The Good (Enough) - Entertaining and enjoyable FF that is better than most but not really a re-read
These are the stories that exceed the "Meh" category but don't rise up to the Must Read FF Hall of Fame, yet aren't the pure fluffy fluff (see this sister collection for fluff and PWP). These are good stories: well-written, real plots, characters with some development, but still the late night junk food of FF. Enjoyable just not to the point where I'd read more than once (okay, twice). Some are cute stories that are a bit burdened by tired dialog, random plot elements, quickie endings, or miss character insight and growth. Worth reading especially for shippers, worth bookmarking, and worth the occasional "what to read when you're bored."
Reading these is like picking up a Danielle Steele paperback on a Friday flyback out of Reagan National only to realize at 25,000 feet and Ch. 3 that you'd read itduring a lengthy layover somewhere in the midwest a few years ago...*sigh* And still you finish it because you know that it's entertaining at the very least, rising to near excellent at the most.
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“We found her.”
It doesn’t hit him, at first, what that means. The implication of those words echoing somewhere behind Jay, lost in the mechanical rigidness that had marked his movements for the past few days.
“I… what?”
Jay hears himself asking, and the words feel foreign and rough, catching in his throat as he attempts to string them together. His body already registering, what his mind hasn’t yet.
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A sting goes wrong.
Eleven days later... and Jay is still dealing with the aftermath.
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"While she has cuts, scrapes, burns and gashes in which she finds her solace in, he has broken his wrist thirty-seven times and his arm seven times in four different places, in the past ten years he has been a part of SHIELD."
They're master assassins, but master assassins are all but human too. Clint has to learn to navigate his way through the latest of Natasha's self-destructive antics, all while he's losing a grip on his own. For them, it's just another day in the office.
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August, Honey, You Were Mine by kcatdino
Fandoms: The Vampire Diaries (TV), The Vampire Diaries & Related Fandoms
12 Oct 2021
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Caroline meets ‘Nik’ the summer before college, right before everything goes to shit. Elena’s parents have just died and she’s hesitant to share the dorm with Caroline and Bonnie. And then her life goes to hell when the Salvatore brothers invade their lives.
Trauma recovery with the help of some Mikaelsons!
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Bookmarked by FieldsOfStones
25 Jan 2024
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A bit schmaltzy but some good parts here & there. Not a re-read, but moderately entertaining.
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Warning : This is Dark. Mature. Includes NonCon. Serious Angst here. Klaroline.
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A Caged Songbird by bikadoo
Fandoms: A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, Game of Thrones (TV)
15 Oct 2022
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“I will be a silent, and dutiful wife,” Sansa spits. “I will be their pretty little songbird, and wear their ugly crown, and sit on their painful throne. I shall give him a babe, and my love, and I will wait until he thinks that he has won. And then I shall take his life."
Shae goes still. "You ... you plan to kill the King?"
"No," Sansa says. "I plan to kill my husband."
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Bookmarked by FieldsOfStones
29 Nov 2021
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Good story, creative, but with an abrupt ending. Little in terms of character development or depth, but enjoyable nonetheless.