Psych Fics That Give Me Hope
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It's Just Not in the Cards, Psychic by starfish_spencer for ClumsyCake_AKA_REDACTED
Fandoms: Psych (TV 2006)
25 Dec 2025
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“So many cases I’ve wished I could communicate with a victim, and now I finally can, and he’s got nothing! And he’s annoying!”
After a murdered tarot card reader leaves Shawn with the ability to speak to the dead, Shawn scrambles to solve two cases at once in order to free himself from the spirit that has possessed him. Unfortunately, there's more to murder than meets the eye, and there are few things more distracting than a ghost in your brain.
My gift to ClumsyCake_AKA_REDACTED for the 2025 Psych Secret Santa Fic Exchange (aka the Secret Santa Debacle of 2025)! Thanks for the prompt!
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Post-Shawn gets shot in the dark. The whole ordeal was a little rougher on Shawn than he thought, and now Gus stays by his side.
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Shawn is just trying to solve a case and flirt with a cool guy while maintaining his new and fragile friendship with Lassie.
Carlton Lassiter is really upset that Shawn prefers criminals over him.
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- Part 2 of Befriending Lassie
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Lassiter finally has his proof, tangible evidence that Shawn Spencer is a liar and a fraud. Now he has Spencer exactly where he wants him, in handcuffs, in an interrogation room, about to get the comeuppance he deserves. But then why does he get a queasy feeling at the scared look in Spencer's eyes?
All Shawn wants is to hide his feelings from Lassie, to never have to be honest about anything or open up, and ideally, to avoid going to jail. But, well, he can't have everything.
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He stops doing it, as soon as he doesn't need to. Instead, he stays rooted in one place, to take whatever jobs he can—whatever can hold his attention long enough for his mind to turn off. Of course, it’s never long before he starts picking up patterns, solving cases made up of co-worker drama and whatever else that doesn’t matter. The perfect mind for the perfect detective that he’ll never be.
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Shawn can't seem to escape his past, and running away does more harm than good. When he returns to Santa Barbara, he discovers that the harassment he faced in his time away followed him back home. Now, he's gotta figure out how to keep from falling apart.
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There’s a new Detective in the SBPD. There’s something about him that Shawn doesn’t like. If only everyone else would listen to him.
Whumptober 2025 Day 4 alt prompt "A smile so bright, he’s the devil in disguise.”
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- Part 4 of Alchcmys Whumptober Fics
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Shawn wakes up in a hospital but not is all as it seems
Whumptober Day 6: Medical Restraints
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- Part 6 of Alchcmys Whumptober Fics
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In which the team realizes that Shawn's abilities--real visions or no--have real consequences on his mind and body.
Takes place sometime in season 3ish, so no established Abagail/Shawn and no Shules.
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Lassiter accidentally shoots Shawn. But! He makes up for it by offering his liver to save his life. The only problem is that now Shawn seems to actually be psychic but only for Lassiter. Reading Lassiter's mind, sensing when he's in danger, but worst (or best) of all, knowing when he's in love.
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Juliet and Lassiter don't save Shawn in time and now Juliet has a lifetime of regrets to face.