definitely shouldn’t have spent as long as i just did putting this together but 😭 i’ll rec the ones i had open most recently! most are gyubrik because i’m going through something (tbh just go through my following for writers and open up their ao3, they’re all super talented)

suspended in a sunbeam by jellypop (blaspheme)
they are all so dear to me this felt like the epitome of falling in love while young (gyubgeonrik)

like/want, gold or white (mine or not), if you turn around eventually by rocketsummer
3 rly great fics 1) pining (gyubrik) 2) love triangle, like an actual one it’s very good (gyubgeonrik) 3) soulmates (gyubrik)

(when you move) suns follow by zhi_liet
maet introspection fic (neulbin jyungseok)

how to not become a haunted house by anonymous
the writing is so excellent (gyubrik)

you + me equals ? by nocturnus (cerastium)
eon centric, watching your best friend fall in love with someone else when you’re in love with him too (gyubrik)

twelve hours by cloverlies
heartbreak! but the possibility of a real future that’s hinted to, rik who wants so badly not to be the one to break gyub’s heart because he’s used to physicality that comes with no strings attached. “you love me too much” sent me spiralling (gyubrik)

it's astronomy (we're two worlds apart) by seungminsluvr
online friends au waiting for the chance to meet each other irl so freaking sweet and full of pining ugh (gyubrik)

when your whole crew doesn't know a damn thing by feelsofine
uni au! geon perspective fic he’s such a fun narrative voice, when your friends have issues and they make it everyone else’s problem 🫵🏼 (gyubrik)

i (19m) feel homophobic towards my gay roommate (19m) but i want to stay friends by 81152914
reddit format i know it’s kudosed a lot but i love my sillies here (gyubrik)

if you can’t hang by cupidsfox (read the catboy collab too)
scene kid rik! gyub who is smitten immediately and tries his best to Know and understand him, that is the essence of loving someone after all

to have a home by concerningcardiganselection
what a fic. neul social worker and bin taking rik into his family (built up of him gyub and yj) so so good (main gyubrik, side haobin, mostly found family)

pearl heart by ittybittyjules
human gyub moving into a house of supernaturals, found family fantasy fic very good (gyubrik)

but never like that by baccarats
to be a person in love with someone who is in love with everybody, to be another who’d do anything to preserve what you have and be willing to overlook it, i’d say it’s a hopeful ending so 🙏🏼 (gyubrik)

lie to me all you please (i know you need this, too) by cherryseung
rik who likes to style gyub’s hair and gyub who lets him, this basically became canon live in real time so i need to rec it (gyubrik)

when your birthday passed and i didn't call by soulmatez
post disbandment fic, they break up > suffer from miscommunication > are faced with a reunion (gyubrik)

chasing the sun by 9ofcups
mutual piningggg gyuvin wanting to get his ears pierced despite being deathly afraid rik being the only one he trusts to do it (gyubrik)

along with you by rainingover
canon centric, falling in love with your best friend who u sometimes call a boyfriend and wanting it to be real (gyubrik)

cut-throat by crises
fake dating for pr reasons, idol gyub and model rik (gyubrik)

boy wonder by lovecubed
very good relationship study, the use of secret languages in a relationship etc (gyubrik)

there’s been no way for me to say that i felt a certain way by canibu
they’re american and they’re best friends and they pineee great formula (gyubrik)

also my friend just published a fem neulrik which is life changing: wise and good by binrik, go read now 🫵🏼