recs and links

A smooth, polished floor is an invitation for kids - of all ages. Guleed reflects on poshness and makes friends whilst waiting for her colleagues. Yay Guleed!

"Bodhi dies. This is what happens afterwards. Or: Bodhi becomes the patron saint of the Resistance."

AU in which Leia is undercover as an Imperial officer, and Han is her Alliance contact. Lovely.

Bucky's good with dogs. Oh heart.

Beautiful melancholy Baze/Chirrut.

Dick gets into some trouble and Jason comes to the rescue. Aw batboys.

Bodhi and Jyn mourn Galen together. Oh my heart.

Leia teases a hungover Han. Adorable.

Adorable Peggy/Steve Hallmark Christmas movie AU. Oh heart.

Alicia first meets Bad Bob Zimmermann during a kidnapping. Adorable and hilarious!

Wedge wants to make sure the crew of Rogue One is remembered.

The crew of Rogue One, in their own words. *sobs*

Because Vader's lot isn't miserable enough. Even he knows he deserves it.

A missing but necessary conversation between Jyn Erso and Mon Mothma.

Baze and Chirrut, just before the movie starts, with flashbacks to their first meeting. Lovely.

Baze remembers all of it. He remembers when they first met, young, raw acolytes in the Jedha Temple. Even then Chirrut was irrepressible, a smile flirting at the corners of his mouth as he tilted his head to gauge Baze’s reactions to his jokes. He drew people to him with his effortless light, and Baze was no exception, pulled in like a smoke moth determined to burn off its wings. Tiny, sweet snippet of Baze/Chirrut.

In case you don't already have a severe case of droid feels, K2S0 is here to show you his existential anxiety. *sobs*

The Resistance remembers the battle of Scarif and the sacrifices of the Rogue One crew. *sobs*

Tiny Bodhi Rook gets lost in the Temple of the Whills and is found by two guardians. Oh heart.

Eventually, every parent has to break their kid’s heart. Better now, like this, than… well. Poe is a dreamer, and Shara needs him to understand, sooner than later, that glory is hard to come by in war. But when his tears well over, she regrets ever asking if he wanted to hear the story of how Rogue Squadron got their name. *sobs* Rogue One spoilers.

"We are, we are more than our scars We are, we are more than the sum of our parts" ♥♥♥

Poe tries to teach Finn and Rey how to cook. It does not go well. Oh heart.

Jack and Bitty - with commentary by Bad Bob - through the years. Warm and lovely.

After he's unfrozen, Kix turns up at the Resistance base and Poe spends some time trying to figure him out. Oh my heart.

Part of the Jedi Shmi AU (earlier parts were previously recced); Ahsoka joins Anakin and Beru on Tatooine in the campaign to free the slaves, and they both learn a few things and start to bond. ♥

"Okay," Paris says, again, gesturing towards her erratically, “Here’s the plan. We need to make good on that admittedly questionable spring break kiss of our youth—that way, people will assume that we’re a lesbian power couple instead of two pathetic rapidly aging losers with no prospects whose freaking hearts go all a-flutter when they see a cute boy.” “We’re not—anything in that sentence,” Rory says. This is EXACTLY how the bathroom scene should have gone!

Inej needs a teacher. Sturmhond takes a student. (or Inej joins Sturmhond's crew. Adventures are had.) I enjoyed this a lot.

Modern AU where Steve gets the serum and works as a SHIELD agent and Bucky is a Winter Soldier who's escaped HYDRA and is working freelance. And they keep getting in each other's way on missions. I enjoyed this a lot.

Steve gets hit with sex pollen, and Peggy and Bucky have to figure out how to help him ride it out. Hot and sweet and melancholy at the end.

Natasha meets with Steve and Sam post-CACW.