Valerie's Room

Fic of the Month


January

Fan cover of The Pack Survives by astolat. Background is a red and black cloud

Title: The Pack Survives

Author: astolat

Fandom: A Song of Ice and Fire

Pairing: Robb Stark/Everyone

Words: 176,759

Rating: ★★★★★

Summary:There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival.
-Thornton Wilder.



February

Fan cover of Recursion by Tessa Crowley. Background is some faded red flowers and leaves

Title: Recursion

Author: Tessa Crowley

Fandom: Harry Potter

Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter

Words: 132,526

Rating: ★★★★★

Summary: A process is recursive when it defines or contains itself; e.g., the Fibonacci sequence, which determines the next number as the sum of the previous two.

But not all recursive processes are mathematical. Recursion can happen in a temporal context when, for instance, the powerful magical force that is true love drags you back in time so it can create itself, endangering the fate of the Wizarding World—not to mention the very fabric of space and time—along the way.



March

Fan cover of Regrets by antebunny. Two traditional chinese houses

Title: Regrets

Author: antebunny

Fandom: Módào Zǔshī

Pairing: Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian

Words: 37,655

Rating: ★★★★★

Summary: When Wei Wuxian finds himself alone in Nightless City, enemy of the entire world, Lan Wangji… accidentally stabs him.

Then he and Lan Wangji open their eyes to find themselves on a rooftop four years in the past, with a chance to fix their biggest regrets.



April

Fan cover of The Scarlet Lotus by rainbowninja167. Background is a drawing of a dark pink lotus flower

Title: The Scarlet Lotus

Author: rainbowninja167

Fandom: Módào Zǔshī

Pairing: Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian

Words: 137,795

Rating: ★★★★★

Summary: In the years following the Sunshot Campaign, the mysterious, masked cultivator who’d defeated Wen Ruohan took on many identities: the Yiling Patriarch, leader of the Wen rebels, enemy of the Jin Sect, practitioner of wicked tricks. His true name was shrouded in mystery. He always wore a mask. He carried no sword; wore no clan colors or insignia. Clouds of resentful energy clung to him as he walked.
But there was one thing that absolutely everyone agreed on: the Yiling Patriarch could not possibly be from the Jiang Sect.

Or: a Scarlet Pimpernel-inspired fix-it featuring Wei Wuxian in disguise, Lan Wangji determined to bring the nefarious Yiling Patriarch to justice, and the hijinks that ensue when you accidentally marry your greatest enemy/love of your life.