Matrix Recs, post 1 of 4 - by time/length
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doranwenThis post is the first of four posts of Matrix recs, organized by time in canon (then wordcount). (For Matrix recs organized by ship & author instead, go to my master recs post for the links.) I will endeavor to keep it updated as new fics are posted.
I have included my own fic in this post. I have marked it as a favorite (because I do re-read it from time to time!), though there are several fics of mine in other fandoms that I do not consider favorites. It's not marked as exceptionally well-written because I couldn't objectively evaluate my own work that way, even when I particularly like the way I wrote something.
Guide to icons used:
Fics I tagged as favorites:
Fics I thought were exceptionally well-written:
WIPs:
(Icons come from the Icon pack by Icons8.)
As always with my db-generated lists, ratings are all converted to a single system for convenience:
Fanfiction.net - G through R
AO3 - PG through X (though the occasional child-friendly fic I mark G)
anything without a rating (AO3 or other site) - Unrated
I have tried not to spoil readers too much.
Most of the fics in this list are given with no information beyond author, title, rating, word count, major ships, and the summary the author gave it.
However, my database does store information on themes, which cover everything from grammatical things like tense & person (I mark for present tense, first person, second person, and direct address), to format (poetry, songfic, 5+1, etc.), trope (fake couple, stranded together, etc.), general feel (angst, fluff, etc.), fic ending (positive, sad/unhappy, mixed/ambivalent, etc.), and warnings (major character death, non-con, violence/wounds, etc.).
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The fics below all have major ship(s) listed beneath them. If there are any minor/background ships you want to avoid, please leave a comment and ask for a list to be made for you. Note that ships may refer to one-sided or unrequited ones as well as to requited/mutual.
AU
These fics are either AU from the start (as opposed to canon divergence mid-film), or else diverge so strongly from canon that AU is the best place to put them.
MDST3559014 - If Neo Chose Differently..., 654 words, PG
no major ships
This time Neo takes the blue pill instead of the red. He never learns of the Matrix and is plagued by a vague memory of the pills for 20 years when he finally decides to consult a counselor, but the counselor seems eerily familiar....
Sliver - Virus
823 words, PG, no major ships
In this future, everything has evolved.
cruisedirector - Blue
826 words, PG, no major ships
Neo tries to figure out why he's in the hospital.
Hexiva - I must get out of here
876 words, PG, no major ships
The Architect told Neo something different, and he's here to share that revelation with Smith - and offer him a choice. gen, AU
VesperBond94 - No Going Back
940 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Trinity reflects on motherhood and losing Neo. A Wedding Night companionfic...
trinity-definitely (watanukitty) - morning rush
1360 words, Unrated, Neo/Trinity
Tom was not having a great morning, but getting coffee might just help.
trinity-definitely (watanukitty) - overheard at the brew1759 words, PG, no major ships
Missing scenes from The Burly Brew Chronicles. Chapter 1: Tank hears some interesting news (takes place after morning rush)
Ursinos - We forgive you.
1843 words, Unrated, no major ships
The way I think the scenario behind "The Matrix" SHOULD have gone when it comes to our interactions with the machines.
Anonymous - half agony, half hope
1924 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
the matrix but w persuasion vibes (i.e. neo and trinity were together when they were both still plugged into the matrix)
Cris - Wedding Night
2117 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Little different from my other one. Short, to-the-point. You'll see.
kythyria - Wasn't There Supposed To Be Something About Eyes?
2137 words, PG, no major ships
A human gets taken out of the Matrix in an unusual manner.
water_poet - turned dreams into an empire2165 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Fantasy AU where Trinity dreams of the protagonist every night.
gypsy season / MulticoloredGypsy - Still Asleep
3158 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
To argue with reality is to argue with life itself. It couldn't have been just a dream - could it?
SuicidalImbecile - Something About You
3518 words, R, Cypher/Trinity, Neo/Trinity
"There's something about you, Neo," Trinity said, "and I don't know what it is. I've never felt like this around someone before... I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing." Neo chuckled. "I don't know either."
Nithke - Lucifer Option4268 words, PG-13, no major ships
Somebody has screwed with Trinity's head, and she's mad. After all, it's hard to be happy to be back in the Real...if you're not sure what Real even IS anymore. Who did this? Read on. An AU sort of sequel to A Mad Mad World.
CJShips - Call Me By Your Name4540 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
AU where Neo has been freed for some time and The Neb crew pursues Trinity, a hacker who may be The One foretold by The Prophecy. *** Chapter 1 written for The Big M1 Rewrite, a fic challenge of the NeoTrin Discord server. Happy Matrix Day!
TrinitySolo / trinitysolo - The Zion Dynasty5430 words, X, Neo/Trinity
AU in which Neo and Trinity survived at the end of Matrix Revolutions. They live out their happy ending as dignitaries in Zion and get to work brokering peace with the synthients. They also get to work on starting a very LARGE family.
Meridian1 - Alterations5834 words, PG-13, Neo/OFC, Neo/Trinity
The Matrix is taken down another future, but same Trinity? It's craziness, I tell you!
TheLockPickingVictorian - Helen6120 words, PG-13, Neo/OFC, Neo/Trinity
"You okay?" "Sure. I just can't remember the last time the Oracle wanted to talk to me, you know, alone. The last two times, it's been nothing but bad news." "Well you know what that means. 'Third times the charm.'" "Yeah sure, Neo. I'll believe that when I see it."
Genius-626 - Right and Wrong9181 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
AU. Neo and Trinity were never freed, therefore still Thomas and Raven, just two computer geeks in love. They're always being watched by both the machines and the resistance, and the time for taking action is rapidly approaching as Neo begins to realize his powers.
Nithke - A Mad Mad World
18168 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
One morning, Trinity wakes up and discovers that there never was a Matrix...only one woman in a mental hospital who thinks she's been unplugged. An AU. (Concluded...and edited.)
trinchardin - Kindergarten
22297 words, PG, no major ships
What if the characters of the Matrix went to kindergarten together? [Concluding Chapter!]
Trin303 - The Dream Chronicles75227 words, R, Neo/Trinity
Thomas Anderson has spent the better part of his life dreaming of a city of stone, a ship of steel, and a blue-eyed woman who he loved beyond measure. When Trinity comes to take him from the Matrix, Neo isn't quite sure what to make of the real world or his memories that never happened. No one said being the savior of the human race was going to be easy.
The Matrix Awakens trailer
This fic is based on The Matrix Awakens trailer.
oxymora (oxymoron) - Neo vs. Marketing
1041 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
“They specifically told me no kissing,” she shouted over the noise of the bullets and screeching tires. “Not their target audience, they said.” Based on the prompt: ‘Since I’m still (and forever) obsessed with the Matrix Awakens trailer, I wonder what would’ve happened next if Neo and Trinity HADN’T been interrupted by that girl in the backseat.’ This is 50% crack, 50% Neo being hot for Trinity (because who isn’t).
distant past
These fics are all set during in the distant past, either during the early years of the Matrix (such as the first cycle), or before the Matrix is developed.
OldEmeraldEye / schools_a_saint - I am become
10 words, PG, no major ships
A point just after the beginning.
Hawki - Dreams
113 words, G, no major ships
Poem: There were many signs of the rising intelligence in machines. The ability to dream was one of them.
Hawki - The Matrix: Colour Coded
198 words, PG, no major ships
Poem: War has many colours. Death has only one.
influxes - She
295 words, PG, no major ships
Story by influxes It's a hypothetical "Before Neo" sort of story, given that The One usually perishes and Zion starts anew.
matrixrefugee - In Paradiso
319 words, PG-13, Merovingian/Persephone
There was a time, he would gladly create a whole garden for her...
matrixrefugee - Captivated King
341 words, PG-13, Merovingian/Persephone
A page from the Merovingian's journal, early in his relationship with Persephone
matrixrefugee - Chatelaine
342 words, Unrated, Merovingian/Persephone
The Merovingian leads Persephone into the Chateau for the first time
matrixrefugee - Matrimonial Requiem
430 words, PG-13, Merovingian/Persephone
The Merovingian and his wife start disagreeing on his methods..
Vortex - Armegaddon
442 words, G, no major ships
errm, i cant spell this word, but this is the reactions of someone when the sky was scorched.
Hawki - Weeping Sky
810 words, PG, no major ships
Oneshot: By the time the machines subjugated humanity, Earth had been left a scarred wasteland. And above, an equally scarred sky wept over the destruction.
MrProphet - Persecution
961 words, PG-13, no major ships
Rebecca Hb - A Farewell to Kings
1088 words, G, no major ships
Why did the AI choose to make the Matrix?
Narsus - Virtual Paradise
2022 words, PG, no major ships
How and why did the Matrix come into being?
RainAwhile - Native Legend
2568 words, PG, no major ships
A short story about a native girl, just before the machines invade.
StorySpy - The Beginning of the End
4084 words, PG-13, no major ships
The true retelling of the infamous Machine War, as told by an archivist who fights with the Resistance. Based on "The Second Renaissance" from the Animatrix. Special cameo appearance at the end by the writer's employer.
Drucilla - Marry the Courtesan
9089 words, PG, Merovingian/Persephone
The courtship of Merovingian and Persephone (rough draft) complete
ragnarok12345 - Mistake Metamorphism
9411 words, PG-13, no major ships
Five hundred years before Neo is born - on the eve of the Second Renaissance - a beleaguered software developer rushes to finish testing on an AI program named Smith.
during film 1
These fics are all set during the first Matrix film.
OldEmeraldEye / schools_a_saint - Purloined Time (On the Company Dime)
80 words, PG, no major ships
Working at MetaCortex isn't a breeze. Quite the opposite in fact.
Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - Some kind of a miracle
140 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
If he is the One, then in the next few seconds there has to be some kind of miracle to stop me. Because if he dies like the others that means Morpheus was wrong. How can he be the One if he's dead?"
Gan_HOPE326 - Radical freedom
214 words, PG, no major ships
You always have one more choice. [200 words, prompt: "Character studies - choices"]
matrixrefugee - Protection274 words, PG-13, no major ships
Neo has to know the reason for the sunglasses...
Mercy19 - Honeyed Code
320 words, PG-13, no major ships
One shot. The woman in red briefly speaks.
vballmania23 - Not Like This
327 words, PG, no major ships
Switch's POV of the moments before her death.
This Girl Maybe - Belief Is Not Necessary
328 words, G, Neo/Trinity
Soldiers do not feel. It is a weakness - - Very short Trinity POV for Matrix, Pt.1.
MarkDavidChapman - The Offer330 words, G, no major ships
I'm a strange man. You can't see my eyes. Take these drugs.
trinchardin - Emotion, Or the Lack of It
358 words, G, Cypher/Trinity
Cypher considers Trinity's emotion - or the lack of it.
Jynxx - Big Pretty Eyes
379 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
I had to agree he had pretty eyes, beautiful even. Intense, expressive, beautiful brown eyes.
OtakuLibra - Angel in Red
405 words, PG-13, no major ships
Aren't angels supposed to wear white? Not according to Mouse. Oneshot about Mouse's last moments. My ideas of what he might have been thinking.
Merccy - Walk On Water
407 words, PG, no major ships
One crew member's last thoughts during their final moments.
God0fMischief - Neo's Reverie
413 words, PG, no major ships
"This is your last chance. After this, there is no going back." A decision must be made. "No going back." Neo repeated in a nervous tone. So what's it gonna be? The red pill? Or the blue pill?
Anakin McFly - Breaking the Fourth Wall
423 words, G, no major ships
There's a little glitch in reality…
aisatsanashiba - Change
457 words, PG, Neo/Trinity, Switch/Trinity
Goddamned prophets and their goddamned prophecies.
Scottishlass - Serenity460 words, G, Neo/Trinity
Before they're lovers, Trinity and Neo recognize a closeness they can't ignore or deny. A short little vignette.
Emi-Zirconia - Innocent Hope
526 words, PG-13, no major ships
Trinity muses about Neo's innocence and hope at the beginning of the first movie.
Quintin - Wouldn't It Be Nice
578 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Just a bit of after-dinner hazing.
Sanzi - Floors
593 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Oneshot written for humanbeldot's 26 OTP challenge, T/N fluff set during the rescue operation in the first movie.
Jynxx - Kid
600 words, PG-13, Mouse/The Woman in Red
The side of Mouse nobody sees. Written for the The Looking Glass challenge.
Zenara - In The Dark
634 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
What happens between Neo being killed and revived.
Trialia - Altered
638 words, PG, no major ships
Neo has some questions, but this time, Trinity would rather not be the one asked. She answers anyway.
scullyseviltwin / ScullyAsTrinity - Being Moved
656 words, R, Neo/Trinity
A short vignette, Trinity POV, set after I Want To Be Moved, to be followed up and completed.
Silver-Ashes - A Moment at the Start of Everything
667 words, G, Neo/Trinity
Those few seconds of falling were the catalyst; the point of clarity and the moment of ultimate revelation. NeoTrin.
Silver-Ashes - Bridging the Abyss
675 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Neo learns to fan the flames. NeoTrin.
gypsy season / MulticoloredGypsy - Don't Cry
689 words, PG, no major ships
A brief look inside the mind of one of the Neb's crew members. He's not all that you think. He's not always smiling…
cthulhuraejepsen - The Air You're Breathing
697 words, PG-13, no major ships
gypsy season / MulticoloredGypsy - Burn
718 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
The falling form in the sky was Trinity, trapped inside the helicopter as it fell steadily to its doom.
HardfacedQueenofMisadventure - Causality
721 words, PG-13, no major ships
Sometimes the smallest things have the biggest impact.
DesertFlower303 - Now Get Up
744 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
He felt her lips on his even as he seemed to hover over his lifeless form. She was in love with him.
Lizzen / Mara Trinity Scully - Run
745 words, R, Neo/Trinity
Neo’s thoughts in the last minutes of his one life and the first of his next (rated R for language)
Silver-Ashes - Either Side of the Divide
772 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
The aftermath. In two parts. [Flipside]. NeoTrin.
Rosie Cotton - Every Other Day
805 words, PG, no major ships
Short angst-ish fic about one of the soldiers Neo and Trinity gunned down in the lobby shoot-em-up scene near the end of the first movie. Human life is a more precious thing than moviemakers give it credit for.
Narsus - Dissolution
846 words, G, no major ships
Brown contemplates infalibility. (Set at the end of the 1st movie)
Bisse - I am
864 words, G, Ghost/Trinity
You have rarely known what goes through my head. That used to bother you. It bothered you when we were all each other had"
Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - Crescent877 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Her tone has changed considerably. Softened. You turn back to find her eyes surprisingly close to yours. She searches your face, but you don’t know what for. (Set early in The Matrix.)
fleureilleaux - Get Them Talking About Guns
878 words, PG-13, no major ships
One of his early days out of the Matrix, Neo ends up in in a conversation that goes a little different than expected (because some people on the ship need a special interest besides searching for the One.) Weird fluff for fun.
MistyX - My POV about you
883 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Cypher, Morpheus and Neo's given some space to say what they think about Trinity…
Silver-Ashes - A Question of Truth
883 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
An unfulfilled promise of a reality worth fighting for. NeoTrin.
Narsus - Absolution
893 words, G, no major ships
Jones' perception of infallibility. Set at the end of the 1st movie. (Companion piece to "Dissolution".)
TitanWolf - Unexpected
898 words, R, Cypher/Trinity
What if Cypher hadn't died in The Matrix and succeeded.
Anakin McFly - Cookies
899 words, G, no major ships
The journey of a cookie is a perilous one…
Lizzen / Mara Trinity Scully - Mother
916 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
"Now I can't change the way you feel, but I can put my arms around you"
unwinding fantasy - Data: Corrupted
983 words, G, no major ships
Mr Anderson did the impossible: destroyed Agent Smith. Now, the broken code that is Smith struggles with this unexpected freedom and what he should do with it. [Complete]
J. Anderson - Rainstorm
998 words, PG, no major ships
He can't ever go back. Neo in the real world... pre-Trinity.
TLynn - Reprieve
1000 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Looking into those big brown eyes, Trinity finds herself falling into new depths.
Silver-Ashes - Silhouettes
1026 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Shadows leave an intangible imprint. NeoTrin.
Lizzen / Mara Trinity Scully - Always Waiting
1074 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Before and during the scene where Trinity brings Neo a "bowl of snot" :)
Lady Zip - One1084 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Trinity reflects on Neo and the influence of his life on her own.
Theia Noire - Veneration
1183 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
A small moment of Neo and Trinity from the first movie. She is very charming, but there is no chance of him admitting it out loud.
Silver-Ashes - Questionable Motives1215 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
“You’ll need to do whatever it takes. You know, no mountain too high and all that. Good luck, kiddo.” NeoTrin.
Miss Myers - Wake Up, Neo
1224 words, G, no major ships
To live a life in computers, his routine never changing, day in, day out...until those words appeared upon his screen
Cece Bass - A Parent's Nightmare
1251 words, G, no major ships
Their faces were plastered all over the country. They were the world’s most renowned terrorists, an elite group of individual hackers who seemed unstoppable.
Fanfiction_Lurker_1 - Power of Fanfiction
1314 words, PG, no major ships
As the interrogation goes on, agent Smith and Morpheus have a conversation about literature. Just a commercial of fanfiction. And nobody is going to pay me for it!
singleword (bleak reality) - Far Away So Close1321 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
(As much as I pretend, I don't belong here. (flipside) Don't worry, I can fix this.) Neo and Trinity learn coexistence, and in doing so, learn to fall. M1.
Fanfiction_Lurker_1 - Like an Actor
1343 words, PG-13, no major ships
What would happen if Cypher had succeeded? Would he be disposed of by the Machines after outliving his usefulness? Or maybe not?
singleword (bleak reality) - Fists Rise to Defend
1350 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Trinity. You shape the syllables in your mouth, liking the almost delicate feel of the t's. Yet it sounds like a step forward, like a fluid move of a martial art, fists rising to defend.
DarkestHour8 - The Waiting Game
1365 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
(One-Shot) The end scene of The Matrix - from Trinity's POV. Fluffiness abounds... :-)
HardfacedQueenofMisadventure - Mindfields
1417 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
A first step down the rabbit hole. Neo's thoughts during the nightclub scene in the first movie.
Sarah1281 - What Were You Doing?
1417 words, PG, no major ships
Left to their own devices, Smith and Morpheus bicker about the definition of 'mammals' and 'viruses', Cypher's motivation, how efficient Agents are, and whether or not the machines have an obligation to take care of the environment, among other things.
Thene - Manual
1439 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Code's just code. You can picture it as you scan, but it's like reading a book. Tech-spec of a human. Thirty-something six-foot-something long face brown eyes. It's not laying your eyes on someone and knowing they're the person you've been watching for months. It's not feeling the warmth of his body even when you know for a fact that all that warmth is being sucked up by a power plant and used to fuel machines that try to kill you every day.
nic3 - Red
1440 words, PG, no major ships
Mouse and the colour red
benignmilitancy - Perfectly Clear
1456 words, PG-13, no major ships
Something was wrong with Anderson, clearly, but he had a company to run. One-shot.
Centaur - Following "Serenity": The Next Morning1456 words, G, Neo/Trinity
This is a companion fic to "Serenity" by Scottishlass, so make sure you read that before you read this. What goes through Neo's head when he wakes up the morning after "Serenity" takes place.
DesertFlower303 - We Got Trouble
1502 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
...she kept her thoughts to herself, the doors around her heart tightly sealed from public scrutiny. Some things were too personal, too private and terrifying, to be said out loud...
hlywd - working overtime
1517 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
— Trin picks up a few extra shifts so she can watch a certain someone in the Matrix.
RainAwhile - Brothers
1519 words, PG-13, Tank & Dozer
A brother is a friend given by Nature. Jean Baptiste Legouve
ceridwen-amyed - Unplugged
1541 words, PG-13, no major ships
Just a little fic detailing what Neo is thinking when he's being unplugged, i.e. the mirror scene
Scottishlass - The Lotus Eaters
1551 words, R, Neo/Trinity
"To deny your own impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us human…"
RainAwhile - Bent Spoon
1554 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Standing upright, I waved my spoon-ladle around. “What the hell happened to my spoon then?” I said to no one in particular.
Hawki - Dance the Night Away
1579 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Oneshot: "It's the question that drives us, the question that brought you here. You know the question just as I did." That hadn't been a lie. Of course, the question on Trinity's mind right now was whether Neo was The One or not. And if so, what that meant for her.
Alina - Final Moments
1615 words, PG, Neo/Trinity, Thadeus/Jue
A playbyplay comparison of two similar scenes that prelude the Matrix Reloaded. Spoilers for the Animatrix short Final Flight of the Osiris.
TLynn - Poetic Whispers For More
1630 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Trinity's thoughts as she leans over Neo at the end of M1.
gypsy season / MulticoloredGypsy - Adam Street Bridge
1721 words, PG, no major ships
**REVISED***If you could have asked him now, Neo couldn't have told you why he agreed to meet with the terrorist. His life - he wasn't getting anywhere living it - so why not die for it?
ZephyrLemon / Zephyr / The_Ineffable_Zephyr - Accomplice
1728 words, R, Cypher & Switch
NEWLY UPLOADED N' FIXED (i hope) Can't figure how Cypher got into the Matrix w/out anyone knowing. There had to be a partner in crime. A reflective piece about how things panned out from Cypher's POV.
Isiodith - A Glance of the Heart
1846 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Exact scenes in the TV repair shop, from beginning to end. With my own interpretation of Neo and Trinity's thoughts, when facing betrayal, death and each other.
Centaur - Footsteps
1871 words, R, Cypher/Trinity
"I used to dream about you. . . it's too bad things had to turn out like this." Anything can be sacrificed when you feel there's nothing left to lose.
Scottishlass - Cat-and-Mouse: The Kill (part 2)
1980 words, R, Neo/Trinity
Continuation of The Chase...very angsty piece. Poor Neo.
Doranwen - I have you to save my day1996 words, Unrated, Neo/Trinity
He can't be dead, she told herself, he can't be.
FireEye - Through Caverns Seldom Walked2035 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
The crew of the Nebuchadnezzar make their way home.
DesertFlower303 - Fantasy
2057 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
A dream, a man, a fantasy and a longing to know more about the two.
singleword (bleak reality) - Alleyway2064 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
What if Tank hadn't rescued Trinity and Neo from the TV repair shop?
fleureilleaux - One Hour
2139 words, PG-13, Apoc & Switch
"We'll be back in an hour." Apoc and Switch stay behind guarding the hotel delivery door, with time to spare for private musings. One last hour of quietude, though they probably don't know it; or do they? A sort of countdown. (Probably on the same timeline as my previous stories, "White Gun" and "Different Freedoms".)
Minka - Cold Comfort
2191 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Trinity angst fest! One shot fill in piece, telling of her feelings and thoughts regarding Cypher’s betrayal, Apoc and Switch’s death and the fact that it is her destiny to fall in love. Quite different and rather dark.
MistyX - Filling in the Blanks
2207 words, PG-13, Cypher/Trinity, Neo/Trinity
Neo overhears a heated conversation between Trinity and Cypher, and can’t help but interfere…
DesertFlower303 - The wrong way to free a mind
2227 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Cypher is jealous, and he's going to get even. So when Neo leaves his goop unattended one morning, the snake strikes. What follows is an eruption of chaos, questions and stomach contents.
Trin303 - Almost2233 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Not long after the start of his training, Neo's insomnia leads him to the woman he's watched from afar ever since he first woke up. One-shot, rated for language.
Kalearel - Nocturnal Realisations
2243 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Sometimes whilst asleep thoughts and emotions become clearer. For the sleeper perhaps, but mainly for the woman watching him.
HardfacedQueenofMisadventure - Awake
2268 words, PG-13, no major ships
"...he could not cast the dream he'd had from his mind, if it had even been a dream at all." Upon waking, Neo is immediately thrust into another, stranger dream, one that he cannot wake up from. AKA, the Metacortex escape scene from the first film. T for some bad language.
Chord - Ferris Wheel
2295 words, G, Neo/Trinity
"Right now isn't coincidental, and I wonder if you feel the same way." ( Neo plays around with fate, memories and carnival rides. )
ZephyrLemon / Zephyr / The_Ineffable_Zephyr - Confidante
2373 words, R, Cypher & Switch
A companion fic to Accomplice. Read that first or this won't make any sense. As you've all requested, this is the other side of it. Her side.
Trin303 - Degreasing Engines and Killing Brain Cells2553 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
In which Neo is drunk, Trinity is evasive, and Cypher has terrible timing.
MistyX - Before the Heat
2683 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
When Trinity brings Neo food in the first film, Neo's awake...
NeurotropicAgentX - Malware
2694 words, X, Agent Smith/Morpheus
Too-smooth fingers dragged across Morpheus’s skull, sending shivers skittering down his spine. There it was again, infected, said Smith, repulsive, isn’t it? Desperation. Fear. A deep, smouldering rage. A program wasn’t a person and that ‘emotion’ was as unreal as the pain clawing at Morpheus’s simulated body. But. ‘You’re right,’ Morpheus croaked. Smith went utterly, inanimately still. ‘What did you say?’ the program asked. Morpheus coughed, spat blood, noticed Smith’s barely perceptible flinch. ‘You have been infected by us.’
Scottishlass - Cat-and-Mouse: The Chase
2798 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Trinity and Neo run into complications when they take their UST into a training simulation.
Destiny Chaser - The Corrective2864 words, PG, no major ships
How do Agents Brown and Jones react when Smith's human tendencies become more pronounced and perplexing? A story about purpose, fear, self-doubt and denial.
Sydney Andrews - Enough2873 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
TrinNeo Oneshot. Meant to take place sometime during MI
RainAwhile - I'll be your guide
3027 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
He should have left then. And he almost had. He didn’t sign up for this; he wanted answers, not his life threatened, so he’d decided that wherever they were taking him wouldn’t be worth it. He’d take the highway like the white-haired woman suggested. But when he opened the door and started to climb out, Trinity’s hypnotic voice made his heart stop.
RainAwhile - Bent Spoon; or, Attention
3038 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
“When I first woke up on the ship...you were always there. Whether it was help with training, or I had a question, or even if I just needed to talk to someone, you were always there. I don’t know what happened, but now it seems like you’ve been avoiding me and I needed to get your attention somehow.”
Mistiec - Searing
3094 words, PG-13, Apoc/Switch
Minutes before her own death, Switch ponders the thawing of her own heart and the new hope for the future.
RainAwhile - Beating the Odds3166 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Trinity has just risked her life for a man who doesn't even know she exists despite knowing that she will be the cause of his death. She doesn't quite understand her infatuation with Neo, nor does she understand why she has been dreaming about him, but that doesn't stop her from trying to seduce him into taking the Red Pill.
waveywaves - And when you're close up, give me the shivers
3328 words, R, Neo/Trinity
Trinity's side of their first meeting at the club.
RainAwhile - Love and Restraint
3806 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Trinity finds it more and more difficult to deny her feelings towards Neo even though she's terrified of what could happen if she tells him how she feels. After an embarrassing encounter, Trinity grapples with how to act and treat Neo on the ship without crossing any of her self- and prophecy-imposed boundaries.
the Wallmaker - Ask me once more4157 words, PG-13, Cypher/Trinity, Neo/Trinity
Set in M1: Chapter two uploaded! Trinity and Neo ponder romantic feelings...
Quin Firefrorefiddle - Revelations Replaced
4331 words, PG, Apoc/Switch
My Apoc/Switch story, for me it's pretty long. Follows their relationship from beginning to end. Please read and review!
situation813 - What It Means To Fall4472 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Plagued with doubts and troubled by nightmares, Neo follows a beam of light and finds refuge.
Trin303 - Hazardous4666 words, R, Neo/Trinity
Set during M1, pre-Oracle. After sustaining an injury patching up the Neb, Neo is asked to babysit a high-on-her-meds Trinity.
SapphireNight - Broken Trinity5850 words, PG, no major ships
It took a foundation of three things for Neo to become the One- the person himself, the mentor and most importantly, the lover. However, what would have happened if the heart of that trinity had been lost before Neo was even contacted? Full summary inside
Scottishlass - Ahead of Schedule
6844 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Trinity is tired of denying herself something she wants so badly… Will her decision alter the course of the future?
RaeDances - Beauty on the Fire
7276 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Ashes, ashes we all fall down. Like a Phoenix, Trinity must salvage something of her control out of the wreckage.
Trin303 - Shatter Me
7712 words, R, Apoc & Trinity, Neo/Trinity
Trinity trains Neo in the Construct and Neo comes to a realization that destroys everything he once knew to be true.
Us-And-Them - The Rabbit Hole12358 words, PG-13, no major ships
No one ever asked him if he wanted to play the savior. *Novelization of the first movie. Reloaded and Revolutions to follow.*
SamuelSpaz - Perfect Faults
15481 words, PG-13, Agent Smith/Trinity
Trinity and Smith suddenly find themselves on the same side of the battlefield. AT and eventual Trinity/Smith. My first story, please R&R!
arlathahn - There's a tap, the phone, the silence of stone (The numb black screen that be feelin' like home)18164 words, PG-13, Morpheus & Trinity, Neo/Trinity
If there’s one thing Trinity has always taken pride in, it’s her work. She wasn’t just good. She was goddamn exemplary.
Centaur - Because Life Is...
18499 words, R, Neo/Trinity
A great big Trinity fic. Her story before, during, and after the movie takes place. Something of a replacement for "My Reasons" which has been taken down.
Centaur - Three Bullets
19315 words, R, Cypher/Trinity, Neo/Trinity
NOW FINISHED! What would have happened if Neo had safely escaped the subway station before fighting Agent Smith? An alternate universe story.
ceridwen-amyed - Neo's Story
19650 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Just what the title says it is…
Trin303 - A Different Point of View19654 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
A take on Neo/Trinity from the perspective of their crewmates as each member of the Neb comes to the realization that Neo and Trinity are, indeed, inevitable.
RavenLaurie - All The Wrong Moments
22477 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
There’s something between them before they even meet. Trinity can’t deny that but when the crew frees Neo from the Matrix, every possible moment to tell Neo about her feelings, about what the Oracle told her, is just not right.
TarynWanderer - Little One
33349 words, R, Mouse/OFC
The misadventurous story of Mouse. Now Complete, Beta'd, and Reformatted
Zion Angel - Knowing and Walking100463 words, PG-13, Apoc/Switch, Neo/Trinity
As all seems to be falling apart, everything comes together. It is only with faith and love that the One will be discovered. The story of the One and his Love through the first film. FINISHED.
GeneticallyElvenGryffindor - In the Fairy's Ring
125493 words, PG-13, OMC/OFC
The time has come for the war to head towards its close. A certain prophecy nears fullfilment and, in the middle of it all, a certain medic tries to figure out what her role is in everything to come.
during film 2
These fics are all set during The Matrix: Reloaded.
HardfacedQueenofMisadventure - Zion
286 words, PG, no major ships
A celebration of life in defiance of death. Short, short, very short.
Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - Sacrosanct
324 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
do you feel this? you're never going to lose me. (flows. never unbalanced.) all cave and candles.
KsandraMallan - Watching Them
349 words, PG, Neo/OFC, Neo/Trinity
Oneshot vignette. Somebody was watching that kiss... takes place in the Zion party scene of Reloaded. Hope you enjoy it.
Lone Stranger - Levels
393 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
There are levels of survival we are prepared to accept. An Architect drabble, set in Reloaded.
Miss Myers - Nothing He Could Do To Stop It
404 words, G, Neo/Trinity
In his dreams her body fell, reflected in those skyscraper windows...and in his dreams, there was nothing he could do to stop it...
Warrior Goddess of Insanity - Remnants
422 words, PG-13, Commander Lock/Morpheus
Morpheus reflects during a time of conflict
NamelessForNow - Hide Me From The World
456 words, PG-13, Merovingian/Persephone
Persephone is watching a pretty woman the next table, thinking about her marriage and taking decisions. Oneshot.
jjtaylor - The Second Kiss
520 words, R, Trinity/Persephone
Trinity has unfinished business. Set during Reloaded.
singleword (bleak reality) - Plugs
525 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Neo contemplates what humanity entails. Set during Reloaded, but not very spoilerish.
LanaSmith - Timeline
539 words, PG-13, no major ships
Is it possible to know nothing and eveything at the same time?
RockSunner - The Other Door
659 words, G, Neo/Trinity
A short story about what happens when Neo chooses the other door.
matrixrefugee - Her New Home
709 words, PG-13, no major ships
Sati's family wants to find her a safe place away from the Matrix
TheXWoman - Stolen Kiss
839 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
And all I can think about is her. The way she looked at him when she told him to do it. The way her eyes remained closed when it was over, as she relived it, cherished it. All I can think about - in these moments, these that may be my last moments, our last moments - is that the last kiss he gave was not to me.
Imraith-Nimphias - Messiah Complex
967 words, Unrated, Ghost/Neo, Neo/Trinity
Same old Ghost . Always wanting what you can't have.
TLynn - Grounded
1008 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
The problem was, a kiss was never just a kiss between them.
Abigail-Nicole - Persephone
1098 words, PG-13, Merovingian/Persephone
I was young, small and dark-haired in a pink dress, looking for a savior. And I ate the pomegranate seed.
Abigail-Nicole - Beside Him
1105 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
I hate it. I want to help him, I want to love him. I don't know how to be in love. So for now, I'll just stand beside him."
ZephyrLemon / Zephyr / The_Ineffable_Zephyr - Of Soldiers and Fierce Love
1135 words, R, Neo/Trinity
Reloaded. The rooftop scene from Neo’s POV and my own extension of it, per some HL (Hardline) conversations.
TLynn - Flight
1194 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Necessary indulgences.
RainAwhile - Worship
1219 words, R, Neo/Trinity
It takes 24-48 hours to recharge The Neb. Some people go their entire lives without hearing news that good, and Neo can only pray that he has given Trinity enough.
TLynn - Life
1234 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Smut and love and stuff.
TLynn - Stay
1235 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
"He didn’t know how to explain it to her, nor if he wanted to. It wasn’t about guilt or remorse. No, even now, looking back, he knows he’d choose her again and again."
meanderingsoul - Providence
1269 words, PG-13, Morpheus & Neo, Neo/Trinity
Morpheus knew the insomnia had been getting worse not better, and this... this suddenly explained everything.
Narsus - Purpose
1365 words, G, no major ships
What happens to an Agent without a purpose? (Spolier -ish for Reloaded.)
TrinitySolo / trinitysolo - Devotion
1393 words, Unrated, Neo/Trinity
Takes place after the Neo's talk with Councilor Hammond. Waht I think should happen later that night. Short, cute love story.
Lovelace (alena_hu) - Lock and Key1474 words, PG, no major ships
The Merovingian is determined to keep him prisoner, but what is the lock that will hold a maker of keys?
LanaSmith - Just A Sample Part II Now up!
1481 words, R, Merovingian/Trinity, Neo/Trinity
Something very personal is asked of the very private Trinity
Red Roses Turn White - Causality
1573 words, PG-13, Merovingian/Persephone
A Persephone fic. Persephone's thoughts as she watches her husband drool over the blond woman in the pink dress. It's my first posted fic, so please... be nice?
TLynn - Breathe You In
1701 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Trinity opens to the possibilities of becoming part of Two.
DarkestHour8 - A Mission To Find
1842 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
(One-Shot) Another piece from Trinity's POV - this time during the destruction of the Neb and Neo's coma in Reloaded...
Theialyn - The Kiss Thief
1942 words, PG-13, Merovingian/Persephone
When life does not offer love, you have to take it for yourself. A story of Persephone.
TLynn - Adornment
2000 words, R, Neo/Trinity
Accessories make the outfit and amplify style, especially in a room made of stone and candlelight, tucked far below the surface of the earth.
TLynn - Antici...pation
2022 words, X, Neo/Trinity
What if there were no followers outside the elevator waiting for Neo in Reloaded?
Trin303 - A Light at the End
2038 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
On their last night in Zion, Trinity has some news and Neo has a question. One-shot. Based on a proposal and pregnancy prompt from Ecb523.
quiet empathy - Forebode
2099 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Dreams and prophecies haunt them; like fools they try to change what they cannot. (NT Reloaded fic)
meanderingsoul - conditionals
2177 words, R, Neo/Persephone, Neo/Trinity
Neo stood silently next to her after Link unplugged them both, staring into the glow from the core with a frown. There’d been times lately where she wasn’t sure he was even seeing the world around him.
ZeldaDragon - Underestimated
2275 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Trinity's death in Reloaded as seen through the eyes of her friends. May have been done before, but not by me.
Redqueen-01 - Tedium in the Underworld
2295 words, PG-13, Merovingian/Persephone, Neo/Trinity
Life can get tiring in the Underworld. A somewhat different (i think) look at Persephone's motivations and actions. Based around the bathroom scene in 'Reloaded'
ceridwen-amyed - Electricity2332 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
“She’d always known that they’d die for each other, and it was a powerful feeling. But somehow, the realisation that he wouldn’t let her die was more moving.” Trinity reflects on her memories and how Neo makes her feel.
Scritch - Final Stand
2620 words, PG-13, no major ships
A warrior remembers and tries to forget as she makes the final stand against the machines. - Based on the battle at the end of Reloaded. Completed one-shot. Read and review! Better than the summary
Jeniveela - My Last Breath
2858 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
'Holding my last breath...Safe inside myself are all my thoughts of you...Sweet raptured light, It ends here tonight...' Trinity's last moments with Neo on the rooftop. Takes place during 'The Matrix Reloaded'. Please R&R.
Destiny Chaser - The One and the Many
2971 words, G, Neo/Trinity
Neo reflects on the great responsibility that his role imposes upon him, and all those who depend upon him for their beliefs, integrity and lives.
robotsdance - 43 Candles
3178 words, X, Neo/Trinity
“Are you planning to light all of them?” Neo asks. He’s already given up trying to count how many candles are on the bedside table (with Trinity here and looking at him like that he doesn’t trust himself to count higher than three at most), but it’s a lot of candles. “Of course,” Trinity replies as she moves the match from the candle that just caught on fire to the one behind it. She’s focused on her task, but the hint of a smile keeps tugging on the corners of her mouth. She’s teasing him. (Neo likes that.) (Neo likes that a lot.)
RainAwhile - Borrowed Time
3247 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Time seems to always be against them, and Zion's blind devotion to Neo has Trinity feeling conflicted. She needs him just as much, if not more, than humanity does. Desperate, Trinity does what she always does and finds time to help Neo forget his burden.
MistyX - the Other Way Around
3312 words, PG, Merovingian/Trinity, Neo/Trinity
You all remember Neo’s infamous kiss with Persephone... but what if Trinity had to kiss the Merovingian?
Midnight's Trinity - Weakness
3537 words, PG-13, Neo/Persephone, Neo/Trinity
PEN NAME CHANGE: formerly dreamingofani--A one-post story of the Persephone scene in Reloaded from Trinity's POV. Much angst included. Rated PG-13 because Trinity has a pottymouth and a tendency to remember a certain night in Zion... :-)
The Smiling Shadow - Human Eyes
3585 words, PG-13, no major ships
It is the hours where Bane is still Bane, as he lies on his bed, dying, with an Agent named Smith taking over his mind and body slowly. Memories of the Smith's and his are colliding, and he is forgetting who he once was. He can see Smith's memories, see
Centaur - Viola
3934 words, R, Neo/Trinity
". . . and some have greatness thrust upon them." Dancing, drums, Shakespeare, and sex. POSSIBLE MINOR "RELOADED" SPOILER.
TrinitySolo / trinitysolo - This I Swear
4444 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Takes place at the very end of the car chase scene in Reloaded and shows a tender, emotional moment for Trinity and Neo when they get back to the ship. Trinity is upset about Persephone's kiss and doesn't know how to deal with it. She's not used to feeling so helpless. But, of course, Neo can help her.... the way only he can.
Danascully2 / britomart - In Oculo Tempestis4770 words, R, Neo/Trinity
Trinity POV. What happened between the time of the Keymaker's explanation until Neo, Morpheus, and the others reentered the Matrix at midnight. A strong "R" for sexuality.
HardfacedQueenofMisadventure - Bane
5465 words, PG-13, Bane/OFC
"Humans and programs were never intended to be compatible." A story in two parts: Bane's final hours in control, and Smith's struggle with the confines of a human form. Takes place during Reloaded. T for violence and dark thoughts.
LanaSmith - Source
7979 words, R, Neo/OFC, Neo/Trinity
An alternate universe story. What if Neo had gone through the other door? Some decisions are more complicated than they seem. And some cannot be taken back. Updated Chapter 5- Some things are meant to be, no matter what path you take. Conclusion!
Lanfear2 - Goddess22223 words, PG-13, Neo/Persephone, Neo/Trinity
Updated Chapter 8. Phew. Finally found the time. It's a wonder how I managed to write this chapter in the first place, with all the things going on. Synopsis: What is happening to Neo? And what has Persephone done to him?
Alina - Cursum Perficio
25777 words, PG-13, Commander Lock/Niobe, Morpheus/Niobe
Enter the Matrixbased AU: What did Vlad want with Niobe? COMPLETE
during film 3
These fics are all set during The Matrix: Revolutions.
Adelle1 - Every Beginning Has an End
57 words, G, Neo/Trinity
TrinityNeo Triolet
Mercy19 - Casting Shadows Before
108 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Drabble set during Revolutions, just before Trinity's death, Trinity's POV. Usual disclaimers apply.
Trialia - Necessity
186 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
To be or not to be? He doesn't yet know the choices.
RainAwhile - The Darkness
189 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
A Revolutions poem
matrixrefugee - Nothing Left to Lose
200 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Neo's thoughts as he enters the Machine City...
Trialia - Cloud Cover
211 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Neo and Trinity prepare to leave for 01; one of them is thinking.
Elendraug - Incinérer
263 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Ashes, ashes, we all fall down. (100 word drabble. Het. Neo Trinity.)
Pippin Third - It Ends Tonight
346 words, G, Neo/Trinity
Believing in fate comes with a price.
Twirl - Everything Changes
372 words, PG, Ghost/Niobe, Morpheus/Niobe
Everything changes. The end of the war is coming, and Niobe is begining to love Morpheus again. This is a short, firstperson look into Ghost. GhostNiobe
matrixrefugee - I Have Never Seen the Sky
390 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Trinity's thoughts as she gazes on the sky above the darkness...
Basia Adami - Boots, Fear, Love 10min
412 words, PG, no major ships
Trinity's thoughts during Rev. while taking ten minutes to buckle that one boot.
Jemppy - My Last Breath
463 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
When faced with the end to something, what does one think of? Would you remember you past? Your mistakes? Your hopes or your dreams? (Spoiler Warning for Revolutions)
Carmilla - Somebody Else
472 words, PG, no major ships
Bane!Smith and Neo have a conversation on board the Hammer.
A Child of Earth - Revolutions
496 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
In those last moments, Trinity can only try to comfort the one she loves. Revolution spoilers; Trin's POV.
DesertFlower303 - Moments
496 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
A moment of revelation...overwhelming...beautiful...One glimps to make it all so clear...
avatarchai - Interval
561 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
How a newly blinded messiah and his lover deal with it.
phantom-jedi1 - Purpose
567 words, PG, no major ships
There is no end for something with purpose. But these words have none and it confuses him. Written for dA's "Through Darker Eyes" contest.
Anamin - Reflections
572 words, PG, no major ships
What does it feel like to be one of those who was 'saved? One-shot fic. Takes place before the war at the end of Revolutions, sometime during Reloaded.
ZeldaDragon - Free
588 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Why does Neo fight with Smith before the end? Why doesn't he give up? I first felt her when I hit the water...
meanderingsoul - moments will be lost in time
615 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Neo blinked again and everything blurred.
matrixrefugee - Mobius Trip
680 words, PG-13, no major ships
What lead to Neo awakening in the Trainman's realm...
Kalearel - Reconnected
694 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Revs. Spoilers. What would you go through to rescue the one you love? How would you feel when you found him? Trinity reflects...
Trialia - Wishful Thinking
747 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
scullyseviltwin / ScullyAsTrinity - Lacking Luster
918 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
What does it feel like to die? what does Trinity feel like when she dies?
TLynn - Ten Minutes
927 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
"It took me ten minutes to buckle one boot."
RainAwhile - Patterns of Love and Insanity
964 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Neo is trapped in limbo, leaving Trinity scared, worried, and confused. Alongside her captain and the Oracle's guardian, Trinity pays a visit to the Merovingian to get back what is hers - and she's not taking 'no' for an answer.
ZephyrLemon / Zephyr / The_Ineffable_Zephyr - Blindfolded
984 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
The interim in Revs between Neo’s eyes being scorched and their arrival at 01.
Cara_Oswin - Shreds of Humanity
1000 words, Unrated, Neo/Trinity
He is not human. Not in the slightest. He is so cold. And he will destroy them. -- Neo's thoughts on Trinity's death, and his final moments.
MistyX - Indept Storytelling
1010 words, G, Neo/Trinity
Is there a moment in the trilogy you wish you would have known more about? Wanted to see more of? Something that wasn't there, but you wanted to see? Well, here's your chance.
Narsus - Destiny
1015 words, G, no major ships
Facing the inevitable. (Spoilers for Revolutions. Follows on from "Purpose".)
Vitani FyreWolf - Slaaneyder Credjue
1037 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
A duringpost Revolutions ficlet. Neo's final battle is watched over by the one person who could never leave his side. NT.
Imraith-Nimphias - Belief and Reason
1039 words, Unrated, Ghost/Neo, Neo/Trinity
SpoonGirl Trinity - I Shall Believe
1072 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Short fic about Neo and Trinity’s last moments aboard the Hammer, before they go to the Machine City. Neo finally understands the choice he has to make. Trinity wants to tell Neo something important, but can’t.
RainAwhile - Never Say Goodbye Say I Love You1249 words, PG, Ghost/Trinity, Neo/Trinity
"I've always loved you, Brother, but that was never good enough, was it?" She broke away from my grasp and sat down against the wall, bringing her knees to her chest as she hugged them tightly. Her shoulders shook as she held back tears.
TLynn - Burdens To Bear
1316 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Neo wrestles with his burdens and his dreams.
Vitani FyreWolf - Ionam Fein
1364 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
One of us, we knew, would be forced to accept it. Forced to watch the other die, to have to come to grips with the fact that one now existed without the other. ...That burden fell on you.
unwinding fantasy - Alter Ego
1441 words, G, no major ships
Neo and Smith do battle. [Complete]
Sanzi - Blind
1501 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Oneshot written for humanbeldot's 26 OTP challenge, T/N fluff set right after Neo's blinding.
DesertFlower303 - Taking Over Me
1516 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Two bodies, one soul. One cannot exist without the other.
singleword (bleak reality) - Who wants to live forever?1532 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
"Neo, oh no, your eyes – " You swallow, wishing you could soothe your fingers over raw skin. But this time, it seems, you're not enough to heal him. And it's that, more than his blind eyes staring past you, that breaks your heart. [written mostly to process the end of the trilogy - fanfiction is therapy, right?]
Zion Angel - Curse1539 words, G, Ghost/Trinity
A last request, and one last chance to love her. Written for The Looking Glass Fanfiction Challenge.
Zion Angel - Not for Nothing
1540 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
She had spent every day for the past twelve years fighting, risking her life, so that she could end this war. 'Finish this, for her sake. End this.' Revolutions Spoilers
PleaseDontFindThisMom - The Second Layer
1572 words, PG-13, no major ships
Retelling of the end of Matrix - Revolutions Neo and Deus Ex Machina have their final talk
Fuujin Kishukaze - Mission
1582 words, R, no major ships
Set after "The Matrix: Reloaded". Ghost tries to talk some hope into a man who's lost it all.
LanaSmith - Reliance
1632 words, R, Neo/Trinity
What do you place your faith in when others place theirs in you?
RainAwhile - Never Say Goodbye; or, Amor Fati1910 words, PG, Ghost/Trinity, Neo/Trinity
“I’ve always loved you, dear brother, but that was never good enough, was it?” Trinity pulled away from his embrace, opting to rest against the cool metal of the cabin door. She hugged herself for a moment, her breath shallow, before slowly sinking down to the floor and drawing her knees to her chest. Her shoulders shook as she looked up at Ghost, her composure completely unravelling before him, and she sobbed.
Trialia - Inori2431 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Revolutions and its aftermath (AU). Deus Ex Machina agrees to a little more than peace, and Neo and Trinity begin to find their own path to the future.
DuJour - Right Behind You
3003 words, PG, Ballard/Charra, Charra & Zee
With the fate of Zion on the line, Charra answers the call to battle. But even the toughest soldiers can't go it alone. (A CharraBallard pairing!)
Meridian1 - Watching Me Fall3149 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. A short piece that follows Neo from the wreck of the Logos to his final battle with Smith at the end of The Matrix Revolutions.
Lizzen / Mara Trinity Scully - See your enemy
3764 words, R, Bane/Trinity, Neo/Trinity
What if Trinity recognized Smith’s possession of Bane? Set during The Matrix Revolutions (2003). a fic remix, about eighteen years later.
Redqueen-01 - The Last Temptation of Neo
3933 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
On the eve of his death, Neo is offered a chance to escape his destiny as the One.
Systemic Anomaly - The End of All Things4941 words, R, Neo/Trinity
The past is a vortex: we can never escape it. What happened on the Logos as they left for 01: from departure to the final, cataclysmic crash. Neo's narrative.
The Rushing Wind - Deep Freeze5167 words, PG-13, no major ships
AU. The Hammer never found the Logos, thus Neo never made it to 01. Niobe fails to make it to the Oracle, and now the crew of the Logos is trapped in the Tunnels of the Real. What can the three last survivors of Zion even hope to accomplish? [Status: Abandoned.]
Lizzen / Mara Trinity Scully - See Your Enemy AU
5244 words, R, Bane/Trinity, Neo/Trinity
What if Trinity recognized Smith's possession of Bane? An Alternative View of what really happened…
uncreative pseudonym - Matrix Gaiden: Seraph
11543 words, PG-13, no major ships
What happens to Seraph after his disappearance in Matrix Revolutions? For that matter, what's going on in the Matrix as Smith takes over? The equation must be balanced, and Seraph is swept up in it.
meta / parody
These fics all have/are meta or parody for the canon as a whole, and are not closely tied to events in canon.
ZephyrLemon / Zephyr / The_Ineffable_Zephyr - Xirtam
270 words, PG, no major ships
A revolutionary new product guaranteed to "free your mind faster than you can say 'there is no spoon'"
motorfirebox - Technical Write-up
894 words, G, no major ships
An examination and extrapolation of the technology in use in the Matrix future.
SunGoddess7 - Matrix Addicts Anonymous
1141 words, G, no major ships
Hello, my name is Jenna, and I am obsessed with the Matrix. It's been five hours since I've last watched 'The Matrix'. A couple minutes ago I had the urge to watch it, but me and my sponser talked it out, and I ended up supressing my urge. OH MAN, I NE
Deadly Chakram - Agent Smith: The Complete Owner's Manual
1530 words, PG-13, no major ships
The complete owner’s guide and manual for getting the most out of your Agent Smith. Inspired by the owner’s guides (to various Lord of the Rings characters) written by the incomparable Theresa Green.
Kenneth Eng - Matrix Reflections
4356 words, G, no major ships
Symbolism in the Matrix trilogy.
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