hiii thank you so much again for being so patient with me ive been thinking about this so much bc i was taking forever </3 but here we are!!! i started this last night but ended up reading some fics bc i realized i haven’t actually read a lot of childhood friends to lovers au’s despite writing one myself loll and then i fell asleep and got busy but here we are sorry this took me almost a WEEK like that’s crazy u r so patient yayyayyy thank you

so im starting out with probably the shortest on the list third wheel by bitsori. it’s told from chngbn’s perspective and it is just sooo cute. it’s a cute story that i enjoyed reading, really lighthearted!
okay next intro i have talked about this fic so many times because this is actually one of my favorite fics ever. it is just sooooo i don’t even know how to say it’s just so heartfelt and ive read it probably 100 times and the first timme i read it took forever because i read it so slow to savor every second but it’s seven minutes by bingchillen, literally everything written by them is just. midas touch i swear.
next is a fic i read last night can i call you baby? (in front of love) by taotu it was really good. jsvng realizes while living with mnho (after dating their girl best friend like … his whole life) that he isn’t as straight as he thought and it’s cute. i liked it and always enjoy taotu’s writing !
echoes of youth by higayimdad is one i haven’t read yet but it looks promising (i actually thought i had read it but apparently i have not) (i will be soon though). it’s a childhood friends to lovers roadtrip fic!!! which i love roadtrips and fics and hopefully you like this hehe.
another one i have talked about before but it’s childhood friends so the next time around by glissandos. this is especially good if you enjoy magical realism and time travel!!! i enjoyed it a lot despite not normally reading magical realism, it was extremely fun and the very beginning had hooked me right away!
another one i haven’t read but am interested in i belong with you, you belong with me by brittleheart. jsvng is a dad and there is christmas from what i can see. i skimmed a little and the writing looks great too so i hope you enjoy it, hehe!!
okay i think i haven’t actually read any other childhood friend aus LOL but this one swim+blue by lucasfletcher looks good plus it’s a sports au (swimming) and imo sports au’s are sooooo fun hehe !!
sorry i didn’t have more to add, i was trying to make it long for you because i had to make you wait so long but unfortunately have realized i need to read more childhood friends to lovers like why have i notttt. i hope these fics are to your liking!!!!