fic recs : or, what I've been reading

Since I go through a large amount of fic every day, I thought people might be interested in what I'm reading. I thought it'd be good for me to keep track as well. Now, most of these fics have been recced elsewhere - I'm catching up on the Teen Wolf and 1D fandoms - but then again, it might be new to you :)

Fic without any commentary from me means that I read it, I finished it, I thought it was okay, but not OMG THE BEST EVAAAARR.

Teen Wolf

The Importance of Turning Around Three Times Before Lying Down by Otter. Stiles/Derek, R, 31k
It’s like this dog has walked out of all of Stiles’ childhood dreams and into the real world just because Stiles wanted it hard enough. He is the most awesome dog ever, and Stiles and his new dog totally have a bond. A deep, unbreakable bond because this dog is his spirit animal, obviously. Now he just has to convince the dog of that.

I loved this fic so damn much. I have a thing for a taciturn Derek, and well, he can't talk when he's a dog. *but* he can show his emotions and his affections much more readily and it was just so sweet.

Pack Up; Don't Stray by the_deep_magic. Stiles/Derek, NC-17, 55k
AU – Werewolves are an enslaved underclass, collared and tagged by human masters. Detective Stilinksi’s on duty the night they bring in an untagged stray.

I avoided this fic for a bit because I have quite vanilla tastes and I like fluff, and slavery did not really sound like my cup of tea. But oh my gosh, this fic was amazing. It really wasn't heavy at all, and quite romantic rather, and the canon is woven through cleverly. I am so utterly satisfied with the ending, also.

Gravity's Got Nothing On You by zosofi. Stiles/Derek, NC-17, 84k
Or, the one where the Hale fire never happened, Laura is a nosy sister, Derek is desperate, and Stiles is the only one that can help.

OTHERWISE KNOWN AS PRETEND BOYFRIENDS. This was a WIP, so it's been around for a little bit, but it's finished now. I LOVE PRETEND BOYFRIENDS I think it's my favourite trope. This was particularly good because Stiles and Derek actually do think that the other is a bit of a dickhead. And continue to. I found the kissing and the sex really hot also.

The Hour of the Wolf by Suaine. Stiles/Derek, PG-13, 54k
Stiles never wanted to be a werewolf, but the choice is taken out of his hands by a series of unfortunate events. When he wakes up his life has become infinitely more complicated.

Stiles becoming a werewolf when he never wanted to was better done here than I expected. The explanation as to why Derek was such a terrible Alpha was a good one too. There is also pretend boyfriends and pining and everything else I love. :)

Last Lovesong of a Dying Lemon by wldnst. Stiles/Derek, R, 10k
Stiles' Jeep keeps breaking down. Derek is a mechanic.

Go For The Gold (And A Few Other Things) by SpiritsFlame. Stiles/Derek, PG-13, 15k
Stiles came to the Olympics with one goal- get a gold medal. By Opening Ceremonies, he has two goals. Win a gold medal, and sleep with Derek Hale. Unfortunately for him, those two goals are equally difficult.

One Direction

A Place in the Sun by harriet_vane. Liam/Louis, R, 40k
Louis is looking forward to spending the whole summer with Harry and his friends, working at a summer camp, drinking and being generally stupid. But there's a new counselor who's actually read the rulebook, and he's going to ruin everything.

Harriet's fics are always beautifully written, and who doesn't love a pining Louis? Or pranks? Or a confused Liam? Everyone loves summer camp romance.

YAY and BOO Tuesday edition

YAY I discovered our local supermarket has at least one of these trolleys that seats an infant as well as a toddler!

Makes supermarket shopping so much easier without Liam trailing along. He's super well behaved, but slow. (Yes, he's wearing Crocs with socks. Come at me.)

BOO Someone scraped the bumper of my car. I swear I didn't do it, but there's a big ugly scrape all along the front of my brand spanking new car. I've never owned a car that was worth enough to care about the paint job, so I have no idea how much it would cost to fix :( Also, today I parked in the driveway at my MIL's, and I came out and the boot was popped and all four windows were down, but the car was still locked. I have no idea how that happened.

BOO It cost me just under $100 to fill my petrol tank!
YAY Though I've discovered that will last me 3 whole weeks!

YAY Toby is still growing like a champion!

BOO Even though Toby and Liam's birthdays are only 3 days apart, Toby's (2 months) wearing clothes that Liam wore at 4 months, so all the seasons are slightly out :(

YAY Toby is the most chill baby ever!

BOO I feel guilty that sometimes I don't spend enough time with him because I leave him on the play mat and he's just so happy to hang out and play and gurgle, so I spend that time doing other things.

YAY everyone is napping right now!

BOO I'm kind of struggling with the parenting thing at the moment. Liam's finally hit two and he's squealing and shrieking. A lot. Especially when we say no, or we don't rush to his aid the first time he asks for help. I have no idea at all how to curb it, but it's really really awful. I've tried to tell him over and over again to speak at a normal volume (while speaking at a normal volume), I've tried distracting him with something else, I frame all my 'no's' in a positive way, I've tried ignoring it. Adam's tried yelling at him. Adam even tried a timeout once, but it was poorly thought out and a spur of the moment thing and it was never going to work. It wakes up Toby when he's sleeping and I hate it :((((((
I cleaned the house thoroughly on the weekend, Monday I was sick, and today the house is absolutely filthy again. Liam is in that phase where he's tipping everything out of their containers, including the laundry and his blocks and the dvds and my house looks like a tornado has ripped through it and it's making me so tired just looking at it :(

YAY we took the boys to a Lunar New Festival near my folk's place on the weekend! We hardly ever go on excursions because there's always work to be done around the house and Adam's a bit of a homebody - he doesn't like to go to places, he just likes to visit people. I'm going to try and do more with the boys once Toby's a little older. It was really lovely, made me really miss the Vietnamese side of my life - because I moved in with Adam, I see his family a whole lot and it's a very homogeneous white area so I forget that being around Vietnamese people is actually really relaxing and nice for me. AND OH THE FOOD, THE FOOOOOOOOOOOD.

BOO it made me *really* miss being around Vietnamese people and a little bit maudlin. I've sort of not made a big deal out of bringing Liam and Toby up to be half Vietnamese instead of like 10% Vietnamese, but I really should step it up. Especially with the Vietnamese speaking - I let it slide a bit (okay a lot), but Liam's picking up language so quickly lately, that I really should just speak to him in Vietnamese.

BOO I still have racist people on my FB that showed themselves on Australia Day!
YAY They were peripheral enough friends that I could unfriend them with no consequences!

YAY One Direction are doing 7 (COUNT 'EM SEVEN) shows in my city this year!
BOO I don't have tickets. And I'm not going to shell out $300+ per ticket that eBay sellers are asking.

Neither YAY nor BOO - Adam has developed an odd sort of jealousy of Tyler Hoechlin. He's never been jealous of my other celebrity crushes ever, but he's downright odd about Tyler. Like, he overheard me talking to my SIL about him, and was all 'You didn't tell me you liked him? You made me watch Teen Wolf under a RUSE!!!' and wouldn't let it go. He walked past a Tumblr gifset on my screen of Derek Hale working out and was like, 'My back looks better than that!' which okay, it might, but SO?! Maybe Tyler's the first celebrity I've crushed on that has had muscles. Colin Morgan, Benedict Cumberbatch.. Ben Whishaw, that's a definite type right there. I think Adam's getting a bit self conscious because his new job doesn't require too much physical labour and he hasn't been working out. Like I don't think Adam's the best thing since sliced bread or something. Hmm.. maybe I should go tell him that.

Maybe I'll make a gifset of my husband. Maybe that would make him feel better. Lolololol.

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