Matrix Recs, post 2 of 4 - by time/length
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doranwenThis post is the second 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.
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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Any R-rated or X-rated fic from The Construct requires a password to access; you can find the password on their site here. Please note that because the original author summaries are now included, some summaries may contain explicit or other adult language.
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.
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These fics are all based on The Matrix: Resurrections.
marcaskane (commanderdameron) - Redux
100 words, Unrated, Neo/Trinity
Neo and Trinity, becoming reacquainted.
NT679 - Free
162 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
An interpretation of the Resurrections sunrise rooftop kiss scene from Trinity's point of view.
jessicawhitly - and i confess babe, in my dreams you're touching my face
257 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
In the dreams, she never sees his face. But she knows him.
NT679 - A happy ending to a once tragic but beautiful love story
273 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
A short epilogue to The Matrix Resurrections from Neo’s point of view set a year after the events of the film.
Thene - I Understand
384 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
He wanted to give his last moments to remembering her.
FloaromaMeadow - Why Oh Why Can't I
420 words, PG-13, no major ships
Now that he's free, Smith gives flying a shot.
FloaromaMeadow - Compliments
422 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
After a lifetime in the Matrix, Neo and Trinity have gotten out of the habit of being complimented for breaking norms.
FloaromaMeadow - Face in the Crowd
502 words, PG, no major ships
Neo and Smith chat about names, and why Smith kept his.
BlueMatrix2 - Thomas Anderson's Bedtime Routine in 500 Words
519 words, R, Neo/Trinity
Thomas knows not to think about her death. It’s late and he has to work in the morning.
winter_hiems - let yourself breathe
547 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Neo wakes up next to Trinity in IO.
BlueMatrix2 - Tiffany Anderson's Bedtime Routine in 600 words
605 words, R, Neo/Trinity
Tiffany knows she is not supposed to think of herself as Trinity.
Pearlislove - Setting heaven on fire/ I hear the noise of war
607 words, PG, Freya/Niobe
Freya tries to comfort Niobe when she becomes too lost in her memories. Because to give in to what used to be, to give in to fear, is the same as letting The Matrix win.
TLynn - Breaking
618 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
She remembers.
artismysanity - you're all that's real anymore
634 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Neo stops the bullets and he and Trinity step into the elevator. What happens between then and the moment they reach the top of the building?
WotanAnubis - Images in the Dark
690 words, PG-13, Bugs/Lexy
In which Bugs reflects on her life and relationships.
blissmah - what if we could kiss
856 words, R, Neo/Trinity
He chooses the blue pill instead.
mldrgrl - Begin Again
903 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
A continuation of the scene before the final scene of The Matrix Resurrections. Can't give more of a description without getting into spoilers.
october_nix - like mother, like son
1010 words, Unrated, Agent Smith & The Oracle
Smith contemplating the nature of his relationship with the Oracle, as well as reminiscing about the last time they spoke.
Anonymous - lay me down (be my rest)
1061 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Trinity’s exhaustion has plateaued into a warm and sleepy haze. She is lying in their bed in the semi-darkness of her and Neo’s room on the Mnem. The hum of the ship is threatening to lull her to sleep, but she refuses to surrender to the pull of the quiet darkness until Neo is here with her.
Betu - in this quiet space with you
1103 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Trinity could not stop touching Neo.
Scatterbrained - anchor
1128 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
He touches her skin and suddenly everything's real.
october_nix - Gratitude
1140 words, Unrated, Agent Smith & Neo
The thoughts of Smith after being woken up by Neo in the new movie.
OnyxCrimsonBlur - She Burned
1154 words, R, Neo/Trinity
He'd freed her and the connection they'd sought, the love, the belonging was finally realized. (Slight spoilers if you haven't seen Resurrections) Total NeoTrin.
meanderingsoul - lose time in an instant
1165 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Neo was silent but she knew he was there. When she opened her eyes he was curled next to her asleep, one hand against her side under the blankets and the prickly velveteen of his stunted hair under her armpit. Her breath stuttered in her chest to see him next to her.
TLynn - The World Could Wait
1211 words, X, Neo/Trinity
They couldn't wait so the world will have to.
captnhowzer - every teardrop, every wrong turn
1265 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Post-Resurrections, Neo remembers more than Trinity does of the in-between.
mldrgrl - What Comes Next
1323 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Trinity reflects on being back in reality, the differences between now and then, and what she wants for the future.
GarlicMaenads - Choux Cher
1329 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
It's the first day of Sowing season, and Trinity bakes.
Thene - Remember the Sun
1365 words, PG-13, Freya/Niobe/Persephone, Niobe/Persephone
Neo and Trinity find Persephone and make her an offer. But it's Niobe she wants.
nanda (nandamai) - The Neoologist at Work1393 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Berg just doesn't want to interrupt. Honest.
FloaromaMeadow - The Oracle's Children
1420 words, PG, Agent Smith & Sati
Sati meets up with an old acquaintance.
Ladyhawk_lhflu - Paint the Sky with Rainbows
1464 words, R, Neo/Trinity
SPOILERS. THIS IS AN AFTER-YOU-SEE-THE-MOVIE FIC Trinity needs time to adjust.
Jaina / jaina47 (Jaina Solo2) - Reality's a Bitch
1484 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
A small missing scene between Trinity waking up on The Mnemosyne and re-entering the Matrix to kick the Analyst's ass. Even Trinity needs a moment to process and adjust, but some things never change.
FloaromaMeadow - Anderson and Smith
1489 words, PG, Agent Smith & Neo
“I never said I wanted to pitch my game to some corporation. I don’t even know if I’ll ever finish it. It’s a hobby. And if I did finish it, I guess I always thought I’d...I don’t know. Self-publish.” “Stand on street corners handing out floppy disks,” Smith deadpanned. “Sounds like a great way to change the world.” (A few snapshots of Neo and Smith's bluepill life.)
Anonymous - A Thousand Revolutions
1541 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Freedom takes many forms.
TLynn - Touch
1542 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Touch is what will heal them.
ZephyrLemon / Zephyr / The_Ineffable_Zephyr - Did That All Happen?
1592 words, PG-13, Bugs/Lexy, Neo/Trinity
Neo/Trinity and Lexy/Bugs chat and cuddle in their respective rooms, trying to come to terms with what just happened before they succumb to exhaustion or desire. Two bedrooms, two ‘ships reconnecting on the Mnemosyne after Trinity and Neo get free. ~Trinity sat down beside him on the bed. He rested an arm around her hip and she leaned into him. Easy, like habit. Like a life she had had, ever so briefly. ~“Okay, but like, you were Trinity! My goddess, that is so hot.”
Theodwyn - Love is a Doing Word
1632 words, PG-13, Bugs/Lexy
Lexy has some shit to take care of at Simulatte.
RainAwhile - Tomorrow
1646 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Seq had provided some relief when he had quickly vacated the operator's chair, gesturing to it with a flourish that reminded Neo of Tank. Neo had sat down and thanked the other man, even more grateful when Seq hadn't questioned him when he had asked for privacy. Instead, the operator gave him a gentle squeeze on the shoulder before heading out of the core.
meanderingsoul - copy of a copy of a
1660 words, X, Chad/Tiffany, Neo/Trinity
Neo wasn't sure where this would have fallen on the scale of Construct taboos he’d once known. He was sure it was wrong.
whatimages - total conversion mod1718 words, PG-13, no major ships
IGN: Deus Announces Long-Awaited Matrix Sequel
WriterElle - Splendor in the Grass
1776 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Neo and Trinity celebrate a day for love in IO with a late-night picnic in the garden. Smut ensues. Written for the NeoTrine's Day Challenge
Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - Strawberries
1814 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
She uncovers a last clay dish to reveal a perfect dome of ripe strawberries. It is the first time he's ever heard her gasp, and it melts him a little inside. "I... I can't believe these are real."
aspocko - woke up and wanted
1837 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
“Do you think the machines read Ibsen?" In which Neo actually talks about what he's been through in a healthy way.
Thene - My will is mine. I shall not make it soft for you.
1863 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
theroyalwelton - muscle memory
1869 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
It’s a quiet assimilation, this time, to the real world. Trinity sits on the mattress in the room where Neo’s been sleeping and its give is itself an echo. Like she has joined him here a hundred times already, mission in hand, fear at the horizon, death always coming, coming, coming. immediate post-resurrections. neo and trinity find each other, and themselves, in bodies and minds all over again. there are questions, connections, selves. the real world in a room so much like the one they used to share. but time is a part of them now, in ways they can only find together.
TLynn - An Unexpected Reminder
1895 words, X, Chad/Tiffany, Neo/Trinity
Trinity sees Chad. Neo stakes his claim.
RainAwhile - Happenstance
1909 words, R, Chad/Tiffany, Neo/Trinity
Tiffany ignored their bickering and opted to stare out the window at the passing scenery instead. She also chose to ignore Chad’s erratic driving as he swerved carelessly through traffic. Tiffany offered to take over as primary driver once, but he rambled on about how driving is his duty as the man of the house. Tiffany just rolled her eyes and kept her mouth shut.
Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - The Genesis of Everything
1919 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
“We're one link in a chain of impossible things,” Trinity says softly. Post-Resurrections, Trinity and Neo make their first change to the world.
RainAwhile - Sex and Coffee
1940 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Trinity learns what happens when she spends the day relentlessly teasing Neo.
DesertFlower303 - I Remember Us
1980 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Prompt from CJShips: What happened in the elevator?!? (aka Resurrections right before the scene on the rooftop near the end) I hope you like :-)
TLynn - Februatus
1991 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Neo gives Trinity a Valentine's Day gift while Trinity educates Neo on the roots of the holiday.
meanderingsoul - on with her head
1992 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
The little back yard of the townhouse was shady, had a picture-perfect white patio table. Sickening. Trinity sat down to wait. A whim and a snap put dandelion tea on the table. Trinity didn’t take a cup.
ZephyrLemon / Zephyr / The_Ineffable_Zephyr - Molten
2159 words, X, Chad/Tiffany, Neo/Trinity
After that fateful coffee date, Trinity reconnects with her anger. Later, in Io, she reconnects with her lust.
RainAwhile - Introspection
2163 words, PG-13, Chad/Tiffany, Neo/Trinity
Tiffany begins to worry when she notices that Thomas hadn't been to the cafe in the few days. She feels silly that she's noticed his absense, but she can't help it. Their few interactions has her hooked on him and she knows that without him, she'll never figure out who she truly is.
RainAwhile - Who She Is
2185 words, PG, no major ships
In a previous loop, Tiffany struggles with her reality. She can't place it, but she's seen things and she can no longer ignore the nagging feeling that something isn't right with the world or her life.
TLynn - Reclamation
2278 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Trinity rediscovers herself.
Thene - I Get These Nightmares
2433 words, X, Neo/Trinity
"I'll give you two an hour. That should be long enough to talk through all your troubling mental issues and her decayed marriage, shouldn't it? If nothing's happened by then, you die."
TLynn - Recalibration
2472 words, X, Neo/Trinity
“I feel like I’m floating,” he said, his voice trembling. “I can’t feel my body. Nothing feels real.” “I’m real,” she said, stepping forward. She lifted her palms to rest against his cheeks. “You’re real. We are real.” “Show me,” he whispered.
Kirvanessa27 - I called your name 'til the fever broke
2483 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Neo wakes up from a nightmare of a simulation he and Trinity did in the past.
Princex_N - WHEN LOGIC AND PROPORTION HAVE FALLEN SLOPPY DEAD
2487 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
They keep using the word. Real. It's real. They say it is and so it must be. But his therapist told him what all was real too. And they can't both be right.
meanderingsoul - always beside me
2488 words, PG-13, Bugs/Lexy
When Bugs finally managed to look up from their hands Lexy’s eyes were wide and dark like the night sky none of them had ever seen. Sometimes she felt like she could drown in that look.
Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - Reborn
2519 words, Unrated, Neo/Trinity
"To miracles happening, in spite of my best efforts not to let them. But I'll tell you what I've always believed. Nothing can keep a good woman down." Trinity's first hours with Neo after being resurrected. And having it out with Niobe for putting Neo in Neo jail.
TLynn - Fanart
2570 words, R, Neo/Trinity
Trinity finds Berg's commissioned erotic fanart featuring Neo.
Trin303 - Deja Vu Again
2609 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Post-M4. In which Neo's healing process involves stealing a cat.
robotsdance - Discretion
2620 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Five times Neo and Trinity do their best to keep their recreational activities secret from the crew of the Mnemosyne and one time they don't have to.
Tenillypo - so familiar a gleam
2629 words, PG-13, Chad/Tiffany, Neo/Trinity
Trinity wakes up.
Internerdionality - Light as the Breeze
2643 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Neo and Trinity together again: the feels.
lemonout - extra credit
2740 words, R, Neo/Trinity
Professor Thomas A. Anderson and Dr. Tiffany R. Chadwick meet again. Technically a spinoff of chapter three of my other equally ridiculous fic, I shall suffer and act again. (I kind of wrote myself into a corner because I said they had never really interacted before the events of that fic, so let's just say this is another version of that same sim???)
TLynn - Shooting Stars
2772 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Tom and Tiff remember.
CJShips - Eggshells
2802 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Content note: Mentions of past emotional and physical abuse. Weeks after her rebirth and reunion with Neo, Trinity is haunted by painful reminders of her life as Tiffany. #FuckChad
Thene - Eight-Ball
2802 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Thomas's pretty mouth was hanging open. "Yeah - Tiff." Her name was rough in his throat, a muffled gunshot. "We got some history." Tiff + Tom + dive bar AU/sim: or, what if Tiff knows that there's things she can't remember? And what if Thomas admits to her that they have met before?
TLynn - Well and Truly
2892 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Neo and Trinity really like to have sex, okay? And they deserve all the peace, happiness, and orgasms they want.
DesertFlower303 - SimuFuckChadLatte
2899 words, X, Neo/Trinity
She’d been thinking about their encounter ever since, unable to erase the instant connection she’d felt under his gaze, or the currents of electricity passing between them as he held her hand.
CJShips - Together in Peace
2924 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
They were finding their way in this new life, she and Neo. Learning when and how to talk about the years they had suffered apart. Fumbling to find the form and structure of their new lives and plans for the future. When they were simply too tired or too overwhelmed to consider anything deeply, there was always this. Another chance to hold each other and communicate without words. *** An exploration of how Trinity and Neo, as strong individuals and reunited soulmates, might be finding their way a couple months post-M4. This is part of my schmoopy post-M4 universe and mentions events from my fic Our Paris.
waveywaves - All Worked Up
2944 words, X, Neo/Trinity
"Tiffany cleared her throat. “You’re probably wondering why I asked you to come see me.” Why did I ask him to come to see me? she had to wonder. Certainly it wasn’t to do this, to scan hungrily across his cheap and poorly-fitted suit for a hint of what was underneath. She imagined him as wiry, with well-defined muscles despite his lankiness." Tiffany is the CIO of Metacortex and Thomas is an intriguing entry level developer. He's about 19 years her junior, and no one looks at women her age, so of course she's being completely silly harboring this strange, all-consuming fascination with this young guy in a bad suit...right?
TLynn - Tunnel Vision
3017 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Tom and Tiff meet again.
TLynn - Smoke Break
3021 words, X, Neo/Trinity
A chance meeting.
meanderingsoul - for years or for hours
3177 words, R, Neo/Trinity
Sati waited by the well like before, watchful among the silent trees. “I imagine you have questions for me.”
RainAwhile - Home
3189 words, X, Neo/Trinity
“Our first time around, I didn’t know Zion had holidays, let alone one that celebrated love.” Trinity heard him exhale loudly. He sounded nervous. “But I remembered...I remembered today is the Day of Ardor. I don’t know if they celebrate it here, but I promised the next one would be better.”
aspocko - wanted and took it
3275 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
“You’ve done so much for us already. You and Neo both. Please understand that no one expects anything from you." In which Trinity participates in some community outreach.
Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - Light Duty
3276 words, PG-13, Morpheus & Trinity, Neo/Trinity
“I think they know better than to expect us back on time anymore,” Trinity says, between breathless kisses. Neo and Trinity defy their doctors’ orders to take things easy in Io. (Also, young!Trinity processing her visit to the Oracle with Morpheus.)
RainAwhile - The Real Cycle
3323 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
How did Tiffany know to meet Thomas at Simulatte in the middle of the night, and why did she agree to go?
Theodwyn - Sliding Doors
3338 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Six weeks after giving birth to her second child, Tiffany is back at work. She keeps seeing the same man in her building's elevator. or "Every sim where you two bonded... Let’s just say bad things happened."
DesertFlower303 - Deja Vu All Over Again
3371 words, R, Neo/Trinity
The Analyst has Neo trapped in a repeating loop in which he's torturing him in an attempt to get him to come back to his pod.
TLynn - Dirty Pretty Things
3512 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Neo and Trinity, perpetually horny for each other, attend a party in their honor in IO.
RainAwhile - Subliminal Need
3566 words, X, Neo/Trinity
“I feel like I know you,” he managed in between kisses. Tiffany pulled him away from her to look at him directly in his surprised eyes.
RainAwhile - Reacquainted
3752 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Although their conversation had been superficial at first, Tiffany enjoyed his company. It was as if they were two old friends catching up rather than strangers getting to know each other. She noted how he leaned forward each time she spoke as if to hang onto her every word, and Tiffany appreciated how attentive he was. She couldn’t remember the last time someone listened to her so intently nor did she realize how badly she needed someone to do so until now.
vienna_salvatori - just living out their lives, oblivious3767 words, PG, no major ships
There was an accident, they say. She came off her motorbike, they say. A concussion, they say. She's lucky it wasn't worse, they say. Tiffany is glad of that, really. She has a family to look after, she has children. She might not care too much about being hurt herself, but she has people depending on her. She has responsibilities. It's not like she could just leave them. The concussion, the memory loss... it was terrifying. If it had taken her kids from her, she doesn't know what she would have done. But it didn't, so it's fine. She's not missing anything important. She's not missing anything she'd want to keep. (Except there are things she does not remember. Except there are things she does not forget.) Or: Tiffany's life in the Matrix, rewritten again and again.
Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - Power
3810 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
“But I know what you’re thinking. It felt special, didn't it? Love just does. Like you’re meant to be. Like your names are written in the goddamn stars. Like you’re inventing an entirely new world together. I know. I know.” Post-Resurrections, the Oracle visits Neo and Trinity.
skyismyhome - Home
4028 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Neo and Trinity's reunion in the Real World, taking place after she is freed from the Matrix. Angst and sex because this is how I roll. May contain mild spoilers but mostly the stuff that everyone's seen in the trailer by now.
jadelotusflower - take these broken wings (and learn to fly)
4092 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
In IO, Neo and Trinity find the time to talk.
CJShips - Look At You
4124 words, X, Neo/Trinity
TriNeo enjoy some private time. Sometimes a change of scenery was needed and that's when a particular hotel suite in Matrix Paris came in handy.
hlywd - something old, something new
4241 words, R, Chad/Tiffany, Neo/Trinity
— That thing where you hate the groom and haven’t even met the bride yet but you still RSVP “Yes” to a stupid Rehearsal Dinner because its at a fancy hotel and you want the free food and open bar, and who knows... you might even meet someone!
nanda (nandamai) - The Tale of the Blue Cave
4540 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Who knew there was anything left growing without human and synthient intervention? Not Trinity and Neo.
Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - Coffee
4633 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
"I know it’s more badass to like your coffee black," Neo says ruefully. "But I really wish this were a cappuccino." Trinity and Neo talk about what the Oracle told them, over coffee.
DesertFlower303 - The Greatest View
5197 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Trinity and Neo get frisky while flying/ floating above the clouds.
CJShips - Our Paris
5370 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Trinity shares with Neo the joy of their reunion and the complicated memories of life she did not choose. Neo was the man she chose. Their purpose was the life she chose. She chose him when she was told that the man that she loved would be The One. And she chose him again when her fake husband and sons were literally pulling her in the opposite direction.
MuseThalia - Inbox (1)
5586 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Set pre-Resurrections, in one of the many simulations that the Analyst placed Neo and Trinity under. Desperate for meaningful connection, a restless Tiffany reaches out to a pen-pal website. She gets more than she bargained for when she's replied to by self-professed lonely man, Tom.
waveywaves - Holidays and Observances
5783 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Neo realizes it is Valentine's Day in the Matrix and decides to treat Trinity to date night AKA how to use sex and high quality lingerie to heal your emotional wounds
CJShips - A Date to Remember
5855 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
It's Trinity and Neo's first Valentine's Day since being reborn. Trinity would gladly mark the occasion with a rendezvous in the boiler room but Neo has big, romantic plans. An overheard conversation about their first life together puts the brakes on everything.
metal_jenny_blog - Recovery6423 words, Unrated, Neo/Trinity
Saw The Matrix: Resurrections last night and was inspired. Takes place between Trinity rescue and last confrontation with The Analyst. Spoilers, obviously.
RavenLaurie, Veronihika - Have We Met?
7429 words, X, Neo/Trinity
After a mix-up with his order at his favorite noodle restaurant, Thomas Anderson meets a person that will change his life.
meanderingsoul - habit formation
7733 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Neo figured he was lucky as hell he hadn't managed to condition himself into actual revulsion or something. That was how these things were supposed to work, right? It was all repetition.
Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - Sacraments
7746 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
“I thought the story was over, even as I carried in my bones an ache that could not be shaken.” Trinity and Neo discover more about their strange legacy in Io, and Bugs asks them to meet the one who's been keeping it alive.
lemonout - I shall suffer and act again
7892 words, R, Neo/Trinity
Five times the Analyst didn’t get it right, and the one time he did.
tylerandburnham - Wake Me Up
7987 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
What if Trinity was the first one awakened from the the Matrix during Matrix Resurrections? Some reimagined scenes.
asy0uwish - Our Little Miracle8265 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Post Matrix Resurrection, Trinity and Neo are living in Io in peace and safety. A surprise comes upon them, and they find themselves in the throes of parenthood. Between the Matrix, their child, and their love, they must learn how to be the best versions for themselves and their daughter while keeping her close, yet as far from the Matrix as possible, all while loving each other more deeply than should be possible. WARNING: Minor spoilers for Matrix Resurrections.
robotsdance - the flaw in our (genetic) code
8303 words, R, Neo/Trinity
The Analyst has finally found the perfect solution to his Neo and Trinity keep bonding problem: Make them siblings.
Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - Reconciliation
8383 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
"I've been fighting my whole life. But I've never wanted to fight with you. I never had someone I was afraid of hurting before." After meeting with the Oracle post-Resurrections, Trinity and Neo fight in the Construct and make up. But it’s only the start of their new chapter with the Oracle as they discover their destinies are tied up with hers.
TLynn - All We Ever Wanted, All We Ever Got
8456 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Tiffany and Thomas meet accidentally. Electricity ensues.
40 Cardamom Pods - Erogenous Exploration
8644 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Neo didn't have any intention of stopping. In fact, he realized with delight, if Trinity had one new erogenous zone, there were bound to be others. He suddenly had a new life goal: discovering every newly pleasurable place on Trinity's body, mapping them in his mind, and exploring them. Thoroughly.
iremembersky - Adeamus
8855 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
For Neo, reawakening next to her and realizing that this was the first day of the rest of his life was the best thing that had ever happened to him. For Trinity, waking up and realizing there was a brand-new beautiful tomorrow waiting for her to join it was the worst.
FtLoShakespeare - Dreams that Weren't Just Dreams9053 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Tiffany's phone never rings that day at Simulatte. What will it take for Trinity to be the first to wake? A Trinity Wakes Up First Resurrections AU
waveywaves - Growth Stages
9111 words, X, Neo/Trinity
"So much of their first few weeks in IO had been spent getting back to a sense of normalcy, reminding themselves who they were, what was real, what they could leave behind. Routine had been helpful, and of course having each other made it easier. The habits they shared in Zion bled into their life in IO, and they soon created new ones, too." AKA The Ones try new hairstyles and new hobbies in their new happily-ever-after. It's tooth-rotting fluff, I'm warning you now.
DesertFlower303 - "Rehabilitation"
10351 words, X, Neo/Trinity
She let her hands slide down to his hips, deliberately avoiding where they both knew he really wanted to be touched. “Could be fun,” she said and raised one eyebrow, challenging him. “23 positions. What do you say?”
Thene - Corona
10762 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Trinity closed her eyes and slammed through the glass into her body.
CJShips - 'Til Death Do Us Part
10773 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
5 times that Neo and Trinity were fake married + 1 time they were really married.
Danascully2 / britomart - She Wakes
11313 words, R, Neo/Trinity
Escape. What a futile idea.
larsfarm77 - Hope in the Dark
14429 words, R, Neo/Trinity
Years in the Matrix dodging bullets and this is what leaves a scar.
DesertFlower303 - A Perfect Day
16024 words, X, Chad/Tiffany, Neo/OFC, Neo/Trinity
Trinity and Neo are placed together in a Matrix simulation as Tiffany and Thomas, happily married suburban neighbours, living the perfect white picket fence dream. Except they aren’t happy and they aren’t living the perfect white picket fence dream. What happens when one day they start talking about it?
Danascully2 / britomart - All This Light Might Flay Me Open16479 words, X, Bugs/Lexy, Neo/Trinity
"The realization seared through her rage, her grief. He hadn’t let go, and neither had she. Despite everything, they had never stopped reaching for each other. And now, sixty years later, they had finally found their way back—back to them, skin to skin. Back to the only place that made sense in this entire, mad world." Set immediately post-Resurrections, this story focuses on Neo and Trinity's reunion and Lexy and Bugs's romance, as well as the challenges facing humanity at this newest inflection point in their conflict with the machines.
Trin303 - The TeXt Files
18309 words, R, Neo/Trinity
When Thomas Anderson begins texting with Tiff from the cafe, his life begins to slowly spin out of control.
Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - Human
18551 words, PG-13, Neo & OFC, Neo/Trinity, Trinity & OFC
"One of my earliest memories is of overhearing Mom tell Dad that what I lacked in cyber, I made up for in punk. I think she meant it as a compliment, but it just made me want to kick her." Neo and Trinity's daughter (reluctantly) confronts Smith, the Oracle, and the division brewing in IO.
Writers_Have_Their_Own_Set_of_Rules - Better to Have Been with Than Live Without It24641 words, X, Chad/Tiffany, Neo/Trinity
Who knew a simple handshake could assure an already doubtful Tiffany that she was living the wrong life. (Title taken from the song "Feel Real" by Deptford Goth).
TrinitySolo / trinitysolo - Knowing You're Mine27290 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Picks up from the coffee shop conversation. Neo and Trinity form a close, intimate bond as their alternate selves, Thomas and Tiffany, in the Matrix before Morpheus finds Neo.
vienna_salvatori - resurrections redux
28872 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
In which the crew of the Mnemosyne are searching the matrix for a saviour, and manage to find Trinity before they find Neo.
TLynn - A Thousand Fragile Things
33513 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Trinity, still coming to terms with being alive again, reconnects with Neo and discovers the ways in which they are different yet still the same as together, they learn how to exist in the new real world.
iremembersky - The Butterfly Effect43570 words, R, Chad/Tiffany, Neo/Trinity
It’s enough that she’s here. In the same city he is. He can feel the vibration of her. He’s not sure if he feels her mind here, far but near, or her body meters away from him in the pod, near but far. He doesn’t really care. As long as it doesn’t stop. If existing in the same simulation with her is all he can have, it’s enough. A/U from the Simulatte Brawl: What if Tiff made the other choice.
film 4 trailer
These fics are all based on the trailer or other promotional material for The Matrix: Resurrections, and will likely diverge from the actual film.
TLynn - There You Are
500 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
A single moment in 500 words.
Scatterbrained - [name]
721 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
He doesn't feel like a Thomas. What does that mean?
oxymora (oxymoron) - Intermission
876 words, X, Neo/Trinity
They are like a couple of teenagers making out behind the bleachers. Except when Trinity was a teenager, she was hacking government databases and getting contacted by terrorists, so maybe she’s making up for lost time.
TLynn - Advent
911 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
"For now, he sits and he watches her, living and breathing, and he holds her hand."
RainAwhile - Always One
964 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
And yet, when he looked at Trinity, he was in awe. She was even more beautiful than he remembered. Even after all this time, all the time they’d spent together since their reunion, he was still so amazed by her. The shining look of life behind her eyes, the smooth warmth of her skin against his, all of it made his heart soar. Despite similar hardwear, the metallic implants weren’t ugly, they made her look strong and capable. It made her look resilient.
TLynn - Advocation
1055 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
"Let's go home."
TLynn - Shift
1055 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
There she is. But who is she?
GarlicMaenads - Simulatte
1089 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Thomas Anderson spends a lot of time in his favourite cafe, mostly as a coping mechanism. It's a bright spot in his day, until an inexplicably familiar face interrupts his peace there...
TLynn - In A Dream
1212 words, X, Neo/Trinity
He's so familiar. But who is he?
RainAwhile - Bubble Bath
1276 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
"You really like bubbles," he said, matter of factly. Trinity's composure changed and Neo felt her relax behind him. "I suppose you could say that," she laughed as she scooped up a handful and plopped it on Neo's head.
bubble_bones - Not In This World
1397 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
'Am I crazy?' 'We don’t use that word in here.' It sure fucking felt like he was crazy. Maybe he’d get a new therapist. - Tiny snippet inspired by the coffee shop scene in the new Resurrections trailer.
TLynn - Advertent
1460 words, R, Neo/Trinity
It's their time.
TLynn - Advance
1511 words, X, Neo/Trinity
"It is an old, familiar and exquisite dance and his head swims with fulfillment and pleasure, with remembrances of their last lifetime and tentative hopes for this one."
RainAwhile - Homecoming
2013 words, R, Neo/Trinity
Neither was sure who initiated the kiss, and perhaps they did so together, but it didn’t matter. He held her face in his hands, feeling tears on his fingertips, mingling and mixing into the perfect blend of their emotions. It was as though years of anguish had lifted off his shoulders by the sheer will of her lips moving against his and he felt as light as air.
DesertFlower303 - A Walk in the Park
2127 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Every now and then she gets flashes of moments that she can’t explain. Images so vivid in her mind, like memories. The doctors never could find a reason for her memory loss other than maybe the trauma of the accident. They posited that it might all come back to her one day, but it hasn’t yet. Follow on piece for "In Dreams".
DesertFlower303 - In Dreams
2131 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Is it crazy to miss someone who doesn’t exist? He doesn’t know. All he knows for certain is that every damn day he feels the lingering emptiness of a loss so painful and profound that he doesn’t have the words to express it, and yet he cannot recall what it is that he’s lost.
CJShips - Tea Time
2132 words, R, Neo/Trinity
"Some tactile experiences just can't be replaced." Smut + Domesticity + TriNeo have a cat, for the shippers on Discord.
Hawki - Wonderland
2514 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Oneshot: "I've had dreams that weren't just dreams. Am I crazy?"
TLynn - Existence
2552 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Recognition, at last.
DesertFlower303 - A Leap of Faith
2733 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Just a few hours ago they were practically strangers, but now... she can feel it: the history, the love and yearning between them, real, raw and palpable.
DesertFlower303 - Revelations
2883 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity, Trinity/OMC
18 years he’s been without her and he’d never known. Maybe for Thomas it was a dull ache he’d not known how to recognise, but for Neo it is a knife to the heart, as fresh as if it has just happened. They’d tried to erase her from his consciousness, but she had always been there, in his mind, his dreams, his heart and soul and every damn part of him...
CJShips - Reunion
2974 words, R, Neo/Trinity
Happy Matrix Resurrections Day! Just in time for it to become AU, I humbly present my imagining of how TriNeo could reunite. --- When she opened her eyes, the man she loved was before her. This was him, the man she would die for. The man whose purpose she had died for. She was certain. Trembling and struggling for air, she stared at him. He looked as stricken as she felt, but there was also wonder in his eyes.
DesertFlower303 - Cold Comfort
3824 words, PG-13, Neo & OFC, Neo/Trinity, Trinity & OFC
Trinity watched them, the way they hovered close together while still keeping a careful distance and suddenly she realised this was a matter exclusively between Theia and Neo. Theia was angry at her, but she was more angry at Neo and he could see it. He knew it, and he was so terrified of pushing Theia away that he had no idea what to do with himself.
DesertFlower303 - We Need to Talk About Theia
4369 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Theia. The impossible question and the even more impossible answer.
DesertFlower303 - Chance Encounters
4671 words, R, Neo/Trinity
She had been so close, the scent of her skin intoxicating to him as she’d leaned into him, so close he could almost taste her, his head spinning with her proximity, the feeling of her soft skin under his hand and the look of liquid desire in her eyes like nothing he’d ever seen or felt. He was so certain she’d felt as he did. What had caused the sudden change?
DesertFlower303 - The Problem of Memory
4838 words, X, Neo/Trinity
She moves her hand to touch her lips, the feeling of his kiss still lingering like the ghost of a former lover. She can hardly believe it. Ever since the accident she’s never been able to remember her dreams, but this... the images are still there, seared into her mind, real and raw and visceral...
DesertFlower303 - Awake My Soul
5077 words, X, Neo/Trinity
He walks toward her, conscience of every step, every movement bringing him closer. She turns to face him, smiling lightly, holding his gaze in her ice blue eyes made only more striking in the sunlight. His heart aches just looking at her, the gravity of time lost weighing on him heavily. He feels old and worn down, the will to fight long gone, replaced only by the longing to be wrapped in her embrace.
DesertFlower303 - The Heart of it All
5114 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
Trinity didn’t want to leave him, necessity winning over her desire to comfort him, driving her forward. He is in a vulnerable state she knows, and she wasn’t fooled by his false bravado. But she also knows him. He needs time to process by himself, and she has things to deal with, things that can’t wait.
DesertFlower303 - The Sum of His Parts
5128 words, X, no major ships
She should feel guilty, she really should, but it was impossible to feel anything but hot and giddy at the memory of the last few days and how overly familiar she had become with every inch of his apartment. A fact she was fighting hard to disguise from her face...
DesertFlower303 - Really Good Noodles
5462 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
She doesn’t want to think about what the reality of sharing the same code as Neo will mean for her, but she can’t deny that it feels as if something is awakening in her. She doesn’t know how to name it, but she feels it, like seeds of knowledge and purpose planted inside of her, waiting for the right conditions to bloom.
DesertFlower303 - Choices
6101 words, PG-13, Neo & OFC, Neo/Trinity, Trinity & OFC
Trinity turns in his embrace, her eyes seeking out his in the dark. Even in the dim moonlight he can see the crease knitted into her brow and the distress in her eyes. “Lay down and hold me?” she pleads, her voice small and tortured in a way that nearly shatters his heart.
DesertFlower303 - The Ties That Bind
6119 words, X, Neo/Trinity
...there is a longing deep inside of her for something more, a thirst for adventure and danger that cannot be quenched. Hell anything to remind her that she is in fact alive and not simply sleepwalking through life, just waiting to wake up.
DesertFlower303 - The Question
6504 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
DesertFlower303 - Old Friends
6785 words, PG, Ghost & Trinity, Neo/Trinity
They stand before each other, wordless for a moment as Ghost removes his sunglasses, placing them in his pocket. One beat passes as their eyes connect, both of them overwhelmed by the moment, and then Trinity steps in, wrapping her arms around his shoulders, pulling him in.
DesertFlower303 - Best Laid Plans
6981 words, PG-13, Neo & OFC, Neo/Trinity
She hadn’t intended to tell her father about the dreams, at least not now. It was something she had thought about so often—that the man in her dreams growing up was her real father—that he was somehow looking after her even though he couldn’t be there, but she’d never told another living soul about it.
DesertFlower303 - Best Laid Plans Part 2
8131 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Theia clenches her fists attempting to go at him but firm hands hold her back. The SWAT team... god, she’d actually forgotten they were there. He’d made her forget everything... Her father, the Oracle, Sati, even parts of her own mother! Who the hell is this asshole and what they hell does he want with them?!
DesertFlower303 - Promises in the Dark
9105 words, X, Neo/Trinity
She looked at him for a long moment, her heart hammering in her chest as the reality of what had just happened came rushing back with sickening detail. “Trinity?” Ghost asked, searching her eyes. “Ghost,” she gasped, and then cursed as she came back fully to herself. “Fuck. That was too close.”
future
These fics are all set in a future some years after the story in the Matrix films. Most, if not all, were written before The Matrix: Resurrections existed.
RipredtheGnawer - AFTER
108 words, G, Neo/Trinity
A reunion drabble .
futuristic_dreams - Mirrorshades
385 words, G, Neo/Trinity
Machines turned him into a cyborg; but it didn’t make him any less human. Neo/Trinity Post-Revolutions AU
M-Sama - Human
1030 words, G, no major ships
(figgin genre catigories, none of them fit...) One girl discovers Neo's truth
bloodstained yinyang - By the Waters of Babylon
1039 words, PG-13, no major ships
Written long ago, before the third movie had come out it was written as a potential ending to the series, and I rather liked it, even after seeing the third movie.
CJShips - Connection
1048 words, R, Neo/Trinity
When he spoke, she felt the vibrations of his chest against her cheek as much as she heard his words. "I don't know how I lived without this," he said.
gypsy season / MulticoloredGypsy - Old Soldiers Never Die
1068 words, G, Neo/Trinity
After the war, will their lives ever be the same?
narie the waitress - Faith
1303 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
It is said that behind every great man there is an even greater woman. Some people do not believe that. Others, do. (Spoilers for Revolutions)
Helena - Outside
1437 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
In the Matrix, Trinity fought, she died, but she never gave up. What happens when the Matrix is shut down?
whatimages - grace days2831 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Living in the aftermath had taken time.
Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - Déjà vu3002 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
In your rebellion you are most predictable. In your silence you are judged. Go with the flow, no one knows your thoughts. (Trinity tries to trust.)
Zion Angel - Taliba
3065 words, G, no major ships
Twohundred years after the Revolution, a young girl learns of the sacrifices of Neo and Trinity. Written for the Fanfiction Challenge: Reloaded.
Helena - Inside
4713 words, R, Neo/Trinity
Trinity and Neo enter the Matrix one last time before it is shut down.
MistyBeethoven - Child of the Matrix
5025 words, PG, Neo/OFC
The son of Neo experiences a childhood as both red pill and blue, easily hopping between both life inside of the Matrix and outside of it, forming a relationship with both man and machines. Done in honor of World Children's Day. :D <3
Emma-G - Body Warmth is the Best Defence Against the Cold6060 words, G, Morpheus/Niobe, Neo/Trinity
After the war, Trinity and Neo have some trouble in their relationship. It’s up to Trinity to take action, and the consequences are far better than anything she could have imagined. Chapter six up, now officially AU
Mercy19 - Shouldn't this come with a Manual?
8448 words, R, Neo/Trinity
Neo and Trinity are resurrected because Zion needs a leader for the next generation
Writes with Block - The Sum of Us12561 words, PG-13, no major ships
What does it mean to be the daughter of the One? I hate doing summaries. Anyone out there that wants to do them for me? Written for Julie. Rated for later chapters. CHAPTER SIX IS UP!
Sandbat - Matrix: Redemption14198 words, PG-13, no major ships
Chapter 4! After the fight at the Hel Club, Seven vows to go in search of answers. Meanwhile, Typhon and the crew of the Lamassu try to determine where they went wrong.
Sydney Andrews - Freudian Sleep
16033 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
The completed version of a story I began two years ago on TLG. Trinity's struggle to come to terms with motherhood. A Rorie fic, part of the UC/TLE series.
caradhwen - Truth or Dare
20028 words, PG, Agent Smith/OFC, Neo/Trinity
Her whole life was a lie...as of 17 Dec the last two chapters are now here.
Agent Mercury - Learning24176 words, R, Agent Thompson/OFC
Sequel to Finding Purpose. Tirzah succeeds in copying her consciousness into the Matrix, then finds an unlikely job and a more unlikely friend.
SunGoddess7 - Offspring44983 words, PG, OMC/OFC
PART IV IS UP!!! The story of Trinity and Neo's daughter and the choices she has to make...R&R!
Sydney Andrews - The Undiscovered Country122836 words, R, Neo/Trinity, OMC/OFC
Chapter 31, posted! At long last, the update! Rorie confronts her father about Synergy, and then makes a decision that Knight does not like. Rated G, for geeky biomedical plot. smiles Syd
indeterminate
The time these fics occur in canon could not be determined precisely.
PontiusHermes - Take All Myself
77 words, PG, Apoc/Switch
Christmas fic. Oneshot -- Switch and Apoc on Christmas morning.
MrProphet - A Kiss Under the Mistletoe
90 words, PG-13, no major ships
Merfilly - Simple Signs
100 words, G, no major ships
The Oracle bakes, even knowing he will not eat
Losseniaiel - Voyeur
138 words, PG, Agent Smith/OFC
She watches him ... 100-word Smith drabble.
garconne / syrupfactory - Glitch
139 words, PG, no major ships
A poem from the POV of the black cat program in the Matrix movies
PontiusHermes - It is an Ever-Fixed Mark
171 words, PG, Apoc/Switch
A celebration of a very understated relationship.
matrixrefugee - Mad King
178 words, PG-13, no major ships
Down here, the Trainman answers to no one...
dwarrow_son - herein lies beauty... and everything
194 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
the one where she was beautiful and he was everything
Adelle1 - Lovers' Eclipse
209 words, G, Neo/Trinity
There is blood in your kiss, Trin..
Mizamour - Percieving
209 words, PG, no major ships
A sort of dreamdrabble about the Morpheus redblue pill scene... what if a color blind person were offered the pills?
ZephyrLemon / Zephyr / The_Ineffable_Zephyr - Crow of the Corn
235 words, G, no major ships
A poem written from Neo's point of view expressing what it is like for him to be the One.
matrixrefugee - One Pink Rose
237 words, PG-13, Merovingian/Persephone
The Merovingian finds a reminder of how things were...
Quintin - Just Breathe
253 words, G, Neo/Trinity
One night, among others.
Pippin Third - Illusion
257 words, G, Neo/Trinity
Any burden is far too heavy when he must bear it alone.
MrProphet - When I was 17
278 words, PG-13, no major ships
MrProphet - Subterranean Homesick Blue Pills
287 words, PG-13, no major ships
matrixrefugee - Strained Relations
344 words, Unrated, Merovingian/Persephone
The King and the Queen of the Exiles have started to drift apart, to each other's varying degree of concern.
singleword (bleak reality) - Missing Child
349 words, G, no major ships
A brief poem about things that get left behind.
fleureilleaux - Crane
351 words, PG, Apoc & Switch
Apoc swipes some unusual equipment from the loading program. (Random sweet one-shot, or: how to keep yourself entertained on a dull watch. Same basic logic/premise as in Different Freedoms, The Quiet Sentry, etc.)
5M1TH - Splinter
356 words, PG-13, Agent Smith & Trinity
Like a splinter...in your foot.
Trialia - Breathe
363 words, R, Neo/Trinity
If I let you go I feel sure that I'll fall, breathe you in, too lost to inhale anything but you.
Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - The little machine
365 words, G, no major ships
Why are we fighting? Written not without inspiration from the coming war.
dreamiflame - Trace
374 words, PG-13, no major ships
Persephone just wants to feel.
Trialia - Inner Child
384 words, PG, no major ships
Lizzen / Mara Trinity Scully - dependence
412 words, Unrated, Neo/Trinity
Love and insanity, hope and despair; nearly identical in the code. a fic remix, about twenty two years later.
Trialia - Trinity
414 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
All I've known, all I've done, all I've felt was leading to this. Let me show you.
Adelle1 - Within Emotion's Afterglow
427 words, G, Neo/Trinity
Something that came to me after watching the third movie..I'm still all depressed over it, and i don't even know if this qualifies as fanfiction .
trinchardin - The Monsters Are Real
434 words, PG, no major ships
If it can kill an Agent, it can kill -you-.
Quintin - Black Black Heart
451 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
And you felt ugly because of it. Dark hair, blue eyes, cheekbones and all.
Losseniaiel - Doubt
489 words, G, no major ships
Smith has a conversation with his conscience
wintersheir - Just Before Waking500 words, PG, no major ships
The world is broken, a jagged rent in heaven and earth whose splintering path you have followed all your life.
Imraith-Nimphias - The Morrigan
503 words, Unrated, no major ships
We all have our dark sides, even the strongest of us.
Us-And-Them - Static
545 words, PG, no major ships
Have you ever reached for a light switch and wondered—for a moment—if there will be anything there when that light comes on? *Oneshot.*
matrixrefugee - Matrix Refugee
560 words, PG-13, no major ships
The thoughts of an unnamed rebel looking back at her unplugging and what followed
verulam (krynon) / verulams (finnlogan) - rebound ethics
580 words, Unrated, Neo/Trinity
Neo is introspective because after a point that was all he had. He is introspective because that is all there is. He is not, he tells himself, introspective because he was turning into a machine.
Hawki - Life is But a Dream
596 words, PG, no major ships
Oneshot: "Welcome to the real world..."
Jade Silver - Mirror
682 words, PG, no major ships
What is it like to enter the Matrix for the first time after your mind has been freed?
RainAwhile - I Miss the Sky
708 words, PG, no major ships
In the Matrix, I’d go out back into the field behind my house. I would lie down and just stare at the endless blue abyss all day long.
gypsy season / MulticoloredGypsy - I Don't Want To Leave
728 words, G, no major ships
~*“Why oh why didn’t I take the blue pill?” There are some who never had to regret...*~
Abigail-Nicole - Mother
779 words, PG, no major ships
And I knew, after a while, that she would never come home." The people in the Matrix are still real.
Vortex - Alone
800 words, G, no major ships
the reactions of someone who has just seen, in a dream, a child in a powerplant. (this is kinda strage, in actual fact its wierd. I was feling mightily pissed whn i wrote this. in fact i might delete in later)
Narsus - Efficiency
812 words, PG, no major ships
Smith and Brown have a conversation about efficiency
atamascolily - Phoning Home
822 words, PG-13, no major ships
"Link, what did they change?" "What didn't they change?" The operator's voice was loud enough that Neo could hear it at this distance even through the tiny speakers. "This isn't a simple patch, this is a complex, system-wide shift. I've never seen anything like it before." A muscle clenched in Trinity's cheek. "What does that mean?" "He's right," Neo said, staring entranced at the neon green code around them. "It's not 1999 in here anymore. It's 2021."
Vortex - Pain
845 words, G, no major ships
ok, this is wierd too, as i seem to writ alot when i'm pissed off. But good. If your depressed read.
Vortex - Lost
853 words, G, no major ships
The last moments of a hovercraft crash survivor…
Miss Myers - A Weapon of Fear
858 words, G, no major ships
No one ever got away from me as many times as you did...every single time...somehow you'd slip through our fingers..."
HardfacedQueenofMisadventure - Mortal
910 words, PG-13, no major ships
You can never afford to fall behind. *contains an OC* Rated T for violence and morbid thoughts.
Emma-G - Mirror
952 words, G, Neo/Trinity
The final showdown... Trapped inside sub-reality. the world isn't real. Is Neo? is Smith? AU.
matrixrefugee - The Red King's Wedding Night
958 words, PG-13, Merovingian/Persephone
On the night of the Red King of the Exile's wedding, three of his Exiles keep watch under the Chateau windows
Fate - Ending Reality's Lie
971 words, PG, no major ships
The beginning of the end…
5M1TH - Tuesday
979 words, PG-13, Agent Smith & Trinity
"You could of course just stay out of the Matrix..." he made a dramatic pause "...but then you would miss all the fun."
Anakin McFly - The Matrix Still Has You
997 words, G, no major ships
Freedom is arbitrary.
Beat - The Instant
1027 words, PG-13, Original Character Ship
"You can only truly describe something once you've lost it – 'you don't know what you've got until it's gone' and all those things."
Emi-Zirconia - Religion
1038 words, PG, no major ships
Rose wonders about how people who have been unplugged can still believe in God.
Suaine - I See With My Eyes
1065 words, Unrated, Original Character Ship
A young woman wakes up from a dream and finds herself in a nightmare.
Systemic Anomaly - For Tomorrow
1086 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Sometimes, the greatest strength lies in losing control: and the greatest love lies in sharing that loss. Short, heart-deep "mini-fic" that cuts to the heart of absolute, unquestioning loyalty, and the unexpected ways one proves it. TrinityNeo.
Vortex - Left Behind
1086 words, G, no major ships
A friend of Neo's main thoughs after the agents got him.
NacDiggity - Conception
1184 words, G, no major ships
A short prequel to "Paradigm" (again, Im still new, so take it easy:))
Red Roses Turn White - Such a Thing
1211 words, R, Neo/Trinity
She hears him moan; the little appreciative sound he makes after licking his lips and tasting her on him. Her lips quirk into a smile. Neo/Trinity. Explicit. Het. Smutty steamy goodness.
Ryven (Lannakitty) - A Chance Encounter1266 words, PG, Neo/Trinity
A chance encounter between Trinity and people from her past life.
verulam (krynon) / verulams (finnlogan) - abyssopelagic
1329 words, Unrated, Neo/Trinity
Thought is funny, when you can see it written in other people's code but can't figure out how you do it yourself. Neo thinks of deep-sea creatures and tries to figure out exactly how things have gone wrong. [abyssopelagic/ (əˌbɪsəʊpɛˈlædʒɪk) / adjective referring to or occurring in the region of deep water above the floor of the ocean]
singleword (bleak reality) - Walk On1391 words, G, Neo/Trinity
"Contrary to popular belief, I wasn't born a fighter."
MrProphet - Failed Diode
1422 words, PG-13, no major ships
allosaur777 - In Situ1517 words, PG, no major ships
Curiosity is one of the defining traits of humanity. Because of the Matrix, much of science must be re-proved (to make sure of what is true and what has been fabricated by machines). Scientists put their lives on the line in their quest for information.
5M1TH - Wednesday
1601 words, PG-13, Agent Smith & Trinity
"Um, he's not my boyfriend" Trinity spoke across the room, wishing that she could make herself invisible.
NacDiggity - Paradigm
1638 words, PG-13, no major ships
This is my very first fanfic ever, please be gentle.
Dooks - The Search1652 words, PG, no major ships
Sometime between the first and second films. Minds are being freed at a faster rate than ever before, but the challenge in doing so has not diminished.
Jeniveela - Pulled
1735 words, PG, no major ships
How does it feel to die in the matrix like Apoc or Spark did, to have the plug suddenly pulled on you by your own operator? Angst-y one shot. Please read and review.
persephonevii - Thankless
1779 words, PG, no major ships
A reflection piece on conspiracy communities, the people who go missing, those mysterious men in black and how they all fit in together as seen through the eyes of one good little coppertop.
Hawki - Ghost Stories
1782 words, PG, no major ships
Oneshot: The Matrix was a strange thing. On one hand, it was a dreamworld. And yet, it contained things from the real world that could no longer be found in the real world. History. Art. Things that some red pills searched for even in the ruins of human civilization.
Kazterboro - Corrupted Data
1789 words, PG-13, no major ships
There can be dangers to curiosity. Wondering where reality and dream begins. The pessimistic view weaves threads of cunning with flesh, bones, and metal. Leaving a trail of blood in his wake... within a machine's world, a human can only be trusted to pave his own reality.
whatimages - for the hunger and nothing less
1948 words, X, Neo/Trinity
She bends the light. The air rearranges itself around her, like a lover drawing her close, limbs catching on each other, made real by touch.
nanda (nandamai) - Soldiers Do It with Their Boots On
1954 words, X, Neo/Trinity
Pretty much what the title says. No. Exactly what the title says.
Narsus - Doubt
2002 words, G, no major ships
Long after the rebels have defeated the machines... a speculation on the fate of the Agents.
Oxidious - The Entity2008 words, PG, no major ships
The Oracle sits down with Sati for an eye-opening lesson. This is an ongoing story.
WriterSpud - Untitled2083 words, PG, no major ships
Old, old piece I found on my hard drive...rating for a li'l language. More will come...sometime.
lemonout - michelangelo could never
2108 words, PG-13, Neo/Trinity
Prompt: “Trinity wears a shirt with complicated lacings and Neo is both intimidated and excited by trying to get it off of her. He fumbles profusely while Trinity is left feeling irritated and charmed.”
Songbreeze the Omnipresent - Night Shift on the Socrates
2108 words, PG-13, no major ships
Self-awakenings are impossible. Aren't they?
NacDiggity - Comrades
2113 words, G, no major ships
Tell me what you think, I havent really read any like this, but I havent been here long.
Meridian1 - Hey, Jealousy
2129 words, G, no major ships
This is the story of one man who was destined NOT to be the One.
crypticevincar - Coded In The Past
2352 words, PG-13, no major ships
If the Matrix cannot tell you who you are, then who can?
Dark_Puck - Dec 8th
2388 words, PG-13, Merovingian/Persephone
One of the Merovingian's human spies reports in with some... interesting news.
EnchanteRhea - Questions2472 words, PG-13, no major ships
It's not like when the plug goes, everything goes. It's not true that when you leave your pod, you leave everything behind. To be really free, one must take a long journey a journey deep inside themselves.
Drucilla - Bellissima
2475 words, G, Merovingian/Persephone
A reconcilitation between estranged lovers.
5M1TH - Thursday
2681 words, PG-13, Agent Smith & Trinity, Agent Smith/Trinity
Smith smiled. "Unlike your probable assumptions about my kind, we Agents are not made of stone."
Dove1 - The Professor
2958 words, PG, no major ships
Jade tries to extract a philosophy professor from the Matrix.
Sliver - A Madness In The World
3538 words, PG, no major ships
To those who never found freedom.
5M1TH - Ascension
3545 words, PG-13, Agent Smith/Trinity
"Face it, Smith. They are keeping us all occupied with this stupid war, while secretly planning a whole new world. Neither Matrix nor Zion were meant to be a permanent solution."
Mr. Irony - In the Shadow of the Crane
3609 words, PG-13, no major ships
In a world where nothing physically exists, all you have to lose is your mind.
A. J. Flood - John Doe 1727LK
3874 words, PG-13, no major ships
A young medical examiner starts to wonder about reality when she encounters an Exiled program on the run from the Agents.
SunGoddess7 - For Noel
4725 words, R, OMC/OFC
One man can't stand to live without the woman he loves…
Tanathir - Conversations With Smith8524 words, X, Agent Smith/OFC
Agent Smith is sent to learn about humanity.
GeneticallyElvenGryffindor - ElfMarked Child
10774 words, PG-13, no major ships
A young woman, freed from the Matrix, finds something she left behind. What would she give for just one more moment with this person? What happens if she gets the chance to have one more meeting in the Matrix?
Emma-G - Steps in a journey17200 words, G, no major ships
The story of two young people caught in the war. Updated.
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