(masterlist in order of angst)
Except You Love … exes to lovers + childhood friends | 245,705 words E … Clarke and Lexa. Inevitable and inseparable. Until they weren’t. After four painful years and an ocean apart, Clarke gets a second chance at a first love with Lexa. Extreme pining. 😭😭😭
Rooftop … fighting lovers + Lexa in a red cape | 24,095 words M … Every night on a Brooklyn rooftop, Clarke scales the emotional heights of being married to superhero Lexa who, for some reason, no longer wants to stay married. 😭😭
Familiar and Yours … coffee shop au + bread | 9,675 words M … Lexa sees Clarke every Wednesday and Sunday, same seat, same hot chocolate. Same beautiful blue eyes. Something so familiar about her. 😭🥖☕️
Something Borrowed … long distance exes + untranslatable words | 15950 words M … Clarke returns from Paris to make things right with Lexa. It might be (one wedding dress) too late. 👰🏻😭💍
Coffee and Cranes (and Everything But Love) … fwb au | 32,190 words wip E … Clarke and Lexa meet with a literal bang and agree to a no strings attached arrangement. Six months. Casual, simple. Just sex. 😭🏗☕️
Ramen … idiots to lovers au + snowed in | 12,265 words E … There’s a storm, two angry exes, and only one coveted ramen package. Clarke and Lexa fight over noodles. Things get heated. 😢🍜🌶❄️
A furrow, a line (a vignette in time) … Tumblr prompts | 14,760 words M … A collection of prompts, drabbles and ficlets. Epigraphs of love. Different universes. All with Clarke and Lexa overwhelmingly in love with each other, including growing old together. ❤️👵🏼👩🏼🦳🥰
you are my prologue, my epilogue … EYL valentines | 13,655 words wip E … a look back and forward in the Except You Love universe, through five valentines, plus one more, aka five+ ruminations on love. 💕😊
Books & Hooks … bookshop au + hot air balloons | 12,900 words T … Clarke, a hot air balloon pilot from the future, drops into Lexa’s bookstore and her small town life in Polis isn’t the same again. 🪂📚😊
Lost and found … neighbours au + love at first key sight | 9,230 words M … Lexa has just moved into the neighbourhood. Clarke has just locked herself out. It’s hot, the sun is scorching, and neither of them has any chill. Lots of thirst though. 🔥💦🏘🔑🥵
broke as a bottle of wine … childhood friends reuniting au + champagne | 20,665 words E … Rich Clarke and Lexa, old loves, meeting again and kissing their way to a different future. 🍾🏍💵🥵😊
Kill for love … assassins au + only one bed | 4,095 words T … Clarke and Lexa are two killer women who meet at an international conference for assassins. A hotel mix up forces Clarke to share a bed with her arch-rival.🗡🔫🧨😅
Fake fake (in love with you) … fake dating au + holigay shenanigans | 17,000 words E … Over three days of Christmas, Clarke has to pretend to be dating her best friend, Lexa. Much scheming and sledding and skating involved. ⛸🎄🎁😂😂
Cherub … meet cute cupid au | 5,500 words M … Clarke is a cherub angel / cupid in training who accidentally pricks human Lexa with her misshot arrow. ☁️🌬🏹😇😂🤣
Kismet … highschool meet-cute au | 3,500 words G … Clarke and Lexa run into each other. A lot. It’s meant to be. 🎨😍
Work Song by Hozier except you’re deep within a coal mine, working tirelessly to support your family. Somewhere nearby, you can hear Hozier telling all the other boys in the mine about his beautiful girlfriend. It fills you with a strange sense of peace.
anyway yeah DELETE YOUR FUCKING ADVERTISING IDS
Android:
Settings ➡️ Google ➡️ all services ➡️ Ads ➡️ Delete advertising ID
(may differ slightly depending on android version and manufacturer firmware. you can't just search settings for "advertising ID" of course 🔪)
iOS:
Settings ➡️ privacy ➡️ tracking ➡️ toggle "allow apps to request to track" to OFF
and ALSO settings ➡️ privacy ➡️ Apple advertising ➡️ toggle "personalized ads" to OFF
more details about the process here via the EFF
fanfic recommendation for someone who never read a fanfic?
Hi! Ok that’s a cool challenge. Please keep in mind that I’m leaving a lot of great fics out, some because it’s humanly impossible to remember everything and others because I refuse to make a list the size of the bible. Anyway, I hope you like my suggestions ^-^
If you don’t mind a bit of sexy times:
more women than warriors (modern au) by steklir is possibly my favourite fic of all time
in love and war and politics (modern au) by centuriesofexistence is hands down one of the best Clexa fics there is
what heart’s ease must queens neglect (modern royalty au) by thrace is just absolutely brilliant
blood rush in he hazy glow (modern au) by firetestsgold will always be a favourite of mine
oh you’ll find me between (the devil and the deep blue sea) (pirates au) by orangeyouglad8 is an awesome story with pirates and treasure hunts and mysteries ahoy
broken wands (fwb au) by smallamountsofmonster is one of my favourite HP au’s ever
she got me up all night (all i’m singing’ is love songs) (modern au) by mostlyunstablefangirl is my go-to happy one-shot
fight me series (modern au + canonverse) by fairytaleslayer is a beautiful second-person series of fics, two au and one canon
a pleasant undoing by mopeytropey (modern au) is one of those fics that I love, when the characters are roughly my age and I relate (and it’s simply amazing)
touch or carry (modern au) by paintthebrain has Clexa as beach volleyball players - need I say anything else?
suburbia (modern au) by raspberrytree has confident, sure of herself Lexa and it’s both sexy and fun
what is this feeling? (HP au) by aiscrimson is a soulmates au in the HP universe
“i found love” series (modern au) by crumbleduppieceofpaper wrecked me when I read the first one and is now patching me back up
black magic (magic au) by paintthebrain is awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome - awesooooome
two’s company series (modern au) by careyelizabeth is a wonderful ballet au
mystic coffee (magic au) by blindwire is magic, coffee shops, magic tattoos, tiny pet dragons, cool Clarke, and Lexa is glasses all wrapped into one
lifetimes (royalty au) by 8hedaofhearts8 is one of the most underrated fics there are - I love it to bits and pieces, it’s easily a top-5 of mine
if you don’t mind a lot of sexy times:
open windows, open hearts (modern au) by Sheisme is one of the hottest clexa fics out there
loving you in the light & dark series (modern au) by Tanagariel is one of the first I ever read
bare my soul (modern au) by Tanagariel was one of the first to explore the theme and it’s great
you’re fired (so yeah you win) (modern au) by LaFlashdrive was THE smutty fic in its time
this is heaven in hiding (modern au) by orangeyouglad is sexy, ridiculously well written, and fun
the whore’s queen (royal and medieval au) by w0rldofmy0wn is my current obsession
bought, owned, earned series (modern au) by sassymajesty is hot as hell and hits you hard on the feels
fearless. (modern au) by lordvoldyfarts is possibly the best road trip au ever
if you prefer your fics smut-free:
six (mythology au) by LingeringLillies is a beautiful, beautiful take on the Hades/Persephone story
habromanic (modern au) by alittlesoulcarryingacorpse is a sweet and witty one-shot
greencard (modern au) by coeurdastronaute (x and x) is heartbreaking but bloody fucking beautiful
the lay of looking-glass land series (canonverse) by KL_Morgan is a fantastic take on azgeda!clarke, it’s honestly so so great
in the shallows (canonverse au) by blindwire is my favourite role reversal fic
falcon (modern au) by anonbeme is the age gap fic you’ve all been looking for
light a thousand fires under me. (modern au) by sovereignchicken is a beautiful high school au that deals with peer expectations
hooked on a feeling (HP au) by onebigroughdraft is my favourite bundle of joy
love remember me (sweetly and tenderly) by betteronpaper is, like this friend of mine’s other fics, ridiculously well written and beautifully bittersweet
special category: comedy
the 300 (modern au) by bucklethorpe is pure hilarity and beautiful fluff
the business of caring (modern au) by coldmackerel is simply hilarious
it’s called contraband for a reason (prison au) by coldmackerel can’t be described
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I apologise once again to everyone whose fics I forgot to include or decided not to - I do love them.
Hey do you know any rEALLy angsty clexa fics like one of them dies or gets really sick? Ty ily
Accidents Happen to Good People
If Love’s So Easy, Why Is It Hard? (I’ve only read this one)
Dear Theodosia (Reprise)
An Empty Room
Candle
i fought in a war (now i’m gone)
Accelerated Time
First Day of My Life
It hit her like a stray bullet
I’m bigger than my body, I’m colder than this home (I’m meaner than my demons, I’m bigger than these bones)
I hope you’re happy, Satan