Doot doot new recruit

[ratbones]

I have finally, FINALLY succeeded in a campaign to recruit someone into the Guardian fandom! My cousin, who I'll call L for now, watched episode 40 last night. According to L, this is the second fandom I've lured them into. Both of us have been fans of Ace Attorney for a very, very long time, and I suppose maybe I introduced them to the games when they were, erm, a bit young, although I have no recollection of doing so. (They think Mia Fey is the hottest character. I contend that it's Franziska von Karma.)

Anyway, Guardian. Specifically, Guardian fic. I've provided a few recs already, but I'm very bad at keeping records of what I've read, or remembering anything ever. I should probably use bookmarks, you know, the thing built into AO3 for this purpose.

But for now, please someone help me with fic recs. Here's what L is looking for right now:
-Fluff, or pining/angst with a happy ending
-Shorter fics (say, under 20k or so)
-SW/ZYL in particular, but gen and other pairings are okay
-For bonus points: get-togethers, DTR talks, or early-relationship talking about feelings

Also, if you have anything that doesn't quite fit those parameters but you think is very good and important for a newbie to read when they're sad after the finale, hit me with those too!

Comments

Re: Some to start with

[ratbones]

Whoo, thanks for coming through so quickly! #1 is one of the first things I sent them (so good!), but I must have read #3 back in 2018 and have missed #2 entirely, so I guess I have some (re)reading to do myself!

L liked the twins' postmortem reconciliation, so I think Ye Zun redemption is on the table. I sent them a question about explicit content, but they might be asleep now, lol. I'll get back to you on their preference.

Re: Some to start with

[extrapenguin]

Okay, I went through the Shen Wei & Ye Zun tag; there were less amazing reconciliations there than I'd remembered, but I think some of that fic might be in the twincest tag and/or only in my head. I don't suppose L would be into SW/YZ/ZYL? :P

Adaptation by draconicsockpuppet; time loop-enabled reconciliation.

Jagged Edges by demitas is a sort of post-reconciliation thing?

A Big Enough Bed for Science by draconicsockpuppet is more of a fix-it, and a very thorough and low-key one, but also twin reconciliation and Shen Wei using a laptop for Science! in bed.

Further into the realm of fixit:
Back to the Middle by china_shop; series of time-travel fixits. All stand at least somewhat alone. My favorites are the Lin Jing and Ye Zun ones, but if your friend has a SID fave, maybe look at that one instead/as well.

Re: Some to start with

[ratbones]

Well...I suspect that the overlap between Ye "Gege is number one in my heart, and I'm gonna tie him up, flog him, and eat him" Zun sympathizers and twincest/threesome shippers is pretty significant. But let's assume that L is in the non-shippy minority of that Venn diagram. I don't want to overwhelm them completely, lol.

Thanks for the recs! (I've been reduced to CTRL+F'ing for my own name in the kudos to see whether I've already read something.)

ETA: L says they're fine with explicit scenes as long as they're not the central focus of the fic. So, basically, no PWP.

Re: Some to start with

[extrapenguin]

Okay! I think at this point, I'd wait for them to read the things and then ask for their opinions for more targeted recs. All the E-rated fics I've bookmarked are PWPs (I ... don't use bookmarks that much, though), and I got in what I wanted to rec anyway.