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Fandom: HARRY POTTER Pairing: Snape/Lupin Author on LJ: ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif) dovielrAuthor Website: Author's stories on SkyhawkeWhy this must be read:The Master and the Wolf challenges have sparked a lot of really good fic, and this story is a great example. Remus persuades Snape to help Neville Longbottom and winds up bound to Snape for a month for his trouble when Neville's potion explodes. Now, in most stories, this would be a cheesy, falling-in-love-despite-ourselves plot device, but here, Dovie assumes an established relationship to explore something richer: the things you discover when you can't run away from your lover... or yourself. The Ties That Bind | | |
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Fandom: FIREFLY Pairing: Simon/Kaylee, Mal/River Author on LJ: natalexxAuthor Website: LJ memoriesWhy this must be read:Simon is learning that holding on may be harder than letting go. I really like the Simon characterization here: the sense of him and River as siblings, his awkwardness in his relationship with Kaylee, and his unease at the idea of River becoming involved with Mal. It's all deftly done and quite moving. Simon worries more now than he did when River was crazy. Then there was a goal, idealized perhaps but still; every moment of doubt he felt, there was an ending point he pictured: River, on the mend. River, slowly becoming herself again. His sister was never completely normal, but he just wants, someday, for there to be more moments when she looks at him and behind her eyes she's herself than there are times her blurry eyes are filtered by someone else. He misses his River, the unexpected, original one, because she was a part of him: the part that offset so many of his own foibles. As she slowly becomes someone else, less scattered but more of a stranger, it serves to remind him so many things have changed in himself.* Love and Other Unscientific Matters by natalexx* If you enjoy the story, please let the author know! * | | |
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Fandom: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER Pairing: None Author on LJ: euro_ficsAuthor Website: Europanya's Fanfiction PortalWhy this must be read:I found this exploration of Spike's past encounter with the '70s Slayer, Nikki, to be compelling, and the punked out, predatory vampire feels in character throughout. There's also a glimpse of Robin Wood as a child. New York August | | |
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FANDOM: NCIS Pairing: Gibbs/DiNozzo Author on LJ: thegrrrl2002Author Website: TheGrrrlWhy this must be read: If I had to pick one word to describe what I love about this story it'd have to be 'Banter.' Sizzling wouldn't be far behind but sex is easy (sometimes) to write. Banter is hard. This author nails it. She nails it without Gibbs or DiNozzo sounding like somebody they're not. It's funny and playful and shows that 'thing,' that chemistry these two men have on the show. "It'll be a series of books, about this fictional team of crime-fighters, a special crack team--"
Gibbs raises an eyebrow. "Sounds familiar."
"Full of mystery and danger and sex--lots of sex."
Gibbs' hand stills on the final button. "Sex?"
"Yes," Tony nods, and smiles his most brilliant smile. "The hero of the stories, a young, brash cop, is having a tempestuous affair with the seasoned team leader."
"Seasoned." It is a statement, not a questionStory | | |
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