In keeping with tradition, here are some of my favorite fics that came out in 2018. Technically, it’s easier to sort through ao3 now to see all these for yourselves, but anyway! i love lists, and i love listing wonderful things so. :3 Do check the list out if you missed out on any and give these authors some love. Happy New Year, all! 😀
Canon Divergent
- when the clock strikes twelve by crystaljules – T | 6,508 | friends to lovers in new year’s eves
- Pop Your Corn Like A Champ by mending_fences – E | 2,065 | rookie year pwp
- Big Spoon, Little Spoon by aseaofwords – G | 765 | gasp, there’s only one bed!
- Patrick and the Lucky Potato by Bittersweet – G | 794 | hockey superstitions
- In The A.M. by SecondCitySavage – E | 613 | established relationship pwp
- I Thought It Was A Floating Door by Mullsandmutts – 3,211 | rookie initiation of sorts
- No, I Never Told Lies To You by fourfreedoms – E | 3,033 | celly realizations
- The Future Is Bulletproof (the Aftermath Is Secondary) by CitrusVanille – T | 2,422 | marriage proposal
- Five Times Jonny’s There to Back Patrick up (And One Time It’s the Other Way Around) – T | 3,521 | what the tin says
- Throwing Rocks at Your Window by Linsky – M | 2,267 | getting together
- Into You by hatrickane – E | 4,531 | friends with benefits
- Same Old – 1,900 | friends with benefits with angst
- This is awkward by writingintothevoid – M | 2,244 | masturbation getting together
- Shitshow by AnythingThrice (WIP) – E | 16,297 and counting | relationship negotiations, porn with feelings
- Hockey House by aseaofwords – M | 20,476 | pat helps jonny raise a baby
- The Scars That Words Have Carved by Linsky – E | 15,964 | soulmates AU
- A How-To Guide for Idiots in Love by lucky1 (WIP)- E | 12,462 and counting | Cosmo-based wooing
- Transverse Velocity by fourfreedoms – E | 2,236 | Orbital Resonance h/c timestamp
- A Certainty I Envy by hatrickane – E | 15,015 | time travel, friends to lovers
- Eyes on the Horizon by heartstrings – E | 35,380 | future fic
- Baby One More Time by fourfreedoms, sorrylatenew – E | 7,981 | first time, internalized homophobia
- a bulletproof bond by thirteentorafters – T | 1,791 | summer fluff
- Beg for it by Clever_grrl – E | 1,524 | pwp
- running across the meadow by ishybishy – E | 2,219 | fluff and angst and smut
- nobody does it like juliette by thirteentorafters – T | 4,323 | established relationship plus dogs!
- Bruises on My Knees for You by Linsky – T | 2,529 | getting together
- On This Day (February 27, 2018) by AnythingThrice – T | 2,191 | angsty introspection
- Fortune Says by artanis_aman – E | 63,360 | BDSM pwp
- Light by Bittersweet – G | 283 | short domestic fluff
- I’mma need two hands – E | 1,563 | pwp
- The One with the Sex Bet by Linsky – E | 11,621 | friends with benefits to lovers
- Don’t Forget To Breathe by fourfreedoms – E | 13,513 | friends with benefits
- For Science by Linsky – M | 2,600 | first time
- Light as a Feather by WolvesoftheBlueMist – T | 1,595 | marriage proposal
- finished, yet by thirteentorafters – T | 1,426 | grief over death
- Project: Thanksgiving by windsthatwhisper – G | 1535 | established relationship fluff
- Streets of Chicago by TheNorthRemembers – E | 79,749 | h/c, friends to lovers
- Operation: Christmas Gift by windsthatwhisper – G | 1,166 | future fic
- There’s a Ghost in My Home (And It Just Won’t Go) by crankyrage – T | 11,616 | depression
- I’ll Be Your Detonator by CitrusVanille – M | 17,645 | marriage of convenience
- Shawty With You by allthebros – E | 5,279 | 5 + 1 mistletoe kisses
- we live in the memories(of the season of light) – 1,437 | holiday season h/c
- On the right side of too much by Sail_On – 4,518 | established relationship pwp
AUs
- Fathoms Above by aseaofwords – T | 14,451 | mermaid!jonny
- Muscle Stim by sahiya – E | 7,672 | physical therapist!jonny
- Make You Crazy Over My Touch by liveinfury – E | 26,757 | porn star!jonny, fluffer!pat
- Ignite My Fire, Object Of My Desire by ThalassicThedes – 6,939 | college theater acting au
- it’s only you and me by crystaljules – T | 2,489 | college au angst
- All It Ever Was by hatrickane – E | 8,249 | fraternity AU
- Let’s Ride The Vibrations by FallingOutOfTouch – T | 10,303 | barista!patrick
- a love to burn by peeks – E | 2,916 | college au pwp
- Who Knew by themistrollsin – G | 2,434 | college AU
- soft hands by Caivallon – E | 10,337 | ballet-dancer-turned student!pat, hotelier!jonny
- forever only by gasmsinc – E | 3,621 | 1940s established relationship AU
- (Shut Up and) Sing It With Me by CitrusVanille – T | 6,152 | model!jonny, followed by
- Let Me See Your Jazz Hands by CitrusVanille – T | 2,669 | established relationship model!jonny
- Little Demon Goes To College by fourfreedoms – E | 2,423 | established relationship installment of the Accepted Practice series!
- bonnie and clyde by gasmsinc – E | 3,576 | 1920s mob AU
- The Future Is Ours To Seize by PensToTheEnd – E | 27,878 | former rentboy pat au, established relationship
- the road less traveled by thundersquall – E | 12,374 | farmer!jonny
- Between the Pipes by sorrylatenew – E | 4,206 | a/b/o
- Eternal Ice by NightfireRed – G | 9,119 | regular office guys AU
- broadcast by Pinkmanite – E | 3,250 | cam guy!pat, established relationship
- The Full Monty by CoffeeKristin (WIP)- E | 22,849 | professional Dom!jonny
- trace your path between the stars by thundersquall – E | 15,859 | space military a/b/o!
- One Wedding Too Many by hockeyhawk – M | 5,850 | four weddings and a funeral AU
- I’m asleep dreaming that I’m awake wondering if I’m dreaming (and it’s the best dream I ever had) by Caivallon – G | 1,162 | Ladyhawke AU
- Ashes, Poison, and Thorns: a fairytale by allthebros – T | 1,950 | Cinderella AU
- In Every Corner by hatrickane – E | 7,518 | Miss Congeniality AU
- look me in the face (hold my gaze) by Pinkmanite – T | 9,296 | CMBYN AU
- we’re never done with killing time by liveinfury – T | 6,026 | soulmates au
- Handsome, Clever and Rich by CoffeeKristin – T | 12,017 | Edwardian Period obliviousness
- Hard liquor with a bit of intellect by huntersandangels – G | 5,745 | drunk texting proposals
- Soothing ruffles feathers by candy_belle – M | 2,022 | wingfic!
- Drown me sweetly by Caivallon – M | 1,476 | doctor!jon, mer!pat
- Greenhouse Effect by allthebros – M | 1,888 | fuckbuddy realizations
- Got Your Back by Prialee (WIP)- T | 39,768 | friends to lovers, 50/50 AU
- That Feeling When by fourfreedoms – E | 4,612 | military AU
- immigrant song by gasmsinc – E | 4,338 | 1988 is thorki
- No Capes by sorrylatenew – T | 3,797 | The Incredibles AU!
- Summer Changes by CoffeeKristin – G | 1,272 | summer camp love
- Expected Result timestamp by hatrickane – E | established relationship
- If you like pina coladas by CoffeeKristin – T | 2,621 | meet cute in a Jimmy Buffett concert
- Somebody To Love by ThalassicThedes – 7,852 | 1960s AU, first time
- efficacy by thirteentorafters – M | 12,014 | rookie year mpreg
- God Only Knows by Linsky – E | 26,512 | mormon!jonny
- The Care and Keeping of Your Kitten by Celly1995 – T | 5,564 | kitten kaner!
- A Little Nip in the Air by Celly1995 – E | 12,030 | kitten!kaner tries catnip
- Tell the Stars I’m Coming Home by allthebros (WIP) – E | 15,817 and counting | apocalypse angst
- You gave me home and I lost myself by Caivallon – E | 4,823 | coffee shop in Thailand AU
- A Healthy Dose of Vitamin Sea by Celly1995 – E | 16,137 | established relationship, part of the kazer dick cake fic of shame and glory series
- Bigger on the Inside by Linsky – E | 25,671 | doctor who fusion
- take a walk on the wild side by tazernkaner – T | 3,045 | college frat party AU
- You Know I Dreamed About You by kayclandestine – M | 31,942 | they meet at a Hawks convention AU
- We don’t pray for love by runphoebe – E | 2,912 | HOT prequel to an angsty, unhealthy relationship fic Gonna Bite Your Feelings Out
- Forever & Always, My Baby You’ll Be by windsthatwhisper – G | 1,259 | kidfic
- the shape of you by thundersquall – E | 15,962 | college au, always a girl!pat
- Just A Spark by heartstrings – E | 19,751 | college au, magical realism
- Every Little Thing He Does (is magic) by jezziejay – M | 65,459 | police chief!pat, witch!jonny, bonus little magic girls and a faithful doggo
- bulletproof by thirteentorafters – M | 2,456 | Mr. and Mrs. Smith AU
- Fearless child, broken boy (Tell me what it’s like to burn) by Caivallon – T | 1,359 | Hunger Games AU
- Ricochet by heartstrings (WIP) – E | 40,075 and counting | partners in crime angst
- i think of you in colors by toewsin (haroldslouis) – E | 24,893 | figure skating coach!pat, hockey coach!jon, Shattuck AU
- Black Sunflowers by windsthatwhisper – E | 23,360 | mob boss!pat
- We’ve Waited for the Calling by allthebros – E | 23,125 | small town horror au. love and magic and monsters!
- Irreplaceable – M | 23,631 | first time, tattoo-related shenanigans
- Son of a Preacher Man by PensToTheEnd – M | 22,432 | future priest!jon, homeless!pat
- Téméraire by Pinkmanite – E | 24,531 | spy AU, angst with a happy ending
- sugar, we’re going down swinging by thundersquall – E | 59,112 | baker!pat, hotelier!jonny
- Something Uniquely Him by hatrickane – E | 13,838 | a/b/o, age difference
- No, It’s Not A Secret by SimoneClouseau – E | 13,825 | college au, always a girl!jonny, size kink
- Keep the fucking lights on by runphoebe – E | 8,661 | not hockey players, daddy kink, established relationship
- You Turned My Head by hockeyhawk – E | 11,072 | incubus jonny
- More Than Who We Are by amoergosum – E | 14,548 | trainer dietitian!jonny
- Le Moose-bouche by AbschaumNo1 – T | 2,717 | established relationship, restaurant au
- Can You Lyft Me Up? by Mullsandmutts – G | 27,912 | single dad!pat, meet cute
- The Boy who kissed the Moon by Caivallon – M | 71,771 | childhood friends falling in love
- Sweet Like Candy Kanes by sasha_annes – T | 21,060 | candy shop AU
- your soul cries out (our hands are tied) by thirteentorafters – E | 18,313 | soul bonds
- i know you are (but what am i) by booktubelover7 – T | 57,984 | always a girl!pat, high school AU
- The Reality of Things by windsthatwhisper (WIP) – E | 8,232 | french teacher!jonny
- a song someone sings by gasmsinc – E | 45,751 | anastasia au