22degreehalo: (J&W !)
[personal profile] 22degreehalo
Fandom: Blackadder Goes Forth
Pairings/Characters: Blackadder/Darling
Rating: T
Length: 20,605
Creator Links: [archiveofourown.org profile] nomadicwriter
Theme: Amnesty, Casefic, Cuddling Snuggling & Bed-Sharing, Enemies to Lovers, Enemies Working Together, Forced Proximity, Historical Settings, Just Plain Fun, Old Fandoms, Rare Pairings, Pretend Couple, Small Fandoms, Time Travel, Uncommon Settings, Undercover as a Couple

Summary: Darling's remarkable resemblance to French traitor the Duc de Darling - no relation - sees him unwillingly sent to infiltrate a German-occupied château. Blackadder accompanies him even less willingly, especially when he learns exactly what it is they're looking for.

(Baldrick is also there, but no one bothered to find out if it was willingly or otherwise.)

Reccer's Notes: This is just so fucking good. It has been an age since I last watched Blackadder but this fic brought me all the way back immediately: the character voices are just chef's kiss! It really feels like it could've been a special episode, except with added totally in-character shippiness! 10/10, perfect characterisation, perfect dynamics, perfect silliness, no notes ❤️

Fanwork Links: General Relativity
folk_melody: iris west smiling (c: iris)
[personal profile] folk_melody
Fandom: The Flash (CW)
Pairings/Characters: Iris West/Barry Allen, Francine West, Cisco Ramon, Amanda Waller, Scott Evans, Linda Park, Wally West, Original Child Character
Rating: Not rated
Length: 240091 words
Creator Links: [archiveofourown.org profile] Cee693
Theme: Undercover, Battle couple, AU: secret agents/spies, Action/adventure, (Not really) character death, Characters of color, Getting back together, Undercover as a couple

Summary: Barry and Iris and a Spy Agency AU

Reccer's Notes: A wonderfully written story with some fantastic worldbuilding! The relationships, actions, and twists are just *chef's kiss* The way canon details are weaved into this spy AU is very enjoyable.

Fanwork Links: Questions I Have for a Sinner Like Me
starwatcher: Western windmill, clouds in background, trees around base. (Default)
[personal profile] starwatcher
 
Fandom: The Old Guard
Pairings: Nile/Booker
Characters: Nile, Booker, Andy, Quynh, Joe, Nicky
Rating: Explicit
Length: 37,100 words
Creator Links: [archiveofourown.org profile] nevermindirah
Theme: Big bangs, Friends to lovers, Post-canon, Undercover as a couple

Summary: Nile's undercover doing corporate espionage to stop climate change, and she's got to pack up her boss bitch suits and spike heels for the upcoming executive retreat — but she's expected to bring a partner. Booker, who's become her best friend since returning from exile, agrees to come with her. She's glad at least one person who appreciates her leadership will be there.

Reccer's Notes: Wonderful story. I love Nile all competent and in charge and doing what she has to do with long-term goals in mind, and Booker getting his shit together to make himself better able to support his team -- and especially Nile. I adore them working together to make sure each is taking care of the other's wants/needs sexually, while making sure their own wants/needs are met -- so HOT! But more than the delicious sexytimes, this is a well-crafted story that holds together, well worth reading.

Content Notes: Per the author: The corporation Nile is espionage-ing makes their money through racist and colonialist resource extraction; the fic doesn't go into detail about that but there are recurring references to structural racism including antiblack employment practices. There's one brief depiction of implied antiblackness in a misogynist microaggression. A few very brief depictions of sexual harassment. Also, a "lot of very explicit porn" including kinks, some bdsm, mild painplay.

Fanwork Links: you have the right to lose control, by nevermindirah at AO3.
 
beatrice_otter: Woman in age-of-sail uniform (Lieutenant Bennet)
[personal profile] beatrice_otter
Fandom: Temeraire/Pride and Prejudice
Characters/Pairings: Elizabeth Bennet/Colonel Fitzwilliam
Rating: First story in the series is General Audiences, second is Explicit
Length: 224k words in 9 stories
Creator Links: [archiveofourown.org profile] AMarguerite 
Theme: crossover, crossover pairing, novel length, undercover as couple, minor characters, friends to lovers, competence, book fandoms, epic works

Summary: General Wellington selects Colonel Fitzwilliam for a very singular honor during the Spanish Campaign: working with dragons-- and, in particular, with Captain Elizabeth Bennet, of His Majesty's Dragon, the Longwing Wollstonecraft.

Reccer's Notes: Who could not love the idea of Elizabeth Bennet as a dragon captain and an officer of His Majesty's Aerial Corps? And it's by an author who really knows both canons and the Regency world. Excellent, excellent story, and if over 200k is intimidating, remember that the first story (complete in itself) is only 95k words. (The undercover-as-a-couple bit happens in the second story)

Fanwork Links: A Monstrous Regiment
mythicmistress: The sun shining through Stonehenge (Default)
[personal profile] mythicmistress
Fandom: Sly Cooper
Characters/Pairings: Sly Cooper/Carmelita Fox
Rating: T
Length: 18,020 words
Creator Links: [archiveofourown.org profile] Brightest_Moonstone
Theme: Amnesty, undercover as a couple

Summary: An undercover mission takes a unexpected turn for Carmelita when she finds herself in need of a partner and Sly Cooper volunteers his help.

The mission? Three days undercover at a couple's resort.

Awkwardness, hilarity and maybe a little bit of detective work ensue.


Reccer's Notes: There aren't nearly enough "undercover as a couple" fics in Sly Cooper fandom. This helped scratch that itch, and the detective work elements made this fic a joy to read.


Fanwork Links: Gotta Make This Look Good
jainas: (Default)
[personal profile] jainas
Fandom: Person of Interest
Characters/Pairings: John/Harold, Leila Smith, Bear
Rating: M
Length: 15,280
Creator Links: Astolat
Theme: Kidfic: Accidental baby acquisition, families of choice, fake marriage, friends to lover, undercover as a couple

Summary: "We're not looking to make friends, Harold," John said. "We want our neighbors to classify us and then avoid us. Being the scandalous gay couple down the street is a good option."

Reccer's Notes: The first fic that came to my mind for this round, this is an absolute delight of a fic in which John and Harold go on the run with a slightly older Leila (the toddler they canonicaly accidentaly aquired to protect her in that one episode) and it is a treasure of a forced curtain!fic and chosen familly under pressure and all the growing intimacy of pretending to be a couple for a case and all the emotional upheavals and self-sacrifce one can expect from John and Harold in such a situation. And plot of course, because this is Astolat.
An old favorite.

Fanwork Links: Hamartia (the hero's fatal flaw)
an0ther_dreamer: (Default)
[personal profile] an0ther_dreamer
Fandom: Person of Interest
Characters/Pairings: Harold Finch/John Reese
Rating: Explicit
Length: 15,280 words
Creator Links:[archiveofourown.org profile] astolat,[tumblr.com profile] astolat,[dreamwidth.com profile] astolat,[livejournal.com profile] astolat,
Theme: Fake Marriage, Undercover as a Couple, Pretend Couple, Kidfic: has/with kids, Mutual Pining, Snuggling & Bed-sharing

Summary: "We're not looking to make friends, Harold," John said. "We want our neighbors to classify us and then avoid us. Being the scandalous gay couple down the street is a good option."

Reccer's Notes: Look, I have a clear weakness for undercover in suburbia, it's true. This is a slow burn action-adventure with a two-year-old and it's great.

Fanwork Links: Hamartia (the hero's fatal flaw) @ AO3
an0ther_dreamer: (Default)
[personal profile] an0ther_dreamer
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Characters/Pairings: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson
Rating: Explicit
Length: 32,407 words
Creator Links: [archiveofourown.org profile] infiniteeight
Theme: Fake Marriage, Undercover as a Couple, Pretend Couple, First Time, Case Fic

Summary: When SHIELD gets intel that an arms dealer might soon be receiving Chitauri technology, Fury sends Clint and Coulson undercover to establish surveillance, ingratiate themselves with the arms dealer and his right hand man, and possibly intercept the sale. The catch? The arms dealer and his lieutenant are apparently posing as a couple, which means the best way for Clint and Coulson to get close is to pose as a couple, too. The longer the op goes on, the more Clint wonders which relationship is more real.

Reccer's Notes: The only way they can defeat those pesky arms dealers is by being as married as possible. Luckily, Phil and Clint are up for the challenge. Adorable domestic missionfic. 

Fanwork Links: Pine Lake Oasis @AO3
dirty_diana: model Zhenya Katava wears a crown (peggy)
[personal profile] dirty_diana
Fandom: Agent Carter (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Characters/Pairings: Daniel Sousa/Peggy Carter/Jack Thompson
Rating: teen
Length: 16 000 words
Creator Links: [archiveofourown.org profile] sholio [personal profile] sholio
Theme: action/adventure, undercover as a couple, pretend couple, m/m/f threesomes, polyamory, casefic

Summary: "Due to your deplorable habit of showing up at all hours of the day and night, any useful Leviathan-related gossip from the neighbors has been replaced by speculation that 'Marge' is cheating on poor 'Dan' with a blond scoundrel -- Jack, if you don't stop laughing, I will hit you with my shoe." (Or: Peggy and Daniel go undercover as a married couple in the suburbs.)

Reccer's Notes: Really fun undercover as a couple fic, plus Jack who just can't seem to stay away. Lots of in-character banter, and the danger that seems to follow Peggy everywhere.

Fanwork Links: Pistol Packin' Mama
dirty_diana: model Zhenya Katava wears a crown (Iris)
[personal profile] dirty_diana
Fandom: Arrow
Characters/Pairings: Oliver Queen/Felicity Smoak
Rating: Explicit
Length: 49 000 words
Creator Links: [archiveofourown.org profile] redtoes
Theme: accidental marriage, first time, novel-length, undercover as a couple, pretend couple

Summary: Oliver and Felicity wake up married in Las Vegas. But it's not what you think... It's memory loss and fake relationships and diamond heists and dealing with inquisitive journalists. Smut barely enters into it at all.

Reccer's Notes: After an unplanned encounter with Vertigo, the billionaire vigilante and the IT girl wake up in Las Vegas with wedding rings on. But that's just the beginning of the chaos. This is an engaging (ha!), fun romp of an accidental marriage story, from the early days when the door was still open to imagine the Oliver/Felicity pairing as one of light-hearted, tropey romance.

Fanwork Links: What Happens in Vegas...
magician113: (serious simon)
[personal profile] magician113
Fandom: The Sentinel
Characters/Pairings: Blair Sandburg/Jim Ellison, Simon Banks/OFC, canon characters
Rating: Teen
Length: 16 K words
Creator Links: [archiveofourown.org profile] alyjude_sideburns 
Themes: undercover as a couple, old fandoms, first time, case fic

Summary: Post-series, Blair has just graduated from the police academy when Simon comes to the Major Crimes group with an unusual situation. One of the most popular resorts outside of Cascade has had an odd string of accidents. There's a real danger that it might go under as a result.

Joan, Simon's ex-wife, is good friends with one of the owners. With no help coming from the local authorities, Joan asks Simon to investigate. So, the whole MC gang ends up going undercover in one way or another. Jim is head of security and Blair is the dance instructor (think Dirty Dancing). In a twist on the "undercover as a couple" theme, Simon ends up with a cop from Burglary pretending to be husband and wife.

Reccer's Notes: Suspend your disbelief and just enjoy. Aly wrote a sequel called One is a Lonely Number.


Fanwork Links: It's in the Hips

jerakeen: (Default)
[personal profile] jerakeen
Fandom: Man from UNCLE (2015)
Characters/Pairings: Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo
Rating: Explicit
Length: 22,100 words
Creator Links: [archiveofourown.org profile] mamalazzer
Theme: Undercover as a Couple, Pretend Couple

Summary: "So congratulations, Peril," Napoleon drawled, looking so amused that he could see it was literally setting Illya's teeth on edge. "You have the supreme good fortune of getting to kiss me senseless. Now be a good sport and put your hands on my backside, would you? I'm beginning to feel neglected."

In which the boys have to go undercover as a couple, with Napoleon having a whale of a time while Illya isn't sure whether to knock Napoleon's teeth out or kiss him.


Reccer's Notes:
"'Clandestine lovers'?" Gaby repeated Waverly's words, looking like Christmas had come early. She then pointed between Napoleon and Illya with a positively impish look on her face, her eyes sparkling. "These two? They'll kill each other in a day."

"Well, that's rude," Napoleon countered, easing to his feet and smoothly sidestepping the rather sorry-looking telephone Illya had thrown to the floor to pour himself a drink. The phone whirred sadly in response. "I'd at least give us two."

Illya's left eye twitched so dangerously at this that it looked likely to pop out of his head at any given moment.
In a shocking twist, things don't go as planned. :D

Fanwork Links: @ AO3 (locked)
jerakeen: (Default)
[personal profile] jerakeen
Fandom: Lewis
Characters/Pairings: Lewis/Hathaway
Rating: Explicit
Length: 11,960 words
Creator Links: [archiveofourown.org profile] sarren
Theme: Undercover as a Couple, Pretend Couple, Casefic, First Time

Summary: Lewis and Hathaway pretend to be a couple to catch a killer.

Reccer's Notes:
"Well, he's a good catch."

Lewis stares at her, astounded. "I don't want to catch him! I'm not… that way. Gay."

"I didn't say you were. It's just; you two seem to have something special, and in this day and age sexuality's more… fluid, isn't it."

"My sexuality is not fluid or anything else, thank you," he says firmly.
Famous last words.

Fanwork Links: @ AO3
magician113: (Default)
[personal profile] magician113
Fandom: The Sentinel
Characters/Pairings: Blair Sandburg/Jim Ellison
Rating: Teen
Length: 5K words
Creator Links: [archiveofourown.org profile] Ximeria 
Themes: undercover as a couple, old fandom, humor, first time

Summary: Prominent citizens, including William Ellison, are being blackmailed and the Mayor wants it stopped. The plan was for Jim to go undercover with Megan (since she knows about his senses) and do some covert investigating.

But Megan has come down with the flu. The new plan? Have Blair pose as Jim's boy toy. Not only are they likely to overhear something that could break the case, but they might even become the blackmailer's latest target.

Reccer's Notes: Written for a TS ficathon challenge, the plot is as thin as tissue paper, but it's a fun read. Enjoy.

Fanwork Links: Sex, Lies and...

starwatcher: Western windmill, clouds in background, trees around base. (Default)
[personal profile] starwatcher
Fandom: NCIS
Pairings: Jethro Gibbs/Timothy McGee
Characters: Jethro Gibbs, Timothy McGee, Anthony DiNozzo, Ziva David, Leon Vance, Ducky Mallard, Abby Sciuto, Jackie Vance, Tobias Fornell, Original Characters
Rating: Mature
Length: 95,600
Creator Links: http://archiveofourown.org/users/Emerald1/pseuds/Emerald1
Theme: Undercover as a Couple

Summary: When two agents wake up in bed together with no memory of how they got there, it starts them on a path to where they never thought they'd go.

Reccer's Notes: I love Emerald’s stories -- often long, always in character (with a touch of rose-colored glasses view), her stories make great use of canon information and extrapolate from there. They’re complex, detailed, and keep up the tension and interest until the end. This story is one of my favorite (to be honest, out of several with that opinion) of her NCIS stories. I don’t see Gibbs/McGee in the show, but Emerald sure makes me believe it could happen just this way.

Ignore the ‘WIP’ note at the beginning. The story is complete. I hope you enjoy it.

Fanwork Links: http://archiveofourown.org/works/117452
jerakeen: (Default)
[personal profile] jerakeen
fancake banner for round 65a undercover as a couple: thematic multifandom recs


It's time for another month of cupcake rounds!

Our first theme this month is undercover as a couple. You have one week to rec your favorites!

Rules! )

Posting Template! )

Promote this round! )

Have fun!

Tags

Syndicate

RSS Atom