Root And Branch

Root and Branch

Author: Subjunctive

Fandoms: Thor(Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)

Relationships: Loki/Jane Foster

Short, bittersweet story pitting Jane’s tenacity and intelligence against Loki’s nature at the end of the world. Beautiful and heartbreaking. The author writes exactly as much as is needed to tell the story - absolutely perfect. 

““Jane Foster.” He can’t hide the incredulity. Thor’s woman, come to trouble his last moments.“

https://archiveofourown.org/works/7844629

the ship at the end of the universe

Author: Lise

Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor (Movies)

Characters: Loki, Thor, Brunnhilde/Valkyrie (Exactly what I was looking for in a post-Ragnarok fic! The more long-term logistical struggles of the Revengers and the people of Asgard, but Loki-centric. Great characterization and plot. Fantastic writing!)  After the end of the world, trying to make a new beginning.Or, defeating Hela only solves some problems. It also creates a lot of new ones.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/12863154

Absence Of

Author: Mercurie

Fandoms: Thor (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)

Relationships: Loki/Jane Foster

Be warned: this one hurts to read. Heart-breakingly well written. Loki achieves exactly what he wanted - which ends up not at all what he’d expected. A perfect alternate-universe version of the aftermath of The Avengers, with Loki as broken and lost, but still unable to let go of what he’d spent so much to win. The author gives Jane the opportunity to be the strong character hinted at in the series, under the worst circumstances. Angst, pain, non-con - absolutely worth reading.  

“Loki wins the Earth. The Avengers are missing or dead. Thor is nowhere to be found, so Loki makes do with the next best thing: Jane Foster.”

https://archiveofourown.org/works/3782485

The Lone and Level Sands

Author: NeverwinterThistle

Fandom: Alien (Prequel Movies)

Relationship: Daniels/Walter (Alien: Covenant)

(Best fix-it fic for this paring that I’ve seen - phenomenal writing, on-point characterizations, solid plot. Read it for the feels!)

Weyland-Yutani saw fit to equip him with very good hearing. Walter lies in the mud and listens. He can hear himself; his body conducting repairs, the clicks, snaps and liquid sounds of reassembly. Outside, he can hear rain. The fires have long since gone out. If David’s creatures are prowling, he cannot hear them.

And, although it goes against his programming to make assumptions, to calculate without adequate data, Walter understands that the ship is gone, and the crew with it. And David with them.

They have left him behind.

Ordinary Love

Author: audreyii_fic

Fandoms: Thor(Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)

Relationships: Loki/Jane Foster

(Not only was Loki/Jane something I never knew I needed, but this work serves as an argument for Darcy and Thor being the best BFF pairing I’ve ever seen. Loki, Thor, Darcy, Jane and a smattering of Avengers are perfectly in character against the backdrop of adjusting to daily life in New Mexico. This work has all the best parts of the Odinsons integrating into modern American culture mixed with tension between Jane’s (well represented) indomitable will/passion for scientific inquiry and Loki’s desperate need to regain his abilities, AND the brothers re-examining their lives/relationship. So much real struggle/angst with so much heart...and happiness that these characters don’t often get. Did I mention that it’s beautifully written? Because it is. Oh, and lots of sex....lots.)  

“ Odin sees fit to banish both of his sons for their transgressions in Jotunheim. Now Jane has a new research assistant and Darcy's got those pets she always wanted. What could possibly go wrong? (Drabble series that grew without the author's permission. Now complete.)”

https://archiveofourown.org/works/1512575/chapters/3196208

“We don’t create a fantasy world to escape reality, we create it to be able to stay.”

— Lynda Barry (via quotemadness)