Unfit for Society Recs

Legend of Korra

Icarus and the Sea by Unpretty
The story of Zhu Li and Varrick from their first meeting to their honeymoon. This does a great job with the voices (I laughed out loud a lot) and also with why Zhu Li would stay with him, and gets the emotional bits right too. Highly recommended.

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Pacific Rim

Threnody by inlovewithnight
Mako and Stacker, before; Mako and Raleigh, after. Lovely.

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Pacific Rim

New Tricks by sevenpoints
Raleigh and Mako make a place for themselves after the war is over.

What Is Built Endures by thrace
Lovely overview of Mako as she rebuilds her life the first time.

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Pacific Rim

Brand New Empire by pyrodynamo
It's funny how they're so good with each other it's like romance in reverse: they never really had that steep learning curve where they had to figure each other out and dance around their feelings because they couldn't find the words. He'd just known he loved her and it was mutual and everything else was secondary after that.

Love is something you learn by doing, and inside the Jaeger he'd shed his skin and laid in her arms while she touched him all over until she'd known him. It feels like a lifetime ago, but being with her has never felt like something he had to make any effort to be good at. He just knew how to do it. Soft, lovely post-movie Mako/Raleigh.

Built, Broken, Rebuilt by songandsilence
"Some scientists speculate that Drift partners experience some after-effects from the neural connection – little pieces of memories that aren't theirs, traits and characteristics from their partner, shared dreams. It hasn't been studied enough, though." The frown of concentration eases, and her eyes meet his, soft with understanding. "And now we're the last two."

Wryly, he smiles as he says, "Not quite the last two." Soft, quiet, lovely post-movie Mako/Raleigh.

Cover Me Up by impertinence
Raleigh likes being handcuffed, Mako likes Raleigh. Porn. yeah, pretty much exactly what it says in the summary. Hot.

Give In by impertinence
Hot Mako/Raleigh pegging fic.

light by songandsilence
Adorably schmoopy Mako/Raleigh kidfic.

The Naming of Foxes by tielan
He kisses her as though she's a wonder, as though she's something to be worshipped.

"This isn't the Drift," she says when air becomes a need.

"This is us," he murmurs, his chest heaving against hers, a fierce wonder etched in his face. "You and me." And it's more than enough. Raleigh loves Mako at first sight. It takes Mako a little longer. *happy sigh*

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