Fiction Recs

Sephiroth & Cloud friendship
16,304 words + sequels

Cloud had no idea how his life would change on the day he was sent to deliver some papers to the former general Sephiroth's office. A mistaken identity turns his world upside down.

Gryvon's Note: This is the most wholesome and adorable thing on the planet. It's pre-relationship in that Cloud is 15 at the start and Sephiroth has a TBI courtesy of Jenova. Sex is mentioned (usually by other characters) but there's no underage in this series.

Bucky/Tony
32,138 words

Tony doesn't begrudge anyone else their enjoyment of the holiday season; he just wants to be left out of it. He's never really seen the point. Bucky's usually all for it, but a disaster at work that forced him to cancel his plans to travel with his family have left him feeling a little curmudgeonly. The two meet and bond over their shared lack of interest in the holidays.

When Tony unexpectedly finds himself taking care of a pair of kids who rather emphatically expect Christmas to be Done Right, he finds himself turning to Bucky for help.

Steve/Tony
12,157 words

Steve is the first to come home to the tower after S.H.I.E.L.D. goes down. Then Natasha and Clint arrive. Tony doesn't mind, really, he's got the space. Except it's December and they insist on doing Christmassy shit. Who the hell has time for that?!?

Christmas 5 - Tony 0

Bucky/Tony
4,512 words

Bucky's used to performing for kids. Prefers it, actually--adults can be really dismissive (or worse, totally into it and grabby). Still, when Natasha tells him he's helping her perform at the summer Maria Stark Foundation gala, he doesn't say no.

Derek/Stiles
5,227 words

“He told me he understood, and that he was happy we were both happy, and that if I hurt you he knew how to kill a Werewolf and where to hide a body.”

Stiles paused in his task of spooning rice onto one of the plates, giving Derek a weird look. “My dad had a similarly confusing discussion with me this morning,” he admitted.

“Yeah, I’m not sure I understand what he was talking about.”

They stared at one another for a long while in silence.

“Dude,” Stiles finally said. “Does my dad think we’re dating?”

“Is that what that was?” Derek asked.

Derek/Stiles
11,573 words

“You did a favour for a stranger?” the sheriff asked, surprised. “You won’t even do a favour for me.”

“Your favours involve chocolate and salty snacks, damn straight I won’t do you any favours,” Stiles insisted, pointing an accusatory finger at his dad while leaning back against the counter, taking another large sip of coffee. “Some guy lost his phone and was calling it hoping someone would answer. That someone was me. He said he’d had some drinks and couldn’t come grab it right then, so we agreed to meet at the station this morning. I didn’t realize ‘this morning’ meant the ass crack of dawn.”

“It’s not the ass crack of dawn, that was at five thirty-seven, according to the weather app on my phone.”

Stiles let out a sarcastic laugh and flipped his dad off. The sheriff gave him a look, but he didn’t reprimand him, clearly able to tell Stiles was miserable.