Rec-Cember 2025 Day 11: Legend of Zelda [19]

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Zelda fic slaps I should definitely read more of it. Maybe after I finish Tears of the Kingdom, though.

A gaze blank and pitiless by jammerific
General Audiences | Gen
Ganondorf, Link, Zelda, Groose, Impa, Original Characters
AU - Role Reversal, Action/Adventure
20,808 words | 4 of 6 chapters
A fearful queen seeks the power to protect her people. A knowledge-thirsty desert foundling fights his destiny. And compassion takes every bit as much courage as conflict does.

An Early Vacation by verymerrysioux
General Audiences | Gen
Princess Hilda & Ravio
2,378 words | One-shot
With Lorule stable and having no threat of falling apart, Ravio thinks about what he should do after. He never thought of a future beyond serving his princess, but his time in Hyrule gave him a taste of what it's like to live free of duty and need for survival.

Can't Be Undone by sister_dear
General Audiences | Gen
Link (Breath of the Wild)
Grief/Mourning
1,450 words | One-shot
Link had a new favorite spot for watching the world go by.

Coloring Inside the Lines by liketolaugh
Teen And Up Audiences | Gen
Link, Daruk, Urbosa, Mipha, Revali, Zelda, Beedle
AU - Soulmates
217,457 words | 58 chapters
“How do you feel?” the Zora pressed after a very long moment, rocking forward just a little, eyes wide with worry. Her hands and arms were painted in soul paint of varying shades and colors, all plainly visible in her loose outfit. There was one particular streak of grass green on one of her palms, one that felt somehow intimately familiar.
Link blinked at her, and discovered that his mouth didn’t want to speak the way hers did. His hands moved to do it instead, as if on instinct. I feel tired. What happened? Where are we?
“We’re in the Shrine of Resurrection,” the Gerudo interrupted, sweeping in beside the Zora and setting a firm hand on her arm. Her eyes were narrow and uncompromising, though still, Link thought, warm. There was a child-sized smear of bright sunshine yellow soul paint on her cheek, and just a few scattered over her hands. “It’s no wonder you feel tired, you’ve been through quite an ordeal. But it’s time to get back to work.”
Link blinked at her, blankly bemused.
Who are you? he asked, in signs he seemed to recall only as he used them.

Confidential by ketchupkio, Mizuriii
Mature | Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings | M/M
Ravio/Hero of Legend/Hero of Warriors, Hero of Legend & Hero of Hyrule
Canon-Typical Violence, Friendship/Love, Falling In Love, Pre-Relationship, Friends to Lovers, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Slow Burn
285,405 words | 36 chapters
Legend didn't want to go on another adventure. He was tired. But, as always, fate or divine will or bad luck or whatever you wanted to call it... That had other plans.
Or, the Ageless Soul quest starts and Legend meets some new heroes. His attempts to not get close totally fail and he ends up getting closer to Warriors than he ever expected to. That... might cause him some problems. (But are they really problems...?) AKA Legend has Issues + Legend and Warriors Talk a LOT, the fic

From The Ground Up by clicheusername5678
General Audiences | Gen
Link & Zelda, Hudson/Rhondson
Cooking, Introspection, Comedy, Light Hurt/Comfort, Friendship
4,908 words | One-shot
Link introduces Zelda to Tarrey Town, where she reflects about her own cultural identity.

Guardian Fairy by That_G3_Obsessive
General Audiences | Gen
Link & Navi
Fluff, Found Family
19,286 words | 4 chapters
Link wasn't sure how he got into this mess. One moment he was trying to escape from monsters with his fairy form, the next, he was being rescued by a real fairy. That would be all well and good if she didn't think of him as a reckless child and insisted on escorting him to the nearest Great Fairy against his will.
The fairy, Navi, is as stubborn as they come, so Link's not getting out of it that easily. Perhaps along the way, he can learn more about his well-meaning kidnapper, and what it's really like to be a fairy.

Honey Nut by liketolaugh
Teen And Up Audiences | F/M
Link/Mipha, Link & Original Characters
Pre-Canon, Family Bonding, Slow Burn, Time Travel Fix-It
156,979 words | 48 chapters
It turns out that the death of the Calamity doesn't prevent more things from falling apart. A year after the fall of Calamity Ganon, eighteen year old Link goes back in time to before the end of the world, before the fall of Hyrule, before he ever even drew his sword, and starts to fix things before they can go wrong. It takes a while before he realizes he might be able to regain pieces of himself, too.

In Emergency Situations, Your Sword Can Provide Medical Attention by RokettoMusashi
Teen And Up Audiences | Graphic Depictions Of Violence | Gen
Fi & Link
Sickfic, Whump, Hurt/Comfort, Selectively Mute Link
14,761 words | One-shot
He’s certain he’ll stay with Fi forever if she lets him, but even in some darker world where they part ways indefinitely, he knows he’ll still hear her voice in his heart. Urging him, every so often, to slow his stride and look to the bigger picture. Singing numbers and percentages in his ears when it’s going to be okay isn’t enough, felling his anxious heart with raw data and precise truths.
// Link falls ill before taking on the Fire Sanctuary, and the benevolent spirit that sleeps in his sword finds herself unable to keep him from her sights.

Mist at Dawn by Rawrpeep
Teen And Up Audiences | Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Link & Lynel(s)
Enemies to Friends, Mute Link
9,986 words | 3 chapters
During a stop at the Highland Stable, Link is tasked with taking down a lynel that decided to claim its territory in the nearby Fural Plain.
It doesn’t go as planned.

Peppermint Winter by RokettoMusashi
General Audiences | Multi
Groose/Link/Zelda
Sickfic, Hurt/Comfort, Polyamory, Post-Canon
8,729 words | One-shot
Link's got a lot on his mind since settling on the Surface with his partners—trials he's faced, things he's seen, and more than anything, a friend he's lost. Groose and Zelda are intent to distract him from the weight of it. And maybe it backfires a little during their first snow on the Surface, but they're determined to fix that, too.

Rabbit Run by DeadMachine
Teen And Up Audiences | Graphic Depictions Of Violence | Gen
Ravio & Sheerow, Link & Ravio
Body Horror
35,586 words | 5 chapters
Perhaps, during that whole Yuga debacle, some of the Link's courage had rubbed off on Ravio. So, when he and his avian companion Sheerow were sucked into a war spanning forwards, backwards, and even sideways in time, he resolved to face his fears head on. No more hiding. No more cowardice. New timeline new Ravio!
And then he met a dead-eyed nightmare god, manipulated by the sorceress Cia into serving her.
Back to his primary skill set then. Running away.

Shattered Silence by RokettoMusashi
General Audiences | F/M
Link/Zelda
Sickfic, Hurt/Comfort, Pre-Calamity
9,987 words | One-shot
The world screeches to a bit of a halt around Zelda, foggy through a looking glass, with Link and her own racing thoughts the singular focal point amongst the watercolour blur of Hyrule as it passes around them. Golden Three on high. The Hero of Prophecy, Chosen by the Sword That Seals the Darkness, has a head cold.

The Four Swords: Reiteration by TiggerPup91
Teen And Up Audiences | Gen
Link, Zelda
Adventure
172,087 words | 35 chapters
A continuation from the Four Swords Manga, Hyrule has returned to an era of peace, but something is amiss... and when Zelda is kidnapped once more by a strange, dark force, Link must once again use the power of the Four Sword to defeat the darkness.

The Many Methods of Eating Fish by East_Of_Akkala
General Audiences | Gen
Link & Prince Sidon
Friendship, Humor
1,810 words | One-shot
Link, Sidon, and dinner after a battle.

The Master Sword and the Oldest Castle -- Twilight versus Sky by nevynovember
General Audiences | Gen
Fi & Link, Link & Link
2,296 words | One-shot
I just wanted to make the Links from Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword fight! And I think it turned out really fun.

The Science Fair by Texan_Red_Rose
Teen And Up Audiences | Gen
Urbosa, Zelda, Link, Impa, Daruk
AU - Modern Setting, Fluff, Mute Link
5,545 words | One-shot
As Urbosa adjusts to Zelda coming to live with her, she encourages the girl to pursue her passion and compete in her new school's science fair. She then watches as Zelda makes friends, becomes engrossed in the project, and slowly comes out of her shell. Parenthood is full of surprises.

Thrice-Chosen Princess by toutcequonveut
General Audiences | Gen
Zelda & Ensemble Cast
AU - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Character Bashing, Family, Fix-It, Fluff and Angst
6,844 words | One-shot
Zelda goes to ask the Zora King Dorephan if his daughter Mipha will pilot the Divine Beast to help save all of Hyrule. It goes a bit differently than planned.
Alternate summary: YOU get adopted! YOU get adopted! EVERYONE GETS ADOPTED!

Until Next Time by SemiSolace
General Audiences | Gen
Fi & Link, Link & Zelda
Friendship, Fluff and Angst, Hurt/Comfort
33,433 words | 6 chapters
As far as Fi is concerned, her purpose is to guide the one chosen to be the hero as he faces his destiny. Acting as a friend to a boy who isn't quite a hero yet is absolutely not her purpose in the slightest.
But there are years to pass before the seal binding Demise weakens to a point where intervention is necessary and there is little to do except train Link and entertain whatever idea of friendship he has.
She calculates that it won't change much, except perhaps ensuring he is better prepared for what is to come. She is wrong.

What makes a Memory? by twilimidnaz
General Audiences | Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings | F/M
Link & Zelda
Hurt/Comfort
1,401 words | One-shot
Not long after the ending of Breath of the Wild, Princess Zelda and her appointed knight venture across Hyrule on their way to rebuilding the kingdom. As it turns out, the kingdom may not be the only thing that needs healing; Zelda's emotional burden still weighs on her shoulders, and she can't help but wonder if her presence prevents her companion from having a new life. A good, happy life, with new memories, and without her.

you could never swing that dagger by bodysharing (salvainterra), westerngenre
Teen And Up Audiences | Graphic Depictions Of Violence | Gen
Link, Original Characters, The Yiga Clan, Beedle, Prince Sidon
Found Family, Implied/Referenced Brainwashing, Hurt/Comfort, Humor, Dramedy
74,242 words | 7 of ? chapters
The acolyte was supposed to be proving themself, taking on the hero alone in unknown territory to show that they were competent and deserving of being a Yiga Clan assassin. Things had gone terribly wrong, terribly fast. Now, stranded halfway across an unfamiliar land with no magic and fewer allies, they’re forced to tail the legendary hero they were supposed to be killing to try and find their way home. They don’t expect to find that maybe everything they’d been taught was wrong. They definitely don’t expect to find that the hero might not be the worst after all.
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AKA Link runs into a murdercult kid, and unwittingly adopts them much like one might take in a feral cat. Things go increasingly downhill from there.

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