May 10th, 2006 
01:42 pm Dirty by Aralinde (PG)
Fandom: LOTRIPS
Pairing: Elijah Wood/Orlando Bloom
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] bibliotech
Author Website: None
Why this must be read: This is a wonderful, evocative snippet about the needs driving Elijah and Orlando towards each other.

Dirty
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02:06 pm Resurrection Series by Dolimir (NC-17)
So, last time I recced Sentinel, I tried to keep to things I thought no one had ever heard of. This time, I'm going in the opposite direction: stories I've read a million times and can't for the life of me figure out why they haven't been recced here before.

Fandom: SENTINEL
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] dolimir_k
Why this must be read:

Years after Blair disappears, Jim is being stalked by a brutal, damaged man named Mallory ... who bears more than a passing resemblance to Blair. The series is intriguing for the little hints dropped about what happened to Blair in the missing years, but more than that, it's heartwrenching to watch Mallory try and fit back into the holes left by Blair's absence despite his capacity for gentleness and friendship being completely expunged. Marcus Mallory isn't Blair, and it takes everyone around him a hell of a long time to admit to that and take him on his own terms.

1. Resurrection
2. Counterpoint
3. Adjustments
4. Beginnings
5. Confrontations
6. Love's Greatest Gift
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02:46 pm Detonations from the minor leagues by Laurelin Vernét (PG)
Fandom: THE WEST WING
Pairing: None - Hoynes gen
Author on LJ:
Author's website:
Why this must be read: Because the Bartlet White House always problems with their Vice Presidents - usually stemming from the fact that the Vice President wasn't Jed Bartlet. In particular, the relationship between VP John Hoynes - consummate politician - and the White House often seemed adversarial.

This fic takes that theme - and turns the viewpoint to that of Hoynes' staffers and other minor personnel. Set in the wake of the MS revelations it watches the White House circling the wagons and the party running to Hoynes. Whilst it is sympathetic to Hoynes and what we see of Leo, Toby and the President is distanced and detached, both are certainly in line with their characters at this time.

It's a neat outside take that shows how different things can look from where you stand. And Ginger's last line hits you because you don't, and because they do.

Excerpt )

Detonations from the minor leagues
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