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soph ([personal profile] sophia_sol) wrote2012-01-20 10:56 pm

Public transportation fic recs

When I posted Scenarios I mentioned maybe doing a set of PUBLIC TRANSIT fic recs. Here it is! Because it is a glorious trope, and all of the following are glorious examples of the trope at its best. (okay, so some of them don't fit the standard trope pattern EXACTLY, but they still involve public transit so WHATEVER I'm including them anyways BECAUSE I CAN)

(I'm not including airplanes in forms of public transit for the purpose of this recs-set because it's not something I thought to tag as being this, but upon reflection it kind of is. Please forgive this lapse on my part.)



Strangers on a Six Train, by [livejournal.com profile] eye_queue
SGA; Rodney/John; ~15k words
In which Rodney's a prof and John teaches yoga, and they meet on the subway when Rodney has a bit of a panic attack

By the End of April, by [livejournal.com profile] lavvyan
SGA; Rodney/John; ~10k words
In which Rodney's a prof and John is a firefighter and they meet in a subway accident

Things Change, My Dear, by [livejournal.com profile] longsufferingly
Supernatural RPF; Jared/Jensen; ~7k words for first fic, ~15k words for series
In which Jared is a single father, and meets Jensen at a bus stop

Lost Luggage and Lost Souls, by Nemo the Everbeing
Doctor Who; Seven & Ace; ~20k words
In which the Doctor and Ace find themselves in a hostage situation at a bus terminal

Say I'm The Only Bee In Your Bonnet, by [archiveofourown.org profile] laliandra
Inception; Arthur/Eames; ~2k words
In which Arthur and Eames take the same subway every day and share the newspaper and crosswords

All Manner of Wolves, by [livejournal.com profile] weatherfront
Inception; Arthur/Eames; ~4k words
In which Arthur and Eames meet by fucking on the subway in a dream

untitled, by [personal profile] quinara
BtVS; Dawn & Andrew; ~1k words
In which Andrew is asexual, and he and Dawn go on a train trip together and it totally isn't awkward, not even forced-bed-sharing

Strangers on a Train, by [insanejournal.com profile] stele3
bandom/AI RPF; Gerard Way & Adam Lambert; <1k words
In which Gerard is doing his college experiment in drag, and sees a fabulous dude in a pink dress on the subway

On The Midtown Direct, by [archiveofourown.org profile] mistresscurvy
bandom; Frank/Gerard; 23k words
In which Gerard has a system for staking out seats on the train to keep from having to share, and Frank derails his system. (okay I'm playing favourites now. This one is totally my favourite of the fics in this recs-set)

crazy mad for him, by [archiveofourown.org profile] etben
bandom; Frank/Gerard; 7k words
In which Gerard has a crush on a dude he always sees on commute but is too awkward to say anything, and kind of becomes penpals with this awesome dude he meets on the missed-connections section of craigslist

Please Return To:, by [archiveofourown.org profile] cholera
bandom; Frank/Gerard; 3k words
In which Frank gets caught in a rain storm at the bus stop and a red-headed stranger lends him a poncho.

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