beatrice_otter | Five Figure Fanworks Exchange Recs

fffx is live! There are a whole host of great longfics to read, go check it out! I received two delightful stories:

Indulging Their Curiosity (5434 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Trek: The Original Series
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Spock/Nyota Uhura
Characters: Spock (Star Trek), Nyota Uhura, Amanda Grayson
Additional Tags: Post-TV-Canon, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Friends to Possible Bondmates, TOS Novel Influenced, Anything Can Happen on Shore Leave
Summary:

Spock and Uhura find themselves together on Vulcan after the five year mission...

Touch and Go (12102 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Columbo, Batman - All Media Types
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lieutenant Columbo (Columbo) & Bruce Wayne
Characters: Lieutenant Columbo, Bruce Wayne, Jim Gordon (DCU)

Also, be sure to check your gifts page regularly! There is an intermittent bug that has been happening for the last several months where not everybody is getting notifications for all their gifts. I only received a notification email for one of my two gifts, and stumbled upon the other when trawling through the collection for fic to read. Checking my gifts page, I found a gift from November that I had never seen a notification for either. (And I double-checked my spam and deleted emails folders, just to be sure--neither notification ever got to me.)

Here are some other great fics from the exchange:

Two Pair and a Joker (32906 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 5/5
Fandom: Babylon 5 (TV 1993)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Marcus Cole/Stephen Franklin
Characters: Stephen Franklin, Marcus Cole (Babylon 5)
Additional Tags: Undercover as Married, Case Fic, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Summary:

Sheridan sighed. "Well, it's good to know your covers from Mars still work. Obviously you two can still pretend to be a married couple, given that you bicker like one."

Warmth crept up the sides of Stephen's neck. "He started it," said Marcus petulantly, "he always does, and that's why I've been sleeping on the couch."

"Is the couch Minbar," Stephen retorted.

"Mother always said you'd break my heart," Marcus wailed, folding his arms and looking to the heavens.

Five times Stephen made scientific observations about someone, and one time someone made a scientific observation about him.

The Balance of the Galaxy (28373 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 12/12
Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: CC-2224 | Cody/Obi-Wan Kenobi, Barriss Offee/Ahsoka Tano
Characters: CC-2224 | Cody, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padmé Amidala, Barriss Offee, Anakin Skywalker, Satine Kryze, Dormé (Star Wars), Sabé (Star Wars), CT-7567 | Rex, Quinlan Vos, Asajj Ventress, Ahsoka Tano
Additional Tags: Original wookie character - Freeform, Minor Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker, Canon-Typical Violence, Wookiee Species (Star Wars)
Summary:

Cody's path to treason had been sewn in a thousand tiny insults, until the indignities small and large accumulated into a moral injury so vast he could no longer fight for the Republic.
Had it started two years ago on Coruscant, when Senator Amidala had approached him about the clone citizenship bill, and Cody had become suddenly aware that none of his men had legal rights in the Republic they fought to defend? No: at that time, though dim, the fire of rebellion already burnt in his heart. Farther back, then: had it started in a star ship above that first battle of Geonosis, desperately coordinating troop movements as he realized none of the Jedi had any clue what they were doing? But this wasn’t quite right either: the realization of the Jedi's faults came more as a resigned weariness than shock.
So, then, the only place left to look for the first tinder of rebellion were in the creche, listening to the Wookie nursemaids singing lullabies of their destroyed forest homes. The mournful growls must have sparked something fierce and defiant in Cody’s heart, even as far back as then.
The clones were raised by displaced Wookies. It changes everything.

Batman By Day (0 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Batman - All Media Types, Columbo
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Bruce Wayne, Lieutenant Columbo (Columbo), Original Characters
Additional Tags: Fanart, Comic, Mystery, Murder Mystery, Crossover, Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Bruce Wayne Bruce Wayning
Summary:

When Gotham CEO Peyton Weiss kills museum director Cassandra Louis in a fit of pride-based spite, Lt. Columbo has to sort out how Louis died as well as figure out how bubbly but useless CEO Bruce Wayne fits into the puzzle.

Echoes Looping (1233 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Angel of the Crows - Katherine Addison
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Crow & Dr. J. H. Doyle
Characters: Dr. J. H. Doyle, Crow (The Angel of the Crows)
Additional Tags: Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Post-Canon, Sensory Overload, Holding Hands, Communication, Best Friends
Summary:

While on the Underground, Doyle becomes concerned about Crow’s clearly increasing stress.

An Unavoidable Meeting (11400 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Colonel Brandon/Elinor Dashwood
Characters: Elinor Dashwood, Marianne Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility), Colonel Brandon (Sense and Sensibility), John Willoughby, Mrs. Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility), Margaret Dashwood, Mrs. Jennings (Sense and Sensibility)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Duelling, Getting Together
Summary:

Margaret gasped aloud. "You mean there is to be a duel? Famous."

Sometimes It Rhymes (14528 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Duv Galeni/Delia Koudelka, Olivia Vorbarra Vorkosigan/Piotr Vorkosigan
Characters: Delia Koudelka, Duv Galeni, Piotr Pierre Vorkosigan, Olivia Vorbarra Vorkosigan
Additional Tags: Time Travel, Action/Adventure, Identity Issues, Period: First Cetegandan War, time travel by macguffin, archival research gone wrong, sexist language by sexist people, Piotr Vorkosigan you know I mean you, terrorism and resistance, no one hates time travel more than a historian, mixed marriages, Canon-Typical Violence
Summary:

Delia and Duv travel back in time to the First Cetegandan War. The past is hard to change, even when you're in it.

Unexpected Fusion (7251 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Trek: Lower Decks (Cartoon)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Beckett Mariner/T'Lyn
Characters: Beckett Mariner, T'Lyn (Star Trek), Carol Freeman, Brad Boimler, Sam Rutherford, D'Vana Tendi
Additional Tags: Accidental Marriage, Alien Cultural Differences, Alien/Human Relationships, Vulcan neuro-pressure, Vaginal Fingering, Between Seasons/Series, Post-Season/Series 04
Summary:

Cultural confusion on an alien planet results in Mariner and T'Lyn accidentally getting married. What are they supposed to do now?

see it through (38016 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 6/6
Fandom: Top Gun (Movies)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw/Jake "Hangman" Seresin, Jake "Hangman" Seresin & Natasha "Phoenix" Trace, Javy "Coyote" Machado & Jake "Hangman" Seresin
Characters: Jake "Hangman" Seresin, Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw, Natasha "Phoenix" Trace, Javy "Coyote" Machado, Beau "Cyclone" Simpson, Original Characters, Original Child Character(s), Jake "Hangman" Seresin's Family
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Foster Care, Family Dynamics, One-sided Marriage of Convenience, you know… normal stuff, they're exes and they get married but jake thinks bradley is just doing him a favor, meanwhile bradley is living his best life
Summary:

On a busy morning sometime after the uranium plant mission, Jake finds out he’s got two half-sisters who have no one else to take them in after the death of their father.

Bradley’s way of helping is to propose marriage to the man he let go of once and plans to never again.

love brand new (14815 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Top Gun (Movies)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Tom "Iceman" Kazansky/Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
Characters: Tom "Iceman" Kazansky, Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, Sarah Kazansky, Minor Original Characters - Character
Additional Tags: Getting Together, Angst with a Happy Ending, Period-Typical Homophobia, Internalized Homophobia, Self-Discovery, minor Tom Kazansky/OCs, Blow Jobs, Anal Sex, Rimming, First Time Bottoming
Summary:

“Tommy,” Sarah said patiently, “homosexuals can’t serve in the military. They’re not allowed. They might—” She paused and waved her hand absently between them, “—do things. Together. She looked at Tom seriously. “We all know you’re gonna get into the Academy. Can you imagine being close with all those guys and worrying one of them was hot for you?”

Ice learned how to hide the parts of himself that felt incompatible with his dream of serving in the Navy. Then he met Maverick.

and i will have to bat, and i might strike out (12311 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Pitch (TV 2016)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ginny Baker/Mike Lawson
Characters: Ginny Baker (Pitch), Mike Lawson, Evelyn Sanders, Blip Sanders
Additional Tags: Secret Relationship, Getting Together, Angst with a Happy Ending, Non-Graphic Smut
Summary:

During the off-season, Ginny and Mike wind up in bed together.

They aren't together until they are.

surrender what was (what could have been) (10083 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Marvels (Movie 2023)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Carol Danvers & Monica Rambeau, Binary & Monica Rambeau
Characters: Monica Rambeau, Carol Danvers, Binary (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Post-Movie: The Marvels (2023)
Summary:

What if Carol had been just a little bit faster, when Monica was closing the tear in reality?

or: the one where Carol gets pulled into the other universe with Monica

Pilot Episode (10237 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Asshole Research Transport & Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
Characters: Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), Asshole Research Transport (Murderbot Diaries)
Additional Tags: Psychology, Watching Media (Murderbot Diaries), Bonding Through Watching Media (Murderbot Diaries), Worldbuilding, Book 2: Artificial Condition, POV Asshole Research Transport (Murderbot Diaries), Algorithms, Technobabble, Gratuitous use of tech math and neuroscience terms that the author only sort-of understands
Summary:

Sometimes, as a hyper-advanced transport bot pilot, there are things that you can’t do: like physically posing as a human and providing in-person safety and security for your humans.

Sometimes there are things you didn’t realize you could do until you tried: befriending a rogue SecUnit. Watching—and enjoying—fictional media with said SecUnit.

Perihelion finds workarounds for the first category and gathers novel data on the second.

(Perihelion's perspective on the first four chapters of "Artificial Condition.")

Miles to Go (10613 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Top Gun (Movies)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sarah Kazansky/Tom "Iceman" Kazansky/Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, Sarah Kazansky & Tom "Iceman" Kazansky, Sarah Kazansky & Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
Characters: Sarah Kazansky, Tom "Iceman" Kazansky, Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Slice of Life, Tom "Iceman" Kazansky Lives, 5+1 Things, Hurt/Comfort, Relationship Study, Mentions of Cancer, Briefly Discussed Medical Care, Hospitals
Summary:

Sarah Kazansky’s life is constantly upended by airplanes.

Gone to Sea (10935 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson
Characters: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes
Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Sickfic, Angst with a Happy Ending, Post-Reichenbach, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Banter, Anxiety, Cold Weather, Blood and Injury, Huddling For Warmth, Platonic Cuddling, Fever, Background Case, Holding Hands, Violence
Summary:

Holmes often stays away for days at a time while working, and Watson initially tries not to worry about a lengthy absence. This time, however, it becomes clear that something has gone wrong. Can Watson find and help him?

too much & never enough (12035 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Johanna Mason & Finnick Odair
Characters: Johanna Mason, Finnick Odair, Blight (Hunger Games), Annie Cresta, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Johanna Mason-centric, Johanna Mason Needs a Hug, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, 71st Hunger Games, Platonic Female/Male Relationships, Blood and Injury, Canon-Typical Violence, Canon-Typical Behavior, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Implied/Referenced Drug Use
Summary:

Johanna Mason, of District 7, was almost certain that she wouldn't be picked for the Hunger Games. But it's funny how things work out.

The Fox's Scales (12328 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 3/3
Fandom: 将军在上 | Oh My General (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Hu Qing & Ye Zhao (Oh My General), Ye Zhong | Ye Zhao's Father & Ye Zhao (Oh My General)
Characters: Hu Qing (Oh My General), Ye Zhao (Oh My General), Ye Zhong | Ye Zhao's Father (Oh My General), Qiu Laohu (Oh My General), Qiu Shui (Oh My General), Qiu Hua (Oh My General), Emperor Zhenzong (Oh My General), Original Characters, original dragon characters
Additional Tags: Don't copy to another site, FFFX 2025, Alternate Universe - Temeraire Fusion, Dragons, canonical character deaths, alternating povs, Family, Friendship, Angst, Politics, Worldbuilding, huli is now a dragon
Summary:

There are secrets at the Northern Border.

In which Huli is a dragon, Ye Zhao is Ye Zhao, and politics (eventually) happen.

Temeraire Fusion.

oh love, at least once more (10067 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Marvels (Movie 2023)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Brunnhilde | Valkyrie/Carol Danvers
Characters: Carol Danvers, Brunnhilde | Valkyrie (Marvel)
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Grief/Mourning, Mentioned Monica Rambeau, monica isn't present physically but she is a ghost haunting the narrative
Summary:

A strange signal at the edge of space sends Carol on a collision course with the choices she's made.