
a rec list for the people, by the people 😉
(this rec list was assembled from submissions by Tumblr users, and appear in no particular order or theme)
Rec List Part 1 / ?
Anyone But You by Zamwessell : Rated E, No Archive Warnings Apply
Modern AU, College Era.
Hux has always had a plan for his life. It’s going well. He’s following in his father’s footsteps with the College Republicans and writing for the prestigious “First Order” campus conservative magazine with his new friend Dopheld Mitaka. Until he meets Mitaka’s roommate, Kylo Ren – who is everything he shouldn’t want.
Out Of The Darkness, Light by GallifreyanOmnishambles, aka @creepycreepyspacewizard : Rated E, No Archive Warnings Apply
Historical AU,
1976- A brilliant would-be engineering student is forced to take up coal mining after the death of his father. 1979- The privileged son of a Tory politician runs away to join the Army. Life is not kind to either of them, or to Britain as a whole, when in 1984 the National Coal Board announce 20 colliery closures and 142,000 miners go on strike. In the middle of it all “General” Brendol Hux Jr meets Ben “Kylo” Ren.
Hux Be A Lady by Polaris : Rated E, Creator Chose Not To Warn
Sexswap, Temporarily Female Hux
“It’ll probably go away on its own,” said Ren, helping himself to another piece of toast in the officers’ mess.
“No, it will not go away on its own, Ren,” Hux hissed, gripping his fork menacingly. “You are going to make it go away! This is your fault!”
Ground Rule by mythbusterposey : Rated M, No Archive Warnings Apply
Modern AU –
When nineteen-year-old pitcher Ben Solo is traded from his lifelong-favorite to his lifelong-rival team, he’s blindsided. It’s hard for him to move past the rage and betrayal from the trade, but his roommate and veteran shortstop Elan Hux quickly takes the fragile rookie under his wing. He just hadn’t taken into account how hard he would fall for his teammate.
Downbeat by @acroamatica : Rated E, No Archive Warnings Apply
Modern AU –
Maestro Hux is at the helm of the Erste Orden Sinfonie for their big gala concert, a programme of the most stunning piano concertos ever written. With his continued employment and the future of the whole orchestra on the line, the last thing he needs is the incredibly arrogant (but wildly talented) piano soloist Kylo Ren.
Magic To Make The Sanest Man Go Mad by @vadianna : Rated E : Graphic Depictions of Violence
Pre-TFA, Canon Setting – Jedi Ben Solo, handsome hero of the New Republic, accompanies his uncle Luke on a memorial trip to Tatooine. As Luke mourns his family, Ben meets local peacekeeper Major Armitage Hux. Hux is unimpressed by his reputation, and proceeds to give him a scathing lesson in galactic politics before taking him on a suicide mission.Ben falls hard.Later, spending the night apart, both hear a holotransmission from the floor of the New Republic Senate that reveals Ben’s grandfather as the infamous Darth Vader. Ben does not take this well, and falls hard again.
Adrift by @lingua-mortua : Rated M, Creator Chose Not To Warn
TFA Setting / Canon Divergent –
Force apprentice Kylo Ren is trapped in an escape shuttle with a man he deeply dislikes, piloting the tiny craft to anything that remotely resembles safety. He is nineteen years old and this is his first real taste of the galaxy. His companion in disaster, twenty-three year old Captain Hux, is mourning the loss of his first command, the Tarkin, which is currently a smouldering wreck in space following a desperate battle with pirates. When they finally touch down on a remote jungle planet, survival is the most important priority. They strip the ruined shuttle for everything they can use and start walking. Thrown together by fate and united against the harsh climate and punishing odds, the two youngsters grow closer and closer together. When they reach a settlement, they will call for help and be picked up, to go their separate ways in the vast galaxy. Is it so wrong that, for now, they feel compelled to cling to what little comfort they can find?
The Last Thing I Need Is You by @claricechiarasorcha : Rated E, No Archive Warnings Apply
TFA Canon Setting (Featuring Awkward Virgin Kylo Ren and Bossy Bottom General Hux)
In which Hux discovers that maybe Kylo Ren really was raised by wolves – because surely, everybody knows what a fuck buddy is.
Surely.
Noise Resolution by @gefionne : Rated E, No Archive Warnings Apply
Modern AU –
Hux’s neighbor Kylo Ren is infamous for having loud sex with a new guy every couple of days. When Hux gets fed up and files a noise complaint, an enraged Kylo confronts Hux about the report. Hux tries to protest at first but soon ends up in bed with Kylo, screaming just as loud as the boys previously.
Stars In Our Wake by @griesly : Rated E, No Archive Warnings Apply
Modern AU –
As the owner of Flagship Books, Hux has his life perfectly in order until professional disappointment Kylo Ren barges into his shop and unfortunately, his life. Kylo is a terrible employee, Hux is a worse employer, and this arrangement goes about as well as you’d expect.