Jesse/Andrew Fic Rec List
Carry It In My Heart
Rating: NC-17
Length: Long
Pairing: Jesse/Andrew
Summary: How Jesse learned to stop worry and love his costar. [This is the most widely read fic in the fandom.]
It Keeps the Stars Apart
Rating: NC-17
Length: Long
Pairing: Jesse/Andrew
Summary: This is the companion piece to CIIMH. It’s from Andrew’s point of view as opposed to Jesse’s. [Written by the fabulous, the lovely, the wonderful, the talented Evyn.]
The Giraffe Notes
Rating: NC-17
Length: 16789 words
Pairing: Jesse/Andrew
Summary: “The first note is an impulse, a quick scribble and a badly drawn giraffe, slipped into Andrew’s locker when no one is looking (as if anyone ever looks).” The impossible love story of a mouse and a giraffe featuring a crush that lasts a decade, a very grateful movie star, the fine art of falling in love over the internet, a possibly naughty tattoo, three awesome friends, cats, nerves, and a spectacular first date.
Every Song’s About You
Rating: PG-13, Parts 1-11; NC-17, parts 12-Epilogue
Length: 95000+ words
Pairing: Jesse/Andrew
Summary: Jesse had never expected to be showered with attention and mix CDs and arduous glances and breathy, eloquent compliments in foreign accents precluding kisses in aisles of books. Andrew had never expected that one mistake could ruin everything. [Written by my soulmate, the Shannon to my Katy, the coolest, nicest, craziest (in a good way) girl I know, Girl A.]
it doesn’t hurt because it doesn’t know how
Rating: G
Length: 2441 words
Pairing: Jesse/Andrew
Summary: I honestly can’t provide a summary for this one. It explores how Jesse’s feelings for Andrew develop throughout filming and beyond. It is the saddest and most beautifully written piece I have read in the fandom.
Eisenbooks
Rating: PG-13
Length: ~11000 words
Pairing: Jesse/Andrew
Summary: In which Jesse runs a bookshop and Andrew is a customer. Flirting and romance ensue.
kiss by the book
Rating: PG-13
Length: Long
Pairing: Jesse/Andrew
Summary: College AU. Jesse and Andrew meet at Harvard. Major pining ensues. [***It’s a WIP that hasn’t been updated in months and most likely never will be.]
can you hear my hopeful heart?
Rating: NC-17
Length: 15000 words
Pairing: Jesse/Andrew
Summary: In which everyone thinks Andrew and Jesse are the definition of a lasting bromance (and they aren’t saying otherwise) and the Academy is oblivious to everything. [Written by Cecily, aka the quick-write queen.]
Stay Awake When I’m Asleep
Rating: NC-17
Length: 36000 words
Pairing: Jesse/Andrew
Summary: Kid!fic. In which Andrew somehow ends up with a baby and Jesse helps to take care of him.
If You Can’t Be Touched
Rating: R
Length: 32000 words
Pairing: Jesse/Andrew
Summary: Andrew and Jesse are cast as the leads in an adaptation of classic gay novel Giovanni’s Room. Over months of filming and sharing an apartment in Paris, the overlap between their feelings and their characters’ becomes hard for them to handle.
[***There are also some extra scenes here.]
Shelter AU
Rating: R
Length: 62000 words
Pairing: Jesse/Andrew
Summary: Jesse has taken care of his sister most of her life, he works, goes to school and takes care of Hallie, leaving little time for himself. Then he reunites with Andrew, a break out t.v. star who apparently had a crush on him in high school.
Nowhere Else On Earth That I Would Rather Be
Rating: NC-17
Length: 21500 words
Pairing: Jesse/Andrew
Summary: This is an AU where TSN never happened and Andrew, Jesse, Justin and Emma all happen to live in the same building in New York.
all my bases are belong to you
Rating: NC-17
Length: 13901 words
Pairing: Jesse/Andrew
Summary: College AU. Jesse and Andrew are roommates and best friends and sometimes (when Jesse’s had more than three beers) they are more.
so damned happy
Rating: PG-13
Length: Short
Pairing: Jesse/Andrew
Summary: High School/College/The-rest-of-their-lives AU.
Nameless But Not Unknown
Rating: R
Length: 19000 words
Pairing: Jesse/Andrew
Summary: In which Andrew has amnesia and doesn’t know the nature of his relationship with Jesse.
Complimentary
Rating: R
Length: 4057 words
Pairing: Jesse/Andrew
Summary: Jesse wakes up in another universe in which everything is the same except he and Andrew are dating.
NEW: come in closer (i want you to)
Rating: NC-17
Length: Long, WIP
Pairing: Mark/Eduardo
Summary: High School AU.
