3 h/c exchange recs

Works reveal for hurtcomfortex was a week ago. Sadly I didn't find as much time to go through the collection as I might have wanted, but I still found a few stories I want to rec. All different MCYT fandoms, for variety ^^

With The Venom In My Mouth by antimony_medusa
Fandom: Dream SMP
13.6k, Phil & Techno, time-travel & de-aging
Summary: [...] Or: Philza gets sent back to his childhood and finds it's fucked up. What could make this worse? Oh, oh finding that Techno is in danger, that's just great.
Why I love it: This was written for me (for the prompt "Time Travel - Meeting younger version of loved one and finding them in a bad state") and it's fantastic. I love the worldbuilding with the strict class system and the flying stone islands, I love Phil struggling with being a child again and having strict parents, I love his determination to get himself and Techno out, I love the character voices, and I love how the story develops with its many different kinds of delicious h/c.
Canon knowledge required: I don't think so, but not sure.

move your feet from hot pavement by Odaigahara
Fandom: SMP Earth
2.8k, Techno & Phil, AU (but in rough SMP Earth setting)
Summary: Three years of nonstop battle. Three years of campaigning, of concocting plans and holding things together as budgets faltered and superiors demanded more, as fellow generals assumed he could conjure miracles and therefore failed to actually show up as reinforcements, and Techno’s own side had pulled the rug out from under him. They’d mismanaged so much of the war that defeat had become the favorable option, and then none of them had wanted to take the consequences onto their shoulders.
There had to be a show of faith, they’d said. The Antarctic Empire had traditions when it came to graciously accepting an enemy surrender, and one of them was the delivery of some important adversary into their hands.
Why I love it: Techno thinks he was handed over to Emperor Philza to be executed, mmm the angst is so good. Great character voices.
Canon knowledge required: I don't think so, but not sure.

the only theory they can't prove by Odaigahara
Fandom: Hermitcraft
2.8k, Joe Hills & ZombieCleo, time-travel to an apocalyptic future (CN: body horror and other creepiness)
Summary:“You’re going to nuke the server after we’re done here, aren’t you?” Cleo interrupted.
“Well, yes,” Joe said, faltering, “seeing as you’re the only person we can reasonably extract.”
“Then forget about it. It’s not likely to be real anyway, is it? You’re from the present. This is just a possibility you conned into existing.”
His mouth felt very dry, and it was difficult to speak. The eyes on the walls strained to watch him, dewy and frightened, and the eyes on ZombieCleo were steely and determined and more than a little resigned.
“You’re right,” he managed. “I mean, that’s a reductive but accurate way to describe this situation, and we are going to solve it, so there’s no reason to dwell on the horrific particulars. That is a job for therapy, which you and probably also I will require in spades.”
Why I love it: The author did a great job creating a horrifying apocalyptic future, that somehow still made me nod and go "yeah, it's Hermitcraft, this tracks." Ahem. I really like the character voices too.
Canon knowledge required: Probably yes.