"Shelter" (2007) fic recs
Fic rec list for the 2007 film Shelter. And, the review on RogerEbert.com is interesting and the review on AfterElton is insightful! There's also a write-up of the film script, part one and part two. As for the recs, I feel like I've scoured the fandom top to bottom and these are the fics I loved best.
Blur
http://whiskeycoffee.livejournal.com/41924.html
Perfectly fills in the backstory of Zach, Shaun, Gabe and Tori's life, turning small moments from the film into a wonderful little story.
Bodies in Motion
http://scribblesinsand.livejournal.com/21109.html
Yuletide fic. Zach starts freaking out after he and Cody move in with Shaun - a nice little slice of life fic.
Shelter Drabbles
http://archiveofourown.org/works/239852
Cute drabbles that spell out bits of the film and after. "In the blink of an eye, he’s gone from being alone to becoming a husband and father."
Laying In
http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/63/layingin.html
Lovely lovely post-film piece about the art Zach's been doing and how he's coping. As the original reccer points out, it perfectly complements the source material.
Pacific Bluff
http://archiveofourown.org/works/42108
This is great! It's pre-film and rounds out Shaun's character (a younger, less mature Shaun) through the eyes of Zach as he reads Shaun's first novel.
Untitled (by SarahJeanne)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/90205
Gabe finds out about Zach and Shaun. Fills in a missing piece of the film in effortless true-to-character style.
On this new morning
http://archiveofourown.org/works/299467
Absolutely perfect post-film fic. Shaun's POV and Shaun is thinking about how Zach is twenty-two and what he was like when he was twenty-two, and how terrified he is that things won't work out.
At Heart
http://archiveofourown.org/works/298679
Quick cute fic about Gabe taking his new gf to meet Zach and Shaun and his POV on them.
Take Off (by SarahJeanne)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/33379
What if Zach's mother hadn't died? A great little AU that is sweet and light.
8 Days a Week
http://archiveofourown.org/works/162134
Shaun and Zach have super busy lives now that they're raising Cody and working. Cute multimedia fic with images included.
Make Another Day (or Scenes from Three Beds)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/33714 - need to log in to AO3 to view
Scenes from three beds belonging to Zach and Shaun. This fic is nice and long and sweet, relaxed like the film.
Like Seriously, Dude
http://archiveofourown.org/works/216142
Begins with Gabe egging on Shaun and Zach and ends with Shaun and Zach having some wonderful slice-of-life stuff and a great little sex scene. So good it seems effortless.
Snips and Sails
http://archiveofourown.org/works/38125
Cody! Teenage Cody goes through life and he is a fun little kid.
One Fumbled Touch
http://archiveofourown.org/works/138689
Shaun and Zach try fisting. Very well-written sex. Zach's POV and all the simplicity and artistry that goes with it.
Salt
http://archiveofourown.org/works/33211
Wonderful dialogue between Shaun and Zach about nothing much. Shaun POV and some incredible prose.
Nothing Into Bliss
http://archiveofourown.org/works/81484 (need to log in)
Zach and Shaun try anal sex. Wonderfully written, in keeping with the style of the film.
Easy as one, two, three
http://archiveofourown.org/works/42109
Cody explains to his kindergarten class about his family. Hilariously, features Zach and Shaun wondering if they've become Middle Class America.
After the move (by SarahJeanne)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/140617
Shaun and Zach get a babysitter and have sex. Short and great.
Impact (by SarahJeanne)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/60848
Shaun after the first kiss in the film. This Shaun is great, thinking that he's thirty-two and everything's gone wrong, except now he has Zach. Wonderful description of Shaun's POV on the first kiss.
Cold Feet
http://archiveofourown.org/works/155522
GABE! Gabe is marrying some crazy college girl and Zach is telling him to get up the aisle and Gabe just admires Zach and Shaun and Cody so much.
Lucky (by SarahJeanne)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/30629
Zach practises life drawing on Shaun. Shaun's random dorky one-liners are basically the best thing ever.
Four Conversations Shaun Didn't Have, and One He did (by SarahJeanne)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/30957
Five conversations Shaun has. The one he didn't have with Zach after they kissed the first time is slightly heart-breaking.
Whatever You Want (Fourteen Years and Counting)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/88934
In which Shaun has thought Zach was a cutie since he was, like, 12. On the borderline between sweet and a little stalkerish, in a good way.
A Little Bit More
http://archiveofourown.org/works/146233
The family go up to Larry's for Christmas and Shaun realises that being a father has changed him enough to make up with his step-dad.
Nosy Kid Brother
http://archiveofourown.org/works/448717
Follows on from the same author's fic 'Princess Big Brother'. Zach's revelation about his first ever kiss is highly amusing...
Official
http://archiveofourown.org/works/253104
Nuanced little fic from Shaun's POV about them adopting Cody. Shaun understands and expresses Zach really well even if it's not Zach's POV.
Sure this didn't happen to Pollock
http://tailoredshirt.livejournal.com/196313.html?thread=5554393#t5554393
Quick porn with some cute descriptions of Zach's experiments in art around it.
Smudged Lines
http://tailoredshirt.livejournal.com/196313.html?thread=5498073#t5498073
Zach asks Shaun to pose, but he doesn't expect him to turn up in a suit.
Ghosts
http://shelter-diner.livejournal.com/134756.html
A sweet little fic where Zach sees the ghost of his dead mother.
Drifting
http://aftertherain.livejournal.com/33208.html
One of those short, perfect Shaun and Zach moments just like the ones we see in the film. Shaun from Zach's POV.
all over skin
http://archiveofourown.org/works/146189
Beautiful piece about Zach sketching Shaun as they lie in bed and Zach realises they'll be together for the rest of their lives.
Some laws should be broken from the start
http://archiveofourown.org/works/42093
Shaun takes Zach and Cody to meet his queer LA friends. A new angle, great and sweet and Zach is perfect in this.
Homecoming
http://archiveofourown.org/works/92103
Gabe comes home to Shaun and Zach's place. A wonderful perspective on the two of them, nuanced and detailed, from Gabe's POV.
Watercolor
http://archiveofourown.org/works/92110
The descriptions of Zach's art really sold this to me. Zach has an art show and Shaun thinks about how much he's grown.
Lucky. Three
http://shelter-my-love.livejournal.com/1308.html#cutid1
A great little fic about Gabe, Shaun and Zach going to the tattoo parlour for Gabe's first tattoo. Shaun watches Zach.
If you have any recs for me, leave me a comment and let me know! Always want more Shelter fic :-)
Blur
http://whiskeycoffee.livejournal.com/41924.html
Perfectly fills in the backstory of Zach, Shaun, Gabe and Tori's life, turning small moments from the film into a wonderful little story.
Bodies in Motion
http://scribblesinsand.livejournal.com/21109.html
Yuletide fic. Zach starts freaking out after he and Cody move in with Shaun - a nice little slice of life fic.
Shelter Drabbles
http://archiveofourown.org/works/239852
Cute drabbles that spell out bits of the film and after. "In the blink of an eye, he’s gone from being alone to becoming a husband and father."
Laying In
http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/63/layingin.html
Lovely lovely post-film piece about the art Zach's been doing and how he's coping. As the original reccer points out, it perfectly complements the source material.
Pacific Bluff
http://archiveofourown.org/works/42108
This is great! It's pre-film and rounds out Shaun's character (a younger, less mature Shaun) through the eyes of Zach as he reads Shaun's first novel.
Untitled (by SarahJeanne)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/90205
Gabe finds out about Zach and Shaun. Fills in a missing piece of the film in effortless true-to-character style.
On this new morning
http://archiveofourown.org/works/299467
Absolutely perfect post-film fic. Shaun's POV and Shaun is thinking about how Zach is twenty-two and what he was like when he was twenty-two, and how terrified he is that things won't work out.
At Heart
http://archiveofourown.org/works/298679
Quick cute fic about Gabe taking his new gf to meet Zach and Shaun and his POV on them.
Take Off (by SarahJeanne)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/33379
What if Zach's mother hadn't died? A great little AU that is sweet and light.
8 Days a Week
http://archiveofourown.org/works/162134
Shaun and Zach have super busy lives now that they're raising Cody and working. Cute multimedia fic with images included.
Make Another Day (or Scenes from Three Beds)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/33714 - need to log in to AO3 to view
Scenes from three beds belonging to Zach and Shaun. This fic is nice and long and sweet, relaxed like the film.
Like Seriously, Dude
http://archiveofourown.org/works/216142
Begins with Gabe egging on Shaun and Zach and ends with Shaun and Zach having some wonderful slice-of-life stuff and a great little sex scene. So good it seems effortless.
Snips and Sails
http://archiveofourown.org/works/38125
Cody! Teenage Cody goes through life and he is a fun little kid.
One Fumbled Touch
http://archiveofourown.org/works/138689
Shaun and Zach try fisting. Very well-written sex. Zach's POV and all the simplicity and artistry that goes with it.
Salt
http://archiveofourown.org/works/33211
Wonderful dialogue between Shaun and Zach about nothing much. Shaun POV and some incredible prose.
Nothing Into Bliss
http://archiveofourown.org/works/81484 (need to log in)
Zach and Shaun try anal sex. Wonderfully written, in keeping with the style of the film.
Easy as one, two, three
http://archiveofourown.org/works/42109
Cody explains to his kindergarten class about his family. Hilariously, features Zach and Shaun wondering if they've become Middle Class America.
After the move (by SarahJeanne)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/140617
Shaun and Zach get a babysitter and have sex. Short and great.
Impact (by SarahJeanne)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/60848
Shaun after the first kiss in the film. This Shaun is great, thinking that he's thirty-two and everything's gone wrong, except now he has Zach. Wonderful description of Shaun's POV on the first kiss.
Cold Feet
http://archiveofourown.org/works/155522
GABE! Gabe is marrying some crazy college girl and Zach is telling him to get up the aisle and Gabe just admires Zach and Shaun and Cody so much.
Lucky (by SarahJeanne)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/30629
Zach practises life drawing on Shaun. Shaun's random dorky one-liners are basically the best thing ever.
Four Conversations Shaun Didn't Have, and One He did (by SarahJeanne)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/30957
Five conversations Shaun has. The one he didn't have with Zach after they kissed the first time is slightly heart-breaking.
Whatever You Want (Fourteen Years and Counting)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/88934
In which Shaun has thought Zach was a cutie since he was, like, 12. On the borderline between sweet and a little stalkerish, in a good way.
A Little Bit More
http://archiveofourown.org/works/146233
The family go up to Larry's for Christmas and Shaun realises that being a father has changed him enough to make up with his step-dad.
Nosy Kid Brother
http://archiveofourown.org/works/448717
Follows on from the same author's fic 'Princess Big Brother'. Zach's revelation about his first ever kiss is highly amusing...
Official
http://archiveofourown.org/works/253104
Nuanced little fic from Shaun's POV about them adopting Cody. Shaun understands and expresses Zach really well even if it's not Zach's POV.
Sure this didn't happen to Pollock
http://tailoredshirt.livejournal.com/196313.html?thread=5554393#t5554393
Quick porn with some cute descriptions of Zach's experiments in art around it.
Smudged Lines
http://tailoredshirt.livejournal.com/196313.html?thread=5498073#t5498073
Zach asks Shaun to pose, but he doesn't expect him to turn up in a suit.
Ghosts
http://shelter-diner.livejournal.com/134756.html
A sweet little fic where Zach sees the ghost of his dead mother.
Drifting
http://aftertherain.livejournal.com/33208.html
One of those short, perfect Shaun and Zach moments just like the ones we see in the film. Shaun from Zach's POV.
all over skin
http://archiveofourown.org/works/146189
Beautiful piece about Zach sketching Shaun as they lie in bed and Zach realises they'll be together for the rest of their lives.
Some laws should be broken from the start
http://archiveofourown.org/works/42093
Shaun takes Zach and Cody to meet his queer LA friends. A new angle, great and sweet and Zach is perfect in this.
Homecoming
http://archiveofourown.org/works/92103
Gabe comes home to Shaun and Zach's place. A wonderful perspective on the two of them, nuanced and detailed, from Gabe's POV.
Watercolor
http://archiveofourown.org/works/92110
The descriptions of Zach's art really sold this to me. Zach has an art show and Shaun thinks about how much he's grown.
Lucky. Three
http://shelter-my-love.livejournal.com/1308.html#cutid1
A great little fic about Gabe, Shaun and Zach going to the tattoo parlour for Gabe's first tattoo. Shaun watches Zach.
If you have any recs for me, leave me a comment and let me know! Always want more Shelter fic :-)