May 5th, 2006 
12:06 pm Sam's Mid-life Crisis by ELG (PG13)
Fandom: THE WEST WING
Pairing: Josh/Sam UST
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] elgrey
Author website: Fic available through here
Why this must be read: Because it's a funny illustration of Sam's tendency to overthink things and Josh's propensity for getting caught up in things. Also a warning that they should never have conversations in public. Sam has been pondering the ways his life might have been and Josh gets overinvolved on the subject of Sam's various possible girl- or boyfriends.

This is dialogue heavy fic, with really good early season voices for both characters as they tie themselves in knots with the details. But mostly - read it for the laughs.

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Sam's mid-life crisis
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11:17 pm Ice in Crystal by juliefortune (R)
Fandom: FIREFLY
Pairing: same as in series.
author on lj: [livejournal.com profile] juliefortune
website: The Adventures of Julie Fortune

Why this must be read:

For anyone who followed Joss and Tim after Firefly got cancelled, you heard about the script idea they had for attack of Reavers that would lead to Inara being captured and the crew having to rescue her. Personally, I didn’t like the idea -- seemed waaay too much of a take off of the old derogatory cowboy and Indian movies, some of which featured John Wayne. I couldn’t believe that they’d considered.

Flash forward, and I was recced this story by a friend. Based on the author notes, I went into it prepared to absolutely hate it....except I didn’t. juliefortune’s writing was very true to the series and she captured all the characters perfectly post Objects In Space. And the story turned out to be nothing that I really expected while still adhering to the plot idea fronted by Joss and Tim. But don’t take my word for it, go and read it for yourself.

Ice in Crystal
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11:46 pm Down East by byob (NC-17)
[livejournal.com profile] bluebrocade here. I'll be your Due South driver for May. My recs will be heavily Fraser/Kowalski, but I've also got a few Turnbull- and Frannie-centric fics to share with you. Enjoy!

Fandom: DUE SOUTH
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] byob_kenobi
Author Website: unknown
Why this must be read: In this post-CotW fic, Fraser's back in Chicago working with Ray. Ray's been in a crappy mood since their return from Canada. He complains constantly and is generally unpleasant to be around. Fraser's grown weary of his behavior and has just about reached the breaking point when a case involving tainted blueberries necessitates a trip to Maine together to investigate. Ray uses the semi-vacation as an opportunity to figure out why he's so unhappy and do something about it. When Ray meets and goes on a date with a beautiful, sassy woman who's clearly interested in him, Fraser realizes it's time to go home to Canada.

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Will they figure out who's poisoning the blueberries? Will Fraser return to Canada, leaving Ray to live happily ever after with his "blonde, wiseass hiker"? Will they ever get out of Maine?

Down East
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