take out the bones but leave the soul alone;
☆ Stop Me if You've Heard This One (Complete) (warning: sex) - John works at a sex shop and Dave has nothing better to do than hang out with him. This is just fabulous. Ridiculously fabulous. Ridiculously good. I am going to reread it right now. I'm back. It was so, so good. The writing is so crisp and poetic, they should make laws against this. Not to mention I really adore Dave and John in this, not to also not to mention there's the right amount of sadness to tug at me longingly without even knowing it, but still have the complicit humor that seems very knowing and adult. Basically, I love this, and don't look at the comments because the top one is just me incoherently screaming my love for it.
CJK237em1Vx: a modern epic. kind of. not actually. (Complete) (warning: sex, threesome, adult themes, check fic for more tags) - Dave and John get into the porn business and this ruins me forever. It just wrecks me on the inside so, so much, and this writer just has the best sex scenes. I just reread a little bit and wrecked myself again so I'm just going to lie here on my face for a while and come back to rewrite this later. It just hurts me on the inside but it is really very good. Great writing and I am just so much in ruins.
Away from Keyboard (Complete) - John and Dave leave endless messages to each other in the three year journey and it is super cute and the art is super cute and I am always overcome with FEELINGS.
like following Starlight (Complete) (warning: sex) - Treasure Planet AU, with captain Dave and cabin boy John. This person writes prose in the same way as Ben and Jerry makes ice cream. Such gorgeous prose aaaaa!! Everything else they write is similarly pretty and gorgeous and ephemeral so if you like their style, keep checking them out, but this is still my favorite from their works.
Knight-errant (Complete) - The one where Dave slips in and out of time. I'm way into time stuff, and this is full of time stuff, and I dig it.
synapse slipping through the hidden door (Complete) - John just isn't the same post-game. Yes, I have a penchant for these sorts of things. Yes, I am properly ashamed. But it's pretty and sad and short enough to read during a lunch break and afterward just stare blankly at your burger. Very pretty.
i dont know how to categorize this (warning: sex) - This is a tumblr user who writes short things upon request, and their short stories are sexy and cute. I enjoyed the "asshole john" series, and my friend enjoyed artist john with model dave, the latter she geekishly requested and then screamed about for decades. This one is for you, tumblr user vyco. All their stuff is really cute and their sad stuff is very sad.
Dirty Little Strider (Complete/Ongoing) (warning: sex) - John discovers Dave in some of his porn. The first story is done, the second is still going, but this is just really, really cute. They are really cute to each other and with each other and it's just so cute. I'm never going to say the title out loud, but it's so cute.
Limes and Tequila (Complete) (warning: sex) - John has a shindig, but the DJ aint even working. There is sex in this and I was very excited. Not to mention that it is really cute, miserable John makes me happy.
One Month, Two Weeks and Four Days (Complete) (warning: sex) - Phone sex!!! If you were to imagine I scroll down every fic whispering sex!!!!!!, you wouldn't be wrong. Very sweet, very cute, and very fun to read.
Roll for Initiative (Complete) - John and Dave play around with sex dice. It's very cute and the art is ridic cute, and I'm pleased the banner looks like it reads "whisper into butt" because that is the best sex move. Just really cute to read!!
Slime (Complete) (warning: slime sex) - Slime sex!!! Dave is a slime boy and John is his good buddy. It's cute!!!
at least our dicks survived intact (Complete) (warning: sex) - Merman sex. At this point, I know somebody's rolling their eyes and saying "you were supposed to rec vacation (ongoing) because that is very cute" and I agree, it is a very cute story about John as a merman and Dave as a nonswimmer. But you obviously underestimate the strong feelings I have for merman dick. Hint: They are very strong.
Breaking the Seal (warning: watersports, voyeurism, intercrural sex) - Also known as urolagnia. Dave experiences excitement over watching John pee. If there was an alternate universe of Homesexy out there, this would be the bit where Dave drinks the apple juice. I don't know very much about watersports, so those more experienced prob can say more about the portrayal, but I enjoyed reading this in general. Some parts were very endearing.
Sugar Pie, Honeybunch (Complete) (warning: sex) - John is uncomfortable with his body, but Dave likes it. Dave's monologue was nicely worded. It's sweet.