By UnchartedPerils42

by anderfels

The heat smacks like a punch. Adjusting his neckerchief over his nose, Arthur takes in the length of the road, disappearing into a red haze some hundred yards ahead. A peculiar, suggestive heaviness seems to linger, trapping the swooning stores, the hotel with its wrought balconies and flower baskets, the picket-fenced houses, in a sweet, oozing calm, as if they’ve been preserved in amber, sepia-toned and motionless. It’s quiet.

Spanning the three story missions ‘A Short Walk in a Pretty Town’, 'Blood Feuds, Ancient and Modern’, and 'The Battle of Shady Belle’, events in Scarlett Meadows come to a fatal head, and Arthur struggles to confront his own anger.

Words: 51996, Chapters: 4/5, Language: English

Series: Part 9 of what stranger miracles

Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Arthur Morgan, Charles Smith (Red Dead Redemption), John Marston, Dutch van der Linde, Hosea Matthews, Karen Jones (Red Dead Redemption), Leopold Strauss, Orville Swanson, Abigail Roberts Marston, Micah Bell, Bill Williamson, Sean MacGuire, Kieran Duffy, Andrew Milton, Edgar Ross, Van der Linde Gang, Leigh Gray, Catherine Braithwaite, Jack Marston, Javier Escuella, Susan Grimshaw

Relationships: Arthur Morgan/Charles Smith, Arthur Morgan & Charles Smith

Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Developing Relationship, Guns, Gunshot Wounds, Canon Compliant, Canon-Typical Violence, Canonical Character Death, Canon Era, Period Typical Attitudes, Period-Typical Racism, Fist Fights, Fights, Violence, Arson, Chronic Pain, Disability, Physical Disability, Aftermath of Violence, Teasing, Horses, Character, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Slurs, Pain, Anxiety, Panic Attacks

by cloudyskyzz

the time between the bank heist and the boat. awkward flirting and cuddles ensue.

Words: 1065, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Major Character Death

Categories: M/M

Characters: Arthur Morgan, Charles Smith (Red Dead Redemption), Dutch van der Linde, Hosea Matthews, Leonard “Lenny” Summers, Javier Escuella, Bill Williamson, Micah Bell

Relationships: Arthur Morgan/Charles Smith

Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Fluff, Fluff and Angst, Domestic Fluff, Awkward Flirting, Cuddling & Snuggling, Sleepy Cuddles, Grief/Mourning, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Arthur Morgan Does Not Have Tuberculosis, Arthur Morgan Deserves Happiness, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping, Other Additional Tags to Be Added

FO: So while sifting through the files we found a string of Arthur humming and singing~! ^w^ PB clipped them all together, and now we have this adorable gem~ I honestly think this is meant to be a song he sings to himself while riding his horse, but I’m not entirely certain. I do know, however, that not only is this fucking precious, but Arthur is SUCH a beautiful singer~!

by shades

A means to an end, Dutch had said. So many folks were willing to write Hutts off as venal, selfish slavers - tin pot kings greedily ruling over whatever outer rim dust bowls they landed on. Dutch, though. Dutch was supposed to be different.

Words: 3339, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Uncle (Red Dead Redemption), Tilly Jackson, John Marston, Charles Smith (Red Dead Redemption), Arthur Morgan

Relationships: Arthur Morgan/Charles Smith

Additional Tags: Slavery, who am i how did i get here, Alternate Universe - Star Wars Setting, Wookie!Uncle, Jedi!Charles, Smuggler!Arthur, Padawan!Tilly, Dutch the Hutt

by Louuve (ManuLouuve)

Arthur and Charles are out of camp for a few days and end up finding something in an old house.

Words: 1970, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Arthur Morgan, Charles Smith (Red Dead Redemption)

Relationships: Arthur Morgan/Charles Smith

Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Fluff, Implied/Referenced Animal Death, Silly Cowboys in love, They are soft your honor

by reddeaddesolation

There’s a beat of silence before Hosea speaks, worry leaking back into his voice, “Just you?”

Arthur tries not to sigh too loudly into the phone as he says “No, I was thinking about asking Charles if he’s busy. Getting some pizzas too, or something, I don’t know.”

“Good, that’s a good idea. Charles is good for you, Arthur. I like him.”

Arthur’s brows furrow and he stands up straighter at this, “Good for me? What’s that mean?”

Words: 2283, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Arthur Morgan, Charles Smith, John Marston, Hosea Matthews, Sadie Adler, Tilly Jackson, Sean MacGuire, Micah Bell, Dutch van der Linde, Abigail Roberts Marston, Jack Marston, Mary-Beth Gaskill, Karen Jones (Red Dead Redemption), Kieran Duffy

Relationships: Arthur Morgan/Charles Smith, Abigail Roberts Marston/John Marston, Karen Jones/Sean MacGuire, Kieran Duffy/Mary-Beth Gaskill

Additional Tags: Modern Era, Fluff, Angst, Arthur Morgan Needs A Hug, Friends to Lovers, Adopted Sibling Relationship, hosea is father of the year, Mental Health Issues, Slice of Life, Eventual Smut, Romance, Crack

by perilit

Charles finds himself drifting in his thoughts while he stares at the rocks and soil on the trail ahead of them. Hosea looks tired as of late, spending more time on his own and less time with Dutch. Karen is drunk more often than not. Sean’s death has weighed on all of them, but no two more than Karen and Arthur. Charles rarely sees the woman anything less than tipsy, and Arthur…

The exhaustion Charles had noticed in Arthur runs deeper than he’d previously thought.

Words: 1984, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Arthur Morgan, Charles Smith (Red Dead Redemption)

Relationships: Arthur Morgan/Charles Smith

Additional Tags: Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Hot Springs & Onsen

by BlueKingDedede

Charles and Arthur had found the perfect match in one another, easily coming to love and trust each other the more time they spent together. Intimacy wasn’t hard to come by for them, either, both of them constantly gravitating towards the other to share their affection in every way they could. It wasn’t weird that such closeness would lead to the awakening of their more primal desires, to Arthur wishing for something he knew he couldn’t have.

But maybe his cravings weren’t as unattainable as he thought. Maybe his significant other had just the right solution that would ensure both of their everlasting happiness.

Words: 3616, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 8 of Cowboy Smut

Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Arthur Morgan, Charles Smith (Red Dead Redemption)

Relationships: Arthur Morgan/Charles Smith

Additional Tags: Trans Arthur Morgan, Trans Male Character, Established Relationship, Breeding, Kink Negotiation, Vaginal Sex, Vaginal Fingering, Anal Sex, Anal Fingering, Creampie, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Please read the notes for warnings

by thepapercrow

Arthur wasn’t sure when things between him and Charles had become strained. When the easy friendship and long rides in the woods had become sources of stress for him, every awkward draw of the bow a test he was bound to fail. Charles was a kind man, overlooking the way Arthur couldn’t quite land a good shot with the thing. Or the way he couldn’t hide his own confused and embarrassing thoughts- jealousy and maybe something worse.

Words: 6676, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Arthur Morgan, Charles Smith (Red Dead Redemption), Leonard “Lenny” Summers, Dutch van der Linde, Mary-Beth Gaskill

Relationships: Arthur Morgan/Charles Smith

Additional Tags: Sexuality Crisis, Bisexual Arthur Morgan, Hurt/Comfort, Minor Injuries

Juulna’s 2021 Multi-Fandom Fanfiction Rec List - Part Two

(Yes, I realize this is a year late, but this year's been a bit nuts. I still hope you enjoy these fics anyway!)

Based only on what I’ve read with my own eyes this year!

Follow me on my journey into what, at times, was…

…actually rather calming! Perhaps you can find some comfort and entertainment, fluff and angst and romance and friendship, smut and a distinct lack of it, space adventures and fantasy and modern adventures, serial killers and good guys, redemption and reconciliation and learning to become someone completely different — there is so much here I read that stuck with me over the past year, and the 2021 Fanfic Reading Challenge ( @fanfic-reading-challenge ) allowed me a new way to keep track of all of my favourites. So props to that event! Definitely participating again (considering I run the event, yeah, that's probably a given lol, but full disclosure).

Without further ado, here were my 2021 fic favourites!

Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five | Part Six

Fandom: Marvel (Comics & MCU)

Stony, Polyvengers:

you great unfinished symphony (you sent for me) by @ketchupcrisp

The last thing Steve Rogers ever expected to see on a Wednesday afternoon was his (their) dead submissive tumbling out of a portal and practically into Phil’s lap, very much alive and frantic about Soul Stones and timelines and some other version of the team.

Avengers Family:

Of Spectrums and Spoons by @calloftherunningtide

Natasha had been taught to pretend – to act and respond just like she was supposed to act and respond - from an early age.

Things You Learn In the Kitchen at Night by @buzzcat

When Darcy went into the kitchen that night, she didn't expect to meet her platonic soul mate or Tony Stark, let alone have them be one and the same person.

Iron Family (typically very Civil War Team Iron Man):

Second Chances by @izazov

Tony Stark is in love with Steve Rogers. Also, he is dying. There is no direct correlation between those two facts. But there is also the matter of Steve Rogers having no idea about Tony’s feelings.

And all that's best of dark and bright by @kaaterinapetrova

When Steve Rogers leaves her to die in Siberia, Toni Stark hacks her soulmark apart, tears the flesh and veins until she is blinded with pain, and waits to die. Up above, somewhere in the universe, something fractures.

Trigger warning for cutting, suicidal thoughts, breakdown.

Siren by @tsuki-chibi

When the exvengers were granted pardons, they return to the Compound. Steve was prepared to fight an uphill battle, but not for the biggest change of all:a clone of Peggy Carter, who is already at the Compound and acting as the newest Avenger. Determined to see everything go back to the way it was, Steve, Wanda and Clint become obsessed with figuring out a way to upstage the New Avengers and prove that the Accords are unnecessary.

Spoiler: their plan doesn't work.

Basic Rules by @striving-artist

It said something about Toni’s life that she had an established system in case of kidnapping and torture, and while there had been tweaks, it was still basically the same as from when she was a kid.

1. Let them underestimate you. 2. Don’t fight back until you have an exit. 3. Lie from the start. 4. Protect what matters. 5. Assume no one is coming to help.

you want a war? (you don't know what you're asking for) by @dyke-yoonji

“And now? Now you’ve all betrayed,”  Steve flinched at the choice of words, “Stark, and Potts and Rhodes are not going to sit and take it.”

Natasha frowned at the phone. “What does this mean for us?”

Fury laughed - an ugly laugh with no myrth in it. “It means that Potts or Rhodes are the ones who sent me this phone because they wanted me to contact you. They wanted me - and you - to know that they are with Stark, that they are the line of defence between him and us.”   “It means that they just declared war. God have mercy on your souls.”

Tony Stark is Not a Supervillain (But his Poker Group All Are) by DaughteroftheSilverMoon

A superhero walks into a room full of villains- and they play poker and give him a drink. After all, it's the polite thing to do. Only then they get to liking him, and all of a sudden they're slaying dragons for the good guys. It's very disconcerting, but kind of nice.

The Worst Job by @thealextheshipper

Jessica is assigned as the Rogue Avengers Accords delegate upon their return to the US, on the plus side she befriends Tony Stark, on the down side she has to deal with PR nightmare Steve Rogers, and his best friend PR nightmare Clint Barton.

DomesticIronHawk: (Laura/Clint/Tony)

Set On Fire by @allthemarvelousrage

She's not sure if she forgot to take her suppressants, or if something Wanda did screwed with her meds, but her world is on fire for the first time in years, and there's no one to help her through it... until there is.

IronMarvel:

Keep Me in Your Orbit by @moonlitmidnight-1

A post Civil War AU in which Toni knew Carol during the events of Captain Marvel, and was the person she gave the pager to.

IronStrange:

ARC I: An Infinity In The Wings by @bad-days-and-beautiful-nights

Stephen and Toni met just before she's kidnapped. They spent the night together and when she returns, they strike up an easy friendship. Soon enough, Stephen falls in love with her, but by the time he realizes, it's too late. Hoping she never finds out, he gracefully steps back, trusting Captain America to be the right man for his best friend. But when Steve surprises everyone and Toni ends up at death's door for the fourth time, Stephen has to re-evaluate his life's choices.

IronTaser:

Disinformed by Del_Rion

It’s time to come clean about Phil Coulson’s death. Out of all the Avengers, Tony’s reaction is the most surprising, and Phil must investigate it further.

Maria Hill/Sif:

Diplomatic Relations and Intelligence Failures by @scifigrl47

Maria Hill would like a night off, and maybe a date. She's not likely to get either one of them, so she's pretty resigned to long nights of protecting the world from behind the scenes. It's very satisfying, but not quite in the way she's hoping for.

Most people who know Maria are far too intimidated to make a pass. Luckily, the Lady Sif doesn't have that problem.

Phlint:

SHIELD Has Paperwork for Everything by @scifigrl47

Clint Barton knows where his loyalties lie, and they have more to do with his handler than his employer. Phil Coulson takes his responsibilities seriously, and a big part of his job is protecting the agent in his care from any threat to his well-being.

At this rate, neither of them is going to get a date. Natasha Romanov has other ideas, and the only side she's on is her own.

Stucky:

Reputation by @cpt-winniethepooh

Captain America is a hero to the nation, but an uncomfortable cage for Steve Rogers. He is confined by his reputation as the boring Avenger, Mr. Goody-Two-Shoes, and has long given up on hope to change his public image.

Then he meets James Barnes, the infamous assassin also known as the Winter Soldier, who recently switched sides and is now working for the US instead of Russia. Barnes is tall, dark and handsome with his man-bun and eyeliner, and everything Steve shouldn’t want but does.

But just as there is more to Steve than Cap, there is more to Barnes than the Soldier - but will they be able to see that and find happiness?

An albumfic about finding love through the noise, set to the tune and narrative of Taylor Swift’s Reputation.

Steve Rogers at 100: Celebrating Captain America on Film by @hellotailor, @alwaysalreadyangry, eleveninches, febricant, @morgan-leigh

“Heil Hydra,” the enemy agent shouts. 

“Heil this, motherfucker,” says Captain America, shooting off a rocket.

Steve and Bucky find out Hollywood has been busy since they went away. A historical survey, including but not limited to: one set of exploded genitals, a brief interlude in France, Mel Gibson and other masterworks of casting, eight Academy awards, several dinosaurs, and something Tony Stark has ominously dubbed “the masterpiece.” Art included.

Steve Rogers and the minefields of social media by @cpt-winniethepooh

Steve gets a Twitter account, then an Instagram one, then he gets Bucky back, too.

ThunderIron:

King Of Hearts, Queen Of . . . Nothing by ThatDamnKennedyKid

He was sure that she didn't remember, not with the way she had cried herself into drunken slumber in his arms. That did not mean he forgot. Not anything - not the painful slurs from her father that lingered in her mind, the barely visible scars across her arms and thighs from jumping into adulthood alone before she was no longer a child, how she had blubbered the name Yinsen over and over again like a regret.

I don't Want the World to See Me by @outercorner

Tony has a secret, one that is harder and harder to keep from observant teammates.

WinterIron:

Lines by @treesramblings

“If you want—and feel free to say no, everyone and their mothers know that I’m the queen of offering too much where I’m not wanted—but, if you want…” Toni hesitates, worrying her bottom lip between her teeth for a moment, and then continues, “well, that’s the longest period of uninterrupted sleep I’ve had since last week, which was also with you, and—twice is a coincidence, but maybe we could test to see, uh, see if it’s a pattern? Only if you want; I’m not trying to guilt you into it. In fact, forget I said anything. This is a horrible idea. I’m just going to leave—”

She’s stopped by his fingers slipping into her palm as he's suddenly standing in front of her. “Okay,” he whispers.

The tension that had built up in her body releases all at once and she looks up into his eyes, the ever present churn of emotion swirling enchantingly, tenderly.

“Okay,” she responds, and his hand glides from hers as he turns away. She aches with the missing weight.

Watercolour Scars by ThatDamnKennedy

Despite fighting against Iron Man, Bucky didn't actually know Tony. Even then, he didn't know how he was the only one starstruck. He couldn't imagine the kind of miracles she must have pulled off before for the team to not even thank her.

Our Shattered Past by Elenduen

Bucky survives the snap, survives to see two-thirds of the universe die, half turning to ash, the others killed because those others turned to ash. He follows Steve back to America and the Avengers compound struggling to try and make sense of everything that has happened. Then Tony Stark returns to earth, broken, sick, desolate. Bucky feels he owes Tony for what he did to his parents, he wants to find a way to make amends and the only way he think to do that is to act as protection for Tony while he slowly recovers from his time in space.

Tony couldn't care less what happens to him now. He failed, Peter is gone, two-thirds of the Universe is gone, why should he care if he lives or dies now? he is determined to help others while he can though and if that means Barnes is following him around then he can help too.

What neither expect is a relationship to blossom between them or the family that blooms out of the ashes of their shattered pasts.

721 Fifth Avenue by Skarla

Tony Stark is a man of many faces; stressed, a little manic, overly fond of smoothies and kinder than anyone Bucky has ever met, although he hides it well. He's not quite sure why no one else is providing the support and companionship that the man is quietly desperate for, but it's no hardship to step up to the plate. He's always had a thing for scrappy underdogs after all.

The Evidence by @striving-artist

Didn’t notice. Right. Sure. Two brilliant minds, two super spies, and a god didn’t notice when the chattiest man they knew stopped making sound. They just seemed happier than before. Brighter and more cheerful than before. They just seemed like they were more comfortable with him around when he was stone silent.

Fuck it.

He knew they noticed.

And he knew they liked him better this way.

ShieldShock:

MARRY, FUCK, KILL by @sevensneakyfoxes

"Actually, you know, I get it. Rogers would be an excellent MARRY choice. You know that he'd never leave the toilet seat up, would never drink the last of the milk, and would clean the rain gutters without prompting," Darcy says. She's never really considered Steve as anything other than Captain America who is impossibly unapproachable; weirdly enough, the things she finds intimidating about him as a person oddly work for her in a domestic setting. "Ugh, plus you just KNOW Barton would be the type of fucker that would eat the last oreo and then shove the empty box back into the cupboard."

"So what's your list then, Darcy?" Jane asks, turning back to look at the mold, which has done exactly fuck all in the last half-hour.

"Don't rush me! I need to make an informed, calculated choice."

Darcy looks down at her pad, then back up at Natasha. She purses her lips in thought. "You've fucked Barnes, right? How dexterous is that metal hand?"

--

The ladies of SHIELD play a mass game of MARRY FUCK KILL, Avengers edition.

Wherein everyone marries Steve, kills Tony, Jane betrays science and Darcy hypothetically turns Thor into a llama.

WinterShock:

Black Holes and Revelations by @amidtheflowers

The Winter Soldier doesn’t like her much. It doesn’t help when they get thrown in a black hole together.

WinterShieldShock:

Upon A Hill, Across a Blue Lake by @i-mushi

Fluffy ABO - Darcy has a few run-ins with the police and a couple Alpha Avengers show up to help. She /really/ should have specified to Jane not to send her crushes when she called for help. Steve/Darcy/Bucky Alpha!Steve, Alpha!Bucky, Omega!Darcy

WinterWidowIronShield:

my body is not their bed by @deathsweetqueen

In 1995, the Engineer and the Winter Soldier escape HYDRA and end up, bleeding, on Peggy Carter's doorstep.

This is their journey after. This is the story of their victory march.