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If our two loves be one, by phoenixflight

https://archiveofourown.org/works/61571734

Summary: Harriet explores the unexpected landscape of marriage. ➜ yuletide fic - for the Lord Peter Wimsey books ➜ Harriet's POV on v-shaped polyamory negotiations, Harriet/Peter and Peter/Bunter ➜ the voice is so well done, of Harriet's whole pov but also every line of Peter's dialogue is dripping with the exact right kind of piffle he likes to talk, with all the casual references and so forth ➜ and the way they work out the relationship dynamics between the three of them, what is and isn't said, and what each of them is looking for, feels so right too! ➜ 10k words in length

#about-polyamorynegotiation #about-rarefandom #about-rarepair #by-phoenixflight #char-bunter #char-harriet #char-peterwimsey #fandom-lordpeterwimsey #focus-/ #focus-dudeslash #focus-het #focus-multi #focus-polyamory #length-10-20k #note-commented #note-downloaded #ship-bunter/peter #ship-harriet/peter #type-fanfic

3 months ago | View Shared by soph

hear the wrong and see the right, by etben

https://archiveofourown.org/works/61420555

Summary: Richard Merrill has a conversation with his mother. ➜ yuletide fic - for Mairelon the Magician ➜ set mid-canon, a conversation between Mairelon and his mother about the realities of Kim being out in society and the male attention she'll attract ➜ Mairelon's oblivious focus on Kim's magical education and inability to follow where his mother is going with this line of questioning is so fun and so him ➜ what a cute and fun fic! ➜ 1k words in length

#about-rarefandom #about-rarepair #by-etben #fandom-mairelonthemagician #focus-/ #focus-het #length-0-2k #note-commented #note-downloaded #ship-kim/mairelon #ship-mairelon&elizabeth #type-fanfic

3 months ago | View Shared by soph

Money, Time, Patience, Love, by eggfish

https://archiveofourown.org/works/57569650

Summary: It was easy to want what you couldn't have. Ever since her father had told her that she was destined for the royal harem, Jian Lan had been confident she'd make it to the rank of consort. But she'd also known that, in the meantime, she'd be having a passionate love affair with some unsuitable man around the palace. ➤ TGCF fic about the era after xianle falls to yong'an, when Jian Lan finds work in a brothel ➤ Jian Lan's perspective on her developing relationship with Feng Xin ➤ I love the sharpness, the awkwardness, the quiet ground-down miseries - and yet the grasping onto what hope and beauty and love that can be found in the midst of it all ➤ Jian Lan and Feng Xin are doing their best! I'm emotions ➤ and I love the gentle femdom that Jian Lan leans into when Feng Xin's women issues make it challenging for them to have sex <3 ➤ 5k words in length

#about-canonera #about-rarepair #about-sexworker #by-eggfish #char-fengxin #char-jianlan #fandom-tgcf #focus-/ #focus-het #length-2-20k #note-commented #note-downloaded #ship-fengxin/jianlan #type-fanfic #➤feelings

4 months ago | View Shared by soph

Genesis, by a_t_rain

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58904839

Summary: In 1580s London, apprentice grocer John Heminges decides to revive an ancient guild mystery play and ends up getting married, finding a new career, and meeting a friend who will change his life. ➤ a prequel to Nameless, which I just recced, about 17th century theatre actors associated with Shakespeare (and Shakespeare himself) ➤ the viewpoint character begins as an an apprentice grocer in the grocer's guild, and his first taste of acting is in reviving the guild play ➤ like Nameless, a really thoughtful and interesting look at this period of history, with many excellent historical details ➤ the development of John's understanding of what it is to act, and what it is to be part of the world of actors (different things!) is so well done ➤ and I love the quiet, solid romance of trust between John and Rebecca ➤ 10k words in length

#about-rarepair #about-theatre #by-a_t_rain #char-johnheminges #fandom-historical-rpf #fandom-shakespeare #focus-/ #focus-het #length-10-20k #note-commented #note-downloaded #ship-johnheminges/rebeccaheminges #type-fanfic

6 months ago | View Shared by soph

Blackjack, by Veronica Schanoes

https://reactormag.com/blackjack-veronica-schanoes/

A woman visiting Las Vegas for a fun weekend encounters her ne’er-do-well ex-husband, who begs her for a favor that gambles with life and death… ➤ fantasy novelette about a jewish grandmother, after the death of her daughter, facing and dealing with the ways her troubled first marriage affected her life and her daughter ➤ Schanoes is so good at character and setting and emotion! ➤ and it's always great to have a story where the hero is an older woman ➤ 12k words in length

#about-family #about-ghosts #by-veronicaschanoes #fandom-profic #focus-& #focus-/ #focus-het #length-10-20k #note-downloaded #type-fiction

8 months ago | View Shared by soph

One Flew Over the Songhua River, by Qi Ran, translated by Andy Dudak

https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/qi_03_24/

quote: Dad says Auntie was beautiful when she was young, with a bright-eyed gaze, pure yet alluring, and a slender, curving waist. When happy, her face was like springtime. When sorrowful, she was like a thin willow bending in the wind. Sometimes I try to imagine my aunt’s youthful beauty, and I end up thinking of those fox demon women in Zhiyi novels, eyes flickering like stars. With a slight twist of the demon’s waist, your soul is hers. But Auntie was the type who’s a thousand miles removed—aloof, full of rebuffs. Every boy who saw her back then suffered pangs of desire, yet they shunned her. Before Deng Baolin met her husband, she scratched the faces of thirteen boys. She was a prickly beauty, a thorny rose. In short, she was completely unlike the person before my eyes. ➤ scifi short story translated from chinese; originally published in 2021 ➤ it's a fascinating outside-outside pov, a nephew telling the story of his aunt, whose story is that of her famous physicist-astronaut husband ➤ the multiple layers of abstraction work well for this story -- and the narrative loops around itself in how it's told too, wandering forwards and backwards in time to circle around the heart of things ➤ which is really a story about family and about place and about how you decide what to prioritise in your life ➤ it's lovely and thoughtful and wistful. I really liked it! ➤ 7k words in length

#about-family #about-space #by-andydudak #by-qiran #fandom-profic #focus-& #focus-gen #focus-het #length-2-10k #note-downloaded #type-fiction #➤quiet

10 months ago | View Shared by soph

talking to strangers, by bloodletter

https://archiveofourown.org/works/54935275

Summary: She was going to blame the wine in the morning. ➤ beefleaf prior to the black water arc ➤ sqx and her bff ming-xiong go to a party together! sqx explains to the hostess why ming-xiong is such a good friend, and it's definitely not about sex! ➤ they absolutely do have really good sex sometimes though. including at this party. ➤ the dynamics between sqx and hx are soooo good ➤ and ditto sqx having a great time being a beautiful woman at multiple after-parties, after the mid-autumn banquet ➤ what a delightful little gem of a fic ➤ 2k words in length

#about-midcanon #by-bloodletter #char-hexuan #char-shiqingxuan #fandom-tgcf #focus-/ #focus-het #length-0-2k #note-commented #note-downloaded #ship-hexuan/shiqingxuan #type-fanfic #➤yep

10 months ago | View Shared by soph

mutual aid - verity

https://archiveofourown.org/works/53933578

Summary: <blockquote>Even from the bar's parking lot, Lan Wangji could feel the presence of the spirits inside. This place was haunted. There was evidence of demonic cultivation everywhere from the wards to Wei Wuxian's bed. Lest he crawl back into it, Lan Wangji unsheathed Bichen and climbed on.</blockquote> ➤ mdzs wangxian modern-with-cultivation au where lwj is a trans man and wwx is a trans woman ➤ and ahhhh it just makes me so emotional about how GREAT wangxian are!!! ➤ wonderfully integrated characters/plot into a world they inhabit where friends and work and weird tastes in books are part of their lives, and also, lwj and wwx find each other and are immediately obsessed with each other, finding something in each other that allow them to best be themselves ➤ so many very funny details also, at the same time that it's many feelings ➤ 10k words in length

#about-au #about-modern #about-trans #by-verity #fandom-cql/mdzs #focus-/ #focus-het #length-2-10k #note-commented #note-downloaded #ship-lanwangji/weiwuxian #type-fanfic #➤good