The Seventeen Fic Rec Post

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So I realized its been almost a year of near-interrupted residency in Caratland (and its ao3 tag) so I figured it's time to post a few that I've liked. Not exactly recs but just grouping some fics mostly for my own organization. Mostly going through my ao3 history as I'm notoriously bad at actually leaving bookmarks... Let's get into it, in no particular order, non-exhaustive, etc.

 

‣ Hetairoi by preciouslittletime

‣ wordcount: 11.2k rating: M

‣ tags: verkwan, royalty au, including tag from orig post: Saturdays are for the boys but make it early baroque

 

Really sweet. Prince Seungkwan <3
 

‣ golden by poppyseedheart

‣ wordcount: 33.5k rating: T

‣ tags: gyuhan, canonverse w/ a twist, telepathy/soul bonds, a touch of sci fi tech
 

I mean you can't go wrong with mindlink fics, especially if they're not magicked in but instead engineered through Science and... Idol Things. The premise mostly makes it for me, I think their polarity really comes through in this and the relationship has a nice progression.
 

‣ whale habit by jibes

‣ wordcount: 1.8k, rating: E

‣ tags: jihan, canonverse
 

Precisely written
 

‣ what you do well, you should do to me by pixiepower

‣ wordcount: 21.8k rating: E

‣ tags: 8boogyu, marriage with a third, actor au, poly negotiations
 

Take two of the best mingyu pairings and smash them together and you get this highly based throuple out of left field. It's been a while since I reread but it's good and hot.
 

‣ voyages by juno

‣ wordcount: 21k, rating: E

‣ tags: jigyu, star trek AU, vulcan jihoon
 

Need to reread this one soon but a quintessential jigyu that isn't just pwp, LMAO. Love vulcan jihoon and just star trek AU in general.
 

‣ shotgun, shot in the dark by sysupportgroup

‣ wordcount: 5.5k rating: E (but kind of M)

‣ tags: boochan, idolverse au/canon divergence, moral ambiguity
 

I cannot stress enough, probably the only seungkwan/chan fic in existence that actually gets them. Or maybe I haven't looked hard enough, though they do only have like 100 fics. AU where chan is taken out by an injury pre-debut, meets famous seungkwan again later on. You gotta know I love an ambitious and morally ambiguous seungkwan.
 

‣ do it to me by heartened

‣ wordcount: 3k rating: E

‣ tags: boosoon (kwankwon? lol), canonverse, pwp, platonic buttfucking
 

Must take this opportunity to plug beloved friend fic. Straight dude x gay man is highly underwritten across the board. And you gotta give it up for top seungkwan *crowd goes wild* also straggot hoshi LMAOOOO

 

‣ a certain foolish refrain by whisperprince

‣ wordcount: 33k rating: E

‣ tags: boogyu, non-trad omegaverse (i can explain), famous/non-famous au
 

I said I could explain, but can I? My first explanation is that it's about the only goddamn longform boogyu fic In That Order. Let me live. Also just sweet and hot? I've read it a normal amount of times.
 

‣ eternal peace is overrated by babyvillanelle

‣ wordcount: 3.7k rating: E

‣ tags: soonchan, umbrella academy au, fucking ghosts, pseudo-incxst
 

umbrella academy au my beloved.
 

‣ i know it's not right by 5959

‣ wordcount: 8k rating: M

‣ tags: gyuhan, platonic boogyu, STEPCEST, toxicity, ambiguous ending
 

My godddd. I only read this for the first a few weeks ago and I can't believe I deprived myself ... Although it's always so fun to discover good stuff that's been hiding all along. I won't lie cause stepcest is certainly a trope I enjoy a normal amount and I don't think there even is any other stepcest SVT fic. Or if there is, it's probably not good. Carats are prudes, we know this. Also, under the dinner table footjobs?! Can it get any better. Also the relationship between mingyu and seungkwan is really sweet.

 

“Do you need more water?” Hyunwook asks, nodding towards Mingyu’s half-empty glass. Mingyu reaches for it and downs it, trying not to fidget in his seat. Trying to keep his hips still.

Good boy, Jeonghan mouths across from him

~

“No,” he croaks out now, reaching out to hold Jeonghan's forearms still. His thumb is damp against Jeonghan’s skin. “We really can't — my roommate is outside. He thinks I’m — ”

Jeonghan stills, really looking at him now.

“He thinks you're what,” he says.

He thinks I'm normal, Mingyu can't finish. He squirms under Jeonghan’s gaze.

~

“You know….” Mingyu trails off. “You saw him leave,” is what he settles on, finally.

“I did,” Seungkwan agrees. His face is twisted up with — something. Mingyu doesn’t know what. It doesn’t look cruel.

“And you don’t think I’m disgusting?” Mingyu manages, finally, hardly able to meet Seungkwan’s gaze as he says it. He can’t believe they’re having this conversation at all. But Seungkwan still doesn’t look away, his soft face still screwed up in a frown.