recthething | Saturday Night Recs

All of these are fics I read in the past two weeks and enjoyed or found interesting enough to add to my database. From now on (for the near future, at least) I should be able to post on a weekly basis. I hope someone finds these lists useful! :)

Most of them are Matrix, but I realized I'd forgotten to thoroughly go through the tiny chunk of Speed fics on both main sites, and FBI fandom is active enough that there are a few new fics here and there. In case anyone's curious, there are 88 fics in this post and they total to 331,503 words, lol. (The joys of queries, I can pull relatively useless information such as this.)

Guide to icons used:
Fics I tagged as favorites:

Fics I thought were exceptionally well-written: exceptionally well-written

WIPs:

(Icons come from the Icon pack by Icons8.)

As always with my db-generated lists, ratings are all converted to a single system for convenience:
Fanfiction.net - G through R
AO3 - PG through X (though the occasional child-friendly fic I mark G)
anything without a rating (AO3 or other site) - Unrated

I have tried not to spoil readers too much.
Most of the fics in this list are given with no information beyond author, title, rating, word count, and major ships.
However, my database does store information on themes, which cover everything from grammatical things like tense & person (I mark for present tense, first person, second person, and direct address), to format (poetry, songfic, 5+1, etc.), trope (fake couple, stranded together, etc.), general feel (angst, fluff, etc.), and warnings (major character death, non-con, violence/wounds, etc.).
If you would like to see the themes for the recs from any of the fandom lists below, please comment and let me know so I can reply with that information. It is very simple to generate the recs for a large list of fics in such a way that all of the themes are listed.
If you would rather just have a list with certain themes excluded, please also comment to let me know which one(s). You can find the full list of themes here, titled Fanfic Themes.

I listed any ships I thought were major below each fic. If there are any minor/background ships you want to avoid, please leave a comment and ask for a list to be made for you. Note that ships may refer to one-sided or unrequited ones as well as to requited/mutual.

FBI (CBS show)

helsinkibaby - snow day
100 words, PG-13
Jubal Valentine/Kristen Chazal

helsinkibaby - stops
100 words, PG
Jubal Valentine/Kristen Chazal

helsinkibaby - too close (not close enough)
200 words, X
Jubal Valentine/Kristen Chazal

hunter_gatherer - First Bad Impressions
1135 words, PG-13
Maggie Bell & Omar "OA" Zidan; this one reads complete as it is but it sounds like they may be adding ficlets to it for each episode in the first season.

favorite

maggiesbell (Jxreaus) - INFERNO
2060 words, PG-13
Maggie Bell & Omar "OA" Zidan; this one's JUST gotten going and I'm eager to see the rest of it (faked death trope).
EDIT: It's now complete and it's very satisfying hurt/comfort. :D

NYS30 - Fireworks
2301 words, PG
Jubal Valentine/Kristen Chazal

Speed (1994)

Anakin McFly - I'll Never Ride a Bus Again
273 words, G
no major ships; hilarious parody lyrics to "I'll Never Fall in Love Again"

anr - Walk the Wire
1650 words, PG-13
Jack Traven/Annie Porter

favorite

avocadomoon - Sinking In
3145 words, PG
Jack Traven/Annie Porter

Missy - Chocolate Cake and Cucumbers
100 words, PG
Jack Traven/Annie Porter

PajamaSecrets - Workplace Injuries
1212 words, PG-13
Jack Traven/Annie Porter

rhapsodybree - Soon
207 words, PG
Jack Traven/Annie Porter

useyourtelescope - Your Hand In Mine
9863 words, PG-13
Jack Traven/Annie Porter

writtenbythesea2026 - Run
772 words, PG-13
Jack Traven/Annie Porter

YappiChick - On the Road Again
520 words, PG
Jack Traven/Annie Porter

The Matrix

A. J. Flood - John Doe 1727LK
3874 words, PG-13
no major ships

favorite

Aradia Star - Contrition
764 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

Caffeine High - Against Protocol
38009 words, G
Agent Smith/OFC

WIP

Caliban76 - Curiosity and the Cat
15221 words, PG-13
no major ships

Cece Bass - A Parent's Nightmare
1251 words, G
no major ships

WIP

cepaul518 - Defector Program
12467 words, PG-13
no major ships

WIP

Lanfear2 - Goddess
22223 words, PG-13
Neo/Persephone, Neo/Trinity

M-Sama - Human
1030 words, G
no major ships

Minka - Cold Comfort
2191 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

WIP