Hamartia by Tosca

The Persian Boy

After the fight with Eumenes, Hephaistion struggles to forgive Alexander.

PG // Romance

Neither Half Nor Whole by Maelithil

Fire From Heaven

A cold winter night at Mieza.

NC-17 // PWP // Romance

our sole defense against the season by Penknife

The Charioteer

Backstory, set near the beginning of Ralph and Alec’s relationship. The tone fits perfectly with that of the novel, although the sex is considerably more graphic. It’s interesting to get someone else’s perspective on Ralph, as well. Very, very nicely written story.

NC-17 // Romance

Please note that I have added a new fandom category: Mary Renault. Fanfic for The Last of the Wine, The Persian Boy, etc. has all been moved from Classics to Mary Renault.

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Partisan Politics by Parhelion

The only quarrel I have with this story is the narrator is called Bert, a name I don’t particularly care for. Parhelion makes up for this with some of the best writing around.

Historical // NC-17 // Romance

Hanging Work by Lucy Gillam

A while ago, this author wrote Family Business: Five Things That Never Happened to Dick Grayson, which I recommended. I loved the third story, Hanging Work, and thought it would make a great jumping-off point for a longer AU.

Well, apparently the author came to realize the same thing, because she’s written a series of stories in that universe. Bruce Wayne doesn’t adopt Dick when his parents are murdered, so eventually, someone else does. Excellent, amazing, fantastic AU. I love it.

AU // Action // Coming of Age // NC-17 // Romance // Top 100

I haven’t posted many recs in the past few weeks, but I will! I have a list of stories to recommend; I just have to get around to it. I’ll be doing more around the site when school starts again next week – there’s nothing like having class assignments to make me want to read fanfic.

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