Jay Gatsby/Nick Carraway

Pairing
Pairing:	Jay Gatsby/Nick Carraway
Alternative name(s):	Natsby
Gender category:	m/m, slash
Fandom:	The Great Gatsby
Canonical?:	No
Prevalence:	Common within the Fandom
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Nick Carraway/Jay Gatsby is the premier slash pairing in the fandom of The Great Gatsby. As March 2022, the pair already had 600 works online, published on sites like Archive of Our Own and FanFiction.Net.

Fans agree that the book's queer subtext makes explicit Nick Carraway's love for his neighbor and friend Jay Gatsby.

Example Fanworks

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

Fanfiction

• Coasting by Argyle, An evening on the Sound.
• Sacrifice in Summer by eon_s (former ElwritesFanworks), Jay Gatsby swims. George Wilson shoots. Nick Carraway jumps. The aftermath of sacrifice reveals the fault lines that reputation and restraint once kept hidden.
• The Pursued and the Pursuing by irisbleufic, The past is both behind us and ahead of us, patiently looming [ . . . ] (later expanded and professionally published as The Pursued and the Pursuing [DartFrog Blue, 2021])
• Behind Us, Reflected by irisbleufic, Jay cleared his throat. For the first time, I noticed his pained, honest expression. "Nick, what's the difference between a delusion and a dream?" I blinked at the ceiling, willing the mist in my eyes to clear, but it persisted. "Dreams, you can actually reach. Or, rather, you could if you'd just wake up," I said.

Fanvids

• You belong with me by ritaritar10

Archives, Communities & Resources

• Nick Carraway/Jay Gatsby tag at AO3
• Nick Carraway is gay and in love with Gatsby, a republishing of the article GA(tsb)Y by Greg Olegar