What Miss Peregrine Home For Peculiar Fics Highlight The Angst Of Olive And Horace'S Unspoken Feelings?

I recently dove into a bunch of 'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children' fics, and the ones focusing on Olive and Horace absolutely wrecked me. There’s this undercurrent of quiet longing between them that’s so beautifully tragic—Horace’s meticulous nature clashes with Olive’s fiery impulsiveness, but they orbit each other like stars caught in gravity. One fic, 'Flicker and Frame,' stands out—Horace keeps replaying memories of Olive wearing his scarf, but he’s too afraid to admit it means something. The author nails his internal monologue, all these carefully edited thoughts where he censors his own feelings. Olive’s POV in another fic, 'Lighter Than Air,' kills me too; she’s so aware of her own fragility, terrified of burning him if she gets too close. The angst isn’t dramatic—it’s in the way they brush hands while passing teacups, or how Horace sketches her but never shows her. The best fics exploit their peculiarities as metaphors: his loops of time versus her uncontrollable lightness, both trapping them in this limbo of 'almost.'

Another layer I adore is how fanworks expand on canon’s hints. In 'Home,' Olive jokes about Horace’s vanity, but her voice cracks—readers spin that into her hiding jealousy, wondering if he’d ever notice someone who isn’t elegant or poised. One heartbreaking oneshot has him composing love letters in reverse chronology, so the ink fades as her replies go unanswered. The fandom also plays with their post-canon separation; a standout AU, 'Weightless,' imagines Olive drifting away literally and emotionally after the loop collapses, while Horace tries to anchor her with letters she can’t Bear to read. It’s the unspoken things that gut me—how they both think they’re the one loving too much, too quietly. The fics that linger on Horace’s gloves (a barrier) or Olive’s burnt cookies (failed attempts to be 'normal' for him) destroy me in the best way.