August 10th, 2006 
12:26 am This Could Be The Beginning; It's Likely To Be The End. by Seanan (PG)
Fandom: Veronica Mars
Pairing: Veronica/Logan.
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] cadhla
Author Website: seananmcguire.com
Why this must be read:

Seanan manages to pack a lot into a few words, taking us into a possible future that might have been, if things didn't turn out the way they did.

The first funeral didn't count, because all they buried was a body; Lilly was still with them, had been with them since the day she died and left them flailing for solid ground. Burying the body didn't make her dead. It just made her harder to see. This is the real funeral.

This is when they finally let her go.



This Could Be The Beginning; It's Likely To Be The End.
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12:30 am Viva Las Vegas by JennyO (PG13)
Fandom: Veronica Mars
Pairing: n/a
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] jennyo
Author Website: I'm just sayin'
Why this must be read:

There's something about this story that manages to capture both the sadness of Liane, so very lost from herself and her family, and the strange stubborness we see so often in her daughter. This is her life now, for better or worse.

Lianne taps her cigarette into an ashtray, still surprised at how easily available they are. In California, it's easier to find the blood of a blonde virgin than a place to smoke. Here, the smoke curls into everything, and Lianne suspects she reeks of cigarettes, and her nose is itchy and bloody from the dry air. It's still comforting to be able to sit at a bar next to an old man feeding nickels into a video poker machine, sip at a decent White Russian, and breathe the smoke in.

Viva Las Vegas
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02:54 pm Dating George Clooney by Twoweevils (NC-17)
FANDOM: NCIS
Pairing: Gibbs/DiNozzo
Author on LJ: Twoweevils
Author Website: none

Why this must be read: I wish I could just say "It kicks ass" and everyone would know what I meant but let me try and explain further. I love a story that fits in with an episode. Twoweevils takes a line DiNozzo says and expands on it. They also manage to fit in the subtle way Gibbs and DiNozzo work together, the looks, the way they sit next to one another, the words they speak that mean other things. This is a story I think about when I think about Tony and Gibbs. Plus, it kicks ass.


Gibbs's steady gaze was making Tony a little squirmy. He got up to take a chance on what passed for coffee from the machine--and to put a little distance between himself and Gibbs. What the hell is this? While he waited for the paper cup to fill, he decided to push back a little and see what happened. "Percolator or drip?" He pulled the cup out of the holder and took a sip. "Because I know you don't want a Gaggia."

"What's a Gaggia?"

"One of those fancy Italian bad boys." Tony answered with a smile and sat down next to Gibbs. He didn't want to crowd him, but the couch wasn't all that large. Now it was Tony's turn to flip on the laser beam stare. "They'll do everything but your taxes."

"I don't know." Gibbs held his gaze for a moment, then looked down. "Maybe I need one of those fancy Italian bad boys."



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09:08 pm Cruel Summer by Rosalita (NC-17)
Fandom: X-FILES
Pairing: Mulder/Skinner
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] iamrosalita
Author Website: From the Pen of Rosalita
Why this must be read: The depiction of Skinner falling apart in the aftermath of Mulder's supposed suicide at the end of season four is really lovely, as is the hot, angsty sex.

Fox Mulder haunted him. In dreams he would appear--silent, accusatory. The silence was deafening, the accusations loud. Betrayal and failure. The twin demons of his waking moments stalked him, even in his sleep, wearing the face of his dead lover.

Three months had passed since Walter Skinner had learned of Mulder's suicide from Dana Scully. He'd spent them in an orgy of self-hatred, anger, grief and guilt. Drinking himself to sleep every night trying to chase away the ghost of Fox Mulder. It didn't work.


Cruel Summer
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10:45 pm Every Friday, Saturday Night by onelittlesleep (NC 17)
Fandom: RPS
Pairing: Jared Padalecki/Shelton Hank Williams III
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] onelittlesleep
Author Website: Fic
Why this must be read:

I'm actually a little afraid of this pairing, but man the story is so good it makes me like it. It does such a good job of setting atmosphere, and it's sharp with details even while making everything vague, hazy and little unreal, like maybe you smoked too much pot before reading it. The underlying tension between the characters feels real and pulls you into the otherwise completely unlikely pairing.

Every Friday, Saturday Night by onelittlesleep
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