
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24744505#main
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24744505#main
wild and unruly
https://archiveofourown.org/works/2723093/chapters/6099611
https://archiveofourown.org/works/2723093/chapters/6099611
the pain is for pleasure
https://archiveofourown.org/works/17463980/chapters/41125112
https://archiveofourown.org/works/17463980/chapters/41125112
own the scars ((get a tissue box for this one y'all))
https://archiveofourown.org/works/13919727/chapters/32037252
https://archiveofourown.org/works/13919727/chapters/32037252
soup of the day
https://archiveofourown.org/works/16714381/chapters/39201772
https://archiveofourown.org/works/16714381/chapters/39201772
give me truths
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1712528/chapters/3646886
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1712528/chapters/3646886
bruise you like a peach
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25805077#main
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25805077#main
we're not friends, we could be anything
https://archiveofourown.org/works/7873252/chapters/17980723
https://archiveofourown.org/works/7873252/chapters/17980723
put your flowers down, it's too cold
https://archiveofourown.org/works/2806649#main
https://archiveofourown.org/works/2806649#main
love's on the line, is that your final answer?
https://archiveofourown.org/works/7529128/chapters/17116063
https://archiveofourown.org/works/7529128/chapters/17116063
nothing but you on my mind
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22965409/chapters/54898762
it's always better when we're together (the sequel)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25899406
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22965409/chapters/54898762
it's always better when we're together (the sequel)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25899406
when you're lost
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23343091/chapters/55920304
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23343091/chapters/55920304
fall into your gravity
https://archiveofourown.org/works/657563/chapters/1198402
https://archiveofourown.org/works/657563/chapters/1198402
sing when you're winning
https://archiveofourown.org/works/837664/chapters/1595895
https://archiveofourown.org/works/837664/chapters/1595895
nothing else but us right here
https://archiveofourown.org/works/899930#main
https://archiveofourown.org/works/899930#main
take my breath away
https://archiveofourown.org/works/4608612/chapters/10503018
https://archiveofourown.org/works/4608612/chapters/10503018
we can take the long road home
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25165477#main
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25165477#main
sleeping on our problems
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25171498#main
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25171498#main
felt nothing like home
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24503596/chapters/59149786
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24503596/chapters/59149786
need so much of you
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23579725/chapters/56574766
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23579725/chapters/56574766
somewhere in between lightening
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24569413/chapters/59365000
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24569413/chapters/59365000
a piece of his heart
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23914252/chapters/57502012
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23914252/chapters/57502012
follow your arrow
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23587543/chapters/56596444
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23587543/chapters/56596444
under the yellow roof
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23191306/chapters/55515082
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23191306/chapters/55515082
make this feel like home
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22968208/chapters/54905812
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22968208/chapters/54905812
about sunshine
https://archiveofourown.org/works/21586753/chapters/51469270
https://archiveofourown.org/works/21586753/chapters/51469270
strawberries & cigarettes
https://archiveofourown.org/works/15164906/chapters/35167970
https://archiveofourown.org/works/15164906/chapters/35167970
no love like your love
https://archiveofourown.org/works/19039000/chapters/45219820
https://archiveofourown.org/works/19039000/chapters/45219820
counterbalance
https://archiveofourown.org/works/18146435/chapters/42908816
https://archiveofourown.org/works/18146435/chapters/42908816
like water over fire (like water on fire)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/11222547/chapters/25075194
https://archiveofourown.org/works/11222547/chapters/25075194
stars are guiding me back
https://archiveofourown.org/works/7760977/chapters/17698123
https://archiveofourown.org/works/7760977/chapters/17698123
make your heart remember me
https://archiveofourown.org/works/15855927/chapters/36933750
https://archiveofourown.org/works/15855927/chapters/36933750
won't you wear my watermark
https://archiveofourown.org/works/6054046/chapters/13879312
https://archiveofourown.org/works/6054046/chapters/13879312
take a chance on me
https://archiveofourown.org/works/14377155/chapters/33194439
https://archiveofourown.org/works/14377155/chapters/33194439
sun means the sky'll be blue
https://archiveofourown.org/works/11379276/chapters/25477959
https://archiveofourown.org/works/11379276/chapters/25477959
your mess is mine
https://archiveofourown.org/works/14140353#main
https://archiveofourown.org/works/14140353#main
saving symphony hall
https://archiveofourown.org/works/12633921/chapters/28787400
https://archiveofourown.org/works/12633921/chapters/28787400
just hold on, we’re going home
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1025966?view_adult=true#main
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1025966?view_adult=true#main
resist everything except temptation
https://archiveofourown.org/works/9300008/chapters/21078989
https://archiveofourown.org/works/9300008/chapters/21078989