Multifandom Het Recs

Fandom Category: One Tree Hill
Pairing: Haley James/Nathan Scott
Fic Title: Brothers in Arms or How We Became Us
Author: ElizabethBella
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4329748/1/Brothers_in_Arms_or_How_We_Became_Us
Rating/Warning(s): T
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
WIP?: No

Special Rec: 12/21

Why This Must Be Read: I’ve read the majority of Nathan/Haley fanfiction out there, and this is one of my favorite One Tree Hill fics hands down.  While this is not strictly a Nathan/Haley fic, the couple features very very prominently in this work.  It’s a Scott Family story, and I believe any accurate representation of the Nathan/Haley relationship must acknowledge the crucial role that Lucas plays. (After all he’s Haley’s best friend and Nathan’s brother and is arguably the link that brought Nathan and Haley together in the first place.)

This fic gives us all the missing moments between Nathan, Haley, and Lucas (eventually throwing the couple’s son Jamie into the mix) from the beginning of S1 up to S5.  All of it is weaved into the fabric of the show’s actual storyline and includes all of the moments we wished we could’ve seen onscreen (including the missing college years between S4 and S5!).  The characterization is utterly flawless and poignantly illustrates what I believe is at the heart of the show -- the Scott brothers and the girl/woman who helped them become a family.