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Title: Morning Hours by Arsenic for kinky_kneazle
Fandom: West Side Story (1961)
Character/Pairing: Maria
Maria/Tony
Word Count: 859
Summary: Maria post movie. The world has lost its colour.
Why I Rec This Fic: Because we deserve some Maria POV and she deserves to heal.
Podfic: here by semperfiona

Every morning, she wakes up forgetting. She wakes up thinking Bernardo will be there to tease her, Tony will be there to kiss in shadows and dream of light. Every morning, she sees the grime on the outside of her window, blocking the sun, and she remembers. For a moment, just that moment, she wishes the bullet had taken her too. She does not want to leave her bed, her room, does not want to see her mother's vacant smile, the way her father cannot look at her.

Title:Los Tontos Pobres by thoughtsofjoy_dreamsoflove
Fandom: West Side Story (1961)
Character/Pairing: Maria/Tony
Maria, Tony
Word Count: 1670
Summary: "The poor fools. They never know just how naïve they are."
Why I Rec This Fic: I have to admit I was a tiny bit annoyed with this two while watching the movie but they are sweet kids and its not their fault that their world is as hateful and violent as it is.

Title: Independence Wars by redletters
Fandom: West Side Story (1961) 
Character/Pairing: Maria, Bernardo, Anita
Word Count: 3164
Summary: "If you had all that here, why would you want to go back to Puerto Rico?"
"Oh, even if you didn't have all that here, why would you want to go back there?"
Why I Rec This Fic: This fic puts the characters into a historical and cultural context and I love how that enriches Maria as a character.
Podfic: here by sophiaisba

Maria was just old enough to understand the Ley de la Mordaza, that law that meant her class at Escuela de Jayuya had to stop singing La Boriqueña every morning, and take down the national flag from their walls, and hang up an American Stars and Stripes and learn the English words to America, The Beautiful. It was the first English Maria heard in person, sung off a music sheet their teacher brought in, and she thought the melody was so pretty she ended up humming it on her way home every day for a week.

Title: If It's Sewing, She Sews by Mithrigil for kinky_kneazle
Fandom: West Side Story (1961) 
Character/Pairing: Maria, Anita
Word Count: 3121
Summary: "Maria takes ten years to stitch her life together, one veil at a time."
Why I Rec This Fic: I love recovery stories and the style of this is great, I also adore the details about her work, I know nothing about fashion but her love for it shines though.
Podfic: here by sophiaisba

She sorts the ends of her two favorite types of lace, a thick floral for the pillow and headband and a more delicate trim for the dress, enough to edge every layer of the hem and ruffle down the front. All christening dresses are wedding dresses, marrying the child to the world, to the parents. Life is a commitment, Maria thinks.

Title: How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria by alwaysanoriginal
Fandom: West Side Story (1961)
Character/Pairing: Maria,
Anita, Anybodys, Chino, Tony,
Word Count: 5766
Summary: AU: When Tony kills Bernardo, in this world, Maria is not okay with it.
Why I Rec This Fic: This is definitly an AU i wanted to read after finishing the movie, intense ride.

Anita puts her hand to her forehead in worry. “Are you sure you know what you are doing, Maria?”
Maria smiles back at her, feeling filled with possibilities. “No. But I am having fun.”