Fic Rec Monday: Femslash February
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kaytaylorreaThis week's Fic Rec Monday is all about ladies. Ladies in love or lust with other ladies, to be specific. Why? Because, gentle reader, it is that greatest time of year: Femslash February. What the hell is that, you ask? Femslash February is an open challenge encouraging fandom to contribute F/F fanworks throughout the month. As a bi reader awash in a sea of fanworks with pairings that tend toward 'any two white dudes,' I'm always thrilled to see what people post throughout the month. You can check out contributions on tumblr and AO3.
I attempted to only include fics where the primary pairing is F/F (if other pairings exist or if the fic's focus isn't on the relationship), but feel free to let me know if you think I fell down on that front. I'm not a very active reader in any fandoms with a prominent F/F pairing (let's be honest, there aren't many fandoms with big F/F pairings and those fandoms tend to be small, if very dedicated). As a result, this rec list is very multifandom. I like to think that means there's a little something for anyone.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Margin of Error by idiopathicsmile
Rosa Diaz/Amy Santiago, Rosa Diaz, Amy Santiago, Jake Peralta, Gina Linetti, Charles Boyle, Terry Jeffords
Summary: Amy had this thing where she did stuff that normally would’ve annoyed the hell out of Rosa, except it didn’t annoy Rosa at all. Which was confusing. Also, annoying.
See Me In Hindsight by returnsandreturns
Rosa Diaz/Amy Santiago, Jake Peralta, Ray Holt, Terry Jeffords, Michael Hitchcock, Scully, Charles Boyle, Gina Linetti, Break Up, Ensemble Cast, Drinking, Enthusiastic Consent
Summary: “I haven’t,” Amy says, distracted by the fact that she’s almost panting against the side of Rosa’s face, “With a girl—a woman,” because, yeah, Rosa’s not a girl. Rosa has possibly never been a girl. Rosa probably came out of the womb as a grown ass woman wearing tasteful leather, and Amy has always been kind of jealous of that, except she’s not jealous right now. She is definitely something other than jealous.
When the Moon (Is Round and Full) by escritoireazul
Rosa Diaz/Amy Santiago, Rosa Diaz & Jake Peralta, Rosa Diaz & Gina Linetti, Rosa Diaz & Terry Jeffords, Rosa Diaz, Amy Santiago, Gina Linetti, Jake Peralta, Terry Jeffords, Ray Holt, Scully, Michael Hitchcock, Alternate Universe - Werewolf, Slice of Life, Families of Choice
Summary: Rosa Diaz absolutely does not somehow end up in a pack made up entirely of humans and one very grumpy werewolf. And even if she does, it certainly will not include her coworkers, ridiculous people with their stupid emotions, and their smiling faces, and their needs.
Enchanted (2007 Film)
No Prince Charming by firstlightofeos
Giselle/Nancy Tremaine, Nancy Tremaine/Robert Philip, Nancy Tremaine, Giselle (Enchanted), Robert Philip, Morgan Philip, Edward (Enchanted), AU, Fluff, Romance
Summary: Nancy Tremaine thinks she may be losing her grip on reality when she brings a stranger in a fairytale wedding dress with a distressingly low sense of self-preservation home to sleep on her couch. She has no idea what she's getting herself into.
Faking It (2014 TV)
once had a grip on everything by redbrickrose
Karma Ashcroft/Amy Raudenfeld, Karma Ashcroft/OFC, Karma Ashcroft, Amy Raudenfeld, Liam Booker, Future Fic
Summary: Kissing Callie was easy, and fun. She remembers feeling mostly warmth and amused affection, and there wasn’t a single moment of being shot through with something that left her stunned and breathless, not a single touch that lit her up from the inside. There’s no part of her that aches now to do it again.
So it wasn’t actually anything like what she remembers kissing her best friend being like, at all.
she might've let you hold her hand in school (but i'mma show you how to graduate) by singsongsung
Amy Raudenfeld/Original Female Character(s), Karma Ashcroft/Amy Raudenfeld
Summary: It takes three: Regan, Tess, and Lily.
And then Amy meets Kamryn.
Game of Thrones & Related Fandoms
The Game of Courtship by Netgirl_y2k
Sansa Stark/Margaery Tyrell, Sansa Stark, Margaery Tyrell, Olenna Tyrell, Willas Tyrell, Bran Stark, Arya Stark, Ned Stark, Catelyn Tully Stark, Robb Stark, Robert Baratheon, Myrcella Baratheon, Joffrey Baratheon, Loras Tyrell, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Aged-Up Character(s), First Time, Frottage, First Crush, Kissing, Doomed Romance
Summary: I loved a maid as red as autumn, with sunset in her hair
Gilmore Girls
Boston Marriage by Jae
Rory Gilmore/Paris Gellar
Summary: Paris would like to make a proposal.
Good Omens
i just happen to like apples (i am not afraid of snakes) by gyzym
Aziraphale/Crowley
Summary: Written for the following prompt: "Someone write me Crowley the bitter lesbian who only gave Eve the apple because she thought feminism should be there from day one." As such, please be warned that this story contains some fairly radical reinterpretations of Biblical stories and themes; if that sort of thing is not for you, please give this tale a pass.
The Good Wife
Hexagonal Symmetry by figuline
Alicia Florrick/Kalinda Sharma, Sharing a Bed, Comfort No Hurt
Summary: Her relationship with Alicia is like probing at a broken tooth at the back of her jaw; it hurts, but she can’t leave it alone.
Hawaii Five-0
seen it in the flights of birds by Siria
Kono Kalakaua/Jenna Kaye, Steve McGarrett/Danny "Danno" Williams, Chin Ho Kelly, Lori Weston, Sam Denning, M.E. Max Bergman, Alternate Universe
Summary: AU from the beginning of Season 2. The Five-0 task force has been reinstated, but the new governor's determined to shake things up. Facing changes and unexpected betrayals, the team has to work together to face new challenges.
Play a Strong Hand by sheafrotherdon
Steve McGarrett/Danny "Danno" Williams, Kono Kalakaua/Jenna Kaye, Steve McGarrett, Danny "Danno" Williams, Kono Kalakaua, Jenna Kaye, Chin Ho Kelly, Adam "Toast" Charles, Kamekona, Wo Fat, Hiro Noshimuri, Jack McGarrett, Pat Jameson (Governor), Sang Min, Sam Denning (Governor), Duke Lukela, Sargeant Cage, Episode: s01e24 Oia'i'o (Trust), First Kiss
Summary: The events immediately following 1x24. Spoilers for the whole of season one.
Marvel Cinematic Universe
frontlines, heartlines by toboldlywrite
Peggy Carter/Angie Martinelli, First Kiss, Nicknames
Summary: Peggy Carter is a bundle of knives shaped like a woman, and that's what Angie likes best about her.
RED by waldorph
Maria Hill/Natasha Romanov, Clint Barton/Phil Coulson, Natasha Romanov/OC, Nick Fury, Maria Hill, Phil Coulson, Clint Barton, Natasha Romanov, Character Study, Pre-Canon, Attempted Rape, Brainwashing, Red Room
Summary: These are not all lies.
Rizzoli & Isles
Penny In a Diamond Mine by deemn
Maura Isles/Jane Rizzoli, Frankie Rizzoli Jr.
Summary: Frankie Rizzoli ain’t no slouch.
He tells himself this every day when he wakes up, because when one sibling is Jane Rizzoli and the other is Tommy Rizzoli, being the “middle of the road” middle child becomes less about stability and more about indolence.
So. Frankie Rizzoli ain’t no slouch.
Scandal
For Success by lightgetsin
Mellie Grant/Fitzgerald Grant, Mellie Grant/Olivia Pope, Alternate Universe - Role Reversal, five things, Madame President Mellie, fashion porn
Summary: "You're too young," was the first thing Olivia Pope ever said to her, while their hands were still clasped in a shake.
"I know," Mellie said. Too young to be president even if she were a man. And good genetics along with a lifelong skincare regime didn't help, either. The American people, as a body, couldn't spell gravitas if you gave them a dictionary. But they sure as hell wanted it.
"It's fine," Olivia Pope said. "I can sell it."
Heavy Is The Head by SoundandColor
Mellie Grant/Olivia Pope, Mellie Grant, Olivia Pope, Cyrus Beene, Fitzgerald Grant, Stephen Finch, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Interracial Relationship, Time Jumps
Summary: Mellie doesn’t believe in God, but she does believe in destiny.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
crash here, right now by middlecyclone
Jessika Pava/Rey, Poe Dameron/Finn, Rey, Finn, Jessika Pava, Poe Dameron, Luke Skywalker, Established Relationship, Getting Together
Summary: “But I don’t even know if I like her,” she says plaintively. “I just–think she’s really cool and pretty, and want her to think I’m cool and pretty, and want to spend time with her all the time, and–”
"Yeah, that's liking someone. Look, I’m about as far as you can get from an expert,” Finn says gently, “but maybe just go for it. That’s what I did, and it paid off pretty well.”
Rey groans and flops back onto the grass. “All right,” she says, “but consider this as an alternate option: I don’t say anything about it to Jess, ever, and then one day I die.”
like dancing, like flying by noelia_g
Jessika Pava/Rey, Poe Dameron/Finn, Poe Dameron & Jessika Pava, Temmin "Snap" Wexley, Iolo Arana, Fluff, Mutual Pining
Summary: Jess probably should apologise to Dameron for making fun of him and Finn. She's not going to, but she considers it.
Or - Jess Pava doesn't know how to deal with Rey's general existence.
Teen Wolf
the moon's my teacher by driedvoices
Lydia Martin/Erica Reyes, Lydia Martin, Erica Reyes, Allison Argent, Derek Hale, Scott McCall, Stiles Stilinski, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Resurrection
Summary: Lydia resurrects another dead werewolf. At least this one buys her dinner.
The West Wing
Heart, Temper, Touch by snowdarkred
(unrequited) Josh Lyman/Sam Seaborn, Ainsley Hayes/Sam Seaborn, Brittany 'Laurie Rollins/Sam Seaborn, Mallory O'Brien/Sam Seaborn, Leo McGarry, Jed Bartlet, Sam Seaborn, Josh Lyman, C. J. Cregg, Toby Ziegler, Alternate Universe - Cisgender Change, Hate Crimes, Queer Themes
Summary: Samantha Norma Seaborn is outed during Jed Bartlet's first campaign.
I attempted to only include fics where the primary pairing is F/F (if other pairings exist or if the fic's focus isn't on the relationship), but feel free to let me know if you think I fell down on that front. I'm not a very active reader in any fandoms with a prominent F/F pairing (let's be honest, there aren't many fandoms with big F/F pairings and those fandoms tend to be small, if very dedicated). As a result, this rec list is very multifandom. I like to think that means there's a little something for anyone.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Margin of Error by idiopathicsmile
Rosa Diaz/Amy Santiago, Rosa Diaz, Amy Santiago, Jake Peralta, Gina Linetti, Charles Boyle, Terry Jeffords
Summary: Amy had this thing where she did stuff that normally would’ve annoyed the hell out of Rosa, except it didn’t annoy Rosa at all. Which was confusing. Also, annoying.
See Me In Hindsight by returnsandreturns
Rosa Diaz/Amy Santiago, Jake Peralta, Ray Holt, Terry Jeffords, Michael Hitchcock, Scully, Charles Boyle, Gina Linetti, Break Up, Ensemble Cast, Drinking, Enthusiastic Consent
Summary: “I haven’t,” Amy says, distracted by the fact that she’s almost panting against the side of Rosa’s face, “With a girl—a woman,” because, yeah, Rosa’s not a girl. Rosa has possibly never been a girl. Rosa probably came out of the womb as a grown ass woman wearing tasteful leather, and Amy has always been kind of jealous of that, except she’s not jealous right now. She is definitely something other than jealous.
When the Moon (Is Round and Full) by escritoireazul
Rosa Diaz/Amy Santiago, Rosa Diaz & Jake Peralta, Rosa Diaz & Gina Linetti, Rosa Diaz & Terry Jeffords, Rosa Diaz, Amy Santiago, Gina Linetti, Jake Peralta, Terry Jeffords, Ray Holt, Scully, Michael Hitchcock, Alternate Universe - Werewolf, Slice of Life, Families of Choice
Summary: Rosa Diaz absolutely does not somehow end up in a pack made up entirely of humans and one very grumpy werewolf. And even if she does, it certainly will not include her coworkers, ridiculous people with their stupid emotions, and their smiling faces, and their needs.
Enchanted (2007 Film)
No Prince Charming by firstlightofeos
Giselle/Nancy Tremaine, Nancy Tremaine/Robert Philip, Nancy Tremaine, Giselle (Enchanted), Robert Philip, Morgan Philip, Edward (Enchanted), AU, Fluff, Romance
Summary: Nancy Tremaine thinks she may be losing her grip on reality when she brings a stranger in a fairytale wedding dress with a distressingly low sense of self-preservation home to sleep on her couch. She has no idea what she's getting herself into.
Faking It (2014 TV)
once had a grip on everything by redbrickrose
Karma Ashcroft/Amy Raudenfeld, Karma Ashcroft/OFC, Karma Ashcroft, Amy Raudenfeld, Liam Booker, Future Fic
Summary: Kissing Callie was easy, and fun. She remembers feeling mostly warmth and amused affection, and there wasn’t a single moment of being shot through with something that left her stunned and breathless, not a single touch that lit her up from the inside. There’s no part of her that aches now to do it again.
So it wasn’t actually anything like what she remembers kissing her best friend being like, at all.
she might've let you hold her hand in school (but i'mma show you how to graduate) by singsongsung
Amy Raudenfeld/Original Female Character(s), Karma Ashcroft/Amy Raudenfeld
Summary: It takes three: Regan, Tess, and Lily.
And then Amy meets Kamryn.
Game of Thrones & Related Fandoms
The Game of Courtship by Netgirl_y2k
Sansa Stark/Margaery Tyrell, Sansa Stark, Margaery Tyrell, Olenna Tyrell, Willas Tyrell, Bran Stark, Arya Stark, Ned Stark, Catelyn Tully Stark, Robb Stark, Robert Baratheon, Myrcella Baratheon, Joffrey Baratheon, Loras Tyrell, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Aged-Up Character(s), First Time, Frottage, First Crush, Kissing, Doomed Romance
Summary: I loved a maid as red as autumn, with sunset in her hair
Gilmore Girls
Boston Marriage by Jae
Rory Gilmore/Paris Gellar
Summary: Paris would like to make a proposal.
Good Omens
i just happen to like apples (i am not afraid of snakes) by gyzym
Aziraphale/Crowley
Summary: Written for the following prompt: "Someone write me Crowley the bitter lesbian who only gave Eve the apple because she thought feminism should be there from day one." As such, please be warned that this story contains some fairly radical reinterpretations of Biblical stories and themes; if that sort of thing is not for you, please give this tale a pass.
The Good Wife
Hexagonal Symmetry by figuline
Alicia Florrick/Kalinda Sharma, Sharing a Bed, Comfort No Hurt
Summary: Her relationship with Alicia is like probing at a broken tooth at the back of her jaw; it hurts, but she can’t leave it alone.
Hawaii Five-0
seen it in the flights of birds by Siria
Kono Kalakaua/Jenna Kaye, Steve McGarrett/Danny "Danno" Williams, Chin Ho Kelly, Lori Weston, Sam Denning, M.E. Max Bergman, Alternate Universe
Summary: AU from the beginning of Season 2. The Five-0 task force has been reinstated, but the new governor's determined to shake things up. Facing changes and unexpected betrayals, the team has to work together to face new challenges.
Play a Strong Hand by sheafrotherdon
Steve McGarrett/Danny "Danno" Williams, Kono Kalakaua/Jenna Kaye, Steve McGarrett, Danny "Danno" Williams, Kono Kalakaua, Jenna Kaye, Chin Ho Kelly, Adam "Toast" Charles, Kamekona, Wo Fat, Hiro Noshimuri, Jack McGarrett, Pat Jameson (Governor), Sang Min, Sam Denning (Governor), Duke Lukela, Sargeant Cage, Episode: s01e24 Oia'i'o (Trust), First Kiss
Summary: The events immediately following 1x24. Spoilers for the whole of season one.
Marvel Cinematic Universe
frontlines, heartlines by toboldlywrite
Peggy Carter/Angie Martinelli, First Kiss, Nicknames
Summary: Peggy Carter is a bundle of knives shaped like a woman, and that's what Angie likes best about her.
RED by waldorph
Maria Hill/Natasha Romanov, Clint Barton/Phil Coulson, Natasha Romanov/OC, Nick Fury, Maria Hill, Phil Coulson, Clint Barton, Natasha Romanov, Character Study, Pre-Canon, Attempted Rape, Brainwashing, Red Room
Summary: These are not all lies.
Rizzoli & Isles
Penny In a Diamond Mine by deemn
Maura Isles/Jane Rizzoli, Frankie Rizzoli Jr.
Summary: Frankie Rizzoli ain’t no slouch.
He tells himself this every day when he wakes up, because when one sibling is Jane Rizzoli and the other is Tommy Rizzoli, being the “middle of the road” middle child becomes less about stability and more about indolence.
So. Frankie Rizzoli ain’t no slouch.
Scandal
For Success by lightgetsin
Mellie Grant/Fitzgerald Grant, Mellie Grant/Olivia Pope, Alternate Universe - Role Reversal, five things, Madame President Mellie, fashion porn
Summary: "You're too young," was the first thing Olivia Pope ever said to her, while their hands were still clasped in a shake.
"I know," Mellie said. Too young to be president even if she were a man. And good genetics along with a lifelong skincare regime didn't help, either. The American people, as a body, couldn't spell gravitas if you gave them a dictionary. But they sure as hell wanted it.
"It's fine," Olivia Pope said. "I can sell it."
Heavy Is The Head by SoundandColor
Mellie Grant/Olivia Pope, Mellie Grant, Olivia Pope, Cyrus Beene, Fitzgerald Grant, Stephen Finch, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Interracial Relationship, Time Jumps
Summary: Mellie doesn’t believe in God, but she does believe in destiny.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
crash here, right now by middlecyclone
Jessika Pava/Rey, Poe Dameron/Finn, Rey, Finn, Jessika Pava, Poe Dameron, Luke Skywalker, Established Relationship, Getting Together
Summary: “But I don’t even know if I like her,” she says plaintively. “I just–think she’s really cool and pretty, and want her to think I’m cool and pretty, and want to spend time with her all the time, and–”
"Yeah, that's liking someone. Look, I’m about as far as you can get from an expert,” Finn says gently, “but maybe just go for it. That’s what I did, and it paid off pretty well.”
Rey groans and flops back onto the grass. “All right,” she says, “but consider this as an alternate option: I don’t say anything about it to Jess, ever, and then one day I die.”
like dancing, like flying by noelia_g
Jessika Pava/Rey, Poe Dameron/Finn, Poe Dameron & Jessika Pava, Temmin "Snap" Wexley, Iolo Arana, Fluff, Mutual Pining
Summary: Jess probably should apologise to Dameron for making fun of him and Finn. She's not going to, but she considers it.
Or - Jess Pava doesn't know how to deal with Rey's general existence.
Teen Wolf
the moon's my teacher by driedvoices
Lydia Martin/Erica Reyes, Lydia Martin, Erica Reyes, Allison Argent, Derek Hale, Scott McCall, Stiles Stilinski, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Resurrection
Summary: Lydia resurrects another dead werewolf. At least this one buys her dinner.
The West Wing
Heart, Temper, Touch by snowdarkred
(unrequited) Josh Lyman/Sam Seaborn, Ainsley Hayes/Sam Seaborn, Brittany 'Laurie Rollins/Sam Seaborn, Mallory O'Brien/Sam Seaborn, Leo McGarry, Jed Bartlet, Sam Seaborn, Josh Lyman, C. J. Cregg, Toby Ziegler, Alternate Universe - Cisgender Change, Hate Crimes, Queer Themes
Summary: Samantha Norma Seaborn is outed during Jed Bartlet's first campaign.
