[deal me up another future from some brand new deck of cards.]

[littlestclouds]

Have some recent reads!

Gone Girl (book/movie)
Girl and Go by MiraMira (Amy Dunne/Margo Dunne, Amy Dunne/Nick Dunne, Teen And Up Audiences)

Amy Elliott Dunne is bored, and looking for a new challenge. She may finally have met her match.

This post-book/movie story picks up after the birth of Amy and Nick's child, with Amy now a popular mommyblogger. What lengths will some go to for revenge? I literally gasped out loud when I got to the (clever, disturbing, believable) reveal. This one involves non-consensual drug use and child endangerment.

Like a Climbing, Coiling Vine by mardia (Amy Dunne/Nick Dunne, Mature)

I wake up in the morning in bed with Amy, her hand splayed over my chest, a five-point star resting right over my heart. (Futurefic, written as part of Yuletide Madness.)

This wonderful, dark post-book gem is pitch-perfect, picking up immediately after the novel ends. The author writes a flawless Amy, stitching a subtle thread of dread and paranoia throughout, until the unsettling finale. The story contains misogynistic language and dubious consent (as the author points out: keeping within the general tones of canon within the book, if you're looking for a scale to grade it on).

Pick in the Ice by heartkeepingopenhouse (Amy Dunne, Rhonda Boney, Mature)

“Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.”

Inspired, in part, by Silence of the Lambs and told in reverse chronology, this story picks up after the end of the book/movie and gives readers a glimpse of what happens when Amy's caught and sent to prison for her crimes. Potential triggers include references to suicide.

Riverdale
The Business of Pleasure by southsidestyle (Veronica Lodge/Jughead Jones, Explicit)

They aren’t in love and they aren’t dating, but they’re something to each other. Partners, maybe, down in the trenches together; ones that aren’t as deep as they once were, but still deep enough to need help getting in and out sometimes.

There’s a mutual respect between them, and trust and understanding, and certainly attraction, but there's no feelings. None at all.

Not only is this scorchingly hot, it's a great mix of character introspection/growth and one of my favorite tried-and-true romance tropes, characters-don't-realize-they're-dating.

Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
exile, vilify by thefudge (Kylo Ren/Rose Tico, Mature)

She looks like a child surrounded by carnage. The soil has been ravaged red around her body, giving her wings. His fingers twitch against his lightsaber. He’s come upon her by accident, but he feels it might be fate. (starts at the end of TLJ) Kylo/Rose

I didn't expect to 1.) find anything with this pairing or 2.) like it as much as I did, but I did like it quite a bit. This is a beautifully written dark, angsty love story with shades of Stockholm Syndrome, captivity, and forced proximity. If this sounds like it could be triggering or upsetting, you probably shouldn't read this.