I saw your tags on the post about fic recs where you said some of your favorite fics don't have many kudos, so I gotta ask--would you mind making some Jeff/Annie recs? :)
(I found the original ask! It was hiding way back in my drafts.đ)
- Communication in Romantic Verse (1,848 words) by @wordybee is one of my all-time favorite fics (S2/3-ish + Jeff + Annie + poetry = Annie being utterly confident and Jeff being completely flustered? YES PLEASE) and it doesnât have nearly as many kudos as it deserves. Everything Deb writes is fantastic and I rec all her stories, but this one is definitely my fave.
- this beast that youâre after (1,530 words) by @catty-words (cori_the_bloody on AO3) is actually one chapter of a collection of JA one-shots, an episode tag for G.I. Jeff. I love it so freaking much that Iâve left sixteen comments on it over the years. Here is part of one of those comments: You know how there are those fics that you just LOVE and they donât have very many kudos or comments, and you think, âwhy is everyone sleeping on this fic, itâs AMAZING and everyone in this fandom should know it by heart?â This is like the prototypical everyone-should-appreciate-this-more fic for me.
- You Got Growinâ Up To Do (25,942 words) by @hello-wright-or-wrong (wright-or-wrong on FF.net, wright_or_wrong on AO3) - I think this is the only Community fic that Jennifer hasnât put on AO3 yet, which means itâs a little lesser-known than her other fics, I think. But itâs delightful and features one of my all-time favorite Annie characterizations, and some excellent Annie-and-Britta friendship and Annie-and-Troy friendship.
- Sebastian (1,266 words) by @celerylapel - This is a short, sweet, fluffy post-S6 fic about Jeff and Annieâs future family. Itâs the kind of fic that makes me want to hug myself, that I read when Iâm feeling low and need a burst of happiness. (Bless you for writing it, Liza!)
- community 7x06: introduction to extraterrestrial relations by @dollsome-does-tumblr: My favorite episode of Community that wasnât actually an episode of Community. And my favorite fic that isnât exactly a fic. :)
- turn the world upside down (3,809 words) by @stopthenrewind: I guess this one does have quite a few kudos but itâs an older fic so I donât know if it gets as much love, but itâs beautifully written and I just like it a lot. (And hereâs a J/A fic rec list Jamey wrote a while back, if you havenât seen that yet.)
- I Thought I Could Fly Alone (I Canât Even Get Off the Ground)Â (2,360 words) by @itsactuallycorrine: This is really a Frankie-centric fic with some background J/A, but ITâS SO GOOD AND SO BEAUTIFULLY CHARACTERIZED, it makes me cry and miss Greendale so much every time I read it.Â
- I will add here that ALL of Corrineâs Community fic is really excellent. I particularly love the fic about Troy writing stories about his Greendale friends while heâs sailing around the world because he misses them so much: (When Iâm Not With You) I Just Donât Know What to Do (3,822 words). BUCKETS OF HAPPY TEARS, and also sad tears because I miss Troy Barnes.
- Thanks for getting involved in our love life (that was super cool and mature of you)Â (1,374 words) by @catty-wordsâ: READ IT NOW. Itâs a hilarious, cracky 6.13 fix-it. :D
- Everybody Knows (109,439 words) by @jeffwik: I mentioned Jeffâs ficâ to you before, but I will specifically rec this one because itâs such an interesting Jeff-centric take on what happens immediately after Annie goes to DC. When he learns Annie wonât be returning to Greendale in the fall after all, Jeff takes dramatic steps in an attempt to move on. (Spoiler alert: it doesnât work.)
- Here This Whole Time (119,884 words) also by @jeffwikâ: This is a fantastic Season 4 AU. Itâs JA-centric, but itâs really about the whole study group, and it reads like episodes of the show. Seriously, itâs like the S4 of Community we should have gotten but didnât. The second half of the story (it was originally published in two parts) is more JA- and Annie-centric than the first half. Really, all of the Community fic Jeff has written is fantastic, and I recommend it.
- Advanced Studies in Meteorological Encapsulation (10,682 words) by cgkm2099z on AO3: This post-S4 AU in which Jeffâs business does not fail is overall an entertaining, well-told story. (There are one or two bits that Iâm not 100% on board with but the rest of it is great.)
- Autonomic Cardiac Responses to Aural Stimuli (2,024 words) by @pepperfâ: I actually prompted this one! I was driving down the road one day singing along with an 80s power ballad playing on the radio, when it occurred to me that Jeff Winger is the same age as me, and he would have the same adolescent, first-love associations with songs like Extremeâs âMore Than Wordsâ or Bon Joviâs âIâll Be There For You.â The idea of Jeff Winger hearing a cheesy power ballad and immediately, against his will, thinking of Annie Edison just made me laugh SO MUCH, so of course I shared that idea with Pepper and this fic was the result. :D (The record will show that I love everything Pepper writes, but this is her Community fic with the least kudos so Iâm reccing it, and telling you to read everything else sheâs written.)
I hope this list includes at least a few fics you havenât read yet! And of course you can always look through my Community fic rec and JA fic rec tags. (Thereâs definitely some overlap between those tags, but not entirely.)
Happy reading!
Posting it so I can come back to it :)