Coming up on the end of RSG! I knew I wasn't going to get through many of those 20K+ fics.

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Title: Retrial
Rating: Teen
Warnings: non-magic AU, mystery, angst, one very obscure racial slur uttered by a not good character
Word Count: 24,000
Summary: Remus Lupin, host of the popular podcast Retrial, decides to focus on the case of Sirius Black, a man convicted of murdering his high school best friend, for his upcoming season. Remus has gotten too close to his subjects in the past, so he promises himself that won't happen this time.

Why You Should Read It: As soon as I read the summary, I was fairly confident I'd be reccing this. It has all the hallmarks of a non-magical AU I'm interested in: a specific real-world setting, an environment I'm interested in and haven't read a thousand times, and a different angle on my favorite pairing.

BOY HOWDY WAS THIS EVEN BETTER THAN I'D THOUGHT IT BE.

The AU elements take the story we know and massage them just the right way to fit this world. Characters are recast in fitting roles and the whole universe is reimagine in a way that feels utterly believable for this world. The chemistry and tension between Sirius and Remus is palpable from their first conversation. This kept me wanting to read and I definitely read this when I should have been doing other things—if that's not a high-quality recommendation, I don't know what is.

(This is quite possibly my favorite fic of RSG this year.)

Link: https://rs-games.dreamwidth.org/158469.html

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Title: Heart and Soul
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: reference to recreational drug use, friends with benefits (becoming more), set during first war, jealousy, possessiveness, werewolf tendencies, emotional intimacy, sex potions, sex compulsion, dirty talk, kink negotiation, sexual negotiation, scenting, scent marking, come marking, come play, masturbation, reference to watersports (but no actual watersports), anal fingering, anal sex, post sex fingering, consensual rough sex, enthusiastic consent, biting
Word Count: 13,000
Summary: The dumbest thing Remus ever did was ask Sirius what he wanted to do for his 21st birthday.
The smartest thing he ever did was agree to do it.

Why You Should Read It: You want to read a hot fic? Here is a hot fic. In addition to a hot fic are a bunch of emotions hovering just underneath the surface and two men too afraid to admit how they feel and too frustrated to not say anything. In short: this is good.

Link: https://rs-games.dreamwidth.org/165491.html

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Title: Flesh Memories
Rating: Mature
Warnings: non-explicit nudity
Word Count: ART REC
Summary: The imprints of their bodies and fingerprints are left forever on one another like flesh memory.

Why You Should Read It: Wow, this is some gorgeous art. Remus’s face is particularly beautiful. I particularly like how he goes from being held to holding—there’s a story just in that.

Link: https://rs-games.dreamwidth.org/168048.html