snowflake day five

seepunkrun:

Day 5: In
your own space, post recs for at least three fanworks that you didn’t
create.

Today’s theme is: ~Royalty AUs~

The Student Prince by
FayJay | Merlin | Arthur/Merlin | Mature | 145,222 words | I’ve only ever seen
about half a Merlin ep, so I’m sure there’s stuff I can’t fully
appreciate about this modern AU where Merlin and Arthur are roommates at
university, and that’s probably a good thing because this fic’s already so
fantastic just thinking about it sends me into a swoon. Every character is my
favorite, and the setting’s so real it’s like you’re actually there. And hey,
look at this: FayJay
even made a podfic of it.

strive seek find yield by waldorph | Star Trek Reboot | Kirk/Spock | Explicit | 68,199 words | Spock and
Jim are princes who fall in love and decide to get married and also fight
Klingons. Spock’s human side is a little more developed in this AU, and while I
always notice it, I still can’t tell how I feel about it except for the fact it
works. He’s still Spock, just a little more open. Still wound super-tight
though. Because he’s Spock. Jim is Jim, even as Prince of America, and there are
tons of great supporting characters, and a war, but it’s mostly about Jim and
Spock and how they love each other so, so much. Podfic by ofsevenseas, that
link takes you to a locked AO3 entry, but the files are hosted, unlocked, at the
audiofic archive.

Ever After by
beederiffic | Pinto | NC-17 | 44,000 words | This one’s tricky because it’s
friends-locked on LJ, and I don’t know how active beederiffic is these days, but
when I friended them a few years ago, I got friended back quickly and was able
to read this, so it’s worth a try. Chris and Zach are medievalish princes
contemplating marriage for the good of their kingdoms, but then Zach gets beset
by bandits and must be nursed back to health! And if you can’t get to this and
I’ve just ruined your whole day, I can offer you SuedeScripture’s The Princess Diaries (And
Me), a modern day royalty AU RPF mashup of The Princess Diaries
and The Prince & Me. It’s a wip, but it’s almost done, and it’s really great.