April 2023 Fanfic Recs

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Here are some of the fics I enjoyed in April:

Bad Buddy Fic Recs

Pinocchio, Pat/Pran, 46k, mature

It had been a long time since he was a scared twelve-year-old, terrified that his Pinocchio syndrome would leak his thoughts to the outside, that he could keep no secrets. He was sixteen now, and he was made of secrets, and he could keep them safe.

Or so he thought.

Pran is born with a disease that makes him hiccup every time he lies.

Additionally, I haven't had time to read nearly as much of the collection as I'd like, but if you're looking at this section of this post, you might be interested to know that the Bad Buddy Gift Exchange 2023 collection opened in April with more than 70 new works to enjoy!

Moonlight Chicken Fic Recs

passage, Jim/Wen, 4k, general audiences

Wen drums his fingers softly on his chest. “You in there, Loong?”

“Yeah.”

Wen’s smile is warm enough, soft enough to get him back out of his head. He’s good at that, without even trying. Jim lives a lot more outside of his head than he used to, and is better for it.
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Another holiday passes with family.

Word of Honor Fic Recs

Two bad cats, Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu & Ye Baiyi/Xie Wang, 6k, teen

The black cat sinks down afterwards, wary and simmering still, examining them as if it understood the concept of an artery and why you’d want to find one. The white cat just regards them all with resignation and then delicately raises a forepaw and starts licking it in small neat strokes of its tongue, as if it had better things to do and wished they would all go away and leave it in… “Hey,” Wen Kexing says, slow and thoughtful all of a sudden. “Don’t these two cats make you think of—”

“No,” Zishu says, through his teeth. “Absolutely not.”

Fuck his life. They do.

Beyond Evil Fic Recs

See you later, alligator, Lee Dongsik/Han Juwon, 3k, general audiences

Han Joo Won has decided that he will not let go of Lee Dong Sik. It takes Dong Sik a while to realize this.

Happy reading!