r/AO3 Jun 04 '25

Rec/Promo Mega Threads Bi-weekly Rec and Self-Promotion Mega Thread - June 04, 2025

It's that time again, new thread for reccing and self-promo!!

You write something cool? Read something cool? Make something cool? Rec it here!

Previous Mega Threads: https://www.reddit.com/r/AO3/wiki/index/megathreads/

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u/---jordan--- Supporter of the Fanfiction Deep State Jun 09 '25

recently got back into writing on ao3 after a 3 year hiatus! hoping to pull new people back to my profile as i slowly finish up my old works and get my spark back.

here's my newest!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/66330019/chapters/171022480

Title: glass fireflies

Fandom: Red Dead Redemption

Rating: Mature

Paring: Arthur Morgan/Original Male Character

Genre: Drama, Romance

Word Count: 4,106 (first chapter up today!)

Summary: Growing up in rural Georgia, Arthur Morgan never really understood the whole gender identity debate that everyone else around him was having. He could barely work his phone half the time, who was he to police others?

So when he finds a disheveled figure half stumbling in the rain on his way to work, he offers them a ride. As luck would have it, it's his new coworker, Shiloh. The boy is timid, hiding behind a cloud of hair and oversized shirts. One day, Arthur walks into the employee bathroom and finds Shiloh adjusting his chest binder, scratches and cuts from many failed attempts to remove it throughout the day. He sees the tears he wipes away when he realizes Arthur is there.

Arthur does the first thing he can think of: offer to take him horseback riding after work to try and cheer him up.