Fred’s WrightWorth Fic Recs
or: slowburn fics that made Fred stay up all night because they were too good to put down
this is only a little baby list, and probably everybody knows about these already. I’m still new to this fandom, but hgngngngngngngnnggg I’m in deep
(chaptered, completed fics only)
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by VivaRocksteady - M, 46k
Phoenix Wright is an emergency room nurse, and Miles Edgeworth is having a really bad night.
This instantly became one of my favorite fics in any fandom, ever. Miles goes through a psych ward, and I didn’t know how badly I needed to see him get his shit together.
As someone who has personally been through a crisis or two, the catharsis is real. Psychoanalysis, mindfulness, and a smidgen of romance with an emphasis on emotional rather than sexual tension.
Warnings: Suicidal ideation and self harm, though it all gets better. So, so much better.
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by ideny - Not Rated (T), 68k
Post-GS4, an estranged Phoenix and Miles respond to a friendly challenge from an unexpected source: do three things each to fix your lives.
The characterizations in this fic are so good. Miles and Phoenix feel like actual 30-somethings, living actual lives, rather than awkward teenagers failing to act on some mutual crush. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good emotionally immature fic trope any time, any place, but this was a breath of fresh air. Even Larry becomes unexpectedly mature in this fic - in a Larry sort of way.
Also? The conceit that WrightWorth only works once they fix themselves - rather than the other way around - feels far healthier and more grounded than most get-together fics. It also set up some brilliant Consequences-of-Kristoph headcanons that I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to shake. I loved every sentence.
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by ElAurianBarkeep - E, 48k
Phoenix was not entirely unaware that his near obsession with Miles Edgeworth over so many years was not the model of good emotional health, but that was something he didn’t wish to examine too closely.
Hey do you want some angst????? Have some heckin angst, my dudes. The style of this series is chilling and sexy and horrible down to the very sentence structure. It’s amazing? So far I’ve drooled over everything this author has written, but fair warning that if you want happy and healthy WrightWorth, look elsewhere. But man. This has maybe the best first kiss of all time. Like falling down an elevator shaft. I mean. Appropriate.
Here’s hoping they continue the series and give them some closure. Eventually.
Warnings: This is not the domestic fluff you are looking for. Codependency and poor communication and impossibly bad coping strategies abound. Also an unhealthy amount of boning.
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by butterflyswimmer - Not Rated (T), 80k
Post-AA4. Of seven year gaps, misunderstandings, and being hauled into (supposedly) radio competition-won trips to the Mediterranean.
There are some startlingly gorgeous passages in this. Captures heartache and nostalgia and the bittersweetness of growing older in a downright scarily skillful way. Definitely makes you want to smash Phoenix and Miles together and scream at them to JUST TALK, but to be fair, every other character in the fic is thinking the exact same thing, so at least you’ll have company. And oh boy. The COMPANY. If you need found family, you hit the jackpot.
A little typo-laden and inconsistent in places, but considering that this was apparently the author’s first foray into fiction writing and they probably didn’t have the benefit of a beta, I’m dumbfounded by the story’s overall quality; it’s painfully beautiful.
Warnings: It’s left pretty vague, but there’s some implications of abusive previous Kristoph/Phoenix in the background. Also seriously depressed Phoenix. Miles too, but that’s sorta his baseline. Seeing Phoenix sad is like seeing the sun snuffed out.
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I’m sure there are more I’m forgetting but these are the ones that made me stare off into the distance and go “wowwwwww”
