crack_van | Tryst, by Ni-chan (R)

Fandom: Sailor Moon
Pairing: Mamoru Chiba/Usagi Tsukino, minor Senshis/Shitennous with focus on Kunzite/Venus
Length: ~ 62.000 words
Author on LJ: -
Author Website: FF.net
Why this must be read:
In the SM fandom you will find mostly four types of fic. Total AUs, fics which play in the future time line of SM (especially popular for stories with Chibiusa), the 'normal' timeline in Tokyo and pre-canon stories in the Silver Millennium. Personally I have a huge weakness for the last one. How did Serenity and Endymion meet? How did they fall in love? Which problems tried to destroy their love apart from Beryl? These and similar questions are important for this last genre and I must admit many fics give us the same answers.

Still I love these stories because sometimes you're lucky and find a story with a new twist. I thought a long time about my choice for this trope. There are many amazing stories but my favorites are written by authors I already recced or will rec. So I decided to rec a story which isn't so perfect and not so popular.

Instead of writing a canon-based story for the SilMil, the author only uses basic canon information and puts them into a new world with many new and old characters. The romance between Serenity and Endymion is wonderful because it isn't the popular love at first sight. No, similar to the canon love between Mamoru and Usagi they both need more time to accept the other one. Also, we finally see a Serenity which isn't a sweet and innocent little girl.

I admit there are some negative points. The end is a little bit rushed, the author seems to forget Serenity's mother and I'm not really happy with the choice of the bad guy but in the end, I can ignore this. This description of Serenity and Endymion's love story deserves a rec. Also, the author thinks about rewriting the story so maybe there will be a rewrite without these negative points.

Tryst (FF.net)
--> When an overzealous suitor threatens Serenity's safety, her father has no choice but to send her to the one place no one would ever think to look: Earth. But no one expects what happens when she meets Endymion or the reprecussions of it all.