rec me happy fic?

[ratcreature]

Have you read any feel-good stories recently? Normally I tend towards angsty with happy endings in my reading, but I am in need of completely fluffy escapism. So for the purpose of this inquiry I mean stories with happy endings in which the characters don't suffer too much before either, but preferably something with some sort of plot, not PWPs or h/c fluff or the like, e.g. genres like romantic comedies, or caper stories or humor or such, where something happens, but it is not that extreme in tension, angst or drama (if that makes sense). As a complicating factor, the plot shouldn't depend on some stupid misunderstanding between the characters, or ineptitude either (those sometimes hit my embarrassment squick).

So have you read any recent, tragedy free stories lately? XMFC would be particularly nice, but I'd take White Collar, Sherlock, Star Trek Reboot, SGA, Merlin...

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[acari]

SGA
Ain't Seen the Sunshine Since I Don't Know When

Set Fire to Our Bed
Call me Sheppard.

[ratcreature]

Thanks!

[bluemeridian]

Lemme rummage through the folder of stuff that hasn't made it into Delicious yet...

Oh! This one is, on the one hand, absolutely ridiculous, but, on the other, fits the bill nicely (and I am planning to rec it, after all). It's a Parent Trap AU:

Lean On Me (33342 words) by SpiritsFlame
Fandom: X-Men: First Class (2011), X-men - All Media Types
Rating: Not Rated
Warning: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Erik Lehnsherr/Charles Xavier, Hank McCoy/Alex Summers
Characters: Charles Xavier, Erik Lehnsherr, Hank McCoy, Alex Summers, Raven, Darwin, Angel Salvadore, Sean Cassidy, Moira MacTaggert
Summary:

Ten years ago, Charles and Erik split up, dividing their six kids between them. None of them expect them to meet at summer camp. And no one could have predicted the results. Written for the reel_xmen challenge.

This one leans a weeee bit more towards PWP, but it's super warm and sweet:

some sense of touch and a melody (8504 words) by pocky_slash
Fandom: X-Men: First Class (2011)
Rating: Mature
Warning: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Erik Lehnsherr/Charles Xavier
Characters: Charles Xavier, Erik Lehnsherr, Mystique, Moira MacTaggert
Summary:

On a day when Charles, for once, finds himself saying the right thing to everyone he sees, he allows himself to be talked into a field trip to a local orchard.

(AKA: Mutants in a Field)

<3

[ratcreature]

Thank you!

[petra]

Not fanfiction, and not remotely recent, but when I cannot stand tension, I turn to the oeuvre of PG Wodehouse. Bertie Wooster (of the books including the name Jeeves in the title) tends to be generally incompetent, but not in ways that offend my embarrassment squick, as his main beliefs -- that he is a good friend and a good man -- are always true, if not quite in the ways he seems to think.

[ratcreature]

Thanks! I never read these, because it didn't occur to me that they'd be my thing. (I admit that previously I mostly looked at it from a kink perspective, and the trope of the servant secretly managing an incompetent master is not what I go for in service kink, but it might work for low tension humor for me.)

here are some

[(Anonymous)]

Okay. I have a lot to list, and to keep it organized, I’m gonna forgo in-depth summaries. Some are short little fics, some are more in-depth. If any of the links don't show up, email me at jillyapple1 at aol dot com.

BBC Sherlock: “A Brief Account Of Life With Zombies” by Silver Pard http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6253167/1/A_Brief_Account_Of_Life_With_Zombies; Indelible by abundantlyqueer (John leads Lestrade’s team to victory in a paint-ball game) http://archiveofourown.org/works/191672; “Unexpected” and “Peacemaker” by Mad_Maudlin http://archiveofourown.org/works/222211 and http://archiveofourown.org/works/222207; “Friends in Embarrassing Places” by catslynw (John goes to court to face the ASBO. Lestrade and Co. get involved). http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6536378/1/Friends_in_Embarrassing_Places

Sherlock Holmes (books): “An Ordinary Meeting” and “Truth is the Critic” by aragonite (“Meeting” show-cases the Yarders’ reactions to Dr. Watson. The second chapter is particularly funny. “The Art of Reports” is embedded inside “Meeting” and tells a tale of comic missteps.) http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4188511/1/An_Ordinary_Meeting; (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4190215/1/Truth_is_the_Critic

Star Trek reboot: “Guess Who is Coming to Dinner” by Pat Foley (Spock’s parents come over to meet Uhura) http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5205996/1/Guess_Who_is_Coming_to_Dinner. Pat’s written some other reboot stories I haven’t read. And some downright brilliant (though often angsty) original series fic.

Merlin: “Merlin the idiot’s Wikipedia page” by rainchild (a story told with pictures. Merlin makes Arthur's Wikipedia page better) http://rainchild.livejournal.com/58025.html; “Onfindan” by astolat )who wrote some other brilliant stories (warning! slash)) http://www.intimations.org/fanfic/merlin/Onfindan.html

BtVS/Stargate: Atlantis: “Dawn’s Pegasus Closet” by Saren (What it says on the tin). http://www.tthfanfic.org/story.php?no=17053

DW/Stargate: Atlantis: “Displacement” by Michelel72 (A Donna fix-it story. Feel good on that point alone). http://michelel72.livejournal.com/49511.html

DW/Stargate: SG-1: “Tempus Fugit” (Sam Carter and Ten show up at the same conference, talk science). http://dw-cross.livejournal.com/19549.html

DW/Numb3rs: “More Things in Heaven and Earth” by AstroGirl (Larry reminisces about his travels with the Doctor. Less humor, more awe). http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4764806/1/More_Things_in_Heaven_and_Earth.

DW/Mentalist: “Red, White & Who” by SpaceAnJL (Sexy. Damaged. Brilliant. Erratic). http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5081465/1/Red_White_Who

DC: “A Girl's Gotta Protect Her Reputation” by Chris Dee (all the comics about Catwomen got it wrong. This is the real story. Bruce/Selina) http://www.fanfiction.net/u/22266/chris_dee or http://catwoman-cattales.com/ (I’d recommend the latter link. Much more to dive into)

Supernatural: “I Thought I Saw” and “Net Knots” by Cat’s Whiskers (I don’t want to spoil the first. In the second, Sam builds a web-site). http://www.fanfiction.net/u/818917/The_Cats_Whiskers

Highlander/Good Omens. “Ruffled Feathers” (Methos visits Aziraphale and Crowly to complain about Mac) http://rhi.moonlit-eyrie.com/stories/ruffledfeathers.html; Untitled drabble (“So an Angel and a Demon walk into a bar.”) http://moiraithanatoio.livejournal.com/41792.html

Highlander: “And Three Makes Trouble” by Jinxed-Wood: (What it says on the tin, with the ever-delightful Amanda being the cause). http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3403373/1/And_Three_Makes_Trouble

Supernatural: “This is how you remind me” by websandwhiskers (Castiel finally gets the joke) http://spn-castiel.livejournal.com/823153.html; “Airport Madness” by dragonfan (A wee!chesters adventure). http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-11114/dragonfan+Airport+Madness.htm

Stargate SG-1: “Insurance SNAFU at the CPO” by Aurora Novarum http://www.thealphagate.com/viewstory.php?sid=444; “OMG, they killed science!” by redbyrd (Behind-the-scenes of Red Sky) http://redbyrd-sgfic.livejournal.com/43322.html ; “Footsolders” series by Redbyrd (Two airmen report for their first day of duty at Cheyenne Mountain). http://www.mindspring.com/~redbyrd/index.htm.

Oh, I found a link to a story on your crossover recs, which is what brought me over here: ER/Supernatural: Chicago by Carol: http://ficwriter1966.livejournal.com/4300.html .

This doesn’t really qualify as feel-good except in the sense that you fell good at humanity’s ingenuity, endurance and ability to kick-tuchus: A Terminator fic by Stephensmat called Judgment Calls. http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4006891/1/Judgment_Calls

Re: here are some

[ratcreature]

Thank you for the recs!

And thanks also for pointing out that Carol unlocked the crossover again. (For a while the fic was flocked, so I removed the link from my rec page as inaccessible.)

[sholio]

I gave astridv some recs for fun/cute/funny White Collar fic awhile back - they can be found here. I started to come up with some to rec for you and then realized that they're all on the list that I rec'd for her anyway! I hope that you can find some happy distractions there. *hugs*

ETA: Okay, not *all* of them: That One Time, With The Thing by LithiumDoll is a longish, plotty, really sweet pre-series story. (since jossed by canon, but still worth reading!)

[ratcreature]

Thank you! I've read that one by LithiumDoll already, but not all the others.

[sholio]

Hopefully you'll find something you like! A couple more not on that list: there's a cute series of ficlets I ran across recently from the viewpoint of Satchmo (the dog) which can be found here. And I was just reading Queequeg and Ishmael Road Trip in New Jersey, which is really sweet.