Yeah, so I'm really behind on recs (my memadding is not behind, just the actual recs, let me show you them part). Oh well. Three recent things, none of them like each other, all of them PG13 or less:

( hey it's a new year, let's have some recs. )

I found it! The "Patrick is a Roman slave" AU!

Granted, I only found it because the author finally posted the last chapter, but still. YAY.

"Non Sum Qualis Eram" by megyal.

It's pretty much completely different from what I thought it would be--not necessarily in a bad way, just, you know. Sometimes in a bad way. The writing is like an historical novel; take that as you will. There's also a lot of jumped time. I still like it, a lot. It gets pretty awesome in the fifth chapter, and the seventh (also last) is sweet like mad, because it rocks the social historical accuracy and isn't judgemental about it.

ANYWAY. I'm just chuffed that this story actually exists, and that I found it. Huzzah!

recs:

All AU (in the sense that, well, no band). Various ratings.

1. "'we could make beautiful music together' - 18 (Glenview)" by iphignia939

Joe almost dropped his chicken sandwich. "You put an ad on craigslist?"

This is the original Craigslist story. The one that hasn't been recced by everyone and their brother. I like it better. No, seriously. Because there is conflict! And a show. And something kind of like phone sex. Good kind of phone sex. And wardrobe angst. And--I don't know. Something about it just speaks louder to me, though "'i like finger instruments and mouth organs' - 18 (glenview)" is theoretically more filthy, which is also of the good.

Anyway. Pete/Patrick, NC17. Some people might consider it underage, since Patrick is actually only seventeen, but hey! He's legal in Illinois, which is really all we need to know.

2. "(many things lacking names)" by provetheworst

Pete doesn't pay a lot of attention to it, at first. He first notices at five AM, when light is coming through the windows at just the right angle to cast long shadows in front of every object and the carpet in front of him is still bright. The hallway, he walks down it and there's no shadow on the wall. Pete shrugs and falls into bed, ignoring Hemingway's whine at the disturbance. The dog settles down soon enough.

This is brand spanking new, and I usually like to sit on things a while before I rec them (or I don't come across them until they've been up for two years; either way), but it's just fantastic.

Because, omg. People. MAGICAL REALISM. Ee!

Pete loses his shadow, Gabe channels the cobra, and Patrick--Patrick has the best and worst kind of superpower. There is also William Beckett, because William Beckett rocks. This story isn't perfect, but it is so close. And man, seriously, MAGICAL REALISM. More of it, please!

Pete/William initially, then Pete/Patrick. PG13. Two parts, first part linked.

3. "Something Stupid" by ficjournal

Stump hates when Wentz refers to the car as the Mystery Mobile. There is no mystery about it, Stump argues.

Hahaha. Ghostbusters.

Quirky formatting (no quotation marks, for one thing, but I can dig "artistic vision"), and some unnecessary spelling errors. Also, it's an asshole!Pete story. STILL. GHOSTBUSTERS.

Pete/Patrick, then Patrick/Joe. NC17.

recs:

All FOB, all Pete/Patrick, all G-14A.

( six recs. i get long-winded and repeat the chorus a lot. )