Narumitsu fic recs: Miles & Maya are besties edition

Order and chaos, Miles and Maya. Miles seems to naturally attract and is fascinated by chaos, maybe because this gives him permission to be a little less than perfect. Maya, Phoenix, Kay and even Larry, are the gold in the kintsugi of his life. On the other hand, Maya's life has been incredibly chaotic, so I think she takes comfort in the supposed isle of calm and thoughtful structure and discipline that is Miles. Whether bonding over shared love of the Steel Samurai, their traumatized childhoods, or their love of Phoenix and found family, the following are the fics that gave me the feels for these two as friends.

As usual, these are in no particular order, because fanfics are gifts to be enjoyed and celebrated, not ranked. Plus I, like Maya, am a bit of a chaos gremlin.

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1) Maya's Secret best friend by HPUTFan

Rating: T Words: 11, 587 to read: 47 min

Really beautiful one-shot that covers the early years of Miles and Maya bonding over their love of the Steel Samurai online while not knowing their real identities, and basically helping each other in their loneliness.

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2) An Exchange of Hearts by drifloon for kuraintrain

Rating: T Words: 8, 209 to read: 35 min

Maya and Edgeworth write some classic fan fic.
Tears!! TEARS! I can’t stop laughing!!!!

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3) extremely loud and incredibly close by lowbatteryhealth

Rating: T Words: 4, 370 to read: 20 mins

This one could be read as a 'trauma bonding' fic. Deals with anxiety attacks and more. Please read the tags, and also read for some excellent Maya & Miles friendship feels 💜❤️ lowbatteryhealth is such a talented author.

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4) what if the real steel samurai fandom was the friends we made along the way by Buffintruder

Rating: G Words: 53, 656 to read: 3.45 hours

Super charming chat fic based around Tumblr posts where Maya and an OC bond over the Steel Samurai universe, however Miles is a firmly established presence in her life and in the fandom (Maya was his gateway fandom bestie). Kay, Klavier and Phoenix (making a guest appearance) feature strongly.
This is part 1 of a series! When you are done, read The Signal Samurai Podcast, chapter 3 for some Peak Maya ;)

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5) Stranger, Leave Yourself Alone by Wildfey

Rating: G Words: 2, 773 to read: 12 mins

I think this was the fic that made me want to read other Miles and Maya are friends fics and create this list. Beautifully written one shot sharing Miles and Maya’s first foundational conversation as friends with each other.

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6) To Dust or to Gold by HopeStoryteller

Rating: T Words: 24, 475 to read: 1.45 hours

"As for the fic itself… all I’ll say on the matter is that projection is one hell of a drug. "

"eat my entire ass, Sal Manella, I do what I want."

- Miles Edgeworth

Inspired by selected conversations from the magisteel discord server (see #13 below!). It's aligned with the Ace Attorney timeline and takes place in the authors’ notes and comment sections of Miles’ Ao3 fanfic.
Come for the Magisteel, stay for the Miles and Maya become besties.
So good!

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7) And you landed on McLovin'? by KlavierWrites

Rating: T Words: Work in Progress (5,201 words so far)

I have a few ‘Maya and Miles are BFFs’ stories in my bookmarks, but this one hits different. Maybe it’s because of the perspective/voice swapping? It feels honest and ‘truthy.’ Authentic. Anyways, there is a beautiful thing going on here and I invite everyone to check this out and experience how KlavierWrites has captured Maya’s voice and created such a beautiful human I want to know them more. No ´Flanderizing’ happening here. I have such sympathy and empathy for her. And Miles. And Nick too. Poor Nick. He feels and wants so deeply. I’m so looking forward to the next chapter. Subscribe to this fic, appreciate this author and join me in the comment section!

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8) I Mean...A Lot Of Romance Authors Are Lawyers by Adorable Anarchist (Vampbi)

Rating: G Words: 1,407 to read: 6 min

Fun!!! Chat/twitter/Miles is a romance writer fic. Maya is essentially a book club version of cupid. ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭* ੈ♡‧₊˚

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9) navigation by zombiekittiez for Westie

Rating: T Words: 2, 785 to read: 12 min

Another gorgeous fic by another one of my favourite authors. This one features matching jammies and winning at sleep overs and some absolutely beautiful found family and character growth moments. ♡

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10) nomenclature by looking_for_wisdom

Rating: T Words: 7,626 to read: 20 min

Just an absolutely gorgeous fic that covers the evolution of Maya and Miles’ friendship through out the games.

“Can I be honest with you?” ...
The question catches him off guard. He’d spoken with Miss Fey on a handful of occasions now—enough that he feels it’s safe to call them acquaintances. He certainly had not considered them close enough for this, however—a lowering of defenses and the trust that comes with it... And, for whatever reason, he cannot bring himself to squander that trust.”

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Bonus fics that fit that I've shared before in other lists:

11) Samurai Swear by 3musketears

Rating: T Words: 11, 610 to read: 50 min

I previously shared this one in my LOL part 2 list:

Lol Maya! "There's a Steel Samurai theme park opening and Maya's buddy of choice is unavailable for opening day. Phoenix might know a fellow super-fan she could convince to attend in his place." Really lovely and funny one shot of Miles and Maya bonding over Steel Samurai

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12) selected conversations from the magisteel discord server by liilllyyyy, lowbatteryhealth

Rating: T Words: 34, 211 to read: 2.5 hours

File under 'Ace Attorney Fan Fiction Required Reading,' this fic has now surpassed 4100 kudos and over 1000 Bookmarks since the last time I shared (!) for a reason. SO. MUCH. FUN!!!

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And that's it for now! If you have a Miles and Maya are best buds themed fic, please include it in the comments or tags!

Cheers, thanks again to these fabulous authors. Enjoy!

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fey AU miles and maya... because i can never get these 2 out of my head and also i still have not made a proper AU post yet ough

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