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got any good fics with cryptids, the woods or just the super natural in general? like adventurecore stuff? thank you! ☺️

Wow, this fandom certainly likes its supernatural elements! Check out our list of previous recommendations (by no means comprehensive, but it’s a start), and enjoy the fics below. - S

Neil as a fantasy creature here (also see links at top of post)

new horror/supernatural fics here

October staff recs here

autumnal/spooky fics here

werewolf aus here

‘running with the wolves’ here

‘high up in the hills of california series’ series here

‘Fang and Claw and Tooth and Nail’ here

‘Sunday in a Six-Day-War’ here

‘(don’t fear) the reaper’ here

‘devil's got us all in his pockets’ here

‘F.O.X.E.S. Division’ here

‘I Want to Believe’ here

‘skeletons in the water’ here

‘I just wanted to protect you’ here

‘The War Behind Your Face; And I'll Express My Inner Rage’ here

‘Haunted: Not Clickbait’ here

‘the haunted walls of the wesninski house’ here

‘The Ghost in You’ here

‘some ghosts are real enough (to be felt)’ here (since updated)

‘Written in the scars of our hearts’ here

‘A Phantom and a Fly’ here

‘The Morning AUs - The Witch Hunt’ here

‘Since the beginning’ series here

‘Spookies & Cream’ here

Ursa Major by darkbluebox [Rated T, 4288 words, incomplete, last updated Dec 2020]

At first, it seems like an ordinary photography assignment. A few weeks trekking through the wintry wilderness, enough shots of the local fauna to keep his agent happy, and then onwards once more. However, the strange little tourist lodge in the foothills holds more than Neil bargained for - secrets, thievery, friendship, and an impossible blond bear.

tw: implied/referenced abuse

into the woods series by Ominous [Rated T, 38467 words, incomplete, last updated Jan 2021]

Part 1: through the thicket (T, 9928 words)

"No, you're not real," he says, and he thinks he repeats it a few times, trying to convince himself it's all one bad dream. Whatever is stalking him stops, but Neil can still feel its aura, its power. The presence it has is gargantuan, a wall Neil has no hope of getting past. Just like his father in front of him. At the thought, at the ghost of hands on him, Neil screams. "You're gone!"

And he opens his eyes just as the lightning strikes. It bathes the forest in a bluish glow for half a second, but it's enough for Neil to see.

It's not his father, it's—

The dog in front of him boofs softly, and Neil's eyes widen.

Part 2: out of the brush (T, 11971 words)

As he spends long hours playing with Atlas, Neil questions why Andrew never comes to visit. Neil knows he's not good at reading people, but with how much time he and Andrew also spend together now...

He'd think they were friends? Maybe?

Something in Neil's stomach flips uncomfortably at the thought of Andrew, and Atlas lifts his head, peering down at Neil.

It’s uncanny, how he always seems to do that, but Neil isn’t any closer to figuring out himself or Atlas’ bizarre behavior.

Part 3: across the clearing (T, 16568 words)

"Don't presume to know me," Andrew says, but it has no bite, no resentment. He sounds tired, and the strain makes Neil's smile falter, his arms falling to his sides. Andrew should never sound so defeated, so hopeless, not even for a moment. It's the tone of a man who's already lost, and Neil's not even aware of what game they're playing.

So he smiles again, shaky this time, and hopes with everything he has that Andrew can sense Neil's truth as well. That whatever it is, Neil will still be riding along with Andrew in his truck. He won’t leave.

"No," Neil says back, shaking his head. "I only know what you tell me."

And if Andrew decides to tell him everything, then Neil only hopes it's because he wants to.

tw: implied/referenced abuse, tw: mild violence

Post Its and Missing Persons by nerdzeword [Rated T, 6303 words, Complete 2020]

In which they are grad students trying to stop the rise of the old ones.

College AU for the AFTG BINGO blackout with the crew

tw: violence

Grim by wittyrabbit [Rated G, 2798 words, incomplete, last updated Oct 2020]

Weird occurrences up and down, sometimes sideways. It was normal in the eastern Massachusetts town Neil resided in. Born from hauntings and witches alike, the town was built on a principle of scares and mythology. A childhood friend shows up from Neil's past and things begin to get weird.

or au where Andrew is the Grim Reaper's son and saves Neil from his fate.

tw: violence

Caught You (Now I'm Gonna Scratch Up All Your Toys) by hoob_gooblin [Rated M, 11658 words, complete, Aftg Reverse Big Bang 2020]

Reverse Big Bang 2020, written for the prompt:

"The Monsters are just that, monsters, but they aren't all as bad as they seem. Aaron and Andrew are the most feared of all of them, but no one actually knows what they are, until Neil stumbles upon them and can't quite believe his eyes."

Otherwise known as, an unwittingly accepted catboy twinyards au treated far too seriously.

tw: ableist language, tw: violence, tw: bullying, tw: non-consensual drug use

NB: Art prompt by @goopllmw-artdeactivated15-05-20

Cold Spots Part 1, Cold Spots Part 2 and Cold Spots Part 3 by @yourwritersblock [tumblr, 2018]

Neil should have seen it coming, really. He had become far too complacent hanging around the empty house, day after day, year after year. He had almost forgotten that houses were built for the living.

Art

ghost au by @fornavn [tumblr, aftg bingo 2020]

#fic #Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard #Aaron Minyard & Andrew Minyard #Katelyn/Aaron Minyard #universe: canon divergent #au: supernatural #au: magic #au: ghosts #au: werewolves #au: horror #au: college/university #theme: angst #theme: fluff & angst #theme: fluff & humour #theme: protectiveness #theme: found families #theme: strangers to lovers #theme: twinyards bonding #theme: ptsd #theme: missing persons #theme: epistolary #theme: kissing #aftg reverse big bang #aftg bingo #tw: implied/referenced abuse #tw: violence #tw: nonconsensual drug use #tw: bullying #tw: ableist language

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