A selection of Romeo and Juliet fics

[el_staplador]

Several different pairings; some are canon-compliant and some aren't. Enjoy!

Much to do with hate, but more with love (2292 words) by El Staplador
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: Romeo And Juliet - Shakespeare
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Romeo Montague/Mercutio/Tybalt, Mercutio/Romeo Montague, Mercutio/Benvolio Montague/Romeo Montague, Benvolio/Romeo Montague
Characters: Romeo Montague, Mercutio (Romeo and Juliet), Tybalt (Romeo and Juliet), Benvolio (Romeo and Juliet)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Summary:

Romeo was not born to hate.

(Four paths that might have been taken.)

Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied (425 words) by El Staplador
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Romeo And Juliet - Shakespeare
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Major Character Death
Characters: Friar Laurence (Romeo and Juliet)
Additional Tags: Community: 100fandoms, Post-Canon, Character Study
Series: Part 3 of Some shall be pardoned, and some punished
Summary:

Friar Laurence has much with which to reproach himself.

now art thou Romeo (2044 words) by El Staplador
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Romeo And Juliet - Shakespeare
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Lady Montague & Lord Montague & Romeo Montague, Romeo Montague & Benvolio & Mercutio
Characters: Romeo Montague, Lord Montague (Romeo and Juliet), Benvolio (Romeo and Juliet), Mercutio (Romeo and Juliet), Lady Montague (Romeo and Juliet)
Additional Tags: Canon Events From Perspectives Not Given In Canon, Father-Son Relationship, Mother-Son Relationship, Friendship, Depression, Missing Scene
Summary:

Tut, I have lost myself; I am not here;
This is not Romeo, he's some other where.

The four people who know Romeo best don't know him at all - but perhaps that's not so surprising when he hardly knows himself.

A choking gall and a preserving sweet (6793 words) by El Staplador
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Romeo And Juliet - Shakespeare
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Romeo Montague/Tybalt
Characters: Tybalt (Romeo and Juliet), Romeo Montague, Mercutio (Romeo and Juliet), Benvolio (Romeo and Juliet)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Everybody Lives, Canon-Typical Violence, Canon-Typical Religious Expression, Cat Acquisition, Secret Relationship, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Treat, Enemies With Benefits, Enemies to Lovers
Summary:

An univited guest appears at the Capulets' old-accustomed feast, and nothing in Verona will ever be quite the same again.

measuring his affections by my own (942 words) by El Staplador
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Romeo And Juliet - Shakespeare
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: unrequited Benvolio/Tybalt, Romeo & Benvolio
Characters: Benvolio (Romeo and Juliet), Romeo Montague, Tybalt (Romeo and Juliet)
Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Angst, Unrequited Love
Summary:

If Benvolio had boasted to his uncle that he could read his cousin’s mood by his own, then the reverse must also be true. And it would not have occurred to Romeo that some men had better reasons for silence than others.

the steerage of my course (15322 words) by El Staplador
Chapters: 39/39
Fandom: Romeo And Juliet - Shakespeare
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Underage
Relationships: Romeo Montague/Juliet Capulet
Characters: Lady Montague (Romeo and Juliet), Romeo Montague, Benvolio (Romeo and Juliet), Mercutio (Romeo and Juliet), Juliet Capulet, Rosaline (Romeo and Juliet)
Additional Tags: unrequited Romeo Montague/Rosaline, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Reincarnation, See endnotes for more detailed content notes, Stillbirth, Death in Childbirth, Suicide, Suicidal Ideation, canon-typical religious belief, Canon-typical religious observance, death of a child, Medieval, Dreams, Coming of Age, Reference to animal harm, Heavily implied adultery, Murder, Domestic Violence, Death Sentence, Public Execution, Teen Pregnancy, Original Child Characters
Summary:

Romeo dreams. Romeo dies. Romeo dreams.