gensplosion | Entries tagged with found family

FANDOM: Firefly (+ Serenity) / Buffy the Vampire Slayer
FIC LINK: A Friend to the Spirit
AUTHOR LINK:

ChronicBookworm
RATING/WARNING(S): T
WIP?/WORD COUNT: complete, 3190 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: River Tam, Buffy Summers

FIC SUMMARY: In her dreams, there was an angel, like in legends from Earth-that-Was, with blonde hair and a kind smile, and River knew that this angel meant her well; that she was here to protect her; that she was River’s sister.

RECCER'S NOTES: The entire idea of this story is such a fantastic way to make this crossover work - there are some brilliant reveals that I'm not going to spoil. It's a relatively dark fic (it deals with River's past abuse and current trauma) but ultimately it's full of hope. I love how elements from both canons and all the characters ring 100% true, which means that it can go from poignant to humorous and back again, often in the same paragraph, just like the source material does. Other than the central, touching relationship between Buffy and River, my favorite part of this story are quips between Buffy and Mal.

It's another exchange gift I got, this time at

x_ship. :)

ozqueen

FANDOM: Voltron: Legendary Defender
FIC LINK: Routine Maintenance
AUTHOR LINK:

VelkynKarma
RATING/WARNING(S): Teen | Violence/Injury
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 50777
MAIN CHARACTERS: Shiro, Hunk, Lance, Pidge, Keith, Allura, Coran

FIC SUMMARY: Being an amputee with a prosthetic limb is difficult enough. Having a solid metal alien prosthetic forced on you by another species entirely is even worse.

OR:

Five times Shiro’s Galra arm caused him trouble in some way and another member of the team helped him out with it, and the one time the same arm is the only reason any of them survive.

RECCER'S NOTES:

This fic is incredible. Amazing character voices, a huge, huge amount of hurt/comfort, and incredible tension and emotion. Shiro learning to deal with his Galra arm, not just physically, but emotionally, and all the Paladins + Allura + Coran helping him as best they can (even when he's doing his best to ensure he battles on alone, goddamn it Shiro). I mean seriously, this fic is incredible.

thady

FANDOM: Natsume Yuujinchou | Natsume's Book of Friends
FIC LINK: Three for Family.
AUTHOR LINK:

NightsMistress
RATING/WARNING(S): PG-13
WIP?/WORD COUNT: one-shot | ~ 3,600 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Natsume Takashi, Fujiwara Touko, Fujiwara Shigeru

FIC SUMMARY: The more Touko hears about Natsume Takashi, the more confused she becomes. The stories she hears are of a selfish child acting out for attention, or worse, but all she can see is a sad, lost child in need of a place to put down roots so that he can settle his mind.

RECCER'S NOTES: This is such a wonderful characer study of bot Touko and of Natsume as we see him through her eyes. I love the way the story flows, and how Touka sees more than the others do. There's such a gentleness and kindness to her that makes me love her just the more.

ozqueen

FANDOM: Voltron: Legendary Defender
FIC LINK: Your Grace is Wasted
AUTHOR LINK:

BossToaster
RATING/WARNING(S): M | violence (above canon-typical)
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Completed | 12073
MAIN CHARACTERS: Shiro, Pidge, Hunk, Lance, Keith, Allura, Coran

FIC SUMMARY: Five times that no one was thinking of Shiro as a dad.

RECCER'S NOTES:

This fic has a mix of everything. It's the first in a series but it's complete within itself and it's like a rollercoaster of all of my favourite things - found family, angst, fluffy feels, hurt/comfort, and there's a great sense of humour all woven through it as well.

ozqueen

FANDOM: The Avengers, Marvel Cinematic Universe
FIC LINK: The Goat's Back
AUTHOR LINK:

arsenicarcher
RATING/WARNING(S): M
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 10,155
MAIN CHARACTERS: Steve Rogers, Clint Barton, Natasha Romanov, Pepper Potts, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Thor

FIC SUMMARY: An AU where Steve's essentially a failed experiment, corporal punishment is the predominant form of discipline and team leaders take the punishments for those under them.

RECCER'S NOTES:

I think this is one of those "everyone has read it" kind of deals, but JUST IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T, here's the link. Delicious Steve Rogers hurt/comfort and team feels all wrapped up in a well-written package. This caters to my id in a big way, but there's so much to enjoy I'm sure I'd love it even if iddiness was taken out of the picture entirely.

ozqueen

FANDOM: Marvel Cinematic Universe/The Avengers
FIC LINK: A Glossary of the 21st Century
AUTHOR LINK:

kinky_kneazle
RATING/WARNING(S): T
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 17402
MAIN CHARACTERS: Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanov, Logan (X-Men), Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Wade Wilson

FIC SUMMARY: Steve's sick of not understanding what's going on, and the team are not all that helpful, so he starts keeping an illustrated notebook for further research. With the help of wiki, google and Logan he starts to settle in and find his place in the twenty-first century.

RECCER'S NOTES:

I loved this -- it's not just a fic about Steve trying to adjust to the 21st century, it's a fic about Steve trying to adjust to the Avengers, and how he fits in with them. His relationships with Tony and Natasha are particularly well done, and the little glimpses of his backstory and time during the war are beautifully woven through Steve's efforts to establish himself in his current situation.

ozqueen

FANDOM: MCU/The Avengers
FIC LINK: Pour Back the Ocean
AUTHOR LINK:

imperfectcircle
RATING/WARNING(S): T | Canononical character death
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 10907
MAIN CHARACTERS: Wanda Maximoff, Sam Wilson, James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Natasha Romanoff, Vision, Steve Rogers

FIC SUMMARY: After the events of Age of Ultron, Wanda has to find a new place in the world. Contains team training exercises, expected grief and unexpected kindness.

RECCER'S NOTES:

Oh, this fic hit me right in the feels. I actually cried. This is a beautiful story about Wanda trying to work her way through what happened in Age of Ultron. Gorgeous character building and lots of team/found family feelings. There are no spoilers for Civil War here.

dirty_diana

FANDOM: The Flash with Arrow cameos
FIC LINK: Zero-Sum Game
AUTHOR LINK:

Rokesmith
RATING/WARNING(S): Teen
WIP?/WORD COUNT: complete / 67 000 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Barry Allen, Iris West, Caitlin Snow, Cisco Ramon, Joe West

FIC SUMMARY: Three months after the singularity, a wave of impossible robberies strikes Central City, and there is one obvious suspect: the Flash. But as Barry and his friends unite to track down the real culprit, they find themselves facing a dangerous new enemy in a pursuit that may cost them everything.

Post season 1.

RECCER'S NOTES: An epic, plotty imagining of what might have happened after the season one finale. If you spent the summer hoping Iris would finally get to be part of the gang, or wondering what DCU villains might make an appearance, this is the fic to scratch that itch. Plus: friendship and teamwork! So many feels.

dirty_diana

FANDOM: Life
FIC LINK: The Closest Exit May Be Behind You
AUTHOR LINK:

throughadoor
RATING/WARNING(S): Teen
WIP?/WORD COUNT: complete / 2400 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Charlie Crews, Dani Reese, Ted Earley, Rachel Seybolt

FIC SUMMARY: Ted tries to dispense parental advice when Rachel encounters the lurking existential dread of the college application process. There's a dead body on an airplane and Dani hates the FBI. And Charlie is probably going to buy UCLA a building.

RECCER'S NOTES: If you've ever wondered what Charlie and Dani and company might have gotten up to after the cancellation of Life? This is a surprisingly convincing answer to that question, full of adorable Charlie-isms.

dirty_diana

FANDOM: Elementary
FIC LINK: Creatures Great and Small
AUTHOR LINK:

IrenaK
RATING/WARNING(S): general
WIP?/WORD COUNT: 2000 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Joan Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Marcus Bell

FIC SUMMARY: Between the bees, the chickens and Clyde, it's practically a menagerie in the brownstone.

OR

Five times Sherlock brought home a stray and one time Joan did.

RECCER'S NOTES: Elementary has made a recurring theme of Sherlock's fun, odd habits. One of which is the tendency to bring home random animals, including fandom favourite Clyde the tortoise. This fic does a great job of recreating the really, Sherlock? comedy the show is built around, as well the unique type of friendship that Sherlock inspires.

ozqueen

FANDOM: Sense8
FIC LINK: A Kick in the Teeth is Good for Some
AUTHOR LINK:

shadowkeeper
RATING/WARNING(S): G | choose not to warn | spoilers, canon-typical violence
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 1234
MAIN CHARACTERS: Sun Bak, Wolfgang Bogdanow, Nomi Marks

FIC SUMMARY: Solitary confinement makes Sun twitchy.

RECCER'S NOTES:

Another fantastic example of how the cluster works. I love the comparison between Sun's sense of violence and Wolfgang's, and the little moments shared between them, as well as the reminder that so long as she has the cluster, prison for Sun can't be the same punishment it is for everyone else.

ozqueen

FANDOM: Sense8
FIC LINK: Accommodation
AUTHOR LINK:

story_monger
RATING/WARNING(S): G | canon-typical violence, spoilers for S1
WIP?/WORD COUNT: complete | 2571
MAIN CHARACTERS: Capheus, Sun

FIC SUMMARY:

Capheus still sees the expressions a man makes when a machete rips through his chest. He knows what lungs sound like when they’re popped open. He knows that blood is hot when it sprays from a jugular and he knows that it tastes salty when it lands on his lips and tongue.

Capheus, after the battle.

RECCER'S NOTES:

This is amazing. It captures the connection of the cluster in a very real sort of way, and it's a wonderful exploration of the way Capheus seeks to find a balance between who he is and what he has done. The discussion he has with Sun, and the way they relate to one another and talk through what they've just shared, is like a missing scene from canon. This is a fic very true to the characters, and my favourite to come from the fandom so far.

thisbluespirit

FANDOM: Midnight Is A Place – Joan Aiken
FIC LINK: The Curse of the Blue-Eyed Tiger
AUTHOR LINK:

usernamegoeshere
RATING/WARNING(S): G | None
WIP?/WORD COUNT: 2707
MAIN CHARACTERS: Lucas Bell, Anna-Marie Murgatroyd, Julian Oakapple, Eulalia Murgatroyd

FIC SUMMARY: Anna-Marie's new friend stirs up unhappy memories for Lucas.

RECCER'S NOTES: This has just the right feel for an Aiken fic, which is no small achievement in itself – full of small, vivid details, and the things they reveal, and the power of a story that explores some of the sadness of these characters’ past (in this case, particularly Lucas), together with the humour of Anna-Marie’s endless pragmatism, and their unconventional new life together as a found family, post-book. It’s lovely.

thisbluespirit

FANDOM: Adam Adamant Lives!
FIC LINK: The Very Happiest Place on Earth
AUTHOR LINK:

ArisTGD
RATING/WARNING(S): G | None
WIP?/WORD COUNT: 2675
MAIN CHARACTERS: Adam Adamant, Georgina Jones, William Simms

FIC SUMMARY: Adam, Georgie, and Simms are on holiday, but will Adam's desire for a quiet day ever be fulfilled?

RECCER'S NOTES: Because Adam Adamant Lives! is a thing of adorable adorableness and pure distilled 1960s-ness, and this fic captures all of that perfectly. Adam, Georgie, and Simms try to have a holiday, and while Georgie and Simms manage to make the most of Disneyland, Adam tackles villains as usual, with the added humour of seeing one of the series’s typical improbable plots only in glimpses between rides. Anyway, it’s heaps of fun, and every bit as delightful as the show.

thady

FANDOM: Avatar: The Last Airbender
FIC LINK: New Directions. (at DW) | New Directions. (at AO3)
AUTHOR LINK:

such_heights |

such_heights
RATING/WARNING(S): PG
WIP?/WORD COUNT: one-shot | ~ 1,100 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Toph, Suki, Katara

FIC SUMMARY: They could do anything, after the war.

RECCER'S NOTES:

What to do after the war? I love how all three of them grapple with this question, and how different and how similar it is for them. Their thoughts ring true to me, and I love the conclusion they come to.

dirty_diana

FANDOM: Marvel Cinematic Universe/Captain America
FIC LINK: The Sergeant and the Captain
AUTHOR LINK:

OddityBoddity

tamthewriter
RATING/WARNING(S): Gen / as in tags
WIP?/WORD COUNT: complete / 7300 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Thor, Bucky Barnes, Steve Rogers, Jane Foster, Maria Hill

FIC SUMMARY: The Sergeant and the Captain, or, The True and Accurate Reports Chronicling the Well-being of the Shield-brothers James Barnes and Steven Rogers, Faithfully Submitted by Thor Odinson to Maria Hill, Director.

RECCER'S NOTES: The background is touching Bucky & Steve hurt/comfort, but the foreground is an excellent and non-buffoonish Thor pov - something that is way too rare. Thor observes, and understands more than people expect him to.

What the Avengers call "friends" Thor was reared to call "family". It is a different word for the same thing, and Thor does not need anyone to explain. He decides, as he thinks about it, that he will do for the Captain what he would do for any of of his family, what they have already done for him.

dirty_diana

FANDOM: Marvel Cinematic Universe / Captain America
FIC LINK: The Not-Christmas Not-Truce of 1944
AUTHOR LINK:

drop-deaddream

dropdeaddream
RATING/WARNING(S): Teen, explicit but not gory combat violence, off-screen death of an animal for food
WIP?/WORD COUNT: complete / 1400 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes, the Howling Commandos

FIC SUMMARY:

Bucky stabs a man in the neck.

The cow moos.

RECCER'S NOTES: Adorable snapshot of Our Heroes on the front lines, tangling it up with the Germans over a cow. As you do. Reminds me a bit of Brubaker-era flashback scenes in the way that it balances the Captain America and Howling Commando mythos with the fact that they're really just dudes doing a job. As well as the fact that war is terrible and ridiculous, sometimes simultaneously.

Not actually a Christmas story, if that's the kind of thing you like to know.

thady

FANDOM: Torchwood
FIC LINK: Geek Gifts.
AUTHOR LINK:

adina_atl
RATING/WARNING(S): PG
WIP?/WORD COUNT: one-shot | ~ 7,750 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Ianto Jones, Toshiko Sata, Jack Harkness

FIC SUMMARY: Tosh and Ianto bond over tech and their respective pasts. - Set first season.

RECCER'S NOTES:

Good stories stand the test of time. I loved Ianto and Tosh together. They just fit in a way the other characters on the show rarely do. I love how they interact here, bonding over they past and their relationship to Jack.

isabelquinn

FANDOM: Friends
FIC LINK: Between Spaces
AUTHOR LINK:

voleuse
RATING/WARNING(S): T
WORD COUNT: 1021
MAIN CHARACTERS: Rachel Green, Monica Geller, Phoebe Buffay

FIC SUMMARY: Yarn, scrambled eggs, and an absence of snowballs. Rachel Green learns about being a grown-up. Set during the first season of Friends.

RECCER'S NOTES: I really love Rachel's character arc throughout the earlier Friends seasons, where she gradually finds her feet. This fic captures it so beautifully, and it also manages to pin down the general atmosphere of those earlier episodes. The characters and their interactions are dead on. This is exactly the sort of friendship fic I love to read over and over <3

dirty_diana

FANDOM: Marvel Cinematic Universe/Captain America/Avengers
FIC LINK: Some Guardian Angels Have Missing Parts
AUTHOR LINK:

hufflepirate
RATING/WARNING(S): Teen / none
WIP?/WORD COUNT: complete / 38 000 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Bucky Barnes, Sam Wilson, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Clint Barton, Natasha Romanov, Bruce Banner, Thor

FIC SUMMARY: Bucky Barnes has been tailing the Avengers ever since Steve got dragged back in to help them instead of continuing his search for Bucky. That makes him the first on the scene when the Avengers are hit by a spell that leaves them deaged into 6-year-olds. He knows how to finish the fight and rescue them, but gaining their trust, looking after them, and getting them back to their old selves isn't so easy. Luckily, he has watched Steve long enough to know he can trust Sam Wilson, and that just might be enough to get them by...

RECCER'S NOTES: Lots of de-aged cuteness, which I can never turn down. But more than that, it is a lovely story about Bucky Barnes being slowly dragged back into the land of the living by six tiny superheroes. The image of a young and faithful Steve treating the tramautised Winter Soldier as if they're both still six years old is utterly priceless.

Abruptly, the adrenaline from the fight drained out of him, leaving him feeling hollow and useless. He'd spent a lot of time feeling hollow and useless since he'd left HYDRA to become a person instead of a weapon. It was harder than it sounded. But he couldn't afford to think like that right now, because the kids didn't need a weapon. They needed a person. He needed to push through the empty feeling and be a person for them.

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Entries tagged with found family

Firefly/BtVS: A Friend to the Spirit, by ChronicBookworm

voltron: legendary defender - routine maintenance, by VelkynKarma

Natsume Yuujinchou: Three for Family, by NightsMistress.

Voltron: Legendary Defender: Your Grace is Wasted, by BossToaster

MCU/Avengers: the goat's back

mcu: a glossary of the 21st century, by kinky_kneazle

marvel/the avengers: pour back the ocean, by imperfectcircle

The Flash: Zero-Sum Game by Rokesmith

Life: The Closest Door May Be Behind You by throughadoor

Elementary: Creatures Great and Small by IrenaK

sense8: a kick in the teeth is good for some, by shadowkeeper

sense8: accommodation, by story_monger

Midnight Is A Place - Joan Aiken: The Curse of the Blue-Eyed Tiger by vanillafluffy

Adam Adamant Lives!: The Very Happiest Place on Earth by Aris Merquoni

AtlA: New Directions, by such_heights.

MCU/Captain America: The Sergeant and the Captain by OddityBoddity

MCU/Captain America: The Not-Christmas Not-Truce of 1944 by dropdeaddream

TW: Geek Gifts, by adina_atl.

Friends: Between Spaces

MCU: Some Guardian Angels Have Missing Parts, by hufflepirate

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