Fic of the Month
January
Title: The Dragon's Roar
Author: Priestess_of_Groove
Fandom: A Song of Ice and Fire
Pairing: Jon/Daenerys, Jaime/Brienne
Words: 701,524
Rating: ★★★★★
Summary: Humanity failed to stop the Night King and his legion of undead until it was too late. The displeased Gods decide it should take a greater role in the fate of humanity and wind back to a time before the world fell apart. Jon Snow, the Prince Who Was Promised, and Jaime Lannister are sent back to prevent The War of the Five Kings and unite Westeros under a single banner to avoid a terrible fate. Even with the advantage of hindsight, things never go as planned.
February
Title: Concord
Author: Deastar
Fandom: The Untamed
Pairing: Lan Zhan/Wei Ying
Words: 41,769
Rating: ★★★★★
Summary: Lan Wangji hopes, somewhat frivolously, that his betrothed might find him an acceptable companion. Neither he nor Wei Wuxian are able to bear children, so there will be no need to share a marital bed; that should make it easier for the two of them to reach a natural, comfortable equilibrium.
Two strings played in harmony: this is Lan Wangji’s quiet hope, as he arranges the Jingshi to accommodate a second inhabitant. Perhaps, he thinks, they might even become friends.
March
Title: curse of the dragon emperor
Author: lulu_kitty
Fandom: The Untamed
Pairing: Lan Zhan/Wei Ying
Words: 96,209
Rating: ★★★★★
Summary: The last prince of the dragons is enchanted to stay asleep until his true soulmate can wake him, but a violent curse plagues his family, so no one can ever see his face.
One thousand years have passed and the world is in disharmony without dragons to cleanse yin resentment.
When the Wens invade Cloud Recesses and Wen Xu demands Lan Wangji as his warprize, the Lan clan invokes a rite of passage to help Lan Wangji escape: wherein all child bearing cultivators are to be presented to Prince Wuxian's slumbering form in a ritual ceremony. No one expects the long-lost prince to wake up…
April
Title: On our way back home
Author: Kathleenishereagain
Fandom: The Beatles
Pairing: John Lennon/Paul McCartney
Words: 363,029
Rating: ★★★★★
Summary: Something ticked in Paul’s mind as the familiar words washed through him. When he looked at John, his friend was already looking at him. And suddenly, it all became clear: He remembered having that conversation more than 50 years ago. He remembered it too well.
He had been thinking about it for years, wondering what he should have understood, how he should have reacted. If it was as meaningful as it had felt or if his memory had just romanticized it.
“I don’t think a love like that obeys to any rules,” John went on, unaware of Paul’s agitation. “It’s not something that humans have created, not like a societal thing. It’s deeper than that, and that’s what some people are afraid of I guess, because they can’t control it. Whatever laws they create, they can never control it. A white lad will fall in love with a black girl.” He paused. “A lad with another lad. You know.”
Summer 2019, 77-year-old Paul wakes up feeling surprisingly good. One tiny problem: he is back in December 1965.
January 2025
Light of Stars (and the Destroyer) by Sanguis | mdzs | 22k
The marriage is supposed to be a punishment, a way to extend Wei Wuxian’s isolation. After all, Wangji has met the man (when they had both been boys, untouched by war); Wei Wuxian could hardly be asked to fit seamlessly into the regimented life of a Lan.
Yu Ziyuan is a formidable, cruel woman, Wangji decides then. She is also wrong if she thinks Wangji will play part in her cruelty.
(And Wei Wuxian, it seems, is so much more than meets the eye).
Symmetry by Vir_Abelasan | mdzs | 13k
Despite what Jiang Wanyin and his Sect had done, despite everything, baba never once cursed them as they did the Yiling Patriarch's name. Mourn as baba did for Sizhui's family, for the family that had become baba's own in all but name, never once did he look upon the cultivation world in vengeance. Instead, every breath, every shred of life in baba's failing body had been dedicated to keeping Sizhui safe, fed and loved, as if the slightest speck of grudge towards the world would have tainted his own boundless love towards Sizhui.
But Sizhui is alone in the world now, and he is not his baba - No one else is like baba, and Sizhui supposes that was what had sealed his father's fate, in a world where one is demanded to serve mere ideas of righteousness and honor rather than the people.
And so upon seeing the purple robes amidst the crowd, Wei Sizhui decides that perhaps it would not hurt to start his path of vengeance a little closer to home.
secrets for the stars to keep by UchiHime | mdzs | 37k
In which teenage Jin Zixuan is too much his father's son.
in a river you wade by bleuett | mdzs | 20k
After Wei Ying falls, Lan Wangji is left with A-Yuan, a pregnancy, and his grief.
The Dragon's Roar by Priestess_of_Groove | got | 701k
Humanity failed to stop the Night King and his legion of undead until it was too late. The displeased Gods decide it should take a greater role in the fate of humanity and wind back to a time before the world fell apart. Jon Snow, the Prince Who Was Promised, and Jaime Lannister are sent back to prevent The War of the Five Kings and unite Westeros under a single banner to avoid a terrible fate. Even with the advantage of hindsight, things never go as planned.
February 2025
Intriguing by nirejseki | mdzs | 6k
In which Nie Huaisang decides to matchmake his brother and Jin Guangyao together for his own selfish reasons.
Sunset, Sunrise by Ariana_Deralte | mdzs | 62k| wip*
Wen Ruohan becomes a ghost after his death and is enjoying watching his murderer suffer under his shitty father up until the point he realizes they are genuinely wiping out the Wen clan. Much to his surprise, Wei Wuxian comes to their rescue, creating a debt that will never be repaid. When things go worse at the burial mounds after the ambush at Qiongji Pass, they turn to time travel as the solution and Wen Ruohan inserts himself into the spell with one goal in mind once he wakes up in the past - adopt and spoil Wei Wuxian.
with best intention by dandelion_weed | mdzs | 22k
Death left Nie Mingjue with nothing but a lot of time to observe his brother planning and carrying out the greatest revenge scheme. He saw a lot of things. He also missed a lot of things. (Like the greatest love story of the century.)
So when he woke up in the past, the first thing that comes to mind is he will kill Wen Ruohan before he can step a foot out of his palace. Second is he will never give Jin Guangyao a chance to hurt anyone. Third is he has much to atone for.
The third one is much swifter to accomplish.
Time, Time, Time by skeleteonofaplant | mdzs | 44k
The juniors travel back in time and meet people they never had a chance to.
We'll Build A Dynasty (one the heavens can't shake) by One_eyed_God | mdzs | 661k
The unbelievable story of Wei Wuxian, time traveller, told from everyone's point of view but his.
Concord by Deastar | mdzs | 41k
Lan Wangji hopes, somewhat frivolously, that his betrothed might find him an acceptable companion. Neither he nor Wei Wuxian are able to bear children, so there will be no need to share a marital bed; that should make it easier for the two of them to reach a natural, comfortable equilibrium.
Two strings played in harmony: this is Lan Wangji’s quiet hope, as he arranges the Jingshi to accommodate a second inhabitant. Perhaps, he thinks, they might even become friends.
Ad Oblivione by Baph and HikariNoHimeWriter | mdzs | 70k
There’s a child lingering in the outskirts of the cultivation world. No one knows where he comes from, his age nor his goal.
This is the story of how he found his way back home.
Truth Will Out (when caught on video) by KizuKatana | mdzs | 1782k
A night-hunt goes wrong, and Wei Wuxian is scapegoated for the death of the Jiang Sect Leader and the destroyed core of the Jiang Sect Heir. As punishment, his core is taken and given to Jiang Cheng, and he is stripped of his cultivation credentials and expelled from the sect.
All Things Belong by kouri_atropos | mdzs | 92k
At a discussion conference, Wen Ruohan sees a face that he'd thought lost to the impenetrability of Baoshan Sanren's mountain.
He will not lose something so precious again.
Not when being a Grandfather suits him so well, and his Grandson is as wonderful as Wei Wuxian.
Practical Considerations by teawater and the_anthropologist | mdzs | 96k
After the Sunshot Campaign Wei Wuxian is fooling around in Lotus Pier, and Jiang Cheng decides that he'd be more useful to the sect if he was to enter a diplomatic marriage. Especially since Lan Wangji seems so keen on dragging him away to Gusu. Only Wei Wuxian doesn't expect any good to come from it...
A Blade By Your Side by athena_crikey | mdzs | 77k
Forced by his court to accept a consort, Lan Wangji is certain he has seen enough of the so-called Yiling Patriarch to know what he's getting: an uncouth ruffian. Slowly, he begins to realise that even an emperor's assumptions can be misplaced. Palace Intrigue AU.
March 2025
my heart made transparent by wingsofbadass | mdzs | 34k
Ranma 1/2 au where Lan Zhan falls into the Spring of the Drowned Girl, except it's a blessing instead of a curse.
curse of the dragon emperor by lulukitty | mdzs | 96k | reread**
The last prince of the dragons is enchanted to stay asleep until his true soulmate can wake him, but a violent curse plagues his family, so no one can ever see his face.
One thousand years have passed and the world is in disharmony without dragons to cleanse yin resentment.
When the Wens invade Cloud Recesses and Wen Xu demands Lan Wangji as his warprize, the Lan clan invokes a rite of passage to help Lan Wangji escape: wherein all child bearing cultivators are to be presented to Prince Wuxian's slumbering form in a ritual ceremony. No one expects the long-lost prince to wake up…
to pierce your heart; to fill it full by stiricide | mdzs | 210k
Second Prince Lan Wangji never wanted a Blade, never wanted to tie someone's life and soul immutably to his own, but after an assassination attempt, he is forced to bind himself to the beautiful, teasing and powerful Wei Wuxian. As the lives of the people he loves are threatened by more attacks, Lan Wangji finds himself increasingly drawn to his Blade's sunshine smile, vibrant personality and brilliance, but a plot to overthrow his brother and install he himself as Emperor swirls around them and hard decisions must be made as his brother drags the Empire slowly closer to wars it cannot win.
Bound By These Familial Chains by Multifacetedinterest | mdzs | 31k
In which, Dragon Wei Wuxian just wants the beautiful man asking for his help to freely join his hoard and become his mate, but the traditions of the Gusu Lan make the “freely” part hard.
this is our vow by orro | mdzs | 154k | wip*
Waking up in Gusu isn’t a surprise but waking up as a teenager is enough to make Wei Wuxian scream, disrupting the precious silence of the Cloud Recesses.
Wei Wuxian had been given a second chance when he was brought back to life. But this time, he can truly fix everything, and if he can’t find a way back then at least he can make some things right that he could never atone enough for.
April 2025
your lucky break by milaway | the beatles | 17k
When Paul was nine years old, he watched John Lennon sing Twist and Shout on Sunday Night at the London Palladium.
Where Paul is a rising singer in the 1970s who grew up idolizing performer-turned-producer John Lennon.
On our way back home by Kathleenishereagain | the beatles | 363k
Summer 2019, 77-year-old Paul wakes up feeling surprisingly good. One tiny problem: he is back in December 1965.
Under the White Magnolia Blooms by Buttahpie | the beatles | 94k
On April 28th, 1961, 8:26am Paul McCartney’s alarm goes off.
“Paul was on the precipice of something brilliant, and every nerve in his body could feel it. What was about to take place was something deeply woven into the tapestry of his fate and history. Paul was nothing of the person he once was, and the person he was about to become was just on the horizon.”
Arrow Through Me by inspitealldanger | the beatles | 116k
This is a look at what might have happened to the band, and especially John and Paul, if Paul had come to the conclusion before he met John that he wasn't straight. This fic tells the story of the band with that new context, and therefore it will diverge from the events as we know them.
i was a younger man then (now) (post hoc) by fingersfallingupwards | the beatles | 27k
John’s twelve when a bloke appears from a flaming pie and says, “From this day forward you are Beatles with an ‘a.’” The bloke is Paul.
ways to love you by tikk | the beatles | 23k
It's 1969 and John wants a divorce, but Paul offers him something different.
Having Coffee by dornfelder | the beatles | 16k
In a world where Mark Chapman doesn’t shoot John Lennon, the Beatles reunite in 1982. In 1983, John and Paul are outed by the tabloid press.
It’s 2020, and two journalists are on their way to meet them in their home in Central London.
Take a song, and make it better by javelinbk | the beatles | 69k
[In 1980] Paul moves his ex-boyfriend into his house. What could possibly go wrong?
May 2025
say to me you'll let me be your man by naturechild | the beatles | 6k
He’s always been pretty. That’s never been up for debate- as many comments as John’s fended off about her apparent mannishness, he’s dealt with just as many about his looks. But as pretty as he’s always been, with his thick eyelashes and sad tilt of his head, there’s something about this version of him that just does it for her- embracing it, adorning himself in flowers and loose-fitting clothes that might’ve come straight off the rack of the women’s department section.
I'd Love to Turn You on by sleeprettydarling | the beatles | 6k
George is curious.
i've got you under my skin (where the rain can't get in) by naturechild | the beatles | 40k | wip*
The first time Paul met the John Lennon, former lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles and one of the most famous men of anyone's generation, he almost took a cricket bat to his head.
Between trying to get his band off the ground and fucking his flatmate's hot, incredibly famous dad, Paul McCartney has a lot going on in his life.
1967 by Please_Dont_Wake_Me | the beatles | 11k
In 1961, John Lennon and Paul McCartney left abruptly on a trip to Spain, via France.
In 1967, they finally come home to face the consequences.
A Matter of Time by D12fan | the beatles | 15k
On February 9, 1964, The Beatles participate in the Ed Sullivan show, achieving what no British act has done before them and becoming an overnight success in America. A week later, John Lennon quits the band.
To this day, Paul McCartney has only one question: why?
for though they may be parted by downtothelastdrop | the beatles | 6k
Mal keeps his voice low and careful when he says that it’s decided: they won’t be coming back to Twickenham. They won’t be coming back at all, unless.
kissing the blarney by tikk | the beatles | 20k
In which the band make a joke about kissing the blarney stone for luck. And Paul is the blarney stone.
Then the joke becomes a game, which turns into something more important, a ritual, a lifeline, a superstition. And it's not like they believe in it, but it's not like they don't. It becomes an emotional connection, threading them together. Something to hold on to within the fame and the noise. Something warm and loving. But delicate...
Another Girl by portionsforfoxes | the beatles | 14k
Astrid takes a photo she shouldn't have. Set during the filming of A Hard Day's Night, March 1964.
and why the sea is boiling hot by madamboogie | the beatles | 185k
She got the ladybug tattoo on the back of her right shoulder first, a drunken but serious attempt to ground herself and remember who she was: Lydia Montrose, Bitch Girl Wonder of the Tri-State Area, affectionately known since childhood as “Ladybug” to her parents and older brothers. The Reincarnation Fic.
The Ballad of Lennon and McCartney by Please_Dont_Wake_Me | the beatles | 32k | not finished*
In late 1966, the baby-faced balladeer Paul McCartney meets an unsuccessful artist named John Lennon at an Avant Garde gala.
The ensuing relationship causes him to publicly lose his mind.
Sweet Nothing by sirlivi | the beatles | 47k
Paul, a young and enthusiastic primary school teacher, falls for John, who has just moved back to Liverpool after pursuing a music career in London. Angst ensues.
the crane wife by mynamesbetty | the beatles | 27k
Paul agrees to begin a full relationship with John in India. It does not solve any of their problems.
how much was mine to keep by mynamesbetty | the beatles | 9k
Paul lives his life out of order.
the center of the circle by mynamesbetty | the beatles | 38k
John and Paul get their act together to start a proper relationship in the late 70s… and then John gets pregnant and all their plans go out the window.
blood on the tracks by mynamesbetty | the beatles | 12k
Paul married John when he was eighteen and divorced him at twenty-nine. Two years later, John pays Paul a visit.
change the shape that I'm in by mynamesbetty | the beatles | 9k
John always had trouble seeing the consequences of his actions. He thought nothing of doing the same thing over and over, and still getting surprised when it came back to bite him. No schoolmaster could get through to him, he had to get caned before he’d realize he should stop picking fights and volleying insults. Of course he would fuck someone and never think he might fall pregnant.
A Secret (Gender) Chord by Anonymous | the beatles | 68k
Paul is a closeted trans man, trying to navigate a band, romance, and his family in a careful balance.
The Art of Dying by orphan_account | the beatles | 7k
Paul announced that he was leaving The Beatles on April 9, 1970.
Can You Take Me Back by lovely_rita | the beatles | 63k
By week three John’s still not called and Paul's sure he didn’t make the band. He’s sure his dad’s an alcoholic. He’s sure his brother can’t sleep without being burdened by nightmares. And he’s sure his mother’s nearly dead.
Heart of Glass by javelinbk | the beatles | 108k
Meet Paul McCartney. Forty years old. Husband, father of two, teacher turned PhD student. So far, so dull. Until he meets his new next-door neighbour, a successful writer by the name of John Lennon, who turns his life upside down.
open heart by paisana | the beatles | 23k
Paul turns into a vampire in December 1966. He does his level best to act like nothing happened, but John finds out anyway. It's hard have someone see a side of him he's not proud of.
I Need You Darlin' (So Come Go With Me) by beatlessideblog | the beatles | 165k
John Lennon is no-one's idea of a proper omega. Paul McCartney is a complication. Set 1956-1958.
Gretna Green Waltz by saintscully | the beatles | 21k
A fleeting melody chases Paul for decades—a tune half-remembered, a life half-lived. This is its story.
love like ghosts by mynamesbetty | the beatles | 23k
When Yoko marries John and moves with him into a grand house in the country, she doesn't expect the ghost of his old flame to follow them. A Rebecca AU.
second that emotion by mynamesbetty | the beatles | 12k
John and Paul fuck around and learn about themselves - and each other - on their first North American tour in 1964.