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sophia_sol) wrote2011-12-09 01:47 pm
sophia_sol) wrote2011-12-09 01:47 pm
I BRING YOU RECS
Because calvinahobbes expressed some slightly worried interest in maybe reading more bandom as a result of my recent bandom barista AU, here is a post of bandom barista AUs!
Actually I think I will start with bandom barista AUs and then move on to barista AUs in general because barista AUs are awesome and you know it.
(oh god. Somehow this turned into a post with SIXTEEN fics in it, which is RIDICULOUS. I don't even want to think about how much time it took me to compile this, especially since I kept getting distracted to reread. OH WELL. ENJOY.)
(a note: I'm not always good at balancing my squee levels between different recs in a rec post. Assume that if I posted a link to a fic in here, it is great and I liked it a whole lot, even if I don't actually say anything to that effect in the rec itself....)
To begin with! More Panic! at the Disco, since that's the easiest place to go from my fic! You will notice that almost inevitably it is Jon Walker who is the barista in any given Panic barista AU. This is because Jon Walker has canonically worked at Starbucks in the past.
The Way I See It #186, by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
beingothrwrldly
Spencer/Jon, ~5,800 words
In which Spencer and Brendon and Ryan are college students and Jon is a barista. And then there is flirting and, as the author says, no angst whatsoever. A lack of angst is so delightful!
There's A Reason They Call It A Crush, by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
iamtheenemy
Brendon/Jon, ~10,000 words
In which....Spencer and Brendon and Ryan are college students and Jon is a barista. This one has a wee bit more angst but that is okay! Because everything is adorable and there is a happy ending still! This one also has Tom Conrad as an important character, who if all you know of bandom is my fic you will not have heard of. Tom is (was? idk these things) a close friend of Jon's but he is not a part of the band, and that's all you really need to know.
Wind in Your Eyes, byla_dissonance
Brendon/Jon, ~3,000 words
Yeah, in which Brendon is a college student and Jon is a barista. In particular, though! Brendon almost gets hit by a bus and Jon helps him!
Hold the Pose, byzarah5
Brendon/Ryan, Spencer/Jon, ~42,000 words
Oh hey, this one's a bit different! Jon and Brendon are college students and roommates, Ryan's a famous author, Spencer's opening a cafe and Jon is one of his employees. And it is awesome in pretty much all the ways.
Accidents, Trolls, and All Night Coffee, bymahoni
Spencer/Jon, ~5,200 words
Also a bit different! This one's an urban fantasy AU, but Jon's still a barista. The other three get a little lost, and Jon helps them out.
About This Old Coffeeshop, bytwentysomething
Brendon/Spencer, ~2,200 words
This one's even MORE different! Jon isn't involved at all. Whaaaat. In which Spencer opens a coffeeshop and Pete convinces him to hire on Brendon for baked goods. (although actually in broader fandom, pairings involving Jon tend to be backgrounded. Barista AUs are just unusual like that. The most popular Panic pairings are actually Brendon/Ryan and Brendon/Spencer, afaik)
OKAY, moving on now to the other band that has a lot of barista AUs out there, that being My Chemical Romance! As with Panic, where there's one dude who is most often the barista, the same holds true for MCR. Usually the barista is Frank, and I'm actually not entirely sure why. It kind of makes me want to see a fic where Gerard is the barista, just to see how that would work! (Gerard/Frank is by far the most popular pairing, so all of the following fics are for that)
Anyways.
On Measuring Life With Coffee Spoons, byiamtheenemy
Gerard/Frank, ~7,500 words
In which Frank is a barista and Gerard is an artist who spends too much time hanging out at Starbucks and being a little bit of a creeper. Um. This could actually be the summary of the next two fics too? BUT THAT IS OKAY because it is a delightful formula! This one is my favourite of the three but they're all great.
I've Barely Been Gone, byannemari
Gerard/Frank, ~13,700 words
This one features a recurring theme in MCR fic, that of Frank being sick. Frank has a canonically crappy immune system and gets sick really easily. So. Frank, Gerard's favourite barista, is off sick and Gerard is worried about him!
A Latte and a Cookie, bymistresscurvy
Gerard/Frank, ~3,200 words
In which Frank plies Gerard with much-needed coffee and cookies.
To complete the bandom part of this post, have the sole non-Panic-or-MCR barista fic that I have bookmarked. It is The Academy Is.../Cobra Starship.
Five Romance Novel Beginnings William And Gabe Never Had, byrsadelle
Gabe/William, ~3500 words
Only one fifth of this is barista AU, but an excellent barista AU it is. In which Gabe is a barista bringing sexy back. The other four parts are great too, though, if you want to read them as well! Contemporary, Office, Pretending To Be Together, and Witness Protection!
AND NOW non-bandom time, for those of you who are sick of hearing me natter on about bandom but still want your barista-AU fix!
untitled, bymelannen
Star Trek, Kirk/Spock, short
So this is extremely not!fic, it being in fact a comment-discussion of how a ST:TOS barista AU would actually work, in three parts. It makes me all full of warm and fuzzies for barista AUs in general and this one in particular even though this one doesn't technically actually exist. WHATEVER. I'm a rebel like that.
Grande Soy Triple Dirty Chai, byfriskaz
Suits, Harvey/Mike, ~38,300 words
Originally written for a kinkmeme, and really I am bad at summarizing fics (WHY DO I EVEN TRY? My broken sense of spoilers makes it SO HARD to get it right!) so I am just going to quote the original prompt: "Harvey is (still) a lawyer. Mike is the only barista that gets his coffee order right, and isn't afraid of a bit of intelligent and snarky banter." Except even better than that! I would totally be rereading this fic right now if it weren't so long.
Ten Cups Of Coffee (A Love Story), bypasse_simple
The Social Network RPF, Andrew/Jesse, ~10,000 words
In which Andrew's a Starbucks barista and Jesse's a grad student panicking over his dissertation! And there's communication via notes written on coffee-cups!
untitled, bylongsufferingly
Supernatural RPF, Jared/Jensen, no length given but it's pretty short
In which Jared is a barista and Jensen owns the bookstore next door!
I've Got Nothing To Do Today But Smile (The Only Living Boy in New York), bygyzym
Inception, Arthur/Eames, ~19,000 words
In which Arthur is a lawyer who hates his job and stress-bakes on the weekends, and Eames opens a coffeeshop across the street from Arthur's office. It is exactly the kind of heartwarming that barista AUs are meant to be, the kind of thing Melannen discusses in her not-fic above about what the point of a barista AU is.
The Stars and Scones Bakery and Coffee Shop, byluciazephyr
Dresden Files, Dresden/Marcone, WIP, currently a little over ~30,000 words with one part to go
I AM SORRY. Yes. I am reccing you a WIP, because I am CRUEL like that. Butluciazephyr is a fantastic writer and I cannot deprive you of this fic because that would be crueller. Okay, full disclosure, I have only read the first two parts (of five posted) because I do not handle WIPs well but those two parts are great and everything she writes is great so I fully expect the rest to be completely worth it as well. And the last part is in beta right now! So you shouldn't have too much longer to wait! ...er, I never actually gave you the summary, did I; too busy apologizing. OKAY. This is actually closer to being a bakery AU than a barista AU but it takes place in a coffeeshop so it still counts! So let me quote the official summary at you: " In which Harry is the best baker in Chicago, but still ends up starting a few fires along the way." Yeah.
calvinahobbes expressed some slightly worried interest in maybe reading more bandom as a result of my recent bandom barista AU, here is a post of bandom barista AUs!Actually I think I will start with bandom barista AUs and then move on to barista AUs in general because barista AUs are awesome and you know it.
(oh god. Somehow this turned into a post with SIXTEEN fics in it, which is RIDICULOUS. I don't even want to think about how much time it took me to compile this, especially since I kept getting distracted to reread. OH WELL. ENJOY.)
(a note: I'm not always good at balancing my squee levels between different recs in a rec post. Assume that if I posted a link to a fic in here, it is great and I liked it a whole lot, even if I don't actually say anything to that effect in the rec itself....)
To begin with! More Panic! at the Disco, since that's the easiest place to go from my fic! You will notice that almost inevitably it is Jon Walker who is the barista in any given Panic barista AU. This is because Jon Walker has canonically worked at Starbucks in the past.
The Way I See It #186, by
beingothrwrldlySpencer/Jon, ~5,800 words
In which Spencer and Brendon and Ryan are college students and Jon is a barista. And then there is flirting and, as the author says, no angst whatsoever. A lack of angst is so delightful!
There's A Reason They Call It A Crush, by
Brendon/Jon, ~10,000 words
In which....Spencer and Brendon and Ryan are college students and Jon is a barista. This one has a wee bit more angst but that is okay! Because everything is adorable and there is a happy ending still! This one also has Tom Conrad as an important character, who if all you know of bandom is my fic you will not have heard of. Tom is (was? idk these things) a close friend of Jon's but he is not a part of the band, and that's all you really need to know.
Wind in Your Eyes, by
Brendon/Jon, ~3,000 words
Yeah, in which Brendon is a college student and Jon is a barista. In particular, though! Brendon almost gets hit by a bus and Jon helps him!
Hold the Pose, by
zarah5Brendon/Ryan, Spencer/Jon, ~42,000 words
Oh hey, this one's a bit different! Jon and Brendon are college students and roommates, Ryan's a famous author, Spencer's opening a cafe and Jon is one of his employees. And it is awesome in pretty much all the ways.
Accidents, Trolls, and All Night Coffee, by
Spencer/Jon, ~5,200 words
Also a bit different! This one's an urban fantasy AU, but Jon's still a barista. The other three get a little lost, and Jon helps them out.
About This Old Coffeeshop, by
Brendon/Spencer, ~2,200 words
This one's even MORE different! Jon isn't involved at all. Whaaaat. In which Spencer opens a coffeeshop and Pete convinces him to hire on Brendon for baked goods. (although actually in broader fandom, pairings involving Jon tend to be backgrounded. Barista AUs are just unusual like that. The most popular Panic pairings are actually Brendon/Ryan and Brendon/Spencer, afaik)
OKAY, moving on now to the other band that has a lot of barista AUs out there, that being My Chemical Romance! As with Panic, where there's one dude who is most often the barista, the same holds true for MCR. Usually the barista is Frank, and I'm actually not entirely sure why. It kind of makes me want to see a fic where Gerard is the barista, just to see how that would work! (Gerard/Frank is by far the most popular pairing, so all of the following fics are for that)
Anyways.
On Measuring Life With Coffee Spoons, by
Gerard/Frank, ~7,500 words
In which Frank is a barista and Gerard is an artist who spends too much time hanging out at Starbucks and being a little bit of a creeper. Um. This could actually be the summary of the next two fics too? BUT THAT IS OKAY because it is a delightful formula! This one is my favourite of the three but they're all great.
I've Barely Been Gone, by
Gerard/Frank, ~13,700 words
This one features a recurring theme in MCR fic, that of Frank being sick. Frank has a canonically crappy immune system and gets sick really easily. So. Frank, Gerard's favourite barista, is off sick and Gerard is worried about him!
A Latte and a Cookie, by
Gerard/Frank, ~3,200 words
In which Frank plies Gerard with much-needed coffee and cookies.
To complete the bandom part of this post, have the sole non-Panic-or-MCR barista fic that I have bookmarked. It is The Academy Is.../Cobra Starship.
Five Romance Novel Beginnings William And Gabe Never Had, by
rsadelleGabe/William, ~3500 words
Only one fifth of this is barista AU, but an excellent barista AU it is. In which Gabe is a barista bringing sexy back. The other four parts are great too, though, if you want to read them as well! Contemporary, Office, Pretending To Be Together, and Witness Protection!
AND NOW non-bandom time, for those of you who are sick of hearing me natter on about bandom but still want your barista-AU fix!
untitled, by
melannenStar Trek, Kirk/Spock, short
So this is extremely not!fic, it being in fact a comment-discussion of how a ST:TOS barista AU would actually work, in three parts. It makes me all full of warm and fuzzies for barista AUs in general and this one in particular even though this one doesn't technically actually exist. WHATEVER. I'm a rebel like that.
Grande Soy Triple Dirty Chai, by
Suits, Harvey/Mike, ~38,300 words
Originally written for a kinkmeme, and really I am bad at summarizing fics (WHY DO I EVEN TRY? My broken sense of spoilers makes it SO HARD to get it right!) so I am just going to quote the original prompt: "Harvey is (still) a lawyer. Mike is the only barista that gets his coffee order right, and isn't afraid of a bit of intelligent and snarky banter." Except even better than that! I would totally be rereading this fic right now if it weren't so long.
Ten Cups Of Coffee (A Love Story), by
passe_simpleThe Social Network RPF, Andrew/Jesse, ~10,000 words
In which Andrew's a Starbucks barista and Jesse's a grad student panicking over his dissertation! And there's communication via notes written on coffee-cups!
untitled, by
longsufferinglySupernatural RPF, Jared/Jensen, no length given but it's pretty short
In which Jared is a barista and Jensen owns the bookstore next door!
I've Got Nothing To Do Today But Smile (The Only Living Boy in New York), by
gyzymInception, Arthur/Eames, ~19,000 words
In which Arthur is a lawyer who hates his job and stress-bakes on the weekends, and Eames opens a coffeeshop across the street from Arthur's office. It is exactly the kind of heartwarming that barista AUs are meant to be, the kind of thing Melannen discusses in her not-fic above about what the point of a barista AU is.
The Stars and Scones Bakery and Coffee Shop, by
luciazephyrDresden Files, Dresden/Marcone, WIP, currently a little over ~30,000 words with one part to go
I AM SORRY. Yes. I am reccing you a WIP, because I am CRUEL like that. But
luciazephyr is a fantastic writer and I cannot deprive you of this fic because that would be crueller. Okay, full disclosure, I have only read the first two parts (of five posted) because I do not handle WIPs well but those two parts are great and everything she writes is great so I fully expect the rest to be completely worth it as well. And the last part is in beta right now! So you shouldn't have too much longer to wait! ...er, I never actually gave you the summary, did I; too busy apologizing. OKAY. This is actually closer to being a bakery AU than a barista AU but it takes place in a coffeeshop so it still counts! So let me quote the official summary at you: " In which Harry is the best baker in Chicago, but still ends up starting a few fires along the way." Yeah.