Freeport by Maldoror

Just yesterday I recommended The Arrangement, and said it was Maldoror’s best story so far. Forget that. Freeport is, beyond a doubt, the best thing she’s ever written. In fact, it’s actually one of the best sci-fi fanfics I’ve ever read.

Freeport colony: a notorious den of pirates, smugglers and thieves. Wufei persuades one of its denizens, his one-time ally Duo, to help him catch a killer hiding there. Agent Chang thinks he knows what to expect, from this case, from Freeport and from Duo Maxwell. He couldn’t be more wrong.

Freeport is a truly fascinating place.

Action // Mystery // NC-17 // Romance // Sci-fi/Fantasy // Top 100 // Top Ten // Torture

The Arrangement by Maldoror

Even though I love most of Maldoror’s other fics, I was reluctant to read this one because of the pairing, and because the summary didn’t appeal to me, especially the part saying it was not a romance. But I tried it, and even though the first ten chapters or so seemed to confirm my fears, I kept reading it. And loved it. This is a story that just keeps getting better and better with every chapter.

Wufei, struggling with his demons, agrees to a wartime fling with Heero, no affection needed or wanted. But the ‘arrangement’ lasts and grows as they join the preventers. It could become a source of strength for both…if they let it.

Slightly AU–Endless Waltz never happened. I think that, in terms of writing quality, this is probably Maldoror’s greatest story so far.

Action // R // Romance // Top 100 // Underage Sex

Closer by Ponderosa

Zechs and Treize during Zechs’s officer training. Treize is nineteen; Zechs is fourteen.

NC-17 // Romance // Underage Sex

Princes and Soldiers by Kracken

A few years after the wars, Milliardo is forced to work with Heero and Duo on a mission, and discovers that Duo is more than he seems. The romance between Milliardo and Duo is nice, but Heero is actually my favourite person in this story.

Action // Het // NC-17 // Romance

Californication by Merula

A light, fluffy AU. Heero, a famous author, visits Hollywood to discuss making one of his books into a movie.

AU // R // Romance

Touch the World by Jei

Another great fic by the author of Axiomatic, although very different in tone. After the war, the pilots struck a deal with the government, but didn’t get exactly what they bargained for. Heero is living in comfortable apathy when an attempt on his life forces him into action.

Action // Mystery // R // Romance // Top 100

Lawless Hearts by Kracken

For the first time, I’ve been finding a lot of great Gundam Wing fanfics, and this is one of them. Duo is tempted into breaking the law, and Heero, now a Preventer, makes him an offer he can’t refuse. Besides the character interaction, this story does a great job of painting a realistic portrait of what an L2 colony could be like to live on.

Action // NC-17 // Romance // Sci-fi/Fantasy

Axiomatic by Jei

Five years after the war, Heero is called in by the Preventers when something important goes missing.

One of the best GW fics I’ve ever found, and, at 946k, one of the longest. Jei does an excellent job of letting the backstory to this fic emerge naturally, and of writing from Heero’s POV.

Action // Mystery // PG // Romance // Sci-fi/Fantasy // Top 100